This article lists the presidents of the United States Chess Federation from its foundation in 1939 to present. The presidents were elected by voting members to three-year terms. Now the executive board elects its own officers annually.

• 1939–1942   George Sturgis
• 1943–1948   Elbert Wagner, Jr.
• 1948–1951   Paul Geirs
• 1951–1954   Harold M. Phillips
• 1954–1957   Frank Graves
• 1957–1960   Jerry Spann
• 1960–1963   Fred Cramer
• 1963–1966   Ed Edmondson
• 1966–1969   Marshall Rohland
• 1969–1972   Leroy Dubeck
• 1972–1975   Frank Skoff
• 1975–1978   George Koltanowski
• 1978–1981   Gary Sperling
• 1981–1984   Tim Redman
• 1984–1987   Steven Doyle
• 1987–1990   Harold Winston
• 1990–1993   Maxim Dlugy
• 1993–1996   Denis Barry
• 1996–1999   Don Schultz
• 1999–2000   Bob Smith
• 2000–2001   Tim Redman
• 2001–2003   John McCrary
• 2003–2005   Beatriz Marinello
• 2005–2008   Bill Goichberg
• 2009–2011   Jim Berry
• 2011–2015   Ruth Inez Haring
• 2015–2017   Gary Walters
• 2017–2018   Mike Hoffpauir
• 2018–2020   W. Allen Priest
• 2020–2022   Mike Hoffpauir
• 2022–present Randy Bauer

• United States Chess Federation
• Executive Directors of the United States Chess Federation
• Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
• International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF)

• USCF (2016), 2016 Yearbook (Retrieved 2017-12-09)

• Official USCF website
• USCF info on the FIDE website