{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Short description|none}} {{use American English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox official post | post = President of the National Rifle Association of America | body = | native_name = | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | insigniaalt = | flag = | flagsize = | flagalt = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | imagecaption = | incumbent = Bill Bachenberg | acting = | incumbentsince = 2025 | department = | style = | type = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = 1 year | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | inaugural = Ambrose Burnside | formation = November 17, 1871 | founder = | named_for = | first = | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = Unpaid | website = | footnotes = }}
The position of president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a symbolic figurehead role,<ref name="unity">{{cite news |last1=Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. |title=Close Votes in N.R.A. Elections Quash Hope for Internal Unity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/06/us/close-votes-in-nra-elections-quash-hope-for-internal-unity.html |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=May 6, 1997 |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526011058/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/06/us/close-votes-in-nra-elections-quash-hope-for-internal-unity.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Lois |title=NRA's Wayne LaPierre claims he's being pressured to resign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/26/nras-wayne-lapierre-claims-hes-being-pressured-to-resign |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=April 27, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234643/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/26/nras-wayne-lapierre-claims-hes-being-pressured-to-resign |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> which dates back to the organization's foundation in New York on November 17, 1871.<ref name="Graham">{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=David A. |title=The Logic of the NRA Choosing Ollie North as President |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/ollie-north-nra-double-down/559823/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=May 7, 2018 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111011753/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/ollie-north-nra-double-down/559823/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Founded by George Wood Wingate and William Conant Church, two Union veterans dismayed by the lack of shooting skills among recruits,<ref name="Rothman">{{cite magazine |last1=Rothman |first1=Lily |title=The Original Reason the NRA Was Founded |url=https://time.com/4106381/nra-1871-history/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |magazine=Time |date=November 17, 2015 |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529223801/http://time.com/4106381/nra-1871-history/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> the rifle association voted to have Union general Ambrose Burnside as its first president.<ref name="incorporation">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1871/11/25/archives/meeting-of-the-national-rifle-association-election-of-officers.html |title=Meeting of the National Rifle Association Election of Officers. |date=November 25, 1871 |work=New York Times |url-access=limited |access-date=November 8, 2019 |issue=6297 |volume=21 |page=3 |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108214145/https://www.nytimes.com/1871/11/25/archives/meeting-of-the-national-rifle-association-election-of-officers.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Church succeeded Burnside as the second president of the organization,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bedard |first1=Paul |title=Rare Abraham Lincoln tie to the NRA shows up at auction |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/rare-lincoln-tie-to-the-nra-shows-up-at-auction |access-date=November 14, 2019 |work=Washington Examiner |date=April 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234627/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/rare-lincoln-tie-to-the-nra-shows-up-at-auction |url-status=live |language=en-us}}</ref> and Wingate became the tenth in 1886.<ref name="Page-118">{{cite thesis |last=Marlin |first=Jeffrey A. |title=The National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and the National Rifle Association: Public Institutions and the Rise of a Lobby for Private Gun Ownership |date=May 10, 2013 |degree=PhD |publisher=Georgia State University |url=https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |format=PDF |page=118 |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101110952/https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Traditionally, the first vice president is elevated to president when the position becomes open while the second vice president is similarly promoted,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smyth |first1=Frank |title=The NRA: the Unauthorized History |date=March 31, 2020 |publisher=Flatiron Books |location=New York |isbn=978-1-250-21029-6 |pages=83–87 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |access-date=December 5, 2020 |chapter=Eight. The Politburo |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108234938/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_NRA.html?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Klass |first1=Tim |title=Heston wins office in contentious NRA |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/heston-wins-office-in-contentious-nra/article_4512cf3b-266c-51f0-8d29-0b806dd300fa.html |url-access=limited |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=The Lewiston Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=May 6, 1997 |location=Seattle |language=en}}</ref> but this practice has not always been followed.<ref name="Eight92">{{cite book |last1=Smyth |first1=Frank |title=The NRA: the Unauthorized History |date=March 31, 2020 |publisher=Flatiron Books |location=New York |isbn=978-1-250-21029-6 |pages=92–93 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |access-date=December 5, 2020 |chapter=Eight. The Politburo |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108234938/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_NRA.html?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>
Throughout its history, presidents have served purposes and effects including providing the NRA greater legitimacy;<ref name="Page-118" /><ref name=":4">{{cite news |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/12/18/102438008.html?pageNumber=10 |title=Will Encourage Marksmen.; National Rifle Association's Plans to Stimulate Shooting and Arrange an International Contest. |date=December 18, 1900 |work=New York Times |page=10 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234632/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/12/18/102438008.html?pageNumber=10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> holders of the office have also intentionally provoked outrage and condemnation.<ref name="Graham" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Korte |first1=Gregory |title=New NRA leader says Obama seeks 'revenge' on gun owners |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/05/new-nra-president/2137127/ |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=USA TODAY |date=May 5, 2013 |location=Washington |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215231752/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/05/new-nra-president/2137127/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Since the 1990s, some NRA presidents have made controversial statements such as when James W. Porter II referred to Barack Obama, whose administration he perceived as hostile to gun rights,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillip |first1=Abby |title=New NRA President Jim Porter Knocked 'Fake President' Obama |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/new-nra-president-jim-porter-knocked-fake-president-obama/ |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=ABC News |date=May 3, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> as a "fake president" and when Charlton Heston proclaimed to gun control advocates that they could only have his firearm after taking it "from my cold, dead hands."<ref name="Graham" /><ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Why is US gun lobby NRA so controversial? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=BBC |date=January 8, 2016 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116011044/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35261394 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>
