List of presidents of the University of South Carolina

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.

Presidents of the University of South Carolina

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

References

• University of South Carolina. Commencement Exercises: School of Law. May 11, 2007.

External links

• Office of the President