Past Presidents 1737–2022

During the first 29 years of the existence of the Society (1737–1765) the only records kept were those of the Treasurer, which show the amounts received for and contributed to charity, the financial condition of the Society, and amendments of the Constitution and By-Laws. The names of the officers during this early period do not appear. The first known President was William Hall in 1766.


1766 William Hall

1767–1769 Hon. Robert Auchmuty

1775 Last meeting, February 21,1775

        before the Revolutionary War.

1783 First meeting, October 26, 1784 after  

        the Revolutionary War.

1784–1786 Capt. William MacKay

1787–1788 Simon Elliot

1789–1790 Meetings on April 15,                    

         1788 and December 14, 1790

1791–1800 Moses Black

1801–1809 Simon Elliot

1810–1813 Thomas English

1814 Capt. James Magee

1815 Simon Elliot

1816–1817 Shubael Bell

1818 Capt. James Magee

1819 Shubael Bell

1820 Walter Welch

1821–1823 Capt. James Magee

1824–1825 Samuel L. Knapp

1826 Andrew Dunlap

1827 Abraham Moore

1828 Thomas Murphy

1829 Francis McKenna

1830 Bernard Fitzpatrick

1831 Rev. T. J. O’Flaherty

1832 Andrew Dunlap

1833 James Boyd

1834 Richard W. Roche

1835 John C. Park

1836–1837 James Boyd

1838–1839 Daniel O’Callahan

1840–1841 William P. M’Kay

1842–1843 John C. Tucker

1844–1846 Terence McHugh

1847 Patrick Sharkey

1848-1850 John Kelly

1851 Patrick Donahue

1852 James Egan

1853 Dennis W. O’Brien

1854 Patrick Donahue

1855 Thomas Mooney

1856-1858 John C. Crowley

1859 Patrick Philips

1860-1861 Hugh O’Brien

1862 Cornelius Doherty

1863 James H. Tallon

1864 Patrick Harkins

1865 Michael Doherty

1866–1867 Charles F. Donnelly

1868–1869 John M. Maguire

1870-1871 John Magrath

1872 Thomas Dolan

1873–1874 Thomas J. Gargan

1875 Bernard Corr

1876–1877 Patrick A. Collins

1878 Joseph D. Fallon

1879 Edward Ryan

1880–1881 Patrick F. Griffin

1882 Thomas Riley

1883 William W. Doherty

1884 Timothy J. Dacey

1885 Denis H. Morrissey

1886 Edward B. Rankin

1887 John B. Moran

1888 John A. Daley

1889 John H. Burke

1890 Michael T. Donahoe

1891 Edward A. McLaughlin

1892 James E. Cotter

1893 Thomas Ryan

1894 Charles V. Dasey

1895 Edward J. Flynn

1896 John F. Cronan

1897 Michael T. Callahan

1898 Michael J. Dwyer

1899 Patrick M. Keating

1900 Edmund Reardon

1901 Dennis J. Gorman

1902 John P. Leahy

1903 Michael J. Jordan

1904 William T. A. Fitzgerald

1905 Augustine J. Daly

1906 Michael A. Toland

1907 John J. Keenan

1908 John F. Sullivan

1909 James H. Devlin, Jr.

1910 John B. Dore

1911 Patrick O’Loughlin

1912 Richard J. Lane

1913 Bartholomew A. Brickley

1914 John A. Kiggen

1915 Patrick H. Crowley

1916 John M. Harney

1917 Daniel V. McIsaac


1918 John J. Sullivan

1919 James F. McDermott

1920 James A. Dorsey

1921 Charles S. Sullivan

1922 Michael J. Carroll

1923 Louis Watson

1924 Charles J. O’Malley

1925 James H. Carney

1926 Joseph A.F. O’Neil

1927 Francis Henry Appleton

1928 Hugh A. Carney

1929 Thomas M. Green

1930 Edward W. Quinn

1931 Charles D. Maginnis

1932 Leo T. Myles

1933 Michael H. Sullivan

1934 Maurice J. Lacy

1935 William J Barry

1936 Patrick A. O’Connell

1937 Joseph Joyce Donahue

1938 James T. Sullivan

1939 Benedict Fitzgerald

1940 Charles S. O’Connor

1941 Charles L. Powers

1942 Edward F. Timmins, M.D.

1943 Wilfred F. Kelley

1944 Ralph Leo Donoghue

1944–1945 William J. Keville

1946 John S. Keohane

1947 Charles J. Fox

1948 Lawrence T. Ritchie

1949 F. Murray Forbes, Jr.

1950 William F. Donahue

1951 Richard W. Sheehy

1952 Robert H. Montgomery

1953 George E. O’Neil

1954 William H. Henchey

1955 John F. O’Donoghue

1956 Charles T. Burke

1957 John F. Gilmore

1958 William F. Hickey

1959 Daniel J. Lynch

1960 Richard S. Emmet, Jr.

1961 Bernard R. Baldwin

1962 William H. Henchey, Jr.

1963 George N. Welch

1964 Alfred C. Sheehy

1965 Daniel M. Driscoll

1966 Thomas R. Kennedy

1967 Russell Murphy

1968 James E. Dowd

1969 Paul K. Connolly

1970 Paul H. Fitzgerald

1971 Michael J. Walsh

1972 Robert P. Malone

1973 Gilbert M. Lothrop

1974 John P. Rattigan, M.D.

1974–1975 Richard H. Stanton, M.D.

1976 John L. McDonough

1977 Joseph J. Shea

1978 Paul K. Connolly, Jr.

1979 Maurice J. Downey

1980 Henry Lee

1981 William P. Morrissey

1982 Joseph C. Maher, Jr.

1983 John P. Rattigan, Jr.

1984 Gerald T. Mulligan

1985 Asa E. Phillips, Jr.

1986 Paul J. Gillespie

1987 William Connaughton, Jr.

1988 Thomas M. Harkins

1989 Daniel J. Greaney

1990 Catherine B. Shannon

1991 John C. O’Malley

1992 Donald J. McCallion

1993 Joseph I. Mulligan

1994 Robert H. Quinn

1995 Edmund J. Rainsford

1996 A. Maureen Murphy

1997–1998 Edward L. Kirby, Jr.

1999 Peter H. Roche

2000–2001 Hon. Patrick J. King

2002–2003 Paula Carroll

2004–2006 Michael J. C. Neagle.

2007–2008 C. Cantwell Dumbaugh

2009–2010 Kelley Lynn Kassa

2010–2014 Paul J. McNamara

2014-2018 Christopher A. Duggan

2018-2020 Carleton H. LaPorte, Jr.

2020-2022  John D. Warner, Jr.

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