Past State Presidents' History

YEAR FALL FALL President STATE Convention PRESIDENT HOME NO
CONFERENCE No. NO CONVENTION NO LODGE
                 
1925-1926 None 0 1 Dallas 1 *Jack Burke San Antonio # 216
1926-1927 None 0 2 Houston 2 *P.L. Downs Temple  # 138
1927-1928 None 0 3 El Paso 3 *James H. Gibson Houston # 151
1928-1929 None 0 4 Breckenridge 4 *Charles Mangold Dallas # 71
1929-1930 None 0 5 Del Rio 5 *W.W. Bridges El Paso # 187
1930-1931 None 0 6 Galveston 6 *Julian LaCross Del Rio # 837
1931-1932 None 0 7 Laredo 7 *Harry Logsdon, MD Ranger #1373
1932-1933 None 0 8 Dallas 8 *Harry E. Holmes Temple # 138
1933-1934 None 0 9 Houston 9 *H.S. Rubenstein Brenham # 979
1934-1935 None 0 10 Ft Worth 10 *George W. Loudermilk Dallas # 71
1935-1936 None 0 11 San Antonio 11 *Fred Knetch Seguin #1229
1936-1937 None 0 12 Tyler 12 *John D. Carter Ft Worth # 124
1937-1938 None 0 13 Denison 13 *J.A. Bergfeld Tyler # 215
1938-1939 None 0 14 Waco 14 *Walter W. Short Houston # 151
1939-1940 None 0 15 Galveston 15 *A.V. Tate Galveston # 126
1940-1941 None 0 16 Amarillo 16 *Charles W. Smeltz San Antonio # 216
1941-1942 None 0 17 Corpus Christi 17 *M.A. DeBettencourt Houston # 151
1942-1943 None 0 18 Dallas 18 *Frank Haladay Dallas # 71
1943-1944 None 0 19 Houston 19 *George A. Strauss Corpus Christi #1628
1944-1945 None 0 20 San Antonio 20 *Harry A. Nass San Antonio # 216
1945-1946 None 0 21 San Antonio 21 *Raymond L. Wright Houston # 151
1946-1947 None 0 22 Ft Worth 22 *Floyd B. Ford Dallas # 71
1947-1948 None 0 23 Beaumont 23 *F.A. "Pode" Powell Amarillo  # 923
1948-1949 None 0 24 San Antonio 24 *Carl R. Mann Baytown #1649
1949-1950 None 0 25 Brownsville 25 *F.W. Beckstead Waco # 166
1950-1951 None 0 26 Amarillo 26 *J. Rollie Pray Ft Worth # 124
1951-1952 None 0 27 Galveston 27 *Allen B. Hannay Houston # 151
1952-1953 None 0 28 Houston 28 *R.P. Willis Wichita Falls #1105
1953-1954 None 0 29 McAllen 29 *Victor E. Ferchill Longview #1128
1954-1955 None 0 30 El Paso 30 *Dr. Devere E. Biser Dallas # 71
1955 None 0 31 Died in Office   *E.C. Bunch Odessa #1630
1955-1956 None 0 32 Ft Worth 31 *Howard E. Stapleton Plainview #1175
1956-1957 None 0 33 Galveston 32 *Charlie C. Bowie San Benito #1661
1957-1958 None 0 34 Austin 33 *William J.B. Frazier El Paso # 187
1958-1959 None 0 35 San Antonio 34 *Alex A. McKnight Dallas # 71
1959-1960 None 0 36 Longview 35 *Forest Gathright Austin # 201
1960-1961 None 0 37 Brownsville 36 *Clarence L. Waters San Antonio # 216
1961-1962 None 0 38 San Angelo 37 *Marvin Hamilton Kingsville #1926
1962-1963 None 0 39 Pasadena 38 *John A. Fuhrhop Galveston # 126
1963-1964 None 0 40 Harlingen 39 *Charles T. Wood El Paso # 187
1964-1965 None 0 41 Longview 40 *Lloyd W. Burwick McAllen #1402
1965-1966 None 0 42 Ft Worth 41 *Phil N. Cleator Galveston # 126
1966-1967 Childress 1 43 Houston 42 *Joel W. Ellis Harlingen #1889
1967-1968 San Angelo 2 44 Austin 43 *James Virgil Sharp San Antonio # 216
1968-1969 Houston 3 45 El Paso 44 *Edward M. Schlieter New Braunfels #2279
