Past Presidents General and Congress Locations – National Society Sons of the American Revolution

Presidents General of the SAR and Annual Congress Sites

The President General, in addition to his general duties, shall maintain a general supervision over the business and affairs of the Society, he shall appoint all committees, unless otherwise provided for in the Constitution or in these Bylaws, he shall be chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee and a member of all Standing Committees as set forth in Bylaw 18, Section 1. The President General shall have the authority to fill any vacancy which may occur for good cause in any General Office, on the Executive Committee, or in the chairmanship of any Committee, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees at its next meeting (The SAR Bylaw 4).

Year	Congress	Location	President General Elected	SAR Society
1889		Fraunces Tavern, New York, NY	Lucius P. Deming	Connecticut SAR
1890	1	Louisville, KY	Dr. William S. Webb	Empire State SAR and Vermont SAR
1891	2	Hartford, CT	Dr. William S. Webb	Empire State SAR and Vermont SAR
1892	3	New York, NY	General Horace Porter	Empire State SAR
1893	4	Chicago, IL	General Horace Porter	Empire State SAR
1894	5	Washington, D.C.	General Horace Porter	Empire State SAR
1895	6	Boston, MA	General Horace Porter	Empire State SAR
1896	7	Richmond, VA	General Horace Porter	Empire State SAR
1897	8	Cleveland, OH	Edward S. Barrett	Massachusetts SAR
1898	9	Morristown, NJ	Edward S. Barrett	Massachusetts SAR
1899	10	Detroit, MI	Franklin Murphy	New Jersey SAR
1900	11	New York, NY	Joseph C. Breckinridge	Kentucky SAR and District of Columbia SAR
1901	12	Pittsburgh, PA	Walter S. Logan	Empire State SAR
1902	13	Washington, D.C.	Gov. Edwin Warfield	Maryland SAR
1903	14	New Haven, CT	Gen. Edwin Greeley	Connecticut SAR
1904	15	St. Louis, MO	James D. Hancock	Pennsylvania SAR
1905	16	Philadelphia, PA	Francis H. Appleton	Massachusetts SAR
1906	17	Boston, MA	Cornelius C. Pugsley	Empire State SAR
1907	18	Denver, CO	Nelson A. McClary	Illinois SAR
1908	19	Buffalo, NY	Henry Stockbridge	Maryland SAR
1909	20	Baltimore, MD	Morris B. Beardsley	Connecticut SAR
1910	21	Toledo, OH	William A. Marble	Empire State SAR
1911	22	Louisville, KY	Dr. Moses G. Parker	Massachusetts SAR
1912	23	Boston, MA	James M. Richardson	Ohio SAR
1913	24	Chicago, IL	Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston	Kentucky SAR
1914	25	Syracuse, NY	Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston	Kentucky SAR
1915	26	Portland, OR	Newell B. Woodworth	Empire State SAR
1916	27	Newark, NJ	Elmer M. Wentworth	Iowa SAR
1917	28	Nashville, TN	Elmer M. Wentworth	Iowa SAR
1918	29	Rochester, NY	Louis Annin Ames	Empire State SAR
1919	30	Detroit, MI	Chancellor L. Jenks	Illinois SAR
1920	31	Hartford, CT	J. Henry Preston	Maryland SAR
1921	32	Buffalo, NY	Wallace McCamant	Oregon SAR
1922	33	Springfield, MA	Major Washington Irving Lincoln Adams	New Jersey SAR
