List of Commissioners of the General Land Office
The General Land Office was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States.

List of Commissioners of the General Land Office

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Commissioner	Image	Date of Commission	Residence	Notes

Edward Tiffin	-	May 7, 1812	Ohio

Josiah Meigs	-	October 11, 1814	Georgia

John McLean	-	September 11, 1822	Ohio

George Graham	-	June 26, 1823	District of Columbia

Elijah Hayward	-	September 30, 1830	Ohio

Ethan Allen Brown	-	July 24, 1835	Ohio

James Whitcomb	-	October 21, 1836	Indiana

Elisha Mills Huntington	-	July 2 or 3, 1841	New York

Thomas H. Blake	-	May 19, 1842	Indiana

James Shields	-	April 16, 1845	Illinois

Richard M. Young	-	January 6, 1847	Illinois

Justin Butterfield	-	July 1, 1849	Illinois

John Wilson	-	September 16, 1852	District of Columbia

Thomas A. Hendricks	-	August 8, 1855	Indiana

Samuel Axley Smith	-	October 13, 1859	Tennessee

Joseph S. Wilson	-	February 23, 1860	District of Columbia

James M. Edmunds	-	March 16 or 19, 1861	Michigan

Joseph S. Wilson	-	September 1, 1866	District of Columbia

Willis Drummond	-	February 4, 1871	Iowa

Samuel S. Burdett	-	July 1, 1874	Missouri

James A. Williamson	-	June 24, 1876	Iowa

Noah C. McFarland	-	June 17, 1881	Kansas

William A. J. Sparks	-	March 26, 1885	Illinois

Strother M. Stockslager	-	March 27, 1888	Indiana

Lewis A. Groff	-	September 16, 1889	Nebraska

Thomas Henry Carter	-	March 31, 1891	Montana

William M. Stone	-	November 18, 1892	Iowa

Silas W. Lamoreaux	-	March 28, 1893	Wisconsin

Binger Hermann	-	March 25, 1897	Oregon

William A. Richards	-	January 26, 1903	Wyoming

Richard A. Ballinger	-	January 28, 1907	Washington

Fred Dennett	-	January 14, 1908	North Dakota

Clay Tallman	-	June 5, 1913	Nevada

William Spry	-	March 22, 1921	Utah

Charles C. Moore	-	May 9, 1929	Idaho

Fred W. Johnson	-	May 20, 1933	Wyoming

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