Daniel Jackson Sanders (February 15, 1847 – March 6, 1907) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and newspaper publisher.

He served as president of Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University) in North Carolina and published a Presbyterian newspaper for African Americans.

He was the first African-American president of a four-year college in the southern U.S.[2][3] Sanders was born a slave in Winnsboro, South Carolina on February 15, 1847.

[4][5] Sanders attended Brainerd Institute and was a tutor at the school.

Upon his death The Charlotte Observer reported that his students had always been "well-behaved".