Joseph Alexander (ca. 1735 – July 30, 1809) was a Presbyterian minister and educator born in Cecil County, Maryland, who graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1760 and was licensed to preach in 1767 before serving congregations in North and South Carolina. He was instrumental in early American Presbyterian educational efforts, opening a successful academy and helping found Queens College in Charlotte. He was known for his animated and popular preaching as well as for teaching a “school of high order.” After years of active ministry and teaching, he died in 1809, and a volume of his sermons was published posthumously.