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