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
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Current Royal Arch Chapters & Chapters that were Consolidated into Current Chapters
Original Royal Arch Chapters & Current and Intermediate Chapters They Were Consolidated Into
Chronology of Royal Arch Chapter Charters and Consolidations
Year |
Grand High Priest of |
GHP’s |
Grand Secretary |
Grand |
Total |
Increase |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
2001 |
Gerald W. Peeters (likely) |
8 |
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2002 |
Kenneth L. Foran (likely) |
3 |
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2003 |
Sheldon Arpad (likely) |
13 |