List of Presidents of The University of South Carolina - Presidents of The University of South Carolina

Presidents of The University of South Carolina

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

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