List of presidents of Huston–Tillotson University

The following is a list of presidents of Huston–Tillotson University, and a list of the presidents of the precursor schools of Samuel Huston College and Tillotson College which merged in 1952.

Samuel Huston College
• # George Warren Richardson, 1876 to 1882

• # Thomas M. Dart, 1885 to 1888

• # Reuben Shannon Lovinggood, 1900 to 1916

• # J. W. Frazier, 1916 to 1917 (interim)

• # Matthew Simpson Davage, 1917 to 1920

• # Joseph P. Randolph, 1920 to 1923

• # Robert N. Brooks, 1923 to 1926

• # Thomas Russell Davis, 1926 to 1930

• # Willis J. King, 1930 to 1932

• # Stanley E. Graunnum, 1932 to 1943

• # Karl Everett Downs, 1943 to 1948

• # Robert F. Harrington, 1948 to 1952

Tillotson College
• # William E. Brooks, 1881 to 1884

• # John Kershaw, 1884 to 1886

• # Henry L. Hubbell, 1886 to 1888

• # William M. Brown, 1888 to 1894

• # Winfield S. Goss, 1894 to 1896

• # Marshall R. Gaines, 1896 to 1902

• # Arthur W. Partch, 1902 to 1905

• # Isaac Merrit Agard, 1905 to 1918

• # Francis Wayland Fletcher, 1918 to 1924

• # J. T. Hodges, 1924 to 1930 (first African-American president)

• # Mary Elizabeth Branch, 1930 to 1944 (female president)

• # William H. Jones, 1944 to 1952

Huston–Tillotson University
• # Matthew Simpson Davage, 1952 to 1955

• # John Jarvis Seabrook, 1955 to 1965

• # John Quill Taylor King Sr., 1965 to 1988 (longest serving)

• # Joseph Turner McMillan Jr.

• # Larry L. Earvin, 2000 to 2015

• # Colette Pierce Burnette, 2015 to 2022 (female president)

• # Archibald W. Vanderpuye, 2022 (interim)

• # Melva K. Williams, 2022–present