- 2018-19 | Jacqueline D. Grant
- 2017-18 | Caryn Coppedge McNeill
- 2016-17 | Kearns Davis
- 2015-16 | Shelby Duffy Benton
- 2014-15 | Catharine B. Arrowood
- 2013-14 | Alan W. Duncan
- 2012-13 | R. Michael Wells Sr.
- 2011-12 | Martin H. Brinkley
- 2010-11 | Eugene C. Pridgen
- 2009-10 | John R. Wester
- 2008-09 | Charles L. Becton
- 2007-08 | Janet Ward Black
- 2006-07 | D. Clark Smith Jr.
- 2005-06 | Michael A. Colombo
- 2004-05 | G. Gray Wilson
- 2003-04 | Judge Allyson K. Duncan
- 2002-03 | J. Norfleet Pruden III
- 2001-02 | Henry P. Van Hoy II
- 2000-01 | James B. Maxwell
- 1999-2000 | John L. Jernigan
- 1998-99 | Larry B. Sitton
- 1997-98 | Elizabeth L. Quick
- 1996-97 | L. P. Hornthal Jr.
- 1995-96 | John S. Stevens*
- 1994-95 | James M. Talley Jr.
- 1993-94 | Charles E. Burgin
- 1992-93 | J. Donald Cowan Jr.*
- 1991-92 | Rhoda B. Billings
- 1990-91 | George B. Mast
- 1989-90 | Larry S. McDevitt
- 1988-89 | Richard E. Thigpen Jr.
- 1987-88 | E. James Moore*
- 1986-87 | John Q. Beard
- 1985-86 | Robert C. Vaughn Jr.
- 1984-85 | E. Osborne Ayscue Jr.
- 1983-84 | Charles L. Fulton*
- 1982-83 | Robert F. Baker
- 1981-82 | James E. Walker*
- 1980-81 | Dewey W. Wells
- 1979-80 | John R. Haworth
- 1978-79 | Clarence W. Walker Jr.
- 1977-78 | Herbert H. Taylor Jr.*
- 1976-77 | Ralph M. Stockton Jr.*
- 1975-76 | Edward N. Rodman*
- 1974-75 | Walter F. Brinkley*
- 1973-74 | Joseph C. Moore Jr.*
- 1972-73 | Harold K. Bennett*
- 1971-72 | Ralph N. Strayhorn*
- 1970-71 | J. Mack Holland Jr.*
- 1969-70 | Lindsay C. Warren Jr.*
- 1968-69 | William J. Adams Jr.*
- 1967-68 | James M. Poyner*
- 1966-67 | William F. Womble*
- 1965-66 | A. Pilston Godwin Jr.*
- 1964-65 | George A. Long*
- 1963-64 | Henry L. Anderson*
- 1962-63 | Isaac T. Avery Jr.*
- 1961-62 | Herman S. Merrell*
- 1960-61 | James B. McMillan*
- 1959-60 | James K. Dorsett Jr.*
- 1958-59 | Beverly C. Moore Sr.*
- 1957-58 | W. W. Taylor Jr.*
- 1956-57 | Nelson Woodson*
- 1955-56 | Albert W. Kennon*
- 1954-55 | Joel B. Adams*
- 1953-54 | W. L. Thorp*
- 1952-53 | J. Spencer Bell*
- 1951-52 | Leland McKeithen*
- 1950-51 | Francis J. Heazel*
- 1949-50 | Thomas H. Leath*
- 1948-49 | Richard E. Thigpen Sr.*
- 1947-48 | John C. Rodman*
- 1946-47 | Charles R. Jonas*
- 1945-46 | Louis J. Poisson*
- 1944-45 | Irving E. Carlyle*
- 1943-44 | W. Frank Taylor*
- 1942-43 | Fitzhugh E. Wallace*
- 1942-43 | Linville K. Martin*
- 1941-42 | Willis Smith*
- 1940-41 | Hamilton C. Jones*
- 1939-40 | Fred I. Sutton*
- 1938-39 | Kingsland Van Winkle*
- 1937-38 | F. E. Winslow*
- 1936-37 | B. S. Womble*
- 1935-36 | J. Melville Broughton*
- 1934-35 | C. W. Tillett Jr.*
- 1933-34 | J. Elmer Long*
- 1932-33 | Kemp D. Battle*
- 1931-32 | S. G. Bernard*
- 1930-31 | Charles G. Rose*
- 1929-30 | Kenneth C. Royall*
- 1929-30 | T. L. Caulder*
- 1928-29 | Alex B. Andrews*
- 1927-28 | Mark W. Brown*
- 1926-27 | John D. Bellamy*
- 1925-26 | W. M. Hendren*
- 1924-25 | G. V. Cowper*
- 1923-24 | E. S. Parker*
- 1922-23 | L. R. Varser*
- 1921-22 | John A. MacRae*
- 1920-21 | Thomas W. Davis*
- 1919-20 | W. P. Bynum*
- 1918-19 | E. F. Adylett*
- 1917-18 | A. W. Mclean*
- 1916-17 | Aubrey L. Brooks*
- 1915-16 | Harry Skinner*
- 1914-15 | J. Crawford Biggs*
- 1913-14 | Thomas S. Rollins*
- 1912-13 | James S. Manning*
- 1911-12 | Francis D. Winston*
- 1910-11 | Charles W. Tillett*
- 1909-10 | John W. Hinsdale*
- 1908-09 | Louis H. Clement*
- 1907-08 | Charles A. Moore*
- 1906-07 | George Rountree*
- 1905-06 | Clement Manly*
- 1904-05 | Thomas S. Kenan*
- 1904-05 | Hamilton C. Jones*
- 1903-04 | W. D. Pruden*
- 1902-03 | Charles Price*
- 1901-02 | Charles M. Busbee*
- 1900-01 | Charles M. Stedman*
- 1899-00 | Charles F. Warren*
- 1899 | Platt D. Walker*
*Deceased