Deceased Past Grand High Priests of Ohio

Year Elected:
1816 Samuel Hoit – Marietta
1817 Chester Griswold – Worthington
1818 – 19 John Snow – Worthington
1820 David Embree – Cincinnati
1821 – 22 Phineas Ross – Lebanon
1823 Joseph S. Hughes – Delaware
1824 Edward King – Chillicothe
1825 John Cotton – Marietta
1826 Edward King – Chillicothe
1827 – 28 Charles R. Sherman – Lancaster
1829 Abram I. McDowell – Columbus
1830 James Gates – Lancaster
1831 William R. Foster – Cincinnati
1832 Samuel Stokley – Steubenville
1833 Henry Sage – Circleville
1834 William J. Reese – Lancaster
1835 William B. Thrall – Circleville
1836 – 38 William J. Reese – Lancaster
1839 William B. Thrall – Circleville
1840 – 41 Oliver M. Spencer – Cincinnati
1841 – 46 William B. Hubbard – Columbus
1847 George D. Hine – Massillon
1848 – 50 Jacob Graff – Cincinnati
1851 – 52 Jacob B. Brown – Mt. Vernon
1853 – 56 Horace M. Stokes – Lebanon
1857 – 59 George Rex – Wooster
1860 Harvey Vanal – Springfield
1861 – 62 John M. Parks – Hamilton
1863 – 64 Thomas J. Larsh – Eaton
1865 – 67 George Rex – Wooster
1868 – 71 Charles C. Kieffer – Dayton
1872 – 74 J. Kelley O’Neall – Lebanon
1875 – 76 Reuben C. Lemmon – Toledo
1877 – 78 James W. Underhill – Canton
1879 – 80 James B. Hovey – Marietta
1881 – 82 Daniel A. Scott – Akron
1883 – 84 John W. Chamberlain – Tiffin
1885 – 86 Jacob L”H. Long – Ottawa
1887 William B. Hillman – Cleveland
1888 – 90 James W. Iredell, Jr. – Cincinnati
1891 – 92 William W. Savage – Wilmington
1893 Orestes A. B. Senter – Columbus
1894 Gibson H. Robinson – Cleveland
1895 Jacob H. Bromwell – Cincinnati
1896 George D. McBride – Gallipolis
1897 Grafton Molen Acklin – Toledo
1898 Benton D. Babcock – Canton
1899 Orion P. Sperra – Ravenna
1900 William M. Cunningham – Newark
1901 Levi C. Goodale – Cincinnati
1902 Nelson Williams – Hamilton
1903 Owen B. Hannan – Canton
1904 Lewis P. Schaus – Columbus
1905 William A. Reiter – Miamisburg
1906 William T. McLean – Sidney
1907 Lewis M. Lea – Sandusky
1908 Edward H. Archer – Columbus
1909 William T. S. O’Hara – Toledo
1910 Frank Crumit – Jackson
1911 Joseph Kirkup – Cincinnati
1912 Thomas H. Isitt – Cleveland
1913 William E. Evans – Chillicothe
1914 Charles L. Harrod – Indianapolis
1915 Frederick J. Crane – Garrettsville
1916 William A. Belt – Kenton
1917 John H. Baehr – Cleveland
1918 Harry W. Lloyd – Toledo
1919 Joseph T. Croxall East – Liverpool
1920 S. Rufus Jones – Dayton
1921 Frank L. Beggs – Newark
1922 B. F. Perry – Jefferson
1923 John P. Kuhns – Columbus
1924 Robert E. Lee – Cuyahoga
1925 Warren J. Baker – Toledo
1926 Irving Stafford – Cleveland
1927 Mont C. Hambright – Springfield
1928 Carl W. Sperling Oak – Harbor
1929 William H. Tateman – Cincinnati
1930 Emmit E. Everett – Lima
1931 Lyle S. Evans – Chillicothe
1932 Henry Gruen – East Liverpool
1933 Royal A. Walkup – Akron
1934 Roscoe P. Walcutt – Columbus
1935 Franz K. Hall – Shelby
1936 Paul G. Lutz – Cleveland
1937 Burleigh E. Cartmell – Delaware
1938 John B. Harshman – Dayton
1939 George E. Reiff – Cincinnati
1940 Chester J. Pearce – Bellefountaine
1941 Burr A. Sanford – Youngstown
1942 George R. Schoedinger – Columbus
1943 Edward M. Selby – Martins Ferry
1944 Willard T. Francis – Lorain
1945 Frank DeLay – Jackson
1946 James A. Gorham – Sandusky
1947 Herbert T. Leyland – Dayton
1948 Virgil W. Prather – Cincinnati
1949 Amos H. Englebeck – Akron
1950 Anthony T. Vollman – Columbus
1951 Garrett P. Trostel – New Carlisle
1952 Edward E. Gillespie – Toledo
1953 Richard J. Morgan – Van Wert
1954 Stuart E. Jones – Marion
1955 E. Ray Jenkins – Mansfield
1956 Clayton W. Vetrovsky – Cleveland
1957 Carl P. Nulsen – Cincinnati
1958 Oliver H. Ormiston – Bartlett
1959 Homer Trantham – Columbus
1960 Keith A. Porter – Montpelier
1961 Ben J. Filkins – New London
1962 Harry E. Sark – Ashville
1963 James W. Ferguson – Youngstown
1964 Joseph Alexander – Cleveland
1965 Clair E. Calaway – Jefferson
1966 Harold S. Barnheiser – Dayton
1967 Harvey Walker – Worthington
1968 Louis H. Doerman – Cincinnati
1969 Ross W. Kreager – Genoa
1970 Charles E. Canfield – Medina
1971 Dwight L. Kane – Lancaster
1972 Charles A. Fly, Jr. – Deshler
1973 Cecil Bray, Jr., – Cleveland
1974 James A. Getty – Elyria
1975 Charles A. Noland – Frazeyburg
1976 N. Emerson Taylor – Pickerington
1977 Robert M. Huntzinger – Middletown
1978 Wilbur J. Doren – Whitehouse
1980 Earl C. Gifford – Marietta
1981 Vernon D. Lambert – Cincinnati
1982 Charles E. Karth – Ashland
1983 Howard W. Beeman – Cleveland
1984 Frederick T. Williams – Westerville
1985 Paul Nyitray – Toledo
1986 Arthur T. Reeves – East Palestine
1987 Joe. E. Worthington – Ada
1988 Otis Y. Perkins – Blanchester
1989 John V. Cooper, Jr. – Sherwood
1990 Robert J. Maxwell – South Euclid
1991 Lawrence E. Johnston – Blacklick
1993 Jerry C. Crawford – Dayton
1994 John W. Purdy – Spencerville
1995 Arthur E. Ross – Sandusky
1997 Terry B. Meyers – Cleves
1999 Charles J. McCarty – Euclid
2000 Chester W. Hammond – Marion
2006 James M. McDonald – Upper Sandusky
2008 Robert J.Draye – Mayfield Heights
2010 James W. Himmelright – Medina
2015 Robert D. Blankenhorn Jr – Mansfield