Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of the District of Columbia

All Grand High Priests and Grand Secretaries since the Founding of the Grand Chapter
(with their Chapter numbers)

Plus Total Membership and Increase or Decrease in Total Membership each year

Year

Grand High Priest of
Royal Arch Masons of the
District of Columbia

GHP's
Chapter
Number

Grand Secretary
of the Grand Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons of
the District of Columbia

Grand
Secty's
Chapter
Number

Total
Grand
Chapter
Members

Increase
or
Decrease
in
Memb

1867

J.E.F. Holmead

2

Noble D. Larner, PGGHP

5

556

1868

J.E.F. Holmead

2

Noble D. Larner PGGHP

5

688

132

1869

Benj. B. French

1

Noble D. Larner PGGHP

5

778

90

1870

Benj. B. French

1

Noble D. Larner PGGHP

5

836

58

1871

John Lockie

1

Noble D. Larner PGGHP

5

910

74

1872

Jos. Daniels

3

Charles W. Hancock

3

998

88

1873

Abner T. Longley

2

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,093

95

1874

Noble D. Larner

5

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,098

5

1875

Noble D. Larner

5

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,100

2

1876

Geo. B. Clark

2

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,082

-18

1877

Isaac L. Johnson

4

Charles W. Hancock

3

1,091

9

1878

Joseph S. McCoy

5

Charles W. Hancock

3

1,053

-38

1879

Matthew Trimble

2

Charles W. Hancock

3

1,051

-2

1880

Matthew Trimble

2

Charles W. Hancock

3

1,085

34

1881

Jos. H. Jochum

1

Charles W. Hancock

3

1,095

10

1882

James P. Pearson

4

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,122

27

1883

Jeremiah C. Allen

3

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,166

44

1884

Burton R. Ross

5

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,185

19

1885

Jose M. Yznaga

3

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,175

-10

1886

George E. Corson, PGGHP

8

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,260

85

1887

William G. Powers

5

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,362

102

1888

Will A. Short

4

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,394

32

1889

Robert Ball

2

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,523

129

1890

Edwin S. Holmes

4

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,591

68

1891

Alexander McKenzie

6

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,851

260

1892

Thos. F. Gibbs

3

Lewis G. Stephens

1

1,942

91

1893

Harrison Dingman

1

Lewis G. Stephens

1

2,126

184

1894

George H. Walker

7

Lewis G. Stephens

1

2,141

15

1895

Frank L. Campbell

5

Lewis G. Stephens

1

2,192

51

1896

Theo. G. DeMoll

2

Lewis G. Stephens

1

2,191

-1

1897

Chas. H. Smith

3

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,199

8

1898

J.F.R. Appleby

8

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,204

5

1899

Samuel R. Bond

5

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,320

116

1900

William Barnum

1

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,451

131

1901

Robert Armour

7

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,702

251

1902

Harry Standiford

2

Arvine W. Johnson

1

2,841

139

1903

George C. Ober

6

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,042

201

1904

Augustus B. Coolidge

3

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,154

112

1905

Henry K. Simpson

4

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,304

150

1906

Charles Becker

8

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,355

51

1907

Claude F. King

5

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,401

46

1908

Edwin St. Claire Thompson

1

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,518

117

1909

F.J. Woodman

11

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,587

69

1910

Kenton N. Harper

6

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,582

-5

1911

Moses D. Mull

10

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,530

-52

1912

Jacobus S. Jones

3

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,567

37

1913

Adolphus Gude

12

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,604

37

1914

Walter B. Pettus

4

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,580

-24

1915

Lem Towers, Jr.

8

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,552

-28

1916

William C. Fowler

5

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,572

20

1917

William W. Jermane

7

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,524

-48

1918

Arthur C. Shaw

9

Arvine W. Johnson

1

3,797

273

1919

Emmett M. Carter

1

Arvine W. Johnson

1

4,456

659

1920

Frank F. Major

11

Arvine W. Johnson

1

5,259

803

1921

Joseph H. Milans

6

Arvine W. Johnson

1

5,984

725

1922

Delos W. Thayer

2

Arvine W. Johnson

1

6,241

257

1923

Roe Fulkerson

3

Arvine W. Johnson

1

6,498

257

1924

Simon Bube

12

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,611

113

1925

J. Davis Bradfield

10

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,558

-53

1926

Daniel G. Davis

4

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,439

-119

1927

Charles R. Bartlett

5

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,310

-129

1928

Raymond B. Dickey

7

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,138

-172

1929

Walter F. Smith

9

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,003

-135

1930

L. Whiting Estes

13

J. Claude Keiper

3

6,041

38

1931

Luther H. Waring

8

J. Claude Keiper

3

5,897

-144

1932

Charles C. Coombs

1

J. Claude Keiper

3

5,682

-215

1933

A. Clifford Wilkins

14

J. Claude Keiper

3

5,158

-524

1934

Robert L. Kause

11

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,796

-362

1935

Otto B. Roepke

6

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,735

-61

1936

David S. Davison

2

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,624

-111

1937

Eugene E. Thompson

12

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,559

-65

1938

Charles J. Armbruster

16

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,400

-159

1939

George S. Foreman

4

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,282

-118

1940

Herbert C. Cave

3

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,166

-116

1941

John H. Eiseman

8

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,063

-103

1942

Edward W. Libbey

7

J. Claude Keiper

3

3,922

-141

1943

Robert R. Doing

9

J. Claude Keiper

3

3,952

30

1944

Maurice L. Brewton

8

J. Claude Keiper

3

4,062

110

1945

Harry J. Hunt, Jr.

