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Presidents of the Georgia Historical Society
John M. Berrien
1839-1841
James M. Wayne
1841-1854
John M. Berrien
1854-1856
James M. Wayne
1856-1862
Charles S. Henry
1862-1864
Stephen Elliott
1864-1867
John Stoddard
1867-1868
Edward J. Harden
1868-1873
George W. J. DeRenne
1873-1874
Henry Rootes Jackson
1874-1899
John Screven
1899-1900
George Anderson Mercer
1900-1907
Alexander R. Lawton
1907-1914
William W. Mackall
1914-1919
Alexander R. Lawton
1919-1920
Andrew J. Cobb
1920-1922
W.W. Gordon
1922-1931
T.M. Cunningham
1931-1937
Leonard L. Mackall
1937
A.B. Lovett
1937-1938
J. Randolph Anderson
1938-1941
Alexander R. MacDonnell
1941-1944
Gordon Saussy
1944-1945
Alexander A. Lawrence
1945-1952
Walter C. Hartridge
1952-1961
Herman E. Collidge
1961-1963
Lester Karow
1963-1964
Thomas H. Gignilliat
1964-1966
Alexander A. Lawrence
1966-1968
J. Frederick Waring
1968-1970
Albert S. Britt, Jr.
1970-1974
Malcolm Bell, Jr.
1974-1978
Hugh Hill
1978-1980
B.H. Levy, Sr.
1980-1984
William Gabard
1984-1988
Robert V. Martin
1988-1990
Roger K. Warlick
1990-1994
Howard Morrison Jr.
1994-1996
Lisa L. White
1996-2000
Kay T. Hightower
2000-2002
Laurie K. Abbott
2002-2004
Grace G. Phillips
2004-2006
W. Todd Groce
2006-present
Chairmen of the Georgia Historical Society
Donald Kole
2006-2008
Bill Jones III
2008-2012
Robert L. Brown
2012-2014
Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
2014-2016
Vincent J. Dooley
2016-2018
Walter “Sonny” Deriso
2018-2020
Thomas Holder
2020-2022
Shan Cooper
2022-present
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