Landon Garland

Landon C. Garland
Portrait of Chancellor Landon C. Garland

1st Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
In office 1875–1893
Succeeded by	James Hampton Kirkland
President of the University of Alabama
In office 1855–1865
President of Randolph-Macon College
In office 1836–1846

Personal details
Born	March 21, 1810 Nelson County, Virginia, US
Died	February 13, 1895 Nashville, Tennessee
Spouse(s)	Louisa Frances Garland
Children	Annie Rose Garland Fulton Carrie Matilda Garland Thompson Alice Virginia Garland Louise Frances Garland
Parents	Alexander Spotswood Garland, Lucinda Rose Garland
Relatives	Hugh A. Garland, (brother), James Madison, (great-uncle), Samuel Garland, Jr., (nephew)
Alma mater	Hampden–Sydney College (BA)

Landon Cabell Garland (1810–1895) was an American slaveholder and university administrator. He served as the second President of Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia from 1836 to 1846, Professor from 1847 to 1855, and then third President of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from 1855 to 1865, and first chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1875 to 1893. He was a supporter of slavery in the United States.

Landon Garland was born March 21, 1810 in Nelson County, Virginia. He graduated with first honors from Hampden–Sydney College in 1829. His older brother, Hugh A. Garland, who was one of the lawyers involved in the Dred Scott case and author of a biography of John Randolph of Roanoke, was also a Hampden-Sydney graduate. Their parents were Alexander Spotswood Gardiner and Lucinda Rose. Confederate Army General Samuel Garland, Jr. was the son of his only sister, Caroline Garland (1807-1901), and United States Founding Father and fourth President of the United States James Madison was his Great-Uncle.