Name |
Term of Office |
• William Shepherd Benson |
May 11, 1915 – Sept. 25, 1919 |
• Robert Edward Coontz |
Nov. 1, 1919 – July 21, 1923 |
• Edward Walter Eberle |
July 21, 1923 – Nov. 14, 1927 |
• Charles Frederick Hughes |
Nov. 14, 1927 – Sept. 17, 1930 |
• William Veazie Pratt |
Sept. 17, 1930 – June 30, 1933 |
• William Harrison Standley |
July 1, 1933 – Jan. 1, 1937 |
• William Daniel Leahy |
Jan. 2, 1937 – Aug. 1, 1939 |
• Harold Raynsford Stark |
Aug. 1, 1939 – Mar. 26, 1942 |
• Ernest Joseph King |
Mar. 26, 1942 – Dec. 15, 1945 |
• Chester William Nimitz |
Dec. 15, 1945 – Dec. 15, 1947 |
• Louis Emil Denfeld |
Dec. 15, 1947 – Nov. 1, 1949 |
• Forrest Percival Sherman |
Nov. 2, 1949 – July 22, 1951 |
• William Morrow Fechteler |
Aug. 16, 1951 – Aug. 17, 1953 |
• Robert Bostwick Carney |
Aug. 17, 1953 – Aug. 17, 1955 |
• Arleigh Albert Burke |
Aug. 17, 1955 – Aug. 1, 1961 |
• George Whalen Anderson, Jr. |
Aug. 1, 1961 – Aug. 1, 1963 |
• David Lamar McDonald |
Aug. 1, 1963 – Aug. 1, 1967 |
• Thomas Hinman Moorer |
Aug. 1, 1967 – July 1, 1970 |
• Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. |
Jul. 1, 1970 – Jul. 1, 1974 |
• James L. Holloway III |
July 1, 1974 – June 30, 1978 |
• Thomas B. Hayward |
July 1, 1978 – June 30, 1982 |
• James D. Watkins |
July 1, 1982 – June 30, 1986 |
• Carlisle A.H. Trost |
July 1, 1986 – June 30, 1990 |
• Frank B. Kelso II |
July 1, 1990 – Apr. 23, 1994 |
• Jeremy Michael Boorda |
Apr. 23, 1994 - May 16, 1996 |
• Jay L. Johnson |
Aug. 2, 1996 – July 21, 2000 |
• Vern Clark |
July 21, 2000 – present |