+Key A.B. Bachelor of Arts A.M. Master of Arts D.D. Doctor of Divinity LH.D. Doctor of Humane Letters Litt.D. Doctor of Letters LL.B. Bachelor of Laws LL.D. Doctor of Laws M.D. Doctor of Medicine M.S. Master of Science Mus.D. Doctor of Music Sc.D. Doctor of Science S.T.D. Doctor of Sacred Theology

This is a partial list of honorary degrees and commencement honors awarded by Columbia University in the City of New York.

1700-1799

1750s 1758

Recipient Degree or Honor Daniel Isaac Brown A.M. Samuel Brown A.M. Isaac Browne A.M. Leonard Cutting A.M. Samuel Fayerweather A.M. Cary Ludlow A.M. David Mathews A.M. John McKesson A.M. Josiah Ogden A.B. Cyrus Punderson A.M. Ebenezer Punderson A.M. Daniel Treadwell A.M. Timothy Wetmore A.M.

1760s 1761

Recipient Degree or Honor John Beardsley A.B. William Jackson A.M. William Samuel Johnson A.M. Samuel Peters A.M. James Scovil A.M. Samuel Seabury A.M. Agur Treadwell A.B. Edward Winslow A.M.

1762

Recipient Degree or Honor Samuel Andrews A.M. Robert Harpur A.M. Bela Hubbard A.M. Robert McKean A.M. Ebenezer Parmele A.M.

1764

Recipient Degree or Honor Matthew Cushing A.M. Samuel Giles A.B.

1765

Recipient Degree or Honor Jeremiah Leaming A.M.

1767

Recipient Degree or Honor Samuel Auchmuty D.D. Ephram Avery A.M. Thomas Bradbury Chandler D.D. George Glentworth A.M. Charles Inglis A.M. Hugh Neill A.M. John Ogilvie A.M. John Tyler A.B.

1768

Recipient Degree or Honor Samuel Bard M.D. John Beardsley A.M. Samuel Clossy M.D. Myles Cooper LL.D. John Jones M.D. Peter Middleton M.D.

1769

Recipient Degree or Honor Ebenezer Kneeland A.M. John Tyler A.M.

1770s 1770

Recipient Degree or Honor Thomas Barton A.M. Robert Blackwell A.B. John Ogilvie D.D.

1771

Recipient Degree or Honor Jonathan Boucher A.M.

1772

Recipient Degree or Honor Edmund Fanning A.M.

1773

Recipient Degree or Honor Isaac Hunt A.M. Joseph Lamson A.M. Harry Munro A.M. John Stuart A.M.

1774

Recipient Degree or Honor Luke Babcock A.M. George Panton A.M. James Sayre A.M. William Tryon LL.D.

1780s 1787

Recipient Degree or Honor James Hardie A.B.

1788

Recipient Degree or Honor Robert Annan A.M. William Cochran A.M. Alexander Hamilton A.M. Robert Charles Johnson A.M. Samuel Latham Mitchill A.M. Daniel Crommelin Verplanck A.M. James Watkin Watkins A.M.

1789

Recipient Degree or Honor Roger Alden A.M. Abraham Beach D.D. John Daniel Gros D.D. Jacob Rusten Hardenbergh D.D. Samuel Evan Johnson A.M. Jeremiah Leaming D.D. William Linn D.D. Benjamin Moore D.D.

1790s 1790

Recipient Degree or Honor Joshua Bloomer D.D. James Hardie A.M. Henry Maeller A.M. Thomas Lambert Moore A.M. James Proudfit A.M.

1793

Recipient Honorary Degree Ebenezer Dibble D.D. Andrew Jaffray D.D. William Ogivile LL.D.

1794

Recipient Honorary Degree Richard Channing Moore A.M.

1795

Recipient Honorary Degree John Campbell A.M. John Coffin A.M.

1797

Recipient Honorary Degree John Bowden D.D. James Kent LL.D.

