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Senior Ministers of Old South Church

To date twenty ministers have served Old South's congregation as Senior Minister; they are:

  • Thomas Thacher 1670-1678
  • Samuel Willard 1678-1707
  • Ebenezer Pemberton 1700-1717
  • Joseph Sewall 1713-1769
  • Thomas Prince 1718-1758
  • Alexander Cumming 1761-1763
  • Samuel Blair 1766-1769
  • John Hunt/John Bacon 1771-1775
  • Joseph Eckley 1779-1811
  • Joshua Huntington 1808-1819
  • Benjamin B. Wisner 1821-1832
  • Samuel H. Stearns 1834-1836
  • George W. Blagden 1836-1872
  • Jacob M. Manning 1857-1882
  • George Angier Gordon 1884-1927
  • Russell Henry Stafford 1927-1945
  • Frederick M. Meek 1946-1973
  • James W. Crawford 1974-2002
  • Carl F. Schultz, Jr. 2002-2005 (Interim)
  • Nancy S. Taylor 2005-

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