| Cyrus Nutt (Acting) |
1837-1839 |
| Matthew Simpson |
1839-1848 |
| William C. Larrabee (Acting) |
1848-1849 |
| Lucien W. Berry |
1849-1854 |
| Daniel Curry |
1854-1857 |
| Cyrus Nutt (Acting) |
1857-1858 |
| Thomas Bowman |
1858-1872 |
| Reuben Andrus |
1872-1875 |
| Alexander Martin |
1875-1889 |
| John P.D. John |
1889-1895 |
| Hillary Asbury Gobin (Acting) |
1895-1896 |
| Hillary Asbury Gobin |
1896-1903 |
| Edwin Holt Hughes |
1903-1909 |
| Francis John McConnell |
1909-1912 |
| George Richmond Grose |
1912-1924 |
| Henry Boyer Longden (Acting) |
1924-1925 |
| Lemuel Herbert Murlin |
1925-1928 |
| G. Bromley Oxnam |
1928-1936 |
| Clyde Everett Wildman |
1936-1951 |
| Clyde Everett Wildman (Emeritus) |
1951-1955 |
| Russell J. Humbert |
1951-1962 |
| Glenn W. Thompson (Acting) |
1962-1963 |
| William Edward Kerstetter |
1963-1975 |
| William Edward Kerstetter (Chancellor) |
1975-1978 |
| Thomas Wyatt Binford (Acting) |
1975-1976 |
| Robert Holton Farber (Acting) |
1976-1977 |
| Richard Franklin Rosser |
1977-1986 |
| Richard Franklin Rosser (Chancellor) |
1986 |
| Robert G. Bottoms |
1986- |