Past Commanders

Past Commanders of Maryland Commandery No. 1 from 1790 – 1899

Presiding Office title begins as “Most Eminent Grand Master”.

  • 1801 John Nelson (from the 1802 Diploma of Edward Brynan.)
  • 1812 Peter Galt (from 1812 Diploma of Philip P Eckel.)
  • The earliest records available around 1882 for this Commandery commence February 28, 1828. The following Past Commanders from 1828 through 1891 come from the “History of Maryland Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar” by Edward Schultz. EPC Schultz had access to the records from 1828 – 1865, before they were destroyed in the fire on 1890.
  • 1828 Philip P Eckel
  • 1829 Joseph K Stapleton
  • 1830 George Keyser
  • 1831 Henry S Keatinge
  • 1832 Henry S Keatinge

Presiding Officer title changed to “Grand Commander”, as Maryland No. 1 enters the jurisdiction of the General Grand Encampment.

  • 1833 Henry S Keatinge
  • 1834 Elijah Stansbury Jr
  • 1835 George Keyser
  • 1836 Christian G Peters
  • 1837 Christian G Peters
  • 1838 Christian G Peters
  • 1843 Christian G Peters
  • 1844 Christian G Peters
  • 1845 Christian G Peters
  • 1846 Elijah Stansbury Jr
  • 1848 Charles Gilman ^ 1842-1844
  • 1849 Daniel A Piper
  • 1850 Daniel A Piper
  • 1851 Daniel A Piper
  • 1852 Daniel A Piper
  • 1853 Samson Cariss
  • 1854 Samson Cariss
  • 1855 Charles Gilman ^ 1842-1844
  • 1856 James Stirrant

Presiding Officer title changed to “Eminent Commander”, inline with Encampments changing to Commanderies. See 1856 Triennial.

  • 1857 Charles Gilman ^ 1842-1844
  • 1858 Charles Gilman ^ 1842-1844
  • 1859 Daniel A Piper
  • 1860 John N McJilton ^ 1862
  • 1861 John N McJilton ^ 1862
  • 1862 John N McJilton ^ 1862
  • 1863 John N McJilton ^ 1862
  • 1864 John N McJilton ^ 1862
  • 1865 Reuben A Holmes
  • 1866 Reuben A Holmes
  • 1867 Reuben A Holmes
  • 1868 Reuben A Holmes
  • 1869 Edward T Schultz * 1874
  • 1870 Edward T Schultz * 1874
  • 1871 Edward T Schultz * 1874
  • 1872 Robert K Martin
  • 1873 Jacob E Krebs * 1878
  • 1874 Ferdinand J S Gorgas * 1879
  • 1875 Hermon L Emmons Jr
  • 1876 William A Hanway * 1882, 1883
  • 1877 Columbus C Isaacs * 1885
  • 1878 William H Ruby * 1892
  • 1879 Edmund J Oppelt
  • 1880 Charles G Edwards
  • 1881 Gerhard F Kooke
  • 1882 Graham Dukehart * 1900
  • 1883 F Lewis Schaefer
  • 1884 William E Arnold
  • 1885 J Milton Megraw
  • 1886 Lewis R Keizer
  • 1887 Anton H Fetting
  • 1888 John W Synder * 1898
  • 1889 John B Kurtz
  • 1890 John B Kurtz
  • 1891 John B Kurtz
  • The following list of Past Commanders come entirely from the minutes of the Commandery:
  • 1892 Josiah Clift, Jr
  • 1893 Alvin Coriell
  • 1894 William D Waxter
  • 1895 William A Hanway
  • 1896 Peter E Tome
  • 1897 James E Davis
  • 1898 George E French * 1908
  • 1899 George E Taylor

