Presidents of the Society of the War of 1812 in the State of New Jersey
1898-2020
1898-2020
Appleton Morgan, LL.D. Co-Founder and 1st President 1898-1901
GS# 60, NJ# 1
Harry Ferdinand Barrell Co-Founder 1901-1904
GS# __, NJ# 2
George Herbert Richards, M.D., Capt. 1905-1906
GS# 757, NJ# 26
John Joseph Read, Rear Adm. 1907-1908
GS# 211, NJ# 4
Oscar Halsted Condit, Col. 1909-1910
GS# 696, NJ# 7
Charles William Fisk 1911-1912
GS# 756, NJ# 25
Edward Packard Holden, Sr. 1913-1914
GS# 780, NJ# 28
Nelson James Harrison Edge 1915-1916
GS# 657, NJ# 33
Horace Holden 1917-1918
GS# 994, NJ# 42
Harry Dailey 1919-1920
GS# 1083, NJ# 47
John Walden King 1921-1922
GS# 1234, NJ# 54
Lovell Henry Carr 1923-1924
GS# 1072, NJ#44
Samuel Drayton, Sr., Capt. 1926-1926
GS# 1235, NJ# 55
George Meads Holden, D.M.D. President General 1927-1928
GS# 1346, NJ# 65 General Society W1812 1934-1940
John Lenord Merrill 1929-1930
GS# 1204, NJ# 53
John Albert VanHorn 1931-1932, 1934
GS# 1181, NJ# 49
Frank Starr Reynolds 1933
GS# 1608, NJ# 99
Harry George Thomas, M.D., Lt. Col. 1935-1936
GS# 1701, NJ# 102
Philander Betts 3rd, Col. 1937-1938
GS# 1819, NJ# 108
William Adgate Lord, Sr., Brig. Gen. 1939-1940
GS# 1790, NJ# 106
William Clifford Willis 1941-1942
GS# 1910, NJ# 120
(Information Missing) 1943-1951?
Richard Douglas Nelson 1952-1953
GS# 1844, NJ# 115
Ross Keelye Cook 1954-1955
GS# 2269, NJ# 128
Howard E. Friebely, Rev. 1956
GS# 2589, NJ# 132
Charles M.B. Gilman, M.D., Col. 1957-1958
GS# 2760, NJ# 149
Edgar Williamson, Jr. 1959-1962
GS# 2662, NJ# 139
Lawrence Stratton, Maj. 1963-1964
GS# 2761, NJ# 150
Donald Townsend 1965-1966
GS# 2634, NJ# 133
Richard Alan Scudder 1967-1968
GS# 3182, NJ# 167
William W. Vanderhoof, Jr., Cmdr. 1969-1970
GS# 2723, NJ# 147
Francis Mann Clarke, Jr., M.D. 1971-1972
GS# 3227, NJ# 175
James Francis Villere, Sr. 1973-1974
GS# 2381, NJ# 169
William Young Pryor, Esq. 1975-1977
GS# 2671, NJ# 142
William Adgate Lord, Jr., Esq., Col. 1978-1979
GS# 1837, NJ# 114
Willard W. Thompson 1980
GS# 2571, NJ# 131
Howard Willard Wiseman 1981-1984
GS# 3699, NJ# 180
Douglas Chandler Wright 1985
GS# 3789, NJ# 183
Denis Buchanan Woodfield, D.Phil. 1986-1989, 1991
GS# 4057?, NJ# 191
Kenneth Russell Dutcher, III 1990
GS# 4052?, NJ# 194
Richard Marshall Burr, Sr. 1992-1998
GS# 4750, NJ# 195
Robert Pond Vivian, Sr. 1999-2003
GS# 5275, NJ# 204
Harry Paine Folger, III 2004-2007
GS# 5244, NJ# 201
Robert James Fenner, Sr. 2008-2009
GS# 5752, NJ# 225
Merritt William Sturgeon 2010
GS# 5831, NJ# 227
George James Hill, M.D., D.Lit, Capt. 2011
GS# 5632, NJ# 218
Guy Keller Dean, III, Brig. Gen. 2011-2014
GS# 5873, NJ# 231
Gerald Glenn DeGroat 2015-2017
