The following is a list of the presidents of Davidson College, which began operating in 1837 in Davidson, North Carolina. {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" ! !! Presidents of Davidson College !! Years as president |- | 1 || Reverend Robert Hall Morrison || 1836-1840 |- | 2 || Reverend Samuel Williamson (academic) || 1841-1854 |- | 3 || Reverend Drury Lacy, Jr. || 1855-1860 |- |4|| Reverend John Lycan Kirkpatrick || 1860-1866 |- |5|| Reverend George Wilson McPhail || 1866-1871 |- | -|| John Rennie Blake || 1871-1877 |- |6|| Reverend Andrew Dousa Hepburn || 1877-1885 |- | 7 || Reverend Luther McKinnon || 1885-1888 |- | - || Colonel William Joseph Martin || 1887–1888, Acting President |- | 8 || Reverend John Bunyan Shearer || 1888-1901 |- | 9 || Henry Louis Smith || 1901-1912 |- | 10 || William Joseph Martin, Jr. || 1912-1929 |- | 11 || Reverend Walter Lee Lingle || 1929-1941 |- | 12 || Dr. John Rood Cunningham || 1941-1957 |- | - || Professor Clarence John Pietenpol || 1957–1958, Acting President |- | 13 || Dr. David Grier Martin || 1958-1968 |- | - || Professor Frontis Withers Johnston || 1968, Acting President |- | 14 || Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr. || 1968-1983 |- | - || Professor Frontis Withers Johnston || 1983-1984, Acting President |- | 15 || Dr. John Kuykendall || 1984-1997 |- | 16 || Robert F. Vagt || 1997-2007 |- | 17 || Thomas W. Ross || 2007-2010 |- | - || Dr. John Kuykendall || 2010, Acting President |- | 18 || Dr. Carol Quillen || 2011–2022 |- | - || Doug Hicks || 2022-Present | } Davidson College