| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| 1976 | Boyce C. Clayton | John S. Palmore | Pleas Jones | Marvin O. Sternberg | Scott Reed | Robert O. Lukowsky | James B. Stephenson |
| 1977 | | (CJ 1977-82) | | | (CJ 1976-77) | | |
| 1978 | | | | | | | |
| 1979 | | | J. Calvin Aker | | | | |
| 1980 | | | | | | | |
| 1981 | | | | | | John J. Hara | |
| 1982 | | | | | Robert F. Stephens (CJ 1982-1999) | | |
| 1983 | Roy. N. Vance | William S. Gant | | Charles M. Leibson | | Donald C. Wintersheimer | |
| 1984 | | | | | | | |
| 1985 | | | | | | | |
| 1986 | | | John D. White | | | | |
| 1987 | | | Joseph E. Lambert | | | | |
| 1988 | | | | | | | |
| 1989 | | | | | | | Dan Jack Combs |
| 1990 | | | | | | | |
| 1991 | Thomas B. Spain | Charles H. Reynolds | | | | | |
| 1992 | | | | | | | |
| 1993 | | | | | | | Sara W. Combs; Janet Stumbo |
| 1994 | | | | | | | |
| 1995 | Wm. Fuqua; Wm. Graves | | | Nicholas King | | | |
| 1996 | William Graves | Walter Baker; Wm. S. Cooper | | Martin E. Johnstone | | | |
| 1997 | | William S. Cooper | | | | | |
| 1998 | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | | | (CJ 1999-2008 | | James Keller | | |
| 2000 | | | | | | | |
| 2001 | | | | | | | |
| 2002 | | | | | | | |
| 2003 | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | | | | | | | Will T. Scott |
| 2005 | | | | | John Roach | | |
| 2006 | Bill Cunningham | John D. Minton Jr. | | William E. McAnulty,Jr. | Mary C. Noble | Wil Schroder | |
| 2007 | | | | Lisabeth Hughes Abramson | | | |
| 2008 | | (CJ 2008- ) | Daniel J. Venters | | | | |
| 2009 | | | | | | | |
