Complete List of National FFA Presidents, 1928 to Present

Every person elected National FFA President, in order, from Leslie Applegate of New Jersey in 1928 to Josie Jennings of Ohio, elected at the 99th National FFA Convention in October 2026. That is 100 presidents across 99 terms. National presidents only: national vice presidents, secretaries and New Farmers of America (NFA) presidents are not included.

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National FFA Presidents in Order

No.	Years	President	State
1	1928–29	Leslie Applegate	New Jersey
2	1929–30	Wade Turner	North Carolina
3	1930–31	Leslie Fry	Missouri
4	1931–32	Kenneth Pettibone	Oregon
5	1932–33	Vernon Howell	Oklahoma
6	1933–34	Bobby Jones	Ohio
7	1934–35	Andrew Sundstrom	South Dakota
8	1935–36	William Shaffer	Virginia
9	1936–37	Joe Black	Wyoming
10	1937–38	J. Lester Poucher	Florida
11	1938–39	Robert Elwell	Maine
12	1939–40	Ivan Kindschi	Wisconsin
13	1940–41	D. Harold Prichard	Mississippi
14	1941–42	Irvin J. Schenk	Indiana
15	1942–43	Harold Gum *	West Virginia
16	1942–43	Marvin Jagels *	Idaho
17	1943–44	Robert Bowman	California
18	1944–45	Oliver H. Kinzie	Oklahoma
19	1945–46	J. Glyndon Stuff	Illinois
20	1946–47	Gus R. Douglass Jr.	West Virginia
21	1947–48	Ervin Martin	Indiana
22	1948–49	Doyle Conner	Florida
23	1949–50	George Lewis	Illinois
24	1950–51	Walter Cummings	Oklahoma
25	1951–52	Donald Staheli	Utah
26	1952–53	Jimmy Dillon	Louisiana
27	1953–54	David H. Boyne	Michigan
28	1954–55	William D. Gunter Jr.	Florida
29	1955–56	Daniel Dunham	Oregon
30	1956–57	John M. Haid Jr.	Arkansas
31	1957–58	Howard Downing	Kentucky
32	1958–59	Adin Hester	Oregon
33	1959–60	Jim Thomas	Georgia
34	1960–61	Lyle Carpenter	Colorado
35	1961–62	Victor Butler Jr.	Florida
36	1962–63	Kenny McMillan	Illinois
37	1963–64	Nels Ackerson	Indiana
38	1964–65	Kenneth Kennedy	Kentucky
39	1965–66	Howard Williams	North Carolina
40	1966–67	Gary Swan	New York
41	1967–68	Greg Bamford	Colorado
42	1968–69	Jeff Hanlon	Oregon
43	1969–70	Harry Birdwell	Oklahoma
44	1970–71	Dan Lehmann	Illinois
45	1971–72	Tim J. Burke	Iowa
46	1972–73	Dwight O. Seegmiller	Iowa
47	1973–74	G. Mark Mayfield	Kansas
48	1974–75	Alpha E. Trivette	Virginia
49	1975–76	Bobby Tucker	Texas
50	1976–77	C. James Bode Jr.	Oklahoma
51	1977–78	J. Ken Johnson	Texas
52	1978–79	Mark Sanborn	Ohio
53	1979–80	Douglas C. Rinker	Virginia
54	1980–81	Mark Herndon	Oklahoma
55	1981–82	Scott Neasham	Iowa
56	1982–83	Jan Eberly	California
57	1983–84	Ron Wineinger	Kansas
58	1984–85	Steve Meredith	Kentucky
59	1985–86	Rick Malir	Kansas
60	1986–87	Kevin Eblen	Iowa
61	1987–88	Kelli Evans	Nebraska
62	1988–89	Dana Soukup	Nebraska
63	1989–90	Donnell Brown	Texas
64	1990–91	Mark Timm	Indiana
65	1991–92	Lee Thurber	Nebraska
66	1992–93	Travis D. Park	Indiana
67	1993–94	Curtis C. Childers	Texas
68	1994–95	Corey D. Flournoy	Illinois
69	1995–96	Seth Derner	Nebraska
70	1996–97	Corey Rosenbusch	Texas
71	1997–98	Hillary Smith	Georgia
72	1998–99	Lisa E. Ahrens	Iowa
73	1999–2000	Chris Vitelli	Florida
74	2000–01	Trent McKnight	Texas
75	2001–02	Dane White	California
76	2002–03	Tim Hammerich	California
77	2003–04	Javier Moreno	Puerto Rico
78	2004–05	Jackie Mundt	Wisconsin
79	2005–06	Travis Jett	Oklahoma
80	2006–07	Beau Williamson	California
81	2007–08	Zach Kinne	Missouri
82	2008–09	Paul Moya	New Mexico
83	2009–10	Levy Randolph	California
84	2010–11	Riley Pagett	Oklahoma
85	2011–12	Ryan Best	New Mexico
86	2012–13	Clay Sapp	Florida
87	2013–14	Brian Walsh	Virginia
88	2014–15	Andy Paul	Georgia
89	2015–16	Taylor McNeel	Arkansas
90	2016–17	David Townsend	Delaware
91	2017–18	Breanna Holbert	California
92	2018–19	Luke O'Leary	California
93	2019–20	Kolesen McCoy	Ohio
94	2020–21	Doster Harper	Georgia
95	2021–22	Cole Baerlocher	Washington
96	2022–23	Andrew Seibel	Virginia
97	2023–24	Amara Jackson	Michigan
98	2024–25	Thaddeus Bergschneider	Illinois
99	2025–26	Trey Myers	Oklahoma
100	2026–27	Josie Jennings	Ohio

Notes on the List

* 1942–43: Harold Gum of West Virginia was elected national president but left to join the military during World War II. National vice president Marvin Jagels of Idaho took his place, so the official table lists both men for the same year.

The 1928–29 through 2019–20 entries follow the “Past National Presidents” table in the Official FFA Manual, checked against a second copy of the manual. Later entries come from National FFA officer-team announcements.

Complete List of National FFA Presidents, 1928 to Present

National FFA Presidents in Order

Notes on the List

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