Isaac T. Tichenor

For the governor and senator from Vermont, see Isaac Tichenor.

Isaac Taylor Tichenor (November 11, 1825 – December 2, 1902), a pastor and a planter, was President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University, from 1872 to 1881.^[1][2]

Isaac T. Tichenor
President of the Auburn University
In office 1872–1881
Preceded by	James Ferguson Dowdell
Succeeded by	William Leroy Broun
Personal details
Born	(1825-11-11)November 11, 1825 Spencer County, Kentucky
Died	December 2, 1902(1902-12-02) (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia

Early life

Isaac Taylor Tichenor was born in Kentucky on November 11, 1825.^[3]

Career

From 1852 to 1867, he was pastor at the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.^[4]

During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain in the Confederate States Army.^[2][3] In 1863, he still defended slavery in his sermons.^[5] After the war, he spent three years on his plantation in Shelby County, Alabama.^[1]

In 1871, he became pastor at the First Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, but resigned shortly after.^[1] He also was a pastor in Kentucky and Mississippi.^[3]

Tichenor Hall

From 1872 to 1881, he served as President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University.^[1][3] In 1882, he became President of the Southern Baptist Home Missionary Board in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Death

He died on December 2, 1902, and is buried in Westview Cemetery.