List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers
The Chief of Engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon. The Chief advises the Army on engineering matters, and serves as the Army's topographer and proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs. The Chief of Engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force.
The Chief of Engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance, and it plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The Chief of Engineers currently holds the rank of lieutenant general but in the past has been ranked as low as major. Civilian oversight of the Chief of Engineers is provided by the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
Chiefs of Engineers
Image | Rank | Name | Begin Date | End Date | Notes |
Colonel | Richard Gridley | June 1775 | April 1776 | ||
Lieutenant colonel | Rufus Putnam | April 1776 | December 1776 | ||
Brigadier general | Louis Lebègue Duportail | 22 July 1777 | October, 10, 1783 | ||
Lieutenant colonel | Stephen Rochefontaine | 26 February 1795 | 7 May 1798 | ||
Major | Henry Burbeck | 7 May 1798 | 1 April 1802 | ||
Colonel | Jonathan Williams | 1 April 1802 | 20 June 1803 | ||
Colonel | Jonathan Williams | 19 April 1805 | 31 July 1812 | ||
Colonel | Joseph Gardner Swift | 31 July 1812 | 12 November 1818 | ||
Colonel | Walker Keith Armistead | 12 November 1818 | 1 June 1821 | ||
Colonel | Alexander Macomb | 1 June 1821 | 24 May 1828 | ||
Colonel | Charles Gratiot | 24 May 1828 | 6 December 1838 | ||
Colonel | Joseph Gilbert Totten | 6 December 1838 | 22 April 1864 | ||
Brigadier general | Richard Delafield | 22 April 1864 | 8 August 1866 | ||
Brigadier general | Andrew A. Humphreys | 8 August 1866 | 30 June 1879 | ||
Brigadier general | Horatio Gouverneur Wright | 30 June 1879 | 6 March 1884 | ||
Brigadier general | John Newton | 6 March 1884 | 27 August 1886 | ||
Brigadier general | James Chatham Duane | 11 October 1886 | 30 June 1888 | ||
Brigadier general | Thomas Lincoln Casey | 6 July 1888 | 10 May 1895 | ||
Brigadier general | William Price Craighill | 10 May 1895 | 1 February 1897 | ||
Brigadier general | John Moulder Wilson | 1 February 1897 | 30 April 1901 | ||
Brigadier general | Henry Martyn Robert | 30 April 1901 | May 1901 | 2||
Brigadier general | John W. Barlow | 2 May 1901 | 3 May 1901 | ||
Brigadier general | George Lewis Gillespie, Jr. | 3 May 1901 | 23 January 1904 | ||
Brigadier general | Alexander Mackenzie | 23 January 1904 | 25 May 1908 | ||
Brigadier general | William Louis Marshall | 2 July 1908 | 11 June 1910 | ||
Brigadier general | William Herbert Bixby | 12 June 1910 | August 1913 | 11||
Brigadier general | William Trent Rossell | 12 August 1913 | 11 October 1913 | ||
Brigadier general | Dan Christie Kingman | 12 October 1913 | March 1916 | 6||
Major general | William Murray Black | 7 March 1916 | October 1919 | 31||
Major general | Lansing Hoskins Beach | 10 February 1920 | 18 June 1924 | ||
Major general | Harry Taylor | 19 June 1924 | 26 June 1926 | ||
Major general | Edgar Jadwin | 27 June 1926 | 7 August 1929 | ||
Major general | Lytle Brown | October 1929 | 11 October 1933 | ||
Major general | Edward Murphy Markham | 1 October 1933 | 18 October 1937 | ||
Major general | Julian Larcombe Schley | 18 October 1937 | 1 October 1941 | ||
Lieutenant general | Eugene Reybold | 1 October 1941 | 30 September 1945 | ||
Lieutenant general | Raymond Albert Wheeler | 4 October 1945 | 28 February 1949 | ||
Lieutenant general | Lewis A. Pick | 1 March 1949 | 26 January 1953 | ||
Lieutenant general | Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr. | 17 March 1953 | 30 September 1956 | ||
Lieutenant general | Emerson C. Itschner | October 1956 | 127 March 1961 | ||
Lieutenant general | Walter K. Wilson, Jr. | May 1961 | 191 July 1965 | ||
Lieutenant general | William F. Cassidy | 1 July 1965 | 31 July 1969 | ||
Lieutenant general | Frederick J. Clarke | 1 August 1969 | 31 July 1973 | ||
Lieutenant general | William C. Gribble, Jr. | 1 August 1973 | 30 June 1976 | ||
Lieutenant general | John W. Morris | 1 July 1976 | 30 September 1980 | ||
Lieutenant general | Joseph K. Bratton | 1 October 1980 | 14 September 1984 | ||
Lieutenant general | Elvin R. Heiberg III | 14 September 1984 | 31 May 1988 | ||
Lieutenant general | Henry J. Hatch | 17 June 1988 | 4 June 1992 | ||
Lieutenant general | Arthur E. Williams | 24 August 1992 | 30 June 1996 | ||
Lieutenant general | Nathan Ballard | Joe1 October 1996 | 2 August 2000 | ||
Lieutenant general | Robert B. Flowers | 23 October 2000 | 1 July 2004 | ||
Lieutenant general | Carl A. Strock | 1 July 2004 | 17 May 2007 | ||
Lieutenant general | Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. | 17 May 2007 | 17 June 2011 | ||
Major general | Merdith W.B. Temple | 17 June 2011 | 22 May 2012 | ||
Lieutenant general | Thomas P. Bostick | 22 May 2012 | 19 May 2016 | ||
Lieutenant general | Todd T. Semonite | 19 May 2016 | present |