The Moving Finger
The First 100 Years
The moving finger…1876-1880
1876-1880
1881-1890
1891-1900
1901-1910
1911-1920
1921-1930
1931-1940
1941-1950
1951-1960
1961-1970
1971-1980
1981-1990
1991-2000
2001-
1876-1880
| 1876 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 4 Chairman — Richard Gerner President — John Winslow Snyder Official Editor — William Pemberton Charles C. Heuman (The Official Organ was not established until 1878. Until then official matters were printed in the paper of the elected editor.)
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| 1877 | Long Branch, N. J., July 16, 17 President — Alexander W. Dingwall Official Editor — Charles C. Heuman
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| 1878 | Chicago, Ill., July 17, 18 President — William T. Hall Official Editor — John Winslow Snyder Clement Chase (4) (Mr. Snyder resigned at the convention. Mr. Chase elected. Vol. 1, No. 1 of The National Amateur published in September 1878. Figure in parentheses denotes the number of issues published.)
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| 1879 | Washington, D. C., July 16, 17, 18 President — J. Edson Briggs Official Editor — Clement Chase (4)
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| 1880 | Cincinnati, Ohio, July 14, 15 President — Will L. Wright Thomas G. Harrison Thomas H. Parsons Official Editor — Joseph P. Clossey (1) (Mr. Wright resigned at the convention. Harrison elected, but because of inactivity the presidency was assumed by First Vice-President Parsons.) |
1881-1890
| 1881 | Buffalo, N. Y., July 18 President — Frank N. Reeve Official Editor — Finlay A. Grant (4)
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| 1882 | Detroit, Mich., July 11 President — Finlay A. Grant Official Editor — Charles G. Steele (4)
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| 1883 | New York, N. Y., July 11, 12 President — Willard 0. Wylie Henry E. Legler Official Editor — Thomas G. Harrison (4) (Mr. Legler’s name was placed on the presidential roll by action of 1884 convention.)
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| 1884 | Milwaukee, Wis., July 9, 10 President — Edward E. Stowell Frederick F. Heath Official Editor — Joseph Dana Miller (3) (Mr. Stowell resigned. Mr. Heath appointed president by the judiciary Committee.)
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| 1885 | Boston, Mass., July 15, 16, 17 President — Dennis A. Sullivan Official Editor — Brainerd P. Emery (4)
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| 1886 | San Francisco, Calif., July 28, 29 President — James H. Ives Munro Official Editor — Ernest A. Edkins (1) W. B. Baldwin (2) (Mr. Edkins resigned. Mr. Baldwin appointed official editor by the judiciary Committee.)
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| 1887 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 12, 13 President — Samuel S. Stinson William S. Moore Official Editor — Frank D. Woolen (6) (Mr. Moore was declared president de jure by action of the 1888 convention.)
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| 1888 | Chicago, Ill., July 5, 6, 7 President —Albert E. Barker Official Editor — Truman J. Spencer (4)
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| 1889 | Buffalo, N. Y., July 4, 5 President — Louis Kempner Official Editor — Howard M. Carter (4)
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| 1890 | Indianapolis, Ind., July 24, 25, 26 President — William S. Dunlop Official Editor — Harriet C. Cox (3) |
1891-1900
| 1891 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 14, 15, 16 President — Edwin B. Swift Frank E. Schermerhorn Official Editor — Walter C. Chiles (4) (Mr. Schermerhorn’s name was placed on presidential roll by action of the 1893 convention.)
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| 1892 | Boston, Mass. (Buffalo, N. Y.), July 4, 5, 6 President — Truman J. Spencer Harry C. Hochstadter Official Editor — Brainerd P. Emery (2) (Mr. Spencer and Mr. Hochstadter headed rival factions in an associational split. The Spencer group met in Boston, the Hochstadter faction in Buffalo.)
