The Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, founded in 1756, is a charitable organization focused on helping Scots in the New York community.
The Society is led by a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Managers. [1]
Portrait | No. | Named individual | Start date | End date | Comments |
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![]() | 1 | Philip Livingston | 1756 | 1757 | Merchant and statesman. [1] |
2 | Adam Thomson | 1757 | 1758 | A physician. [1] [2] | |
![]() | 3 | John Morin Scott | 1758 | 1759 | 1st Secretary of State of New York. [1] |
4 | Andrew Barclay | 1759 | 1761 | Uncle of Thomas Henry Barclay. [1] | |
![]() | 5 | William Alexander | 1761 | 1764 | A Major General during the Revolution. [1] |
6 | Alexander Colden | 1764 | 1766 | Son of Cadwallader Colden. [1] | |
![]() | 7 | Walter Rutherfurd | 1766 | 1767 | Also served from 1792-1798. [1] |
8 | Peter Middleton | 1767 | 1770 | A physician. [1] | |
![]() | 9 | John Murray | 1770 | 1771 | Governor of the Province of New York. [1] |
![]() | 10 | John Watts | 1771 | 1772 | [1] |
11 | William McAdam | 1772 | 1773 | [1] | |
12 | Thomas Drummond | 1773 | 1774 | Older brother of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth. [1] | |
13 | David Johnston | 1774 | 1785 | Served two terms: 1774-75 and 1784-85. [lower-alpha 1] [1] | |
![]() | 14 | Robert R. Livingston | 1785 | 1792 | [1] |
![]() | 15 | Walter Rutherfurd | 1792 | 1798 | Also the 7th President. [1] |
![]() | 16 | Robert Lenox | 1798 | 1814 | Longest serving president and father of James Lenox [1] |
![]() | 17 | James Tillary | 1814 | 1818 | A physician. [1] |
![]() | 18 | Archibald Gracie | 1818 | 1823 | [1] |
![]() | 19 | Robert Halliday | 1823 | 1828 | [1] |
20 | John Graham | 1828 | 1831 | [1] | |
![]() | 21 | John Johnston | 1831 | 1832 | [1] |
![]() | 22 | David Hadden | 1832 | 1835 | [1] |
![]() | 23 | Hugh Maxwell | 1835 | 1837 | Collector of the Port of New York. [1] |
![]() | 24 | David Hadden | 1837 | 1840 | Also 21st president. [1] |
![]() | 25 | David S. Kennedy | 1840 | 1842 | [1] |
![]() | 26 | Richard Irvin | 1842 | 1851 | [1] |
![]() | 27 | Adam Norrie | 1851 | 1862 | [1] |
![]() | 28 | Richard Irvin | 1862 | 1864 | Also 24th president. [1] |
![]() | 29 | Robert Gordon | 1864 | 1865 | [1] |
![]() | 30 | William Wood | 1865 | 1867 | [1] |
![]() | 31 | John Taylor Johnston | 1867 | 1869 | President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. [1] |
![]() | 32 | Robert Gordon | 1869 | 1872 | Also the 26th president. [1] |
![]() | 33 | James Moir | 1872 | 1873 | [1] |
![]() | 34 | Robert Gordon | 1873 | 1876 | Also the 26th president. [1] |
![]() | 35 | James Brand | 1876 | 1879 | [1] |
![]() | 36 | John Stewart Kennedy | 1879 | 1882 | Financier and philanthropist. [1] |
![]() | 37 | Walter Watson | 1882 | 1884 | [1] |
![]() | 38 | John Stewart Kennedy | 1884 | 1887 | Also the 31st president. [1] |
![]() | 39 | Bryce Gray | 1887 | 1889 | [1] |
40 | John Sloane | 1889 | 1893 | [1] | |
![]() | 41 | George Austin Morrison | 1893 | 1895 | [1] |
![]() | 42 | J. Kennedy Tod | 1895 | 1897 | [1] |
![]() | 43 | William Lyall | 1897 | 1898 | [1] |
![]() | 44 | John Reid | 1898 | 1899 | [1] |
![]() | 45 | Andrew Carnegie | 1899 | 1902 | [1] |
![]() | 46 | W. Butler Duncan | 1902 | 1906 | [1] |
47 | Robert Frater Munro | 1907 | 1908 | [3] [4] | |
![]() | 48 | Alonzo Barton Hepburn | 1910 | 1911 | Also Comptroller of the Currency. [3] [5] |
49 | George A. Morrison Jr. | 1912 | 1914 | Son of the 41st president. [3] [6] | |
![]() | 50 | William Sloane | 1915 | 1917 | [3] |
