ATA Presidents and Annual Meeting Cities

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Below are the names of every American Teachers Association (ATA) president from 1904 to 1966 (from the founding of the ATA until its merger with the NEA), his or her hometown, the year(s) in which he or she served, and the location of the annual meeting that year.

1904-1928

1904—J. R. E. Lee (Alabama)                                          
           Nashville, Tennessee

1905—J. R. E. Lee (Alabama)                                          
           Atlanta, Georgia

1906—J. R. E. Lee (Alabama)                                          
           Washington, D.C.

1907—J. R. E. Lee (Alabama)                                       
           Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1908—J. R. E. Lee (Alabama)                                          
           Hampton Institute, Virginia

1909—R. R. Wright, Sr. (Georgia)                                          
           Louisville, Kentucky

1910—R. R. Wright, Sr. (Georgia)                                          
           Ashville, North Carolina

1911—W. T. B. Williams (Virginia)                                          
           St. Louis, Missouri

1912—W. T. B. Williams (Virginia)                                          
           Chattanooga, Tennessee

1913—M. W. Dogan (Texas)                                          
           Little Rock, Arkansas

1914—M. W. Dogan (Texas)                                         
           Savannah, Georgia

1915—Nathan B. Young (Florida)                                          
           Cincinnati, Ohio

1916—John Hope (Georgia)                                          
           Nashville, Tennessee

1917—W. H. Singleton (Tennessee)                                          
           New Orleans, Louisiana

1918—J. S. Clark (Louisiana)                                          
           Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

1919—S. G. Atkins (North Carolina)                                          
           Orangeburg, South Carolina

1920—John M. Gandy (Virginia)                                          
           Baltimore, Maryland

1921—Levi J. Rowan (Mississippi)                                          
           Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1922—H. L. McCrorey (North Carolina)                                          
           Hampton Institute, Virginia

1923—J. A. Gregg (Ohio)                                          
           Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

1924—Mary McLeod Bethune (Florida)                                          
           Dallas, Texas

1925—William W. Saunders (West Virginia)                                          
           Durham, North Carolina

1926—R. S. Grossley (Delaware)                                          
           Hot Springs, Arkansas

1927—William A. Robinson (North Carolina)                                          
           Nashville, Tennessee

1928—William J. Hale (Tennessee)                                          
           Charleston, West Virginia