W.:. | Worshipful |
V.:.W.:. | Very Worshipful |
R.:.W.:. | Right Worshipful |
M.:.W.:. | Most Worshipful |
* | Deceased |
1. | W.:.Christopher Yates * | 1774-1776, 1778-1784 | Surveyor by occupation. Founder and first Master of St. George’s Lodge. Lieut. Col. Albany County Militia. Member of the Third Provincial Congress, 1776. |
2. | W.:. John Aaron Bradt * | 1777 | Innkeeper and Indian Trader |
3. | W.:.Robert Alexander * | 1785-1786, 1789-1790 | Merchant, Captain in Col. Wemple’s Regiment of Albany County Militia |
4. | W.:. Cornelius Van Dyke * | 1787-1788 | Physician, Col. First New York Line |
5. | W.:. Joseph Christopher Yates * | 1791-1796, 1798 | First Mayor of the City of Schenectady 1798-1803, Governor of the State of New York 1823-1824 |
6. | W.:.Jellis A. Fonda * | 1797, 1799-1802, 1805 | Major and Adjutant of the command of Col. Willett’s Regiment of Levies, First Clerk of Schenectady 1809-1834 |
7. | W.:. Henry Yates, Jr. * | 1803, 1810, 1815-1824 | Mayor of Schenectady 1817-1825, State Senator 1810, 1814, 1818-1822 |
8. | W.:. William J. Teller * | 1804, 1806-1807 | |
9. | W.:. Thomas B. Clench * | 1808, 1811-1814 | |
10. | W.:. John G. Van Ingen * | 1809 | |
11. | W.:. Richard McMichael * | 1825 | |
12. | W.:. Giles Fonda Yates * | 1826-1827, 1844-1845 | Attourney-at-law, Antiquarian, Editor, Sovereign Grand Commander Supreme Council A.A.S.R. Northern Jurisdiction 1851 |
13. | W.:.Isaac Maus Schermerhorn * | 1828-1843 | Physician, Surgeon of the 59th regiment of New York Infantry, Brig. General of the 14th Brigade, 14th Division N.Y.S. Militia, Mayor of Schenectady |
14. | M.:.W.: Stephen H. Johnson * | 1846 | Attorney, State Senator and a Judge. Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York 1867. For a detailed biography of Grand Master Johnson, go to the Grand Masters page. |
15. | W.:.Smith B. Burnham * | 1847 | |
16. | W.:. Levi H. Willard * | 1848 | |
17. | W.:. Joseph H. Horsfall * | 1849 | |
18. | W.:. Edward McCamus * | 1850 | |
19. | W.:. Frederick R. Mudge * | 1851 | |
20. | W.:. Joseph Y. Brower * | 1852 | |
21. | W.:.James E. VanHorne * | 1853 | Mayor of Schenectady 1848-1850 |
22. | W.:. Stephen O. Durkee * | 1854 | |
23. | W.:. Abram A. Van Vorst * | 1855-1856 | Mayor of Schenectady 1852-1854, Mayor of Schenectady 1869-1871, Mayor of Schenectady 1881-1883 |
24. | R.:.W.:.William J. VanHorne * | 1857-1858, 1871 | District Deputy Grand Master of the 7th Masonic District 1864-1865 ,District Deputy Grand Master of the 9th Masonic District 1865-1866, Mayor of Schenectady 1871-1873 |
25. | W.:. Charles S. Vedder * | 1859 | |
26. | W.:. John N. Banker * | 1860-1861 | |
27. | W.:. Horace Goodrich * | 1862-1863 | |
28. | W.:. James Comstock * | 1864 | |
29. | W.:. Robert Lent | 1865 | |
30. | W.:. S. L. Roberts Buchanan * | 1866-1868 | First High Priest of St. George’s Chapter No. 157, R. A. M. 1855-1859, First Commander of St. George’s Commandery No. 37, K. T. 1866-1869 |
31. | W.:. Edgar M. Jenkins * | 1869-1870 | |
32. | R.:.W.:. John A DeRemer * | 1872-1873 | Commissioner of Appeals 1885-1888 |
33. | R.:.W.:. John Keyes Paige * | 1874-1876 | District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th Masonic District 1874-1876 |
34. | W.:. Cady Staley * | 1877 | |
35. | W.:. Scott Hunter * | 1878-1879 | |
36. | W.:. I. B. Price * | 1880-1881 | |
37. | R.:.W.:. William H. Peckham * | 1882-1883 | District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th Masonic District 1891-1892 |
38. | W.:. T. Low Barhydt * | 1884-1885 | Mayor of Schenectady 1887-1889 |
39. | W.:. John H. White * | 1886-1887 | Mayor of Schenectady 1900-1902, Schenectady Masonic Hall Association Representative from 1908 to 1911 |