1798

Recipient Honorary Degree William Best A.M. William Scott A.M. Andrew Smith A.M. Robert Griffeth Wetmore A.M.

1800-1899 1800s

1802

Recipient Honorary Degree William Duke A.M. James Kemp D.D.

1804

Recipient Honorary Degree Notes Edmund D. Barry A.M. Edward Jenkins D.D. Jacob Larzelere A.M. Lecturer at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques and l'Ecole Nationale d'Administration Peter Stryker A.M

1805

Recipient Honorary Degree Clement Merriam A.M

1806

Recipient Honorary Degree William James MacNeven M.D.

1809

Recipient Honorary Degree Abraham Bronson A.M.

1810s

1811

Recipient Honorary Degree John Croes D.D. James Hall D.D. William Harris D.D. Isaac Wilkins D.D.

1812

Recipient Honorary Degree Oliver Cromwell Comstock M.D. William Kirkpatrick M.D. Andrew Morton M.D. Alexandra Sheldon M.D. John Augustine Smith M.D. John Stearns M.D. David Baillie Warden M.D. Joseph White M.D. Westel Willoughby M.D.

1814

Recipient Honorary Degree John Churchill Osborn M.D. Wright Post M.D.

1815

Recipient Honorary Degree Frederick Beasley D.D.

1816

Recipient Honorary Degree John Schureman D.D.

1817

Recipient Honorary Degree John D. Jaques M.D.

1818

Recipient Honorary Degree Robert Adrian LL.D. Joseph Hopkinson LL.D. Samuel Nichols A.M. Andrew Mitchell Thomson D.D.

1819

Recipient Honorary Degree Thomas Church Brownell D.D. Philander Chase D.D. Richard Davidson M.D. John Philip D.D. William H Richardson M.D. John Van Cleve M.D.

1820s

1820

Recipient Honorary Degree Isaac Auld M.D. William Forrest A.M.

1821

Recipient Honorary Degree Thaddeus Fiske D.D. Washington Irving A.M. Daniel McDonald D.D.

1822

Recipient Honorary Degree William Lowndes LL.D. Thomas Lyell D.D. Pierre Proal A.M. John Reed D.D. Stephan N Rowan D.D. John Walsh A.M.

1823

Recipient Honorary Degree John Carroll A.M. Abraham Oothout Halsey A.M. Chauncey Lee D.D. Edward Livingston LL.D. John Stark Ravenscroft D.D. Nathan Sanford LL.D. John Savage LL.D. Samuel Seabury A.M. Ambrose Spencer LL.D.

1824

Recipient Honorary Degree Langdon Cheves LL.D. William A Clark A.M. James Fenimore Cooper A.M. Thomas Addis Emmet LL.D. Ernest Lewis Hazelius D.D. Levi Silliman Ives A.M. James Kirke Paulding A.M. Daniel Webster LL.D.

1825

Recipient Honorary Degree John Caldwell Calhoun LL.D. Stephen Elliot LL.D. John McVickar D.D. Nathaniel Fish Moore LL.D. Henri L P F Peneveyre D.D. Joel Roberts Poinsett LL.D. William Shelton A.M.

1826

Recipient Honorary Degree De Witt Clinton LL.D. Samuel Jones LL.D. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk D.D. William Wirt Phillips D.D. Peter Van Schaack LL.D.

1827

Recipient Honorary Degree Jasper Adams D.D. Henry Ustick Onderdonk D.D. William Rollinson Whittingham A.M

1828

Recipient Honorary Degree William Berrian D.D. Charles Taylor Catlin A.M Asa Eaton D.D. William Hendell D.D. William Buel Sprague D.D.

1829

Recipient Honorary Degree Washington Irving LL.D. Jackson Kemper D.D. Clement Clarke Moore LL.D. James Renwick LL.D.

