Commandant of the Marine Corps

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The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps is the highest ranking officer of the United States Marine Corps, who is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reports to the Secretary of the Navy but not to the Chief of Naval Operations. As with the other joint chiefs, the commandant is responsible for insuring the organization and readiness of his respective service branch and for advising the President. However, as with the other joint chiefs, the commandant has no operational command authority.

1.	Samuel Nicholas	(28 Nov., 1775 – 27 Aug., 1783)
2.	William W. Burrows	(12 July, 1798 – 6 Mar., 1804)
3.	Franklin Wharton	(7 Mar., 1804 – 1 Sept., 1818)
4.	Anthony Gale	(3 Mar., 1819 – 8 Oct., 1820)
5.	Archibald Henderson	(17 Oct., 1820 – 6 Jan., 1859)
6.	John Harris	(7 Jan., 1859 – 1 May, 1864)
7.	Jacob Zeilen	(10 June, 1864 – 31 Oct., 1876)
8.	Charles G. McCawley	(1 Nov., 1876 – 29 Jan., 1891)
9.	Charles Heywood	(30 June, 1891 – 2 Oct., 1903)
10.	George F. Elliott	(3 Oct., 1903 – 30 Nov., 1910)
11.	William P. Biddle	(3 Feb., 1911 – 24 Feb., 1914)
12.	George Barnett	(25 Feb., 1914 – 30 June, 1920)
13.	John A. Lejeune	(1 July, 1920 – 4 Mar., 1929)
14.	Wendall C. Neville	(5 Mar., 1929 – 8 July, 1930)
15.	Ben H. Fuller	(9 July, 1930 – 28 Feb., 1934)
16.	John H. Russell, Jr.	(1 Mar., 1934 – 30 Nov., 1936)
17.	Thomas Holcomb	(1 Dec., 1936 – 31 Dec., 1943)
18.	Alexander A. Vandegrift	(1 Jan., 1944 – 31 Dec., 1947)
19.	Clifton B. Gates	(1 Jan., 1948 – 31 Dec., 1951)
20.	Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.	(1 Jan., 1952 – 31 Dec., 1955)
21.	Randolph M. Pate	(1 Jan., 1956 – 31 Dec., 1959)
22.	David M. Shoup	(1 Jan., 1960 – 31 Dec., 1963)
23.	Wallace M. Greene, Jr.	(1 Jan., 1964 – 31 Dec., 1967)
24.	Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.	(1 Jan., 1968 – 31 Dec., 1971)
25.	Robert E. Cushman, Jr.	(1 Jan., 1972 – 30 June, 1975)
26.	Louis H. Wilson, Jr	(1 July, 1975 – 30 June, 1979)
27.	Robert H. Barrow	(1 July, 1979 – 30 June, 1983)
28.	Paul X. Kelley	(1 July, 1983 – 30 June, 1987)
29.	Alfred M. Gray, Jr.	(1 July, 1987 – 30 June, 1991)
30.	Carl E. Mundy, Jr.	(1 July, 1991 – 30 June, 1995)
31.	Charles C. Krulak	(1 July, 1995 – 30 June, 1999)
32.	James L. Jones	(1 July, 1999 – 12 Jan., 2003)
33.	Michael W. Hagee	(13 Jan., 2003 – present)