Thomas Church Brownell, 1824-1831
Nathaniel Sheldon Wheaton, 1831-1837
Silas Totten, 1837-1848
John Williams, 1848-1853
Daniel Raynes Goodwin, 1853-1860
Samuel Eliot, 1860-1864
John Barrett Kerfoot, 1864-1866
John Brocklesby, Acting President, 1866-1867
Abner Jackson, 1867-1874
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, 1874-1883
George Williamson Smith, 1883-1904
Flavel Sweeten Luther, 1904-1919
Henry Augustus Perkins, Acting President, 1915-1916, 1919-1920
Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, 1920-1943
Arthur Howard Hughes, Acting President, 1943-1945, 1951-1953
George Keith Funston, 1945-1951
Albert Charles Jacobs, 1953-1968
Theodore Davidge Lockwood, 1968-1981
James Fairfield English, Jr., 1981-1989
Tom Gerety, 1989-1994
Borden W. Painter, Jr., Acting President, 1994-1995
Evan S. Dobelle, 1995-2001
Ronald R. Thomas, Acting President, 2001-2002
Richard H. Hersh, 2002-2003
Borden W. Painter, Jr., 2003-2004
James F. Jones, Jr., 2004-