PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS
Updated June 9, 2021
| Name | Grand Commandery | Department | Triennium |
| Abernathey, Robert M. | New Mexico | Southwestern | 1991-1994 |
| Adams, Henry A. | Florida | Southeastern | 2015-2018 |
| * Alford, Jr., John Warner | Mississippi | Southeastern | 1961-1964 |
| * Applegate, K. Edwin | Indiana | East Central | 1976-1979 |
| * Appling, Quincy Cleborne | New Mexico | South Pacific | 1955-1958 |
| Attina, Emillo | Italy | European | 2012-2015 |
| * Avery, Willard Meredith | Indiana | East Central | 1961-1964 |
| Baba, David Keith | Nevada | Southwestern | 2003-2006 |
| * Babcock, Raymond Nelson | District of Columbia | Central Atlantic | 1958-1961 |
| * Baesemann, Carl J. | Colorado | North Pacific | 1967-1970 |
| Barlow, Earl Douglas | Mississippi | Southeastern | 1997-2000 |
| Barton, Steven J. | Indiana | East Central | 2003-2006 |
| * Beaudoin, Louis A. | Massachusetts | Northeastern | 1973-1976 |
| * Biggs, Waldron Charles | Vermont | Northeastern | 1949-1952 |
| * Billingsley, Willard Day | Arkansas | South Central | 1955-1958 |
| * Billmeier, Alton George | Maryland | Northeastern | 1976-1979 |
| * Bingner, Joel C. | Oregon | Northwestern | 1991-1994 |
| * Bishop, Armand Helmuth | Kansas | West Central | 1961-1964 |
| * Blanchard, Lawrence A. | Wyoming | Northwestern | 1985-1988 |
| Bolstad, Jeffrey A. | Montana | Northwestern | 2015-2018 |
| Bond, John Oscar, Sr. | Maine | Northeastern | 1994-1997 |
| Boner, Franklin C. | Ohio | East Central | 2006-2009 |
| * Bourke, Frank LaMont | Maine | North Atlantic | 1967-1970 |
| * Boyer, Billy J. | Missouri | South Central | 2000-2003 |
| * Bristol, Walter Harold | Idaho | North Pacific | 1952-1955 |
| * Brackin, Joseph Daniel | Alabama | Southeastern | 1988-1991 |
| * Brenner, Gordon J. | New Jersey | Northeastern | 1988-1991 |
| Brown, Larry W. | Indiana | East Central | 2012-2015 |
| * Buckner, William Thomas | Virginia | Central Atlantic | 1955-1958 |
| * Buehman, Albert Rex | Arizona | South Pacific | 1952-1955 |
| Burcham, Jeffrey G. | Virginia | Mid-Atlantic | 2012-2015 |
| Burgess, Howard T. | South Carolina | Southeastern | 2012-2015 |
| Burleson, Robert E. | Florida | Southeastern | 2006-2009 |
| * Burri, Robert Alfred | Ohio | East Central | 1949-1952 |
| Butterfield, Richard S. | New Mexico | Southwestern | 2009-2012 |
| Butterfield, Richard S. | New Mexico | Southern Americas | 2015-2018 |
| * Byrd, Harvey Cecil | Texas | South Central | 1964-1967 |
| Caldwell, Howard R. | Colorado | Northwestern | 1988-1991 |
| * Carman, Harold Augustus | Maine | Northeastern | 1952-1955 |
| Carpenter, Edwin R. | Virginia | Northeastern-South | 2003-2006 |
| * Chapman, Samuel Johnson | Montana | North Pacific | 1964-1967 |
| * Chipouras, George A. | Florida | Subordinate | 2006-2009 |
| Coe, Robert Craig | California | Southwestern | 2006-2009 |
| Coehlo, Joaquim J.V. | Portugal | Europe | 2009-2012 |
| * Cooke, Morrison L. | Kentucky | East Central | 1979-1982 |
| * Clark, Max L. | Michigan | East Central | 1982-1985 |
| * Clutter, Willard R. | Indiana | Subordinates | 2000-2003 |
| * Cottrell, Jr., John B. | Pennsylvania | North Atlantic | 1964-1967 |
| * Coots, Arthur Gus | Texas | South Central | 1970-1973 |
| Cowie, Vincent A. | Connecticut | Northeastern | 2009-2012 |
