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California Grand Lodge

Grand Lodge of California instituted on September 28, 1869
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The Pythian Grand Lodge for the Domain of California was organized at a preliminary meeting held at
Congress Hall on Bush Street in San Francisco on September 5, 1869 followed by the formal institution
of the Grand Domain on September 28, 1869 when there were eight Lodges. It was just the fourteenth Domain (i.e., State) to be instituted by the Supreme Lodge of the United States. By the first of January 1870, there
were fifteen lodges in the State with a membership of 1,211.

The Domain's publication, the Sprig of Myrtle reported the number of Lodges at seventeen by 1871.
(History of the Knights of Pythias, Joseph D. Weeks (Jos. D. Weeks and Co., Burlington, Iowa, 1872)

One of the moving forces behind the organization of the Grand Lodge and subordinate lodges in the State was William L. La Rose, who was initiated in California Lodge No. 1 in 1869 and proceeded to organize
Our Lodge No. 5 (subsequently renamed Ivanhoe No. 5) the same year. (Knights of Pythias Complete Manual and Textbook, John Van Valkenburg (Moss and Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1878).) The first Grand Domain officers elected (under titles that were superceded in 1874) were: William C. Mead, Grand Venerable Patriarch; George H. Chard, Grand Chancellor; David Kerr, Grand Vice-Chancellor; R. W. Barclay, Grand Recording and
Corresponding Secretary; George P. Fisher, Grand Banker. (History of the Knights of Pythias, Weeks.)

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2008 - Richard Dorfman / Lodge 393
2007 - Herbert Lederman / Lodge 162
2006 - Mark Weber / Lodge 401
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2002 - Roy Levy / Lodge 403
2001 - Seymour Weinstein / Lodge 403
2000 - Lester Garb / Lodge 104

1999 - Arthur M. Ginsberg / Lodge 401
1998 - Sir Dan Cowan / Lodge 393
1997 - Sir Murray Teitel / Lodge 162
1996 - Joel Halle / Lodge 411
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1933 - W.U. Handy / Wilshire No. 239
1932 - M.Z. Ellis / Long Beach No. 210
1931 - E.E. Robinson / California No. 1
1930 - H.W. Falk / Scotia No. 310

1929 - L.D. Mathews / Los Angeles No. 2
1928 - A.H. Schootky / Yosemite No. 30
1927 - W.U. Goodman / Suisun No. 111
1926 - F.H. Jones / Los Angeles No. 2
1925 - F.F. Merriam / Long Beach No. 210
1924 - H.W. Broughton / Gauntlet No. 129
1924 - W.R. Myers / Los Angeles No. 2
1923 - O.E. Jackson / New Era No. 32
1922 - J.W. Carter / Redding No. 73 (33ys.)
1921 - J.S. Brown / Los Angeles No. 2
1920 - W.F. Gates / Oroville No. 232

1919 - C.W. Guerin / Pomona No. 107
1918 - G.P. Commings / Fresno No. 138
1917 - R.G. Loucks / Samson No. 148
1916 - J.C. Brown / Cottonwood No. 308
1915 - H.A. Croghan / Red Star No. 153
1914 - K.A. Miller / Marathon No. 182
1913 - R.W. Schoonover / Castle Rock No. 151
1912 - M.J. Knox / lily 184
1911 - B.F. Bledsoe / Valley 27
1910 - J.L. Childs / Perseverance No. 77

1909 - E.C. Hart / Confidence No. 78
1908 - W.D. Wagner / Valley No. 27
1907 - M.L. Short / Hanford No. 66
1906 - D.C. Clark / Avalon No. 89
1905 - D.C. Clark / Avalon No. 89
1904 - R.F. Burns / Auburn No. 198
1903 - B.V. Sargent / Salinas No. 183
1902 - D.K. Trask / Nemo No. 161
1901 - L.S. Calkins / Milo No. 48
1900 - W.T. Jeter / Avalon No. 89

1899- H.E.R. Arndt / San Diego No. 28
1898 - C.L. Patton / Sequoia No 188
1897 - W.H. Grant / Pythian No 43
1896 - C.F. McGlashan / Summit No. 54
1895 - G. Samuels / Live Oak No. 17
1894 - C.E. Lindsay / Avalon No. 89
1893 - F. McGowan / Lincoln No. 34
1892 - W.C. Graves / Fairmount No. 108
1891 - G.E. Church / Vineland No. 67
1890 - J.G. Swinnerton / Charter Oak No. 80

