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    Commissioners of Immigration and Naturalization, by NAME

    Name - Title - Official Service Dates

    Caminetti, Anthony J., Commissioner-General of Immigration, June 1, 1913 - March 13, 1921

    Campbell, Richard K., Commissioner of Naturalization, March 4, 1913 - Dec. 21, 1922

    Carusi, Ugo, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, January 9, 1945 - Aug. 26, 1947

    Castillo, Leonel J., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, May 13, 1977 - Oct. 1, 1979

    Chapman, Leonard F., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Nov. 29, 1973 - May 12, 1977

    Crist, Raymond F., Commissioner of Naturalization, January 1, 1923 - Aug. 9, 1933

    Farrell, Raymond F., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, February 5, 1962 - March 31, 1973

    Harrison, Earl G., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, July 20, 1942 - July 20, 1944

    Houghteling, James L., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, August 26, 1937 - July 31, 1940

    Hull, Harry E., Commissioner-General of Immigration, May 13, 1925 - April 26, 1933

    Husband, William W., Commissioner-General of Immigration, March 15, 1921 - May 15, 1925

    Keefe, Daniel J., Commissioner-General of Immigration, July 1, 1909 - May 31, 1913

    MacCormack, Daniel W., Commissioner-General of Immigration, April 27, 1933 - Aug. 9, 1933; Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, August 10, 1933 - Jan. 1, 1937

    Mackey, Argyle R., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, April 23, 1951 - May 23, 1954

    McNary, Gene, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Oct. 26, 1989 - Jan. 20, 1993

    Meissner, Doris, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Oct. 18, 1993 - Nov. 18, 2000

    Miller, Watson B., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, August 27, 1947 - June 9, 1950

    Nelson, Alan C., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, February 22, 1982 - June 16, 1989

    Owen, William D., Superintendent of Immigration, July 1, 1891 - April 7, 1893

    Powderly, Terence V., Commissioner-General of Immigration, July 1, 1897 - June 24, 1902

    Sargent, Frank P., Commissioner-General of Immigration, June 25, 1902 - Sept. 4, 1908

    Schofield, Lemuel B., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, Oct. 1, 1940 - July 19, 1942

    Stump, Herman, Superintendent of Immigration, April 8, 1893 - March 1, 1895

    Stump, Herman, Commissioner-General of Immigration, March 2, 1895 - June 30, 1897

    Swing, Joseph M., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, May 24, 1954 - Jan. 5, 1962

    Ziglar, James W., Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, August 6, 2001 - November 30, 2002

     
    Last Modified 02/28/2003