While once elected at the annual convention,<ref name="Cincinnati">{{cite news |title=NRA chief vows renewed gun-control fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39024229/nra_chief_vows_renewed_guncontrol_fight/ |work=The Billings Gazette |date=May 25, 1977 |location=Cincinnati |page=3 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115042406/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39024229/nra_chief_vows_renewed_guncontrol_fight/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2020|lc=yes}}, NRA presidents are chosen by the board of directors.<ref name="unity" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Jay |title=Could the NRA Be Taken Over from the Inside? |url=https://www.gq.com/story/nra-takeover-bylaws-leadership |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=December 14, 2020 |work=GQ |date=February 23, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115042407/https://www.gq.com/story/nra-takeover-bylaws-leadership |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> They generally serve out two one-year terms.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pane |first1=Lisa Marie |title=North says he won't serve second term as president of NRA |url=https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Infighting-erupts-at-NRA-convention-threatening-leadership-509152771.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=WDTV |agency=Associated Press |date=April 27, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234652/https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Infighting-erupts-at-NRA-convention-threatening-leadership-509152771.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> However, the NRA board of directors amended the organization's bylaws to make an exception for actor Charlton Heston to allow him to serve out a unique five-year term and for Charles Cotton to allow him to serve for three terms.<ref name="Eight92" /> Under said bylaws, the position of president is unpaid.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Derysh |first1=Igor |title=Exclusive: NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's no good, very bad year, according to new court filings |url=https://www.salon.com/2020/05/01/exclusive-nra-chief-wayne-lapierres-no-good-very-bad-year-according-to-new-court-filings/ |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=Salon |date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526101037/https://www.salon.com/2020/05/01/exclusive-nra-chief-wayne-lapierres-no-good-very-bad-year-according-to-new-court-filings/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> During Oliver North's time in office he sought to make the position a paid one, but this initiative failed when he was ousted as president after a power struggle with executive vice president Wayne LaPierre.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hakim |first1=Danny |title=Wayne LaPierre Prevails in Fierce Battle for the N.R.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/nra-wayne-lapierre-oliver-north.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 29, 2019 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929045214/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/nra-wayne-lapierre-oliver-north.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Some presidents have been employed by the NRA after leaving office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reinhard |first1=Beth |last2=Zezima |first2=Katie |last3=Hamburger |first3=Tom |last4=Leonnig |first4=Carol D. |title=NRA money flowed to board members amid allegedly lavish spending by top officials and vendors |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/06/nra-money-flowed-to-board-members-amid-allegedly-lavish-spending-by-top-officials-and-vendors.html |access-date=November 14, 2019 |work=OregonLive.com |agency=The Washington Post |publisher=Oregonian Media Group |date=June 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114222654/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/06/nra-money-flowed-to-board-members-amid-allegedly-lavish-spending-by-top-officials-and-vendors.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> Marion Hammer was the association's first female president and went on to be executive director of the group's Florida affiliate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reinhard |first1=Beth |last2=Hamburger |first2=Tom |title=NRA board member and former president Marion Hammer obtained low-interest loan from affiliate she leads |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/nra-board-member-and-former-president-marion-hammer-obtained-low-interest-loan-from-affiliate-she-leads/2019/09/06/dff033f0-cc26-11e9-8067-196d9f17af68_story.html |access-date=November 14, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113215115/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/nra-board-member-and-former-president-marion-hammer-obtained-low-interest-loan-from-affiliate-she-leads/2019/09/06/dff033f0-cc26-11e9-8067-196d9f17af68_story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NRAFlorida">{{cite magazine |last1=Spies |first1=Mike |title=The N.R.A. Lobbyist Behind Florida's Pro-Gun Policies |magazine=The New Yorker |date=February 23, 2018 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/the-nra-lobbyist-behind-floridas-pro-gun-policies |access-date=November 11, 2019 |publisher=Condé Nast |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107150416/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/the-nra-lobbyist-behind-floridas-pro-gun-policies |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> The executive vice president acts as the group's chief operating officer. Wayne LaPierre held this post between 1991 and 2024,<ref name="wsj-5jan2024">{{cite news |last1=Maremont |first1=Mark |last2=Gershman |first2=Jacob |title=NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre to Step Down Ahead of Civil Corruption Trial |url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/nra-chief-wayne-lapierre-to-step-down-e282083e |access-date=January 5, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name="guard-5jan2023">{{cite news |last1=Luscombe |first1=Richard |title=Wayne LaPierre to step down as chief executive of National Rifle Association |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/05/wayne-lapierre-nra-resigns |access-date=January 5, 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=January 5, 2024}}</ref> despite several internal challenges to his role.<ref name="survival">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Pierre |title=NRA's Lapierre Survives Internal Assault On Tenure |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/02/10/nras-lapierre-survives-internal-assault-on-tenure/b9f452da-a918-4842-93f4-6b5986331440/ |access-date=November 21, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 10, 1997 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/politics/nra-guns-wayne-lapierre.html |title=How Wayne LaPierre Survived a Revolt at the N.R.A. |last=Hakim |first=Danny |date=August 28, 2019 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110215913/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/politics/nra-guns-wayne-lapierre.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>
There have been 67 NRA presidents, serving 69 distinct tenures as both Smith W. Brookhart and Carolyn D. Meadows have served two nonconsecutive times in the office. Others who have held the position include former United States president Ulysses S. Grant, lobbyist Harlon Carter, American Football League commissioner Joe Foss, and conservative activist David Keene.
== Presidents of the National Rifle Association == [[File:Ambrose Burnside - Brady-Handy.jpg|alt=Ambrose Burnside in a chair|thumb|upright=0.9|Post-Civil war photograph of Ambrose Burnside of Rhode Island]] [[File:Ugrant.jpeg|alt=colored painting of President Ulysses S. Grant|thumb|upright=0.9|Presidential Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1875)]] [[File:EdsonMikeRed.jpg|alt=Black and white photograph of Merritt A. Edson in uniform|thumb|upright=0.9|Retired Marine officer "Red Mike" Edson ({{circa}} 1936)]] [[File:CharltonHeston1981.jpg|alt=Photograph of Charlton Heston in a suit addressing guests|thumb|upright=0.9|Actor Charlton Heston at an American Film Institute gala (1981)]] [[File:Colonel Oliver North (16747130221) (cropped).jpg|alt=Oliver North speaking from notes behind a red background at a blue podium|thumb|upright=0.9|Oliver North speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (2015)]] [[File:Carolyn Meadows by Gage Skidmore.jpg|alt=Carolyn Meadows speaking at a convention|thumb|upright=0.9|Former president Carolyn Meadows served two nonconsecutive terms]] {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ List of presidents ! scope="col" | {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Tenure ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Background ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{Reference heading}} |- id="1" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''1''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Ambrose|Burnside}} | style="text-align:center;" |1871–1872 |{{sort|Military, General, Union|Union general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="incorporation" /> |- id="2" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''2''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|William Conant|Church}} | style="text-align:center;" |1872–1875 |{{sort|Other, Journalist|Journalist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/08/07/79185998.html?zoom=16.240000000000002 |title=National Rifle Association. |date=August 7, 1872 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |issue=6516 |volume=21 |page=2 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234633/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1872/08/07/79185998.html?zoom=16.240000000000002 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/01/20/82749718.html?zoom=16.240000000000002 |title=The National Rifle Association. |date=January 20, 1875 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234616/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/01/20/82749718.html?zoom=16.240000000000002 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="3" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''3''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Alexander|Shaler}} | style="text-align:center;" |1875–1877 |{{sort|Military, General, Union|Union general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/03/28/82026556.html?zoom=16.3 |title=The International Rifle Match.; Special Meeting Of The National Rifle Association Favorable Reports On The Proposed Dramatic Entertainment. |date=March 28, 1875 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234616/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/03/28/82026556.html?zoom=16.3 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/01/10/80360285.html?zoom=17 |title=National Rifle Association. |date=January 10, 1877 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |issue=7902 |volume=26 |page=8 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234632/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/01/10/80360285.html?zoom=17 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="4" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''4''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|N. P.