List of Adjutants General of the U.S. Army

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This List of Adjutants General of the U.S. Army gives the chief administrative officer of the United States Army, from 1775 to 1981.

List

Image	Rank	Name	Begin Date	End Date	Notes
	Major General	Horatio Gates	June 17, 1775	June 5, 1776	[1]
	Colonel	Joseph Reed	June 5, 1776	January 22, 1777	[1]
	Brigadier General	Arthur St. Clair	January 22, 1777	February 20, 1777	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Brigadier General	George Weedon	February 20, 1777	April 19, 1777	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Colonel	Morgan Connor	April 19, 1777	June 18, 1777	[1]
	Colonel	Timothy Pickering	June 18, 1777	January 5, 1778	[1]
	Colonel	Alexander Scammel	January 5, 1778	January 1, 1781	[1]
	Brigadier General	Edward Hand	January 8, 1781	November 3, 1783	[1]
	Major	William North	November 5, 1783	October 28, 1787	[1]
	Lieutenant	Ebenezer Denny	October 28, 1787	November 7, 1790	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Lieutenant	John Pratt	November 7, 1790	September 4, 1791	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Lieutenant Colonel	Winthrop Sargent	September 4, 1791	November 4, 1791	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	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]
	Major	Thomas H. Cushing	February 27, 1797	July 19, 1798	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Lieutenant Colonel	William North	July 19, 1798	June 15, 1800	[1]
	Lieutenant Colonel	Thomas H. Cushing	June 15, 1800	April 2, 1807	[1]
	Major	Abimael Y. Nicoll	April 2, 1807	April 28, 1812	[1]
	Lieutenant Colonel	Alexander Macomb	April 28, 1812	July 6, 1812	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Brigadier General	Thomas H. Cushing	July 6, 1812	March 12, 1813	[1]
	Brigadier General	Zebulon Pike	March 12, 1813	April 27, 1813	[1]
		vacant	April 27, 1813	May 19, 1814	[1]
	Brigadier General	William H. Winder	May 19, 1814	July 2, 1814	[1]
	Brigadier General	Daniel Parker	November 22, 1814	June 1, 1821	[1]
	Colonel	James Gadsden	August 13, 1821	March 22, 1822	[1]
	Captain	Charles J. Nourse	May 8, 1822	March 7, 1825	Acting Adjutant General [1]
	Colonel	Roger Jones	March 7, 1825	July 15, 1852	[1]
	Colonel	Samuel Cooper	July 15, 1852	March 7, 1861	[1]
	Brigadier General	Lorenzo Thomas	March 7, 1861	February 22, 1869	[1]
	Brigadier General	Edward D. Townsend	February 22, 1869	June 15, 1880	[1]
	Brigadier General	Richard C. Drum	June 15, 1880	May 28, 1889	[1]
	Brigadier General	John C. Kelton	June 7, 1889	June 24, 1892	[1]
	Brigadier General	Robert Williams	July 5, 1892	November 5, 1893	[1]
	Brigadier General	George D. Ruggles	November 6, 1893	September 11, 1897	[1]
	Brigadier General	Samuel Breck	September 11, 1897	February 25, 1898	[1]
	Major General	Henry C. Corbin	February 25, 1898	April 23, 1904	[1] [2]
	Major General	Fred C. Ainsworth	April 23, 1904	February 16, 1912	[2]
	Brigadier General	William P. Hall	February 17, 1912	June 11, 1912	[2]
	Brigadier General	George Andrews	August 5, 1912	August 27, 1914	[2]
	Major General	Henry P. McCain	August 27, 1914	August 27, 1918	[2]
	Major General	Peter C. Harris	September 1, 1918	August 31, 1922	[2]
	Major General	Robert C. Davis	September 1, 1922	July 1, 1927	[2]
	Major General	Lutz Wahl	July 2, 1927	December 30, 1928	[2]
	Major General	Charles H. Bridges	December 31, 1928	February 1, 1933	[2]
	Major General	James F. McKinley	February 2, 1933	October 31, 1935	[2]
	Major General	Edgar T. Conley	November 1, 1935	April 30, 1938	[2]
	Major General	Emory S. Adams	May 1, 1938	February 28, 1942	[2]
	Major General	James A. Ulio	March 1, 1942	January 31, 1946	[2]
	Major General	Edward F. Witsell	February 1, 1946	June 30, 1951	[2]
	Major General	William E. Bergin	July 1, 1951	May 31, 1954	[2]
	Major General	John A. Klein	June 1, 1954	December 31, 1956	[2]
	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]

References

1. 
   Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 37–38.
2. 
   Hewes, James E., Jr. (1983). From Root to McNamara - Army Organization and Administration. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 403–404.
3. 
   Adjutant General's Office (1979). The Adjutant General's Office. Washington, D.C.: Adjutant General's Office. pp. 42–43. OCLC 5929893.

Further reading

• Ingersoll, Lurton Dunham (1880). A History of the War Department of the United States. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F. B. Mohun. pp. 139–143.
• Rodenbough, Theophilus F.; Haskin, William L. (1896). The Army of the United States. New York City: Maynard, Merrill & Co. pp. 1–11.
• 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.