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| 1893 | Chicago, Ill., July 4, 5 President — John L. Tomlinson Alson Brubaker Official Editor — John T. Nixon (1) Will Hancock (1) Finlay A. Grant (2) (Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Nixon resigned. Mr. Brubaker was appointed president by executive judges. judiciary committee tentatively named Corresponding Secretary Hancock official editor until Mr. Grant was appointed by President Brubaker.)
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| 1894 | Boston, Mass., July 17, 18 President — Charles R. Burger Official Editor — Franklin C. Johnson (2) Albert Dennis (2) (Mr. Johnson resigned. Mr. Dennis appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1895 | Chicago, Ill., July 16, 17, 18 President — Will Hancock Official Editor — Albert W. Dennis Edith B. Miniter (4) (Mr. Dennis resigned. Mrs. Miniter appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1896 | Washington, D. C., July 7, 8 President — James F. Morton Official Editor — Edwin Hadley Smith (2)
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| 1897 | San Francisco, Calif., July 7, 8 President — David L. Hollub Official Editor — Edward A. Hering Walter C. Chiles (4) (Mr. Herring resigned. Mr. Chiles appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1898 | New York, N. Y., July 5, 6, 7 President — Horace Freeman Official Editor — Samuel Steinberg (1) John G. Kugler (3) (Executive judges declared Mr. Freeman’s election illegal, but then appointed him president. Mr. Steinberg resigned. Mr. Kugler appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1899 | Chicago, Ill., July 5, 6, 7 President — Theodore B. Thiele Official Editor — Warren J. Brodie (6)
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| 1900 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Nelson G. Morton Official Editor — John M. Acee (3) John T. Nixon (2) (Mr. Acee resigned. Mr. Nixon appointed official editor by the president.) |
1901-1910
| 1901 | Nashville, Tenn., July 16, 17, 18 President — John T. Nixon Official Editor — Samuel J. Steinberg (6)
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| 1902 | New York, N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — Anthony E. Wills Official Editor — George A. Alderman (6)
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| 1903 | Chicago, Ill., July 2, 3, 4 President — Albert E. Barnard Foster Gilroy Official Editor — Walter S. Goff (3) John T. Nixon (3) (Mr. Barnard and Mr. Goff resigned. Mr. Gilroy appointed president by the executive judges. Mr. Nixon was appointed official editor by President Gilroy.)
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| 1904 | San Francisco, Calif, July 2, 3, 4, 5 President — Edward M. Lind Official Editor —Timothy B. Thrift (6)
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| 1905 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 17, 18, 19 President — Timothy B. Thrift Official Editor — Paul J. Campbell (6)
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| 1906 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 3, 4 President — William R. Murphy Official Editor — Charles W. Heins (6)
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| 1907 | Boston, Mass.. July 4, 5, 6 President — Charles W. Heins Official Editor — William C. Ahlhauser (6)
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| 1908 | Milwaukee, Wis., July 2, 3, 4 President — William C. Ahlhauser Official Editor — Frank A. Kendall (6)
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| 1909 | New York, N. Y., July 5, 6, 7 President — Edith M. Miniter Official Editor — George J. Houtain (2) Charles A. A. Parker (5) (Mr. Houtain removed by the president. Mr. Parker appointed official editor.)
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| 1910 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 4, 5, 6 President — Edward F. Suhre Official Editor — Walter F. Zahn (6) |
1911-1920
| 1911 | Chicago, Ill., July 3, 4, 5 President — Walter F. Zahn Official Editor — Edward H. Cole (6)
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| 1912 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Edward H. Cole Official Editor — George Kilpatrick (6)
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| 1913 | Grand Rapids, Mich., July 3, 4, 5 President — Frank A. Kendall Jennie M. Kendall (Plaisier) Official Editor — Leston M. Ayres (6) (Mr. Kendall died in office. Mrs. Kendall appointed president by the executive judges.)
