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1917
|
Julia Ward Howe, Laura E. Richards and Maude Howe Elliott assisted by Florence Howe Hall
|
|
1918
|
Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, William Cabell Bruce
|
|
1919
|
The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams
|
|
1920
|
The Life of John Marshall, Albert J. Beveridge
|
|
1921
|
The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok
|
|
1922
|
A Daughter of the Middle Border, Hamlin Garland
|
|
1923
|
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Burton J. Hendrick
|
|
1924
|
From Immigrant to Inventor, Michael Idvorsky Pupin
|
|
1925
|
Barrett Wendell and His Letters, M.A. DeWolfe Howe
|
|
1926
|
The Life of Sir William Osler, Harvey Cushing
|
|
1927
|
Whitman, Emory Holloway
|
|
1928
|
The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas, Charles Edward Russell
|
|
1929
|
The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Burton J. Hendrick
|
|
1930
|
The Raven, Marquis James
|
|
1931
|
Charles W. Eliot, Henry James
|
|
1932
|
Theodore Roosevelt, Henry F. Pringle
|
|
1933
|
Grover Cleveland, Allan Nevins
|
|
1934
|
John Hay, Tyler Dennett
|
|
1935
|
R.E. Lee, Douglas S. Freeman
|
|
1936
|
The Thought and Character of William James, Ralph Barton Perry
|
|
1937
|
Hamilton Fish, Allan Nevins
|
|
1938
|
Pedlar's Progress, Odell Shepard, Andrew Jackson, Marquis James
|
|
1939
|
Benjamin Franklin, Carl Van Doren
|
|
1940
|
Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters, Vol. VII and VIII, Ray Stannard Baker
|
|
1941
|
Jonathan Edwards, Ola Elizabeth Winslow
|
|
1942
|
Crusader in Crinoline, Forrest Wilson
|
|
1943
|
Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Samuel Eliot Morison
|
|
1944
|
The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F.B. Morse, Carlton Mabee
|
|
1945
|
George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel, Russell Blaine Nye
|
|
1946
|
Son of the Wilderness, Linnie Marsh Wolfe
|
|
1947
|
The Autobiography of William Allen White |
|
1948
|
Forgotten First Citizen: John Bigelow, Margaret Clapp
|
|
1949
|
Roosevelt and Hopkins, Robert E. Sherwood
|
|
1950
|
John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy, Samuel Flagg Bemis
|
|
1951
|
John C. Calhoun: American Portrait, Margaret Louis Coit
|
|
1952
|
Charles Evans Hughes, Merlo J. Pusey
|
|
1953
|
Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803, David J. Mays
|
|
1954
|
The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles A. Lindbergh
|
|
1955
|
The Taft Story, William S. White
|
|
1956
|
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Talbot F. Hamlin
|
|
1957
|
Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy
|
|
1958
|
George Washington, Douglas S. Freeman (Vol. 1-6) and John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells Ashworth (Vol. 7)
|
|
1959
|
Woodrow Wilson, American Prophet, Arthur Walworth
|
|
1960
|
John Paul Jones, Samuel Eliot Morison
|
|
1961
|
Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, David Donald
|
|
1962
|
No award given
|
|
1963
|
Henry James: Vol. II, The Conquest of London, and Vol. III, The Middle Years, Leon Edel
|
|
1964
|
John Keats, Walter Jackson Bate
|
|
1965
|
Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels
|
|
1966
|
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
|
|
1967
|
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, Justin Kaplan
|
|
1968
|
Memoirs (1925-1950), George F. Kennan
|
|
1969
|
The Man from New York: John Quinn and His Friends, Benjamin Lawrence Reid
|
|
1970
|
Huey Long, T. Harry Williams
|
|
1971
|
Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph, 1915-1938, Lawrence R. Thompson
|
|
1972
|
Eleanor and Franklin, Joseph P. Lash
|
|
1973
|
Luce and His Empire, W.A. Swanberg
|
|
1974
|
O'Neill, Son and Artist, Louis Sheaffer
|
|
1975
|
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Robert A. Caro
|
|
1976
|
Edith Wharton, R.W.B. Lewis
|
|
1977
|
A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence, John E. Mack
|
|
1978
|
Samuel Johnson, Walter Jackson Bate
|
|
1979
|
Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews, Leonard Baker
|
|
1980
|
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris
|
|
1981
|
Peter the Great: His Life and World, Robert K. Massie
|
|
1982
|
Grant: A Biography, William S. McFeely
|
|
1983
|
Growing Up, Russell Baker
|
|
1984
|
Booker T. Washington, Louis R. Harlan
|
|
1985
|
The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, Kenneth Silverman
|
|
1986
|
Louise Bogan: A Portrait, Elizabeth Frank
|
|
1987
|
Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, David J. Garrow
|
|
1988
|
Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe, David Herbert Donald
|
|
1989
|
Oscar Wilde, Richard Ellmann
|
|
1990
|
Machiavelli in Hell, Sebastian de Grazia
|
|
1991
|
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
|
|
1992
|
Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet, Lewis B. Puller, Jr.
