Following is a list of past GL Convention sites and the GER who was elected at each.

• 2008: Anaheim, CA
  Paul D. Helsel
• 2007: Charlotte, NC
  F. Louis Sulsberger
• 2006: Orlando, FL
  Arthur H. Frost III
• 2005: Reno, NV
  Louis James Grillo
• 2004: Minneapolis, MN
  James M. McQuillan
• 2003: St. Louis, MO
  Amos A. McCallum
• 2002: Reno, NV
  Roger R. True
• 2001: Philadelphia, PA
  Arthur Mayer, Jr.
• 2000: Dallas, TX
  Dwayne E. Rumney
• 1999: Kansas City, MO
  James C. Varenhorst
• 1998: Anaheim, CA
  C. Valentine Bates
• 1997: Chicago, IL
  Carlon O'Malley
• 1996: Las Vegas, NV
  Gerald Coates
• 1995: New Orleans, LA
  Edward Mahan
• 1994: Chicago, IL
  Kenneth Moore
• 1993: Portland, OR
  Charles Williams
• 1992: Dallas, TX
  Vincent Collura
• 1991: St. Louis, MO
  Lester Hess, Jr.
• 1990: Las Vegas, NV
  James Damon
• 1989: New Orleans, LA
  Donald Dapelo
• 1988: Las Vegas, NV
  Robert Sabin
• 1987: Atlanta, GA
  Ted Callicott
• 1986: Denver, CO
  Peter Affatato
• 1985: Seattle, WA
  Jack Traynor
• 1984: Houston, TX
  Frank Garland
• 1983: Honolulu, HI
  Kenneth Cantoli
• 1982: Chicago, IL
  Marvin Lewis
• 1981: Las Vegas, NV
  Raymond Arnold
• 1980: New Orleans, LA
  H. Foster Sears
• 1979: Dallas, TX
  Robert Grafton
• 1978: San Diego, CA
  Leonard Bristol
• 1977: New Orleans, LA
  Homer Huhn, Jr.
• 1976: Chicago, IL
  George Klein
• 1975: Dallas, TX
  Willis McDonald
• 1974: Miami Beach, FL
  Gerald Strohm
• 1973: Chicago, IL
  Robert Yothers
• 1972: Atlantic City, NJ
  Francis Smith
• 1971: New Orleans, LA
  E. Gene Fournace
• 1970: San Francisco, CA
  Glenn Miller
• 1969: Dallas, TX
  Frank Hise
• 1968: New York, NY
  Edward W. McCabe
• 1967: Chicago, IL
  Robert E. Boney
• 1966: Dallas, TX
  Raymond C. Dobson
• 1965: Miami Beach, FL
  R. Leonard Bush
• 1964: New York, NY
  Robert G. Pruitt
• 1963: San Francisco, CA
  Ronald J. Dunn
• 1962: Chicago, IL
  Lee A. Donaldson
• 1961: Miami Beach, FL
  William A. Wall
• 1960: Dallas, TX
  John E. Fenton
• 1959: Chicago, IL
  W. S. Hawkins
• 1958: New York, NY
  Horace R. Wisely
• 1957: San Francisco, CA
  H. K. Blackledge
• 1956: Chicago, IL
  Fred L. Bohn
• 1955: Philadelphia, PA
  John L. Walker
• 1954: Los Angeles, CA
  William J. Jernick
• 1953: St. Louis, MO
  Earl E. James
• 1952: New York, NY
  Sam Stern
• 1951: Chicago, IL
  Howard R. Davis
• 1950: Miami, FL
  Joseph B. Kyle
• 1949: Cleveland, OH
  Emmett T. Anderson
• 1948: Philadelphia, PA
  George I. Hall
• 1947: Portland, OR
  L. A. Lewis
• 1946: New York, NY
  Charles E. Broughton
• 1945: New York, NY
  Wade H. Kepner
• 1944: Chicago, IL
  Robert S. Barrett
• 1943: Boston, MA
  Frank J. Lonergan
• 1942: Omaha, NE
  E. Mark Sullivan
• 1941: Philadelphia, PA
  John S. McClelland
• 1940: Houston, TX
  Joseph G. Buch
• 1939: St. Louis, MO
  Henry C. Warner
• 1938: Atlantic City, NJ
  Edward J. McCormick
• 1937: Denver, CO
  Charles Spencer Hart
• 1936: Los Angeles, CA
  David Sholtz
• 1935: Columbus, OH
  James T. Hallinan
• 1934: Kansas City, MO
  Michael F. Shannon
• 1933: Milwaukee, WI
  Walter F. Meier
• 1932: Birmingham, AL
  Floyd E. Thompson
• 1931: Seattle, WA
  John R. Coen
• 1930: Atlantic City, NJ
  Lawrence H. Rupp
• 1929: Los Angeles, CA
  Walter P. Andrews
• 1928: Miami, FL
  Murray Hulbert
• 1927: Cincinnati, OH
  John F. Malley
• 1926: Chicago, IL
  Charles H. Grakelow
• 1925: Portland, OR
  William H. Atwell
• 1924: Boston, MA
  John G. Price
• 1923: Atlanta, GA
  James G. McFarland
• 1922: Atlantic City, NJ
  J.E. Masters
• 1921: Los Angeles, CA
  W. W. Mountain
• 1920: Chicago, IL
  Wm. M. Abbott
• 1919: Atlantic City, NJ
  Frank L. Rain
• 1918: Atlantic City, NJ
  Bruce A. Campbell
• 1917: Boston, MA
  Fred Harper
• 1916: Baltimore, MD
  Edward Rightor
• 1915: Los Angeles, CA
  James R. Nicholson
• 1914: Denver, CO
  Raymond Benjamin
• 1913: Rochester, NY
  Edward Leach
• 1912: Portland, OR
  Thomas B. Mills
• 1911: Atlantic City, NJ
  John P. Sullivan
• 1910: Detroit, MI
  Aug. Herrmann
• 1909: Los Angeles, CA
  J.U. Sammis
• 1908: Dallas, TX
  Rush L. Holland
• 1907: Philadelphia, PA
  John K. Tener
• 1906: Denver, CO
  Henry A. Melvin
• 1905: Buffalo, NY
  Robert W. Brown
• 1904: Cincinnati, OH
  Wm. J. O'Brien, Jr.
• 1903: Baltimore, MD
  Joseph T. Fanning
• 1902: Salt Lake City, UT
  George P. Cronk
• 1901: Milwaukee, WI
  Charles E. Pickett
• 1900: Atlantic City, NJ
  Jerome B. Fisher
• 1899: St. Louis, MO
  B.M. Allen
• 1898: New Orleans, LA
  John Galvin
• 1897: Minneapolis, MN
  Meade D. Detweiler
• 1896: Cincinnati, OH
  Meade D. Detweiler
• 1895: Atlantic City, NJ
  William G. Meyers
• 1894: Atlantic City, NJ
  Edwin B. Hay
• 1893 :Detroit, MI
  Astley Apperly
• 1892: Buffalo, NY
  Edwin B. Hay
• 1891: Louisville, KY
  Edwin B. Hay
• 1890: Cleveland, OH
  Simon Quinlin