Future & Past Sites

Browse future locations for the Elks National Convention as well as see where it has taken place in the past.

Future Convention Sites

Past Grand Lodge Conventions

The following is a list of past Grand Lodge Convention sites and the GER who was elected at each.

2023: Minneapolis, MN

Randy P. Shook

2022: Atlanta, GA

Bruce A. Hidley

2021: Tampa, FL

T. Keith Mills

2020: Baltimore, MD (Cancelled),

Paul R. Ryan

2019: St. Louis, MO

Robert L. Duitsman

2018: San Antonio, TX

Michael T. Luhr

2017: Reno, NV

Malcolm J. McPherson Jr.

2016: Houston, TX

Michael F. Zellen

2015: Indianapolis, IN

Ronald L. Hicks

2014: New Orleans, LA

John D. Amen

2013: Reno, NV

Milard C. Pickering

2012: Austin, TX

Thomas S. Brazier

2011: Phoenix, AZ

David A. Carr

2010: Orlando, FL

Michael F. Smith

2009: Portland, OR

James L. Nichelson

2008: Anaheim, CA

Paul D. Helsel

2007: Charlotte, NC

F. Louis Sulsberger

2006: Orlando, FL

Arthur H. Frost III

2005: Reno, NV

Louis James Grillo

2004: Minneapolis, MN

James M. McQuillan

2003: St. Louis, MO

Amos A. McCallum

2002: Reno, NV

Roger R. True

2001: Philadelphia, PA

Arthur Mayer, Jr.

2000: Dallas, TX

Dwayne E. Rumney

1999: Kansas City, MO

James C. Varenhorst

1998: Anaheim, CA

C. Valentine Bates

1997: Chicago, IL

Carlon O'Malley

1996: Las Vegas, NV

Gerald Coates

1995: New Orleans, LA

Edward Mahan

1994: Chicago, IL

Kenneth Moore

1993: Portland, OR

Charles Williams

1992: Dallas, TX

Vincent Collura

1991: St. Louis, MO

Lester Hess, Jr.

1990: Las Vegas, NV

James Damon

1989: New Orleans, LA

Donald Dapelo

1988: Las Vegas, NV

Robert Sabin

1987: Atlanta, GA

Ted Callicott

1986: Denver, CO

Peter Affatato

1985: Seattle, WA

Jack Traynor

1984: Houston, TX

Frank Garland

1983: Honolulu, HI

Kenneth Cantoli

1982: Chicago, IL

Marvin Lewis

1981: Las Vegas, NV

Raymond Arnold

1980: New Orleans, LA

H. Foster Sears

1979: Dallas, TX

Robert Grafton

1978: San Diego, CA

Leonard Bristol

1977: New Orleans, LA

Homer Huhn, Jr.

1976: Chicago, IL

George Klein

1975: Dallas, TX

Willis McDonald

1974: Miami Beach, FL

Gerald Strohm

1973: Chicago, IL

Robert Yothers

1972: Atlantic City, NJ

Francis Smith

1971: New Orleans, LA

E. Gene Fournace

1970: San Fransisco, CA

Glenn Miller

1969: Dallas, TX

Frank Hise

1968: New York, NY

Edward W. McCabe

1967: Chicago, IL

Robert E. Boney

1966: Dallas, TX

Raymond C. Dobson

1965: Miami Beach, FL

R. Leonard Bush

1964: New York, NY

Robert G. Pruitt

1963: San Fransisco, CA

Ronald J. Dunn

1962: Chicago, IL

Lee A. Donaldson

1961: Miami Beach, FL

William A. Wall

1960: Dallas, TX

John E. Fenton

1959: Chicago, IL

W. S. Hawkins

1958: New York, NY

Horace R. Wisely

1957: San Fransisco, CA

H. K. Blackledge

1956: Chicago, IL

Fred L. Bohn

1955: Philadelphia, PA

John L. Walker

1954: Los Angeles, CA

William J. Jernick

1953: St. Louis, MO

Earl E. James

1952: New York, NY

Sam Stern

1951: Chicago, IL

Howard R. Davis

1950: Miami, FL

Joseph B. Kyle

1949: Cleveland, OH

Emmett T. Anderson

1948: Philadelphia, PA

George I. Hall

1947: Portland, OR

L. A. Lewis

1946: New York, NY

Charles E. Broughton

1945: New York, NY

Wade H. Kepner

1944: Chicago, IL

Robert S. Barrett

1943: Boston, MA

Frank J. Lonergan

1942: Omaha, NE

E. Mark Sullivan

1941: Philadelphia, PA

John S. McClelland

1940: Houston, TX

Joseph G. Buch

1939: St. Louis, MO

Henry C. Warner

1938: Atlantic City, NJ

Edward J. McCormick

1937: Denver, CO

Charles Spencer Hart

1936: Los Angeles, CA

David Sholtz

1935: Columbus, OH

James T. Hallinan

1934: Kansas City, MO

Michael F. Shannon

1933: Milwaukee, WI

Walter F. Meier

1932: Birmingham, AL

Floyd E. Thompson

1931: Seattle, WA

John R. Coen

1930: Atlantic City, NJ

Lawrence H. Rupp

1929: Los Angeles, CA

Walter P. Andrews

1928: Miami, FL

Murray Hulbert

1927: Cincinatti, OH

John F. Malley

1926: Chicago, IL

Charles H. Grakelow

1925: Portland, OR

William H. Atwell

1924: Boston, MA

John G. Price

1923: Atlanta, GA

James G. McFarland

1922: Atlantic City, NJ

J.E. Masters

1921: Los Angeles, CA

W. W. Mountain

1920: Chicago, IL

Wm. M. Abbott

1919: Atlantic City, NJ

Frank L. Rain

1918: Atlantic City, NJ

Bruce A. Campbell

1917: Boston, MA

Fred Harper

1916: Baltimore, MD

Edward Rightor

1915: Los Angeles, CA

James R. Nicholson

1914: Denver, CO

Raymond Benjamin

1913: Rochester, NY

Edward Leach

1912: Portland, OR

Thomas B. Mills

1911: Atlantic City, NJ

John P. Sullivan

1910: Detroit, MI

Aug. Herrmann

1909: Los Angeles, CA

J.U. Sammis

1908: Dallas, TX

Rush L. Holland

1907: Philadelphia, PA

John K. Tener

1906: Denver, CO

Henry A. Melvin

1905: Buffalo, NY

Robert W. Brown

1904: Cincinatti, OH

Wm. J. O'Brien, Jr.

1903: Baltimore, MD

Joseph T. Fanning

1902: Salt Lake City, UT

George P. Cronk

1901: Milwaukee, WI

Charles E. Pickett

1900: Atlantic City, NJ

Jerome B. Fisher

1899: St. Louis, MO

B.M. Allen

1898: New Orleans, LA

John Galvin

1897: Minneapolis, MN

Meade D. Detweiler

1896: Cincinatti, OH

Meade D. Detweiler

1895: Atlantic City, NJ

William G. Meyers

1894: Atlantic City, NJ

Edwin B. Hay

1893: Detroit, MI

Astley Apperly

1892: Buffalo, NY

Edwin B. Hay

1891: Louisville, KY

Edwin B. Hay

1890: Cleveland, OH

Simon Quinlin