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.
Image | Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
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1 | Jonathan Maxcy | 1804–1820 | |||
2 | Thomas Cooper | 1821–1834 | |||
– | Robert Henry | 1834 | President pro tempore | ||
– | Henry Junius Nott | 1834–1835 | Chairman of the Faculty | ||
3 | Robert Woodward Barnwell | 1835–1841 | |||
4 | Robert Henry | 1841–1845 | |||
5 | William C. Preston | 1845–1851 | |||
– | Francis Lieber | 1851 | President pro tempore | ||
6 | James H. Thornwell | 1851–1855 | |||
7 | Charles F. McCay | 1855–1857 | |||
8 | Augustus B. Longstreet | 1857–1861 | |||
– | Maximilian LaBorde | 1861–1865 | Chairman of the Faculty | ||
– | 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 | William Porcher Miles | 1880–1882 | |||
10 | John McLaren McBryde | 1883–1891 | |||
11 | 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 | Samuel Chiles Mitchell | 1909–1913 | |||
– | Andrew C. Moore | 1913–1914 | Acting President | ||
15 | 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 | 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 | James B. Holderman | 1977–1990 | |||
– | Arthur K. Smith | 1990–1991 | Interim President | ||
26 | John M. Palms | 1991–2002 | |||
27 | Andrew A. Sorensen | 2002–2008 | |||
28 | Harris Pastides | 2008–2019 | |||
29 | Robert L. Caslen | 2019–2021 | |||
– | Harris Pastides | 2021–2022 | Interim President; 2nd time | ||
30 | Michael Amiridis | July 1, 2022 | Incumbent |