|Stanton|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1877–1880 |{{sort|Legal, Judge|Judge}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/15/80743006.html?zoom=16.35 |title=National Rifle Association. |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 15, 1879 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |issue=8532 |volume=28 |page=2 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234641/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1879/01/15/80743006.html?zoom=16.35 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/01/14/98877274.html?zoom=16.76 |title=National Rifle Association. |date=January 14, 1880 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 8, 2019 |issue=8844 |volume=29 |page=2 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234640/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/01/14/98877274.html?zoom=16.76 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="5" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''5''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Henry Alger|Gildersleeve}} | style="text-align:center;" |1880 |{{sort|Legal, Judge|Judge}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjgVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 |title=Guns and Contemporary Society: The Past, Present, and Future of Firearms and Firearm Policy [3 volumes]: The Past, Present, and Future of Firearms and Firearm Policy |last=Utter |first=Glenn H. |date=December 1, 2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-3218-5 |page=141 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227234646/https://books.google.com/books?id=pjgVCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="6" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''6''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Winfield S.|Hancock|Winfield Scott Hancock}} | style="text-align:center;" |1880–1881 |{{sort|Politics, Candidate, Democrat|Democratic presidential nominee in 1880}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/kopel200407020018.asp |title=The Hero of Gettysburg: Winfield Scott Hancock's shot straight |last1=Kopel |first1=David |last2=Gallant |first2=Paul |last3=Eisen |first3=Joanne |date=July 2, 2004 |website=National Review Online |at=Masters of Their Arms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420080111/http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/kopel200407020018.asp |archive-date=April 20, 2005 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/08/14/98916086.html?zoom=15.99 |title=National Rifle Association.; The Programme For The Fall Meeting At Creedmoor. |date=August 14, 1881 |work=New York Times |volume=30 |issue=9339 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |page=12 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234704/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/08/14/98916086.html?zoom=15.99 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=NRA: Early Foundation And Development 1871–1907 |url=https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2020/5/14/nra-early-foundation-and-development-1871-1907/ |website=Shooting Sports USA |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |date=May 14, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804000628/https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2020/5/14/nra-early-foundation-and-development-1871-1907/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="7" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''7''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Edward L.|Molineux|}} | style="text-align:center;" |1882–1883 |{{sort|Military, Soldier, Union|Union Colonel}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Edward L. Molineux papers |url=https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/cbh/arms_1987_009_edward_l_molineux/ |website=Center for Brooklyn History |publisher=New York University Libraries |language=en }}</ref> |- id="8" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''8''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Ulysses S.|Grant}} | style="text-align:center;" |1883–1884 |{{sort|Politics, President|18th President of the United States}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":2" /> |- id="9" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''9''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Philip|Sheridan}} | style="text-align:center;" |1885 |{{sort|Military, General, Union|Union general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":2" /> |- id="10" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''10''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|George Wood|Wingate}} | style="text-align:center;" |1886–1900 |{{sort|Military, Soldier, Union|Union soldier}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Page-118" /><ref name=":4" /> |- id="11" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''11''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Bird W.|Spencer}} | style="text-align:center;" |1900–1907 |{{sort|Military, General, Brigadier|Brigadier general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{cite thesis |last=Marlin |first=Jeffrey A. |title=The National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and the National Rifle Association: Public Institutions and the Rise of a Lobby for Private Gun Ownership |date=May 10, 2013 |degree=PhD |publisher=Georgia State University |url=https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |format=PDF |pages=182–183 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101110952/https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="12" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''12''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|James|Drain}} | style="text-align:center;" |1907–1916 |{{sort|Military, General, Adjutant, Washington|Washington adjutant general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Marlin |first=Jeffrey A. |title=The National Guard, the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, and the National Rifle Association: Public Institutions and the Rise of a Lobby for Private Gun Ownership |date=May 10, 2013 |degree=PhD |publisher=Georgia State University |url=https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |format=PDF |page=198 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101110952/https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/33/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="13" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''13''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|William|Libbey}} | style="text-align:center;" |1916–1921 |{{sort|Shooting sports|Sports shooter}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hardy |first1=David |title=Of Arms and the Law: A Rifleman in No Man's Land |url=https://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2009/12/a_rifleman_in_n_1.php |website=Armsandthelaw.com |access-date=November 8, 2019 |date=December 28, 2009 |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108233236/https://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2009/12/a_rifleman_in_n_1.php |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Libbey |first=Rick |date=February 2006 |title=Colonel WILLIAM LIBBEY 6-4-8-2-4-5-1 |url=http://www.libbyfamily.org/Aug-05-Issue.pdf |magazine=The Libby Family Newsletter |publisher=The John Libby Family Association |page=6 |oclc=46697183 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115055828/http://www.libbyfamily.org/Aug-05-Issue.pdf |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="14" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''14''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Smith W.|Brookhart}} | style="text-align:center;" |1921–1925 |{{sort|Politics, Senator, Iowa|U.S. Senator from Iowa}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":73">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Brookhart is Re-elected.; Senator Named President of National Rifle Association. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1924/02/15/99444851.html?zoom=16.5 |access-date=November 8, 2019 |work=New York Times |volume=73 |issue=24128 |date=February 14, 1924 |location=Washington |page=11 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234641/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1924/02/15/99444851.html?zoom=16.5 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brookhart, Smith Wildman – Biographical Information |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000873 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205155631/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000873 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="15" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''15''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Francis E.|Warren}} | style="text-align:center;" |1925{{efn|Resigned May 16, 1925, along with first Vice President Major General Fred C. Ainsworth. At the time, Fred M. Waterbury was second Vice President.