MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES

Past Commanders-in-Chief

TERM OF OFFICE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COMMANDERY

1865 to 1879 MG GEORGE CADWALADER Pennsylvania
1879 - 1885 (Acting C-in-C) MG WINFIELD S. HANCOCK Pennsylvania
1885 to 1886 MG WINFIELD S. HANCOCK Pennsylvania
1886 to 1886 (February 9 to October 20) BVT MG RUTHERFORD B. HAYES Illinois, Ohio
1886 to 1888 LTG PHILIP H. SHERIDAN Pennsylvania, Illinois
1888 to 1893 BVT MG RUTHERFORD B. HAYES Illinois, Ohio
1893 to 1893 (January 17 to October 11) RADM JOHN J. ALMY New York, District of Columbia
1893 to 1895 BG LUCIUS FAIRCHILD Wisconsin
1895 to 1896 MG JOHN GIBBON Oregon
1896 to 1899 RADM BANCROFT GHERARDI Pennsylvania
1899 to 1903 LTG JOHN M. SCHOFIELD Pennsylvania, California,
New York, District of Columbia
1903 to 1905 BVT MG DAVID McMURTRIE GREGG Pennsylvania
1905 to 1907 MG JOHN R. BROOKE Pennsylvania, Nebraska,
New York
1907 to 1909 MG GRENVILLE M. DODGE Pennsylvania, New York
1909 to 1911 LTG JOHN C. BATES Missouri
1911 to 1912 RADM GEORGE W. MELVILLE Pennsylvania
1912 to 1912 (March 17 to September 5) LTG ARTHUR MacARTHUR Wisconsin
1912 to 1913 COL ARNOLD RAND Massachusetts
1913 to 1915 BVT BG THOMAS H. HUBBARD Maine, New York
1915 to 1915 (May 19 to October 29) RADM LOUIS KEMPFF California
1915 to 1919 LTG SAMUEL B.M. YOUNG Pennsylvania, Missouri,
California, District of Columbia
1919 to 1925 LTG NELSON A. MILES Oregon, Kansas,
California, Massachusetts,
District of Columbia
1925 to 1927 RADM PURNELL F. HARRINGTON New York
1927 to 1930 MASTER ROBERT M. THOMPSON Massachusetts, New York
District of Columbia
1930 to 1930 (September 5 to November 15) BG SAMUEL W. FOUNTAIN Ohio, District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania
1930 to 1932 BVT MAJOR GEORGE MASON Illinois
1932 to 1933 CAPT WILLIAM P. WRIGHT Illinois
1933 to 1935 COL HUGH MEANS Kansas
1935 to 1940 COL WILLIAM INNES FORBES Pennsylvania
1940 to 1941 MG MALVERN HILL BARNUM Massachusetts
1941 to 1947 JAMES VERNOR, JR Michigan
1947 to 1951 RADM REGINALD R. BELKNAP New York
1951 to 1953 DONALD H. WHITTEMORE Massachusetts
1953 to 1957 CDR WILLIAM C. DUVAL, USNR Ohio
1957 to 1961 MG ULYSSES S. GRANT III, USA New York
1961 to 1962 LTC DONALD M. LIDDELL JR., USAR New York
1962 to 1964 LTC H. DURSTON SAYLOR II, USAR Pennsylvania
1964 to 1964 (October 8 to November 26) MG CLAYTON B. VOGEL, USMC District of Columbia
1964 to 1967 COL WALTER E. HOPPER, USAR New York
1967 to 1971 LTC LENAHAN O'CONNELL, USAR Massachusetts
1971 to 1973 COL BROOKE M. LESSIG, USAR Pennsylvania
1973 to 1975 CHARLES ALLAN BRADY JR. Illinois
1975 to 1977 COL JOSEPH B. DAUGHERTY Indiana
1977 to 1981 THOMAS N. McCARTER III New York
1981 to 1983 LTC PHILIP M. WATROUS Pennsylvania
1983 to 1985 ALEXANDER P. HARTNETT Pennsylvania
1985 to 1989 WILLIAM H. UPHAM Wisconsin
1989 to 1991 LOWELL VARNER HAMMER District of Columbia
1991 to 1993 HENRY NATHAN SAWYER Massachusetts
1993 to 1995 COL SCOTT WALLACE STUCKY District of Columbia
1995 to 1997 THE REV. CANON ROBERT GIRARD CARROON Connecticut
1997 to 1999 THE HON. MICHAEL PATRICK SULLIVAN Wisconsin
1999 to 2001 MAJ ROBERT JAMES BATEMAN District of Columbia
2001 to 2003 GORDON R. BURY II Ohio
2003 to 2005 DOUGLAS REED NIERMEYER Missouri
2005 to 2007 BENJAMIN CHARLES FRICK Pennsylvania
2007 to 2009 KARL FREDERICK SCHAEFFER Ohio
2009 to 2011 KEITH GRAHAM HARRISON Michigan
2011 to 2013 JEFFRY C. BURDEN Virginia
2013 to 2015 WALDRON KINTZING POST II New York
2015 to 2017 JAMES ALAN SIMMONS Texas


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