List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
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The office of the Moderator of the General Assembly
Moderator of the General Assembly
The Moderator of the General Assembly is the chairperson of a General Assembly, the highest court of a presbyterian or reformed church. Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries may also style the chairperson as moderator....

 was the highest elected position in the Presbyterian Church in the United States
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The Presbyterian Church in the United States was a Protestant Christian denomination in the Southern and border states of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1983...

 (PCUS). The Moderator was responsible for presiding over the meeting of the General Assembly, which was held annually between 1861 and 1983. After the meeting, which lasted for about a week, the Moderator served as an ambassador of the denomination throughout the remainder of the term. After completing the term, most former Moderators took on the role of a church statesman.

The chart below shows the Moderators, and the place of meetings, from 1861 when the PCUS was formed by secession from the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
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, until 1983 when the PCUS merged with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
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The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was the largest branch of Presbyterianism in the United States from May 28, 1958 to 1983...

 to form the present day Presbyterian Church (USA)
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Moderators of PCUS
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The Presbyterian Church in the United States was a Protestant Christian denomination in the Southern and border states of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1983...

 General Assemblies

Number and Year Place of Meeting Moderator
1st GA, 1861 Augusta, GA Rev. Benj. M. Palmer
2nd GA, 1862 Montgomery, AL Rev. J.L. Kirkpatrick
3rd GA, 1863 Columbia Rev. James A. Lyon
4th GA, 1864 Charlotte, NC Rev. John S. Wilson
5th GA, 1865 Macon, GA Rev. George Howe
6th GA, 1866 Memphis, TN Rev. Andrew Hart Kerr
7th GA, 1867 Nashville, TN Rev. Thos. Verner Moore
8th GA, 1868 Baltimore, MD Rev. John N. Waddel
9th GA, 1869 Mobile, AL Rev. Stuart Robinson
10th GA, 1870 Louisville, KY Rev. Robert L. Dabney
Robert Lewis Dabney
Robert Lewis Dabney was an American Christian theologian, a Southern Presbyterian pastor, and Confederate Army chaplain. He was also chief of staff and biographer to Stonewall Jackson. His biography of Jackson remains in print today.Dabney and James Henley Thornwell were two of Southern...

11th GA, 1871 Huntsville, AL Rev. William S. Plumer
12th GA, 1872 Richmond, VA Rev. Thomas R. Welch
13th GA, 1873 Little Rock, AR Rev. Henry Martyn Smith
14th GA, 1874 Columbus, MS Rev. John L. Girardeau
15th GA, 1875 St. Louis, MO Rev. Moses D. Hoge
16th GA, 1876 Savannah, GA Rev. Benjamin M. Smith
17th GA, 1877 New Orleans, LA Rev. C.A. Stillman
18th GA, 1878 Knoxville, TN Rev. T.E. Peck
19th GA, 1879 Louisville, KY Rev. Joseph R. Wilson
Joseph R. Wilson
Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Sr. was a prominent Presbyterian theologian and father of President Woodrow Wilson and of Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Jr..-Biography:...

