List of presidents of Princeton University

[1][2] The university is led by a president, who is selected by the board of trustees by ballot.

[3] The president is tasked with "general supervision of the interests of the University" and represents the institution in public.

[3] If the office is vacant, the board can either appoint an acting president, or the university's provost can serve in such capacity.

[5] The institution's first president was Jonathan Dickinson in 1747,[6] and its 20th and current is Christopher Eisgruber, who was elected in 2013.

[10] James Carnahan had the longest serving tenure at 31 years, and Jonathan Edwards had the shortest at five weeks.