| 2018 | No Speaker |
| 2017 | Mark Lause, Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Rosemary Feurer Ph.D. |
| 2015 | Lisa Phillips Ph. D. |
| 2014 | Fran Quigley |
| 2013 | Peter Cole |
| 2012 | Dr. Daniel Byrne |
| 2011 | James Green |
| 2010 | Stewart Acuff |
| 2009 | Rosemary Feurer Ph.D. |
| 2008 | Dr. Randy Mills |
| 2007 | Timothy Lynch – Ph.D. |
| 2006 | Rosemary Feurer – Ph.D. |
| 2005 | Dr. Samuel White |
| 2004 | Indiana Lt. Governor Frank O’Bannon |
| 2003 | No Speaker |
| 2002 | Joe Glazier |
| 2001 | Cecil Roberts – UMWA International President |
| Gene Worthington – portrayed “John L. Lewis” | |
| 2000 | Karen Vuranch – portrayed “Mother Jones” |
| 1999 | Ed Fire – IUE International President |
| Gary Fritz | |
| 1998 | Cecil Roberts – UMWA International President |
| Rev. Jesse Jackson – Rainbow Coalition | |
| 1997 | No Speaker |
| 1996 | Cecil Roberts – UMWA International President |
| 1995 | No Speaker |
| 1994 | Jess Sharber – ABGWIU Local # 104 Business Agent |
| Tommie Blaylock – ABGWIU International Vice President | |
| Bill Yockey – UMWA International Staff Representative | |
| 1993 | Richard Trumka – UMWA International President, |
| Evan Bayh – Indiana Governor | |
| Frank McCloskey – Indiana 8th District Congressman | |
| 1992 | No Speaker |
| 1991 | Frank O’Bannon – Indiana State Lt. Governor |
| Chuck Deppert – Indiana State AFL-CIO President | |
| 1990 | Cecil Roberts – UMWA Internatonal Vice President |
| Frank McCloskey – Indiana 8th District Congressman | |
| Baron Hill – 7th District Congressman | |
| Joe Hogsett – Indiana Secretary of State | |
| 1989 | No Speaker |
| 1988 | Frank McCloskey – Indiana 8th District Congressman |
| 1987 | Jon Banovic – UMWA International Secretary Treasurer |
| 1986 | Richard Trumka – UMWA International President |
| 1985 | No Speaker |
| 1984 | Richard Lugar – Indiana US Senator |
| 1983 | No Speaker |
| 1982 | No Speaker |
| 1981 | No Speaker |
| 1980 | No Speaker |
| 1979 | Larry Reynolds |
| 1978 | Butch Weist |
| David Kelly | |
| 1977 | No Speaker |
| 1976 | Leroy Patterson |
| 1975 | Mike Padgett |
| Charlie Harden | |
| 1974 | Arnold Miller |
| Jake Jabonleski | |
| 1973 | Major Gene Vinson |
| Robert Ednay | |
| Tom Gallagher | |
| Dick Harris – Indiana State Senator | |
| 1972 | Bradford W. Bird – UMWA International Director of Occupational Health & Safety |
| 1971 | Rev. Frank McCandless |
| 1970 | Charles Haylis – Vice President of Amalgamated Meatcutters & Butchers Union |
| William Turnblazer – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1969 | Charles Haylis – Vice President of Amalgamated Meatcutters & Butchers Union |
| William Killen – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| William Turnblazer – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1968 | Birch Bayh – Indiana U.S. Senator |
| Ernest Goad – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| Roger Zion – Indiana 8th District Congressman | |
| 1967 | Jake Roberts – Indiana State AFL-CIO Vice President |
| Joe Shannon – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1966 | Robert Brown – International Association of Machinists Union |
| George Titler – Vice President of UMWA International Union | |
| 1965 | Dallas Sells – Indiana State AFL-CIO President |
| Dr. Winebrenner – Medical Administrator for the University of Louisville | |
| Roy Hudens – Medical Administrator for the University of Louisville | |
| 1964 | Dallas Sells – Indiana State AFL-CIO President |
| Ernest Goad – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1963 | Bill Bray |
| 1962 | Louis Austin |
| 1961 | Joe Shannon – International Executive Board member of UMWA |
| Louis Austin – UMWA District #11 | |
| David Higginbotham | |
| 1960 | Winfield K. Denton – Indiana 8th District Congressman |
| William Bray – Indiana 7th District Congressman | |
| Matt Welch – Indiana Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor | |
| Wilbert Killion – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1959 | Marten Brenten |
| Matt Welch – Indiana Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor | |
| 1958 | Indiana 7th District Congressman – William Bray, |
| Dallas Sells – President of the Indiana AFL – CIO | |
| P. F. Montgomery | |
| Hugh Dillion | |
| 1957 | Winfield K. Denton – Indiana 8th District Congressman |