|
|
1993
|
Truman, David McCullough
|
|
1994
|
W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919, David Levering Lewis
|
|
1995
|
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life, Joan D. Hedrick
|
|
1996
|
God: A Biography, Jack Miles
|
|
1997
|
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, Frank McCourt
|
|
1998
|
Personal History, Katharine Graham
|
|
1999
|
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
|
|
2000
|
Vera (Mrs. Vladamir Nabakov), Stacy Schiff
|
|
2001
|
W. E. B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963, David Levering Lewis
|
|
2002
|
John Adams, David McCullough
|
|
2003
|
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro
|
|
2004
|
Krushchev: The Man and His Era, William Taubman
|
|
2005
|
de Kooning: An American Master, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
|
|
2006
|
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
|
|
2007
|
The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, Debby Applegate
|
|
2008
|
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, John Matteson
|
Source:
Columbia University.
|
1970
|
Marquis Childs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
|
|
1971
|
William A. Caldwell (Record, [Hackensack, N.J.])
|
|
1972
|
Mike Royko (Chicago Daily News)
|
|
1973
|
David S. Broder (Washington Post)
|
|
1974
|
Edwin A. Roberts, Jr. (National Observer)
|
|
1975
|
Mary McGrory (Washington Star)
|
|
1976
|
Walter (Red) Smith (New York Times)
|
|
1977
|
George F. Will (Washington Post Writers Group)
|
|
1978
|
William Safire (New York Times)
|
|
1979
|
Russell Baker (New York Times)
|
|
1980
|
Ellen Goodman (Boston Globe)
|
|
1981
|
Dave Anderson (New York Times)
|
|
1982
|
Art Buchwald (Los Angeles Times Syndicate)
|
|
1983
|
Claude Sitton (Raleigh [N.C.] News & Observer)
|
|
1984
|
Vermont Royster (Wall Street Journal)
|
|
1985
|
Murray Kempton (Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.)
|
|
1986
|
Jimmy Breslin (New York Daily News)
|
|
1987
|
Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post Writers Group)
|
|
1988
|
Dave Barry (Miami Herald)
|
|
1989
|
Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune)
|
|
1990
|
Jim Murray (Los Angeles Times)
|
|
1991
|
Jim Hoagland (Washington Post)
|
|
1992
|
Anna Quindlen (New York Times)
|
|
1993
|
Liz Balmaseda (Miami Herald)
|
|
1994
|
William Raspberry (Washington Post)
|
|
1995
|
Jim Dwyer (Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.)
|
|
1996
|
E.R. Shipp (New York Daily News)
|
|
1997
|
Eileen McNamara (Boston Globe)
|
|
1998
|
Mike McAlary (New York Daily News)
|
|
1999
|
Maureen Dowd (New York Times)
|
|
2000
|
Paul A. Gigot (Wall Street Journal)
|
|
2001
|
Dorothy Rabinowitz (Wall Street Journal)
|
|
2002
|
Thomas Friedman (New York Times)
|
|
2003
|
Colbert I. King (Washington Post)
|
|
2004
|
Leonard Pitts, Jr. (Miami Herald)
|
|
2005
|
Connie Schultz (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio)
|
|
2006
|
Nicholas D. Kristof (New York Times)
|
|
2007
|
Cynthia Tucker (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
|
|
2008
|
Steven Pearlstein (The Washington Post)
|
Source:
Columbia University.
Source:
Columbia University.
