Four decades strong: oh, the places we've been and the speakers we've heard.

• Position: 40 YEARS - List - Brief article

For 40 years, lawmakers and staff have gathered each summer in a great American location for NCSL's Legislative Summit. At this premier meeting for legislators and staff, policy sessions offer ideas and insights and nationally known speakers inspire, challenge and sometimes even entertain us. This year the Summit is in Minneapolis, a great city to add to the list.

1974 ALBUQUERQUE

1975 PHILADELPHIA

1976 KANSAS CITY

1977 DETROIT

1978 DENVER

1979 SAN FRANCISCO

1980 NEW YORK CITY

1981 ATLANTA

1982 CHICAGO

1983 SAN ANTONIO

1984 BOSTON

1985 SEATTLE

1986 NEW ORLEANS

1987 INDIANAPOLIS

1988 RENO

1989 TULSA

1990 NASHVILLE

1991 ORLANDO

1992 CINCINNATI

1993 SAN DIEGO

1994 NEW ORLEANS

1995 MILWAUKEE

1996 ST. LOUIS

1997 PHILADELPHIA

1998 LAS VEGAS

1999 INDIANAPOLIS

2000 CHICAGO

2001 SAN ANTONIO

2002 DENVER

2003 SAN FRANCISCO

2004 SALT LAKE CITY

2005 SEATTLE

2006 NASHVILLE

2007 BOSTON

2008 NEW ORLEANS

2009 PHILADELPHIA

2010 LOUISVILLE

2011 SAN ANTONIO

2012 CHICAGO

2013 ATLANTA

2014 MINNEAPOLIS

RONALD REAGAN

SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR

AL GORE

GEORGE W. BUSH

NANCY PELOSI

HENRY KISSINGER

NEWT GINGRICH

DAVID MCCULLOUGH

DICK DURBIN

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN

BILL GATES

ED RENDELL

EDWIN EDWARDS

FRANK LUNTZ

FRANK RIZZO

GEORGE MITCHELL

GEORGE WILL

GROVER NORQUIST

JACK ABRAMOFF

MITCH MCCONNELL

WILLIAM KRISTOL

BARBARA JORDAN

CHRIS MATTHEWS

CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY

COKIE ROBERTS

DAVID GERGEN

JERRY SPRINGER

JIM BROWN

JIM COLLINS

JOE PATERNO

KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON

MARA LIASSON

MELINDA GATES

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

NINA TOTENBERG

PAT SUMMITT

RAHM EMANUEL

RICK PERRY

STEPHEN COVEY

THOMAS FRIEDMAN