Governor Arthur M. Hyde, 33°
(Jul 12, 1877-Oct 17, 1947)
Mercer Lodge #35, Princeton, MO

1909 - 32° Consistory of Western Missouri, Kansas City
1931 - Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
1933 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary

Occupation: Attorney, Governor of Missouri, Secretary of Agriculture
Recommended: OP Bloss, MP Robinson
Interred: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, MO

Brother Arthur Mastick Hyde was born on July 12, 1877, in Princeton, Missouri. His father, Ira B. Hyde, was the U.S. Representative from Missouri, his brother, Laurance M. Hyde, was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1899 and completed his law degree at the University of Iowa in 1900. He then practiced law with his father in Princeton, MO and opened a Buick dealership in 1911.

Brother Hyde was elected Mayor of Princeton, Missouri in 1908 to 1912. He unsuccessfully ran for Missouri Attorney General as a member of the Progressive Party. He was elected as Governor of Missouri as a Republican serving from 1921 to 1925 and was appointed to the position of Secretary of Agriculture under President Herbert Hoover from March 6, 1929 until March 5, 1933.

Brother Hyde delivered an address at the eighty-seventh annual reunion of the Valley of Cincinnati Scottish Rite on April 1, 1939 entitled "The Philosophy of Liberty." He spoke for Republican candidates nationally and was the keynote speaker for the Missouri State Republican Convention in 1940.

Brother Hyde died in New York City on October 17, 1947 following cancer surgery .

Illustrious Brother Hyde was a brother to Missouri Supreme Court Justice Laurance A. Hyde, 32°.