| 1906 | Sam P. Cochran |
| 1907 | Sam P. Cochran |
| 1908 | Sam P. Cochran |
| 1909 | Sam P. Cochran |
| 1910 | Sam P. Cochran |
| 1911 | James J. Davis |
| 1912 | Mike H. Thomas |
| 1913 | Louis Blaylock |
| 1914 | Alvin V. Lane |
| 1915 | Alvin V. Lane |
| 1916 | John W. Howerth |
| 1917 | George B. Dealy |
| 1918 | John L. Stevens |
| 1919 | John M. Spellman |
| 1920 | Clinton P. Russell |
| 1921 | John L. Terrell |
| 1922 | Farmer D. Cochran |
| 1923 | Dewitt S. Thomas |
| 1924 | Rt. Rev. Alexander C. Garrett |
| 1925 | Mars N. Baker |
| 1926 | Robert E. L. Saner |
| 1927 | Walter C. Temple |
| 1928 | Lester Asa Russell |
| 1929 | Francis H. Sparrow |
| 1930 | James C. Jones |
| 1931 | Charles Woodbury Connery |
| 1932 | George Lang |
| 1933 | William H. Miller |
| 1934 | Vance K. Miller |
| 1935 | James E. Forrest |
| 1936 | William A. Browning |
| 1937 | William Rawlins Ellis |
| 1938 | James Ladd Burgess |
| 1939 | Colby Evans Smith |
| 1940 | Chauncey Austin Egbert |
| 1941 | Hiram Fitzgerald Lively |
| 1942 | Elbert Hall McClure |
| 1943 | Chauncey Austin Egbert |
| 1944 | Vance K. Miller |
| 1945 | Audrell Frank Hamm |
| 1946 | Spencer Cone Reyea, Jr. |
| 1947 | Thomas Kirkpatrick Johnston |
| 1948 | Galloway Calhoun |
| 1949 | Royal A. Ferris |
| 1950 | Frederick H. Alexander |
| 1951 | Harrison D. Cave |
| 1952 | John L. DeGrazier |
| 1953 | George R. Jordan |
| 1954 | Charles C. Selecman |
| 1955 | Dennis Guy Colwell |
| 1956 | Towne Young |
| 1957 | Curtice Rosser |
| 1958 | George Irvin Plummer |
| 1959 | Laurence A. Sunkel |
| 1960 | George C. Moore |
| 1961 | Marcel A. Jones |
| 1962 | Thomas B. Ramey |
| 1963 | Roy E. Douglas |
| 1964 | James R. Taylor |
| 1965 | E. Carlyle Smith |
| 1966 | Marcel A. Jones |
| 1967 | Aubrey E. Hope |
| 1968 | Floyd E. Biegert |
| 1969 | Louis A. Preister |
| 1970 | Leon V. Shaw |
| 1971 | Gus B. Valkus |
| 1972 | Frank B. Weber |
| 1973 | Harold A. Bateman |
| 1974 | J. Clarke Petet |
| 1975 | Ed W. Smith |
| 1976 | J. Guy Smith |
| 1977 | Joe Bailey Motley |
| 1978 | Albert Vos |
| 1979 | John L. Briggs |
| 1980 | C. Russell Smith |
| 1981 | George S. Terry |
| 1982 | Robert L. Dillard, Jr. |
| 1983 | William J. King |
| 1984 | S. Earl Knox |
| 1985 | Frank H. Cathey,Jr. |
| 1986 | Fred T. Massie |
| 1987 | Raymond A. Blalock |
| 1988 | Joseph M. Dealey |
| 1989 | C. Danny Wilson |
| 1990 | William D. Pardue |
| 1991 | John W. Sayles |
| 1992 | Arthur R. Sullivan |
| 1993 | James C. McClung |
| 1994 | Plez Avery Transou |
| 1995 | E. Dale Douglas |
| 1996 | William C. Teaquist |
| 1997 | Fred Edwin Allen |
| 1998 | Malcolm L. Shaw |
| 1999 | Clyde W. Howard, Jr. |
| 2000 | Joseph W. Regian |
| 2001 | Lawrence A. Winkle |
| 2002 | Jimmy Lee Sandifer |
| 2003 | William L. Berryman, Jr. |
| 2004 | James C. Bowles |
| 2005 | Glynn S. Gregory |
| 2006 | Robert L. Dillard, III |
| 2007 | Ted Lyman, Jr. |
| 2008 | David B. Dibrell |
| 2009 | James M. Payne |
| 2009 | M. Boyd Patterson, Jr. |
| 2010 | Douglas A. Lord |
| 2011 | Russell C. Brown |
| 2012 | Allen H. Tuell |
| 2013 | Wendell P. Miller |
| 2014 | Donny W. Broughton |
| 2015 | Todd W. Polk |
| 2016 | M. Douglas Adkins |
| 2017 | Tommy Tomlinson |
| 2018 | Edwin F. Kirkpatrick |