Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Universities of the United States

Columbia University

President of Columbia University
George Clinton (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1739; d. April 20 1812.

1784 – 1787

General of the Army Dwight David Eisenhower

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1890; d. March 28 1969

Military ranks: Promoted to Brigadier General, 1941. Promoted to Major General, 1942. Promoted to Lieutenant General, 1942. Promoted to General, 1943. Promoted to General of the Army, 1944.

1948 – 1953


Dartmouth College

President of Dartmouth College
Jim Yong Kim

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1959.

2009 – 2012


University of Georgia

President of the University of Georgia
Robert Finley

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1772; d. November 3 1817.

1817


Harvard University

President of Harvard University
Edward Everett

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1794; d. January 15 1865.

1846 – 1848


Michigan State University

President of Michigan State University
John Mathias Engler (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1948.

2018 – 2019


University of the State of New York

Chancellor of the University of the State of New York
Daniel D. Tompkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1774; d. June 11 1825.

1808 – 1817

John Tayler

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1742; d. March 19 1829.

1817 – 1829

Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1764; d. January 26 1839.

1835 – 1839


University of North Carolina

President of the University of North Carolina System
Erskine Boyce Bowles

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1945.

2005 – 2010


University of Pennsylvania

President of the University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1706; d. April 17 1790.

1749 – 1754


Princeton University

President of the College of New Jersey
John Witherspoon

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1723; d. November 15 1794.

1768 – 1794

President of Princeton University
Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1856; d. February 3 1924

1902 – 1910


Rutgers University

President of Rutgers University
Theodore Frelinghuysen

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1787; d. April 12 1862.

1850 – 1862


Texas A&M University System

Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
John Spencer Sharp

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1950.

2011 – present


College of William & Mary

Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Richard Terrick, Bishop of London

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1710; d. March 31 1777.

1764 – 1776

George Washington

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1732; d. December 14 1799.

1788 – 1799

John Tyler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1790; d. January 18 1862.

1859 – 1862

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1925; d. April 8 2013.

1993 – 2000

Henry Alfred Kissinger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1923; d. November 29 2023.

2000 – 2005


University of Wisconsin

President of the University of Wisconsin System
Tommy George Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1941.

2020 – 2022