<ref name="dissent" />}} |{{sort|Politics, Senator, Wyoming|U.S. Senator from Wyoming}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 1925 |editor1-last=Waterbury |editor1-first=Fred M. |title=The N. R. A. Directors Annual Meeting |url=https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/NY_National_Guardsman/NYNG1925_03.pdf |magazine=New York National Guardsman |location=New York City |publisher=National Guard of the State of New York |volume=1 |issue=12 |page=31 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |via=NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115055912/https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/NY_National_Guardsman/NYNG1925_03.pdf |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name="dissent">{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/05/17/98828286.html?zoom=16.02 |title=Rifle Association Torn By Dissension; General Ainsworth, Senator Warren and Major Waller Resign From National Organization. |date=May 17, 1925 |work=New York Times |access-date=November 9, 2019 |page=21 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234639/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/05/17/98828286.html?zoom=16.02 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="16" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''16''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Smith W.|Brookhart}} | style="text-align:center;" |1925–1926 |{{sort|Politics, Senator, Iowa|U.S. Senator from Iowa}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=William K. |title=Hobbies of the Great and Near Great |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38740977/clarionledger/ |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=September 1, 1925 |location=Mississippi |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110040304/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38740977/clarionledger/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chapple |first1=Joe Mitchell |title=Face to Face with Smith W. Brookhart |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741240// |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Brooklyn Daily Times |date=June 5, 1925 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110040305/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741240// |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="17" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''17''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Fred M.|Waterbury|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1926–1927 |{{sort|Military, Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant colonel}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 1926 |editor1-last=Waterbury |editor1-first=Fred M. |title=Annual Meeting of the N. R. A. |url=https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/NY_National_Guardsman/NYNG1926_10.pdf |magazine=New York National Guardsman |location=New York City |publisher=National Guard of the State of New York |volume=1 |issue=12 |pages=5 & 19 |access-date=November 9, 2019 |via=NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115055824/https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/research/NY_National_Guardsman/NYNG1926_10.pdf |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="18" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''18''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Lewis Miller|Rumsey Jr.|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1928 |{{sort|Military, Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant colonel}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Rifle Matches Open Today at Camp Perry, Ohio, Range |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741345/rifle_matches_open_today_at_camp_perry/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=August 27, 1928 |location=Camp Perry, OH |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041807/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741345/rifle_matches_open_today_at_camp_perry/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741764/master_game_hunter_and_rifle_authority/ |title=Master Game Hunter and Rifle Authority to Talk in St. Louis |date=November 27, 1932 |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |access-date=November 10, 2019 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041806/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741764/master_game_hunter_and_rifle_authority/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="19" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''19''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Patrick J.|Hurley}} | style="text-align:center;" |1929 |{{sort|Politics, Assistant Secretary, War|Assistant Secretary of War}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fort Bliss Soldier Gets Coveted Rifle Honor In Capital |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38747874/fort_bliss_soldier_gets_coveted_rifle/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=El Paso Herald |date=September 18, 1929 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110072413/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38747874/fort_bliss_soldier_gets_coveted_rifle/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="20" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''20''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Benedict|Crowell}} | style="text-align:center;" |1930–1931 |{{sort|Military, General, Brigadier|Brigadier general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002">{{cite book |last1=Rodengen |first1=Jeffrey L. |editor1-last=Maysonet |editor1-first=Melody |title=NRA: An American legend |date=2002 |publisher=Write Stuff Enterprises |location=Fort Lauderdale, FL |isbn=0-945903-81-2 |page=276 |language=en}}</ref> |- id="21" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''21''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|G. A.|Fraser}} | style="text-align:center;" |1932 |{{sort|Military, General, Brigadier|Brigadier general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Brig. Gen. G. A. Fraser Heads National Rifle Assn. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38740089/chicago_tribune/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |agency=AP |date=January 29, 1932 |location=Washington, DC |pages=5 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110040303/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38740089/chicago_tribune/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="22" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''22''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Karl T.|Frederick|Karl Frederick}} | style="text-align:center;" |1934 |{{sort|Shooting sports|Sports shooter}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/05/the-forgotten-nra-leader-who-despised-the-promiscuous-toting-of-guns/ |title=The NRA once believed in gun control and had a leader who pushed for it |last=Rosenwald |first=Michael S. |date=February 22, 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115055830/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/05/the-forgotten-nra-leader-who-despised-the-promiscuous-toting-of-guns/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="23" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''23''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Ammon B.|Critchfield}} | style="text-align:center;" |1936 |{{sort|Military, General, Adjutant, Ohio|Ohio adjutant general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite book |title=The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908: A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio |editor1-first=A. P. |editor1-last=Sandles |editor2-first=Edward William |editor2-last=Doty |editor3-last=Scobey |editor3-first=Frank Edgar |editor4-last=McElroy |editor4-first=Burgess L. |publisher=State of Ohio |page=590 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-clAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA590 |year=1898 |access-date=November 21, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Camp Perry joint Training Center |url=https://ong.ohio.gov/campperry/history.html |website=Ohio National Guard |publisher=Ohio Adjutant General's Department |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111175414/https://ong.ohio.gov/campperry/history.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="24" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''24''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Gustavus D.|Pope}} | style="text-align:center;" |1937–1938 |{{sort|Other, Humanitarian|Humanitarian}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pope Again Heads National Riflemen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38742523/pope_again_heads_national_riflemen/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=February 20, 1938 |page=43 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110042924/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38742523/pope_again_heads_national_riflemen/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gustavus D. Pope |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/03/06/93563811.html?zoom=17 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The New York Times |volume=101 |issue=34375 |date=March 6, 1952 |location=Washington |page=32 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234620/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/03/06/93563811.html?zoom=17 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="25" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''25''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Littleton W. T.|Waller Jr.