40. | W.:. Peter M. Doty * | 1888-1889 | |
41. | W.:. Francis Williamson * | 1890 | |
42. | R.:.W.:. Charles E. Palmer * | 1891-1892 | Grand Steward 1892-1893 |
43. | R.:.W.:. Thomas W. Wright * | 1893-1894 | |
44. | R.:.W.:. William H. Smith * | 1895-1896 | Mayor of Schenectady 1876-1879, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Maine |
45. | W.:. David Engleman * | 1897 | |
46. | W.:. Marshall B. McKinley * | 1898-1899 | Master of the 125th Anniversary |
47. | R.:.W.:. William W. Wemple * | 1900 | Grand Sword Bearer 1903-1904, New York State Assemblyman 1903-1906 N. Y. State Senate 31st District 1907-1908 |
48. | R.:.W.:. Horace S. Van Voast * | 1901 | Mayor of Schenectady 1902-1904, Mayor of Schenectady 1908-1910, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Maryland |
49. | W.:. George Wood * | 1902 | |
50. | W.:. Albert Tenney * | 1903 | |
51. | W.:. Arthur Marvin * | 1904 | |
52. | W.:. Andrew Kidd, Jr. * | 1905 | |
53. | R.:.W.:. Samuel S. Forster * | 1906 | Founder and First Master of Charles W. Mead Lodge No. 862, F. & A. M. 1907-1908, District Deputy Grand Master of the 17th Masonic District 1909-1911 |
54. | R.:.W.:. Frank Hoppman * | 1907 | Representative and also a President of the Schenectady Masonic Hall Association for 31 years from 1912 to 1943., Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick, Canada |
55. | W.:. Wooster B. Curtis * | 1908 | |
56. | W.:. Frank H. Sargent * | 1909 | First Elected Illustrious Master of St. George’s Council No. 74, R. & S. M. 1911-1912 |
57. | R.:.W.:. Howard R. Ouderkirk * | 1910 | He has attained the usual honor in the Masonic Order as Master of St. George’s Lodge, and at the date of his installation was the youngest Master at the age of 28 to be elected to that office since the Lodge was chartered in 1774 from 1910 to 1987., District Deputy Grand Master of the 17th Masonic District 1914-1915 |
58. | W.:. Marcus E. France * | 1911 | |
59. | W.:. Frank R. Swart * | 1912 | |
60. | R.:.W.:.Charles W. Collins * | 1913 | Grand Steward 1917-1918 |
61. | W.:. William T. Strickland * | 1914 | |
62. | W.:. Edward J. Apps * | 1915 | |
63. | W.:. Charles H. Schlansker * | 1916 | |
64. | W.:. Harry D. Holbrook * | 1917 | |
65. | W.:. Samuel E. Davis * | 1918 | |
66. | R.:.W.:.Evan R. Cullings * | 1919 | Grand Steward 1927-1928 |
67. | W.:. Henry C. Fagal * | 1920 | Mayor of Schenectady 1928-1932, Mayor of Schenectady 1934-1936 |
68. | R.:.W.:.Walter S. McNab * | 1921 | N.Y.S. Assemblyman 1st Dist. 1915-1919, Director of the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory 1947-1963, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Ohio |
69. | R.:.W.:.Edwin C. Vedder * | 1922 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1928-1929 |
70. | W.:. Aaron J. Bradt * | 1923 | |
71. | W.:. Percy W. Ward * | 1924 | Master of the 150th Anniversary |
72. | R.:.W.:.Joseph P. Thompson * | 1925 | Grand Sword Bearer 1956-1957 |
73. | W.:. Albert E. Butler * | 1926 | |
74. | W.:.George M. Betts * | 1927 | |
75. | W.:. Edward A. Cummings * | 1928 | |
76. | W.:. Daniel F. Webster * | 1929 | |
77. | W.:. Frederick H. Robinson * | 1930 | |
78. | W.:. Roy W. Peters * | 1931 | |
79. | M.:.W.:. Richard A. Rowlands * | 1932 | Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York 1950-1951. For a detailed biography of Grand Master Rowlands, go to the Grand Masters page. |
80. | W.:.Horace S. Van Voast * | 1933 | |
81. | W.:. William W. Wemple * | 1934 | N.Y.S. Assemblyman 2nd Dist. 1930-1931 |
82. | W.:. Arthur R. Winder * | 1935 | He was summoned by the Grand Architect of the Universe during his term as Master of St. George’s Lodge on July 26, 1935 |
