Keynote Speakers (incomplete List)
- 1928 - U.S. Sen. Simeon Fess, Ohio
- 1932 - U.S. Sen. Lester Dickinson, Iowa
- 1936 - U.S. Sen. Frederick Steiwer, Oregon
- 1940 - Gov. Harold Stassen, Minnesota
- 1944 - Gov. Earl Warren, California
- 1948 - Gov. Dwight Green, Illinois
- 1952 - Douglas MacArthur, Wisconsin, retired U.S. Army general
- 1956 - Gov. Arthur Langlie, Washington
- 1960 - U.S. Rep. Walter Judd, Minnesota
- 1964 - Gov. Mark Hatfield, Oregon
- 1968 - Gov. Daniel Evans, Washington
- 1972 - Anne Armstrong, Texas, co-chair of the Republican National Committee
- 1976 - U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, Tennessee
- 1980 - U.S. Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, Michigan
- 1984 - U.S. Treasurer Katherine Ortega, New Mexico
- 1988 - Gov. Thomas Kean, New Jersey
- 1992 - U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, Texas
- 1996 - U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari, New York
- 2000 - No officially-designated keynote speaker; U.S. Sen. John McCain, Arizona and Colin Powell, Virginia, retired U.S. Army general, were featured speakers.
- 2004 - U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, D-Georgia. (first speaker from the opposite party to address a national convention as keynoter)
- 2008 - Rudolph Giuliani, New York, former New York City mayor
- 2012 - Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey
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