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The combined Past Masters of Washington and Benjamin Frank Lodges

  Below is every Worshipful Brother to ever lead Washington Lodge since 1811.  Some names have links with additional information about each Master.  We are working to integrate the names of every Benjamin Franklin Lodge  Past Master into this list.  Our hope is in the near future all Past Masters are represented.  Thank you to WB Dave Lunsford for compiling this information so we can remember those who came before.
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​1811 Joseph Hough 
1812 Thomas Blair 
1812 Robert Taylor 
1813 Samuel Bayless 
1813 Joseph Potter 
1814 Samuel Bayless 
1814-15 Joseph Hough 
1815 Samuel Bayless 
1816 Thomas Kelsey 
1817 Samuel Bayless 
1817-19 Joseph Benham 
1819 Samuel Bayless 
1820 Joseph Hough 
1821 Alexander Proudfit 
1821 Lewis West 
1822-23 Daniel Millikin 
1823 Samuel Bayless 
1824-25 Joseph Hough 
1825-27 Charles K. Smith 
1828 William B. VanHook 
1828-30 Jesse Corwin 
1830-31 Charles K. Smith 
1832-33 John Crane 
1833-34 William Fenn 
1834-35 William B. VanHook 
1835 Jesse Corwin 
1836-37 Charles K. Smith 
1837-38 John Crane 
1838-39 John H. Dubbs 
1839-40 Thomas M. Thomas 
1840-41 Charles K. Smith 
1841-42 Elijah Vance 
1842-44 Thomas Reed 
1845 William B. VanHook 
1846 Benjamin F. Raleigh 
1847 Thomas Reed 
1848 Charles K. Smith 
1849 William Sheeley 
1850 Benjamin F. Raleigh 
1851 Thomas Reed 
1852-56 Isaac Robertson 
1857 George Louthan 
1858-61 William C. Hunter 
1862-63 John M. Parks 
1864-68 Isaac Robertson 
1869-70 John M. Parks 
1871-72 Henry H. Wallace 
1873 John M. Parks 
1874 Isaac Robertson 
1875-78 George W. Dye 
1879 John B. Lawder 
1880-85 Allen Andrews, P.G.M. 
1886-88 John K. Aydelotte 
1889 Joseph W. Sloneker 
1890-91 Nelson Williams, P.G.M. 
1892 James Ellwood Morey 
1893 William A Stewart 
1894 William A. Allen 
1895 David Pierce 
1896 John E. Lord 
1897 Otho P. Crume 
1898 William P. Cope 
1899 Elmer R. Goldsmith 
1900 Walter E. Jones 
1901 Dr. Walter W. Browne 
1902 Daniel M. McClung 
1903 John C. Slayback 
1904 Frederick B. Edmands 
1905 William Howe 
1906 Frederick G. Mueller 
1907 Edgar B. Schneider 
1908 Paul L. Brockhardt 
1909 Warren A. Sanders 
1910 Hinckley Smith 
1911 William H. Rabe 
1912 William E. Schwiezer 
1913 George J. Lang 
1914-15 Harry S. Wonnell 
1916 John H. Rabe 
1917 Fred W. Sipp 
1918 John M. Crocker 
1919 Thomas V. Crabb 
1920 Hugh L. Bates 
1921 Herbert S. Harr 
1922 Carl Stomps 
1923 Robert J. Brown, 33rd. 
1924 Paul Gingerich 
1925 Robert B. Sipe 
1926 Ralph E. Ruder 
1927 Gilbert Skillman 
1928 Charles P. Reynolds 
1929 Wesley L. Riley 
1930 R. Calvin Skillman 
1931 Earl Jackman 
1932 Edwin J. Bartles 
1933 Ralph G. McKasson 
1934 Roland G. Blauvelt 
1935 Murray M. Whitaker 
1936 J. Foster Brate 
1937 Elmer N. Davidson 
1938 William E. Lakeman 
1939 Norman C. Steiger 
1940 Escar W. Phillips 
1941 Carl L. Hutzelman 
1942 Michael J. Wuest, 33rd. 
1943 John A. Bippus 
1944 Charles W. Hayes ,K.Y.C.H. 
1945 Floyd A. Brown, 33rd. 
1946 Cecil J. Pierce 
1947 Gordon C. Iglehart 
1948 Eugene H. Antes 
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1949 Paul J. Crawford, 33rd. 
1950 James P. Fath 
1951 Ralph L. Henes 
1952 Warren J. Pabst 
1953 Robert L. Hayes 
1954 Horace S. Shields 
1955 William B. Lakeman, PDDGM 
1956 William D. LaFever 
1957 Andrew W. Cherney 
1958 E. Bennett Bartles 
1959 Robert L. Marrs, 33rd. 
1960 Lester E. Hightower 
1961 John E. Ralston 
1962 Jacque R. Iglehart 
1963 Charles Short, Jr. 
1964 James W. Rich 
1965 Gordon Schaub 
1966 Fred Stieg 
1967 Raymond A. Castator 
1968 Ernest S. Hardin 
1969 William B. Martin 
1970 Robert E. Sandlin 
1971 Harry F. Gaefe, Jr. 
1972 Dennis Ray Davis, K.Y.C.H. 
1973 Karroll G. Hughes 
1974 Vaughn H. Caudill 
1975 Ray Cole 
1976 Bobby G. George 
1977 Whit Turner 
1978 M. Phillip Stroup 
1979 Harold E. Winkler 
1980 Raymond Folenius 
1981 Frank Young 
1982 Royce W. Helfrey 
1983 Hillard McDaniel 
1984 Whit Turner 
1985 Herman R. Butts, P.D.D.G.M. 
1986 Otis Huff 
1987 Robert Campbell 
1988 William Durham 
1989 Donald W. DePrato 
1990 Leo Allen 
1991 William Warner 
1992 Forister Norvell 
1993 Carter Fields 
1994 Whit Turner 
1995 Darrell Wagers 
1996 Herb B. Stover 
1997 Charles F. Reid, Jr. 
1998 Theodore J. Mangold 
1999 Herb B. Stover 
2000 Curtis E. Winkle 
2001 Kurt A. Baughman 
2002 Richard J. Shields, PDDGM 
2003 Ricky D. Watts 
2004 Thomas L. Dawson, Jr. 
2005 Curtis E. Winkle 
2006 Carl Eugene Smith 
2007 Michael A. Johnson 
2008 Michael Proffitt 
2009 H Matthew Reed, PDDGM
2010 Ryan Stidham 
2011 F. Oliver Baker, KYCH 
2012 Michael A. Johnson
2013  Ryan Napper
2014  Jamie L. Isaacs  
2015   Kenny Napper
2016    David Daugherty, DDGM
2017    Seldon Brown
2018    William "Butch" Foster
2019    Jeremy Spangenberg 
2020 Charles Mette - Ben Franklin Lodge

2020   Sean Carr  
2021 Edward Sparks 
2022 Jason Baynum 
2023 Timothy Miracle Jr **Presiding Worshipful Master**

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