1940-41*    
Walter O’Neil

Summit County, OH

1941-42*
William Souter

Erie County, OH

1942-43*
Rex Sweat

Duval County, FL

1944-46*
Ferris E. Lucas

St. Clair County, MI

1946-47*
Gus Caple

Pulaski County, AR

1947-48*
Newman deBretton

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

1948-49* 
Allan Falby

El Paso County, TX

1949-50*
A.B. Foster

Fulton County, GA

1950-51*
Walter Monaghan

Allegheny County, PA

1951-52*
Grover Combs

Logan County, WV

1952-53* 
Frank Biaggne

Galveston County, TX

1953-54*
Richard H. Busch

Washington County, OR

1954-55*
Bryan Clemmons

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

1955-56*
Glenn Hendrix

Greene County, MO

1956-57*
H.P. Gleason

Alameda County, CA

1957-58*
Dave Starr

Orange County, FL

1958-59*
Lawrence E. Brown

Buncombe County, NC

1959-60*
Hugh Anderson

Hutchison County, TX

1960-61*
Robert S. Moore

Desha County, AR

1961-62* 
Charles A. Griffon

Plaquemine Parish, LA

1962-63*
Arthur Shuman

Clark County, OH

1963-64*
William M. Lennox

Philadelphia County, PA

1964-65* 
Malcom G. McLeod

Robeson County, NC

1965-66*
Martin J. Ferber

Bergen County, NJ

1966-67*
T. Ralph Grimes

Fulton County, GA

1967-68*
Bill D. Hemphill

Barry County, MO

1968-69* 
William J. Spurrier

Iowa County, IA

1969-70*
Ross Boyer

Sarasota County, FL

1970-71*
Michael N. Canlis
San Joaquin County, CA
1971-72* 
James H.Young

City of Richmond, VA

1972-73*
Paul Zillgitt

Goodhue County, MN

1973-74*
I. Byrd Parnell

Sumter County, SC

1974-75*
Bernard Keiter

Montgomery County, OH

1975-76* 
Harold Bray

Jefferson County, CO

1976-77*
Carl Axsom

Rockingham County, NC

1977-78* 
High Sheriff Patrick J. Hogan

Hartford County, CT

1978-79*
Merle Karnopp

Lancaster County, NE

1979-80*
Gerard Wattigny

Iberia Parish, LA

1980-81*
George Papadopulos

Stark County, OH

1981-82
L. Cary Bittick

Monroe County, GA

1982-83*
E.W. Pellicer

Putnam County, FL

1983-84*
Richard J. Elrod

Cook County, IL

1984-85*
Louis F. Gianoli

Marathon County, WI

1985-86*
Richard Germond

Lenawee County, MI

1986-87*
Don Omodt
Hennepin County, MN
1987-88*
Dwight E. Radcliff
Pickaway County, OH
1988-89*
High Sheriff Henry F. Healey, Jr.
New Haven County, CT
1989-90*
Lyle W. Swenson
Davison County, SD
1990-91*
Bob E. Rice
Polk County, IA
1991-92* 
Marshall E. Honaker
City of Bristol, VA
1992-93 
Frank Policaro, Jr.
Beaver County, PA
1993-94 
Johnny Mack Brown
Greenville County, SC
1994-95 
James G. Murphy
Orleans County, VT
1995-96*
John T. Pierpont
Greene County, MO
1996-97
Donald E. Hathaway
Caddo Parish, LA
1997-98*
Fred W. Scoralick
Dutchess County, NY
1998-99
Dan Smith
Bell County, TX
1999-00*      
Philip McKelvey
Dorchester County, MD
2000-01      
Jerry “Peanuts” Gaines
Warren County, KY
2001-02      
John Cary Bittick
Monroe County, GA
2002-03*      
Tommy Ferrell
Adams County, MS
2003-04      
Wayne V. Gay
Wilson County, NC
2004-05      
Aaron D. Kennard
Salt Lake County, UT
2005-06     
Edmund M. “Ted” Sexton, Sr.
Tuscaloosa County, AL
2006-07    
Ted Kamatchus
Marshall County, IA
2007-08
Craig Webre
LaFourche Parish, LA
2008-09
David Goad
Allegany County, MD
2009-10
John E. Zaruba
DuPage County, IL
2010-11*
B.J. Roberts
City of Hampton, VA
2011-12
Paul H. Fitzgerald
Story County, IA
2012-13*
Larry D. Amerson
Calhoun County, AL
2013-14
Michael Leidholt
Hughes County, SD
2014-15*
John Aubrey
Jefferson County, KY
2015-16
Danny L. Glick
Laramie County, WY
2016-17
Greg Champagne
St. Charles Parish, LA
2017-18
Harold Eavenson
Rockwall County, TX
2018-19
John Layton
Marion County, IN
2019-20
Daron Hall
Davidson County, TN
2020-21
David Mahoney
Dane County, WI
2021-22
Vernon Stanforth
Fayette County, OH
2022-23
William Bohnyak
Orange County, VT
2023-24
Greg Champagne
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024-25
Kieran Donahue
Canyon County, ID
2025-26
Chris West
Canadian County, OK

*Deceased