List of presidents of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York

The Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, founded in 1756, is a charitable organization focused on helping Scots in the New York community.

History

The Society is led by a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Managers.[1]

List of presidents
Portrait No. Named individual Start date End date Comments
1Philip Livingston17561757Merchant and statesman.[1]
2Adam Thomson17571758A physician.[1][2]
3John Morin Scott175817591st Secretary of State of New York.[1]
4Andrew Barclay17591761Uncle of Thomas Henry Barclay.[1]
5William Alexander17611764A Major General during the Revolution.[1]
6Alexander Colden17641766Son of Cadwallader Colden.[1]
7Walter Rutherfurd17661767Also served from 1792-1798.[1]
8Peter Middleton17671770A physician.[1]
9John Murray17701771Governor of the Province of New York.[1]
10John Watts17711772[1]
11William McAdam17721773[1]
12Thomas Drummond17731774Older brother of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth.[1]
13David Johnston17741785Served two terms: 1774-75 and 1784-85.[lower-alpha 1][1]
14Robert R. Livingston17851792[1]
15Walter Rutherfurd17921798Also the 7th President.[1]
16Robert Lenox17981814Longest serving president and father of James Lenox[1]
17James Tillary18141818A physician.[1]
18Archibald Gracie18181823[1]
19Robert Halliday18231828[1]
20John Graham18281831[1]
21John Johnston18311832[1]
22David Hadden18321835[1]
23Hugh Maxwell18351837Collector of the Port of New York.[1]
24David Hadden18371840Also 21st president.[1]
25David S. Kennedy18401842[1]
26Richard Irvin18421851[1]
27Adam Norrie18511862[1]
28Richard Irvin18621864Also 24th president.[1]
29Robert Gordon18641865[1]
30William Wood18651867[1]
31John Taylor Johnston18671869President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey.[1]
32Robert Gordon18691872Also the 26th president.[1]
33James Moir18721873[1]
34Robert Gordon18731876Also the 26th president.[1]
35James Brand18761879[1]
36John Stewart Kennedy18791882Financier and philanthropist.[1]
37Walter Watson18821884[1]
38John Stewart Kennedy18841887Also the 31st president.[1]
39Bryce Gray18871889[1]
40John Sloane18891893[1]
41George Austin Morrison18931895[1]
42J. Kennedy Todd18951897[1]
43William Lyall18971898[1]
44John Reid18981899[1]
45Andrew Carnegie18991902[1]
46W. Butler Duncan19021906[1]
47Robert Frater Munro19071908[3][4]
48Alonzo Barton Hepburn19101911Also Comptroller of the Currency.[3][5]
49George A. Morrison Jr.19121914Son of the 41st president.[3][6]
50William Sloane19151917[3]
51Alexander C. Humphreys19181920President of Stevens Institute of Technology[3][7]
52Alexander Walker19211921A banker.[3][8][9]
53Alexander B. Halliday19221923Son-in-law of 38th president.[3]
54John Sloane Jr.19241925[3]
55Henry Moir19261927President of the United States Life Insurance Company[3][10]
56Charles P. McClelland19281929Chief Justice of the United States Customs Court[3][11]
57George McGeachin19301931Mayor of Larchmont, New York[3][12]
58James Sears McCulloh19321934President of New York Telephone Company.[3][13]
59Andrew Baxter19351936[3][14]
60Maitland Dwight19371938A lawyer[3][15]
61Arthur Hunter19381940An actuary[3][16]
62William W. Peake19411942A stockbroker[3][17]
63Henry Jessup Cochran19431944President of the Bankers Trust[3][18]
64Errol Kerr19451942An accountant[3][19]
65Benjamin P. Watson19461947A physician[3]
66Ward Melville19481949His father was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward.[3][20]
67Duncan M. Spencer19501951Chairman of the Fiduciary Trust Company.[3][21]
68James A. Keillor19521953Vice President of B. Altman & Co.[3][22]
69John M. MacGregor19541955[3]
70Thomas P. Haig19561957A minister[3]
71David Bowie McVean19581959President of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank[3][23]
72Hugh Seel MacLean19601961Associated with Imperial Chemical Industries.[3][24]
73Allan C. George19621963An accountant[3][25]
74Henry J. Cochran Jr.19641965Son of the 63rd president [3]
75Everett M. Clark19661967[3]
76Nestor J. MacDonald19681969President of Thomas & Betts[3][26]
77J. Sinclair Armstrong19701971Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission[3][27]
78Donald Gregg19711973President of Faber, Coe & Gregg.[3]
79David P. H. Watson19731975Son of the 65th President.[3][28]
80Gordon L. Barclay19751977Managing Director of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene[3][29]
81Douglas Lachlan Maclean19781979A minister.[3]
82John A. Fraser19791981[3]
83John L. Coulson19811982[3]
84Robert Campbell Jr.19831985[3]
85David Graham Black Jr.19851987[3]
86Robert F. Colquhoun19871989Of Clan Colquhoun.[3]
87Geoffrey Gregg19891991[3]
88Steven M. Draper19911993[3]
89Robert Coe19931995[3]
90Victor E. Stewart19951997[3]
91Sean Stewart Macpherson19971999[3]
92Roderick Errol Kerr Jr.19992001[3]
93John Mauk Hilliard20012003[3]
94Edward J. Collins Jr.20032005[3]
95Duncan Archibald Bruce20052007[3]

References
Notes
  1. The history of the Society from 1774 to 1784, during the Revolutionary War, remains a blank.[1]
Sources
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