| Michael Widman of the UMWA International Office | |
| 1956 | Claude Wickard – Former Sec. of Agriculture, |
| Vern Hill of the UMWA International Office | |
| Tom Rainey of the UMWA International Office | |
| 1955 | George Doupe of the Indiana Farm Bureau |
| 1954 | Joseph Yablonski of the UMWA International Office |
| Robert Norris of the Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| George Gettinger – candidate for the Indiana 7th District Congressional seat | |
| 1953 | D. Bailey Merrill – Indiana 8th District Congressman |
| Charles Ferguson of the UMWA International Office | |
| George Doupe of the Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| 1952 | John Watkins – Indiana Lt. Governor |
| Louis Austin – UMWA District # 11 | |
| 1951 | William Bray – Indiana 7th District Congressman |
| John Kmetz of the UMWA International Office | |
| Wilkes Barre of the UMWA International Office | |
| 1950 | Indiana 8th District Congressman – Winfield K. Denton |
| J. C. Lewis of the UMWA International Office | |
| George Harvey – Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| 1949 | Thomas Raney – International Executive Board member of UMWA |
| John Sherman Cooper – Kentucky U.S. Senator | |
| George Harvey – Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| 1948 | George Harvey – Indiana Farm Bureau |
| A.V. Burch – Indiana State Auditor | |
| William Sneed – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1947 | Larry Brandon – Indiana Farm Bureau |
| John T. Jones – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1946 | Tom Laite |
| Winfield K. Denton – Candidate for 8th Congressional | |
| Robert Condra UMWA International Representative | |
| 1945 | Charles M. LaFollette – Indiana 8th District Congressman |
| Thomas Raney – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| 1944 | Floyd J. Hemmer – Indiana Democrat nominee for Lt. Governor |
| Joe Beard – Director of UMWA District #50 | |
| Elmer Whitman – International Executive Board member of UMWA | |
| Charles M. LaFollette – Indiana 8th District Congressman | |
| 1943 | Sam Jackson – Indiana State Attorney General |
| William Mitch Director of UMWA District #20 | |
| 1942 | Clement Maion – Indiana Superintendent of Public Schools |
| 1941 | Larry Williams – Indiana Farm Bureau |
| Judge Harold Hendrickson | |
| James Terry – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA | |
| B.J. Braw – Indian Townsend Movement | |
| 1940 | O.D. Brissenden – Illinois Farm Bureau |
| Gerald Landis – Indiana 7th District Congressman | |
| Sherman Milton – Indiana U.S. Senator | |
| 1939 | Larry Brandon – Indiana farm Bureau |
| Phillip LaFollette – Wisconsin Governor | |
| Alexander F. Whitney – President of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen | |
| 1938 | Larry Brandon – Indiana farm Bureau |
| 1937 | Edmond C. Foust – Editor of Hoosier Farmer |
| Albert Stump – Indiana Attorney General | |
| 1936 | Miss Josephine Roche – “America’s Greatest Woman” – Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury |
| William Tracy – General Secretary of Black and Clay Union | |
| Hassil Schenck – Vice President of Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| 1935 | Carl D. Thompson – Secretary of Public Ownership League of America |
| C.L. Masterson – Indiana Farm Bureau | |
| George D. McCarty – University of South Dakota | |
| 1934 | O.T. Brazelton – Mayor of Princeton, Indiana |
| Judge Claude A. Smith – Gibson County Circuit Court | |
| M. W. Thatcher of Washington D.C. – Legislative Rep. of Farmers National Grain Corporation | |
| A. W. Whitney – President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman | |
| A.S. Greenwood – xxx U.S. Congressman | |
| 1933 | C. S. Masterson – Indiana State Farm Bureau |
| Carl D. Thompson – Secretary of Public Ownership League of America | |
| Dr. G. Bremley Oxnam | |
| 1932 | No Speaker |
| 1931 | O.T. Brazelton – Mayor of Princeton, Indiana |
| Farmer Brown of Arizona | |
| John McCarthy – Mayor of Washington, Indiana | |
| Boyd Gurley – Editor of the Indianapolis Times | |
| 1930 | O.T. Brazelton – Mayor of Princeton, Indiana |
| Cliff Townsend – Secretary Indiana State Farm Bureau | |
| Judge Claude A. Smith – Gibson County Circuit Court | |
