Honorary Co-Chairs
2024 National Prayer Breakfast Honorary Co-Chairs
Congressman Tracey Mann and Congressman Frank Mrvan
Previous Years
| NPB | Honorary Chairs | Main Speaker | ||
| 1953 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Sen. Frank Carlson / Conrad Hilton | ||
| 1954 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Chief Justice Earl Warren | ||
| 1955 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Rev. Billy Graham | ||
| 1956 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Howard E. Butt, Jr., Corpus Christi, TX | ||
| 1957 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Kenneth Keyes, Miami, FL | ||
| 1958 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Charles E. Wilson, President of People-to-People, Inc. | ||
| 1959 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Sen. Frank Carlson / Rev. Richard C. Halverson | ||
| 1960 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Sen. John Stennis / Hon. John H. Cordle, M.P., United Kingdom | ||
| 1961 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1962 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Governor Price Daniel, Texas | ||
| 1963 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1964 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1965 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Lt. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army | ||
| 1966 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1967 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Sen. Frank Carlson & Hon. Henry H. Fowler, Secretary of the Treasury | ||
| 1968 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Lt. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army | ||
| 1969 | Sen. Frank Carlson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1970 | Rep. Albert H. Quie | Hon. James E. Allen, Jr., U.S. Commissioner for Education & Hon. Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense | ||
| 1971 | Sen. B. Everett Jordan | Hon. Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the United States | ||
| 1972 | Rep. Albert H. Quie | Hon. Walter E. Washington, Mayor-Commissioner of D.C. | ||
| 1973 | Rep. Albert H. Quie | Hon. Arthur F. Burns, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | ||
| 1974 | Sen. John C. Stennis | Sen. Harold E. Hughes | ||
| 1975 | Rep. John Dellenback | Hon. Albert H. Quie | ||
| 1976 | Rep. Richardson Preyer | Sen. Mark O. Hatfield | ||
| 1977 | Rep. Marjorie Holt | Rep. James Wright, Majority Leader | ||
| 1978 | Sen. James B. Allen | Hon. Max Cleland, Administrator, US Veterans Affairs | ||
| 1979 | Rep. Richard T. Schulze | The Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, Archbishop of Newport | ||
| 1980 | Sen. Mark Hatfield (OR) | Rep. Guy Vander Jagt | ||
| 1981 | Rep. Elwood Hillis | Governor Albert H. Quie | ||
| 1982 | Sen. William L. Armstrong | Sen. Pete Domenici | ||
| 1983 | Rep. Arlan Strangeland & Rep. Charles Whitley | General John Vessey, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | ||
| 1984 | Sen. Mark Hatfield | Hon. Barbara Jordan (Former Rep.) | ||
| 1985 | Rep. Ralph Regula | Hon. George Deukmejian, Governor of California | ||
| 1986 | Sen. Lawton Chiles | Sen. John Stennis | ||
| 1987 | Sen. Dan Coats | Hon. Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation | ||
| 1988 | Sen. Lawton Chiles | Sen. William Armstrong | ||
| 1989 | Rep. Bob Stump | Sen. Alan Simpson | ||
| 1990 | Sen. Charles E. Grasseley | Hon. James A. Baker III, Secretary of State | ||
| 1991 | Rep. Charles W. Stenhom | Joe Gibbs, Head Coach, Washington Redskins | ||
| 1992 | Sen. Ted Stevens | Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 1993 | Rep. Bill Emerson | Dr. Billy Graham | ||
| 1994 | Sen. Howell Heflin | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | ||
| 1995 | Rep. Martin Lancaster | Hon. Andrew Young | ||
| 1996 | Sen. Bob Bennett | Sen. Sam Nunn | ||
| 1997 | Rep. Bill Barrett | Dr. Ben Carson | ||
| 1998 | Sen. Danny Akaka | Sen. Connie Mack | ||
| 1999 | Rep. Steve Largent | Max Lucado, San Antonio, TX | ||
| 2000 | Sen. Connie Mack | Sen. Joe Lieberman | ||
| 2001 | Rep. Zach Wamp | Sen. Bill Frist | ||
| 2002 | Sen. John Edwards & Sen. Jon Kyl | Admiral Vernon Clark, Chief of Naval Operations | ||
| 2003 | Rep. Ray La Hood | Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser | ||
| 2004 | Sen. James M. Inhofe & Sen. Bill Nelson | Rep. John Lewis, Former Cong. J.C. Watts | ||
| 2005 | Rep. JoAnn Emerson | Amb. Tony Hall (Former Rep.) | ||
| 2006 | Sen. Norm Coleman & Sen. Mark Pryor | Bono, Rock Musician, Ireland | ||
| 2007 | Rep. Jo Ann Davis & Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II | Dr. Francis S. Collins, Bethesda, MD | ||
| 2008 | Sen. Mike Enzi & Sen. Ken Salazar | Ward Brehm, Minneapolis, MN | ||
| 2009 | Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers & Rep. Heath Shuler | Rt. Hon. Tony Blair | ||
| 2010 | Sen. Amy Klobuchar & Sen. Johnny Isakson | Hon. Hilary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State | ||
| 2011 | Rep. Jeff Miller & Former Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick | Mr. Randall Wallace, Film maker | ||
| 2012 | Sen. Jeff Sessions & Sen. Mark Pryor | Mr. Eric Metaxas, Author and Cultural Commentator | ||
| 2013 | Sen. Jeff Sessions & Sen. Mark Pryor | Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. | ||
| 2014 | Rep. Louie Gohmert & Rep. Janice Hahn | Hon. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. AI.D. | ||
| 2015 | Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. & Sen. Roger F. Wicker | Mr. Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR Commentator | ||
| 2016 | Rep. Robert B. Aderholt & Rep. Juan Vargas | Mr. Mark Burnett and Ms. Roma Downey, Film and Television Producers | ||
| 2017 | Sen. John Boozman & Sen. Christopher Coons | U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black | ||
| 2018 | Rep. Randy Hultgren & Rep. Charlie Crist | Rep. Steve Scalise and Rep. Cedric Richmond | ||
| 2019 | Sen. Chris Coons & Sen. James Lankford | Mr. Gary Haugen, CEO and Founder, International Justice Mission | ||
| 2020 | Rep. John Moolenaar & Rep. Tom Suozzi | Mr. Arthur Brooks, Professor and columnist | ||
| 2021 | Sen. Chris Coons, Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. John Moolenaar & Rep. Tom Suozzi | Ambassador Andrew Young, Former US Representative to the UN | ||
| 2022 | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand & Sen. Mike Rounds | Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative | ||
| 2023 | Rep. Lucy McBath & Rep. Tim Walberg | Pastor Jim Cymbala and Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie |