Past National Commanders

Commander State Post Date elected    
Jimmie Foster AK        
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    
Robert W. Spanogle MI 237 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