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Robert Hett Chapman (1813-1816)

Joseph Caldwell (1817-1836)

David Lowry Swain (1835-1868)

Solomon Pool (1869-1874)

Kemp Plummer Battle (1876-1891)

George Tayloe Winston (1891-1896)

Edwin Anderson Alderman ( 1896-1900)

Francis Preston Venable (1900-1913)

Edward Kidder Graham (1914-1918)

Harry Woodburn Chase (1919-1930)

Frank Porter Graham (1930-1949)

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