Past Grand Masters of Royal & Select Masters
*Departed | **Demitted/Suspended
| Year | Name | City/town | Council | No. |
| 2020 | Jeffrey D. Johnson | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2019 | Christopher A. Larsen II | Los Lunas | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2018 | Stephen A. Balke | Estancia | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 2017 | Casper J. Brown | Carlsbad | Valley | No. 4 |
| 2016 | *Raymond D. MacDonald | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 2015 | Paul A. Brehm | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2014 | Fred E. Kellogg | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2013 | Mark Z. Oldknow | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 2012 | Dion A. Newhouse | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 2011 | Gerard K. Pulz | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 2010 | Richard G. Browne | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 2009 | *Hendrick C. de Bruin | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 2008 | Arland M. Blackburn | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 2007 | Dennis R. Detrow | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2007 | *Robert E. Noble (Hon) | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 2006 | Robert J. Keene | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 2005 | Dennis P. Herman | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 2004 | **Antonio E. Astorga | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 2003 | *Dickerson R. Watkins | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2002 | Larry J. Brownfield | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 2001 | *Jesse O. Martindale | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 2000 | Kermit K. Schauer | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1999 | *James A. White | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1998 | *Louis W. Gonzalez | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1997 | *Lloyd O. Bates | Las Vegas | Adoniram* | No. 7 |
| 1996 | *Robert M. Abernathey | Los Alamos | Jemez* | No. 8 |
| 1995 | Robert L. Haupert | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1994 | Charles S. Price | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 1993 | *Anthony V. Biebel | Los Alamos | Jemez* | No. 8 |
| 1992 | *Darrell D. Hornsby | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 1991 | *William C. Matthews | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1990 | *Thomas E. Speight | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1989 | *B. Jay Twilley | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1988 | *Robert F. Dilley | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1987 | *John R. Mendius | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1986 | *Richard E. Johnson | Los Alamos* | Jemez* | No. 8 |
| 1985 | *John A. Hughes | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1984 | *Russell H. McNease | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1983 | *A. Leon Briggs | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1982 | *Claude R. Hiatt | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1981 | *Kenneth J. Dunahugh | Los Alamos | Jemez* | No. 8 |
| 1980 | *Gordon DeSato | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1979 | *Robert W. Bouma | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | No. 5 |
| 1978 | *Alfred E. Myers | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1977 | *George A. Stracke | Las Vegas | Adoniram* | No. 7 |
| 1976 | *James H. Berkey | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1975 | *Timothy F. Gillespie | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1974 | *Harlan H. Morris | Los Alamos | Jemez* | No. 8 |
| 1973 | *Charles A. L. Fletcher | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1972 | *Lynn D. Hudgeons | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1971 | *Clifford R. Morrison | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1970 | *Fred C. Piper | Farmington | Navajo | No. 6 |
| 1969 | *Fred E. Hunt | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1968 | *Marvin J. Baker | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1967 | *Phillip Witherspoon | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1966 | *Ed Hein | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1965 | *Albert Hudson | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1964 | *Henry B. Coddington | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1964 | *J. Leo Evett (died in office) | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1963 | *Wilhelm A. Wunsch | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1962 | *Vincent W. Bowman | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1961 | *Michael E. Croteau | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1960 | *Frederick W. Blocksom | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1959 | *Herbert C. Denny | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1958 | *J. Carter Goodloe | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1957 | *Julius J. Richter | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1956 | *John C. Kost, Jr. | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1955 | *Joseph W. Taylor | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1954 | *Walter B. Norris | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1953 | *Russel G. Bird | Clovis (Roswell) | Valley | No. 4 |
| 1952 | *Chester A. Floyd | Gallup | Zuni | No. 3 |
| 1951 | *Fred B. Hartman | Las Cruces | Organ | No. 2 |
| 1950 | *Lloyd B. Johnson | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1950 | *Alvis F. Denison | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |
| 1949 | *Oliver J. Olin | Albuquerque | Hiram | No. 1 |