20th GA, 1880 Charleston, SC Rev. T.A. Hoyt
21st GA, 1881 Staunton, VA Rev. Robert P. Farris
22nd GA, 1882 Atlanta, GA Rev. R.K. Smoot
23rd GA, 1883 Lexington, KY Rev. T. Pryor
24th GA, 1884 Vicksburg, MS Rev. T.D. Witherspoon
25th GA, 1885 Houston, TX Rev. H.R. Raymond
26th GA, 1886 Augusta, GA Rev. J.H.Bryson
27th GA, 1887 St. Louis, MO Rev. G.B. Strickler
28th GA, 1888 Baltimore, MD Rev. J.J. Bullock
29th GA, 1889 Chattanooga, TN Rev. H.G. Hill
30th GA, 1890 Asheville, NC Rev. James Park
31st GA, 1891 Birmingham, AL Rev. Hampden C. DuBose
32nd GA, 1892 Hot Springs, AR Rev. Samuel A. King
33rd GA, 1893 Macon, GA Elder J.W. Lapsley
34th GA, 1894 Nashville, TN Rev. James R. Graham
35th GA, 1895 Dallas, TX Rev. C.R. Hemphill
36th GA, 1896 Memphis, TN Rev. R.Q. Mallard
37th GA, 1897 Charlotte, NC Rev. Geo. T. Goetchius
38th GA, 1898 New Orleans, LA Rev. E.M. Green
39th GA, 1899 Richmond, VA Rev. John F. Cannon
40th GA, 1900 Atlanta, GA Elder Jos. W. Martin
41st GA, 1901 Little Rock, AR Rev. Neander M. Woods
42nd GA, 1902 Jackson, MS Rev. William T. Hall
43rd GA, 1903 Lexington, VA Rev. Abner C. Hopkins
44th GA, 1904 Mobile, AL Rev. S.M. Neel
45th GA, 1905 Fort Worth, TX Rev. J.T. Plunkett
46th GA, 1906 Greenville, SC Elder Allen G. Hall
47th GA, 1907 Birmingham, AL Rev. J.R. Howerton
48th GA, 1908 Greensboro Rev. W.M. Moore
49th GA, 1909 Savannah, GA Rev. William E. Boggs
50th GA, 1910 Lewisburg, WV Rev. J.W. Bachman
51st GA, 1911 Louisville, KY Rev. Russell Cecil
52nd GA, 1912 Bristol, TN Rev. Thos. S. Clyce
53rd GA, 1913 Atlanta, GA Rev. J.S. Lyons
54th GA, 1914 Kansas City Elder W.J. Martin
55th GA, 1915 Newport News, VA Rev. W. McF. Alexander
56th GA, 1916 Orlando, FL Rev. C.W. Grafton
57th GA, 1917 Birmingham, AL Rev. Jno. M. Wills, Ph.D.
58th GA, 1918 Durant Rev. Jas. I. Vance
59th GA, 1919 New Orleans, LA Rev. A.M. Fraser
60th GA, 1920 Charlotte, NC Rev. W.L. Lingle
61st GA, 1921 St. Louis, MO Rev. A.B.Curry
62nd GA, 1922 Charleston, WV Rev. R.C. Reed
63rd GA, 1923 Montreat, NC Rev. Alexander Spunt
64th GA, 1924 San Antonio, TX Rev. Thornton Whaling
65th GA, 1925 Lexington, KY Rev. Georgia Summey
66th GA, 1926 Pensacola, FL Rev. J.W. Skinner
67th GA, 1927 El Dorado Rev. R.F. Campbell
68th GA, 1928 Atlanta, GA Rev. Harris E. Kirk
69th GA, 1929 Montreat, NC Rev. W.R. Dobyns
70th GA, 1930 Charlottesville, VA Rev. Thos. W. Currie
71st GA, 1931 Montreat, NC Elder R.A. Dunn
72nd GA, 1932 Montreat, NC Rev. William Crowe
73rd GA, 1933 Montreat, NC Rev. Ernest Thompson
74th GA, 1934 Montreat, NC Elder Samuel Hale Sibley
75th GA, 1935 Montreat, NC Rev. Henry H. Sweets
76th GA, 1936 Augusta, GA Rev. P. Frank Price
77th GA, 1937 Montreat, NC Rev. D. Clay Lilly
78th GA, 1938 Meridian Elder Willis M. Everett
79th GA, 1939 Montreat, NC Rev. Edward Mack, Ph.D.
80th GA, 1940 Chattanooga, TN Rev. Frank C. Brown
81st GA, 1941 Montreat, NC Rev. Chas. E. Diehl
82nd GA, 1942 Knoxville, TN Elder Chas. G. Rose
83rd GA, 1943 Montreat, NC Rev. Donald W. Richardson
84th GA, 1944 Montreat, NC Rev. Charles L. King
85th GA, 1945 Montreat, NC Rev. Thomas K. Young
86th GA, 1946 Montreat, NC Rev. J.B. Green
87th GA, 1947 Montreat, NC Rev. John R. Cunningham
88th GA, 1948 Atlanta, GA Rev. C. Darby Fulton
89th GA, 1949 Montreat, NC Elder W.E. Price
90th GA, 1950 Massanetta Rev. Ben R. Lacy Jr.
91st GA, 1951 Orlando, FL Elder James Ross McCain, Ph.D.
92nd GA, 1952 Charleston, WV Rev. W.A. Alexander Jr.
93rd GA, 1953 Montreat, NC Rev. Frank W. Price, Ph.D.
94th GA, 1954 Montreat, NC Rev. Wade H. Boggs
95th GA, 1955 Richmond, VA Rev. J. McDowell Richards
96th GA, 1956 Montreat, NC Rev. W. Taliaferro Thompson
97th GA, 1957 Birmingham, AL Rev. W.M. Elliott Jr., Ph.D.
98th GA, 1958 Charlotte, NC Elder Philip F. Howerton
99th GA, 1959 Atlanta, GA Rev. Ernest Trice Thompson
100th GA, 1960 Jacksonville, FL Rev. Marion A. Boggs
101st GA, 1961 Dallas, TX Rev. Wallace M. Alston, Th.D.
102nd GA, 1962 Winston-Salem, WV Elder Edward D. Grant
103rd GA, 1963 Huntington Rev. William H. McCorkle
104th GA, 1964 Montreat, NC Rev. Felix B. Gear, Ph.D.
105th GA, 1965 Montreat, NC Elder Samuel J. Patterson
106th GA, 1966 Montreat, NC Rev. F.H. Caldwell, Ph.D.
107th GA, 1967 Bristol, TN Rev. Marshall C. Dendy
108th GA, 1968 Montreat, NC Rev. P.D. Miller
109th GA, 1969 Mobile, AL Rev. R. Matthew Lynn
110th GA, 1970 Memphis, TN Rev. William A. Benfield Jr.
111th GA, 1971 Massanetta Springs, VA Rev. Ben Lacy Rose
112th GA, 1972 Montreat, NC Elder L. Nelson Bell
L. Nelson Bell
Lemuel Nelson Bell was a medical missionary in China and the father-in-law of famous evangelist Billy Graham. Few people had more influence on Billy Graham than Bell. -Life:Bell was born in Longdale, Virginia...

113th GA, 1973 Fort Worth, TX Rev. Charles E.S. Kraemer
114th GA, 1974 Louisville, KY Rev. Lawrence W. Bottoms
115th GA, 1975 Charlotte, NC Rev. Paul M. Edris
116th GA, 1976 Tuscaloosa, AL Elder Jule C. Spach
117th GA, 1977 Nashville, TN Rev. Harvard A. Anderson
118th GA, 1978 Shreveport, LA Elder Sara Bernice Moseley
119th GA, 1979 Kansas City, MO Rev. Albert C. Winn
120th GA, 1980 Myrtle Beach, SC Rev. David L. Stitt
121st GA, 1981 Houston, TX Elder Dorothy G. Barnard
122nd GA, 1982 Columbus, GA Rev. John F. Anderson Jr., D.D.
123rd GA, 1983 Atlanta, GA Rev. John F. Anderson Jr., D.D.

See also

  • List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
  • List of Moderators of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
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