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Prince Hall customs

tomasball

Premium Member
How long does the MWPHGLoT elect its Grand Master to serve? I was kind of interested to notice that MW Curtis appears to have held that office for around nine years. In the GLoT you only get one year.
 

bupton52

Moderator
Premium Member
How long does the MWPHGLoT elect its Grand Master to serve? I was kind of interested to notice that MW Curtis appears to have held that office for around nine years. In the GLoT you only get one year.

There are no term limits for elected officers in the MWPHGLoTX
 

tomasball

Premium Member
As a point of comparison, MWPHGLNM elects their GM for 3-year terms.
Can he run for re-election after that?
This would make an interesting survey, to find the customs across the various jurisdictions. As far as I can find in the constitution of the GLoT, a Grand Master could run over and over again, but it's just accepted practice for him to let the progressive line...progress.
 

LBCutta

Registered User
Interesting, so in some jurisdictions they have open ended terms so to
Speak. I was a member of a couple of lodges in MWPHGLofTX and wondered the same thing

WM Clark
 

tomasball

Premium Member
In the so-called Mainstream US Grand Lodges, the majority only let him serve one year. The rest cut him off at two. I'm sure the practices outside the US vary widely.
 

Brennan

Registered User
I know the grand master of Austria has been in office for about a decade. We have a brother from Austria just join our lodge.
 

dfreybur

Premium Member
... the majority only let him serve one year. The rest cut him off at two. I'm sure the practices outside the US vary widely.

Two of my jurisdictions have one-year terms, the other has two one-year terms. I've read the law book for 2 of my 3 jurisdictions so far and there is no mention of term limits. It is local tradition not law.

In Illinois with a 2 year tradition it occasionally happens that a MWGM is so unpopular during his first year he gets voted out instead of serving the traditional 2 years. This has happened within living memory.

On the one hand I figure the traditional terms are because brothers line up to be in the grand line. On the other hand it appears to cost far more than is reimbursed so a MWGM has to be of independent means. Local lodge may be able to afford admitting brothers without regard to worldly wealth, but grand lodge can not afford that.
 

Bro. David F. Hill

David F. Hill
Premium Member
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TermNameLodgeCity
1875 – 1876Norris Wright CuneyAmity #4Galveston
1876 – 1878Richard AllenMagnolia #3Houston
1878 – 1879Leroy L. JamesMagnolia #3Houston
1879 – 1881Norris Wright CuneyAmity #4Galveston
1881 – 1885Abram GrantSan Antonio #1San Antonio
1885 – 1890Charles C. DeanMagnolia #3Houston
1890 – 1890Rodolphus H. BradleyPaul Drayton #9Dallas
1890 – 1892Josiah Haynes ArmstrongAmity #4Galveston
1892 – 1894John W. MadisonMt. Bonnell #2Austin
1894 – 1896Wiley Lawson KimbroughPaul Drayton #9Dallas
1896 – 1916John Wesley McKinneyPolar Star #33Sherman
1916 – 1925Henderson D. WinnSaint John #12Chapel Hill
1925 – 1930John Adrian KirkMount Moriah #6Waco
1930 – 1946William ColemanSunset #76El Paso
1946 – 1955Lucian L. LockhartMagnolia #3Houston
1955 – 1965John T. MaxeyAmity #4Galveston
1965 - 1981Isadore H. ClaybornPaul Drayton #9Dallas
1981 – 1987Reuben G. WhiteLa Marque #373La Marque
1987 – 1991Thomas H. RouttEver Ready #506Rosenberg
1991 – 1994Edwin B. CashGood Street #182Dallas
1994 – 2003Robert E. Connor, Jr.Prince Hall #18Columbus
2003 - Wilbert M. CurtisSt. James #71Temple
 
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