Eminent Past Commanders of Maryland Commandery No. 1 from 1900-1999

  • 1900 John W. Linthicum
  • 1901 John W. Linthicum
  • 1902 William C Jenness * 1914
  • 1903 Joseph H F Hahn
  • 1904 Charles Andrews
  • 1905 Charles Andrews
  • 1906 Willard E. Harn
  • 1907 Robert M Rother * 1921
  • 1908 Eustace P Saxton
  • 1909 William A Griffith * 1927
  • 1910 Benjamin F. Phillips
  • 1911 Benjamin F. Phillips
  • 1912 Benjamin F. Phillips
  • 1913 William H Randle
  • 1914 Harry W Nicholson
  • 1915 William H Walters
  • 1916 Louis L Shinnman
  • 1917 Charles P Morningstar
  • 1918 Irvin H Hahn
  • 1919 John H. S. Lane * 1933
  • 1920 James Calvin Morgan
  • 1921 Frederick Warring
  • 1922 Charles H Dinkelman
  • 1923 Ross P Cooper
  • 1924 George D Leonard
  • 1925 James A Marrian Jr
  • 1926 John F Teufel
  • 1927 Louis H Zeun
  • 1928 John C Weiss
  • 1929 Ralph W Martin
  • 1930 Robert S Little
  • 1931 William E Dodge
  • 1932 Elmer B Hobbs
  • 1933 John Plock
  • 1934 Edgar F Hahn
  • 1935 Joseph T Singewald Jr
  • 1936 Henry R Fenker
  • 1937 Frederick A Senger
  • 1938 Emmette R Spencer
  • 1939 Herbert Lentz
  • 1940 Roland H Finkeldey
  • 1941 Thaddeus Cox
  • 1942 Arthur B Maton
  • 1943 Edward L Mason
  • 1944 John C Cumberland
  • 1945 Edward Thatcher Jr * 1960
  • 1946 William G Smith
  • 1947 Roland S Marshall Sr * 1956
  • 1948 John S Mitchell * 1972
  • 1949 Rocco Bernard
  • 1950 Charles Ellwood Smyrk
  • 1951 David D Gunter
  • 1952 Paul Frebert
  • 1953 John A Schuster
  • 1954 Oscar C Helmer * 1967
  • 1955 Francis C Miller
  • 1956 Edward Thatcher, 3rd
  • 1957 Frederick Helmer
  • 1958 Levin E Custer
  • 1959 Edward C Fleischer
  • 1960 James F Collins
  • 1961 Leland C. Noel
  • 1962 Albion A Bailey * 1978
  • 1963 Wallace Burton
  • 1963 (Honorary) Craig E Taylor
  • 1964 Henry E Carmine
  • 1965 William E Gibson
  • 1966 J Allen L Diehlmann
  • 1967 Edward W Corbett
  • 1968 Henry U Frederick, Sr.
  • 1969 Edsel V Dyer
  • 1970 Harry S Tice
  • 1971 Homer T Walter
  • 1972 Homer T Walter
  • 1973 Charles W Elton
  • 1974 Richard H Uren
  • 1975 Norman G Williams
  • 1976 Walter L Jordan
  • 1977 William H Gunther
  • 1978 Charles W Elton
  • 1979 Calvin W Parker * 2000
  • 1980 James J Morgan
  • 1981 John W Getterman
  • 1982 John H Barber
  • 1983 Rodolfo B Aparentado
  • 1984 David W Theilman
  • 1985 William H Pindell Sr
  • 1986 David W Theilman
  • 1987 Matthew Racioppa
  • 1988 David W Theilman
  • 1989 Charles W Wagner * 1998
  • 1990 Charles W Wagner * 1998
  • 1991 Charles W Wagner * 1998
  • 1992 Charles W Wagner * 1998
  • 1993 Calvin W Parker ? * 2000
  • 1994 Calvin W Parker * 2000
  • 1995 Calvin W Parker * 2000
  • 1996 Calvin W Parker * 2000
  • 1997 Rodolfo “Rudy” Aparentado
  • 1998 Rodolfo “Rudy” Aparentado
  • 1999 Rodolfo “Rudy” Aparentado

Eminent Past Commanders of Maryland Commandery No. 1 from 2000-

  • 2000 Milton Arrington
  • 2001 Edward Fontz
  • 2002 Edward Fontz
  • 2003 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2004 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2005 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2006 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2007 Robert Lumbert
  • 2008 Robert Lumbert
  • 2009 Robert Lumbert
  • 2010 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2011 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2012 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2013 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2014 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2015 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023 & 2024
  • 2016 Edsel A Spellman Jr.
  • 2017 Edsel A Spellman Jr.
  • 2018 Don Craze
  • 2019 Danny Dickerson
  • 2020 Danny Dickerson
  • 2021 Danny Dickerson
  • 2022 Frederick T Rossmark Jr
  • 2023 Scott Lapp

Past Commanders of Baltimore Commandery No. 2

Past Commanders of Har-Ce Commandery No. 15

* Grand Commander of Knights Templar of the State of Maryland

^ Grand Master of Masons in Maryland