1

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,314

252

1946

Theodore C. Lewis

5

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,539

225

1947

Harry A. Strong

15

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,737

198

1948

Roy M. Stockman

14

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,851

114

1949

John G. Mathes

6

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,895

44

1950

Thomas R. Wilson

4

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,943

48

1951

George E. Umhau

12

Aubrey H. Clayton

13

4,862

-81

1952

Marvin E. Fowler

1

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,848

-14

1953

Herbert W. Ludwig

16

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,766

-82

1954

John A. Hart

2

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,675

-91

1955

John T. Vivian

13

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,625

-50

1956

LaFayette Price

11

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,448

-177

1957

Arthur F. Zepp

4

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,347

-101

1958

John E. Chrisman

8

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,244

-103

1959

Emerson B. Wise

5

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,128

-116

1960

Reuben A. Bogley, Jr.

16 or 3

Raymond N. Babcock

1

4,001

-127

1961

John B. McCall

4

Raymond N. Babcock

1

3,885

-116

1962

Joseph C. Richmond

4

Raymond N. Babcock

1

3,688

-197

1963

Eldridge G. Jones

8

Marvin E. Fowler

1

3,541

-147

1964

Ellis V. Gregory

1

Marvin E. Fowler

1

3,436

-105

1965

A. Edmund Johnson

1

Marvin E. Fowler

1

3,352

-84

1966

William H. Minnick

13

Marvin E. Fowler

1

3,207

-145

1967

Edward S. Paylor

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

3,075

-132

1968

Morris F. Hewitt

8

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,931

-144

1969

Glenn L. Johnson

3

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,790

-141

1970

Richard W. Waldt, Sr.

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,669

-121

1971

William B. Craig

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,558

-111

1972

Elmer F. Stein

13

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,491

-67

1973

Marion K. Warner

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,344

-147

1974

Melvin C. Sprinkle

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,281

-63

1975

John M. Bussler

3

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,175

-106

1976

Walter B. Godbey

13

Marvin E. Fowler

1

2,055

-120

1977

Herman J. Lichty

1

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,984

-71

1978

Aubrey A. Gunnels

4

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,908

-76

1979

C. Morton Wendt

3

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,810

-98

1980

Robert B. Bussler

3

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,720

-90

1981

Clayton L. Vogel

1

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,626

-94

1982

Robert C. Alt

13

Marvin E. Fowler

1

1,509

-117

1983

Charles S. Iversen

3

Marion K. Warner

4

1,414

-95

1984

J. Milton McDonald

1

Marion K. Warner

4

1,342

-72

1985

Milton E. Daniel

8

Marion K. Warner

4

1,267

-75

1986

Alexander R. Green

4

Marion K. Warner

4

1,216

-51

1987

Harold Grainger

13

Marion K. Warner

4

1,151

-65

1988

Marshall C. Gardner

8

Marion K. Warner

4

1,101

-50

1989

Robert B. Riley, Jr.

Marion K. Warner

4

1,077

-24

1990

Scott M. Applebee

3

Marion K. Warner

4

1,044

-33

1991

Jack E. Baker

13

Marion K. Warner

4

973

-71

1992

Robert F. Sutphin

4

Marion K. Warner

4

931

-42

1993

Dan L Frederick

13

Alex. R. Green

4

910

-21

1994

F. William Hershiser

1

Alex. R. Green

4

895

-15

1995

Emil Lowenthal

3

Alex. R. Green

4

851

-44

1996

W. Frederick Gore

4

Scott M. Applebee

3

862

11

1997

David A. Freed

8

Scott M. Applebee

3

871

9

1998

Solomon Zeidman

1

Scott M. Applebee

3

868

-3

1999

Robert F. Matsudaira

4

Urban T. Peters

3

868

0

2000

John Vergalla

13

Urban T. Peters

3
888 20

2001

Kenneth L. Foran

3

Urban T. Peters

3
894 6

2002

Sheldon Arpad

13

Urban T. Peters

3

2003
Aires Domingues
3

2004

Morad Eghbal
8 Aires Domingues 3

2005
Lawrence N. (Lonnie) Jolma, Jr. 8 Aires Domingues 3

2006
Teko A. Foly Aires Domingues 3

2007 Kenneth Fuller 4 Howard Coleman

2008 Alwyn Taylor (likely)

2009 Robert H. Starr (likely) 13

2010 James Mitchell (likely) 4

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