List of presidents of the New York Stock Exchange
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This is a list of presidents of the New York Stock Exchange
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There was no president appointed between May 1972 and May 1980.
As of February 2008, the new position of "Group Executive Vice President" GEVP) was introduced. No president or co-chief operating officer was appointed.
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- 1817 - 1818 : Anthony StockholmAnthony StockholmAnthony Stockholm was the first president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1817 to 1818.The origin of the NYSE can be traced to May 17, 1792, when the Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 stock brokers outside of 68 Wall Street in New York under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street which earlier...
- 1818 - 1824 : G. S. Mumford
- 1824 - 1827 : Edward Lyde
- 1827 - 1830 : James W. Bleecker
- 1830 - 1831 : Russell H. NevinsRussell H. NevinsRussell Hubbard Nevins was an American banker and the president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1830 to 1831. He was a founding partner, with his brother-in-law Elihu Townsend, of the Wall Street brokerage firm Nevins, Townsend & Co.Nevins also invested in real estate, developing the Boerum...
- 1831 - 1834 : John Ward
- 1834 - 1835 : R. D. Weeks
- 1835 - 1836 : Edward Prime
- 1836 - 1837 : R. D. Weeks
- 1837 - 1851 : David Clarkson
- 1851 - 1852 : Henry G. StebbinsHenry G. StebbinsHenry George Stebbins was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.-Life:...
- 1852 - 1857 : Charles R. Marvin
- 1857 - 1858 : John R. Gourlie
- 1858 - 1859 : Henry G. Stebbins
- 1859 - 1861 : William H. Neilson
- 1861 - 1862 : W. R. Vermilye
- 1862 - 1863 : Abraham B. Baylis
- 1863 - 1864 : Henry G. Stebbins
- 1864 - 1865 : William Seymour, Jr.
- 1865 - 1866 : R. L. Cutting
- 1866 - 1867 : William Alexander Smith
- 1867 - 1868 : John Warren
- 1868 - 1869 : William Searls
- 1869 - 1870 : William H. Neilson
- 1870 - 1871 : William Seymour, Jr.
- 1871 - 1872 : William B. Clerke
- 1872 - 1873 : Edward King
- 1873 - 1874 : Henry G. Chapman
- 1874 - 1875 : George H. Brodhead
- 1875 - 1876 : George W. McLean
- 1876 - 1877 : Salem T. Russell
- 1877 - 1878 : Henry Meigs, Jr.Henry Meigs, Jr.Henry Meigs, Jr. was the Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey from 1869 to 1879.Meigs was born May 7, 1809, in New York City, the son of Henry Meigs, U.S. Representative from New York. After the death of his first wife, Meigs married a widow Mary Noel McDonald on November 7, 1848...
- 1878 - 1880 : Brayton Ives
- 1880 - 1882 : Donald Mackay
- 1882 - 1883 : Frederick N. Lawrence
- 1883 - 1884 : Alfrederick S. Hatch
- 1884 - 1886 : J. Edward Simmons
- 1886 - 1888 : James D. Smith
- 1888 - 1890 : William L. Bull
- 1890 - 1892 : Watson B. Dickerman
- 1892 - 1894 : Frank K. Sturgis
- 1894 - 1898 : Francis L. Eames
- 1898 - 1903 : Rudolph Keppler
- 1903 - 1904 : Ransom H. Thomas
- 1904 - 1907 : Henry K. Pomroy
- 1907 - 1912 : Ransom H. Thomas
- 1912 - 1914 : James B. Mabon
- 1914 - 1919 : Henry G. S. Noble
- 1919 - 1921 : William R. Remick
- 1921 - 1924 : Seymour L. Cromwell
- 1924 - 1930 : Edward H. H. Simmons
- 1930 - 1935 : Richard WhitneyRichard Whitney (financier)Richard Whitney was an American financier, president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1930 to 1935, and a convicted embezzler.-Biography:He was born on August 1, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts to George Whitney, Sr....
- 1935 - 1938 : Charles R. Gay
- 1938 - 1941 : William McChesney Martin, Jr.William McChesney Martin, Jr.William McChesney Martin, Jr. was the ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents...
- 1941 - 1951 : Emil Schram
- 1951 - 1967 : G. Keith Funston
- 1967 - 1972 : Robert W. Haack
There was no president appointed between May 1972 and May 1980.
- 1980 - 1984 : John J. Phelan, Jr.
- 1985 - 1988 : Robert J. Birnbaum
- 1988 - 1995 : Richard A. GrassoRichard GrassoRichard A. "Dick" Grasso was chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003, the culmination of a career that began in 1968 when Grasso was hired by the Exchange as a floor clerk...
- 1996 - 2001 : William R. Johnston
- 2002 - 2005 : Robert G. Britz (President and Co-Chief Operating Officers)
- 2002 - 2008 : Catherine R. KinneyCatherine R. KinneyCatherine R. Kinney was President of the New York Stock Exchange from 2002-08., Forbes, Retrieved February 17, 2011Mrs. Kinney joined the NYSE in 1974 and rose through the ranks, holding management positions in several divisions, including Technology Planning, Sales and Marketing, and Regulation.Mrs...
(President and Co-Chief Operating Officers) - 2006 - 2007 : Gerald D. Putnam (President and Co-Chief Operating Officers)
- 2007 - 2008 : Duncan L. Niederauer (President and Co-Chief Operating)
As of February 2008, the new position of "Group Executive Vice President" GEVP) was introduced. No president or co-chief operating officer was appointed.