List of presidents of the American Bar Association

This list of the presidents of the American Bar Association includes all presidents of the association, which was formed in 1878 to represent the interests of lawyers, and create and maintain a code of ethics.

Since 1923, the ABA has accredited law schools.

The American Bar Association is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.

The association comprises 410,000 members, who are represented by a House of Delegates, the organization's primary body, which acts to create and adopt new policies and recommendations pertaining to the practice of law.

The House of Delegates and the association itself are headed by the President, who generally serves a one-year term.

The organization's seventh president, John W. Stevenson , served from 1884 to 1885.
One of its co-founders, Henry Hitchcock , was also the A.B.A.'s twelfth president, serving from 1889 to 1890.
Charles F. Manderson was the association's president in 1900.
William Howard Taft is better known as President of the United States and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court .
Chester Isaiah Long was formerly a member of both the US House of Representatives and Senate from the state of Kansas.
After serving as president from 1964 to 1965, Lewis Powell, Jr. became a Supreme Court Justice .