| * Crofts, John Lawton, Sr. | Iowa | North Central | 1952-1955 |
| Cronk, Robert K. | Illinois | East Central | 2009-2012 |
| * Cross, Raymond W. | New York | North Atlantic | 1949-1952 |
| * Crump, Alvin Louis | Illinois | North Central | 1967-1970 |
| * Curtis, Clyde | Kentucky | East Central | 1985-1988 |
| * Cushing, Daniel Nash | Texas | South Central | 1952-1955 |
| * DeMond, James S. | Indiana | East Central | 1991-1994 |
| DeHeer, Henry J. | Illinois | North Central | 2000-2003 |
| * Dimond, Stephen B. | Florida | Southeastern | 1970-1973 |
| * Dorris, III, Sid C. | Tennessee | Southeastern | 2003-2006 |
| Drost,Stuart K. | Connecticut | Northeastern | 2018-2021 |
| Dryer, David Michael | Iowa | North Central | 2009-2012 |
| * Dull, Ned Eugene | Ohio | East Central | 1970-1973 |
| * Duncan, Clifford L. | Arkansas | South Central | 2003-2006 |
| du Treil, Jr., Frank N. | Louisiana | South Central | 2015-2018 |
| * Ekas, Ward Leroy | New York | Northeastern | 1970-1973 |
| Emerson, II, Ralph H. | Nevada | Southwestern | 1985-1988 |
| * England, Jr., Fred | Michigan | East Central | 1958-1961 |
| Entwistle, Jr., Howard F. | Louisiana | South Central | 2009-2012 |
| * Estes, Donald M. | Kentucky | East Central | 2000-2003 |
| Fegan, T. Michael | Kansas | South Central | 2012-2015 |
| * Ferrell, Sam | Kentucky | South Central | 1961-1964 |
| * Fleming, William J. J. | West Virginia | East Central | 1973-1976 |
| * Ford, Gerald A. | Colorado | Northwestern | 2000-2003 |
| * Foreman, Robert Lake | Maryland | Northeastern | 1997-2000 |
| * Fowler, George Maxwell | Indiana | Subordinates | 1955-1958 |
| Garrard, William | Arizona | Southwestern | 2015-2018 |
| * Geesey, William D. | Pennsylvania | Northeastern | 1979-1982 |
| Gherasim, Gabriel | Romania | Europe | 2015-2019 |
| * Givens, John W. | Oregon | Northwestern | 1973-1976 |
| Golladay, Jr., James W. | District of Columbia | Mid-Atlantic | 2015-2018 |
| Goodwin, David D. | New York | Northeastern | 2000-2003 |
| * Gorman, Harold Sumner | Nevada | South Pacific | 1967-1970 |
| * Gorman, Rocco Joseph | West Virginia | Central Atlantic | 1952-1955 |
| * Grundy, Merlin R. | Kansas | South Central | 1979-1982 |
| Guffy, Steven L. | Washington | Northwestern | 2012-2015 |
| Handeland, Lauren R. | Wisconsin | North Central | 2012-2015 |
| Harper,Jack M. | Texas | South Central | 2018-2020 |
| * Harrison, Charles Leo | Virginia | Southeastern | 1973-1976 |
| * Halbrooks, Grover T. | California | Southwestern | 1997-1999 |
| * Hargett, David Lee, Jr. | North Carolina | Southeastern | 1994-1997 |
| * Hartman, Henry Oscar | Louisiana | South Central | 1949-1952 |
| Hebert, Lloyd A. | Louisiana | South Central | 1997-2000 |
| * Heger, Louis Frederick | Missouri | East Central | 1952-1955 |
| Herndon, James C. | Idaho | Northwestern | 2006-2009 |
| * Hoffman, James Robert | Colorado | West Central | 1949-1952 |
| * Hoffman, Raymond F. | Pennsylvania | North Atlantic | 1952-1955 |
| * Holloway, Edward | New York | North Atlantic | 1958-1961 |
| * Hossle, Hugh E. | Iowa | North Central | 1976-1979 |
| * Howard, Charles A. | South Dakota | North Central | 1973-1976 |
| * Jackson, Charles Wallace | North Carolina | North Atlantic | 1967-1970 |
| * Jarratt, Paul Reams | Tennessee | South Central | 1958-1961 |
