| * - Deceased |
| NR - No Record |
| John J. McGilvra |
1886-1889 |
Victor D. Lawrence* |
1958-1959 |
| Orange Jacobs |
1889-1914 |
Frank J. Eberharter* |
1959-1960 |
| R.A. Ballinger* |
1906-1907 |
John M. Davis |
1960-1961 |
| W.A. Peters* |
1907-1908 |
Stanley C. Soderland* |
1961-1962 |
| L.C. Gilman* |
1908-1909 |
Chester C. Adair* |
1962-1963 |
| Harold Preston* |
1909-1910 |
Richard H. Riddell* |
1963-1964 |
| H.H.A. Hastings* |
1910-1911 |
Russell V. Hokanson* |
1964-1965 |
| William H. Gorham* |
1911-1912 |
Kenneth P. Short* |
1965-1966 |
| George H. Walker* |
1912-1913 |
Williard J. Wright* |
1966-1967 |
| George E. Wright* |
1913-1914 |
J. Paul Coie* |
1967-1968 |
| L.B. Stedman* |
1914-1915 |
Pinckney M. Rohrback* |
1968-1969 |
| Hiram E. Hadley* |
1915-1916 |
William H. Gates |
1969-1970 |
| William Tucker* |
1916-1917 |
Bradley T. Jones* |
1970-1971 |
| W.B. Stratton* |
1917-1918 |
Jack P. Scholfield |
1971-1972 |
| Marion Edwards* |
1918-1919 |
Betty B. Fletcher* |
1972-1973 |
| Charles H. Winders* |
1919-1920 |
Burroughs B. Anderson* |
1973-1974 |
| W.G. McLaren* |
1920-1921 |
William Wesselhoeft* |
1974-1975 |
| Bruce C. Shorts* |
1921-1922 |
Robert R. Beezer* |
1975-1976 |
| O.B. Thorgrimson* |
1922-1923 |
Murray B. Guterson |
1976-1977 |
| Henry F. McClure* |
1923-1924 |
F. Lee Campbell* |
1977-1978 |
| Elmer E. Todd (NR)* |
1924-1925 |
William Helsell* |
1978-1979 |
| Alfred H. Lundin (NR) |
1925-1926 |
William L. Dwyer* |
1979-1980 |
| J.H. Kane* |
1926-1927 |
Paul C. Gibbs* |
1980-1981 |
| Ira Bronson* |
1927-1928 |
Stephen E. DeForest |
1981-1982 |
| Alfred Battle* |
1928-1929 |
Harold F. Vhugen |
1982-1983 |
| C.R. Hovey (NR) |
1929-1930 |
James S. Turner* |
1983-1984 |
| F.T. Merritt* |
1930-1931 |
Bruce M. Pym |
1984-1985 |
| C.K. Poe* |
1931-1932 |
Nancy P. Gibbs |
1985-1986 |
| Otto B. Rupp* |
1932-1933 |
Thomas S. Zilly |
1986-1987 |
| Thomas R. Lyons* |
1933-1934 |
M. Wayne Blair |
1987-1988 |
| Charles T. Donworth* |
1934-1935 |
Fred R. Butterworth |
1988-1989 |
| John S. Robinson* |
1935-1936 |
Stew Cogan |
1989-1990 |
| Gerald H. Bucey (NR) |
1936-1937 |
Matt Sayre |
1990-1991 |
| S. Harold Shefelman* |
1937-1938 |
Peter Greenfield |
1991-1992 |
| Walter A. McClure (NR) |
1938-1939 |
Geoff Revelle |
1992-1993 |
| Tracy E. Griffin* |
1939-1940 |
Mary Alice Theiler |
1993-1994 |
| Ford Q. Elvidge* |
1940-1941 |
Mary H. Wechsler* |
1994-1995 |
| Frank E. Holman* |
1941-1942 |
J. Richard Manning |
1995-1996 |
| Clinton H. Harston (NR) |
1942-1943 |
Scott A. Smith |
1996-1997 |
| Paul P. Ashley* |
1943-1944 |
Daniel S. Gottlieb |
1997-1998 |
| John Ambler (NR) |
1944-1945 |
Linda J. Strout |
1998-1999 |
| Edward R. Taylor (NR) |
1945-1946 |
Lucy P. Isaki |
1999-2000 |
| R.J. Venables* |
1946-1947 |
Frederick L. Noland |
2000-2001 |
| Charles F. Riddell* |
1947-1948 |
Ralph Maimon |
2001-2002 |
| Roy C. Miller* |
1948-1949 |
Caroline D. Davis |
2002-2003 |
| Joseph A. Barto* |
1948-1949 |
Thomas E. Kelly, Jr. |
2003-2004 |
| J. Orrin Vining* |
1949-1950 |
John M. Cary |
2004-2005 |
| Wilbur Zundel (NR) |
1950-1951 |
Gary A. Maehara |
2005-2006 |
| DeWitt Williams* |
1951-1952 |
John R. Ruhl |
2006-2007 |
| Henry W. Cramer* |
1952-1953 |
Eileen M. Concannon |
2007-2008 |
| W. Paul Uhlmann* |
1953-1954 |
Daniel Gandara |
2008-2009 |
| Michael K. Copass* |
1954-1955 |
James A. Andrus |
2009-2010 |
| Wayne C. Booth* |
1955-1956 |
Mark Fordham |
2010-2011 |
| John N. Rupp* |
1956-1957 |
Joseph E. Bringman |
2011-2012 |
| Charles Horowitz* |
1957-1958 |
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The King County Bar Association was founded in 1886 with John McGilvra serving as president. The terms of Orange Jacobs and several other early presidents overlapped as the King County Bar Association and Seattle Bar Association informally merged together beginning in 1906. For more details, see "From Profanity Hill: The Story of the King County Bar Association" by Mark Lampson.