List of Adjutants General of the United States Army
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Adjutant General of the United States Army | |
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since July 10, 2024 | |
United States Army Adjutant General's Corps | |
Type | Chief administrative officer |
Member of | United States Army |
Reports to | Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army |
Formation | June 17, 1775 |
First holder | Horatio Gates |
This list of Adjutants General of the United States Army lists the chief administrative officer of the Army, from 1775 to present.
List
Denotes an Acting Adjutant General of the United States Army
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Major General | Horatio Gates | June 17, 1775 | June 5, 1776 | [1] |
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Colonel | Joseph Reed | June 5, 1776 | January 22, 1777 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Arthur St. Clair | January 22, 1777 | February 20, 1777 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Brigadier General | George Weedon | February 20, 1777 | April 19, 1777 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
Colonel | Morgan Connor | April 19, 1777 | June 18, 1777 | [1] | |
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Colonel | Timothy Pickering | June 18, 1777 | January 5, 1778 | [1] |
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Colonel | Alexander Scammel | January 5, 1778 | January 1, 1781 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Edward Hand | January 8, 1781 | November 3, 1783 | [1] |
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Major | William North | November 5, 1783 | October 28, 1787 | [1] |
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Lieutenant | Ebenezer Denny | October 28, 1787 | November 7, 1790 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Lieutenant | John Pratt | November 7, 1790 | September 4, 1791 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Winthrop Sargent | September 4, 1791 | November 4, 1791 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Lieutenant | Ebenezer Denny | November 4, 1791 | March 10, 1792 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
Lieutenant | Henry De Butts | March 10, 1792 | February 23, 1793 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
Major | Michael Rudolph | February 23, 1793 | July 17, 1793 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
Captain | Edward Butler | July 18, 1793 | May 13, 1794 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
Major | John Mills | May 13, 1794 | February 27, 1796 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
Major | Jonathan Haskell | February 27, 1796 | August 1, 1796 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
Captain | Edward Butler | August 1, 1796 | February 27, 1797 | Acting Adjutant General [1] | |
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Major | Thomas H. Cushing | February 27, 1797 | July 19, 1798 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Lieutenant Colonel | William North | July 19, 1798 | June 15, 1800 | [1] |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Thomas H. Cushing | June 15, 1800 | April 2, 1807 | [1] |
Major | Abimael Y. Nicoll | April 2, 1807 | April 28, 1812 | [1] | |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Alexander Macomb | April 28, 1812 | July 6, 1812 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Brigadier General | Thomas H. Cushing | July 6, 1812 | March 12, 1813 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Zebulon Pike | March 12, 1813 | April 27, 1813 | [1] |
vacant | April 27, 1813 | May 19, 1814 | [1] | ||
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Brigadier General | William H. Winder | May 19, 1814 | July 2, 1814 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Daniel Parker | November 22, 1814 | June 1, 1821 | [1] |
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Colonel | James Gadsden | August 13, 1821 | March 22, 1822 | [1] |
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Captain | Charles J. Nourse | May 8, 1822 | March 7, 1825 | Acting Adjutant General [1] |
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Colonel | Roger Jones | March 7, 1825 | July 15, 1852 | [1] |
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Colonel | Samuel Cooper | July 15, 1852 | March 7, 1861 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Lorenzo Thomas | March 7, 1861 | February 22, 1869 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Edward D. Townsend | February 22, 1869 | June 15, 1880 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Richard C. Drum | June 15, 1880 | May 28, 1889 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | John C. Kelton | June 7, 1889 | June 24, 1892 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Robert Williams | July 5, 1892 | November 5, 1893 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | George D. Ruggles | November 6, 1893 | September 11, 1897 | [1] |
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Brigadier General | Samuel Breck | September 11, 1897 | February 25, 1898 | [1] |
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Major General | Henry C. Corbin | February 25, 1898 | April 23, 1904 | [1][2] |
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Major General | Fred C. Ainsworth | April 23, 1904 | February 16, 1912 | [2] |
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Brigadier General | William P. Hall | February 17, 1912 | June 11, 1912 | [2] |
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Brigadier General | George Andrews | August 5, 1912 | August 27, 1914 | [2] |
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Major General | Henry P. McCain | August 27, 1914 | August 27, 1918 | [2] |
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Major General | Peter C. Harris | September 1, 1918 | August 31, 1922 | [2] |
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Major General | Robert C. Davis | September 1, 1922 | July 1, 1927 | [2] |
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Major General | Lutz Wahl | July 2, 1927 | December 30, 1928 | [2] |