| * Jensen, Sigurd R. | Illinois | East Central | 1955-1958 |
| * Johnson, Douglas Lee | Wyoming | Northwestern | 1997-2000 |
| Jones, Armun D. | North Dakota | North Central | 1979-1982 |
| * Jones, H. Courtney | West Virginia | East Central | 1988-1991 |
| Jones, William Jackson | Illinois | North Central | 1985-1988 |
| Johnson, Michael Burke | Wyoming | Northwestern | 2009-2012 |
| * Joslyn, Howard Tansley | New Hampshire | Northeastern | 1958-1961 |
| Karnegis, James N. | Nebraska | North Central | 2003-2006 |
| * Kennedy, Frederic | MA & Rhode Island | Northeastern | 1955-1958 |
| * Kent, Virgil Fletcher | Ohio | East Central | 1964-1967 |
| * Kimberlin, Robert Edwin | Utah | South Pacific | 1958-1961 |
| Koon, William H. | Ohio | East Central | 1997-2000 |
| Kussman, David J. | California | Southwestern | 2012-2015 |
| Kvasager, Lon W. | North Dakota | North Central | 2015-2018 |
| * Landgren, Lloyd Axel | Wisconsin | North Central | 1949-1952 |
| Leluan, Sidney J. | Arizona | Caribbean | 2018-2021 |
| Leviste, Evaristo | Philippines | Far East | 2012-2018 |
| Lewis, John M. | Pennsylvania | Northeastern | 2006-2009 |
| * Little, Earl R. | Louisiana | South Central | 1988-1991 |
| Livermore, Russell Paul, Jr. | Michigan | East Central | 1994-1997 |
| * Loomis, Arthur Meade | California | South Pacific | 1949-1952 |
| * Lumbar, Howard P. | Washington | Northwestern | 1982-1985 |
| MacConnell, James R. | New York | Northeastern | 2015-2018 |
| * Masters, Albert R. | Iowa | North Central | 1997-2000 |
| * Maxey, John B. | South Carolina | Southeastern | 1979-1982 |
| * Mayford, Blair Christy | Missouri | South Central | 1982-1985 |
| * McArthur, Glenne Roy | South Dakota | North Central | 1958-1961 |
| * McClendon, Hoyt | Alabama | Southeastern | 1949-1952 |
| McGee,James C. | Alabama | Southeastern | 2018-2021 |
| * Mendius, John Richard | New Mexico | Southwestern | 1970-1973 |
| * Mitchell, F. Douglas | Texas | South Central | 2006-2009 |
| Moreno, Jose | Portugal | EUROPE-AFRICA | 2018-2021 |
| * Monroe, Paul A., Jr. | Arizona | Southwestern | 2000-2003 |
| * Morrison, Thomas Nelson | Florida | Southeastern | 1955-1958 |
| Moseley, James E. | Georgia | Southeastern | 1991-1994 |
| Nelson, Jeffrey N. | North Dakota | North Central | 2006-2009 |
| Newhall, Paul S. | District of Columbia | Mid-Atlantic | 2009-2012 |
| * Newman, Jay R. | Utah | Southwestern | 1979-1982 |
| * Newton, James Carmichael | Georgia | Southeastern | 1952-1955 |
| * Nye, John B. | California | Southwestern | 1973-1976 |
| * Osborne, Robert Vandervoort | Wisconsin | North Central | 1961-1964 |
| Pace, Jr., Thurman C. | New Jersey | Northeastern | 1982-1985 |
| * Palmer, Lyman Crawford | Oregon | North Pacific | 1961-1964 |
| * Pearson, Burt DuVall | Minnesota | North Central | 1955-1958 |
| * Peterson, Arthur John | Minnesota | North Central | 1970-1973 |
| Plemons, Terry L. | Tennessee | Southeastern | 2009-2012 |
| * Prettyman, William Forrest | Maryland | Central Atlantic | 1949-1952 |
| Pruitt, W. Bruce | California | Southwestern | 1994-1997 |
| * Pugh, Charles Harrison | North Carolina | Central Atlantic | 1961-1964 |
| Pugh, Gerald G. | Ohio | East Central | 2018-2021 |
| * Purcell, Merlin Forrest | Idaho | Northwestern | 1976-1978 |
| * Register, J. Willard | Georgia | Southeastern | 1976-1979 |