}} | style="text-align:center;" |1939 |{{sort|Military, General, Brigadier|Brigadier general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=McClellan |first1=Edwin North |title=The United States Marine Corps in the World War |date=2015 |publisher=Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-092782-9 |page=210 |issue=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqZPWKqh5t0C&pg=PA210 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234642/https://books.google.com/books?id=BqZPWKqh5t0C&pg=PA210 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="26" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''26''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Nathaniel C.|Nash|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1941 |{{sort|Nature, Botanist|Botanist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Howe |first1=John K. |title=Cambridge Tribune 16 October 1915 |url=https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/cambridge?a=d&d=Tribune19151016-01.2.45&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=Cambridge Tribune |volume=38 |issue=33 |date=October 16, 1915 |page=4 |via=Cambridge Public Library |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234635/https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/cambridge?a=d&d=Tribune19151016-01.2.45&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="27" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''27''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Hilliard|Comstock}} | style="text-align:center;" |1942–1943 |{{sort|Legal, Judge|Judge}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741901/judge_comstock_again_heads_national/ |title=Judge Comstock Again Heads National Rifle Association |date=February 11, 1943 |work=The Press Democrat |access-date=November 10, 2019 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041808/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38741901/judge_comstock_again_heads_national/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="28" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''28''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Thurman|Randle}} | style="text-align:center;" |1944–1946 |{{sort|Military, Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant colonel}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=50 Great Competitive Shooters of the 20th Century, Part 1 |url=https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2018/4/8/50-great-competitive-shooters-of-the-20th-century-part-1 |website=Shooting Sports USA |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110020632/https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2018/4/8/50-great-competitive-shooters-of-the-20th-century-part-1 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="29" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''29''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Francis W.|Parker Jr.|Francis W. Parker, Jr.|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1946–1947 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney, Patent|Patent lawyer}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Rifle Asso. Head, Speaker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38738857/rifle_asso_head_speaker/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Menasha Record |date=September 23, 1946 |location=Menasha, WI |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110040307/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38738857/rifle_asso_head_speaker/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="30" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''30''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Emmett|Swanson}} | style="text-align:center;" |1948–1949 |{{sort|Shooting sports|Sports shooter}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref name="ssUSA2018">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=50 Great Competitive Shooters of the 20th Century, Part 2 |url=https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2018/4/19/50-great-competitive-shooters-of-the-20th-century-part-2/ |website=Shooting Sports USA |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110020635/https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2018/4/19/50-great-competitive-shooters-of-the-20th-century-part-2/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="31" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''31''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Merritt A.|Edson}} | style="text-align:center;" |1949–1950 |{{sort|Military, General, Marine|Marine Corps general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref name="ssUSA2018" /> |- id="32" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''32''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Harry D.|Linn|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1951–1952 |{{sort|Business, Owner|Businessman}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Linn Reelected National Rifle Group's President |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743157/linn_reelected_national_rifle_groups/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=August 21, 1952 |location=Jacksonville, FL |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110054831/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743157/linn_reelected_national_rifle_groups/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="33" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''33''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|J. Alvin|Badeaux|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1953–1954 |{{sort|Activism|Businessman}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Texas Shooter Wins Rifle Championship |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743298/texas_shooter_wins_rifle_championship/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Shreveport Journal |date=July 19, 1954 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110092422/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743298/texas_shooter_wins_rifle_championship/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=La. Gun Collectors Assn. Will Convene Here Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38826684/la_gun_collectors_assn_will_convene/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The Times |date=May 29, 1954 |location=Shreveport, LA |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193412/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38826684/la_gun_collectors_assn_will_convene/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="34" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''34''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Morton C.|Mumma}} | style="text-align:center;" |1955 |{{sort|Military, Admiral, Rear|Rear admiral}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Potter |first1=David S. |title=Albert G. Mumma 1906–1997 |url=https://www.nae.edu/188081/ALBERT-GMUMMA-19061997 |website=NAE Website |publisher=National Academies Press |isbn=978-0-309-08457-4 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |year=2002 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426021155/https://www.nae.edu/188081/ALBERT-GMUMMA-19061997 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="35" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''35''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|George R.|Whittington}} | style="text-align:center;" |1957 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite web |title=NRA Whittington Center: A Prairie Paradise For Shooters |url=https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2017/9/23/nra-whittington-center-a-prairie-paradise-for-shooters/ |last=Zediker |first=Glen |website=Shooting Sports USA |date=September 23, 2017 |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193418/https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2017/9/23/nra-whittington-center-a-prairie-paradise-for-shooters/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |-id=36 | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''36''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Irvine C.|Porter|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1959–1961 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref name="Oram" /><ref name="Miller">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Emily |title=Miller: Meet new NRA president Jim Porter |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/1/miller-meet-new-nra-president-jim-porter/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Washington Times |date=May 1, 2013 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115055823/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/1/miller-meet-new-nra-president-jim-porter/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="37" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''37''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|John M.