American National Leaders
| 2024 | William J. Clinton | 42nd President of the United States |
| 2023 | Matt Cartwright | U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania |
| 2019 | Hon. Conor Lamb | U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania |
| 2018 | Hon. Joseph Crowley | Congressman 14th District NY |
| 2015 | Joseph R. Biden | United States Vice President |
| 2007 | Robert P. Casey, Jr. | U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania (Scranton native) |
| 2004 | Donald L. Evans | United States Secretary of Commerce |
| 1986 | Joseph M. McDade | U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania (Scranton native) |
| 1984 | Matthew F. McHugh | U.S. Congressman – New York |
| 1983 | John Glenn, Jr. | U.S. Senator – Ohio |
| 1978 | Henry J. Hyde | U.S. Congressman – Illinois |
| 1976 | John A. Durkin | U.S. Senator – New Hampshire |
| 1975 | Richard S. Schweiker | U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania |
| 1973 | Joseph R. Biden | U.S. Senator – Delaware (Scranton native) |
| 1972 | John V. Tunney | U.S. Senator – California |
| 1971 | Henry M. Jackson | U.S. Senator – Washington |
| 1970 | Fred P. Rooney | U.S. Congressman – Pennsylvania |
| 1968 | Hubert H. Humphrey | United States Vice President |
| 1966 | Hugh L. Carey | U.S. Congressman – New York |
| 1965 | Eugene J. McCarthy | U.S. Senator – Minnesota |
| 1964 | Robert F. Kennedy | United States Attorney General |
| 1957 | Brett O’Hara | U.S. Senator – Illinois |
| 1956 | Harry S Truman | United States President |
| 1951 | Mike Mansfield | U.S. Congressman – Montana |
| 1948 | James M. Donaldson | United States Postmaster General |
| 1944 | James M. Mead | U.S. Senator – New York |
| 1943 | Harry S Truman | U.S. Senator – Missouri |
| 1942 | Frank C. Walker | United States Postmaster General |
| 1937 | F. Ryan Duffy | U.S. Senator – Wisconsin |
| 1935 | Joseph C. O’Mahoney | U.S. Senator – Wyoming |
| 1932 | Robert M. LaFollette | U.S. Senator – Wisconsin |
| 1930 | Thaddeus H. Caraway | U.S. Senator – Arkansas |
| 1929 | Royal S. Copeland | U.S. Senator – New York |
| 1927 | David L. Walsh | U.S. Senator – Massachusetts |
| 1926 | C.C. Dill | U.S. Senator – Washington |
| 1925 | Henry F. Ashurst | U.S. Senator – Arizona |
| 1921 | Thomas P. Gore | U.S. Senator – Oklahoma |
| 1917 | J. Willard Ragsdale | U.S. Congressman – North Carolina |
| 1910 | Timothy T. Ansberry | U.S. Congressman – Ohio |
| 1909 | John Mitchell | International President, United Mineworkers of Ame |