Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection
The Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection was the first body in the Valley of Hartford to be chartered, but not the first in Connecticut. That distinction belongs to the Dewitt Clinton Lodge of Perfection in the Valley of Bridgeport.
Chartered on May 19, 1864, the Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection (at that time called the Charter Oak Grand Lodge of Perfection) followed the bodies of the Valley of Norwich by two years.
The Lodge was named after Connecticut's famous Charter Oak. In 1687, when Sir Edmund Andros, a representative of King James II of England, attempted to seize Connecticut's Charter, James Wadsworth spirited the Charter away and hid it in the Charter Oak.
Past Thrice Potent Masters
Here is a complete listing of the Past Thrice Potent Masters of Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection:
| Term of Office | Name |
|---|---|
| 1864-1865 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1865-1866 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1866-1867 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1867-1868 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1868-1869 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1869-1870 | Amos Pillsbury |
| 1870-1871 | Jospeh K. Wheeler 33° |
| 1871-1872 | Jospeh K. Wheeler 33° |
| 1872-1873 | Jospeh K. Wheeler 33° |
| 1873-1874 | Joseph K. Wheeler 33° |
| 1874-1875 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1875-1876 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1876-1877 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1877-1878 | J. Knox Hall |
| 1878-1879 | J. Knox Hall |
| 1889-1880 | J. Knox Hall |
| 1880-1881 | Samuel M. Bronson 33° |
| 1881-1882 | Samuel M. Bronson 33° |
| 1882-1883 | John G. Root 33° |
| 1883-1884 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1884-1885 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1885-1886 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1886-1887 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1887-1888 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1888-1889 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1889-1890 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1890-1891 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1891-1892 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1892-1893 | Charles E. Billings 33° |
| 1893-1894 | W. Waldo Goodell |
| 1894-1895 | W. Waldo Goodell |
| 1895-1896 | W. Waldo Goodell |
| 1896-1897 | W. Waldo Goodell |
| 1897-1898 | W. Waldo Goodell |
| 1898-1899 | Normand F. Allen 33° |
| 1899-1900 | Normand F. Allen 33° |
| 1900-1901 | Normand F. Allen 33° |
| 1901-1902 | James H. Jarman 33° |
| 1902-1903 | James H. Jarman 33° |
| 1903-1904 | James H. Jarman 33° |
| 1904-1905 | James H. Jarman 33° |
| 1905-1906 | James H. Jarman 33° |
| 1906-1907 | Edward E. Fuller |
| 1907-1908 | George O. Brott |
| 1908-1909 | William W. Frayer 33° |
| 1909-1910 | John T. Henderson |
| 1910-1911 | Leslie W. Reed |
| 1911-1912 | Clayton W. Rowley 33° |
| 1912-1913 | Clayton W. Rowley 33° |
| 1913-1914 | Clayton W. Rowley 33° |
| 1914-1915 | Henry G. Toothaker |
| 1915-1916 | Charles Andrews |
| 1916-1917 | George Francis Olmsted 33° |
| 1917-1918 | Norman C. Stevens 33° |
