The Sovereign Grand Inspector General and Deputy of the Supreme Council are both the Executive Officer of an Orient; both are the ranking Scottish Rite Mason within an Orient and there is only one within the Orient at a time. The Sovereign Grand Inspector General is an Active Member of the Supreme Council.
The Orient of Alabama has had 11 men elevated to Deputy of the Supreme Council, and 9 of which became Sovereign Grand Inspector Generals not including 2 men that skipped Deputy straight to SGIG, and one become Grand Commander of the Supreme Council. Our recent Deputy was elevated to the rank on January 1st, 2022.
Hugh Parks Watson
SGIG – Sept 13, 1859-Apr 1, 1866
Unconfirmed Valley
Stephen Henry Beasley
Deputy – May 1878-Oct 19, 1882
SGIG – Oct 19, 1882-c1884
Unconfirmed Valley
Charles Alexander Moffett
Deputy – Oct 24, 1923-Oct 21, 1927
SGIG – Oct 22, 1927-Dec 27, 1949
Valley of Birmingham
Frederick William Clarke, Jr.
Deputy – Dec 10, 1968-Nov 6, 1973
Valley of Mobile
James Arthur Smith, PGM
Deputy – Feb 3, 2011-Aug 24, 2013
SGIG – Aug 25, 2013-Dec 31, 2021
Valley of Dothan
Richard Francis Knott
Deputy – c1866-May 7, 1872
SGIG – May 8, 1872-Nov 22, 1873
Unconfirmed Valley
John Wright Glenn
Deputy – Jun 18, 1884-c1888
Unconfirmed Valley
Walter Milton Whitinger
Deputy – Feb 1, 1950-Dec 5, 1958
Valley of Mobile
James Richard Rogers
Deputy – Nov 9, 1973-Oct 20, 1975
SGIG – Oct 21, 1975-Dec 31, 1992
Valley of Birmingham
Terry Wayne Wester
Deputy – Jan 1, 2022-June 21, 2024
Valley of Birmingham
Henry E. Day
Deputy – Oct 9, 1874-c1878
Unconfirmed Valley
George Fleming Moore
SGIG – Oct 16, 1888-Oct 19, 1923
PGC – Oct 7, 1914-Oct 18, 1921
Unconfirmed Valley
Frederick William Clarke, Sr.
Deputy – Jan 14, 1959-Oct 24, 1963
SGIG – Oct 25, 1963-Dec 5, 1968
Valley of Mobile
Karl Frederick Reed, II
Deputy – Jan 1, 1993-Oct 18, 1993
SGIG – Oct 19, 1993-Dec 31, 2010
Valley of Birmingham
Jon Michael Taylor, PGM
Deputy – Aug 21, 2024-current
Valley of Birmingham