| 1858 | B. L. C. Wailes |
|---|---|
| 1890 | Edward Mayes |
| 1893 | Robert Lowry |
| 1898-1908 | Stephen D. Lee |
| 1908-1911 | R.W. Jones |
| 1911-1913 | Alfred H. Stone |
| 1922 | J.R. Preston |
| 1925-1928 | R. H. Thompson |
| 1953 | Frank E. Everett, Jr. |
| 1954 | William F. Winter |
| 1955 | Hodding Carter |
| 1956 | Maxwell Bramlette |
| 1957 | Edward H. Green |
| 1958 | J. Roland Weston |
| 1959 | Florence Sillers Ogden |
| 1960 | Jo Drake Arrington |
| 1961 | Pearl V. Guyton |
| 1962 | John K. Bettersworth |
| 1963 | Claude Gentry |
| 1964 | R. A. McLemore |
| 1965 | William Love |
| 1966 | William D. McCain |
| 1967 | Everette Truly |
| 1968 | Ross Moore |
| 1969 | Elizabeth Spencer McLendon |
| 1970 | Glover Moore |
| 1971 | James P. Coleman |
| 1972 | Porter L. Fortune |
| 1973 | Nannie Pitts McLemore |
| 1974 | Charlotte Capers |
| 1975 | John E. Gonzales |
| 1976 | Arch Dalrymple III |
| 1977 | Jack W. Gunn |
| 1978 | William Lampton Gill |
| 1979 | William K. Scarborough |
| 1981 | Walter G. Howell |
| 1982 | Mary Frances Murphree Ford |
| 1983 | William M. Cash |
| 1984 | Thomas N. Boschert |
| 1985 | John Ray Skates |
| 1986 | Frank E. Smith |
| 1987 | David G. Sansing |
| 1988 | Zo Brown |
| 1989 | Roy V. Scott |
| 1990 | Thomas Y. Minniece |
| 1991 | Alferdteen Harrison |
| 1992 | Marion Smith |
| 1993 | John D. W. Guice |
| 1994 | Madel Morgan Stringer |
| 1995 | William E. Parrish |
| 1996 | Samuel B. Olden |
| 1997 | Allen Dennis |
| 1998 | Donald M. Dana, Jr. |
| 1999 | Arthur H. Kinnard, Jr. |
| 2000 | Elizabeth H. Aydelott |
| 2001 | Neil R. McMillen |
| 2002 | David R. Bowen |
| 2003 | Kenneth G. McCarty |
| 2004 | Donna Dye |
| 2005 | Martha Swain |
| 2006 | Jeanne Luckett |
| 2007 | John F. Marszalek |
| 2008 | Gail S. Tomlinson |
| 2009 | Westley F. Busbee, Jr. |
| 2010 | Princella W. Nowell |
| 2011 | Aubrey K. Lucas |
| 2012 | Mary Carol Miller |
| 2013 | Charles L. Sullivan |
| 2014 | Ann Atkinson Simmons |
| 2015 | Dennis J. Mitchell |
| 2016 | Brother Rogers |
| 2017 | Susannah J. Ural |
| 2018 | Page Ogden |
| 2019 | Charles Westmoreland |
| 2020 | Marshall Bennett |
| 2021 | Stephanie Rolph |
| 2022 | Daphne Chamberlain |
| 2023 | William J. Bowlin |
| 2024 | Rebecca Tuuri |
