| No.
|
Served
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Class
|
Cullum
|
Lived
|
Notes
|
| 1
|
1801-1812
|
Colonel
|
Williams, Jonathan
|
n/a
|
|
1751-1815
|
In June 1803, Williams vacated (he did not resign) the post of Superintendent. Returned April 1805.
|
| -
|
1803-1805
|
Colonel
|
Wadsworth, Decius
|
n/a
|
|
1768-1821
|
Acting
|
| 2
|
1805-1812
|
Colonel
|
Williams, Jonathan
|
n/a
|
|
1751-1815
|
|
| 3
|
1812-1814
|
Colonel
|
Swift, Joseph G.
|
1802
|
1
|
1783-1865
|
|
| 4
|
1814-1817
|
Captain
|
Partridge, Alden
|
1806
|
15
|
1785-1854
|
|
| 5
|
1817-1833
|
Captain
|
Thayer, Sylvanus
|
1808
|
33
|
1785–1872
|
Bvt Major, Considered the true founder of the Academy
|
| 6
|
1833-1838
|
Major
|
De Russy, René Edward
|
1812
|
89
|
1796-1865
|
|
| 7
|
1838-1845
|
Major
|
Delafield, Richard
|
1818
|
180
|
1798-1873
|
|
| 8
|
1845-1852
|
Captain
|
Brewerton, Henry
|
1819
|
207
|
1801-1879
|
|
| 9
|
1852-1855
|
Captain
|
Lee, Robert E.
|
1829
|
542
|
1807-1870
|
Bvt Colonel
|
| 10
|
1855-1856
|
Captain
|
Barnard, John G.
|
1833
|
708
|
1815-1882
|
Bvt Major
|
| 11
|
1856-1861
|
Major
|
Delafield, Richard
|
1818
|
180
|
1798-1873
|
Colonel(ex officio)
|
| 12
|
Jan 23-28 1861
|
Captain
|
Beauregard, Pierre G.T.
|
1838
|
942
|
1818-1893
|
Bvt Major. Appointment revoked for his southern sympathies.
|
| 13
|
28 Jan-1 Mar 1861
|
Major
|
Delafield, Richard
|
1818
|
180
|
1798-1873
|
Colonel (ex officio)
|
| 14
|
1861-1864
|
Major
|
Bowman, Alexander H.
|
1825
|
394
|
1803-1865
|
Colonel (ex officio)
|
| 15
|
Jul-Sep 1864
|
Major
|
Tower, Zealous B.
|
1841
|
1059
|
1819-1900
|
Bvt Colonel
|
| 16
|
1864-1866
|
Lieutenant Colonel
|
Cullum, George W.
|
1833
|
709
|
1809-1892
|
Bvt Major General. Established the Register of Graduates and the Association of Graduates
|
| 17
|
1866-1871
|
Colonel
|
Pitcher, Thomas G.
|
1845
|
1270
|
1824-1895
|
Bvt Brigadier General
|
| 18
|
1871-1876
|
Colonel
|
Ruger, Thomas H.
|
1854
|
1633
|
1833-1907
|
Bvt Brigadier General
|
| 19
|
1876-1881
|
Major General
|
Schofield, John M.
|
1853
|
1585
|
1831-1906
|
Awarded the Medal of Honor at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861. Later commanding general of the Army.
|
| 20
|
1881-1882
|
Brigadier General
|
Howard, Oliver O.
|
1854
|
1634
|
1830-1909
|
Bvt Major General. Awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished bravery at Fair Oaks in 1862.
|
| 21
|
1882-1887
|
Major General
|
Merritt, Wesley
|
1860
|
1868
|
1834-1910
|
|
| 22
|
1887-1889
|
Colonel
|
Parke, John G.
|
1849
|
1408
|
1827-1900
|
|
| 23
|
1889-1893
|
Colonel
|
Wilson, John M.
|
1860
|
1858
|
1837-1919
|
Medal of Honor Battle of Malvern Hill 1862
|
| 24
|
1893-1898
|
Colonel
|
Ernst, Oswald H.
|
1864
|
2025
|
1842-1926
|
|
| 25
|
1898-1906
|
Captain
|
Mills, Albert L.
|
1879
|
2796
|
1854-1916
|
Colonel (ex officio). Awarded Medal of Honor as a 1st Lieutenant at San Juan Hill. Appointed by President McKinley. While Superintendent, had the local rank of Colonel, by law.
|
| 26
|
1906-1910
|
Major General
|
Scott, Hugh L.
