List of presidents of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York

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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.

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History

The Society is led by a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Managers. [1]

List of presidents

PortraitNo.Named individualStart dateEnd dateComments
PhilipLivingstonYounger.jpg 1 Philip Livingston 17561757Merchant and statesman. [1]
2 Adam Thomson 17571758A physician. [1] [2]
John Morin Scott (American Revolution brigadier general).jpg 3 John Morin Scott 175817591st Secretary of State of New York. [1]
4 Andrew Barclay 17591761Uncle of Thomas Henry Barclay. [1]
Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling.jpg 5 William Alexander 17611764A Major General during the Revolution. [1]
6 Alexander Colden 17641766Son of Cadwallader Colden. [1]
Walter Rutherfurd (page 64 crop).jpg 7 Walter Rutherfurd 17661767Also served from 1792-1798. [1]
8 Peter Middleton 17671770A physician. [1]
Sir Joshua Reynolds - John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore - (cropped).jpg 9 John Murray 17701771 Governor of the Province of New York. [1]
John Watts (1715-1789).jpg 10 John Watts 17711772 [1]
11 William McAdam 17721773 [1]
12 Thomas Drummond 17731774Older brother of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth. [1]
13 David Johnston 17741785Served two terms: 1774-75 and 1784-85. [lower-alpha 1] [1]
Robert R Livingston, attributed to Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828).jpg 14 Robert R. Livingston 17851792 [1]
Walter Rutherfurd (page 64 crop).jpg 15 Walter Rutherfurd 17921798Also the 7th President. [1]
Robert Lenox.jpg 16 Robert Lenox 17981814Longest serving president and father of James Lenox [1]
James Tillary, M.D.jpg 17 James Tillary 18141818A physician. [1]
Archibald Gracie.jpg 18 Archibald Gracie 18181823 [1]
Robert Halliday (businessman).jpg 19 Robert Halliday 18231828 [1]
20 John Graham 18281831 [1]
John Johnston (1781-1851).jpg 21 John Johnston 18311832 [1]
David Hadden.jpg 22 David Hadden 18321835 [1]
Hugh Maxwell.jpg 23 Hugh Maxwell 18351837 Collector of the Port of New York. [1]
David Hadden.jpg 24 David Hadden 18371840Also 21st president. [1]
David S. Kennedy.jpg 25 David S. Kennedy 18401842 [1]
Richard Irvin (merchant).jpg 26 Richard Irvin 18421851 [1]
Adam Norrie.jpg 27 Adam Norrie 18511862 [1]
Richard Irvin (merchant).jpg 28 Richard Irvin 18621864Also 24th president. [1]
Robert Gordon (banker).jpg 29 Robert Gordon 18641865 [1]
William Wood (banker).jpg 30 William Wood 18651867 [1]
John Taylor Johnston.jpg 31 John Taylor Johnston 18671869President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. [1]
Robert Gordon (banker).jpg 32 Robert Gordon 18691872Also the 26th president. [1]
James Moir (merchant).jpg 33 James Moir 18721873 [1]
Robert Gordon (banker).jpg 34 Robert Gordon 18731876Also the 26th president. [1]
James Brand (merchant).jpg 35 James Brand 18761879 [1]
Picture of John Stewart Kennedy.jpg 36 John Stewart Kennedy 18791882Financier and philanthropist. [1]
Walter Watson (banker).jpg 37 Walter Watson 18821884 [1]
Picture of John Stewart Kennedy.jpg 38 John Stewart Kennedy 18841887Also the 31st president. [1]
Bryce Gray.jpg 39 Bryce Gray 18871889 [1]
40 John Sloane 18891893 [1]
George Austin Morrison.jpg 41 George Austin Morrison 18931895 [1]
John Kennedy Todd.jpg 42 J. Kennedy Tod 18951897 [1]
William Lyall.jpg 43 William Lyall 18971898 [1]
John Reid (businessman).jpg 44 John Reid 18981899 [1]
