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Knights Templar

Chivalric Masonry has existed within the state of Illinois since the early 1880s and as a result of its rapid expansion across Illinois in its early years the Prince Hall Grand Commandery of Knights Templar for the state of Illinois and its Jurisdiction was organized in 1882.  The stability of the Grand Commandery throughout the years was the result of its effective leadership. Those who have served this Grand Body as Right Eminent Grand Commander are listed below:

1890-1893—S.B. Harris

1894—H.S. Cooper

1895—J.S. Murray

1896—H. Graham

1900—George W. Preston

1901—Richard E. Moore

1909—Joseph W. Moore

1914-15 —Albert R. Lee

1916—Henry Young

1919-20 —A.A. Henderson

1926—W.D. Luckey

1927—A.A. Neal

1928—C.W. Blake

1929—S.C. Jefferson

1930—Horace B. Cooper

1931—Fred Hardin

1934—George B. Fort

1935—Louis S. Johnson

1936-38—William H. Jones

1943-44—Henry W. Calhoun

1945-47—C. Christmas

1948—Luther McGowan

1949—Berry S. Stokes

1950—Otis L. Simmons

1951—John Thompson, Jr.

1952—E.D. Williams

1953—F.D. Gamble

1954—J.E. Smith

1955—J.A. Lewis

1956—M.D. Wiseman

1957—James D. Dentley, Sr.

1958—A.H. Trautman

1959—R.T. Lewis

1960—L. Clay

1961—H. Cogwell

1962—P.R. Thomas, Jr.

1963—E. Alexander

1964—A.L. Terry

1965—Willard N. Bess

1966-67—E. Hinton

1968-69—Joe Shoto

1970—J. Reasby

1971-72—Levi H. Morris

1973-74—Alto Clark*

1975-76—Wyman Porche

1977-78—Willie Johnson

1979-81—Aaron Arrandondo

1982-83—James H. Black, Sr.*

1983-85—Alex C. Adams

1985-87—W.S. Brooks

1987-89—Hayward McKerson

1990-92—Charles M. Jones, Jr.

1992-93—John M. Edwards

1993-95—William Coleman

1995-97—Raymond Tucker

1997-99—Arthur Parrott

1999-2001—Tommy Simms

2001-04—Damon P. Anderson

2004-06—Melvin Webb

2006-    —James A. Mitchell

Honorary Right Eminent Grand Commanders

§          Brian L. Abrams

§          Erllee Brown

§          Enoch Clark-Bey

§          Rufus Clay, Jr.

§          Otis Cromarte, Sr.

§          Willie B. Evans*

§          James Gavin*

§          William Gistover

§          Clyde Jenkins

§          Major Lacy

§          Oscar McDonald

§          Thomas McGee

§          Henry K. Moore

§          Freddie Morris

§          O. Robinson

§          Jack E. Steele

§          Willie D. Stewart

§          Martin Weddington

* - Past MWPHGL Grand Master

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