The John G. Buchanan Prize in Politics was established by John G. Buchanan, Class of 1909. It is awarded annually to the senior who has attained during junior and senior years the highest standing in the Department of Politics. In the event that more than one senior has attained the highest standing, the prize will be awarded to the individual who has the highest standing in Constitutional Interpretation.
Prize Winners
2020-Present
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Mirabella Marie Smith |
| 2023 | Madeleine Offutt Polubinski |
| 2022 | Katherine Spencer Hosie Owen Matthews |
| 2021 | Christian Flores |
| 2020 |
Laura Elise Hausman |
2010-2019
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Amanda Rose Glatt |
| 2018 | James Patrick Hintson |
| 2017 | Alexander Joshua Costin |
| 2016 | Christine Casey Smith |
| 2015 | Samuel William Watters |
| 2014 | Robert L. Stone, III |
| 2013 | Maya Alena Gainer |
| 2012 | Jason Craig Weinreb |
| 2011 | Julie Yuliya Kheyfets |
| 2010 | Daniel Eric Rauch |
2000-2009
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Thomas Wyatt Yankus |
| 2008 | Nathan Sholl Morrison |
| 2007 | James J. Williamson |
| 2006 | James Ivor Loxton |
| 2005 | Anne-Louise Bigliani |
| 2004 | Brendan Fitzgerald Wallace |
| 2003 |
G. Gregg Webb Ian Brett Yohai |
| 2002 |
Elizabeth Morgan Cincotta Vikas Khanna |
| 2001 | Seth Jacob Green |
| 2000 |
Sarah Gail Marks |
1990-1999
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Peter Helmut Ammon |
| 1998 | David Marc Solet |
| 1997 | Daniel David |
| 1996 | Matthew Ian Milne-Smith |
| 1995 | Joshua Matthew Nelson |
| 1994 | Christopher Raymond Green |
| 1993 | Find Findsen |
| 1992 | Gregory B. Hartch |
| 1991 | Elizabeth Ann Davis |
| 1990 | Louis Paul Appel |
1980-1989
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Arthur Lee Burris |
| 1988 | Stephanie Nichols Simonds |
| 1987 | Jocelyn Hallowell Alexander |
| 1986 | Nils Raymond Muiznieks |
| 1985 |
Donovan Brian King Mark Eliot Shere |
| 1984 | Lawrence Jonathan Goode |
| 1983 | Catherine Laura Fisk |
| 1982 | Michael Freeman Barry |
| 1981 | Brian Asher Weiner |
| 1980 | Martin Francis Murphy |
1970-1979
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Nancy Ann Curtin |
| 1978 | Douglas Craig Pearl |
| 1977 | Paul Phillip Mogin |
| 1976 | Andrew D. Oser |
| 1975 | Helen Ann Garten |
| 1974 | John Glyn Jenkins |
| 1973 | Judith Louise Hancock |
| 1972 | Bruce Earl Larson |
| 1971 | Robert Lewis McGahey, Jr. |
| 1970 | Robert Wight Henrikson |
1960-1969
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Stephen David Houck |
| 1968 | Lee Merritt Simpson |
| 1967 | Norman J. Jacknis |
| 1966 | Charles John Peischl |
| 1965 | George David Clement Garson, Jr. |
| 1964 | Charles Lee Eisen |
| 1963 | Kent Allan Peterson |
| 1962 | Turner Taliaferro Smith, Jr. |
| 1961 | Frank Vincent Mignogna |
| 1960 | Richard Everett Briggs |
1950-1959
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Richard Marshall Cohen |
| 1958 | Robert Anthony Sklar |
| 1957 | Harrison J. Goldin |
| 1956 | Don Martin Larrimore |
| 1955 | Thomas Drake Samford |
| 1954 | Jean Edward Smith |
| 1953 | James Edward Fowler |
| 1952 | John Martin Stadter, Jr. |
| 1951 | Robert Stanley Rafner |
| 1950 | Thomas Scott Fillebrown, Jr. |
1940-1949
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1949 | George E. Mead |
| 1948 | William August Doebele, Jr. |
| 1947 | John Grant Burnett |
| 1946 | Graduation disrupted by World War II, no award given |
| 1945 | Graduation disrupted by World War II, no award given |
| 1944 | Graduation disrupted by World War II, no award given |
| 1943 | John Woolman Douglas |
| 1942 | Charles Blakey Blackmar |
| 1941 | Harold Anderson Jerry, Jr. |
| 1940 | Donald Lewis Mulford |
1930-1939
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
|
1939 |
Robert Baker Highsaw |
| 1938 | Thomas Roberts McMillen |
| 1937 | Penn Townsend Kimball II |
| 1936 | Harry Ferdinand Bliss, Jr. |
| 1935 | James Leonard Highsaw, Jr. |
| 1934 | Frances Lund Van Dusen |
| 1933 | Harry Edward Green |
| 1932 | Lewis Harlow Van Dusen, Jr. |
| 1931 | Jerome Bell Weinstein |
| 1930 | Lloyd Arthur Free |