83. | R.:.W.:. William A. Rockwell * | 1936 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma |
84. | W.:. Robert L. Aughenpaugh * | 1937 | |
85. | W.:. Herbert E. Rolfe * | 1938 | |
86. | R.:.W.:. Robert J. Swackhammer * | 1939 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1943-1944 |
87. | R.:.W.:. William D. Gillespie * | 1940 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, Deputy Grand Marshal 1948-1949, Grand Marshal 1950-1951 |
88. | W.:. Edgar W. Snell * | 1941 | |
89. | W.:. J. F. Heaword Robinson, Jr. * | 1942 | |
90. | R.:.W.:. Earl S. Moncton * | 1943 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1953-1954 Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Vermont |
91. | W.:. Kenneth D. Bartlett * | 1944 | |
92. | W.:. Farnum E. Thomas * | 1945 | |
93. | W.:. Harold I. Blessing * | 1946 | |
94. | W.:. Chester W. Looman * | 1947 | |
95. | W.:. Lester E. Davenport * | 1948 | |
96. | W.:. Anthony E. Stritter * | 1949 | Master of the 175th Anniversary |
97. | R.:.W.:. Stuart S. Gillespie * | 1950 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Delaware |
98. | W.:. Grandville H. Jarvis * | 1951 | |
99. | W.:. John H. Guevin, Sr. * | 1952 | |
100. | W.:. Lewis B. Mull * | 1953 | |
101. | R.:.W.:. William T. Short * | 1954 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1959-1960 |
102. | W.:. Roy B. Quick * | 1955 | |
103. | W.:. Eugene W. Baxter * | 1956 | |
104. | R.:.W.:. Robert J. Henry * | 1957 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1970-1971 |
105. | W.:. Harvey E. Garrison * | 1958 | Dedicated Service Award 1979 |
106. | R.:.W.:. Stuart G. Henry * | 1959 | Grand Steward 1965-1966 |
107. | W.:. Hinsdill P. Stevenson * | 1960 | |
108. | R.:.W.:. Clifford B. Foland * | 1961 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky |
109. | W.:.Kenneth J. Tullock * | 1962 | Dedicated Service Award 1975 |
110. | W.:. Walter L. Schlenker* | 1963 | |
111. | R.:.W.:. Bruce A. Henry * | 1964 | Grand Steward 1978-1979 |
112. | R.:.W.:. Raymond M. Gates * | 1965 | Grand Sword Bearer 1985-1986 |
113. | R.:.W.:. Lee H. Esmann | 1966 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1982-1983 |
114. | W.:. Charles H. Smith * | 1967 | |
115. | R.:.W.:. Donald Pfeiffer* | 1968 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, Canada |
116. | V.:.W.:. Ernest K. Contompasis * | 1969 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1981-1982, Assistant Grand Lecturer of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1985-1987 |
117. | W.:.Elmer I. Kidder * | 1970 | |
118. | W.:. Harry Spodak * | 1971 | |
119. | W.:. Albert A. Palmer * | 1972 | Dedicated Service Award 1998 |
120. | W.:. Frank E. Parker * | 1973 | |
121. | M.:.W.:. Roswell T. Swits* | 1974 | Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York 1988-1990. For a detailed biography of Grand Master Swits, go to the Grand Masters page. |
122. | W.:. Leonard G. Hunter II | 1975 | |
123. | W.:. Robert H. Pelham Jr. * | 1976 | |
124. | W.:. Roger H. Pelham | 1977 | |
125. | R.:.W.:. Nicholas J. Cilberti * | 1978, 1990 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Hawaii |
126. | W.:. Bobbie B. Hull | 1979 | |
127. | R.:.W.:.William B. Fink Jr. | 1980 | District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 2004-2006, Jr. Grand Warden 2012-2014 |
128. | W.:. William B. Fink Sr. * | 1981 | |
129. | R.:.W.:. Francis I. Karwowski | 1982 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1989-1990, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, 2007-2008 Most Illustrious Grand Master Grand Council Cryptic Masons State of New York |
130. | R.:.W.:. Rodger H. Bricknell * | 1983 | Director of the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory 1990-1993 |
