Charles Henry Wharton

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Charles Henry Wharton was officially the fourth president of Columbia for a few months in 1801. A clergyman who had returned to the U.S. after being educated in England, he was offered the presidency after taking up the position of rector in a church in New Jersey. However, Wharton did not show up for convocation in August, and officially resigned that same fall without ever having come to New York. This makes him an honorary Columbia dropout.

Preceded by
William Samuel Johnson
President of Columbia University 
1801-1801
Succeeded by
Benjamin Moore