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

Portrait No. Named individual Start date End date Comments 1 1756 1757 Merchant and statesman. 2 1757 1758 A physician. 3 1758 1759 1st Secretary of State of New York. 4 1759 1761 Uncle of Thomas Henry Barclay. 5 1761 1764 A Major General during the Revolution. 6 1764 1766 Son of Cadwallader Colden. 7 1766 1767 Also served from 1792-1798. 8 1767 1770 A physician. 9 1770 1771 Governor of the Province of New York. 10 1771 1772 11 1772 1773 12 1773 1774 Older brother of James Drummond, 1st Baron Perth. 13 1774 1785 Served two terms: 1774-75 and 1784-85. 14 1785 1792 15 1792 1798 Also the 7th President. 16 1798 1814 Longest serving president and father of James Lenox 17 1814 1818 A physician. 18 1818 1823 19 1823 1828 20 1828 1831 21 1831 1832 22 1832 1835 23 1835 1837 Collector of the Port of New York. 24 1837 1840 Also 21st president. 25 1840 1842 26 1842 1851 27 1851 1862 28 1862 1864 Also 24th president. 29 1864 1865 30 1865 1867 31 1867 1869 President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. 32 1869 1872 Also the 26th president. 33 1872 1873 34 1873 1876 Also the 26th president. 35 1876 1879 36 1879 1882 Financier and philanthropist. 37 1882 1884 38 1884 1887 Also the 31st president. 39 1887 1889 40 1889 1893 41 1893 1895 42 1895 1897 43 1897 1898 44 1898 1899 45 1899 1902 46 1902 1906 47 1907 1908 48 1910 1911 Also Comptroller of the Currency. 49 1912 1914 Son of the 41st president. 50 1915 1917 51 1918 1920 President of Stevens Institute of Technology 52 1921 1921 A banker. 53 1922 1923 Son-in-law of 38th president. 54 1924 1925 55 1926 1927 President of the United States Life Insurance Company 56 1928 1929 Chief Justice of the United States Customs Court 57 1930 1931 Mayor of Larchmont, New York 58 1932 1934 President of New York Telephone Company. 59 1935 1936 60 1937 1938 A lawyer 61 1938 1940 An actuary 62 1941 1942 A stockbroker 63 1943 1944 President of the Bankers Trust 64 1945 1942 An accountant 65 1946 1947 A physician 66 1948 1949 His father was a nephew of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. 67 1950 1951 Chairman of the Fiduciary Trust Company. 68 1952 1953 Vice-president of B. Altman & Co. 69 1954 1955 70 1956 1957 A minister 71 1958 1959 President of the Bay Ridge Savings Bank 72 1960 1961 Associated with Imperial Chemical Industries. 73 1962 1963 An accountant 74 1964 1965 Son of the 63rd president 75 1966 1967 76 1968 1969 President of Thomas & Betts 77 1970 1971 Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 78 1971 1973 President of Faber, Coe & Gregg. 79 1973 1975 Son of the 65th President. 80 1975 1977 Managing director of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene 81 1978 1979 A minister. 82 1979 1981 83 1981 1982 84 1983 1985 85 1985 1987 86 1987 1989 Of Clan Colquhoun. 87 1989 1991 88 1991 1993 89 1993 1995 90 1995 1997 91 1997 1999 92 1999 2001 93 2001 2003 94 2003 2005 95 2005 2007 96Alfred G. Bisset2007200997Robert W. Ker III2009201198William T. Maitland2011201299Samuel F. Abernethy Esq20122014100Thomas D. Halket20142016101James Heggie III20162018102Donald Sinclair Whamond Jr.20182020103David M. Murphy20202022104Richard Porter2022

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External links History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906, by George Austin Morrison. Scots and Scots Descendant in America by D. MacDougall, 1917.