Aaron W. Leland

Aaron Leland
Aaron Leland
	Leland circa 1815
Presbyterian Church Moderator of the General Assembly
	In office; 1850–1851
Preceded by	Nicholas Murray
Succeeded by	Edward P. Humphrey
Personal details
Born	1 October 1787; Peru, Massachusetts, United States
Died	2 November 1871 (aged 84); Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Resting place	First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina
Spouses	Eliza Hibben; Clara Blight;
Children	10
Religion	Presbyterian, Puritan
Ordained	April 6, 1811
Writings	The Secret Counsels of God (1834); A Discourse Delivered Before the State Temperance Society of South Carolina (1838)
Congregations served	First (Scots) Presbyterian Church; Columbia Theological Seminary;
Education	Williams College(B.A.); Brown University(M.A.); University of South Carolina(D.D.);
Occupation	Presbyterian Reverend; Professor; Translator;

Reverend Aaron Whitney Leland was an American Presbyterian minister, theologian, scholar, and educator. A native of Massachusetts, he spent most of his adult life and career in South Carolina, where he served as a pastor, published many sermons over the course of decades, and taught at Columbia Theological Seminary for over 30 years. His sermons were widely circulated within the United States during the nineteenth century. He was a minister during the Second Great Awakening and was also an early advocate of the Temperance Movement.