1923	34	Nashville, TN	Arthur Preston Sumner	Rhode Island SAR
1924	35	Salt Lake City, UT	Marvin Harrison Lewis	Kentucky SAR
1925	36	Swampscott, MA	Judge Harvey Foote Remington	Empire State SAR
1926	37	Philadelphia, PA	Wilbert H. Barrett	Michigan SAR
1927	38	Richmond, VA	Ernest E. Rogers	Connecticut SAR
1928	39	Washington, D.C.	Ganson Depew	Empire State SAR
1929	40	Springfield, IL	Howard Rowley	California SAR
1930	41	Ashbury Park, NJ	Judge Josiah S. Van Orsdel	District of Columbia SAR
1931	42	Charlotte, NC	Benjamin Newhall Johnson (Died While in Office) Judge Josiah S. Van Orsdel (Appointed)	Massachusetts SAR District of Columbia SAR
1932	43	Washington, D.C.	Frederick W. Millspaugh	Tennessee SAR
1933	44	Cincinnati, OH	Arthur M. McGrillis	Rhode Island SAR
1934	45	Baltimore, MD	Arthur M. McGrillis	Rhode Island SAR
1935	46	Louisville, KY	Henry F. Baker	Maryland SAR
1936	47	Portland, ME	Messmore Kendall	Empire State SAR
1937	48	Buffalo, NY	Messmore Kendall	Empire State SAR
1938	49	Dallas, TX	Messmore Kendall	Empire State SAR
1939	50	New London, CT	Messmore Kendall	Empire State SAR
1940	51	Washington, D.C.	Loren E. Souers	Ohio SAR
1941	52	Columbus, OH	G. Ridgely Sappington	Maryland SAR
1942	53	Wiliamsburg, VA	Sterling Fahn Mutz	Nebraska SAR
1943	54	New York, NY	Smith Lewis Multer	New Jersey SAR
1944	55	Harrisburg, PA	Smith Lewis Multer	New Jersey SAR
1945	(No Annual Meeting Held on Account of World War II)
1946	56	Trenton, NJ	Allen L. Oliver	Missouri SAR
1947	57	Huntington, WV	A. Herbert Foreman	Virginia SAR
1948	58	Minneapolis, MN	Charles B. Shaler (Died While in Office) Ben H. Powell (Appointed)	Pennsylvania SARTexas SAR
1949	59	Jacksonville, FL	John Whelchel Finger	Empire State SAR
1950	60	Atlantic City, NJ	Wallace C. Hall	Michigan SAR
1951	61	San Francisco, CA	Wallace C. Hall	Michigan SAR
1952	62	Houston, TX	Ray O. Edwards	Florida SAR
1953	63	Cincinnati, OH	Arthur A. de la Houssaye	Louisiana SAR
1954	64	Williamsburg, VA	Milton M. Lory	Iowa SAR
1955	65	Chicago, IL	Edgar Williamson, Jr.	New Jersey SAR
1956	66	Lake George, NY	Eugene P. Carver, Jr.	Massachusetts SAR
1957	67	Salt Lake City, UT	George E. Tarbox, Jr.	Colorado SAR
1958	68	Biloxi, MS	Walter A. Wentworth	Empire State SAR
1959	69	Pittsburgh, PA	Charles A. Jones	Ohio SAR
1960	70	Memphis, TN	Dr. Herschel S. Murphy	New Jersey SAR
1961	71	Clearwater, FL	Horace Y. Kitchell	Mississippi SAR
1962	72	Philadelphia, PA	Charles A. Anderson, M.D.	Ohio SAR
1963	73	Lexington, KY	Robert L. Sonfield	Texas SAR
1964	74	Detroit, MI	Harry T. Burn	Tennessee SAR
1965	75	Albuquerque, NM	Howard E. Coe	Connecticut SAR
1966	76	Groton, CT	Kenneth G. Smith, Jr.	Pennsylvania SAR
1967	77	Columbus, OH	Len Young Smith	Illinois SAR
1968	78	Williamsburg, VA	Walter G. Sterling	Texas SAR
1969	79	Salt Lake City, UT	James B. Gardiner	Empire State SAR
1970	80	Houston, TX	Walter P. Martin	Rhode Island SAR
1971	81	Atlantic City, NJ	Eugene C. McGuire	Ohio SAR
1972	82	Indianapolis, IN	Ryall S. Morgan	Alabama SAR
