Past National Commanders

Commander State Post Date elected    
Fang A. Wong* NY 1291 9/1/2011    
Jimmie Foster AK 28 9/2/2010    
Clarence E. Hill FL 316 8/27/2009    
David K. Rehbein IA 37 8/28/2008    
Martin F. Conatser IL 102 8/30/2007    
Paul A. Morin MA 337 8/31/2006    
Thomas L. Bock CO 23 8/25/2005    
Thomas P. Cadmus * MI 155 9/2/2004    
John A. Brieden III TX 48 8/28/2003    
Ronald F. Conley Sr. PA 290 8/29/2002    
Richard J. Santos MD 136 8/30/2001    
Ray G. Smith * NC 109 9/7/2000    
Alan G. Lance Sr. ID 113 9/9/1999    
Harold L. “Butch” Miller VA 364 9/10/1998    
Anthony G. Jordan ME 54 9/4/1997    
Joseph J. Frank * MO 777 9/5/1996    
Daniel A. Ludwig MN 54 9/6/1995    
William Detweiler * LA 307 9/8/1994    
Bruce Thiesen CA 191 9/9/1993    
Roger A. Munson * OH 104 8/27/1992    
Dominic D. DiFrancesco PA 594 9/5/1991    
Robert S. Turner* GA 15 8/30/1990    
Miles S. Epling * WV 23 9/7/1989    
H. F. "Sparky" Gierke * ND 29 9/8/1988    
John P. "Jake" Comer MA 78 8/27/1987    
James P. Dean MS 6 9/5/1986    
Dale L. Renaud IA 396 8/28/1985    
Clarence M. Bacon MD 110 9/5/1984    
Keith A. Kreul * WI 184 8/25/1983    
Al Keller Jr. IL 85 8/26/1982    
Jack W. Flynt * TX 445 9/3/1981    
Michael J. Kogutek* NY 1477 8/21/1980    
Frank I. Hamilton IN 129 8/23/1979    
John M. Carey MI 413 8/24/1978    
Robert Charles Smith * LA 166 8/25/1977    
William J. Rogers * ME 153 8/26/1976    
Harry Gordon Wiles * KS 53 8/21/1975    
James Myrl Wagonseller * OH 11 8/22/1974    
Robert Edward Lee Eaton * MD 105 8/23/1973    
Joe Lee Matthews TX 569 8/24/1972    
John Henry Geiger* IL 135 9/2/1971    
Alfred P. Chamie CA 336 9/3/1970    
J. Milton Patrick OK 131 8/28/1969    
William C. Doyle NJ 79 9/12/1968    
William E. Galbraith * NE 159 8/31/1967    
John Edward Davis ND 124 9/1/1966    
L. Eldon James VA 31 8/26/1965    
Donald E. Johnson IA 514 9/24/1964    
Daniel F. Foley MN 50 9/12/1963    
James E. Powers GA 74 10/11/1962    
Charles L. Bacon MO 191 9/14/1961    
William R. Burke CA 8 10/20/1960    
Martin B. McKneally NY 152 8/27/1959    
Preston J. Moore OK 129 9/4/1958    
John S. Gleason Jr. IL 985 9/19/1957    
Wilbur C. "Dan" Daniel * VA 97 9/7/1956    
J. Addington Wagner * MI 54 10/13/1955    
Seaborn P. Collins NM 10 9/1/1954    
Arthur J. Connell * CT 75 9/3/1953    
Lewis K. Gough * CA 13 8/28/1952    
Donald R. Wilson WV 13 10/18/1951    
Erle Cocke Jr. GA 133 10/12/1950    
George N. Craig IN 2 9/1/1949    
S. Perry Brown TX 33 10/21/1948    
James F. O'Neil NH 2 8/31/1947    
Paul H. Griffith PA 51 10/4/1946    
John Stelle IL 106 11/21/1945    
Edward N. Scheiberling NY 225 9/20/1944    
Warren H. Atherton CA 16 9/23/1943    
Roane Waring TN 1 9/21/1942    
Lynn U. Stambaugh ND 2 9/18/1941    
Milo J. Warner * OH 132 9/26/1940    
Raymond J. Kelly MI 119 9/28/1939    
Stephen F. Chadwick WA 18 9/22/1938    
Daniel J. Doherty * MA 101 9/23/1937    
Harry W. Colmery KS 1 9/24/1936    
Ray Murphy IA 61 9/26/1935    
Frank N. Belgrano CA 236 10/25/1934    
Edward A. Hayes IL 105 10/5/1933    
Louis A. Johnson WV 13 9/15/1932    
Henry L. Stevens Jr. NC 127 9/24/1931    
Ralph T. O'Neil * KS 1 10/9/1930    
O. L. Bodenhamer AR 10 10/3/1929    
Paul V. McNutt IN 18 10/11/1928    
Edward E. Spafford NY 108 10/18/1927    
Howard P. Savage IL 184 10/15/1926    
John R. McQuigg OH 71 10/9/1925    
James A. Drain WA 9 9/19/1924    
John R. Quinn CA 26 10/19/1923    
Alvin M. Owsley TX 71 10/20/1922    
Hanford MacNider IA 101 11/2/1921    
John G. Emery * MI 2 6/14/1921    
Frederick W. Galbraith Jr. OH 50 9/29/1920    
Franklin D'Olier PA 136 11/12/1919    
           
*Denotes serving as Past National Vice Commander
           

National Commanders by vote of National Convention
Commander State Post Date elected    

Richard M. Pedro

Robert W. Spanogle

NY

MI

401

237

2012

2008

    
E. Roy Stone Jr. SC 3 1987    
Hamilton Fish NY 150 1979    
Maurice Stember NY 342 1975    
Thomas W. Miller NV 23 1968    
Eric Fisher Wood PA 4 1955    
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. NY 4 1949    
Bennett C. Clark MO 44 1926    
Milton Foreman IL 236 1921    
Henry D. Lindsley TX 1 1919    
           

Honorary National Commanders
Gen. John Pershing          
Marshal Ferdinand Foch