| Rein, Dean D. | Utah | Southwestern | 2018-2021 |
| Reinhold, William F. | Virginia | Mid-Atlantic | 2018-2021 |
| * Rewick, Robert Miner | California | South Pacific | 1964-1967 |
| * Riegle, Roy Wilford | Kansas | West Central | 1952-1955 |
| * Robb, Guy Irving | Connecticut | Northeastern | 1961-1964 |
| * Robbins, J. Shubel | Louisiana | South Central | 1976-1979 |
| * Robbins, William Raymond | Missouri | South Central | 1967-1970 |
| Rosenow, Thomas K. | Wisconsin | North Central | 1982-1985 |
| Rosenow, Thomas K. | Wisconsin | North Central | 1993-1994 |
| * Sager, Abner Converse | Michigan | East Central | 1967-1970 |
| * Saunders, Jr., Edward R. | Virginia | Southeastern | 1985-1988 |
| * Showalter, Charles Ormond | Nebraska | West Central | 1955-1958 |
| * Scurlock, Fred W. | California | Southwestern | 1982-1985 |
| Shafer, Vaughn F. | West Virginia | Mid-Atlantic | 2006-2009 |
| Sherry, Daniel R. | Minnesota | North Central | 2018-2021 |
| * Sibold, W. Boyd | Ohio | East Central | 1982-1985 |
| * Siron, Glenn A. | Washington | Northwestern | 2003-2006 |
| * Slayton, David Ben | California | Southwestern | 1988-1991 |
| * Slocum, Ralph H. | California | South Pacific | 1966-1967 |
| * Smith, Sr., Donald L. | Texas | South Central | 1991-1994 |
| * Steyer, Morton P. | Nebraska | North Central | 1988-1991 |
| * Strauss, Richard M. | Michigan | Sub.Italy,Philippines | 1991-1994 |
| * Strong, Robert McLester | Alabama | Southwestern | 1949-1952 |
| * Sweeney, Ralph Ernest | Oregon | North Pacific | 1949-1952 |
| Sweet, Jr., Paul Williams | Washington | Northwestern | 1970-1973 |
| * Taylor, James Cavaness | Oklahoma | South Central | 1994-1997 |
| Tennyson, D. Samuel | South Carolina | Southeastern | 2000-2003 |
| Teter, Ernest I. | Idaho | Northwestern | 1994-1997 |
| * Thomas, Jerry K. | South Dakota | North Central | 1994-1997 |
| * Thornley, Jr., William Henry | Colorado | Northwestern | 1978-1982 |
| Trosin, Edward R. | New York | Subordinate | 2012-2015 |
| Tsirimokos, Thomas | New Hampshire | Northeastern | 2012-2015 |
| * Voelter, Theodore Frederick | New Jersey | North Atlantic | 1955-1958 |
| * Wannamaker, A. J. M. | South Carolina | Southeastern | 1958-1961 |
| Ward, James Morris | Mississippi | Southeastern | 1982-1985 |
| * Warriner, Clell C. | Oklahoma | South Central | 1973-1976 |
| * Watkins, Robert Lowell | Montana | North Pacific | 1958-1961 |
| * Werner, II, John C. | District of Columbia | Northeastern | 1985-1988 |
| * White, Clyde E. | Minnesota | North Central | 1991-1993 |
| * White, William Melvin | South Carolina | Southeastern | 1964-1967 |
| * Willham, Oliver Siralvo | Oklahoma | West Central | 1958-1961 |
| Williams, Benjamin | Colorado | Northwestern | 2018-2021 |
| * Williams, Frederick Yale | Nevada | South Pacific | 1961-1964 |
| * Willson, Jr., James M. | Texas | South Central | 1985-1988 |
| * Wilson, William P. | California | Southwestern | 1976-1979 |
| Winkelman, John W. | Pennsylvania | Northeastern | 1991-1994 |
| Winn, Loren A. | Michigan | East Central | 2015-2018 |
| * Winterhalter, Robert P. | MA & Rhode Island | Northeastern | 2003-2006 |
| * Wolfertz, Charles Butz | Pennsylvania | North Atlantic | 1961-1964 |
| * Wright, Samuel Aaron | Washington | North Pacific | 1955-195 |
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