Biography

James Carnahan was the ninth president of Princeton University, serving from 1823-1854. He served longer than any other president of the University. He was a Class of 1800 graduate. "After graduation, he served as a tutor in the College, studied theology with President Smith, and then preached for six years. He left the pulpit because of a throat ailment that troubled him all his life and established a classical seminary in Georgetown in Washington, D.C. He had been there 11 years when he was elected president."