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The office of the Moderator of the General Assembly was the highest elected position in the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA). The Moderator was responsible for presiding over the meeting of the General Assembly, which was held annually between 1858 and 1958. After the meeting, which lasted for about a week, the Moderator served as an ambassador of the denomination throughout the remainder of the term. After completing the term, most former Moderators took on the role of a church statesman.
The chart below shows the Moderators, and the place of meetings, from 1858 when the PCUS was formed by the union of the Northern branch of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with the Associate Presbyterian Church, until 1958 when the UPCNA merged with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to form the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
Number and Year | Place of Meeting | Moderator | Online Minutes |
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1st GA, 1858 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. John T. Pressly, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
2nd GA, 1859 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. Peter Bullions, D.D. | Minutes of the 1859 General Assembly |
3rd GA, 1860 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Joseph Clokey, D.D. | Minutes of the 1860 General Assembly |
4th GA, 1861 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. R. D. Harper, D.D. | Minutes of the 1861 General Assembly |
5th GA, 1862 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. J. T. Cooper, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
6th GA, 1863 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. A. Young, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1863 General Assembly |
7th GA, 1864 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. D. A. Wallace, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1864 General Assembly |
8th GA, 1865 | Washington, Iowa | The Rev. John B. Clark, D.D. | Minutes of the 1865 General Assembly |
9th GA, 1866 | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | The Rev. David R. Kerr, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1866 General Assembly |
10th GA, 1867 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. John B. Dales, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1867 General Assembly |
11th GA, 1868 | Argyle, New York | The Rev. James Harper, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1868 General Assembly |
12th GA, 1869 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. R. A. Browne, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1869 General Assembly |
13th GA, 1870 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. T. S. Kendall, D.D. | Minutes of the 1870 General Assembly |
14th GA, 1871 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. R. A. McAyeal, D.D. | Minutes of the 1871 General Assembly |
15th GA, 1872 | Washington, Iowa | The Rev. John S. Easton, D.D. | Minutes of the 1872 General Assembly |
16th GA, 1873 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. John Y. Scouller, D.D. | Minutes of the 1873 General Assembly |
17th GA, 1874 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. John G. Brown, D.D. | Minutes of the 1874 General Assembly |
18th GA, 1875 | Wooster, Ohio | The Rev. W. W. Barr, D.D. | Minutes of the 1875 General Assembly |
19th GA, 1876 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. James Brown, D.D. | Minutes of the 1876 General Assembly |
20th GA, 1877 | Sparta, Illinois | The Rev. Robert B. Ewing, D.D. | Minutes of the 1877 General Assembly |
21st GA, 1878 | Cambridge, Ohio | The Rev. S. G. Irvine, D.D. | Minutes of the 1878 General Assembly |
22nd GA, 1879 | New Wilmington, Pennsylvania | The Rev. William Bruce, D.D. | Minutes of the 1879 General Assembly |
23rd GA, 1880 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. E. T. Jeffers, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1880 General Assembly |
24th GA, 1881 | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | The Rev. David W. Carson, D.D. | Minutes of the 1881 General Assembly |
25th GA, 1882 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. David Paul, D.D. | Minutes of the 1882 General Assembly |
26th GA, 1883 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. W. H. McMilan, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1883 General Assembly |
27th GA, 1884 | St. Louis, Missouri | The Rev. William H. French, D.D. | Minutes of the 1884 General Assembly |
28th GA, 1885 | Topeka, Kansas | The Rev. William Johnston, D.D. | Minutes of the 1885 General Assembly |
29th GA, 1886 | Hamilton, Ohio | The Rev. John T. Brownlee, D.D. | Minutes of the 1886 General Assembly |
30th GA, 1887 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Matthew M. Gibson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
31st GA, 1888 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | The Rev. William T. Meloy, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
32nd GA, 1889 | Springfield, Ohio | The Rev. E. S. McKitrick, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
33rd GA, 1890 | Buffalo, New York | The Rev. Andrew Watson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
34th GA, 1891 | Princeton, Indiana | The Rev. Thomas J. Kennedy, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
35th GA, 1892 | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | The Rev. David MacDill, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
36th GA, 1893 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. James Bruce, D.D. | Minutes of the 1893 General Assembly |
37th GA, 1894 | Albany, Oregon | The Rev. John A. Wilson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1894 General Assembly |
38th GA, 1895 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. J. B. McMichael, D.D. | Minutes of the 1895 General Assembly |
39th GA, 1896 | Xenia, Ohio | The Rev. James White, D.D. | Minutes of the 1896 General Assembly |
40th GA, 1897 | Rock Island, Illinois | The Rev. Thomas H. Hanna, D.D. | Minutes of the 1897 General Assembly |
41st GA, 1898 | Omaha, Nebraska | The Rev. R. G. Ferguson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1898 General Assembly |
42nd GA, 1899 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. William J. Robinson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1899 General Assembly |
43rd GA, 1900 | Chicago, Illinois | The Rev. James P. Sankey, D.D. | Minutes of the 1900 General Assembly |
44th GA, 1901 | Des Moines, Iowa | The Rev. J. A. Thompson, L.H.D.,D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1901 General Assembly |
45th GA, 1902 | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | The Rev. James C. Wilson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1902 General Assembly |
