1956

James H. Morrison

Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

1957

Russell B. Long

Richard Nixon, Vice President of the U.S.

1958

Hale Boggs

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives

1959

Allen J. Ellender

Lyndon B. Johnson, Senior U.S. Senator

1960

Harold B. McSween

James H. Davis, Governor of Louisiana

1961

Edwin E. Willis

Herve Alphand, French Ambassador to the U.S.

1962

T. A. Thompson

John B. Fournet, Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court

1963

James H. Morrison

John McCormack, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

1964

Gillis W. Long

Douglas Dillon, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

1965

Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.

John McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana

1966

F. Edward Hebert

John McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana

1967

Russell B. Long

Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the U.S.