GS# 5399, NJ# 213
Mike Ewald Dunham 2018-2020
GS# 6214, NJ# 245
GS# 60, NJ# 1
Harry Ferdinand Barrell Co-Founder 1901-1904
GS# __, NJ# 2
George Herbert Richards, M.D., Capt. 1905-1906
GS# 757, NJ# 26
John Joseph Read, Rear Adm. 1907-1908
GS# 211, NJ# 4
Oscar Halsted Condit, Col. 1909-1910
GS# 696, NJ# 7
Charles William Fisk 1911-1912
GS# 756, NJ# 25
Edward Packard Holden, Sr. 1913-1914
GS# 780, NJ# 28
Nelson James Harrison Edge 1915-1916
GS# 657, NJ# 33
Horace Holden 1917-1918
GS# 994, NJ# 42
Harry Dailey 1919-1920
GS# 1083, NJ# 47
John Walden King 1921-1922
GS# 1234, NJ# 54
Lovell Henry Carr 1923-1924
GS# 1072, NJ#44
Samuel Drayton, Sr., Capt. 1926-1926
GS# 1235, NJ# 55
George Meads Holden, D.M.D. President General 1927-1928
GS# 1346, NJ# 65 General Society W1812 1934-1940
John Lenord Merrill 1929-1930
GS# 1204, NJ# 53
John Albert VanHorn 1931-1932, 1934
GS# 1181, NJ# 49
Frank Starr Reynolds 1933
GS# 1608, NJ# 99
Harry George Thomas, M.D., Lt. Col. 1935-1936
GS# 1701, NJ# 102
Philander Betts 3rd, Col. 1937-1938
GS# 1819, NJ# 108
William Adgate Lord, Sr., Brig. Gen. 1939-1940
GS# 1790, NJ# 106
William Clifford Willis 1941-1942
GS# 1910, NJ# 120
(Information Missing) 1943-1951?
Richard Douglas Nelson 1952-1953
GS# 1844, NJ# 115
Ross Keelye Cook 1954-1955
GS# 2269, NJ# 128
Howard E. Friebely, Rev. 1956
GS# 2589, NJ# 132
Charles M.B. Gilman, M.D., Col. 1957-1958
GS# 2760, NJ# 149
Edgar Williamson, Jr. 1959-1962
GS# 2662, NJ# 139
Lawrence Stratton, Maj. 1963-1964
GS# 2761, NJ# 150
Donald Townsend 1965-1966
GS# 2634, NJ# 133
Richard Alan Scudder 1967-1968
GS# 3182, NJ# 167
William W. Vanderhoof, Jr., Cmdr. 1969-1970
GS# 2723, NJ# 147
Francis Mann Clarke, Jr., M.D. 1971-1972
GS# 3227, NJ# 175
James Francis Villere, Sr. 1973-1974
GS# 2381, NJ# 169
William Young Pryor, Esq. 1975-1977
GS# 2671, NJ# 142
William Adgate Lord, Jr., Esq., Col. 1978-1979
GS# 1837, NJ# 114
Willard W. Thompson 1980
GS# 2571, NJ# 131
Howard Willard Wiseman 1981-1984
GS# 3699, NJ# 180
Douglas Chandler Wright 1985
GS# 3789, NJ# 183
Denis Buchanan Woodfield, D.Phil. 1986-1989, 1991
GS# 4057?, NJ# 191
Kenneth Russell Dutcher, III 1990
GS# 4052?, NJ# 194
Richard Marshall Burr, Sr. 1992-1998
GS# 4750, NJ# 195
Robert Pond Vivian, Sr. 1999-2003
GS# 5275, NJ# 204
Harry Paine Folger, III 2004-2007
GS# 5244, NJ# 201
Robert James Fenner, Sr. 2008-2009
GS# 5752, NJ# 225
Merritt William Sturgeon 2010
GS# 5831, NJ# 227
George James Hill, M.D., D.Lit, Capt. 2011
GS# 5632, NJ# 218
Guy Keller Dean, III, Brig. Gen. 2011-2014
GS# 5873, NJ# 231
Gerald Glenn DeGroat 2015-2017
GS# 5399, NJ# 213
Mike Ewald Dunham 2018-2020
GS# 6214, NJ# 245