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View the comprehensive list of AQHA presidents and their American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame stories.
Year(s)
President
2025
Jeff Tebow
2024
James "Jim" Hunt
2023
Kenneth Banks
2022
Dr. Scott Myers
2021
Norman K. Luba
2020
FE “Butch” Wise
2019
Stan Weaver
2018
Dr. Jim Heird
2017
Ralph Seekins
2016
Sandy Arledge
2015
Dr. Glenn Blodgett
2014
Johnny Trotter
2013
Johne Dobbs
2012
Gene Graves
2011
Peter J. Cofrancesco III
2010
Johannes Orgeldinger
2009
Jim Helzer
2008
Ken Mumy
2007
Frank Merrill
2006
Walter Fletcher
2005
Frank Howell
2004
Frank "Scoop" Vessels III
2003
Steve Stevens
2002
Jim Shoemake
2001
J. D. Blondin
2000
Jerry Windham
1999
Ken Smith
1998
Mike Perkins
1997
V. E. “Ginger” Hyland
1996
Don Burt
1995
R. A. “Rob” Brown Jr.
1994
Richard Bingham
1993
Everett Salley
1992
Bill Englund
1991
Jim Barton
1990
Sparks Rust Jr.
1989
Brad Tate
1988
Leo Winters
1987
Gerald O'Connor
1986
Howard Weiss
1985
Stephen “Tio” Kleberg
1984
Rick Johns
1983
Jack Anderson
1982
Robert Norris
1981
Marten Clark
1980
B. F. Phillips
1979
David Perkins
1978
Bill Reed
1977
Albert Becker
1976
Robert Kieckhefer
1975
Clarence Scharbauer, Jr.
1974
Hugh Peltz
1973
William Thompson
1972
A. H. “Bud” Ferber
1971
William Verdugo
1970
Jay Pumphrey
1969
Lee Berwick
1968
Ed Honnen
1967
Tom Finley
1966
J. L. “Dusty” Rhoades
1965
Bud Warren
1964
Hugh Bennett
1963
Jess L. Hankins
1962
Wayne Vickers
1961
S. M. Moore
1960
Roy Parks
1959
Ken Fratis
1958
J. E. Browning
1957
Albert Mitchell
1955-56
Lester Goodson
1953-54
Orville E. Burtis
1949-52
Robert E. Hooper
1946-48
Albert Mitchell
1944-45
R. L. Underwood
1942-43
J. F. Hutchins
1940-41
W. B. Warren
2025-2026 AQHA Executive Committee
The History of AQHA
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