| Name of President | Life Span | Year of Presidency | Place of Conference |
| Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee | December 29, 1844- 1906 | 1885 | Bombay |
| Dadabhai Naoroji | September 4, 1825- 1917 | 1886 | Calcutta |
| Badruddin Tyabji | October 10, 1844- 1906 | 1887 | Madras |
| George Yule | 1829- 1892 | 1888 | Allahabad |
| Sir William Wedderburn | 1838- 1918 | 1889 | Bombay |
| Sir Pherozeshah Mehta | August 4, 1845- 1915 | 1890 | Calcutta |
| P. Anandacharlu | August 1843- 1908 | 1891 | Nagpur |
| Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee | December 29, 1844- 1906 | 1892 | Allahabad |
| Dadabhai Naoroji | September 4, 1848- 1925 | 1893 | Lahore |
| Alfred Webb | 1834- 1908 | 1894 | Madras |
| Surendranath Banerjea | November 10, 1848- 1925 | 1895 | Poona |
| Rahimtulla M. Sayani | April 5, 1847- 1902 | 1896 | Calcutta |
| Sir C. Sankaran Nair | July 11, 1857- 1934 | 1897 | Amraoti |
| Ananda Mohan Bose | September 23, 1847- 1906 | 1898 | Madras |
| Romesh Chunder Dutt | August 13, 1848- 1909 | 1899 | Lucknow |
| Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar | December 2, 1855- 1923 | 1900 | Lahore |
| Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha | August 2, 1844- 1936 | 1901 | Calcutta |
| Surendranath Banerjea | November 10, 1825- 1917 | 1902 | Ahmedabad |
| Lalmohan Ghosh | 1848- 1909 | 1903 | Madras |
| Sir Henry Cotton | 1845- 1915 | 1904 | Bombay |
| Gopal Krishna Gokhale | May 9, 1866- 1915 | 1905 | Benares |
| Dadabhai Naoroji | September 4, 1825- 1917 | 1906 | Calcutta |
| Rashbihari Ghosh | December 23, 1845- 1921 | 1907 | Surat |
| Rashbihari Ghosh | December 23, 1845- 1921 | 1908 | Madras |
| Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | December 25, 1861- 1946 | 1909 | Lahore |
| Sir William Wedderburn | 1838- 1918 | 1910 | Allahabad |
| Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar | 1864- 1916 | 1911 | Calcutta |
| Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar | 1857- 1921 | 1912 | Bankipur |
| Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur | ?- 1919 | 1913 | Karachi |
| Bhupendra Nath Bose | 1859- 1924 | 1914 | Madras |
| Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha | March 1863- 1928 | 1915 | Bombay |
| Ambica Charan Mazumdar | 1850- 1922 | 1916 | Lucknow |
| Annie Besant | October 1, 1847- 1933 | 1917 | Calcutta |
| Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | December 25, 1861- 1946 | 1918 | Delhi |
| Syed Hasan Imam | August 31, 1871- 1933 | 1918 | Bombay (Special Session) |
| Pandit Motilal Nehru | May 6, 1861- February 6, 1931 | 1919 | Amritsar |
| Lala Lajpat Rai | January 28, 1865- November 17, 1928 | 1920 | Calcutta (Special Session) |
| C. Vijayaraghavachariar | 1852- April 19, 1944 | 1920 | Nagpur |
| Hakim Ajmal Khan | 1863- December 29, 1927 | 1921 | Ahmedabad |
| Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das | November 5, 1870- June 16, 1925 | 1922 | Gaya |
| Maulana Mohammad Ali | December 10, 1878- January 4, 1931 | 1923 | Kakinada |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 1888- February 22, 1958 | 1923 | Delhi (Special Session) |
| Mahatma Gandhi | October 2, 1869- January 30, 1948 | 1924 | Belgaum |
| Sarojini Naidu | February 13, 1879- March 2, 1949 | 1925 | Kanpur |
| S. Srinivasa Iyengar | September 11, 1874- May 19, 1941 | 1926 | Gauhati |
| Dr. M A Ansari | December 25, 1880- May 10, 1936 | 1927 | Madras |
| Pandit Motilal Nehru | May 6, 1861- February 6, 1931 | 1928 | Calcutta |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1929 & 30 | Lahore |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | October 31, 1875- December 15, 1950 | 1931 | Karachi |
| Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | December 25, 1861- 1946 | 1932 | Delhi |
| Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | December 25, 1861- 1946 | 1933 | Calcutta |
| Nellie Sengupta | 1886- 1973 | 1933 | Calcutta |
| Dr. Rajendra Prasad | December 3, 1884- February 28, 1963 | 1934 & 35 | Bombay |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1936 | Lucknow |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1936& 37 | Faizpur |
| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | January 23, 1897- August 18, 1945? | 1938 | Haripura |
| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | January 23, 1897- August 18, 1945? | 1939 | Tripuri |
| Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 1888- February 22, 1958 | 1940-46 | Ramgarh |
| Acharya J.B. Kripalani | 1888- March 19, 1982 | 1947 | Delhi |
| Dr Pattabhi Sitaraimayya | December 24, 1880- December 17, 1959 | 1948 & 49 | Jaipur |
| Purushottam Das Tandon | August 1, 1882- July 1, 1961 | 1950 | Nasik |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1951 & 52 | Delhi |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1953 | Hyderabad |
| Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 | 1954 | Calcutta |
| U N Dhebar | September 21, 1905- 1977 | 1955 | Avadi |
| U N Dhebar | September 21, 1905- 1977 | 1956 | Amritsar |
| U N Dhebar | September 21, 1905- 1977 | 1957 | Indore |
| U N Dhebar | September 21, 1905- 1977 | 1958 | Gauhati |
| U N Dhebar | September 21, 1905- 1977 | 1959 | Nagpur |
| Indira Gandhi | November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 | 1959 | Delhi |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 | 1960 | Bangalore |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 | 1961 | Bhavnagar |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 | 1962 & 63 | Patna |
| K. Kamaraj | July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 | 1964 | Bhubaneswar |
| K. Kamaraj | July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 | 1965 | Durgapur |
| K. Kamaraj | July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 | 1966 & 67 | Jaipur |
| S. Nijalingappa | December 10, 1902- August 9, 2000 | 1968 | Hyderabad |
| S. Nijalingappa | December 10, 1902- August 9, 2000 | 1969 | Faridabad |
| Jagjivan Ram | April 5, 1908- July 6, 1986 | 1970 & 71 | Bombay |
| Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma | August 19, 1918- December 26, 1999 | 1972- 74 | Calcutta |
| Dev Kant Baruah | February 22, 1914- 1996 | 1975- 77 | Chandigarh |
| Indira Gandhi | November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 | 1978- 83 | Delhi |
| Indira Gandhi | November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 | 1983 -84 | Calcutta |
| Rajiv Gandhi | August 20, 1944- May 21, 1991 | 1985 -91 | Bombay |
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | June 28, 1921- December 23, 2004 | 1992 -96 | Tirupati |
| Sitaram Kesri | November 1919- October 24, 2000 | 1997 -98 | Kolkata |
