# List of presidents and chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

This is a list of presidents and chancellors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison:
| No. | Image | UW presidents | From | To | Title | Notes |
| 1 | | John Hiram Lathrop | 1849 | 1858 | Chancellor | |
| 2 | | Henry Barnard | 1859 | 1861 | Chancellor | |
| 3 | | John Whelan Sterling | 1861 | 1867 | Executive officer | |
| 4 | | Paul Chadbourne | 1867 | 1870 | President | |
| 5 | | John Hanson Twombly | 1871 | 1874 | President | |
| 6 | . | John Bascom | 1874 | 1887 | President | |
| 7 | | Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin | 1887 | 1892 | President | |
| 8 | | Charles Kendall Adams | 1892 | 1901 | President | |
| – | | Edward Asahel Birge | 1901 | 1903 | Acting president | |
| 9 | | Charles R. Van Hise | 1903 | 1918 | President | |
| 10 | | Edward Asahel Birge | 1918 | 1925 | President | |
| 11 | | Glenn Frank | 1925 | 1937 | President | |
| – | | George Sellery | 1937 | 1937 | Acting president | |
| 12 | | Clarence Addison Dykstra | July 1, 1937 | January 1945 | President | |
| 13 | | Edwin Broun Fred | February 15, 1945 | June 30, 1958 | President | |
| 14 | | Conrad Elvehjem | July 1, 1958 | July 27, 1962 | President | Died while in office. |
| 15 | | Fred Harvey Harrington* | July 1962 | September 30, 1970 | President | |
| – | | Robert Clodius | October 1, 1970 | December 31, 1970 | Acting president | |
| 16 | | John Carrier Weaver** | January 1, 1971 | October 11, 1971 | President | |
* * In 1963, Harrington reorganized the University of Wisconsin by creating one central administration, and separate administrations for each of the individual campuses (Madison, Milwaukee, and University Centers). Harrington remained the president of the central administration, while Robert Clodius became the acting provost of the Madison campus. Later, in 1970, Clodius became the acting president of the central administration until John Weaver took over in 1971.
* ** In 1971, the University of Wisconsin System was created by merging all four campuses (Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Parkside) and the Wisconsin State Universities. John Weaver became the first president of the UW system.
| No. | UW–Madison Chancellors | From | To | Title |
| – | Robert Clodius* | March 8, 1963 | August 31, 1964 | Acting provost |
| 1 | Robben Wright Fleming*** | September 1, 1964 | 1967 | Chancellor |
| 2 | William H. Sewell | 1967 | 1968 | Chancellor |
| – | Bryant Kearl | July 1, 1968 | September 12, 1968 | Acting chancellor |
| 3 | Hugh Edwin Young | September 13, 1968 | 1977 | Chancellor |
| – | Glenn Simpson Pound | 1977 | 1977 | Acting chancellor |
| 4 | Irving Shain | 1977 | 1986 | Chancellor |
| – | Bernard Cecil Cohen | 1987 | 1987 | Acting chancellor |
| 5 | Donna Shalala | 1988 | 1993 | Chancellor |
| 6 | David Ward | 1993 | 2000 | Chancellor |
| 7 | John D. Wiley | January 1, 2001 | August 31, 2008 | Chancellor |
| 8 | Carolyn "Biddy" Martin | September 1, 2008 | July 17, 2011 | Chancellor |
| – | David Ward | July 18, 2011 | July 21, 2013 | Interim chancellor |
| 9 | Rebecca Blank | July 22, 2013 | May 31, 2022 | Chancellor |
| – | John Karl Scholz | June 1, 2022 | August 3, 2022 | Interim Chancellor |
| 10 | Jennifer Mnookin | August 4, 2022 | Current | Chancellor |