1830s 1830

Recipient Honorary Degree William Creighton D.D. James Marsh D.D. Frederic Christian Schaeffer D.D. William Davis Snodgrass D.D. William Muarry Stone D.D.

1831

Recipient Honorary Degree Charles Anthon LL.D. Eli Baldwin D.D. Levi Silliman Ives D.D. Robert McCartee D.D. James Ryan A.M. James Shea A.M. Thomas Swords A.B. George Upfold D.D. Antoine Verren A.B.

1832

Recipient Honorary Degree Henry Anthon D.D. Francis Lister Hawks D.D.

1833

Recipient Honorary Degree Charles Burroughs D.D. George Washington Doane D.D. James Emott LL.D. James Hervey Otey D.D. John Hothersall Pinder D.D. David Prentice A.M. James M Quin A.M.

1834

Recipient Honorary Degree Orange Clark A.M. Thomas Winthrop Coit D.D. Thomas Gener LL.D. Robert J Harvey A.M. William Augustus Muhlenburg D.D. William Sherwood A.M.

1835

Recipient Honorary Degree Benjamin Clarke Cutler D.D. Manton Eastburn D.D. Manuel Fetter D.D. William Gaston LL.D. Peter Augustus Jay LL.D. James Neilson Reynolds A.M. Gulian Crommelin Verplanck LL.D. William Rollinson Williams A.M.

1836

Recipient Honorary Degree Benjamin Hale D.D. Benjamin Luckock A.M. Jacob Sutherland LL.D. Henry Vethake LL.D.

1837

Recipient Honorary Degree John Bethune D.D. William Cullen Bryant A.M. John Duer LL.D. George Griffin LL.D. Fitz-Greene Halleck A.M. Charles Fenno Hoffman A.M. Theodore Irving A.M. Erskine Mason D.D. Philip Frederick Mayer D.D. Samuel Allen McCoskry D.D. David Bayard Ogden LL.D. Samuel Seabury D.D. Thomas House Taylor D.D. Samuel Alexander Van Vranken D.D. Peter Dumont Vroom LL.D. William Rollinson Whittingham D.D. William R Williams D.D.

1838

Recipient Honorary Degree Isaac Boyle D.D. Walter Chisolm A.M. Leonidas Polk D.D. James Romeyn D.D. Hugh Smith D.D.

1839

Recipient Honorary Degree William Miller Carmichael D.D. Abraham Hasley A.M.

1840s 1840

Recipient Honorary Degree John Watson Adams D.D. Stephen Elliott D.D. Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck LL.D. William Hawkesworth A.M. Hugh Swinton Legare LL.D. William Hickling Prescott LL.D.

1841

Recipient Honorary Degree Albert Gallatin LL.D. E H Gotsbergen A.M C H Gottsberger A.M. Mancius Smedes Hutton D.D. Samuel Nelson LL.D. William M Thompson A.M.

1842

Recipient Honorary Degree Gustavus Abeel D.D. James John Bowden A.B. Manuel Fetter A.M. Charles William Hackley A.M. Edward Y Higbee A.M. George C Schaeffer A.M. John H Shepherd A.M.

1843

Recipient Honorary Degree John Mason Duncan D.D. George Emlen Hare D.D. Edward Y Higbee D.D. Daniel Stone A.M.

1844

Recipient Honorary Degree Edward E Ford D.D. Joseph W Ingraham A.M. Ambrose Seymour Todd D.D. Charles Edwin West A.M.

1845

Recipient Honorary Degree Daniel Dewey Barnard LL.D. Edward Cooper A.M. George H Fisher D.D. Charles Hewitt A.M. John Williamson McCullough D.D. Horatio Southgate D.D. Bird Wilson LL.D.

1846

Recipient Honorary Degree William Bayard Blackwell A.M. Robert Emory D.D. Benjamin Isaacs Haight D.D. Ezra Abel Huntington D.D.

