The following individuals have held the position of President of this organization.
* 1871: David Thomas
* 1872–1874: Rossiter Worthington Raymond
* 1875: Alexander Lyman Holley
* 1876: Abram Stevens Hewitt
* 1877: Thomas Sterry Hunt
* 1878–1879: Eckley Brinton Coxe
* 1880: William Powell Shinn
* 1881: William Metcalf
* 1882: Richard Pennefather Rothwell
* 1883: Robert Woolston Hunt
* 1884–1885: James Cooper Bayles
* 1886: Robert Hallowell Richards
* 1887: Thomas Egleston
* 1888: William Bleeker Potter
* 1889: Richard Pearce
* 1890: Abram Stevens Hewitt
* 1891–1892: John Birkinbine
* 1893: Henry Marion Howe
* 1894: John Fritz
* 1895: Joseph D. Weeks
* 1896: Edmund Gybbon Spilsbury
* 1897: Thomas Messinger Drown
* 1898: Charles Kirchhoff
* 1899–1900: James Douglas
* 1901–1902: Eben Erskine Olcott
* 1903: Albert Reid Ledoux
* 1904–1905: James Gayley
* 1906: Robert Woolston Hunt
* 1907–1908: John Hays Hammond
* 1909–1910: David William Brunton 
* 1911: Charles Kirchhoff
* 1912: James Furman Kemp
* 1913: Charles Frederic Rand
* 1914: Benjamin Bowditch Thayer
* 1915: William Lawrence Saunders
* 1916: Louis Davidson Ricketts
* 1917: Philip North Moore
* 1918: Sidney Johnston Jennings
* 1919: Horace Vaughn Winchell
* 1920: Herbert Hoover
* 1921: Edwin Ludlow
* 1922: Arthur Smith Dwight
* 1923: Edward Payson Mathewson
* 1924: William Kelly
* 1925: John van Wicheren Reynders
* 1926: Samuel A. Taylor
* 1927: Everette Lee DeGolyer
* 1928: George Otis Smith
* 1929: Frederick Worthen Bradley 
* 1930: William Hastings Bassett
* 1931: Robert Emmet Tally
* 1932: Scott Turner
* 1933: Frederick Mark Becket 
* 1934: Howard Nicholas Eavenson 
* 1935: Henry Andrew Buehler
* 1936: John Meston Lovejoy
* 1937: Rolland Craten Allen
* 1938: Daniel Cowan Jackling
* 1939: Donald Burton Gillies
* 1940: Herbert George Moulton
* 1941: John Robert Suman 
* 1942: Eugene McAuliffe
* 1943: Champion Herbert Mathewson
* 1944: Chester Alan Fulton
* 1945: Harvey Seeley Mudd
* 1946: Louis S. Cates
* 1947: Clyde Williams
* 1948: William Embry Wrather
* 1949: Lewis Emanuel Young
* 1950: Donald Hamilton McLaughlin
* 1951: Willis McGerald Peirce
* 1952: Michael Lawrence Haider
* 1953: Andrew Fletcher
* 1954: Leo Frederick Reinartz
* 1955: Henry DeWitt Smith
* 1956: Carl Ernest Reistle Jr.
* 1957: Grover Justine Holt
* 1958: Augustus Braun Kinzel
* 1959: Howard Carter Pyle
* 1960: Joseph Lincoln Gillson
* 1961: Ronald Russel McNaughton
* 1962: Lloyd E. Elkins
* 1963: Roger Vern Pierce
* 1964: Karl Leroy Fetters
* 1965: Thomas Corwin Frick
* 1966: William Bishop Stephenson
* 1967: Walter R. Hibbard Jr.
* 1968: John Robertson McMillan	
* 1969: James Boyd
* 1970: John C. Kinnear
* 1971: John Smith Bell
* 1972: Dennis L. McElroy
* 1973: James B. Austin
* 1974: Wayne E. Glenn
* 1975: James D. Reilly
* 1976: Julius J. Harwood
* 1977: H. Arthur Nedom
* 1978: Wayne L. Dowdey	
* 1979: William H. Wise
* 1980: M. Scott Kraemer
* 1981: Robert H. Merrill
* 1982: Harold W. Paxton
* 1983: Edward E. Runyan
* 1984: Nelson Severinghaus, Jr.
* 1985: Norman T. Mills
* 1986:  Arlen L. Edgar
* 1987: Alan Lawley
* 1988: Thomas V. Falkie
* 1989: Howard N. Hubbard, Jr.
* 1990: Donald G. Russell
* 1991: Milton E. Wadsworth
* 1992: Roshan B. Bhappu
* 1993: G. Hugh Walker
* 1994: Noel D. Rietman
* 1995: Frank V. Nolfi, Jr.
* 1996: Donald W. Gentry
* 1997: Leonard G. Nelson
* 1998: Roy H. Koerner
* 1999: Paul G. Campbell, Jr.
* 2000: Robert E. Murray
* 2001: Grant P. Schneider
* 2002: George H. Sawyer
* 2003: Robert H. Wagoner
* 2004: Robert C. Freas
* 2005: Alan W. Cramb
* 2006: James R. Jorden
* 2007: Dan J. Thoma
* 2008: Michael Karmis
* 2009: Ian Sadler
* 2010: DeAnn Craig
* 2011: Brajendra Mishra
* 2012: George W. Luxbacher
* 2013: Dale Heinz
* 2014: Behrooz Fattahi
* 2015: Garry W. Warren
* 2016: Nikhil Trivedi
* 2017: John G. Speer