Grand Lodge of Michigan

The Grand Lodge of Michigan of Free and Accepted Masons, commonly known as Grand Lodge of Michigan, in tandem with the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Michigan govern the practice of regular Freemasonry in the state of Michigan.

Grand Lodge of Michigan
Seal of the Grand Lodge of Michigan
Motto
  • Masons. Live Better.
Formation1826
Location
Coordinates43.389892°N 84.666753°W / 43.389892; -84.666753
Region
Michigan
Websitemichiganmasons.org
Current logo used in association with the Grand Lodge of Michigan. This contemporarily styled logo launched with the "Share the Secret" campaign

History

It is uncertain when Freemasonry came to the Great Lakes area. Though it is known that it was first brought to the area by the French at a time when it was Indian Territory. The earliest documented Lodge west of the Allegheny Mountains was warranted in Detroit on April 27, 1764, by George Harison, Provincial Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New York, with Lt. John Christie of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Royal American Foot Regiment as Worshipful Master. By 1772, there were at least three Lodges functioning at Detroit: Lodge No. 1 and two Irish Military Lodges, Nos. 299 and 378, warranted to Masons of the 10th Regiment, then stationed at Detroit. The next three Lodges warranted for work in Michigan were also started by members of the visiting military. These were Harmony Lodge in Detroit, St. Johns Lodge No. 15 on the island of Mackinac and Zion Lodge No. 10 (now No. 1) warranted in 1794 for work in Detroit.[1]

In September 1817 Zion Lodge provided much needed support for the newly created University of Michigan. The idea first took shape in the minds of Augustus Woodward, a Mason and the first Judge of the Territorial Supreme Court; the Reverend John Monteith, a Presbyterian clergyman and Father Gabriel Richard, a Roman Catholic Priest. On September 15, Zion Lodge met and subscribed the sum of $250 in aid of the University of Michigan, payable in the sum of $50 per year. Of the total amount subscribed to start the University two-thirds came from Zion Lodge and its members.[2]

The members of Zion Lodge sponsored and supported additional Lodges in Upper Canada and Michigan including Detroit Lodge No. 337 (now No. 2), Oakland Lodge No. 343 in Pontiac, Menomenie Lodge No. 374 in Green Bay (then a part of the Territory) and Monroe Lodge No. 375 in Monroe. These five Lodges laid plans for a Grand Lodge in the Territory to handle the growing plans for Masonry in the area, and in June 1826 a Grand Lodge for the Territory of Michigan was established in Detroit. There are 274 Lodges in the State of Michigan at the present time.[3]

List of Grand Masters

List of past and current Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Michigan

