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Presidents of the National Rifle Association

# Name Tenure Notes
1 Ambrose Burnside 1871–1872 [1] General
2 William Conant Church 1872–1875 [2][3] co-founder
3 Alexander Shaler 1875–1877 [4][5]
4 N. P. Stanton 1877–1880 [5][6][7] Judge
5 Henry A. Gildersleeve 1880 [7][8] Judge
6 Winfield C. Hancock 1881 [9][10]
7 E. L. Molineux 1882 [8]
8 Ulysses S. Grant 1883–1884 [8] 18th President of the United States
9 Philip Sheridan 1885 [8] General
10 George Wood Wingate 1886–1900 [11][12] co-founder
11 Bird W. Spencer 1900–1907 [12][13]
12 James Drain 1907–1916 [13][14] General
13 William Libbey 1916–1921 [15][16]
14 Smith W. Brookhart 1921–1925 [17][18]
15 Francis E. Warren 1925[a] [20][19] U.S. Senator from Wyoming
16 Smith W. Brookhart 1925–1926 [21][22]
17 Fred M. Waterbury 1926–1927 [23]
18 L. M. Rumsey, Jr. 1928 [24][25]
19 Patrick Hurley 1929 [26]
20 Benedict Crowell 1930–1931 [27] former Assistant Secretary of War
21 G. A. Fraser 1932 [27][28]
22 Karl T. Frederick 1934 [29]
23 Ammon B. Critchfield 1936 [27]
24 Gustavus D. Pope 1937–1938 [27][30]
25 Littleton W. T. Waller, Jr. 1939 [27]
26 Nathaniel C. Nash 1941 [27]
27 Hilliard Comstock 1942–1943 [27][31]
28 Thurman Randle 1944–1946 [27][32]
29 Francis W. Parker, Jr. 1946–1947 [27][33]
30 Emmet Swanson 1948–1949 [27][34]
31 Merritt A. Edson 1949–1950 [27][34]
32 Harry D. Linn 1951–1952 [27][35]
33 J. Alvin Badeaux 1953 [27][36]
34 Morton C. Mumma 1955 [27]
35 George R. Whittington 1957 [27]
36 Irvine C. Porter 1959–1961 [27][37]
37 John M. Schooley 1961 [27]
38 Bartlett Rummel 1963 [27][38]
39 Harlon Carter 1965–1967 [27][39] First Executive Director of the NRA-ILA[40]
40 Harold W. Glassen 1967–1968 [27]
41 Woodson D. Scott 1969–1970 [27][41]
42 Fred M. Hakenjos 1971 [27]
43 C. R. Gutermuth 1973 [27][42]
44 Merrill W. Wright 1975 [27]
45 Lloyd M. Mustin 1977 [27]
46 John B. Layton 1979 [27][43]
47 Keith M. Gaffaney 1981 [27]
48 Howard W. Pollock 1983–1985 [27][44]
49 Alonzo H. Garcelon 1985 [27][45]
50 James E. Reinke 1985–1988 [45][48]
51 Joe Foss 1988–1990 [27]
52 Richard D. Riley 1990–1992 [27]
53 Robert K. Corbin 1992–1993 [27][49]
54 Thomas L. Washington 1994–1995 [27][50]
55 Marion Hammer 1995–1998 [27]
56 Charlton Heston 1998–2003 [51]
57 Kayne Robinson 2003–2005 [52]
58 Sandra Froman 2005–2007 [53]
59 John C. Sigler 2007–2009 [54][55]
60 Ron Schmeits 2009–2011 [55][56]
61 David Keene 2011–2013 [57]
62 James W. Porter II 2013–2015 [37][58]
63 Allan D. Cors 2015–2017 [59][60]
64 Pete Brownell 2017–2018 [61]
65 Carolyn D. Meadows 2018 [62]
66 Oliver North 2018–2019 [63]
67 Carolyn D. Meadows 2019– [62] Incumbent

Notes

  1. ^ Resigned 16 May 1925 along with first Vice President Major General Fred C. Ainsworth. At the time, Fred M. Waterbury was second Vice President.[19]

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