Southern Baptist Convention Presidents

The President of the Southern Baptist Convention heads the denomination and is elected at the yearly convention. The term is for one year, and a candidate can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.

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#	President	Years in Office	State
1	William Bullein Johnson	1845–1851	South Carolina
2	R.B.C. Howell	1851–1859	Virginia and Tennessee
3	Richard Fuller	1859–1863	South Carolina
4	P.H. Mell	1863–1871	Georgia
5	James P. Boyce	1872–1879	South Carolina and Kentucky
6	P.H. Mell	1880–1887	Georgia
7	James P. Boyce	1888	Kentucky
8	Jonathan Haralson	1889–1898	Alabama
9	William J. Northen	1899–1901	Georgia
10	James Philip Eagle	1902–1904	Arkansas
11	E.W. Stephens	1905–1907	Missouri
12	Joshua Levering	1908–1910	Maryland
13	Edwin C. Dargan	1911–1913	Georgia
14	Lansing Burrows	1914–1916	Georgia
15	James Bruton Gambrell	1917–1920	Texas
16	Edgar Young Mullins	1921–1923	Kentucky
17	George W. McDaniel	1924–1926	Virginia
18	George W. Truett	1927–1929	Texas
19	W.J. McGlothin	1930–1932	South Carolina
20	F.F. Brown	1933	Tennessee
21	Monroe E. Dodd	1934–1935	Louisiana
22	John R. Sampey	1936–1938	Kentucky
23	L. R. Scarborough	1939–1940	Texas
24	W.W. Hamilton	1941–1942	Louisiana
25	Pat Neff	1944–1946	Texas
26	Louie D. Newton	1947–1948	Georgia
27	Robert G. Lee	1949–1951	Tennessee
28	J.D. Grey	1952–1953	Louisiana
29	J.W. Storer	1954–1955	Oklahoma
30	C.C. Warren	1956–1957	North Carolina
31	Brooks Hays	1958–1959	Arkansas
32	Ramsey Pollard	1960–1961	Tennessee
33	Herschel H. Hobbs	1962–1963	Oklahoma
34	K. Owen White	1964	Texas
35	W. Wayne Dehoney	1965–1966	Tennessee
36	H. Franklin Paschall	1967–1968	Tennessee
37	W.A. Criswell	1969–1970	Texas
38	Carl Bates	1971-1972	North Carolina
39	Lawrence Owen Cooper	1973–1974	Mississippi
40	Jaroy Weber	1975–1976	Alabama
41	Dr. Jimmy Allen	1977–1978	Texas
42	Adrian Rogers	1979–1980	Tennessee
43	Bailey Smith	1981–1982	Oklahoma
44	James T. Draper, Jr.	1983–1984	Texas
45	Dr. Charles F. Stanley	1985–1986	Georgia
46	Adrian Rogers	1987–1988	Tennessee
47	Dr. Jerry Vines	1989–1990	Florida
48	Dr. Morris Chapman	1991–1992	Texas
49	Homer Edwin Young	1993–1994	Texas
50	Dr. Jim Henry	1995–1996	Florida
51	Tom Elliff	1997–1998	Oklahoma
52	Dr. Paige Patterson	1999–2000	Texas
53	Dr. James Merritt	2000–2001	Georgia
54	Dr. Jack Graham	2002–2003	Texas
55	Dr. Bobby Welch	2004-2005	Florida
56	Dr. Frank S. Page	2006–2007	South Carolina
57	Dr. Johnny M. Hunt	2008–2009	Georgia
58	Bryant Wright	2010–2011	Georgia
59	Fred Luter	2012–2014	Louisiana
60	Dr. Ronnie Floyd	2014–2016	Arkansas
61	Dr. Steve Gaines	2016–	Tennessee

Southern Baptist Convention Presidents

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