| Noms | Dates |
| ROEDERER | 1832-1833 |
| MARET, duc de BASSANO | 1834 |
| Le comte REINHARD | 1835 |
| BÉRENGER de LA DRÔME | 1836 |
| Le comte SIMÉON | 1837 |
| Joseph DROZ | 1838 |
| DUPIN aîné | 1839 |
| Pellegrino ROSSI | 1840 |
| Victor COUSIN | 1841 |
| Hippolyte PASSY | 1842 |
| Joseph-Marie PORTALIS | 1843 |
| Joseph NAUDET | 1844 |
| Charles de RÉMUSAT | 1845 |
| Charles DUNOYER | 1846 |
| Raymond-Th. TROPLONG | 1847 |
| Charles DUPIN | 1848 |
| VILLERMÉ | 1849 |
| Barthélémy SAINT-HILAIRE | 1850 |
| Alexis de TOCQUEVILLE | 1851 |
| Auguste VIVIEN | 1852 |
| Jean-Philippe DAMIRON | 1853 |
| GUIZOT | 1854 |
| Amédée THIERRY | 1855 |
| BÉRENGER de LA DRÔME | 1856 |
| Joseph-Marie PORTALIS | 1857 |
| Hippolyte PASSY | 1858 |
| Louis REYBAUD | 1859 |
| Adolphe FRANCK | 1860 |
| Charles GIRAUD | 1861 |
| Francisque LELUT | 1862 |
| Joseph NAUDET | 1863 |
| Sylvain DUMON | 1864 |
| WOLOWSKI | 1865 |
| Léonce GUILHAUD de LAVERGNE | 1866 |
| ESQUIROU de PARIEU | 1867 |
| Augustin-Ch. RENOUARD | 1868 |
| Faustin HÉLIE | 1869 |
| Armand HUSSON | 1870 |
| Jules SIMON | 1871 |
| Paul JANET | 1872 |
| Odilon BARROT | 1873 |
| Charles LEVÊQUE | 1874 |
| Henri BAUDRILLART | 1875 |
| Ernest BERSOT | 1876 |
| Adolphe VUITRY | 1877 |
| Michel CHEVALIER | 1878 |
| Étienne VACHEROT | 1879 |
| Émile LEVASSEUR | 1880 |
| Elme CARO | 1881 |
| Paul PONT | 1882 |
| Jean-Félix NOURRISSON | 1883 |
| Constant MARTHA | 1884 |
| Augustre GEFFROY | 1885 |
| Jules ZELLER | 1886 |
| Octave GRÉARD | 1887 |
| FUSTEL de COULANGES | 1888 |
| Francisque BOUILLIER | 1889 |
| Frédéric PASSY | 1890 |
| Léon AUCOC | 1891 |
| Georges PICOT | 1892 |
| Paul LEROY-BEAULIEU | 1893 |
| Rodolphe DARESTE | 1894 |
| Léon SAY | 1895 |
| RAVAISSON-MOLLIEN | 1896 |
| Ernest GLASSON | 1897 |
| Arthur DESJARDINS | 1898 |
| Auguste HIMLY | 1899 |
| Henri GERMAIN | 1900 |
| Le comte de FRANQUEVILLE | 1901 |
| Albert SOREL | 1902 |
| René BÉRENGER | 1903 |
| Félix ROCQUAIN | 1904 |
| Charles LYON-CAEN | 1905 |
| Émile GEBHART | 1906 |
| Achille LUCHAIRE | 1907 |
| Alfred de FOVILLE | 1908 |
| René STOURM | 1909 |
| Émile BOUTROUX | 1910 |
| Arthur CHUQUET | 1911 |
| Louis RENAULT | 1912 |
| Gustave FAGNIEZ | 1913 |
| Henri BERGSON | 1914 |
| Alexandre RIBOT | 1915 |
| Henri JOLY | 1916 |
| Eugène d’EICHTHAL | 1917 |
| VIDAL de LA BLACHE | 1918 |
| Henri WELSCHINGER | 1918 |
| Charles MORIZOT-THIBAULT | 1919 |
| Pierre de la GORCE | 1920 |
| IMBART de LA TOUR | 1921 |
| Clément COLSON | 1922 |
| Georges LACOUR-GAYET | 1923 |
| Auguste ARNAUNÉ | 1924 |
| Pierre JANET | 1925 |
| Raphaël-Georges LÉVY | 1926 |
| Le baron SEILLIÈRE | 1927 |
| Lucien LÉVY-BRUHL | 1928 |