|Schooley|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1961–1963 |{{sort|Law enforcement, Sheriff, Denver|Sheriff of Denver}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=United States Congress Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |title=Hawaii Omnibus Bill: Hearing, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, April 29, 1960 |date=1960 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVxJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA107 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234649/https://books.google.com/books?id=yVxJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA107 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fegely |first1=Tom |title=Howells Nominated For Nra Board Of Directors Sees Election To Board As Way To Smooth Relations With Police, Serve Sportsmen. Outdoor Ramblings |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1987-01-06-2569249-story.html |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=The Morning Call |date=January 6, 1987 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234643/https://www.mcall.com/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="38" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''38''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Bartlett|Rummel|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1963–1964 |{{sort|Legal, Judge|Judge}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title='Let Freedom Ring' Theme Selected by Rifle Group |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743604/let_freedom_ring_theme_selected_by/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Valley News |date=December 27, 1964 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110054829/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743604/let_freedom_ring_theme_selected_by/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="39" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''39''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Harlon|Carter}} | style="text-align:center;" |1965–1967 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Harlon B. Carter, Longtime Head Of Rifle Association, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=November 22, 1991 |page=29 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110042921/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="40" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''40''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Harold W.|Glassen}} | style="text-align:center;" |1967–1968 |{{sort|Shooting sports|Sports shooter}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Firearms Shooting Skills Competition |url=http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/Landowners_Guide/Introduction/Glassen.htm |website=The Hal & Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117040525/http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/publications/pdfs/huntingwildlifehabitat/Landowners_Guide/Introduction/Glassen.htm |format=PDF |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="41" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''41''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Woodson D.|Scott|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1969–1970 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |title=NRA Re-Elects Woodson Scott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743727/nra_reelects_woodson_scott/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Central New Jersey Home News |agency=AP |date=April 10, 1970 |location=Washington |page=29 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110054829/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743727/nra_reelects_woodson_scott/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Woodson Scott Dies; Lawyer and Ex-Head of Rifle Association |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/obituaries/woodson-scott-dies-lawyer-and-ex-head-of-rifle-association.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 28, 1982 |type=Obituary |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111175412/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/28/obituaries/woodson-scott-dies-lawyer-and-ex-head-of-rifle-association.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="42" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''42''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Fred M.|Hakenjos}} | style="text-align:center;" |1971 |{{sort|Other, Artist|Artist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rocketto |first1=Hap |title=Depression and War: National Smallbore Outdoor Rifle Championship History |url=https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2019/2/28/depression-and-war-national-smallbore-outdoor-rifle-championship-history/ |website=Shooting Sports USA |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |access-date=November 11, 2019 |date=February 28, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193414/https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2019/2/28/depression-and-war-national-smallbore-outdoor-rifle-championship-history/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="43" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''43''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Clinton R.|Gutermuth|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1973–1974 |{{sort|Nature, Conservationist|Conservationist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=High Knob Clear Cutting Topic Of Sportsman Talk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743856/high_knob_clear_cutting_topic_of/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Kingsport Times-News |date=December 1, 1974 |location=Gate City |page=33 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110054830/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38743856/high_knob_clear_cutting_topic_of/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary |title=Black Powder (S. 1083)---1973: Hearing ..., 93-1, on S. 1083..., June 12, 1973 |date=1973 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFiD_rGHAKMC&pg=RA1-PA109 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234651/https://books.google.com/books?id=wFiD_rGHAKMC&pg=RA1-PA109 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="44" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''44''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Merrill W.|Wright}} | style="text-align:center;" |1975 |{{sort|Military, General, Major|Major general}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref name="Oram">{{cite report |last=Oram International Group |date=June 23, 1976 |title=A Fund-Raising Feasibility Study Conducted on Behalf of the National Rifle Association of America |url=https://firearmscoalition.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Oram-NRA.pdf |pages=53–55 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |via=Firearmscoalition.org |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234641/https://firearmscoalition.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Oram-NRA.pdf |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="45" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''45''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Lloyd M.|Mustin}} | style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978 |{{sort|Military, Admiral, Vice |Vice admiral}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Cincinnati" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Mustin, Lloyd M. |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-m/mustin-lloyd-m.html |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231175714/http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-m/mustin-lloyd-m.html |archive-date=December 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Federal Aid for Rifle Practice |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/09/13/federal-aid-for-rifle-practice/2afdf14e-830b-4e79-8a38-c2d6cf4017a8/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 13, 1977 |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113011300/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/09/13/federal-aid-for-rifle-practice/2afdf14e-830b-4e79-8a38-c2d6cf4017a8/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=State Rifle Association To Meet on Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38900958/hartford_courant/ |access-date=November 12, 2019 |work=Hartford Courant |location=Meriden, CT |date=November 28, 1978 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112220307/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38900958/hartford_courant/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="46" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''46''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|John B.|Layton|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1979 |{{sort|Law enforcement, chief|Chief of police of Washington, D.C.}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gailey |first1=Phil |last2=Thornton |first2=Mary |last3=Gay |first3=Lance |title=NRA United On Guns, Torn Internally |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746837/the_indianapolis_news/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Indianapolis News |date=June 12, 1981 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234650/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746837/nra-united-on-guns-torn-internally/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="47" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''47''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Keith M.|Gaffaney|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1981–1983 |{{sort|Law enforcement, Officer|Police officer}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Keith Gaffaney Dies; LAPD Officer, Lobbyist |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-24-mn-12715-story.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 24, 1985 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193411/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-24-mn-12715-story.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="48" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''48''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Howard W.|Pollock|Howard Wallace Pollock}} | style="text-align:center;" |1983–1985 |{{sort|Politics, Congressperson, Alaska|Alaskan congressman}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Clipped From Hattiesburg American |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746532/hattiesburg_american/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Hattiesburg American |date=February 17, 1985 |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110092410/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746532/hattiesburg_american/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="49" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''49''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Alonzo H.|Garcelon|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1985 |{{sort|Other, Dentist|Dentist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref name="Oram" /><ref name="latimes">{{cite news |title=Alonzo Garcelon, National Rifle Assn. President, 72 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-09-fi-3657-story.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Times Wire Service |date=November 9, 1985 |location=Augusta, ME |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234655/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-09-fi-3657-story.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="50" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''50''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|James E.|Reinke|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1985–1988 |{{sort|Business, Executive|Eastern Airlines vice president}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="latimes" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Feaver |first1=Douglas B. |title=Airline Shows Whisperliner Is Just That |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/12/08/airline-shows-whisperliner-is-just-that/bb614aea-1d54-4b35-b7a8-a573f4b5a21f/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 8, 1977 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111193412/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/12/08/airline-shows-whisperliner-is-just-that/bb614aea-1d54-4b35-b7a8-a573f4b5a21f/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Reno">{{cite news |title=N.R.A. Board Survives Move |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1987/04/27/808087.html?zoom=16.61 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=New York Times |agency=AP |date=April 27, 1987 |location=Reno |page=27 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234647/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1987/04/27/808087.html?zoom=16.61 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Palko |first1=Jerry |title=Lead Shot Controversy Roars Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746241/lead_shot_controversy_roars_again/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The Times-Tribune |date=June 12, 1988 |page=63 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110072412/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38746241/lead_shot_controversy_roars_again/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="51" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''51''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Joe|Foss}} | style="text-align:center;" |1988–1990 |{{sort|Politics, Governor, South Dakota|20th Governor of South Dakota}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Joe Foss, Ace, Dies at 87; Also Led Football League |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/us/joe-foss-ace-dies-at-87-also-led-football-league.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=January 2, 2003 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234652/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/02/us/joe-foss-ace-dies-at-87-also-led-football-league.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="52" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''52''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Richard D.|Riley|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1990–1992 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news |last1=Achenbach |first1=Joel |last2=Higham |first2=Scott |last3=Horwitz |first3=Sari |title=How NRA's true believers converted a marksman group into a gun lobby |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-nras-true-believers-converted-a-marksmanship-group-into-a-mighty-gun-lobby/2013/01/12/51c62288-59b9-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 12, 2013 |archive-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806225836/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-nras-true-believers-converted-a-marksmanship-group-into-a-mighty-gun-lobby/2013/01/12/51c62288-59b9-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Riley |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/unionleader/obituary.aspx?pid=138628479 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=Manchester Union Leader |date=December 2009 |location=Laconia, NH |type=Obituary |via=Legacy.com |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234701/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/unionleader/obituary.aspx?pid=138628479 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="53" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''53''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Robert K.|Corbin}} | style="text-align:center;" |1992–1993 |{{sort|Politics, Attorney General, Arizona|Arizona Attorney General}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dean |first1=Paul |title=The Straight Shooter: Retiring NRA Chief Bob Corbin Led as He Lives: No Compromises and Never Surrender |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-18-ls-59171-story.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 18, 1994 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041808/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-18-ls-59171-story.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="54" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''54''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Thomas L.|Washington|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |1994–1995 |{{sort|Nature, Conservationist|Conservationist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Rdngn2002" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas, Jr. |first1=Robert McG. |title=Thomas L. Washington, 58, Head of Rifle Group |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/06/us/thomas-l-washington-58-head-of-rifle-group.html |access-date=November 9, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=December 6, 1995 |archive-date=November 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109010540/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/06/us/thomas-l-washington-58-head-of-rifle-group.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="55" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''55''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Marion|Hammer}} | style="text-align:center;" |1995–1998 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="NRAFlorida" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bragg |first1=Rick |title=Leader as Hard as Nails Is Taking Reins at N.R.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/us/leader-as-hard-as-nails-is-taking-reins-at-nra.html |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 14, 1996 |page=14 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715022712/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/us/leader-as-hard-as-nails-is-taking-reins-at-nra.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Menzel |first1=Margie |title=Q&A: An Interview With Florida Gun Lobbyist Marion Hammer |url=https://www.wlrn.org/post/qa-interview-florida-gun-lobbyist-marion-hammer |access-date=November 11, 2019 |work=WLRN |agency=News Service of Florida |date=October 9, 2013 |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111201137/https://www.wlrn.org/post/qa-interview-florida-gun-lobbyist-marion-hammer |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="56" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''56''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Charlton|Heston}} | style="text-align:center;" |1998–2003 |{{sort|Other, Actor|Actor}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berkvist |first1=Robert |title=Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/movies/06heston.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1207713600&en=55b5ab5e7044b201&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=April 6, 2008 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515084619/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/movies/06heston.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1207713600&en=55b5ab5e7044b201&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin |url-access=limited |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="57" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''57''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Kayne|Robinson|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |2003–2005 |{{sort|Law enforcement, chief|Des Moines chief of detectives}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Iowa">{{cite news |last1=Aschbrenner |first1=Joel |title=Iowan Pete Brownell elected president of the NRA |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/montezuma/2017/05/10/brownell-elected-president-nra-board/101506434/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=Des Moines Register |date=May 10, 2017 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234635/https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/montezuma/2017/05/10/brownell-elected-president-nra-board/101506434/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kayne B. Robinson Appointed Executive Director of NRA's General Operations |url=https://www.nraila.org/articles/20050524/kayne-b-robinson-appointed-executive-d |access-date=February 15, 2020 |work=NRA-ILA |date=May 24, 2005 |location=Fairfax, VA |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215231756/https://www.nraila.org/articles/20050524/kayne-b-robinson-appointed-executive-d |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="58" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''58''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Sandra|Froman}} | style="text-align:center;" |2005–2007 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smyth |first1=Frank |title=The NRA: the Unauthorized History |date=March 31, 2020 |publisher=Flatiron Books |location=New York |isbn=978-1-250-21029-6 |pages=104–105 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |access-date=December 4, 2020 |chapter=Nine. The Business Model |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108234938/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_NRA.html?id=-6elDwAAQBAJ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kerber |first1=Ross |title=Investor activists push gun-maker to distance itself from NRA positions, look at 'smart gun' technology |url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/investor-activists-push-gun-maker-to-distance-itself-from-nra/article_4fa25ccb-b75d-5019-b172-a88872397d13.html |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |agency=Reuters |date=April 9, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110075318/https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/investor-activists-push-gun-maker-to-distance-itself-from-nra/article_4fa25ccb-b75d-5019-b172-a88872397d13.html |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="59" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''59''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|John C.