No. Name of President Picture Life span Year of Presidency Place of Conference Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee 29 December 1844 -- 1906 1885 Bombay Dadabhai Naoroji 4 September 1825 -- 1917 1886 Calcutta Badruddin Tyabji 10 October 1844 -- 1906 1887 Madras George Yule 1829 -- 1892 1888 Allahabad 5 William Wedderburn 1838 -- 1918 1889 Bombay 6 Pherozeshah Mehta 4 August 1845 -- 1915 1890 Calcutta 7 Anandacharlu August 1843 -- 1908 1891 Nagpur 8 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee 29 December 1844 -- 1906 1892 Allahabad 9 Dadabhai Naoroji 4 September 1825 -- 1917 1893 Lahore 10 Alfred Webb 1834 -- 1908 1894 Madras 11 Surendranath Banerjee 10 November 1848 -- 1925 1895 Poona 12 Rahimtulla M. Sayani 5 April 1847 -- 1902 1896 Calcutta 13 C. Sankaran Nair 11 July 1857 -- 1934 1897 Amravati 14 Anandamohan Bose 23 September 1847 -- 1906 1898 Madras 15 Romesh Chunder Dutt 13 August 1848 -- 1909 1899 Lucknow 16 N.G. Chandavarkar 2 December 1855 -- 1923 1900 Lahore 17 Dinshaw Edulji Wacha 2 August 1844 -- 1936 1901 Calcutta 18 Surendranath Banerjee 10 November 1825 -- 1917 1902 Ahmedabad 19 Lalmohan Ghosh 1848 -- 1909 1903 Madras 20 Henry Cotton 1845 -- 1915 1904 Bombay 21 Gopal Krishna Gokhale 9 May 1866 -- 1915 1905 Benares 22 Dadabhai Naoroji 4 September 1825 -- 1917 1906 Calcutta 23 Rashbihari Ghosh 23 December 1845 -- 1921 1907 Surat 24 Rashbihari Ghosh 23 December 1845 -- 1921 1908 Madras 25 Madan Mohan Malaviya 25 December 1861 -- 1946 1909 Lahore 26 William Wedderburn 1838 -- 1918 1910 Allahabad 27 Bishan Narayan Dar 1864 -- 1916 1911 Calcutta 28 Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar 1857 -- 1921 1912 Bankipore 29 Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur? -- 1919 1913 Karachi 30 Bhupendra Nath Bose 1859 -- 1924 1914 Madras 31 Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha March 1863 -- 1928 1915 Bombay 32 Ambica Charan Mazumdar 1850 -- 1922 1916 Lucknow 33 Annie Besant 1 October 1847 -- 1933 1917 Calcutta 34 Madan Mohan Malaviya 25 December 1861 -- 1946 1918 Delhi 35 Syed Hasan Imam 31 August 1871 -- 1933 1918 Bombay (Special Session) 36 Motilal Nehru 6 May 1861 -- 6 February 1931 1919 Amritsar 37 Lala Lajpat Rai 28 January 1865 -- 17 November 1928 1920 Calcutta (Special Session) 38 C. Vijayaraghavachariar 1852 -- 19 April 1944 1920 Nagpur 39 Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (President) Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President) 1863 -- 29 December 1927 1921 Ahmedabad 40 Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das 5 November 1870 -- 16 June 1925 1922 Gaya 41 Mohammad Ali Jouhar 10 December 1878 -- 4 January 1931 1923 Kakinada 42 Abul Kalam Azad 1888 -- 22 February 1958 1923 Delhi (Special Session) 43 Mohandas Gandhi 2 October 1869 -- 30 January 1948 1924 Belgaum 44 Sarojini Naidu 13 February 1879 -- 2 March 1949 1925 Kanpur 45 S. Srinivasa Iyengar September 11, 1874 -- 19 May 1941 1926 Gauhati 46 Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari 25 December 1880 -- 10 May 1936 1927 Madras 47 Motilal Nehru 6 May 1861 -- 6 February 1931 1928 Calcutta 48 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1929 & 30 Lahore 49 Vallabhbhai Patel 31 October 1875 -- 15 December 1950 1931 Karachi 50 Madan Mohan Malaviya 25 December 1861 -- 1946 1932 Delhi 51 Nellie Sengupta 1886 -- 1973 1933 Calcutta 52 Rajendra Prasad 3 December 1884 -- 28 February 1963 1934 & 35 Bombay 53 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1936 Lucknow 54 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1936 Faizpur 55 Subhas Chandra Bose 23 January 1897 -- 18 August 1945 1938 Haripura 56 Subhas Chandra Bose (resigned) Rajendra Prasad replaced Bose after the session. 23 January 1897 -- 18 August 1945 1939 Tripuri near Jabalpur 57 Abul Kalam Azad 1888 -- 22 February 1958 1940 -- 46 Ramgarh 58 J.B. Kripalani 1888 -- 19 March 1982 1947 Meerut 59 Pattabhi Sitaraimayya 24 December 1880 -- 17 December 1959 1948 & 49 Jaipur 60 Purushottam Das Tandon 1 August 1882 -- 1 July 1961 1950 Nasik 61 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1951 & 52 Delhi 62 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1953 Hyderabad 63 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 -- 27 May 1964 1954 Calcutta 64 U.N. Dhebar 21 September 1905 -- 1977 1955 Avadi 65 U.N. Dhebar 21 September 1905 -- 1977 1956 Amritsar 66 U.N. Dhebar 21 September 1905 -- 1977 1957 Indore 67 U.N. Dhebar 21 September 1905 -- 1977 1958 Gauhati 68 U.N. Dhebar 21 September 1905 -- 1977 1959 Nagpur 69 Indira Gandhi 19 November 1917 -- 31 October 1984 1959 Delhi (Special Session) 70 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 19 May 1913 -- 1 June 1996 1960 Bangalore 71 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 19 May 1913 -- 1 June 1996 1961 Bhavnagar 72 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 19 May 1913 -- 1 June 1996 1962 & 63 Patna 73 K. Kamaraj 15 July 1903 -- 2 October 1975 1964 Bhubaneswar 74 K. Kamaraj 15 July 1903 -- 2 October 1975 1965 Durgapur 75 K. Kamaraj 15 July 1903 -- 2 October 1975 1966 & 67 Jaipur 76 S. Nijalingappa 10 December 1902 -- 9 August 2000 1968 Hyderabad 77 S. Nijalingappa 10 December 1902 -- 9 August 2000 1969 Faridabad 78 Jagjivan Ram 5 April 1908 -- 6 July 1986 1970 & 71 Bombay 79 Shankar Dayal Sharma 19 August 1918 -- 26 December 1999 1972 -- 74 Calcutta 80 Devakanta Barua 22 February 1914 -- 1996 1975 -- 77 Chandigarh 81 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 28 July 1909 - 1994 1977 - 1978 82 Indira Gandhi 19 November 1917 -- 31 October 1984 1978 -- 83 Delhi 83 Indira Gandhi 19 November 1917 -- 31 October 1984 1983 & 84 Calcutta 84 Rajiv Gandhi 20 August 1944 -- 21 May 1991 1985 -- 91 Bombay 85 P.V. Narasimha Rao 28 June 1921 -- 23 December 2004 1992 -- 96 Tirupati 86 Sitaram Kesri 75px November 1919 -- 24 October 2000 1996 -- 98 Calcutta 87 Sonia Gandhi 9 December 1946 1998 -- 2017 Calcutta 88 Rahul Gandhi 19 June 1970 2017 - Present Delhi
who presided over the congress session in 1905
Gopal Krishna Gokhale