Supreme Grand Masters
- Paschal Beverly Randolph (1858–1875)
- Freeman B. Dowd (1875–1907)
- Edward H. Brown (1907–1922)
- R. Swinburne Clymer (1922–1966)
- Emerson Myron Clymer (1966–1983)
- Gerald E. Poesnecker (1983–2003)
- William Kracht (2003–Present)
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