# 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.

## List of presidents

| No. | Named individual | Start date | End date | Comments |
| 1 | Philip Livingston | 1756 | 1757 | Merchant and statesman. |
| 2 | Adam Thomson | 1757 | 1758 | A physician. |
| 3 | John Morin Scott | 1758 | 1759 | 1st Secretary of State of New York. |
| 4 | Andrew Barclay | 1759 | 1761 | Uncle of Thomas Henry Barclay. |
| 5 | William Alexander | 1761 | 1764 | A Major General during the Revolution. |
| 6 | Alexander Colden | 1764 | 1766 | Son of Cadwallader Colden. |
| 7 | Walter Rutherfurd | 1766 | 1767 | Also served from 1792-1798. |
| 8 | Peter Middleton | 1767 | 1770 | A physician. |
| 9 | John Murray | 1770 | 1771 | Governor of the Province of New York. |
| 10 | John Watts | 1771 | 1772 | |
| 11 | William McAdam | 1772 | 1773 | |
| 12 | Thomas Drummond | 1773 | 1774 | Older brother of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth. |
| 13 | David Johnston | 1774 | 1785 | Served two terms: 1774-75 and 1784-85. |
| 14 | Robert R. Livingston | 1785 | 1792 | |
| 15 | Walter Rutherfurd | 1792 | 1798 | Also the 7th President. |
| 16 | Robert Lenox | 1798 | 1814 | Longest serving president and father of James Lenox |
| 17 | James Tillary | 1814 | 1818 | A physician. |
| 18 | Archibald Gracie | 1818 | 1823 | |
| 19 | Robert Halliday | 1823 | 1828 | |
| 20 | John Graham | 1828 | 1831 | |
| 21 | John Johnston | 1831 | 1832 | |
| 22 | David Hadden | 1832 | 1835 | |
| 23 | Hugh Maxwell | 1835 | 1837 | Collector of the Port of New York. |
| 24 | David Hadden | 1837 | 1840 | Also 21st president. |
| 25 | David S. Kennedy | 1840 | 1842 | |
| 26 | Richard Irvin | 1842 | 1851 | |
| 27 | Adam Norrie | 1851 | 1862 | |
| 28 | Richard Irvin | 1862 | 1864 | Also 24th president. |
| 29 | Robert Gordon | 1864 | 1865 | |
| 30 | William Wood | 1865 | 1867 | |
| 31 | John Taylor Johnston | 1867 | 1869 | President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. |
| 32 | Robert Gordon | 1869 | 1872 | Also the 26th president. |
| 33 | James Moir | 1872 | 1873 | |
| 34 | Robert Gordon | 1873 | 1876 | Also the 26th president. |
| 35 | James Brand | 1876 | 1879 | |
| 36 | John Stewart Kennedy | 1879 | 1882 | Financier and philanthropist. |
| 37 | Walter Watson | 1882 | 1884 | |
| 38 | John Stewart Kennedy | 1884 | 1887 | Also the 31st president. |
| 39 | Bryce Gray | 1887 | 1889 | |
| 40 | John Sloane | 1889 | 1893 | |
| 41 | George Austin Morrison | 1893 | 1895 | |
| 42 | J. Kennedy Tod | 1895 | 1897 | |
| 43 | William Lyall | 1897 | 1898 | |
| 44 | John Reid | 1898 | 1899 | |
| 45 | Andrew Carnegie | 1899 | 1902 | |
| 46 | W. Butler Duncan | 1902 | 1906 | |
| 47 | Robert Frater Munro | 1907 | 1908 | |
| 48 | Alonzo Barton Hepburn | 1910 | 1911 | Also Comptroller of the Currency. |
| 49 | George A. Morrison Jr. | 1912 | 1914 | Son of the 41st president. |
| 50 | William Sloane | 1915 | 1917 | |
| 51 | Alexander C. Humphreys | 1918 | 1920 | President of Stevens Institute of Technology |
| 52 | Alexander Walker | 1921 | 1921 | A banker. |
