Past Presidents 2021
Douglas Borchardt
Washington County Fair
1973 E.C. (Dick)Weekly
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
2019
Nanci Kimmey
North Texas Fair Association
1972 C.W. Brandes
Austin County Fair
2018
Jerry Huffman
George H Henderson Expo Center
1971 Steve Lewis
Panhandle-South Plains Fair
2017 Daryl Real
State Fair of Texas
1970 Frances Cooper
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
2016 Steve Russell
Titus County Fair
1969 Joe B. Rucker
State Fair of Texas
2015 Joe Bruce Hancock
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
1968 Jerry Fetcher
Panhandle-South Plains Fair
2014 Virgil Bartlett
Amarillo Tri-State Fair & Rodeo
1967 Russell Willis
San Angelo Livestock Show & Rodeo
2013 Cecil Willis
Fort Bend County Fair Assoc.
1966 James. L. Boone
Fort Bend County Fair Association
2012 Gayle Hall
Grapevine CVB
1965 Marcus J. Adams
Comal County Fair Association
2011 Joe Vera, III
BorderFest Association
1964 Joe Goetschius
YMBL-South Texas State Fair
2010 Rusty Fitzgerald
State Fair of Texas
1963 Leon B. Dollens, Jr. Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo
2009 Steve Poynor
Permian Basin Fair & Expo
1962 Rex Baxter
Tri-State Fair & Rodeo
2008 Wes Allison
Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo
1961 Evelyn Fisher
Four States Fair
2007 Donald Ahrens
Washington County Fair
1960 C.O. Miller, Jr.
Anderson County Fair
2006 Jana Grisham
Fair on the Square
1959 F.W. (Jack) Stewart
2005 James Bricker
Trinity Valley Exposition
Guadalupe Agricultural & Livestock Fair
2004 Louis Katz
Fort Bend County Fair Association
1958 James Stewart
State Fair of Texas
2003 Jim Beale
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
1957 Joe Cooley
West Texas Fair & Rodeo
2002 John E. Sykes
East Texas State Fair Association
1956 Othel M. Neely
Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo
2001 Roy Henderson
Grimes County Fair
1955 William Petmecky
2000 Joe Vera
BorderFest Association
Gillespie County Fair & Festivals Assn.
1999 Steve Russell
Titus County Fair Association
1954 Nelson McElroy
1998 Alice Emmons
East Texas State Fair Association
Baytown Youth Fair & Livestock Assn.
1997 Tony McMillian
West Texas Fair & Rodeo
1953 Maurice Turner
Walker County Fair Association
1996 Lawrence Hemann
Washington County Fair
1995 Jack King
Walker County Fair
1994 Steve Woodley
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
1993 Steve Lewis
Panhandle-South Plains Fair
1992 Rita Jane Haynes
Red River Valley Fair Association
1991 Don Thorn
Permian Basin Fair
1990 James Roden
State Fair of Texas
1989 R.L. O’Shieles
Fort Bend County Fair Association
1988 Dan Gattis
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
1987 John Emmons
Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo
1986 Travis Boeker
Washington County Fair
1985 Don Clark
State Fair of Texas
1984 Lynn Griffin
Tri-State Fair & Rodeo
1983 Carol Weber
Brazoria County Fat Stock & Fair
1982 Charles L. Ward
Calhoun County Fair
1981 Hal Husbands
Fort Bend County Fair Association
1952 – 51
1977 Wayne H. Gallagher State Fair of Texas 1975 Marion Reed
Four States Fair
State Fair of Texas
1948 Oscar B. Jones
Gregg County Fair
1947 Joe L. Mock
Cameron County Fair
1946 Glen Burgess
Texas State Forest Festival
1945 – 42
No Convention during these years
1941 R.W. Knight
Navarro County Youth Expo
1940 V.F. Fitzhugh
East Texas State Fair Association
1974 William Petmecky Gillespie County Fair & Festivals
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Red River Valley Fair Association
1937 Pete R. Smith
Panhandle-South Plains Fair
1936
Grayson County Fair
Frank Thompson
1935 Ed Burris
1978 Leon B. Dollens, Jr. Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo Comal County Fair Association
1949 Jackie Huffhines
1938 Lee Caviness
West Texas Fair & Rodeo
1976 M.J. Borchers
Livestock Show & Rodeo
1939 W. Hammond Moore County Jr. Livestock Show
1980 R.J. (Dick) Edwards County Fair 1979 Dennis Templeton
Records Not Available
1950 M.D. Fanning
Texas State Forest Festival
1934 M.D. Abernathy
Longview Jaycees Gregg County Fair
1933 George D. Barber
Palo Pinto County Fair
1932 J.D. Motley
Runnels County Fair
1931 Russell S. Rhodes
East Texas State Fair Association
1930 Jerry Debenport
Childress County Fair
1929 L.B. Herring Jr.
Fair Name Unknown
1928 A.B. Davis
Panhandle-South Plains Fair
1927 W.V. Crawford
Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo
1926 Jelks Castellaw
Ellis County Youth Expo
