Jonathan Maxcy

Jonathan Maxcy
2nd President of Brown University
In office
1792–1802
Preceded byJames Manning
Succeeded byAsa Messer
3rd President of Union College
In office
1802–1804
1st President of the University of South Carolina
In office
1804–1820
Succeeded byThomas Cooper
Personal details
Born(1768-09-02)September 2, 1768
Attleboro, Massachusetts Bay
DiedJune 4, 1820(1820-06-04) (aged 51)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeFirst Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia
NationalityAmerican
SpouseSusanna Hopkins
RelationsVirgil Maxcy (brother)
Alma materThe College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
ProfessionMinister
University president

Jonathan Maxcy (September 2, 1768 – June 4, 1820) was an American Baptist minister and college president. He was the second president of Brown University (then known as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations), of which he was also a graduate; the third president of Union College; and the first president of the University of South Carolina (then known as the South Carolina College).