1889 - T.J. Crowley / Tamalpias 60
1888 - A.J. Buckles / Othello No. 31
1887 - F.H. Farrar / Yosemite No. 30
1886 - T.F. Bachelder / Eureka No. 9
1885 - G.B. Katzenstein / Confidence No. 78
1884 - S.L Carter / Nemo No. 169
1883 - F.W. Bell / Lincoln No. 34
1882 - J.H. Harney / Laurel No. 4
1881 - J.H. Harney / Laurel No. 4
1880 - S.L. Terry / Triumph No. 47

1879 - E.T. Blackmer / San Diego No. 28
1878 - D. McClure / Fidelity No. 23
1877 - D. McClure / Fidelity No. 23
1876 - D. McClure / Fidelity No. 23
1875 - L.M. Manzer / Golden Gate No. 3
1874 - L.M. Manzer / Golden Gate No. 3
1873 - A.G. Booth / Myrtle No. 16
1872 - F.P. Dunn / Occidental No. 18
1871 - W.H. Bodfish / Damon No. 2
1870 - W.H. Bodfish / Damon No. 2
Joseph A. Albertson / California No. 1 ?

1869 - G.H. Chard / California No. 1


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1939 - 70th - Santa Cruz - May 20
1938 - 69th - Santa Rosa - Mat 18
1937 - 68th - Santa Barbara - May 20
1936 - 67th - Santa Rosa - May 18
1935 - 66th - Stockton - may 20
1934 - 65th - Sacramento - May 21
1933 - 64th - Santa Rosa - May 15
1932 - 63rd - Merced - May 16
1931 - 62nd - Sacramento - May 18
1930 - 61st - Sacramento - May 19

1929 - 60th - Sacramento - May 20
1928 - 59th - Vislia - May 21
1927 - 58th - Santa Cruz May 16
1926 - 57th - Santa Barbara - May 17
1925 - 56th - Oakland - May 24
1924 - 55th - Oakland - May 23
1923 - 54th - Santa Cruz - May 21
1922 - 53rd - Chico - San Francisco? - May 15
1921 - 52nd - Santa Rosa - May 16
1920 - 51st - Yosemite Valley - May 17

1919 - 50th - Fresno - May 19
1918 - 49th - Oakland - May 20
1917 - 48th - Redding - May 21
1916 - 47th - San Bernardino - May 15
1915 - 46th - San Francisco - May 17
1914 - 45th - Sacramento - May 18
1913 - 44th - San Diego - May 19
1912 - 43rd - Grass Valley - May 20
1911 - 42nd - Eureka - May 15
1910 - 41st - Santa Cruz - May 16

1909 - 40th - Watsonville = May 17
1908 - 39th - Long Beach - May 18
1907 - 38th - Oroville - May 27
1906 - (No Convention)
1905 - 37th - San Louis Obiso - May 15
1904 - 36th - Bakersfield - May 16
1903 - 35th - Santa Cruz - May 22
1902 - 34th - San Francisco - May 19
1901 - 33rd - Stockton - May 20
1900 - 32nd - Salinas - May 21

1899 - 31st - Santa Cruz - May 15
1898 - 30th - Santa Rosa - May 16
1897 - 29th - Hanford - May 17
1896 - 28th - San Francisco - May 18
1895 - 27th - Monterey - May 20
1894 - 26th - San Jose - May 21
1893 - 25th - Nevada City - May 15
1892 - 24th - Santa Cruz - May 14
1891 - 23rd - Sacramento - Apr. 13
1890 - 22nd - San Francisco - Apr. 14

1889 - 21st - Fresno - Apr. 8
1888 - 20th - San Francisco - Apr. 9
1887 - 19th - Santa Rosa - Apr. 11
1886 - Spcl. - San Francisco - Sept. 26
1886 - 18th - San Francisco - Apr. 13
1885 - 17th - Los Angeles - Apr. 14
1884 - 16th - Stockton - Apr. 8
1883 - 15th - San Francisco - Apr. 10
1882 - 14th - San Jose - Apr. 11
1881 - 13th - San Francisco - Feb 8
1880 - 12th - Sacramento - Feb. 10

1879 - 11th - San Francisco - Feb 11
1878 - 10th - San Francisco - Feb 12
1877 - 9th - Stockton - Feb. 13
1876 - 8th - San Francisco - Feb 8
1875 - 7th - San Francisco - Feb. 5
1874 - 6th - San Francisco - Feb. 3
1873 - 5th - Sacramento - Feb. 4
1872 - 4th - San Francisco - Feb 7
1871 - 3rd - San Francisco - Jan. 11
1870 - Semi - San Francisco - July 23
1870 - 2nd - San Francisco - Jan, 12

1869 - 1st - San Francisco - Sept. 20

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