List of Samford University presidents

This is a list of Samford University presidents. Samford University was originally known as Howard College.

Howard College, Marion

• Samuel Sterling Sherman (1842 – 1852)
• Henry Talbird (1853 – 1863)
• Jabez Curry (1865 – 1868)
• Edward Q. Thornton (1868 – 1869)
• Samuel R. Freeman (1869 – 1871)
• James T. Murfee (1871 – 1887)

Howard College, East Lake

• Benjamin Franklin Riley (1888 –1893)
• Arthur W. McGaha (1893 – 1896)
• A.D. Smith (1896 –1897)
• Frank M. Roof (1897 – 1902)
• Andrew P. Montague (1902 – 1912)
• James M. Shelborne (1912 – 1917)
• Charles B. Williams (1919 – 1921)
• John C. Dawson (1921 – 1932)
• Thomas V. Neal (1932 – 1939)

Howard College, Shades Valley

• Harwell G. Davis (1939 – 1958)

Samford University, Shades Valley

• Leslie Stephen Wright (1958 – 1983)
• Thomas E. Corts (1983 – 2006)
• Andrew Westmoreland (2006 – present)