List of Presidents of the University of South Carolina
The following are the presidents of the University of South Carolina from its founding as South Carolina College in 1801 to the present day.
Presidents of the University of South Carolina
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Name |
Tenure |
Notes |
1 |
Jonathan Maxcy |
1804 – 1820 |
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2 |
Thomas Cooper |
1821 – 1834 |
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Robert Henry |
1834 |
President pro tem |
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Henry Junius Nott |
1834 – 1835 |
Chairman of the Faculty |
3 |
Robert Woodward Barnwell |
1835 – 1841 |
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4 |
Robert Henry |
1841 – 1845 |
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5 |
William C. Preston |
1845 – 1851 |
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Francis Lieber |
1851 |
President pro tem |
6 |
James H. Thornwell |
1851 – 1855 |
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7 |
Charles F. McCay |
1855 – 1857 |
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8 |
Augustus B. Longstreet |
1857 – 1861 |
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Maximillian LaBorde |
1861 – 1865 |
Chairman of the Faculty |
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Robert Woodward Barnwell |
1865 – 1873 |
Chairman of the Faculty |
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Benjamin B. Babbitt |
1873 – 1875 |
Chairman of the Faculty |
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Anson W. Cummings |
1875 – 1877 |
Chairman of the Faculty |
9 |
William Porcher Miles |
1880 – 1882 |
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10 |
John McLaren McBryde |
1883 – 1891 |
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11 |
James Woodrow |
1891 – 1897 |
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12 |
Frank C. Woodward |
1897 – 1902 |
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13 |
Benjamin Sloan |
1902 – 1908 |
Acting President from 1902 to 1903 |
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Andrew C. Moore |
1908 – 1909 |
Acting President |
14 |
Samuel Chiles Mitchell |
1909 – 1913 |
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Andrew C. Moore |
1913 – 1914 |
Acting President |
15 |
William Spenser Currell |
1914 – 1922 |
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16 |
William Davis Melton |
1922 – 1926 |
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Leonard T. Baker |
1926 |
Acting President |
17 |
Davison McDowell Douglas |
1927 – 1931 |
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18 |
Leonard T. Baker |
1931 – 1936 |
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19 |
James Rion McKissick |
1936 – 1944 |
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Leonard T. Baker |
1944 – 1945 |
Acting President |
20 |
Norman Murray Smith |
1945 – 1952 |
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Francis Wright Bradley |
1952 |
Acting President |
21 |
Donald S. Russell |
1952 – 1957 |
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22 |
Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt |
1957 – 1962 |
Acting President from 1957 to 1959 |
23 |
Thomas F. Jones |
1962 – 1974 |
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24 |
William H. Patterson |
1974 – 1977 |
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25 |
James B. Holderman |
1977 – 1990 |
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Arthur K. Smith |
1990 – 1991 |
Interim President |
26 |
John M. Palms |
1991 – 2002 |
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27 |
Andrew A. Sorensen |
2002 – 2008 |
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28 |
Harris Pastides |
2008 – |
References
- University of South Carolina. Commencement Exercises: School of Law. May 11, 2007.
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