46th GA, 1903 | Tarkio, Missouri | The Rev. James P. Cowan, D.D. | Minutes of the 1903 General Assembly |
47th GA, 1904 | Greenville, Pennsylvania | The Rev. James W. Witherspoon, D.D. | Minutes of the 1904 General Assembly |
48th GA, 1905 | Washington, Iowa | The Rev. William C. Williamson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1905 General Assembly |
49th GA, 1906 | Richmond, Indiana | The Rev. J. K. McClurkin, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes of the 1906 General Assembly |
50th GA, 1907 | Denver, Colorado | The Rev. William T. Campbell, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
51st GA, 1908 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. James G. Carson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
52nd GA, 1909 | Knoxville, Tennessee | The Rev. D. A. McClenahan, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
53rd GA, 1910 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. James D. Rankin, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
54th GA, 1911 | Washington, Pennsylvania | The Rev. John C. Scouller, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
55th GA, 1912 | Seattle, Washington | The Rev. Hugh H. Bell, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
56th GA, 1913 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Rev. R. M. Russell, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
57th GA, 1914 | New Castle, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Joseph Kyle, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
58th GA, 1915 | Loveland, Colorado | The Rev. Thomas Hanna McMichael, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
59th GA, 1916 | Cleveland, Ohio | The Rev. W. B. Smiley, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
60th GA, 1917 | Boston, Massachusetts | The Rev. W. E. McCulloch, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
61st GA, 1918 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. W. M. Anderson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
62nd GA, 1919 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. James T. McCrory, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
63rd GA, 1920 | Sterling, Kansas | The Rev. F. M. Spencer, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
64th GA, 1921 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Rev. A. F. Kirkpatrick, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
65th GA, 1922 | Cambridge, Ohio | The Rev. J. Kelly Giffen, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
66th GA, 1923 | Buffalo, New York | The Rev. W. R. Sawhill, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
67th GA, 1924 | Richmond, Indiana | The Rev. Charles H. Robinson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
68th GA, 1925 | Topeka, Kansas | The Rev. W. I. Wishart, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
69th GA, 1926 | Sharon, Pennsylvania | The Rev. R. A. Hutchison, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
70th GA, 1927 | Washington, D.C. | The Rev. M. G. Kyle, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
71st GA, 1928 | St. Louis, Missouri | The Rev. William A. Spalding, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
72nd GA, 1929 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. John McNaugher, DD, LLD, Litt.D. | Minutes not available online |
73rd GA, 1930 | Des Moines, Iowa | The Rev. T. C. Atchison, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
74th GA, 1931 | Youngstown, Ohio | The Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, DD, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
75th GA, 1932 | Beaver, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Charles S. Cleland, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
76th GA, 1933 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. W. B. Anderson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
77th GA, 1934 | Oxford, Ohio | The Rev. J. Alvin Orr, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
78th GA, 1935 | Akron, Ohio | The Rev. E. C. McCown, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
79th GA, 1936 | Pittsburg, Kansas | The Rev. Robert W. Thompson, DD, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
80th GA, 1937 | Oak Park, Illinois | The Rev. A. R. Robinson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
81st GA, 1938 | Cleveland, Ohio | The Rev. Ralph Atkinson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
82nd GA, 1939 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Elder H. Walton Mitchell, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
83rd GA, 1940 | Buffalo, New York | The Rev. Homer B. Henderson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
84th GA, 1941 | Indianapolis, Indiana | The Rev. R. L. Lanning, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
85th GA, 1942 | Columbus, Ohio | The Rev. Thomas C. Pollock, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
86th GA, 1943 | New Wilmington, Pennsylvania | The Rev. W. Bruce Wilson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
87th GA, 1944 | New Concord, Ohio | The Rev. James H. Grier, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
88th GA, 1945 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. James M. Ferguson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
89th GA, 1946 | Tarkio, Missouri | The Rev. Lytle Rodgers Free, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
90th GA, 1947 | Sterling, Kansas | Elder Samuel A. Fulton, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
91st GA, 1948 | New Wilmington, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Albert H. Baldinger, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
92nd GA, 1949 | Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania | Elder Tim J. Campbell, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
93rd GA, 1950 | New Concord, Ohio | The Rev. J. Lowrie Anderson, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
94th GA, 1951 | Des Moines, Iowa | Elder W. Kyle George, LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
95th GA, 1952 | Albany, Oregon | The Rev. James Leon Kelso, D.D., Th.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
96th GA, 1953 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Samuel C. Weir, D.D. | Minutes not available online |
97th GA, 1954 | Akron, Ohio | The Rev. Albert E. Kelly, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
98th GA, 1955 | Monmouth, Illinois | The Rev. George A. Long, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. | Minutes not available online |
99th GA, 1956 | Knoxville, Tennessee | The Rev. Robert W. Gibson, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
100th GA, 1957 | New Concord, Ohio | The Rev. Robert N. Montgomery, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
101st GA, 1958 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | The Rev. Robert N. Montgomery, D.D., LL.D. | Minutes not available online |
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