A chronological list of all Past Grand Masters of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of the State of Illinois
| Elected | MIGM | Elected | MIGM | Elected | MIGM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | James H. Hibbard | 1854 | James H. Hibbard | 1855 | Levi Lusk | ||
| 1856 | E. M. Clarke | 1857 | Jas. V. Z. Blaney | 1858 | Sylvester Stevens | ||
| 1859 | Chas. W. Matheny | 1860 | Geo. W. Deering | 1861 | Charles Fisher | ||
| 1862 | Charles Fisher | 1863 | Orin H. Miner | 1864 | J. L. Ramsey | ||
| 1865 | James H. Miles | 1866 | Jas. A. Hawley | 1867 | Daniel G. Burr | ||
| 1868 | John M. Pearson | 1869 | Wm. M. Avise | 1870 | H. W. Hubbard | ||
| 1871 | Wm. A. Levanway | 1872 | G. E. Lounsbury | 1873 | J. F. Burrill | ||
| 1874 | W. F. Bromfield | 1875 | Edward Blackshaw | 1876 | L. R. Jerome | ||
| 1877 | J. J. French | 1878 | P. W. Barclay | 1879 | John O'Neill | ||
| 1880 | John O'Neill | 1881 | John O'Neill | 1882 | John O'Neill | ||
| 1883 | Geo. W. Curtis | 1884 | H. E. Huston | 1885 | H. E. Huston | ||
| 1886 | N. Bowditch | 1887 | N. Bowditch | 1888 | Geo. M. Moulton | ||
| 1889 | Wm. K. Forsyth | 1890 | G. W. Warvelle | 1891 | S. J. LeFevre | ||
| 1892 | M. U. Trimble | 1893 | F. C. Winslow | 1894 | A. M. Werner | ||
| 1895 | M. M. Lord | 1896 | Geo. M. Gross | 1897 | S. O. Spring | ||
| 1898 | Wm. L. Milligan | 1899 | Frederic E. Hoberg | 1900 | John B. Fithian | ||
| 1901 | Wm. B. Carloc | 1902 | John C. Hallenbeck | 1903 | A. M. Hallowell | ||
| 1904 | C. Hollandsworth | 1905 | R. L. Leonard | 1906 | Albert T. Hey | ||
| 1907 | Will C. Rood | 1908 | C. D. Clarson | 1909 | Harry T. Hubbard | ||
| 1910 | Edwin A. Vaughn | 1911 | Edward R. Roe | 1912 | Fred J. Schroter | ||
| 1913 | Joseph Schott | 1914 | Harry L. Smith | 1915 | Fred W. Krengel | ||
| 1916 | Julius Klemme | 1917 | Rawson Bennett | 1918 | E. W. Eggmann | ||
| 1919 | Charles F. Geise | 1920 | J. H. Dunlap | 1921 | O. L. Caldwell | ||
| 1922 | L. L. Abbott | 1923 | M. H. Leighton | 1924 | Wm. A. Hoover | ||
| 1925 | Geo. P. Van Cleve | 1926 | Geo. E. Wilkinson | 1927 | Jas. K. Lambert | ||
| 1928 | B. J. Metzger | 1929 | H. G. Wilson | 1930 | F. C. Harbour | ||
| 1931 | C. W. Keys | 1932 | Fred H. Kruger | 1933 | H. G. Bartruff | ||
| 1934 | R. J. Howells | 1935 | B. F. Secord | 1936 | D. W. Isenhour | ||
| 1937 | H. G. Hortsman | 1938 | Walter Lintott | 1939 | Ben C. Nead | ||
| 1940 | William C. Rapp | 1941 | Ernest M. Campbell | 1942 | Frank R. Grote | ||
| 1943 | E. Raymond Kelley | 1944 | Wm. H. Knutz | 1945 | Raymond W. Hooper | ||
| 1946 | H. Roy Ellison | 1947 | Ewald H. Wolatz | 1948 | Charles H. Peck | ||
| 1949 | Herbert A. Thomas | 1950 | William M. Swanson | 1951 | William R. Lashbrook | ||
| 1951 | Chas. A. Rau | 1952 | Howard D. Trainor | 1953 | G. Carl Benedict | ||
| 1954 | Oliver I. Underwood | 1955 | Clark H. Keys | 1956 | Fred O. Ellis | ||
| 1957 | Shubert F. Somer | 1958 | Donald P. Lapp | 1959 | Haldane W. Bean | ||
| 1960 | George F. Moulton | 1961 | C. Warren Mayer | 1962 | Richard W. Farrell | ||
| 1963 | Glyn C. Stewart | 1964 | Everett J. Watson | 1965 | John B. Anderson | ||
| 1966 | Charles F. Davis | 1967 | J. Alfred Johanson | 1968 | Earl R. Shisler | ||
| 1969 | Luther Ray Smith | 1970 | Howard A. Larson | 1971 | Ellsworth L. Rumpf | ||
| 1972 | Richard L. Blackwell | 1973 | T. F. McGifford, Sr. | 1974 | James M. Waters | ||
| 1975 | Fred B. Treece | 1976 | Richard R. Salsbury | 1977 | John T. Riedas | ||
| 1978 | Virgil A. Jacobs | 1979 | Edward W. Lane | 1980 | Ridell A. Kelsey, Jr. | ||
| 1981 | Samuel D. Page | 1982 | N. Tracy Walker | 1983 | J. L. "Barney" Stinson | ||
| 1984 | Harold R. Greer | 1985 | Charles E. Worthen, Jr. | 1986 | Edward C. Bieser | ||
| 1987 | Chester F. Fox | 1988 | Charles R. Neumann | 1989 | Edward L. Choate | ||
| 1990 | Ronald E. Fullerlove | 1991 | Raymond J. Smith | 1992 | Kenneth H. Streeb | ||
| 1993 | Forest C. McDaniel | 1994 | William F. "Sam" Dyer | 1995 | Ronald R. Offt | ||
| 1996 | Dick J. Carroll | 1997 | Richard L. Card | 1998 | Lee Bradley | ||
| 1999 | Herschel O. Thomas | 2000 | Russell L. Schlosser | 2001 | Kenneth W. Smith | ||
| 2002 | J. Larry Martin | 2003 | V. Ray Landers | 2004 | Charles E. Hileman, Jr. | ||
| 2005 | Carl R. Roth, III | 2006 | Richard T. Carnall | 2007 | Chester A. Owings | ||
| 2008 | Fred J. Martin | 2009 | Earl F. Wys | 2010 | Arlo R. Sloan | ||
| 2011 | Dale L. Corrice | 2012 | Jim L. Grimm | 2013 | Mark H. Welch | ||
| 2014 | Everett S. CampBell | 2015 | Larry E. Raglan | 2016 | Jason C. Kinsolving | ||
| 2017 | Daniel F. Jones, Sr. | 2018 | Michael L. McDorman | 2019 | Frederic L. Barlow | ||
| 2020 | Stuart T. Eberle | 2021 | Derrik S. Helfer | 2022 | Timothy J. Ward | ||
| 2023 | Thomas W. Podrovitz |