This List of Adjutants General of the U.S. Army gives the chief administrative officer of the United States Army, from 1775 to present.
Image | Rank | Name | Begin Date | End Date | Notes |
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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] | |
Major General | Robert M. Joyce | 1981 | 1984 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Donald J. Delandro | 1984 | 1985 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Mildred E. Hedberg | 1985 | 1986 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Robert L. Dilworth | 1986 | 1988 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | William J. Meehan II | 1988 | 1990 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Thomas F. Sikora | 1990 | 1991 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Patricia P. Hickerson | 1991 | 1994 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Stephen R. Smith | 1994 | 1995 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Earl M. Simms | 1995 | 1998 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Kathryn G. Frost | 1998 | 2002 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Gina S. Farrisee | 2002 | 2004 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Ernest E. Porter | 2004 | 2006 | [4] | |
Brigadier General | Reuben D. Jones | 2006 | July 8, 2009 | [4] [5] | |
Brigadier General | Richard P. Mustion | July 8, 2009 | July 28, 2011 | [5] [6] | |
Brigadier General | Jason T. Evans | July 28, 2011 | March 11, 2013 | [6] [7] | |
Brigadier General | David K. MacEwen | March 11, 2013 | March 20, 2015 | [7] [8] | |
Brigadier General | James T. Iacocca | March 20, 2015 | September 21, 2017 | [8] [9] | |
Brigadier General | Robert W. Bennett Jr. | September 21, 2017 | July 7, 2020 | [9] | |
Brigadier General | Hope C. Rampy | July 7, 2020 | Incumbent | [10] | |
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