131. | W.:. Theodore B. Schwermer * | 1984 | Dedicated Service Award 1981 |
132. | W.:. Donald G. Bowers | 1985 | |
133. | R.:.W.:. Michael T. Brockbank | 1986 | Deputy Grand Standard Bearer 1987-1988, Grand Standard Bearer 1988-1990, Trustee Masonic Hall & Asylum 1990-1996, Director of the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory 2001-2004, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of The Netherlands, Hudson-Champlain Regional Deputy Proctor 2007 to the present |
134. | R.:.W.:. Ralph Pfeiffer | 1987 | At the time of his installation he became the youngest Master of St. George’s Lodge at the age of 27 going all the way back to when the lodge was chartered in 1774 from 1987 to the present. President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1998-1999 Grand Sword Bearer 2000-2002, District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 2010-2012 |
135. | R.:.W.:. John David Henry* | 1988 | Assistant Grand Lecturer of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1996-1999 and 2001-2007, Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Hudson-Champlain Regional Assistant Grand Lecturer 2007-2009 |
136. | W.:. David L. Palmquist | 1989 | |
137. | W.:. Kent R. DeBie | 1991 | 2nd Vice President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1995-1996 |
138. | W.:. Cary L. Peek | 1992 | |
139. | W.:. Philip S. Arony | 1993 | 3rd Vice President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1994-1995 |
140. | W.:. James D. Vooys | 1994 | |
141. | R.:.W.:. Henry M. Michelin | 1995, 2001-2002 | Grand Director of Ceremonies 2010-2012 |
142. | R.:.W.:. Ralph H. Rosenthal | 1996, 2004 | Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
143. | R.:.W.:. Richard Rasmussen * | 1997 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 1986-1987, District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 1990-1991 |
144. | R.:.W.:. David E. Barnes | 1998 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2001-2002, District Deputy Grand Master of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 2002-2004 |
145. | R.:.W.:. R. Bruce Murphy | 1999, 2003 | Grand Steward 2004-2006 |
146. | W.:.Glenn W. Bull * | 2000 | Dedicated Service Award 2007 |
147. | W.:. Robert Brilling Jr. | 2005 | |
148. | W.:. Robert E. McCloskey | 2006, 2007 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2008-2009 |
149. | V.:..W.:. Damon B. Carr | 2008 | Assistant Grand Lecturer of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 2009-2011 |
150. | W.:. Edward W. Mosso | 2009 | Grand Patron Order of the Eastern Star State of New York 2023-2024
Associate Grand Patron, Order of the Eastern Star State of New York 2022-2023 |
151. | W.:. Richard W. James | 2010 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2012-2013 |
152. | V.:..W.:. David Donofrio, Jr. | 2011 | Assistant Grand Lecturer of the Rensselaer-Schenectady Masonic District 2012-2013 |
153. | W.:. Alex B. Smuckler | 2012 | |
154. | W.:. Eric J. Tucker | 2013 | |
155. | W.:. Chad J. Pezzano | 2014 – 2016 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2017-2018 |
156. | V.:.W.:. Paul D. Hulseapple | 2016 – 2018 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2019-2023 President of the Old 17th District Masters and Officers Association 2017-2018 Assistant Grand Lecturer 2019 – 2023 |
157. | W.:. Darrell C. Pinckney | 2018 – 2020 | |
158. | W.:. Richard W. James | 2020-2021 | President of the Past Master’s Association of the Old 17th Masonic District 2012-2013 |
159. | W.:. Raymond Kappes | 2021-2023 | |
160. | R.:.W.:. John A. Califano | 2021-2023 | Grand Chaplain |