1847

Recipient Honorary Degree John Murray Forbes D.D. William Ingraham Kip D.D. Joseph Henry Price D.D. John Canfield Spencer LL.D.

1848

Recipient Honorary Degree Samuel Roosevelt Johnson D.D. Francis Vinton D.D.

1849

Recipient Honorary Degree George Alexander Crook A.M. Robert William Harris D.D. James Stephenson A.M. Horace Webster LL.D.

1850s

1850

Recipient Honorary Degree Henry James Anderson LL.D. William Betts LL.D. William Drisler A.M. Hamilton Fish LL.D. David X Junkin D.D. John Barrett Kerfoot D.D. Kendrick Metcalf D.D. Winfield Scott LL.D. Timothy D Williams D.D.

1851

Recipient Honorary Degree Francis Higgins Cuming D.D. Martin Phillips Parks D.D. Robert George Vermilye D.D. John Williams D.D. Octavius Winslow D.D.

1852

Recipient Honorary Degree Stephen Alexander LL.D. Samuel Gilman Brown D.D. William Buel Franklin A.M. Richard Pulling Jenks A.M. William McMurray D.D. John Rowland A.M. Jesse Ames Spencer D.D. William Walton D.D. John Lee Watson D.D.

1853

Recipient Honorary Degree Talbot Wilson Chambers D.D. Thomas Frederick Davis D.D. Henry D. Erskine D.D. Isaac Ferris LL.D. Charles Todd Quintard A.M. Charles Rogers LL.D. Samuel Spratt Strong D.D.

1854

Recipient Honorary Degree William Robert Gordon D.D. Jean Romer A.M. J Jackson Scott D.D. Henry Philip Tappan LL.D.

1855

Recipient Honorary Degree Joseph Howland Coit D.D. William Ernest Eigenbrodt D.D. Joseph Fewsmith D.D. John Magoffin Macauley D.D. Russel Trevett D.D.

1856

Recipient Honorary Degree John Blakeley D.D. John Henry Hobart D.D. A. S. Osborne A.M George Sharswood LL.D. R S Smith A.M. Alfred Stubbs D.D.

1857

Recipient Honorary Degree Joseph Alden LL.D. Alfred Baury Beach D.D. Samuel Cooke D.D. William Cecil Duncan D.D. Francis Maerschalk Kip D.D. William Ferdinand Morgan D.D.

1858

Recipient Honorary Degree Charles D'Urban Morris A.M. Samuel Spring D.D. John Ireland Tucker D.D. Isaac Dyckman Vermilye A.M. Henry Waterman S.T.D.

1859

Recipient Honorary Degree Thomas De Boice Coryell A.M. William Armstrong Dod D.D. William Mitchell Gillespie LL.D. George H Houghton D.D. Lot Jones D.D. Alexander S Leonard D.D. Alexander Gardiner Mercer S.T.D. Samuel Tyler LL.D.

1860s

1860

Recipient Honorary Degree Charles Patrick Daly LL.D. Theodore William Dwight LL.D. John Wakefield Francis LL.D. John William French D.D. Thomas Tompkins Guion D.D. David Murray Hoffman LL.D. Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard D.D. Daniel Phoenix Ingraham LL.D. Matthew Hall McAllister LL.D. Charles Stuart Tripler A.M. Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff LL.D.

1861

Recipient Honorary Degree Notes John Anthon LL.D. Charles Bancroft D.D. Alexander Warfield Bradford LL.D. Charles Henry Hall D.D. James Hall Mason Knox D.D. Abraham Lincoln LL.D. Awarded in Washington, D.C. Edward Nathaniel Mead D.D. Joseph Clarkson Passmore S.T.D. Sullivan Hardy Weston S.T.D.

1862

Recipient Honorary Degree Samuel Buel S.T.D. George Jarvis Geer S.T.D. Benjamin Nicholas Martin S.T.D. Henry Joel Scudder A.M. John Cotton Smith S.T.D.

1863