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Office History
The following list outlines the former presidents of Washington College.
- William Smith, 1782-1789
- Colin Ferguson, 1793-1805
- Hugh McGuire, 1813-1815
- Joab G. Cooper, 1816-1817
- Gerard E. Stack, 1817-1818
- Francis Waters, 1818-1823
- Timothy Clowes, 1823-1829
- Peter Clark, 1829-1832
- Richard W. Ringgold, 1832-1854
- Francis Waters, 1854-1860
- Andrew J. Sutton, 1860-1867
- Robert C. Berkeley, 1867-1873
- William J. Rivers, 1873-1887
- Thomas N. Williams, 1887-1889
- Charles W. Reid, 1889-1903
- James W. Cain, 1903-1918
- Clarence P. Gould, 1919-1923
- Paul E. Titsworth, 1923-1933
- Gilbert W. Mead, 1933-1949
- Daniel Z. Gibson, 1950-1970
- Charles J. Merdinger, 1970-1973
- Joseph H. McLain, 1973-1981
- Douglass Cater, 1982-1990
- Charles H. Trout, 1990-1995
- John S. Toll, 1995-2004
- Baird Tipson, 2004-present