| Georges TEISSIER | 1929 |
| Henry BERTHÉLEMY | 1930 |
| Alexandre MILLERAND | 1931 |
| Léon BRUNSCHVICG | 1932 |
| Émile BOURGEOIS | 1933 |
| Charles DUPUIS | 1934 |
| André LALANDE | 1935 |
| Henri TRUCHY | 1936 |
| Jacques BARDOUX | 1937 |
| Fortunat STROWSKI | 1938 |
| Josep BARTHÉLEMY | 1939 |
| Louis GERMAIN-MARTIN | 1940 |
| Frantz FUNCK-BRENTANO | 1941 |
| Édouard JORDAN | 1942 |
| Paul TIRARD | 1943 |
| François ALBERT-BUISSON | 1944 |
| François CHARLES-ROUX | 1945 |
| Maurice RECLUS | 1946 |
| Georges PICHAT | 1947 |
| Édouard PAYEN | 1948 |
| Albert RIVAUD | 1949 |
| Émile BRÉHIER | 1950 |
| Émile MIREAUX | 1951 |
| Jacques RUEFF | 1952 |
| Georges RIPERT | 1953 |
| Olivier MOREAU-NÉRET | 1954 |
| Léon JULLIOT de La MORANDIÈRE | 1955 |
| Paul BASTID | 1956 |
| Louis MARTIN | 1957 |
| Léon NOËL | 1958 |
| Marcel DUNAN | 1959 |
| Le Pasteur BOEGNER | 1960 |
| Joseph HAMEL | 1961 |
| René CASSIN | 1962 |
| Charles MALÉGARIE | 1963 |
| Louis BAUDIN | 1964 |
| Georges DAVY | 1965 |
| Maurice BAUMONT | 1966 |
| René POIRIER | 1967 |
| Édouard BONNEFOUS | 1968 |
| Edmond GISCARD D’ESTAING | 1969 |
| Henri GOUHIER | 1970 |
| Victor-L TAPIÉ | 1971 |
| Jean-Jacques CHEVALLIER | 1972 |
| Jean-Robert DEBRAY | 1973 |
| Émile JAMES | 1974 |
| Wilfrid BAUMGARTNER | 1975 |
| Raymond ARON | 1976 |
| Gaston LEDUC | 1977 |
| Pierre-Maxime SCHUHL | 1978 |
| Jean FOURASTIÉ | 1979 |
| André PIETTRE | 1980 |
| Henri GUITTON | 1981 |
| Suzanne BASTID | 1982 |
| Jean CAZENEUVE | 1983 |
| Pierre-Georges CASTEX | 1984 |
| Fernand GAMBIEZ | 1985 |
| Jean-Baptiste DUROSELLE | 1986 |
| François LHERMITTE | 1987 |
| Maurice LE LANNOU | 1988 |
| Albert BRUNOIS | 1989 |
| Henri AMOUROUX | 1990 |
| Raymond TRIBOULET | 1991 |
| Raymond POLIN | 1992 |
| Pierre CHAUNU | 1993 |
| Jean IMBERT | 1994 |
| Jean FOYER | 1995 |
| Alain PLANTEY | 1996 |
| Roger ARNALDEZ | 1997 |
| René POMEAU | 1998 |
| Yvon GATTAZ | 1999 |
| Roland DRAGO | 2000 |
| Thierry de MONTBRIAL | 2001 |
| Marcel BOITEUX | 2002 |
| Emmanuel LE ROY LADURIE | 2003 |
| Michel ALBERT | 2004 |
| Jean TULARD | 2005 |
| André DAMIEN | 2006 |
| Lucien ISRAËL | 2007 |
| François TERRÉ | 2008 |
| Jean-Claude CASANOVA | 2009 |
| Jean MESNARD | 2010 |
| Jean BAECHLER | 2011 |
| Marianne BASTID-BRUGUIÈRE | 2012 |
| Bertrand COLLOMB | 2013 |
| Bernard BOURGEOIS | 2014 |
| Chantal DELSOL | 2015 |
| Gilbert GUILLAUME | 2016 |
| Michel PÉBEREAU | 2017 |
| François d’ORCIVAL | 2018 |
| Georges-Henri SOUTOU | 2019 |
| Pierre DELVOLVE | 2020 |
| André VACHERON | 2021 |
| Rémi BRAGUE | 2022 |
| Jean-Claude TRICHET | 2023 |
| Bruno COTTE | 2024 |
| Jean-Robert PITTE | 2025 |
