Commandants of the Marine Corps

Since the beginning of the Marine Corps in 1775, there has been 34 Commandants of the Marine Corps. Below is a list of Commandants beginning with the first all the way up until now.

1. Samuel Nicholas (28 November 1775 - 25 August 1781)

2. William Ward Burrows (12 July 1798 - 6 March 1804)

3. Franklin Wharton (7 March 1804 - 1 September 1818)

4. Anthony Gale (3 March 1819 - 8 October 1820)

5. Archibald Henderson (17 October 1820 - 6 January 1859)

6. John Harris (7 January 1859 - 12 May 1864)

7. Jacob Zeilin (10 June 1864 - 31 October 1876)

8. Charles Grymes McCawley (1 November 1876 - 29 January 1891)

9. Charles Heywood (30 June 1891 - 2 October 1903)

10. George Frank Elliott (3 October 1903 - 30 November 1910)

11. William Phillips Biddle (3 February 1911 - 2 February 1914)

12. George Barnett (25 February 1914 - 30 June 1920)

13. John Archer Lejeune (1 July 1920 - 4 March 1929)

14. Wendell Cushing Neville (5 March 1929 - 8 July 1930)

15. Ben Hebard Fuller (9 July 1930 - 28 February 1934)

16. John Henry Russell, Jr. (1 March 1934 - 30 November 1936)

17. Thomas Holcomb (1 December 1936 - 3 December 1943)

18. Alexander Archer Vandegrift (1 January 1944 - 31 December 1947)

19. Clifton Bledsoe Cates (1 January 1948 - 31 December 1951)

20. Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr. (1 January 1952 - 31 December 1955)

21. Randolph McCall Pate (1 January 1956 - 31 December 1959)

22. David Monroe Shoup (1 January 1960 - 3 December 1963)

23. Wallace Martin Greene, Jr. (1 January 1964 - 31 December 1967)

24. Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr. (1 January 1968 - 3 December 1971)

25. Robert Everton Cushman, Jr. (1 January 1972 - 30 June 1975)

26. Louis Hugh Wilson, Jr. (1 July 1975 - 30 June 1979)

27. Robert Hilliard Barrow (1 July 1979 - 30 June 1983)

28. Paul Xavier Kelley (1 July 1983 - 30 June 1987)

29. Alfred Mason Gray, Jr. (1 July 1987 - 30 June 1991)

30. Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. (1 July 1991 - 30 June 1995)

31. Charles Chandler Krulak (1 July 1995 - 30 June 1999)

32. James L. Jones (1 July 1999 - 13 January 2003)

33. Michael W. Hagee (14 January 2003 - 12 November 2006)

34. James T. Conway (13 November 2006 -