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Major General | Charles H. Bridges | December 31, 1928 | February 1, 1933 | [2] |
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Major General | James F. McKinley | February 2, 1933 | October 31, 1935 | [2] |
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Major General | Edgar T. Conley | November 1, 1935 | April 30, 1938 | [2] |
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Major General | Emory S. Adams | May 1, 1938 | February 28, 1942 | [2] |
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Major General | James A. Ulio | March 1, 1942 | January 31, 1946 | [2] |
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Major General | Edward F. Witsell | February 1, 1946 | June 30, 1951 | [2] |
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Major General | William E. Bergin | July 1, 1951 | May 31, 1954 | [2] |
Major General | John A. Klein | June 1, 1954 | December 31, 1956 | [2] | |
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Major General | Herbert M. Jones | January 1, 1957 | October 31, 1958 | [2] |
Major General | Robert V. Lee | November 1, 1958 | September 30, 1961 | [2] | |
Major General | Joe C. Lambert | October 1, 1961 | July 31, 1966 | [2] | |
Major General | Kenneth G. Wickham | 1966 | 1971 | [3] | |
Major General | Verne L. Bowers | 1971 | 1975 | [3] | |
Major General | Paul T. Smith | 1975 | 1977 | [3] | |
Major General | James C. Pennington | 1977 | 1981 | [3] | |
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Major General | Robert M. Joyce | 1981 | 1984 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Donald J. Delandro | 1984 | 1985 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Mildred E. Hedberg | 1985 | 1986 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Robert L. Dilworth | 1986 | 1988 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | William J. Meehan II | 1988 | 1990 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Thomas F. Sikora | 1990 | 1991 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Patricia P. Hickerson | 1991 | 1994 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Stephen R. Smith | 1994 | 1995 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Earl M. Simms | 1995 | 1998 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Kathryn G. Frost | 1998 | 2002 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Gina S. Farrisee | 2002 | 2004 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Ernest E. Porter | 2004 | 2006 | [4] |
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Brigadier General | Reuben D. Jones | 2006 | July 8, 2009 | [4][5] |
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Brigadier General | Richard P. Mustion | July 8, 2009 | July 28, 2011 | [5][6] |
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Brigadier General | Jason T. Evans | July 28, 2011 | March 11, 2013 | [6][7] |
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Brigadier General | David K. MacEwen | March 11, 2013 | March 20, 2015 | [7][8] |
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Brigadier General | James T. Iacocca | March 20, 2015 | September 21, 2017 | [8][9] |
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Brigadier General | Robert W. Bennett Jr. | September 21, 2017 | July 7, 2020 | [9] |
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Brigadier General | Hope C. Rampy | July 7, 2020 | June 30, 2022 | [10] |
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Brigadier General | Gregory S. Johnson | June 30, 2022 | July 10, 2024 | [11] |
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Brigadier General | Adam D. Smith | July 10, 2024 | Incumbent | [12] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao
Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 37–38. - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s
Hewes, James E. Jr. (1983). "Appendix B". From Root to McNamara – Army Organization and Administration. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 403–404. Archived from the original on Nov 26, 2023 – via U.S. Army Center of Military History. - ^ a b c d
Adjutant General's Office (1979). The Adjutant General's Office. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office. pp. 42–43. OCLC 5929893. - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Bower, Stephen E. (2013). "A Short History of the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps 1775–2013" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b Leipold, J. D. (July 8, 2009). "Mustion becomes 64th Army adjutant general". U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b Wales, Andrea (July 28, 2011). "Evans becomes 65th adjutant general". U.S. Army. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b Wales, Andrea (March 15, 2013). "Adjutant general installed: Evans departs, MacEwen arrives". The Gold Standard. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b Ruderman, David (March 23, 2015). "Iacocca invested as The Adjutant General of the U.S. Army in Fort Knox ceremony". U.S. Army. Archived from the original on Feb 11, 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b Hamilton, Brian (September 21, 2017). "Bennett welcomed as the Army's 61st Adjutant General". U.S. Army. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Bock, Fonda (July 7, 2020). "61st Army Adjutant General turns over reins of TAG responsibility to successor, retires". DVIDS. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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Further reading
- Ingersoll, Lurton Dunham (1880). A History of the War Department of the United States. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F. B. Mohun. pp. 139–143.
- Fry, J. B. (1896). "Adjutant General's Department". In Rodenbough, Theophilus F.; Haskin, William L. (eds.). The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief. New York City: Maynard, Merrill & Co. pp. 1–11 – via U.S. Army Center of Military History.
- Thian, Raphael Prosper (1901). Legislative History of the General Staff of the Army of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 49–82.
- Watrous, Livingstone (1927). A Brief History of the Adjutant General's Department from June 16th, 1775 to December 31st, 1925. New York City: The Recruiting Publicity Bureau. OCLC 16160837.