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| 1914 | Bridgeport, Conn., July 9, 10, 11 President — Leston M. Ayre Official Editor — Hubert A. Reading (2) Edna von der Heide(McDonald) (3) (Mr. Reading resigned. Miss von der Heide appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1915 | Brooklyn, N. Y., July 2, 3, 4, 5 President — George Julian Houtain Official Editor — Edna von der Heide (McDonald) Ernest A. Dench (6) (Miss von der Heide resigned. Mr. Dench appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1916 | Boston, Mass., July 1, 2, 3, 4 President — George J. Houtain Official Editor — Hazel Pratt Adams (6)
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| 1917 | New York, N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — Harry E. Martin Official Editor — F. Graeme Davis (4)
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| 1918 | Chicago, Ill., July 4, 5, 6 President — F. Graeme Davis Official Editor — W. Paul Cook (6)
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| 1919 | Newark, N. J., July 3, 4, 5 President — W. Paul Cook Official Editor — Anthony F. Moitoret (6)
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| 1920 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 5, 6, 7 President — Anthony F. Moitoret Official Editor — Marjorie H. Outwater (Ellis) (5) |
1921-1930
| 1921 | Boston, Mass., July 2, 3, 4 President — E. Dorothy Houtain Official Editor — John M. Heins (3) William B. Dowdell (4) (Mr. Heins resigned. Mr. Dowdell appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1922 | New York, N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — William B. Dowdell Howard P. Lovecraft Official Editor — Harry E. Martin (5) (Mr. Dowdell resigned. Mr. Lovecraft appointed president by the executive judges.)
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| 1923 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 2, 3, 4, 5 President — Hazel Pratt Adams Official Editor — Clyde G. Townsend (6)
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| 1924 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Clyde G. Townsend Official Editor — Harry R. Marlowe (6)
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| 1925 | Detroit, Mich., July 2, 3, 4 President — Clyde G. Townsend Official Editor — Anne Kulique Kramer (6)
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| 1926 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 3, 4, 5 President — Anne Kulique Kramer Official Editor — Jacob Moidel (6)
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| 1927 | Warren, Ohio, July 2, 3, 4 President — Jacob Moidel Official Editor — William T. Harrington (5)
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| 1928 | Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 8, 9, 10 President — Vincent B. Haggerty Official Editor — Damon S. Stanford Edward J. Hollahan (4) (Mr. Stanford resigned. Mr. Hollahan appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1929 | Paterson, N. J., July 4, 5, 6 President — Harry R. Marlowe Official Editor — Helm C. Spink (4)
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| 1930 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Victor E. Bacon Official Editor — Helm C. Spink (4) |
1931-1940
| 1931 | St. Louis, Mo., July 3, 4, 5 President — Earl C. Kelley Official Editor — George A. Thomson (4)
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| 1932 | Montpelier, Vt., July 4, 5, 6 President — George A. Thompson Official Editor — Harold Segal (4)
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| 1933 | New York, N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — Edwin Hadley Smith Harold Segal Official Editor — F. Earl Bonnell (4) (Mr. Smith resigned at the convention. Mr. Segal elected.)
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| 1934 | Chicago, Ill., N. J., July 3, 4, 5 President — Ralph W. Babcock Official Editor — Chester P. Bradley (4)
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| 1935 | Oakland, Calif., July 4, 5, 6 President — Hyman Bradofsky Official Editor — O.W. Hinrichs (1) Helm C. Spink (2) (Mr. Hinrichs removed by the president. Mr. Spink appointed official editor)
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| 1936 | Grand Rapid, Mich., July 2, 3, 4 President — Margaret Nickerson Martin Official Editor — Hyman Bradofsky Clyde G. Townsend (4) (Mr. Bradofsky resigned. Mr. Townsend appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1937 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — George W. Macauley Official Editor — Reinhart Kleiner (4)
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| 1938 | Cincinnati, Ohio, July 2, 3, 4 President — Felicitas C. Haggerty Official Editor — Elaine Jorgensen (Peck) (4)
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| 1939 | Berkeley, Calif., July 3, 4, 5 President — Elaine Jorgensen (Peck) Official Editor — Ralph W. Babcock (3)
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| 1940 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 5, 6 President — Robert Telschow Official Editor — George W. Trainer (4) |
1941-1950
| 1941 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 4, 5, 6 President — George W, Trainer Official Editor — Robert Holman (4)
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| 1942 | New York N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — Charles A. A. Parker Official Editor — Robert Holman (4)
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| 1943 | New York, N. Y., July 3, 4, 5 President — Robert Holman Official Editor — Willametta Turnepseed (Keffer) (4)
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| 1944 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Willametta Turnepseed (Keffer) Official Editor — Burton Crane (2) Edna Hyde MacDonald (2) (By arrangement at the convention, Mrs. MacDonald took over editorship when Mr. Crane was called for war service.)