| T. N. Taylor – President Indiana Federation of Labor | |
| William Mitch – Secretary Treasurer of UMWA District # 11 | |
| Fred N. Aten Railroad Carmen Union | |
| Adolph J. Fritz Sec of Indiana State Federation of Labor | |
| 1929 | Van A. Bittner – President of West Virginia International Federation of Labor |
| G. A. Van Hook – VP of the Indiana State Farm Bureau | |
| Judge Claude A. Smith – Gibson County Circuit Court | |
| William Raney – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA | |
| Fred N. Alen | |
| 1928 | William H. Settle – President of Indiana State Farm Bureau |
| Leon Worthall – Organizer for UMWA International Office | |
| James Terry – Terra Haute, Indiana UMWA International Office | |
| 1927 | Emil Seidel – Mayor of Princeton, Indiana |
| Thomas Elsfelder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| 1926 | Kate Richard O’Hare |
| William H. Settle – President of Indiana State Farm Bureau | |
| T. N. Taylor – President Indiana Federation of Labor | |
| Power Hapgood – Harvard Graduate & Miner of wide experience | |
| 1925 | William Mitch – Secretary Treasurer of UMWA District # 11 |
| James W. Kelly | |
| Ora Gasaway – UMWA International Office | |
| Rev. D. M. Mathias spoke on Evolution | |
| Reverand James W. Kelly of Terra Haute, Indiana | |
| 1924 | John Walker – President of Illinois State Federation of Labor |
| 1923 | Charles Fox of Terra Haute – President Indiana State Federation of Labor |
| Lonnie Jackson – President of UMWA District # 23 | |
| 1922 | Paul Mauck of Evansville, Indiana |
| Frank Bolin & Grover Burkart | |
| 1921 | Edgar Marynell |
| J. Dillion of Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| William Schmidt of Terra Haute, Indiana | |
| William Mitch of Terra Haute, Indiana – Secretary Treasurer of UMWA District #11 | |
| 1920 | No Speaker |
| 1919 | Rev. Spraque |
| Charles Fox of Terra Haute – President Indiana State Federation of Labor | |
| 1918 | Honorable John W.Brady of Evansville, Indiana |
| Honorable W. E. Stilwell of Evansville, Indiana | |
| Honorable Arch M. Hall of Ft. Branch, Indiana | |
| 1917 | Mother Jones |
| William Tieman | |
| 1916 | Mother Jones |
| William Tieman | |
| William Raney | |
| Ralph Stevens | |
| W. F. Jaus | |
| 1915 | W. H. Raney |
| 1914 | W. D. Van Horn – Past President of UMWA District # 11 |
| A. D. Twineham | |
| Judge S.L. Vanderveer | |
| Luther Bensor | |
| 1913 | William Houston – President UMWA District # 11 |
| Frank Manely of the Switchman’s Union | |
| John Brite & John T. McNamee – Editors of Locomotive Firemen & Engineer Magazine | |
| Mother Jones – failed to appear | |
| 1912 | William Raney – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA |
| Fred Rammage | |
| E. E. Baker | |
| 1911 | W. D. Van Horn – Past President of UMWA District # 11 |
| O. D. Smith – Organizer of The American Federation of Labor | |
| William Raney – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA | |
| James Bradley of New York, New York – International Ironworkers Union | |
| 1910 | J. C. Skemp of Lafayette, Indiana – International Secretary of Painters & Decorators Union |
| 1909 | No Speaker |
| 1908 | James Mauck |
| F. L. Ronemus | |
| J. H. Keeman | |
| Congressman M. D. Foster | |
| 1907 | Fred Bay |
| William Hay | |
| William O’Conor | |
| 1906 | No Speaker |
| 1905 | Charles W. Kleckner |
| 1904 | Honorable J. W. Fureell of Terra Haute, Indiana |
| William Raney – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA | |
| Professor H. F. Smith | |
| 1903 | No Speaker |
| 1902 | Honorable J. W. Brady of Evansville, Indiana |
| William Raney – International Executive Board Member of the UMWA | |
| Honorable Thomas Duncan – President of Princeton Coal & Mining Company | |
| 1901 | Edwin F. Gould – Editor of “The Union” |
| 1900 | No Speaker |
| 1899 | No Speaker |
| 1898 | No Speaker |
| 1897 | No Speaker |
| 1896 | No Speaker |
| 1895 | No Speaker |
| 1894 | No Speaker |
| 1893 | No Speaker |
| 1892 | No Speaker |
| 1891 | No Speaker |
| 1890 | No Speaker |
| 1889 | No Speaker |
| 1888 | No Speaker |
| 1887 | No Speaker |
| 1886 | Moses Smith of Evansville, Indiana |
| Miss Luella F. Mackey of Sullivan, Indiana | |
| Honorable Jesse Harper of Danville, Illinois – a prominent lawyer of that State | |
| W. H. Anderson (colored) of Evansville, Indiana |