Andrew Carnegie, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, 1913-crop.jpg 45 Andrew Carnegie 18991902 [1]
W. Butler Duncan.jpg 46 W. Butler Duncan 19021906 [1]
47 Robert Frater Munro 19071908 [3] [4]
Hepburn barton.jpg 48 Alonzo Barton Hepburn 19101911Also Comptroller of the Currency. [3] [5]
49 George A. Morrison Jr. 19121914Son of the 41st president. [3] [6]
William Douglas Sloane.jpg 50 William Sloane 19151917 [3]
AlexanderCrombieHumphreysPortrait.jpg 51 Alexander C. Humphreys 19181920President of Stevens Institute of Technology [3] [7]
52 Alexander Walker 19211921A banker. [3] [8] [9]
53 Alexander B. Halliday 19221923Son-in-law of 38th president. [3]
John Sloane.jpg 54 John Sloane Jr. 19241925 [3]
55 Henry Moir 19261927President of the United States Life Insurance Company [3] [10]
CharlesPMcClelland1893.jpg 56 Charles P. McClelland 19281929Chief Justice of the United States Customs Court [3] [11]
57 George McGeachin 19301931Mayor of Larchmont, New York [3] [12]
58 James Sears McCulloh 19321934President of New York Telephone Company. [3] [13]
59 Andrew Baxter 19351936 [3] [14]
60 Maitland Dwight 19371938A lawyer [3] [15]
61 Arthur Hunter 19381940An actuary [3] [16]
62 William W. Peake 19411942A stockbroker [3] [17]
63 Henry Jessup Cochran 19431944President of the Bankers Trust [3] [18]
64 Errol Kerr 19451942An accountant [3] [19]
65 Benjamin P. Watson 19461947A physician [3]
Ward melville.png 66 Ward Melville 19481949His father was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. [3] [20]
67 Duncan M. Spencer 19501951Chairman of the Fiduciary Trust Company. [3] [21]
68 James A. Keillor 19521953Vice-president of B. Altman & Co. [3] [22]
69 John M. MacGregor 19541955 [3]
70 Thomas P. Haig 19561957A minister [3]
71 David Bowie McVean 19581959President of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank [3] [23]
72 Hugh Seel MacLean 19601961Associated with Imperial Chemical Industries. [3] [24]
73 Allan C. George 19621963An accountant [3] [25]
74 Henry J. Cochran Jr. 19641965Son of the 63rd president [3]
75 Everett M. Clark 19661967 [3]
76 Nestor J. MacDonald 19681969President of Thomas & Betts [3] [26]
77 J. Sinclair Armstrong 19701971Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [3] [27]
78 Donald Gregg 19711973President of Faber, Coe & Gregg. [3]
79 David P. H. Watson 19731975Son of the 65th President. [3] [28]
80 Gordon L. Barclay 19751977Managing director of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene [3] [29]
81 Douglas Lachlan Maclean 19781979A minister. [3]
82 John A. Fraser 19791981 [3]
83 John L. Coulson 19811982 [3]
84 Robert Campbell Jr. 19831985 [3]
85 David Graham Black Jr. 19851987 [3]
86 Robert F. Colquhoun 19871989Of Clan Colquhoun. [3]
87 Geoffrey Gregg 19891991 [3]
88 Steven M. Draper 19911993 [3]
89 Robert Coe 19931995 [3]
90 Victor E. Stewart 19951997 [3]
91 Sean Stewart Macpherson 19971999 [3]
92 Roderick Errol Kerr Jr. 19992001 [3]
93 John Mauk Hilliard 20012003 [3]
Edward J. Collins (1980).png 94 Edward J. Collins Jr. 20032005 [3]
Duncan A. Bruce Scot and Author at the Waldorf.jpg 95 Duncan Archibald Bruce 20052007 [3]
96Alfred G. Bisset20072009
97Robert W. Ker III20092011
98William T. Maitland20112012
99Samuel F. Abernethy Esq20122014
100Thomas D. Halket20142016
101James Heggie III20162018
102Donald Sinclair Whamond Jr.20182020
103David M. Murphy20202022
104Richard Porter2022

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ The history of the Society from 1774 to 1784, during the Revolutionary War, remains a blank. [1]
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