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Hamilton College Presidents

1. Azel Backus, D.D., 1812-16
2. Henry Davis, D.D., 1817-33
3. Sereno Edwards Dwight, D.D., 1833-35
4. Joseph Penney, D.D., 1835-39
5. Simeon North, D.D., LL.D., 1839-57
6. Samuel Ware Fisher, D.D., LL.D., 1858-66
7. Samuel Gilman Brown, D.D., LL.D., 1866-81
8. Henry Darling, D.D., LL.D., 1881-91
9. Melancthon Woolsey Stryker, D.D., Litt.D., LL.D., 1892-1917
10. Frederick Carlos Ferry, Ph.D., Sc.D., LL.D., J.U.D., 1917-38
11. William Harold Cowley, Ph.D., LL.D., L.H.D., Litt.D., 1938-44
12. David Worcester, Ph.D., LL.D., 1945-47
13. Thomas Brown Rudd, LL.D., 1947-49
14. Robert Ward McEwen, Ph.D., LL.D., L.H.D., Litt.D., 1949-66
    Richard Watrous Couper, LL.D., L.H.D., 1966-68 (acting)
15. John Wesley Chandler, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., 1968-73
    Samuel Fisher Babbitt, Ph.D., LL.D., 1968-78 (Kirkland College)
16. J. Martin Carovano, Ph.D., LL.D., 1974-88
17. Harry C. Payne, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., 1988-93
18. Eugene M. Tobin, Ph.D., LL.D., 1993-2003
19. Joan Hinde Stewart, Ph.D., LL.D., 2003 -