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| 1945 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 2, 3, 4 President — Willametta Turnepseed (Keffer) Official Editor — William F. Haywood (4)
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| 1946 | Newark, N. J., July 4, 5, 6 President — William F. Haywood Official Editor — Sesta T. Matheison (4)
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| 1947 | Detroit, Mich., July 3, 4, 5 President — Sesta T. Matheison Official Editor — Charles A. Shattuck (4)
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| 1948 | Los Angeles, Calif., July 3, 4, 5 President — Charles A. Shattuck Official Editor — Harold D. Ellis (4)
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| 1949 | Brooklyn, N. Y., July 1, 2, 3, 4 President — Harold D. Ellis Official Editor — Ralph W. Babcock (4)
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| 1950 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 2, 3, 4, President — Thomas B. Whitbread Official Editor — Victor A. Moitoret (4) |
1951-1960
| 1951 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 5, 6 President — Victor A. Moitoret Official Editor — Alfred P. Babcock (4)
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| 1952 | Roanoke, Va., July 3, 4, 5 President — Dora H. Moitoret Official Editor — Robert E. Kunde (4)
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| 1953 | Jackson, Mich., July 3, 4, 5 President — Robert E. Kunde Official Editor — L. Verle Heljeson (4)
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| 1954 | Portland, Maine, July 3, 4, 5 President — Viola A. Payne Official Editor — Ralph W. Babcock (1) Russell L. Paxton (3) (Mr. Babcock resigned. Mr. Paxton appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1955 | Denver, Colo., July 3, 4, 5 President — Alma Weixelbaum Official Editor — Russell L. Paxton (4)
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| 1956 | Minneapolis, Minn., July 2, 3, 4 President — Russell L. Paxton Official Editor — Emerson Duerr (4)
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| 1957 | Washington, D. C., July 4, 5, 6 President — Helm Spink Emerson Duerr Official Editor — Kermit Schuman (4) (Mr. Spink resigned at the convention. Mr. Duerr elected.)
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| 1958 | Chicago, Ill., July 3, 4, 5 President — L. Verle Heljeson Official Editor — Kermit Schuman (4)
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| 1959 | Boston, Mass., July 3, 4, 5 President — Kermit R. Schuman Official Editor — Willard B. Savery (4)
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| 1960 | Grand Rapids, Mich., July 2, 3, 4 President — Brauner J. Ostergaard Official Editor — Stanley Oliner (4) |
1961-1970
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1971-1980
| 1971 | Marietta, Ohio, July 3, 4, 5 President — William E. Boys Official Editor — Ann Vrooman (4)
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| 1972 | Natural Bridge, Va., July 1, 2, 3 President — William E. Boys Official Editor — Jacob L. Warner (4)
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| 1973 | St. Petersberg, Fla., July 5, 6, 7 President — Jacob L. Warner Official Editor — Ralph W. Babcock (4)
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| 1974 | San Diego, Calif., July 4, 5, 6 President — Ann Vrooman Official Editor — Ralph W. Babcock Russell L. Paxton (4) (Mr. Babcock resigned. Mr. Paxton appointed official editor by the president.)
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| 1975 | Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 4, 5 President — Harold Segal Official Editor — William E. Boys (*) *This page printed in September 1975, at the start of the administrative year. Information below this point is not originally part of the book, The First Hundred Years, as printed by Harold Segal for the 1976 Convention. It has been added for this version on the World Wide Web.
