Past Grand Commanders
* Departed | **Demitted/Suspended | ***Expelled
| Year | Name | City/Town | Commandery | No. |
| 2022 | James R. Overfelt | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2021 | Adam L. Hathaway | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2020 | Hans C. "Sky" Olsen | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 2019 | Dickie W. Winchester | Clovis (Roswell) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 2018 | Christopher A. Larsen II | Los Lunas | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2017 | Stephen A. Balke | Estancia | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 2017 | *James H. Rixon | Farmington | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 2016 | Arland M. Blackburn | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2015 | Fred E. Kellogg | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2014 | Richard "Gary" Browne | Farmington | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 2013 | Dickie W. Winchester | Clovis (Roswell) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 2012 | ***Danny R. Calloway | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2011 | Mark Z. Oldknow | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 2010 | Dennis R. Detrow | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2009 | Walter M. Zierman | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 2008 | Dion A. Newhouse | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2007 | Richard S. Butterfield | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2007 | *Robert Noble (Hon) | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 2006 | Dennis P. Herman | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 2005 | Larry J. Brownfield | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 1 |
| 2004 | Gerhard K. Pulz | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 2003 | *Hendrik C. de Bruin | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 2002 | *Dickerson R. Watkins | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 2001 | *Jesse O. Martindale | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 2000 | Brian T. Miller | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1999 | Robert J. Keene | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1998 | **Antonio E. Astorga | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | No. 2 |
| 1997 | *Glen W. Burttram | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1996 | John E. Smith | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 1995 | Paul A. Brehm | WI | Rhinelander | No. 52 |
| 1995 | Kermit K. Schauer | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1994 | Robert L. Haupert | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1993 | *Jay Twilley | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1992 | *Louis W. Gonzales | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1991 | William E. Fuqua | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1990 | *Jose D.Vasquez | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | No. 2 |
| 1989 | *John H. Hughes | |||
| 1988 | *Anthony Biebel | Los Alamos | Sangre de Cristo | No. 16 |
| 1987 | *B. William Friedman | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1986 | *Carlos M. Cunningham | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1985 | *Richard Corn, Jr. | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1984 | *George F. Ross | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1984 | *Richard E. Johnston | Los Alamos | Sangre de Cristo | No. 16 |
| 1983 | *Lynn D. Hudgeons | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1982 | *Robert Abernathey | Los Alamos | Sangre de Cristo | No. 16 |
| 1981 | *Richard E. Johnson | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1980 | *Russell H. McNease | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1979 | *Frederick E. Hunt | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1978 | *Charles M. Johnson | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1977 | *Timothy F. Gillespie | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1976 | *John N. Sipe | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1975 | *Ken Dunahugh | Los Alamos | Sangre de Cristo | No. 16 |
| 1974 | *Robert L. Finch | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1973 | *Albert R. Elwell | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1972 | *Victor L. Gallivan | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1971 | *Fred C. Piper | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1970 | *Henry B. McCarter | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1969 | *Harlan H. Morris | Los Alamos | Sangre de Cristo | No. 16 |
| 1968 | *L.F.Manker, Sr. | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1967 | *John R. Mendius | Farmingtom | Shiprock | No. 15 |
| 1966 | *Phil Witherspoon | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1965 | *Travis B. Watkins | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1964 | *H.B.Coddington | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1964 | *Alvin F. Denison | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1963 | *C.R.Morrison | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | No. 2 |
| 1962 | *M.E.Croteau | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1961 | *Alva F. Sheldon | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1960 | *Fred W. Blockston | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1959 | *Harry Hunton | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1958 | *M.J.Baker | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1957 | *H.C.Denny | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1956 | *John C. Kost, Jr. | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1955 | *C.A.Bernard | Raton | Aztec | No. 5 |
| 1954 | *F.B.Hartman | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1953 | *H.Stanley Dennis | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 9152 | *Quincy C. Appling | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1951 | *Walter J. Dolde | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1950 | *Chester A. Floyd | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1949 | *Russell G. Bird | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1948 | *Harry E. McBride | Raton | Aztec | No. 5 |
| 1947 | *Daniel B. Jett | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1946 | *Charles A. Wheelon | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1945 | *Horace W. Keenan | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1944 | *Robert W. Dennard | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1943 | *John W. Hall | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1942 | *Albert J. Noyes | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 1941 | *Oliver C. Payne | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1940 | *Melvin R. Chapin | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1939 | *Eric S. Kinstel | Raton | Aztec | No. 5 |
| 1938 | *Louis C. Rockett | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1937 | *Harry G. shelton | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1936 | *John W. Turner | Silver City | Malta | No. 7 |
| 1935 | *George Robinson | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 1934 | *Lloyd B. Johnson | Raton | Aztec | No. 5 |
| 1933 | *Wilbur L. Elser | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1932 | *John W. Hanners | Clayton | Clayton | No. 8 |
| 1931 | *William H, Duckworth | Clovis | Clovis | No. 14 |
| 1930 | *Fredrick A. Dillon | Clovis | Clovis | No. 14 |
| 1929 | *William M. Bickel | Baldwyn No. 12 | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1928 | *Taylor E. Julian | Tucumcari | Gilbert Gralius | No. 13 |
| 1927 | *Frank C. Rolland | Silver City | Mescalero | No. 10 |
| 1926 | *F.P.Kilburn | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1925 | *Reuban Perry | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1924 | *Peter Cameron | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1923 | *R.H.Hanna | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1922 | *C.C.Manning | Gallup | Baldwyn | No. 12 |
| 1921 | *W.O. Conner | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |
| 1920 | *J.M.Bowman | Alomogordo | Mescalero | No. 10 |
| 1919 | *No Conclave | |||
| 1918 | *Claude Hobbs | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1917 | *H.B.Holt | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | No. 11 |
| 1916 | *W.A.Chapman | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1915 | *A.W.Pollard | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 1914 | *L.H.Chamberlain | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1913 | *A.N.Pratt | Carlsbad | Rio Pecos | No. 9 |
| 1912 | *J.W.Wilson | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1911 | *John J. Kelly | Silver City | Malta | No. 7 |
| 1910 | *J.W.Poe | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1909 | *J.H. Worth | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1908 | *O.L. Gregory | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | No. 2 |
| 1907 | *J.C. Slack | Clayton | Clayton | No. 8 |
| 1906 | *Arthur Everitt | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1905 | *A.H. Harlee | Silver City | Malta | No. 7 |
| 1904 | *E.A.Cahoon | Roswell (Clovis) | Rio Hondo | No. 6 |
| 1903 | *Alex Stevens | Albuquerque | Pilgrim | No. 3 |
| 1902 | *C.N.Blackwell | Raton | Aztec | No. 5 |
| 1901 | *J.P. McGorty | Deming | McGrorty | No. 4 |
| 1901 | *E.L. Bartlett | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 1 |