The Faithful Navigator is the chief executive officer of the assembly and acts as the Presiding Officer, with all the powers and duties incident to such office. He appoints committees, and countersigns orders and checks. He annually appoints or reappoints the Assembly Color Corps Commander.
| Faithful Navigator | Term |
| Louis P. Litzinger | 1913-1914 |
| Louis C. Yuengert | 1916-1917 |
| George Bayer | 1919-1920 |
| C. R. Halleran | 1921-1922 |
| Jesse E. Duffy | 1924-1925 |
| Lemayne R. Graham | 1925-1926 |
| Vincent A. McShane | 1926-1927 |
| Leonard A. Kemper | 1942-1943 |
| Edward J. Fox | 1944-1945 |
| Paul E. Smith | 1945-1947 |
| William J. Schneider | 1947-1948 |
| Wendell V. Lehnerd | 1948-1949 |
| John Murrin | 1949-1950 |
| Paul Randig | 1950-1951 |
| James N. Grolemund | 1951-1953 |
| Stephen J. Geibel | 1953-1954 |
| Leroy Slater | 1954-1955 |
| Regis Bowman | 1955-1957 |
| Bruno Sanzotti | 1957-1958 |
| Miles A. Henderson | 1958-1959 |
| Alfred N. Kihn | 1959-1960 |
| John Kelly | 1960-1961 |
| John Rocco | 1961-1962 |
| Wendell K. Hume | 1962-1963 |
| Benedict B. Vavro | 1963-1964 |
| John P. Stern | 1964-1965 |
| Wade Snider | 1965-1966 |
| Charles J. Halasi | 1966-1967 |
| Richard A. Smith | 1967-1968 |
| Andrew P. Bakalar | 1968-1969 |
| Oscar R. Fredette | 1969-1970 |
| Rudolph V. DeSantis | 1970-1971 |
| William A. Hager | 1971-1972 |
| Chester P. Michalski | 1972-1973 |
| Ralph J. Ferrara | 1973-1974 |
| Herbert B. Taylor | 1974-1975 |
| Leonard Beck | |
| Ellis Bobby | |
| Joseph B. Cavaliero | |
| Chester J. Cornetti | |
| Leonard Beck | |
| Earl Kelly | |
| Frank Puvak | |
| Stephen Biedenbach | |
| Richard Rodgers | |
| Victor O’Donnell | |
| Daniel Stelbotsky | |
| Richard Allen | |
| Dan K. Ross | |
| Loreno Lorenzini | |
| Raymond C. Hughes | |
| Joseph G. Studeny | |
| Mitchell A. Natali | 1993-1995 |
| Robert C. McGuire | 1995-1997 |
| L. Edward Pawlowicz | 1997-2000 |
| Mike Steinheiser | 2000-2001 |
| Lanny Osche | 2001-2003 |
| Morris Steinheiser | 2003-2005 |
| Paul Foster | 2005-2007 |
| Bernard Petrak | 2007-2023 |
| Thomas Szewczyk | 2023-2024 |
| Patrick LeMay | 2024-2025 |