|
1876
|
2628
|
1853-1934
|
|
| 27
|
1911-1912
|
Major Genral
|
Barry, Thomas H.
|
1877
|
2679
|
1855-1919
|
|
| 28
|
1913-1916
|
Colonel
|
Townsley, Clarence P.
|
1881
|
2892
|
1855-1926
|
|
| 29
|
1916-1917
|
Major General
|
Biddle, John
|
1881
|
2880
|
1859-1936
|
|
| 30
|
1917-1919
|
|
Tillman, Samuel E.
|
1869
|
2275
|
1847-1942
|
Recalled from retirement. Was Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology.
|
| 31
|
1919-1922
|
Brigadier General
|
MacArthur, Douglas
|
1903
|
4122
|
1880-1964
|
Awarded the Medal of Honor in 1942 for his leadership in Philippine resistance to the Japanese invasion. Sometimes considered the second founder of the Academy for his wide reforms.
|
| 32
|
1922-1925
|
Brigadier General
|
Sladen, Fred W.
|
1890
|
3357
|
1863-1945
|
|
| 33
|
1926-1928
|
Brigadier General
|
Stewart, Merch B.
|
1896
|
|
1875-1934
|
|
| 34
|
1928
|
Major General
|
Winans, Edwin B.
|
1891
|
3403
|
1869-1947
|
|
| 35
|
1929-1932
|
Major General
|
Smith, William R.
|
1892
|
3459
|
1868-1941
|
Oversaw a significant expansion of the West Point Military Reservation.
|
| 36
|
1932-1938
|
Major General
|
Connor, William D.
|
1897
|
|
1874-1960
|
|
| 37
|
1938-1940
|
Major General
|
Benedict, Jay L.
|
1904
|
|
1882-1953
|
|
| 38
|
1940-1942
|
General
|
Eichelberger, Robert L.
|
1909
|
|
1886-1961
|
|
| 39
|
1942-1945
|
Major General
|
Wilby, Francis B.
|
1905
|
|
1883-1965
|
|
| 40
|
1945-1949
|
General
|
Taylor, Maxwell D.
|
1922
|
|
1901-1987
|
|
| 41
|
1949-1951
|
General
|
Moore, Bryant E.
|
Aug 1917
|
|
1894-1951
|
|
| 42
|
1951-1954
|
Major General
|
Irving, Frederick A.
|
1917
|
|
1894-1995
|
|
| 43
|
1954-1956
|
Major General
|
Bryan, Blackshear M.
|
1922
|
|
1900-1977
|
|
| 44
|
1956-1960
|
Major General
|
Davidson, Garrison H.
|
1927
|
|
1904-1992
|
|
| 45
|
1960-1963
|
General
|
Westmoreland, William
|
1936
|
|
1914-2005
|
|
| 46
|
1963-1966
|
Lieutenant General
|
Lampert, James B.
|
1936
|
|
1914-1978
|
|
| 47
|
1966-1969
|
General
|
Bennett, Donald V.
|
1940
|
|
1915-2005
|
|
| 48
|
1969-1970
|
Major General
|
Koster, Samuel W.
|
1942
|
|
1919-2006
|
|
| 49
|
1970-1974
|
General
|
Knowlton, William A.
|
Jan. 1943
|
|
1920-2008
|
|
| 50
|
1974-1977
|
Lieutenant General
|
Berry, Sidney B.
|
1948
|
|
1926-2013
|
|
| 51
|
1977-1981
|
Lieutenant General
|
Goodpaster, Andrew J.
|
1939
|
|
1915-2005
|
|
| 52
|
1981-1986
|
Lieutenant General
|
Scott, Willard W. Jr.
|
1948
|
|
1926-2009
|
|
| 53
|
1986-1991
|
Lieutenant General
|
Palmer, Dave R.
|
1956
|
|
1934-
|
|
| 54
|
1991-1996
|
Lieutenant General
|
Graves, Howard D.
|
1961
|
|
1939-2003
|
|
| 55
|
1996-2001
|
Lieutenant General
|
Christman, Daniel W.
|
1965
|
|
1943-
|
|
| 56
|
2001-2006
|
Lieutenant General
|
Lennox, William J. Jr.
|
1971
|
|
1949-
|
|
| 57
|
2006-2010
|
Lieutenant General
|
Hagenbeck, Franklin
|
1971
|
|
1949-
|
|
| 58
|
2010-2013
|
Lieutenant General
|
Huntoon, David H.
|
1973
|
|
1951-
|
|
| 59
|
2013-Pres
|
Lieutenant General
|
Caslen, Robert L.
|
1975
|
|
1953-
|
|