The following is a list of the presidents of Fordham University, from its establishment as St. John's College onward. From 1841 to 1846, the university was governed by the Archdiocese of New York, and was placed in the custody of the Society of Jesus thereafter.

Name	Image	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. John McCloskey		1841–43	[1]
Fr. John B. Harley		1843–44	[2]
Fr. James Roosevelt Bayley		1844–46	[3]

Name	Image	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. Augustus Thébaud		1846–1851	[2]
Fr. John Larkin		1851–1854	[2]
Fr. Remigius I. Tellier		1854–1859	[4]
Fr. Augustus Thébaud		1859–1863	[2]
Fr. Edward Doucet		1863–1865	[2]
Fr. William Moylan		1865–1868	[5]
Fr. Joseph Shea		1868–1874	[6]
Fr. F. William Gockeln		1874–1882	[2]
Fr. Patrick F. Dealy		1882–1885	[2]
Fr. Thomas J. Campbell		1885–1888	[2]
Fr. John Scully		1888–1891	[2]
Fr. Thomas Gannon		1891–1896	[7]
Fr. Fr. Thomas J. Campbell		1896–1900	[2]
Fr. John A. Petit		1900–1904	[2]
Fr. John J. Collins		1904–1906	[2]
Fr. Daniel J. Quinn		1906–1911	[2]
Fr. Thomas J. McCluskey		1911–1915	[2]
Fr. Joseph A. Mulry		1915–1919	[2]
Fr. Edward P. Tivnan		1919–1924	[2]
Fr. William J. Duane		1924–1930	[2]
Fr. Aloysius J. Hogan		1930–1936	[2]
Fr. Robert I. Gannon		1936–1949	[2]
Fr. Laurence J. McGinley		1949–1963	[2]

Name	Image	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. Vincent O'Keefe		1963–1965	[8]
Fr. Leo P. McLaughlin		1965–1969	[2]
Fr. Michael P. Walsh		1969–1972	[2]
Fr. James C. Finlay		1972–1983	[9]
Fr. Joseph A. O'Hare		1983–2003	[2]
Fr. Joseph M. McShane		2003–2022 (named President Emeritus in 2022)	[2][10]
Tania Tetlow		2022–present	[11]

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• Taaffe, Thomas Gaffney (1891). A History of St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y. New York: The Catholic Publication Society Co.

• History of Fordham University

• Office of the President at Fordham University