MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES

Past Commanders-in-Chief

TERM OF OFFICE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COMMANDERY

November 4, 1865 to February 3, 1879 MG GEORGE CADWALADER Pennsylvania
1879 - 1885 (Acting C-in-C) MG WINFIELD S. HANCOCK Pennsylvania
October 21,1885 to February 9,1886 MG WINFIELD S. HANCOCK Pennsylvania
February 9, 1886 to October 20, 1886 BVT MG RUTHERFORD B. HAYES Illinois, Ohio
October 20, 1886 to August 5, 1888 LTG PHILIP H. SHERIDAN Pennsylvania, Illinois
August 5, 1888 to Jananuary 17, 1893 BVT MG RUTHERFORD B. HAYES Illinois, Ohio
January 17, 1893 to October 11, 1893 RADM JOHN J. ALMY New York, District of Columbia
October 11, 1893 to October 16, 1895 BG LUCIUS FAIRCHILD Wisconsin
October 16, 1895 to February 6, 1896 MG JOHN GIBBON Oregon
February 6, 1896 to October 18, 1899 RADM BANCROFT GHERARDI Pennsylvania
October 18, 1899 to October 21, 1903 LTG JOHN M. SCHOFIELD Pennsylvania, California,
New York, District of Columbia
October 21, 1903 to October 11, 1905 BVT MG DAVID McMURTRIE GREGG Pennsylvania
October 11, 1905 to October 16, 1907 MG JOHN R. BROOKE Pennsylvania, Nebraska,
New York
October 16, 1907 to October 20, 1909 MG GRENVILLE M. DODGE Pennsylvania, New York
October 20, 1909 to October 18, 1911 LTG JOHN C. BATES Missouri
October 18,1911 to March 17,1912 RADM GEORGE W. MELVILLE Pennsylvania
March 17, 1912 to September 5, 1912 LTG ARTHUR MacARTHUR Wisconsin
September 5, 1912 to October 15, 1913 COL ARNOLD RAND Massachusetts
October 15, 1913 to May 19, 1915 BVT BG THOMAS H. HUBBARD Maine, New York
May 19, 1915 to October 20, 1915 RADM LOUIS KEMPFF California
October 20, 1915 to October 29, 1919 LTG SAMUEL B.M. YOUNG Pennsylvania, Missouri,
California, District of Columbia
October 29, 1919 to May 15, 1925 LTG NELSON A. MILES Oregon, Kansas,
California, Massachusetts,
District of Columbia
May 15, 1925 to October 27, 1927 RADM PURNELL F. HARRINGTON New York
October 27, 1927 to September 5, 1930 MASTER ROBERT M. THOMPSON Massachusetts, New York
District of Columbia
September 5, 1930 to November 15, 1930 BG SAMUEL W. FOUNTAIN Ohio, District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania
November 15, 1930 to October 28, 1932 BVT MAJOR GEORGE MASON Illinois
October 28, 1932 to June 15, 1933 CAPT WILLIAM P. WRIGHT Illinois
June 15, 1933 to October 25, 1935 COL HUGH MEANS Kansas
October 25, 1935 to May 23, 1940 COL WILLIAM INNES FORBES Pennsylvania
May 23, 1940 to October 22, 1941 MG MALVERN HILL BARNUM Massachusetts
October 22, 1941 to October 15, 1947 MR. JAMES VERNOR, JR Michigan
October 15, 1947 to October 9, 1951 RADM REGINALD R. BELKNAP New York
October 9, 1951 to October 13, 1953 MR. DONALD H. WHITTEMORE Massachusetts
October 13, 1953 to October 11, 1957 CDR WILLIAM C. DUVAL, USNR Ohio
October 11, 1957 to October 27, 1961 MG ULYSSES S. GRANT III, USA New York
October 27, 1961 to November 2, 1962 LTC DONALD M. LIDDELL JR., USAR New York
November 2, 1962 to October 8, 1964 LTC H. DURSTON SAYLOR II, USAR Pennsylvania
October 8, 1964 to November 26, 1964 MG CLAYTON B. VOGEL, USMC District of Columbia
November 26, 1964 to October 29, 1967 COL WALTER E. HOPPER, USAR New York
October 29, 1967 to October 23, 1971 LTC LENAHAN O'CONNELL, USAR Massachusetts
October 23, 1971 to October 27, 1973 COL BROOKE M. LESSIG, USAR Pennsylvania
October 27, 1973 to October 18, 1975 MR. CHARLES ALLAN BRADY JR. Illinois
October 18, 1975 to October 8, 1977 COL JOSEPH B. DAUGHERTY Indiana
October 8,1977 to 1981 MR. THOMAS N. McCARTER III New York
1981 to 1983 LTC PHILIP M. WATROUS Pennsylvania
1983 to 1985 MR. ALEXANDER P. HARTNETT Pennsylvania
1985 to 1989 MR. WILLIAM H. UPHAM Wisconsin
1989 to 1991 MR. LOWELL VARNER HAMMER District of Columbia
1991 to 1993 MR. HENRY NATHAN SAWYER Massachusetts
1993 to 1995 COL SCOTT WALLACE STUCKY District of Columbia
1995 to 1997 DR. ROBERT G CARROON Connecticut
1997 to 1999 HON. MICHAEL PATRICK SULLIVAN Wisconsin
1999 to 2001 MAJOR ROBERT JAMES BATEMAN District of Columbia
2001 to 2003 MR. GORDON R. BURY II Ohio
2003 to 2005 MR. DOUGLAS REED NIERMEYER Missouri
2005 to 2007 MR. BENJAMIN CHARLES FRICK Pennsylvania
2007 to 2009 MR. KARL FREDERICK SCHAEFFER Ohio

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