| Isaac T. Tichenor | |
| President of the Auburn University | |
| Term Start: | 1872 |
| Term End: | 1881 |
| Predecessor: | James Ferguson Dowdell |
| Successor: | William Leroy Broun |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1825 |
| Birth Place: | Spencer County, Kentucky |
| Death Place: | Atlanta, Georgia |
Isaac Taylor Tichenor (November 11, 1825 – December 2, 1902), a pastor and a planter, was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, from 1872 to 1881.[1] [2]
Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born in Kentucky on November 11, 1825.[3]
From 1852 to 1867, he was pastor at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.[4]
During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain in the Confederate States Army.[2] [3] In 1863, he still defended slavery in his sermons.[5] After the war, he spent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama.[1]
In 1871, he became pastor at the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but resigned shortly after.[1] He also was a pastor in Kentucky and Mississippi.[3] From 1872 to 1881, he served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University.[1] [3] In 1882, he became President of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
He died on December 2, 1902, and is buried in Westview Cemetery.