1968

Hale Boggs

Orville L. Freeman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

1969

Edwin W. Edwards

Clifford Hardin, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

1970

Russell B. Long

Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the U.S.

1971

Speedy O. Long

Admiral Thomas O. moorer, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

1972

F. Edward Hebert

Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense

1973

Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.

Dr. Guillermo Savilla Sacasa, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the U.S.

1974

Gillis W. Long

Gerald A. Regan, Premier of Nova Scotia

1975

J. Bennett Johnston

J. Bennett Johnson, Senator of Louisiana

1976

Russell B. Long

Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet, French Ambassador to the U.S.

1977

John B. Breaux

Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana

1978

Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.

E. R. Campbell, Sr., Chairman of the Board of Pioneer Bank & Trust

1979

Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs

Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House