|Sigler|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |2007–2009 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=New NRA President Sworn in at 136th Annual Meeting John C. Sigler – Corporate attorney, Navy veteran and retired Police Captain |url=http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=9339 |website=NRA-ILA |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503132159/http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=9339 |archive-date=May 3, 2007 |location=Fairfax, VA |date=April 27, 2007 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":60th">{{cite web |url=http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=12498 |title=National Rifle Association Announces New Officers and Board Members |work=NRA-ILA |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529043030/http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=12498 |archive-date=May 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |language=en}}</ref> |- id="60" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''60''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Ron|Schmeits|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |2009–2011 |{{sort|Politics, Mayor|Mayor of Jordan, Minnesota}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":60th" /><ref>{{cite news |title=NRA Names Arkansas Game & Fish Wildlife Officer Law Enforcement Officer of the Year |url=https://www.ammoland.com/2011/04/nra-names-arkansas-game-fish-wildlife-officer-law-enforcement-officer-of-the-year/#axzz64pRMxzcv |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=AmmoLand |date=April 7, 2011 |location=Fairfax, VA |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234649/https://www.ammoland.com/2011/04/nra-names-arkansas-game-fish-wildlife-officer-law-enforcement-officer-of-the-year/#axzz64pRMxzcv |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="61" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''61''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|David|Keene}} | style="text-align:center;" |2011–2013 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy |title=NRA Heavyweight Wanted Access to Putin: Leaked Email |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/nra-heavyweight-wanted-access-to-putin-leaked-email |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=November 10, 2019 |date=January 31, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115183431/https://www.thedailybeast.com/nra-heavyweight-wanted-access-to-putin-leaked-email |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="62" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''62''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|James W.|Porter II}} | style="text-align:center;" |2013–2015 |{{sort|Activism|Activist{{efn|Son of Irvine C. Porter<ref name="Miller" />}} }} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Miller" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gross |first1=Dan |title=The Guy With the Guns Is Afraid? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-guy-with-the-gun-is-afraid_b_6821238 |work=HuffPost |date=March 6, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110075325/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-guy-with-the-gun-is-afraid_b_6821238 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="63" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''63''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Allan D.|Cors|nolink=1}} | style="text-align:center;" |2015–2017 |{{sort|Shooting sports|Sports shooter}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Iowa" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=McGreal |first1=Chris |title=Inside the NRA: the officials keeping gun control laws off the US agenda |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/14/inside-the-nra-the-officials-keeping-gun-control-laws-off-the-us-agenda |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=14 December 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Norell |first1=James O.E. |title=NRA's New President Allan D. Cors: A Culture of Freedom |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/9/17/nras-new-president-allan-d-cors-a-culture-of-freedom/ |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=American Rifleman |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |date=September 17, 2015 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110054832/https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/9/17/nras-new-president-allan-d-cors-a-culture-of-freedom/ |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="64" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''64''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Pete|Brownell}} | style="text-align:center;" |2017–2018 |{{sort|Business, Owner|Businessman}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Iowa" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/some-grinnell-residents-relieved-pete-brownell-wont-seek-re-election-nra-president#stream/0 |title=Some Grinnell Residents Relieved Pete Brownell Won't Seek Re-Election As NRA President |last=Payne |first=Kate |date=May 7, 2018 |work=Iowa Public Radio |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313154808/https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/some-grinnell-residents-relieved-pete-brownell-wont-seek-re-election-nra-president#stream/0 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="65" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''65''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Carolyn D.|Meadows}} | style="text-align:center;" |2018 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="WXIA-TV">{{cite news |url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/stone-mountain-memorial-chair-named-president-of-nra/85-885778de-bacf-49b7-ae46-1086c797a737 |title=Stone Mountain Memorial chair named president of NRA |last=Buchanan |first=Christopher |date=May 2, 2019 |work=WXIA-TV |access-date=May 7, 2019 |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210234651/https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/stone-mountain-memorial-chair-named-president-of-nra/85-885778de-bacf-49b7-ae46-1086c797a737 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="66" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''66''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Oliver|North}} | style="text-align:center;" |2018–2019 |{{sort|Lieutenant Colonel |Lieutenant Colonel}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orr |first1=Gabby |title=NRA announces North's resignation onstage as 'crisis' hits gun lobby |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/27/nra-oliver-north-1291369 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |work=POLITICO |date=April 27, 2019 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220181127/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/27/nra-oliver-north-1291369 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |- id="67" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''67''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Carolyn D.|Meadows}} | style="text-align:center;" |2019–2021 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="WXIA-TV" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Overcoming COVID Obstacles, NRA Holds 149th Annual Meeting Of Members In Tucson |url=https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2020/12/29/overcoming-covid-obstacles-nra-holds-149th-annual-meeting-of-members-in-tucson |date=December 29, 2020 |access-date=2021-01-12 |work=America's 1st Freedom |publisher=National Rifle Association of America |language=en}}</ref> |- |- id="67" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''67''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Charles|Cotton|Charles L. Cotton}} | style="text-align:center;" |2021–2024 |{{sort|Activism|Activist}} | style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rohrlich |first1=Justin |title=NRA Promotes Two Execs Who Spread Bonkers Conspiracies |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/nra-promotes-charles-cotton-and-willes-lee-two-execs-who-spread-bonkers-conspiracies |access-date=27 May 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |date=6 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |- id="68" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''68''' ! scope="row" |{{sortname|Bob|Barr|Bob Barr}} | style="text-align:center;" |2024–2025 |{{sort|Legal, Attorney|Attorney}} | |- id="69" | style="text-align:center;" scope="row" |'''69''' | scope="row" |{{sortname|Bill|Bachenberg|Bill Bachenberg}} | style="text-align:center;" |since 2025 |{{sort|Business, Owner|Businessman}} | |}
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