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Presidents of Union College

• John Blair Smith
  First president of Union College, Dec. 9, 1795–May 1799

• Jonathan Edwards Jr.
  Second president of Union College, July 1799–August 1, 1801

• Jonathan Maxcy
  Third president of Union College, September 1802–July 1804.

• Eliphalet Nott
  Fourth president of Union College, August 1804–January 29, 1866

• Laurens Perseus Hickok
  Fifth president of Union College, March 1, 1866–June 30, 1868

• Charles Augustus Aiken
  Sixth president of Union College, October 12, 1869–June 1871

• Eliphalet Nott Potter, Class of 1861
  Seventh president of Union College, summer of 1871–July 31, 1884

• Harrison Edwin Webster, Class of 1868
  Eighth president of Union College, mid-1888–January 1894

• Andrew Van Vranken Raymond, Class of 1875
  Ninth president of Union College, May 5, 1894–mid-1907

• Charles Alexander Richmond
  Tenth president of Union College, April 1, 1909–January 20, 1928

• Frank Parker Day
  Eleventh president of Union College, January 20, 1929–August 10, 1933

• Dixon Ryan Fox
  Twelfth president of Union College, July 1, 1934-January 30, 1945

• Carter Davidson
  Thirteenth president of Union College, March 1, 1946–January 31, 1965

• Harold Clark Martin
  Fourteenth president of Union College, July 1, 1965–June 30, 1974

• Thomas Neville Bonner
  Fifteenth president of Union College, July 1, 1974–August 31, 1978

• John Selwyn Morris
  Sixteenth president of Union College, August 1, 1979–August 31, 1990

• Roger H. Hull
  Seventeenth president of Union College, September 1, 1990-June 30, 2005

• Stephen Charles Ainlay
  Eighteenth president of Union College, July 1, 2006