Past Commanders - Maryland Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar

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.)

From the “History of the Knights Templar of the State of Pennsylvania” by Alfred Creigh, we find these records (as reported to the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania):
1814 Philip P Eckel
1815 Philip P Eckel
1816 Adam Denmead

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
2004 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2005 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2006 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2007 Robert Lumbert
2008 Robert Lumbert
2009 Robert Lumbert
2010 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2011 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2012 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2013 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2014 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
2015 Frederick A Spicer * 2013 ^2023
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

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