Mercer University and its Presidents

Presidents

Billington Sanders, Mercer's first President

• Billington McCarthy Sanders (1833–1840)^[35]
• Otis Smith (1840–1844)^[36]
• John Leadley Dagg (1844–1854)^[37]
• Nathaniel Macon Crawford(1854–1856)^[38]
• Shelton Palmer Sanford (acting President; 1856–1858)^[39]
• Nathaniel Macon Crawford (1858–1866)^[38]
• Henry Holcombe Tucker (1866–1871)^[40]
• Archibald John Battle (1872–1889)^[41]
• Gustavus Alonzo Nunnally (1889–1893)^[42]
• Joseph Edgerton Willet (acting President; 1893)^[43]
• James Bruton Gambrell (1893–1896)^[44]
• Pinckney Daniel Pollock (1896–1903)^[45]
• Matthew Quinn Wetherington (acting President; 1903–1905)^[46]
• William Heard Kilpatrick (acting President; 1903–1905)^[47]
• Charles Lee Smith (1905–1906)^[48]
• Samuel Young Jameson (1906–1913)^[49]
• James Freeman Sellers (acting President; 1913–1914)^[50]
• William Lowndes Pickard (1914–1918)^[51]
• Rufus Washington Weaver (1918–1927)^[52]
• Andrew Phillip Montague (acting President; 1927–1928)^[53]
• Spright Dowell (1928–1953)^[54]
• George Boyce Connell (1953–1959)^[55]
• Spright Dowell (interim President; 1959–1960)^[54]
• Rufus Carrollton Harris (1960–1979)^[56]
• Raleigh Kirby Godsey (1979–2006)^[57]
• William D. Underwood (2006–present)^[58]

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