| 1918-1919 | Norman C. Stevens 33° |
| 1919-1920 | Philip A. Mason |
| 1920-1921 | Philip A. Mason |
| 1921-1922 | Clifford H. Bell |
| 1922-1923 | Thomas Frank Cassidy 33° |
| 1923-1924 | Benjamin B. Crocker, MSA 33° |
| 1924-1925 | Frederick R. Coles 33° |
| 1925-1926 | Clinton G. Nichols |
| 1926-1927 | George Webb |
| 1927-1928 | Clayton G. Brunsen |
| 1928-1929 | John Dunlop |
| 1929-1930 | Leonard H. Anthony |
| 1930-1931 | William R. Stocking |
| 1931-1932 | Ernest DeC. Stager, MSA |
| 1932-1933 | Irving E. Partridge 33° |
| 1933-1934 | Frank B. Rau 33° |
| 1934-1935 | Frank B. Rau 33° |
| 1935-1936 | Walter L. Taft 33° |
| 1936-1937 | Phillip J. Jones 33° |
| 1937-1938 | William H. Simons, MSA 33° |
| 1938-1939 | Louis C. Myers 33° |
| 1939-1940 | Paul C. Merrill |
| 1940-1941 | Fred C. Eppler 33° |
| 1941-1942 | Frederick R. Starr 33° |
| 1942-1943 | Edward M. White 33° |
| 1943-1944 | Ansel A. Packard 33° |
| 1944-1945 | Elwyn Normand Myers 33° |
| 1945-1946 | William E. Hanmer 33° |
| 1946-1947 | Louis S. Thomas 33° |
| 1947-1948 | Alvin E. Howard 33° |
| 1948-1949 | Karl F. Sanders 33° |
| 1949-1950 | Richard Leonard Tingley, MSA 33° |
| 1950-1951 | Raymond H. Segur, MSA |
| 1951-1952 | Howard G. Staiger, MSA |
| 1952-1953 | Irving G. Rau |
| 1953-1954 | Jospeh Powell Schunder, Jr. |
| 1954-1955 | Ralph B. Wright, MSA 33° |
| 1955-1956 | Arthur M. Grayson, MSA 33° |
| 1956-1957 | Wolcott S. Bissell 33° |
| 1957-1958 | E. Chester Andrews, MSA |
| 1958-1959 | William Foster Schreeder 33° |
| 1959-1960 | Raymond Stanley Penfield 33° |
| 1960-1961 | William C. Murray, MSA |
| 1961-1962 | Frederick J. Links, MSA 33° |
| 1962-1963 | Lester C. Murphy |
| 1963-1964 | Irving B. Millen |
| 1964-1965 | Merle P. Tapley 33° |
| 1965-1966 | Leon A. Bradbury 33° |
| 1966-1967 | Harlan G. Richardson, MSA |
| 1967-1968 | Raymond H. Johnson 33° |
| 1968-1969 | William T. Ebersold |
| 1969-1970 | Herbert A. Huffield |
| 1970-1971 | Harold A. August |
| 1971-1972 | Emory S. Anglin |
| 1972-1973 | Malcolm Robertson |
| 1973-1974 | Ralph Sinay |
| 1974-1975 | David Wainwright 33° |
| 1975-1976 | Noah J. Edelstein |
| 1976-1977 | William S. Young |
| 1977-1978 | Morton N. Katz, MSA |
| 1978-1979 | Kenneth E. Caswell |
| 1979-1980 | Arthur J. McKinney, MSA 33° |
| 1980-1981 | Arthur J. McKinney, MSA 33° |
| 1981-1982 | Charles L. Lincoln, MSA |
| 1982-1983 | Raymond A. Hawkins |
| 1983-1984 | Glenn H. Burdick |
| 1984-1985 | Stanley H. Ostrinski |
| 1985-1986 | Herbert R. Olson 33° |
| 1986-1987 | Craig A. Buckley |
| 1987-1988 | Emerson C. Reed, MSA |
| 1988-1989 | Sheldon C. Marshall |
| 1989-1990 | Reginald Abbott |
| 1990-1991 | Frederick M. Gaal |
| 1991-1992 | Walter J. Whipple |
| 1992-1993 | A. Robert Pasternack |
| 1993-1994 | William J. Gilman |
| 1994-1995 | Walter L. Whitman |
| 1995-1996 | Kevin J. Hecht 33° |
| 1996-1997 | Rudolph A. Gaydos, Jr., MSA |
| 1997-1998 | Ernest J. Smith, MSA |
| 1998-1999 | John E. Doyle |
| 1999-2000 | M. Neal Rogers |
| 2000-2001 | Donald F. Gladding |
| 2001-2002 | Thomas A. Transue |
| 2002-2003 | Charles D. Weiss, MSA |
| 2003-2004 | Francis G. Way, MSA 33° |
| 2004-2005 | Kenneth Wartschow |
| 2005-2006 | Arnold S. Grot |
| 2006-2007 | Richard K. Sozanski |
| 2007-2008 | Frank Dlugoleski |
| 2008-2009 | Frank Dlugoleski |
| 2009-2010 | Eric W. Manner 33° |