Grand MasterYear(s) ServedDeath
Lewis Cass1826-1829June 17, 1866
Leonard Weed1842June 30, 1848
John Mullet1843-1845January 15, 1862
Ebenezer Hall1846July 2, 1865
E. Smith Lee1847-1848April 12, 1857
Jeremiah Moors1849-1850July 6, 1854
Henry T. Backus1851 –1853July 13, 1877
George W. Peck1854-1855June 30, 1905
George C. Monroe1856August 16, 1883
Levi Cook1857December 2, 1866
William M. Fenton1858November 12,1871
J. Adams Allen1859August 15,1890
William L. Greenly1860November 29, 1883
Horace S. Roberts1861August 30, 1862
Francis Darrow1862April 11, 1873
J. Eastman Johnson1863March 14, 1883
Lovell Moore1864November 24, 1882
William T. Mitchell1865February 6, 1916
Salathiel C. Coffinbury1866-1868September 20, 1889
Abram T. Metcalf1869-1870October 8, 1916
John W. Champlin1871July 24, 1901
Henry Chamberlain1872February 9, 1907
Hugh McCurdy1873July 16, 1908
William L. Webber1874October 15, 1901
George H. Durand1875July 8, 1903
Matthew H. Maynard1876December 27, 1907
William Dunham1877June 30, 1905
John W. Finch1878April 4, 1906
Daniel Striker1879April 12, 1898
John W. McGrath1880December 9, 1905
Oliver L. Spaulding1881July 30, 1922
Alanson Partridge1882July 7, 1900
Charles Fritz-Roy Bellows1883April 16, 1907
Arthur M. Clark1884October 26, 1903
James H. Farnum1885January 19, 1917
Michael Shoemaker1886November 10, 1895
Rufus C. Hatheway1887December 9, 1896
William B. Wilson1888January 24, 1911
W Irving Babcock1889March 31, 1908
John S. Cross1890September 18, 1899
John Q. Look1891October 22, 1920
William P. Innes1892August 2, 1893
George E. Dowling1893March 30, 1896
William H. Philips1894February 13, 1906
Edwin L. Bowering1895October 26, 1900
John J. Carton1896August 26, 1934
Lou B. Winsor1897November 8, 1936
James Bradley1898February 6, 1914
Frank T. Lodge1899December 10, 1930
Lucien E. Wood1900June 5, 1916
Frank O. Gilbert1901November 26, 1929
Neal McMillan1902December 11, 1920
Roscoe W. Broughton1903July 5, 1930
Fletcher E. Turrell1904July 2, 1935
John Rowson1905April 26, 1927
Charles L. Stevens1906January 30, 1907
Charles E. Sweet1907July 11, 1913
Herbert Montague1908June 15, 1931
Arthur M. Hume1909February 14, 1955
G. Roscoe Swift1910July 12, 1944
James E. Dillon1911December 24, 1927
James H. Thompson1912December 19, 1943
Francis D. Clark1913September 7, 1913
William M. Perrett1914August 28, 1930
George L. Lusk1915January 6, 1942
John H. Hawks1916November 12, 1952
Louis H. Fead1917February 4, 1943
Hugh A. McPherson1918September 20, 1945
Charles B. Eddy1919October 10,1938
Ira A. Beck1920August 19, 1947
Robert P. Anderson1921May 14, 1932
Clark W. MacKenzie1922February 11, 1967
Charles A. Durand1923November 13, 1945
Ben J. Henderson1924January 16, 1949
Arthur J. Fox1925October 1, 1940
Charles A. Donaldson1926September 10, 1951
George W. Graves1927October 29, 1937
F. Homer Newton1928April 18, 1966
Roscoe O. Bonisteel1929February 25, 1972
George B. Dolliver1930January 18, 1961
Albert J. Young1931October 18, 1947
Louis E. Anderson1932September 9, 1954
George A. Ferguson1933September 22, 1959
Frank S. Gould1934March 26, 1951
Harvey A. Sherman1935October 10, 1949
Neil E. Reid1936May 4, 1956
William H. Parker1937February 2, 1955
Wirt I. Savery1938January 24, 1939
Francis B. Lambie1939August 5, 1962
Charles T. Sherman1940July 12, 1970
Dewey H. Hesse1941November 22,1974
Orie E. Brown1942June 19, 1955
Albert A. Hughes1943January 21, 1949
J. Kenneth Lyons1944October 29, 1948
Roscoe J. Burch1945November 29, 1970
Paul O. Strawhecker1946March 13, 1970
Clarence A. Hooper1947March 28, 1983
Hazen P. Cole1948October 26, 1954
Hugh J. Johnston1949May 16, 1966
Morgan J. Smead1950April 3, 1962
Guy C. Powell1951August 28, 1980
French C. Shell1952July 2, 1968
Horace B. Whyte1953December 2, 1967
Howard L. Taylor1954October 19, 1988
Henry R. Ruusi1955November 17, 1995
Francis M. Dodge1956May, 1, 1993
Raymond M. Douglas1957August 30, 1980
Joseph L. Hunter1958November 12, 1979
Rex P. Sackett1959August 20, 1983
W. Wallace Kent1960May 28, 1973
Willard Saur1961June 7, 1984
Glenn L. Alt1962December 17, 1971
Newton S. Bacon1963December 7, 1987
C. Fuller Dorr1964January 26, 1997
Percy H. Williams1965April 30, 1992
Robert A. Hockstad1966January 16, 2011
Ivan E. Addis1967September 21, 1972
Milo E. Underhill1968May 16, 1995
William H. Harmon1969October 22, 1977
Charles Solmo1970October 20, 1973
Raymond A. McPhee1971June 9, 2006
Robert E. Lake1972March 15, 1986
Wilfred E. Adams1973November 28, 1980
Royce E. Curlis1974June 1, 1997
John G. Polzin1975May 22, 2017
Vincent A. Vatter1976August 9, 2000
Ronald Schwartz1977September 29, 2010
Holm A. Swenson1978April 14, 1985
Charles S. Moulthrop Jr.1979May 15, 2013
Robert N. Osborne1980June 14, 2008
Carl C. Worfel1981January 21, 1998
Robert W. Sanborn1982February 26, 2019
Russell C. Wells1983December 6, 2020
Henry A. Wilson1984N/A
Richard H. Sands1985N/A
Ernest Hoffman, Jr.1986January 31, 2004
Donald P. Heming1987July 23, 2002
Kenneth Bolton1988N/A
Thomas C. Cross1989August 21, 2005
Wayne E. Turton1990N/A
William Skrepnek1991March 3, 2012
Leonard R. Noechel1992February 5, 2002
W. Don Baugher1993N/A
Donald L. Reno1994March 15, 2000
Dale C. Edwards1995March 4, 2007
Donald J. Van Kirk1996March 12, 2019
Robert W. Stevens1997N/A
Douglas F. Hegyi1998N/A
David H. Flucke1999May 27, 2018
Robert P. Conley2000N/A
Paul N. Cross2001N/A
David R. Bedwell2002July 17, 2016
Lary R. Smith2003N/A
Robert G. Helmic2004N/A
Richard P. Ruhland2005N/A
Walter F. Wheeler2006N/A
Ira S. Slaven2007N/A
Michael J. Jungel2008N/A
Donald L. Carman2009N/A
Frank T. Praria2010N/A
Frederick E. Kaiser Jr.2011N/A
Dean A. Barr2012N/A
Raymond C. Lemons2013N/A
William E. LeVeque2014N/A
Richard D. Wisley2015N/A
William R. Finkel2016N/A
Joshua M. Woodwyk2017N/A
David M. Hill2018N/A
Mark A. Manning2019N/A

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