| 53 | Alexander B. Halliday | 1922 | 1923 | Son-in-law of 38th president. |
| 54 | John Sloane Jr. | 1924 | 1925 | |
| 55 | Henry Moir | 1926 | 1927 | President of the United States Life Insurance Company |
| 56 | Charles P. McClelland | 1928 | 1929 | Chief Justice of the United States Customs Court |
| 57 | George McGeachin | 1930 | 1931 | Mayor of Larchmont, New York |
| 58 | James Sears McCulloh | 1932 | 1934 | President of New York Telephone Company. |
| 59 | Andrew Baxter | 1935 | 1936 | |
| 60 | Maitland Dwight | 1937 | 1938 | A lawyer |
| 61 | Arthur Hunter | 1938 | 1940 | An actuary |
| 62 | William W. Peake | 1941 | 1942 | A stockbroker |
| 63 | Henry Jessup Cochran | 1943 | 1944 | President of the Bankers Trust |
| 64 | Errol Kerr | 1945 | 1942 | An accountant |
| 65 | Benjamin P. Watson | 1946 | 1947 | A physician |
| 66 | Ward Melville | 1948 | 1949 | His father was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. |
| 67 | Duncan M. Spencer | 1950 | 1951 | Chairman of the Fiduciary Trust Company. |
| 68 | James A. Keillor | 1952 | 1953 | Vice-president of B. Altman & Co. |
| 69 | John M. MacGregor | 1954 | 1955 | |
| 70 | Thomas P. Haig | 1956 | 1957 | A minister |
| 71 | David Bowie McVean | 1958 | 1959 | President of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank |
| 72 | Hugh Seel MacLean | 1960 | 1961 | Associated with Imperial Chemical Industries. |
| 73 | Allan C. George | 1962 | 1963 | An accountant |
| 74 | Henry J. Cochran Jr. | 1964 | 1965 | Son of the 63rd president |
| 75 | Everett M. Clark | 1966 | 1967 | |
| 76 | Nestor J. MacDonald | 1968 | 1969 | President of Thomas & Betts |
| 77 | J. Sinclair Armstrong | 1970 | 1971 | Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 78 | Donald Gregg | 1971 | 1973 | President of Faber, Coe & Gregg. |
| 79 | David P. H. Watson | 1973 | 1975 | Son of the 65th President. |
| 80 | Gordon L. Barclay | 1975 | 1977 | Managing director of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene |
| 81 | Douglas Lachlan Maclean | 1978 | 1979 | A minister. |
| 82 | John A. Fraser | 1979 | 1981 | |
| 83 | John L. Coulson | 1981 | 1982 | |
| 84 | Robert Campbell Jr. | 1983 | 1985 | |
| 85 | David Graham Black Jr. | 1985 | 1987 | |
| 86 | Robert F. Colquhoun | 1987 | 1989 | Of Clan Colquhoun. |
| 87 | Geoffrey Gregg | 1989 | 1991 | |
| 88 | Steven M. Draper | 1991 | 1993 | |
| 89 | Robert Coe | 1993 | 1995 | |
| 90 | Victor E. Stewart | 1995 | 1997 | |
| 91 | Sean Stewart Macpherson | 1997 | 1999 | |
| 92 | Roderick Errol Kerr Jr. | 1999 | 2001 | |
| 93 | John Mauk Hilliard | 2001 | 2003 | |
| 94 | Edward J. Collins Jr. | 2003 | 2005 | |
| 95 | Duncan Archibald Bruce | 2005 | 2007 | |
| 96 | Alfred G. Bisset | 2007 | 2009 | |
| 97 | Robert W. Ker III | 2009 | 2011 | |
| 98 | William T. Maitland | 2011 | 2012 | |
| 99 | Samuel F. Abernethy Esq | 2012 | 2014 | |
| 100 | Thomas D. Halket | 2014 | 2016 | |
| 101 | James Heggie III | 2016 | 2018 | |
| 102 | Donald Sinclair Whamond Jr. | 2018 | 2020 | |
| 103 | David M. Murphy | 2020 | 2022 | |
| 104 | Richard Porter | 2022 | | |