David McConaughy (September 29, 1775 – January 29, 1852) was the fourth president of Washington College from 1831 to 1852.

He graduated from Dickinson College in 1795 and went on to be the pastor of a church in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

McConaughy was elected president of Washington College on December 21, 1831.

Also the number of graduates increased from three in 1832 to over fifty in 1849, his last year in office.

McConaughy also helped organize and was appointed a Trustee of the Washington Female Seminary, which was established in 1837 near the College campus.