1969-1970 Wichita Falls 4 46 McAllen 45 *Harry N. Phelps Arlington #2114
1970-1971 Longview 5 47 Ft Worth 46 *J.D. Biffle Galveston # 126
1971-1972 Arlington 6 48 Galveston 47 *T.O. Wilkins Lubbock #1348
1972-1973 Temple 7 49 Harlingen 48 *Gene Norton Grand Prairie #1910
1973-1974 Laredo 8 50 Houston 49 *O.G. Anderson Austin # 201
1974-1975 Pasadena 9 51 Lubbock 50 *Ralph A. Marz Houston # 151
1975-1976 Arlington 10 52 Irving 51 *George B. Russell Harlingen #1889
1976-1977 Wichita Falls 11 53 El Paso 52 *Claude Phillips Dallas # 71
1977-1978 Longview 12 54 Amarillo 53 *Joe P. Matthews Mainland  #2141
1978-1979 Del Rio 13 55 San Antonio 54 *H.N. "Pete" Hall San Benito #1661
1979-1980 Pasadena 14 56 San Angelo 55 C.J. Butler Galveston # 126
1980-1981 Mesquite 15 57 Austin 56 *E.C. "Buddy" Ables Pasadena #1832
1981-1982 Brownsville 16 58 El Paso 57 *Ray C. Strom El Paso # 187
1982-1983 Longview 17 59 Pasadena 58 Ellis Leatherwood Houston # 151
1983-1984 Brenham 18 60 Lubbock 59 C.F. "Chuck" Williams Plano #2485
1984-1985 Dallas 19 61 Harlingen 60 *John Golden Paris #2433
1985-1986 Galveston 20 62 New Braunfels 61 *V.F. "Vic" Elliott Temple # 138
1986-1987 Ft Worth 21 63 Amarillo 62 Hollice Hemphill Austin # 201
1987-1988 Sherman 22 64 Longview 63 *Ervin V. Stone Borger #1581
1988-1989 Beaumont 23 65 Galveston 64 Ezbai "Ez" Wells Ft Worth # 124
1989-1990 Temple 24 66 Wichita Falls 65 *Harlan M. Starnes Clear Lake #2322
1990-1991 Harlingen 25 67 El Paso 66 Charles L. Preston Wichita Falls #1105
1991-1992 Lubbock 26 68 San Antonio 67 R.D. "Dean" Provost North Houston #2562
1992-1993 Kerrville 27 69 Wichita Falls 68 Richard K. "Dick" Belmore Plano #2485
1993-1994 Del Rio 28 70 New Braunfels 69 Jim Karels Cleburne # 811
1994-1995 Longview 29 71 Beaumont 70 Bill Hill Lubbock #1348
1995-1996 San Angelo 30 72 Died in Office   *Hugh Gillispie North Houston #2562
1995-1996     73 Mesquite 71 Royce Butler Amarillo # 923
1996-1997 McAllen 31 74 Wichita Falls 72 Royce Butler Amarillo # 923
1997-1998 Longview 32 75 Richardson 73 Orville Weiss Plano-Richardson  #2485
1998-1999 Grapevine 33 76 New Braunfels 74 Bill Hart Chisholm Trail #2659
1999-2000  Brenham  34 77 Longview  75 Jim Arnold  Pearland  #2732 
2000-2001  Corpus Christi  35 78 Richardson  76 Glen Castlebury  Austin  #201 
2001-2002  Corpus Christi  36 79 Richardson  77 Les Reagan  Grapevine  #2483 
2002-2003  Corpus Christi  37 80 Richardson  78 Jim Plummer  Brenham  #979 
2003-2004 Houston 38 81 Addison 79 Don Pepper Wichita Falls #1105
2004-2005 Houston 39 82 Addison 80 Wayne Christopher Clear Lake #2322
2005-2006 San Antonio  40 83 Addison 81 Jud Good Plano-Richardson  #2485
2006-2007 Austin 41 84 Addison 82 Bob Finch Dallas #71
2007-2008 Austin 42 85 Addison 83 Don Pepper Wichita Falls #1105
2008-2009 Kerrville 43 86 Addison 84 Kirk Storey Kerrville #2081
2009-2010 Kerrville 44 87 Addison 85 Bob Boyett Katy #2628
2010-2011 Kerrville 45 88 Addison 86 Mike Clark Grapevine  #2483 
*Denotes Deceased