Mercer University

Presidents

• Billington McCarthy Sanders (1833–1840)
• Otis Smith (1840–1844)
• John Leadley Dagg (1844–1854)
• Nathaniel Macon Crawford (1854–1856)
• Shelton Palmer Sanford (acting President; 1856–1858)
• Nathaniel Macon Crawford (1858–1866)
• Henry Holcombe Tucker (1866–1871)
• Archibald John Battle (1872–1889)
• Gustavus Alonzo Nunnally (1889–1893)
• Joseph Edgerton Willet (acting President; 1893)
• James Bruton Gambrell (1893–1896)
• Pinckney Daniel Pollock (1896–1903)
• Matthew Quinn Wetherington (acting President; 1903–1905)
• Charles Lee Smith (1905–1906)
• Samuel Young Jameson (1906–1913)
• James Freeman Sellers (acting President; 1913–1914)
• William Lowndes Pickard (1914–1918)
• Rufus Washington Weaver (1918–1927)
• Andrew Phillip Montague (acting President; 1927–1928)
• Spright Dowell (1928–1953)
• George Boyce Connell (1953–1959)
• Spright Dowell (interim President; 1959–1960)
• Rufus Carrollton Harris (1960–1979)
• Raleigh Kirby Godsey (1979– )