|
1918
|
Why Marry? Jesse Lynch Williams
|
|
1919
|
No award given
|
|
1920
|
Beyond the Horizon, Eugene O'Neill
|
|
1921
|
Miss Lulu Bett, Zona Gale
|
|
1922
|
Anna Christie, Eugene O'Neill
|
|
1923
|
Icebound, Owen Davis
|
|
1924
|
Hell-Bent for Heaven, Hatcher Hughes
|
|
1925
|
They Knew What They Wanted, Sidney Howard
|
|
1926
|
Craig's Wife, George Kelly
|
|
1927
|
In Abraham's Bosom, Paul Green
|
|
1928
|
Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill
|
|
1929
|
Street Scene, Elmer L. Rice
|
|
1930
|
The Green Pastures, Marc Connelly
|
|
1931
|
Alison's House, Susan Glaspell
|
|
1932
|
Of Thee I Sing, George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, and Ira Gershwin
|
|
1933
|
Both Your Houses, Maxwell Anderson
|
|
1934
|
Men in White, Sidney Kingsley
|
|
1935
|
The Old Maid, Zoe Akins
|
|
1936
|
Idiot's Delight, Robert E. Sherwood
|
|
1937
|
You Can't Take It With You, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
|
|
1938
|
Our Town, Thornton Wilder
|
|
1939
|
Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Robert E. Sherwood
|
|
1940
|
The Time of Your Life, William Saroyan (award declined)
|
|
1941
|
There Shall Be No Night, Robert E. Sherwood
|
|
1942
|
No award given
|
|
1943
|
The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder
|
|
1944
|
No award given
|
|
1945
|
Harvey, Mary Chase
|
|
1946
|
State of the Union, Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay
|
|
1947
|
No award given
|
|
1948
|
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
|
|
1949
|
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
|
|
1950
|
South Pacific, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Joshua Logan
|
|
1951
|
No award given
|
|
1952
|
The Shrike, Joseph Kramm
|
|
1953
|
Picnic, William Inge
|
|
1954
|
The Teahouse of the August Moon, John Patrick
|
|
1955
|
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams
|
|
1956
|
The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
|
|
1957
|
Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill
|
|
1958
|
Look Homeward Angel, Ketti Frings
|
|
1959
|
J.B., Archibald MacLeish
|
|
1960
|
Fiorello!, George Abbott, Jerome Weidman, Sheldon Harnick, and Jerry Bock
|
|
1961
|
All the Way Home, Tad Mosel
|
|
1962
|
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser
|
|
1963
|
No award given
|
|
1964
|
No award given
|
|
1965
|
The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy
|
|
1966
|
No award given
|
|
1967
|
A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee
|
|
1968
|
No award given
|
|
1969
|
The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler
|
|
1970
|
No Place to Be Somebody, Charles Gordone
|
|
1971
|
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel
|
|
1972
|
No award given
|
|
1973
|
That Championship Season, Jason Miller
|
|
1974
|
No award given
|
|
1975
|
Seascape, Edward Albee
|
|
1976
|
A Chorus Line, Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, and Edward Kleban
|
|
1977
|
The Shadow Box, Michael Cristofer
|
|
1978
|
The Gin Game, Donald L. Coburn
|
|
1979
|
Buried Child, Sam Shepard
|
|
1980
|
Talley's Folly, Lanford Wilson
|
|
1981
|
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley
|
|
1982
|
A Soldier's Play, Charles Fuller
|
|
1983
|
'night, Mother, Marsha Norman
|
|
1984
|
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet
|
|
1985
|
Sunday in the Park with George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
|
|
1986
|
No award given
|
|
1987
|
Fences, August Wilson
|
|
1988
|
Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry
|
|
1989
|
The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein
|
|
1990
|
The Piano Lesson, August Wilson
|
|
1991
|
Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon
|
|
1992
|
The Kentucky Cycle, Robert Schenkkan
|
|
1993
|
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner
|
|
1994
|
Three Tall Women, Edward Albee
|
|
1995
|
The Young Man From Atlanta, Horton Foote
|
|
1996
|
Rent, Jonathan Larson
|
|
1997
|
No award given
|
|
1998
|
How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel
|
|
1999
|
Wit, Margaret Edson
|
|
2000
|
Dinner With Friends, Donald Margulies
|
|
2001
|
Proof, David Auburn
|
|
2002
|
Topdog/Underdog, Suzan-Lori Parks
|
|
2003
|
Anna in the Tropics , Nilo Cruz
|
|
2004
|
I Am My Own Wife, Doug Wright
|
|
2005
|
Doubt, a Parable, John Patrick Shanley
|
|
2006
|
No award given
|
|
2007
|
Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire
|
|
2008
|
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts
|
Source:
Columbia University.