1973	83	Palm Beach, FL	Marion Crawmer	Michigan SAR
1974	84	Baltimore, MD	M. Graham Clark, Ed.D.	Missouri SAR
1975	85	Boston, MA	Robert D. Savage, Lt. Col. USA (Ret.)	Pennsylvania SAR
1976	86	Philadelphia, PA	Matthew B. Sellers	Florida SAR
1977	87	Milwaukee, WI	Wilson King Barnes	Maryland SAR
1978	88	Louisville, KY	Calvin Ellsworth Chunn, Ph.D.	California SAR
1979	89	San Diego, CA	Calvin Ellsworth Chunn, Ph.D.	California SAR
1980	90	Dallas, TX	Arthur Mansfield King	Kansas SAR
1981	91	Oklahoma City, OK	Richard H. Thompson, Jr.	Florida SAR
1982	92	Portland, OR	Howard L. Hamilton, Ph.D.	Virginia SAR
1983	93	Atlanta, GA	Warren G. Hayes, Jr.	Pennsylvania SAR
1984	94	Cincinnati, OH	Carl F. Bessent	Maryland SAR
1985	95	Louisville, KY	Col. Benjamin H. Morris	Kentucky SAR
1986	96	Tampa, FL	Clovis H. Brakebill	Texas SAR
1987	97	Valley Forge, PA	Nolan W. Carson	Ohio SAR
1988	98	Tyson’s Corner, VA	Charles F. Printz, Sr.	West Virginia SAR
1989	99	San Francisco, CA	James R. Westlake	Georgia SAR
1990	100	Louisville, KY	Col. James R. Calhoun	New Mexico SAR
1991	101	Kansas City, KS	George H. Brandau, M.D.	Texas SAR
1992	102	Norfolk, VA	Paul H. Walker	Massachusetts SAR
1993	103	Phoenix, AZ	Col. Robert B. Vance, Sr.	Georgia SAR
1994	104	New Orleans, LA	Col. Stewart Boone, McCarthy, Jr.	District of Columbia SAR
1995	105	Louisville, KY	William C. Gist, Jr., D.M.D.	Kentucky SAR
1996	106	San Antonio, TX	Reon G. Hillegass, Jr.	Virginia SAR
1997	107	Baltimore, MD	Carl K. Hoffman, J.D.	Florida SAR
1998	108	Orlando, FL	Russell D. Page	Illinois SAR
1999	109	San Diego, CA	Howard F. Horne, Jr., Ph.D.	Delaware SAR
2000	110	Boston, MA	Bruce B. Butler, D.D.S. (Died While in Office) Howard F. Horne, Jr., Ph.D. (Appointed)	Louisiana SAR Delaware SAR
2001	111	Louisville, KY	Larry D. McClanahan	Tennessee SAR
2002	112	Nashville, TN	B. Rice Aston	Texas SAR
2003	113	Chicago, IL	Raymond G. Musgrave	West Virginia SAR
2004	114	Pittsburgh, PA	Henry N. McCarl, Ph.D.	Massachusetts SAR
2005	115	Louisville, KY	Roland G. Downing, Ph.D.	Delaware SAR
2006	116	Dallas, TX	Nathan E. White	Texas SAR
2007	117	Williamsburg, VA	Bruce A. Wilcox	Virginia SAR
2008	118	Sacramento, CA	David N. Appleby	Missouri SAR
2009	119	Atlanta, GA	Edward F. Butler	Texas SAR
2010	120	Cleveland, OH	James David Sympson	Kentucky SAR
2011	121	Winston-Salem, NC	Larry J. Magerkurth	California SAR
2012	122	Phoenix, AZ	Stephen A. Leishman	Delaware SAR
2013	123	Kansas City, MO	Joseph W. Dooley	Virginia SAR
2014	124	Greenville, SC	Lindsey C. Brock	Florida SAR
2015	125	Louisville, KY	Thomas E Lawrence	Texas SAR
2016	126	Boston, MA	J. Michael Tomme, Sr.	Georgia SAR
2017	127	Knoxville, TN	Larry T. Guzy	Georgia SAR
2018	128	Houston, TX	Warren M. Alter	Arizona SAR
2019	129	Costa Mesa, CA	John T. Manning	New Hampshire SAR
2020	129	No Congress	John T. Manning	New Hampshire SAR
2021	130	Renton, WA	Davis Wright	Delaware SAR
2022	131	Savannah, GA	C. Bruce Pickette	Alabama SAR
2023	132	Orlando, FL	John Dodd	California SAR