![]() | 51 | Alexander C. Humphreys | 1918 | 1920 | President of Stevens Institute of Technology [3] [7] |
52 | Alexander Walker | 1921 | 1921 | A banker. [3] [8] [9] | |
53 | Alexander B. Halliday | 1922 | 1923 | Son-in-law of 38th president. [3] | |
![]() | 54 | John Sloane Jr. | 1924 | 1925 | [3] |
55 | Henry Moir | 1926 | 1927 | President of the United States Life Insurance Company [3] [10] | |
![]() | 56 | Charles P. McClelland | 1928 | 1929 | Chief Justice of the United States Customs Court [3] [11] |
57 | George McGeachin | 1930 | 1931 | Mayor of Larchmont, New York [3] [12] | |
58 | James Sears McCulloh | 1932 | 1934 | President of New York Telephone Company. [3] [13] | |
59 | Andrew Baxter | 1935 | 1936 | [3] [14] | |
60 | Maitland Dwight | 1937 | 1938 | A lawyer [3] [15] | |
61 | Arthur Hunter | 1938 | 1940 | An actuary [3] [16] | |
62 | William W. Peake | 1941 | 1942 | A stockbroker [3] [17] | |
63 | Henry Jessup Cochran | 1943 | 1944 | President of the Bankers Trust [3] [18] | |
64 | Errol Kerr | 1945 | 1942 | An accountant [3] [19] | |
65 | Benjamin P. Watson | 1946 | 1947 | A physician [3] | |
![]() | 66 | Ward Melville | 1948 | 1949 | His father was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. [3] [20] |
67 | Duncan M. Spencer | 1950 | 1951 | Chairman of the Fiduciary Trust Company. [3] [21] | |
68 | James A. Keillor | 1952 | 1953 | Vice-president of B. Altman & Co. [3] [22] | |
69 | John M. MacGregor | 1954 | 1955 | [3] | |
70 | Thomas P. Haig | 1956 | 1957 | A minister [3] | |
71 | David Bowie McVean | 1958 | 1959 | President of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank [3] [23] | |
72 | Hugh Seel MacLean | 1960 | 1961 | Associated with Imperial Chemical Industries. [3] [24] | |
73 | Allan C. George | 1962 | 1963 | An accountant [3] [25] | |
74 | Henry J. Cochran Jr. | 1964 | 1965 | Son of the 63rd president [3] | |
75 | Everett M. Clark | 1966 | 1967 | [3] | |
76 | Nestor J. MacDonald | 1968 | 1969 | President of Thomas & Betts [3] [26] | |
77 | J. Sinclair Armstrong | 1970 | 1971 | Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [3] [27] | |
78 | Donald Gregg | 1971 | 1973 | President of Faber, Coe & Gregg. [3] | |
79 | David P. H. Watson | 1973 | 1975 | Son of the 65th President. [3] [28] | |
80 | Gordon L. Barclay | 1975 | 1977 | Managing director of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene [3] [29] | |
81 | Douglas Lachlan Maclean | 1978 | 1979 | A minister. [3] | |
82 | John A. Fraser | 1979 | 1981 | [3] | |
83 | John L. Coulson | 1981 | 1982 | [3] | |
84 | Robert Campbell Jr. | 1983 | 1985 | [3] | |
85 | David Graham Black Jr. | 1985 | 1987 | [3] | |
86 | Robert F. Colquhoun | 1987 | 1989 | Of Clan Colquhoun. [3] | |
87 | Geoffrey Gregg | 1989 | 1991 | [3] | |
88 | Steven M. Draper | 1991 | 1993 | [3] | |
89 | Robert Coe | 1993 | 1995 | [3] | |
90 | Victor E. Stewart | 1995 | 1997 | [3] | |
91 | Sean Stewart Macpherson | 1997 | 1999 | [3] | |
92 | Roderick Errol Kerr Jr. | 1999 | 2001 | [3] | |
93 | John Mauk Hilliard | 2001 | 2003 | [3] | |
![]() | 94 | Edward J. Collins Jr. | 2003 | 2005 | [3] |
![]() | 95 | Duncan Archibald Bruce | 2005 | 2007 | [3] |
96 | Alfred G. Bisset | 2007 | 2009 | ||
97 | Robert W. Ker III | 2009 | 2011 | ||
98 | William T. Maitland | 2011 | 2012 | ||
99 | Samuel F. Abernethy Esq | 2012 | 2014 | ||
100 | Thomas D. Halket | 2014 | 2016 | ||
101 | James Heggie III | 2016 | 2018 | ||
102 | Donald Sinclair Whamond Jr. | 2018 | 2020 | ||
103 | David M. Murphy | 2020 | 2022 | ||
104 | Richard Porter | 2022 | |||
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