List of presidents of the University of South Carolina

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The following is a list of the presidents of the University of South Carolina from its founding as South Carolina College in 1801, to the present day.

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Presidents of the University of South Carolina

No.ImageNameTenureNotes
1 JonathanMaxcy.jpg Jonathan Maxcy 1804–1820
2 Thomas Cooper portrait.jpg Thomas Cooper 1821–1834
Robert Henry 1834President pro tempore
Henry Junius Nott 1834–1835Chairman of the Faculty
3 Barnwell.jpg Robert Woodward Barnwell 1835–1841
4 Robert Henry 1841–1845
5 George Peter Alexander Healy - William C. Preston - Google Art Project.jpg William C. Preston 1845–1851
PSM V52 D304 Francis Lieber.jpg Francis Lieber 1851President pro tempore
6 JamesHenleyThornwell.jpg James H. Thornwell 1851–1855
7 Charles F. McCay 1855–1857
8 Augustus Baldwin Longstreet.jpg Augustus B. Longstreet 1857–1861
Maximilian LaBorde 1861–1865Chairman of the Faculty
Barnwell.jpg Robert Woodward Barnwell 1865–1873Chairman of the Faculty
Benjamin B. Babbitt 1873–1875Chairman of the Faculty
Anson W. Cummings 1875–1877Chairman of the Faculty
9 William Porcher Miles - Brady-Handy (cropped).png William Porcher Miles 1880–1882
10 John McLaren McBryde.jpg John McLaren McBryde 1883–1891
11 James Woodrow (1828-1907).png James Woodrow 1891–1897
12 Frank C. Woodward 1897–1902
13 Benjamin Sloan 1902–1908Acting President from 1902 to 1903
Andrew C. Moore 1908–1909Acting President
14 Samuel Chiles Mitchell (cropped).jpg Samuel Chiles Mitchell 1909–1913
Andrew C. Moore 1913–1914Acting President
15 William Spenser Currell.png William Spenser Currell 1914–1922
16 William Davis Melton 1922–1926
Leonard T. Baker 1926Acting President
17 Davison McDowell Douglas 1927–1931
18 Leonard T. Baker 1931–1936
19 James Rion McKissick 1936–1944
Leonard T. Baker 1944–1945Acting President
20 Norman Murray Smith 1945–1952
Francis Wright Bradley 1952Acting President
21 DonaldRussell.jpg Donald S. Russell 1952–1957
22 Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt 1957–1962Acting President from 1957 to 1959
23 Thomas F. Jones 1962–1974
24William H. Patterson1974–1977
25 Holderman and Reagan at the University of South Carolina (cropped).jpg James B. Holderman 1977–1990
AKS2.jpg Arthur K. Smith 1990–1991Interim President
26 Dr. John Michael Palms.jpg John M. Palms 1991–2002
27 Andrew A. Sorensen 2002–2008
28 Harris Pastides.png Harris Pastides 2008–2019
29 Bob Caslen (cropped).jpg Robert L. Caslen 2019–2021
Harris Pastides.png Harris Pastides 2021–2022Interim President; 2nd time
30 Amiridis USCHorseshoe 1Aug2023.png Michael Amiridis July 1, 2022Incumbent

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