Year Commander Elected Location No. Sequential #
1883 Herrick Hodges
1884 John W. Kinney Lansing 1 1
1885 Frank W. Rowlson Lansing 2 2
1886 Marvin E. Hall Grand Ledge 3 3
1887 Marvin E. Hall Whitehall 4 4
1888 Burt M. Fellows Owosso 5 5
1889 Fred M. Williams St. Joseph 6 6
1890 Franklin D. Eddy Lansing 7 7
1891 Frederick C. Stillson Detroit 8 8
1892 Frank M. Gier Battle Creek 9 9
1893 Fred M. Toist Lapeer 10 10
1894 Fred J. McMurtrie Three Rivers 11 11
1895 Edgar R. Henderson Tekonsha 12 12
1896 H. Earl Cowden Holland 13 13
1897 H. Earl Cowden Flint 14 14
1898 George E. Cogshall Port Huron 15 15
1899 Creyton J. Post Grand Rapids 16 16
1900 Frank E. Munger Battle Creek 17 17
1901 Andrew Coffinberry Flint 18 18
1902 Carl A. Wagner 19 19
1903 J.E. Turner Muskegon 20 20
1904 Frank J. Kellogg Battle Creek 21 21
1905 Frank J. Kellogg Traverse City 22 22
1906 Walter L. Raynes Saginaw 23 23
1907 James N. Ripley 24 24
1908 Charles Cook Long Lake, Fenton 25 25
1909 Charles Cook kazoo? 26 26
1910 Eldon Small Holland 27 27
1911 George B. Reish / Guy B. Reish Ypsilanti 28 28
1912 L.C. Moore Port Huron 29 29
1913 Charles R. Cowdin Lansing 30 30
1914 John M. Stevens Jackson 31 31
1915 Lewis A. Markham Kalamazoo 32 32
1916 Charles L. Pitcher Bay City 33 33
1917 George W. Swift Battle Creek 34 34
1918 Harry M. Marion Saginaw 35 35
1919 William B. Hartzog Traverse City 36 36
1920 William A. Sparling Port Huron 37 37
1921 Byron L. Snook Flint 38 38
1922 Martin B. Stadtmiller Detroit 39 39
1923 Arthur E. Lewis Grand Rapids 40 40
1924 William H. Malone Lansing 41 41
1925 Roy T. Kaywood Port Huron 42 42
1926 Glen F. Wigent Jackson 43 43
1927 H. Frank Finch Benton Harbor 44 44
1928 G.H. Merkle Kalamazoo 45 45
1929 Edward A. Vickery Bay City 46 46
1930 Perle L. Fouch. PC-in-C Pontiac 47 47
1931 Nathan T. Sprague Grand Rapids 48 48
1932 Robert E. French Petoskey 49 49
1933 J. Ray Fisher Saginaw 50 50
1934 Robert J. Gillespie Grand Rapids 51 51
1935 Rocke R. Wood Mt. Clemens 52 52
1936 James M. Adams Battle Creek 53 53
1937 Lynn A. Tiffany Detroit 54 54
1938 Charles H. Wright Grand Rapids 55 55
1939 Cloy V. Smith Jackson 56 56
1940 James B. Hays Ann Arbor 57 57
1941 Urion W. Mackey, PC-in-C Lansing 58
1942 Birt Hammond Grand Rapids 59
1943 John L. Tiffany Lansing (57) 60
1944 Edgar M. Lindsley Bay City (58) 61
1945 Floyd E. Jewell Grand Rapids (59) 62
1946 Thayne C. LaBanta Lansing (60) 63
1947 Charles F. Dexter Grand Rapids (61) 64
1947 Ann Arbor 65
1948 Walter H. Brooks Grand Rapids (62) 66
1949 Don E. Hoch Grand Rapids (63) 67
1950 James A. Davey Bay City (64) 68
1951 Arthur J. Youngs Grand Rapids (65) 69
1952 Homer R. Savage Grand Rapids (66) 70
1953 Donald F. Peacock Detroit (67) 71
1954 Thomas Lockhart Wilson Grand Rapids (68) 72
1955 Milo C. Newer, Sr. Lansing (69) 73
1956 George R. Raub, Sr. Lansing (70) 74
1957 John Dalzell Detroit (71) 75
1958 Milo Newer, Jr. Lansing 76
1959 Charles Walton
1960 Myrle K. Brown Grand Rapids (Paintland Hotel) 77
1961 Fred E. Hammond 78
1962 James Johnson, Jr. Bay City (shows both 72 & 73) 79
1963 Wesley Sauve Grand Rapids (shows both 73 & 74) 80
1964 Thomas Wilson / Laurence Richmond Grand Rapids (shows both 74 & 75) 81
1965 Laurence Richmond / James Johnston Sr. Grand Rapids (76) 82
1966 James A. Davey Grand Rapids (77) 83
1967 Charles Stephens Grand Rapids (78) 84
1968 Charles J. Schmucker Grand Rapids (79) 85
1969 Stanley Cline Barker Grand Rapids (80) 86
1970 Edward Stevens Grand Rapids (81) 87
1971 Benjamin F. Edge II Grand Rapids (82) 88
1972 Benjamin F. Edge II Place not shown (83) 89
1973 Benjamin F. Edge II Grand Rapids (84) 90
1974 Carl A. Smith (85) 91
1975 Carl A. Smith Place not shown (86) 92
1976 Andrew Guilliat Place not shown (87) 93
1977 John LaRue / Thayne LaBanta, pro tem. Place not shown (88) 94
1978 Warren D. Barber III Place not shown (89) 95
1979 Warren D. Barber III Place not shown (90) 96
1980 Warren D. Barber III Place not shown (91) 97
1981 Warren D. Barber III Place not shown (92) 98
1982 David S. Rowley Place not shown (93) 99
1983 David S. Rowley Owosso (94) 100
1984 David S. Rowley Clare (95) 101
1985 Keith G. Harrison, PC-in-C Southgate (96) 102
1986 Keith G. Harrison, PC-in-C Clare (97) 103
1987 Keith G. Harrison, PC-in-C Jackson (98) 104
1988 James T. Lyons Grand Rapids (99) 105
1989 James T. Lyons Lansing (100) 106
1990 Gary L. Gibson Lansing (101) 107
1991 Gary L. Gibson Lansing (102) 108
1992 Hon. James B. Pahl Lansing (103) 109
1993 J. Douglas Park Place not shown (104) 110
1994 William Brennan Lansing (105) 111
1995 William Brennan Lansing (106) 112
1996 David F. Wallace Lansing (107) 113
1997 Paul D. Hodges Place not shown 108 114
1998 Kent L. Armstrong, PCinC Saginaw 109 115
1999 Kent L. Armstrong, PCinC Lansing 110 116
2000 Gregory D. Hayes Kalamazoo 111 117
2001 Gregory D. Hayes Farmington Hills 112 118
2002 Bruce Butgereit Lansing 113 119
2003 Bruce Butgereit Grand Rapids 114 120
2004 Gary L. Gibson Grand Rapids 115 121
2005 Rick Greene Lansing 116 122
2006 Rick Greene Grand Rapids 117 123
2007 Dennis C. Derr II Lansing 118 124
2008 Dennis C. Derr II Lansing 119 125
2009 Charles Worley Lansing – GLCC 120 126
2010 Donald W. Shaw Lansing – GLCC 121 127
2011 Donald W. Shaw Lansing – GLCC 122 128
2012 Paul “Dave” Arnold Lansing – GLCC 123 129
2013 Paul Davis Lansing – GLCC 124 130