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| 1976 | Philadelphia, Pa., July 3, 4, 5 President — David Warner Official Editor — William E. Boys (4)
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| 1977 | Kansas City, MO, July 2, 3, 4 President — Keith Gray Official Editor — Harold Segal (4)
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| 1978 | Kennewick, WA, July 2, 3, 4 President — Ernest Witte Official Editor — Ralph Babcock (4)
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| 1979 | Cincinnati President — Clarence Prowell Official Editor — Ernest Witte (4)
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| 1980 | Denver, CO, July 3, 4, 5 President — Rowena A. Moitoret Official Editor — Jack W. Bond (4) |
1981-1990
| 1981 | Baltimore, MD, July 3, 4, 5 President — Leah G. Warener Official Editor — Martin M. Horvat (4)
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| 1982 | St. Petersburg, FL, July 4, 5, 6 President — Jack W. Bond Official Editor — Leah G. Warner (4)
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| 1983 | Knoxville, TN, July 2, 3, 4 President — Joseph W. Curran Official Editor — Gale W. Sheldon (4)
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| 1984 | San Diego, CA, July 4, 5, 6 President — Kenneth L. Monson Official Editor — Matilda S. Haywood
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| 1985 | Canton, OH, July 4, 5, 6 President — Matilda D. Haywood Official Editor — Richard S. George (4)
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| 1986 | New Haven, CT, July 3, 4, 5 President — Martin M. Horvat Official Editor — Richard S. George (4)
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| 1987 | Salt Lake City, UT, July 3, 4, 5 President — Richard S. George Official Editor — Kermit Schuman (1) Harold Segal (3) (Mr Schuman resigned. Harold Segal appointed Official Editor by the President.)
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| 1988 | Macon, GA, July 1, 2, 3 President — Lauren R. Geringer Official Editor — Joseph A. Diachenko (4)
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| 1989 | Wichita, KS, July 1, 2, 3 President — Gale W. Sheldon Official Editor — Dick Fleming (4)
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| 1990 | Knoxville, TN, July 1, 2, 3 President — Joseph A. Diachenko Official Editor — Robert Orbach (4) |
1991-2000
| 1991 | Oklahoma City, OK, July 4, 5, 6 President — Robert Orbach Official Editor — Frederick H. Gage (4)
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| 1992 | Canton, OH, July 3, 4, 5 President — Frederick H. Gage Official Editor — Gary T. Bossler (4)
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| 1993 | Santa Fe, NM, July 3, 4, 5 President — Gary T. Bossler Official Editor — Harold E. Davids (4)
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| 1994 | Greenbelt, MD, July 2, 3, 4 President — Harold E. Davids Official Editor — Keith Larson (4)
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| 1995 | Denver, CO, July 2, 3, 4 President — Keith Larson Official Editor — William H. Groveman (4)
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| 1996 | Canton, OH, July 4, 5, 6 President — Susan (Berstler) Duffy Official Editor — Harold Segal (4)
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| 1997 | Scottsdale, AZ, July 2, 3, 4, 5 President — Don Bauer Official Editor — Ronald J. Young (4)
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| 1998 | Lansing, MI, July President — Don Bauer Official Editor — Ronald J. Young (4)
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| 1999 | Macon, GA, July President — Jack Hageman Official Editor — Tom Parsons (3)
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| 2000 | Las Vegas, NV, July 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 President — Bob Mills Official Editor — Gale Sheldon (0) Melody Warner (4) (Mr. Sheldon died in office. Ms. Warner appointed Official Editor by the President.) |
2001-
| 2001 | Wilmington, DE, July 4, 5, 6, 7 President — Bob Mills Official Editor — Ron Young (4)
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| 2002 | Cincinnati, OH, July 2, 3, 4, 5 President — Fred Gage Official Editor — Ron Young (4)
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| 2003 | Chattanooga, TN, July 3, 4, 5 President — Jon McGrew Official Editor — Gary Bossler |