|
1922
|
Rollin Kirby (New York World)
|
|
1923
|
No award given
|
|
1924
|
Jay Norwood Darling (Des Moines Register & Tribune)
|
|
1925
|
Rollin Kirby (New York World)
|
|
1926
|
D.R. Fitzpatrick (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
|
|
1927
|
Nelson Harding (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
|
|
1928
|
Nelson Harding (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
|
|
1929
|
Rollin Kirby (New York World)
|
|
1930
|
Charles R. Macauley (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
|
|
1931
|
Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)
|
|
1932
|
John T. McCutcheon (Chicago Tribune)
|
|
1933
|
Harold Morton Talburt (Washington Daily News)
|
|
1934
|
Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)
|
|
1935
|
Ross A. Lewis (Milwaukee Journal)
|
|
1936
|
No award given
|
|
1937
|
Clarence Daniel Batchelor (New York Daily News)
|
|
1938
|
Vaughn Shoemaker (Chicago Daily News)
|
|
1939
|
Charles G. Werner (Oklahoma City Daily-Oklahoman)
|
|
1940
|
Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)
|
|
1941
|
Jacob Burck (Chicago Times)
|
|
1942
|
Herbert L. Block (Newspaper Enterprise Association Service)
|
|
1943
|
Jay Norwood Darling (New York Herald Tribune)
|
|
1944
|
Clifford K. Berryman (Washington Evening Star)
|
|
1945
|
Bill Mauldin (United Features Syndicate)
|
|
1946
|
Bruce Alexander Russell (Los Angeles Times)
|
|
1947
|
Vaughn Shoemaker (Chicago Daily News)
|
|
1948
|
Reuben O. (Rube) Goldberg (New York Sun)
|
|
1949
|
Lute Pease (Newark Evening News)
|
|
1950
|
James T. Berryman (Washington Evening Star)
|
|
1951
|
Reginald W. Manning (Arizona Republic)
|
|
1952
|
Fred L. Packer (New York Mirror)
|
|
1953
|
Edward D. Kuekes (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
|
|
1954
|
Herbert L. Block (Washington Post and Times Herald)
|
|
1955
|
Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
|
|
1956
|
Robert York (Louisville [Ky.] Times)
|
|
1957
|
Tom Little (Nashville Tennessean)
|
|
1958
|
Bruce M. Shanks (Buffalo [N.Y.] Evening News)
|
|
1959
|
Bill Mauldin (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
|
|
1960
|
No award given
|
|
1961
|
Carey Orr (Chicago Tribune)
|
|
1962
|
Edmund S. Valtman (Hartford Times)
|
|
1963
|
Frank Miller (Des Moines Register)
|
|
1964
|
Paul Conrad (Denver Post)
|
|
1965
|
No award given
|
|
1966
|
Don Wright (Miami News)
|
|
1967
|
Patrick B. Oliphant (Denver Post)
|
|
1968
|
Eugene Gray Payne (Charlotte Observer)
|
|
1969
|
John Fischetti (Chicago Daily News)
|
|
1970
|
Thomas F. Darcy (Newsday, Garden City, N.Y.)
|
|
1971
|
Paul Conrad (Los Angeles Times)
|
|
1972
|
Jeff MacNelly (Richmond News Leader)
|
|
1973
|
No award given
|
|
1974
|
Paul Michael Szep (Boston Globe)
|
|
1975
|
Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury, Universal Press Syndicate)
|
|
1976
|
Tony Auth (Philadelphia Inquirer)
|
|
1977
|
Paul Michael Szep (Boston Globe)
|
|
1978
|
Jeff MacNelly (Richmond News Leader)
|
|
1979
|
Herbert L. Block (Washington Post)
|
|
1980
|
Don Wright (Miami News)
|
|
1981
|
Mike Peters (Dayton [Ohio] Daily News)
|
|
1982
|
Ben Sargent (Austin [Tex.] American-Statesman)
|
|
1983
|
Richard Locher (Chicago Tribune)
|
|
1984
|
Paul Conrad (Los Angeles Times)
|
|
1985
|
Jeff MacNelly (Chicago Tribune)
|
|
1986
|
Jules Feiffer (Village Voice, New York, N.Y.)
|
|
1987
|
Berke Breathed (Bloom County, Washington Post Writers Group)
|
|
1988
|
Doug Marlette (Atlanta Constitution and Charlotte Observer)
|
|
1989
|
Jack Higgins (Chicago Sun-Times)
|
|
1990
|
Tom Toles (Buffalo News)
|
|
1991
|
Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Enquirer)
|
|
1992
|
Signe Wilson (Philadelphia Daily News)
|
|
1993
|
Stephen R. Benson (Arizona Republic)
|
|
1994
|
Michael P. Ramirez (Memphis [Tenn.] Commercial Appeal)
|
|
1995
|
Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Constitution)
|
|
1996
|
Jim Morin (Miami Herald)
|
|
1997
|
Walt Handelsman (New Orleans [La.] Times-Picayune)
|
|
1998
|
Stephen P. Breen (Asbury Park Press [Neptune, N.J.])
|
|
1999
|
David Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
|
|
2000
|
Joel Pett (Lexington [Ky.] Herald-Leader)
|
|
2001
|
Ann Telnaes (Los Angeles Times Syndicate)
|
|
2002
|
Clay Bennett (Christian Science Monitor)
|
|
2003
|
David Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
|
|
2004
|
Matt Davies (The Journal News [White Plains, N.Y.])
|
|
2005
|
Nick Anderson (The [Louisville, Ky] Courier-Journal)
|
|
2006
|
Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
|
|
2007
|
Walt Handelsman (Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.)
|
|
2008
|
Michael Ramirez (Investor’s Business Daily)
|
Source:
Columbia University.
|