# Commandant of midshipmen

The commandant of midshipmen is the second-in-command at the United States Naval Academy. According to the Naval Academy, the commandant of midshipmen is "responsible for the professional development and day-to-day activities of all 4,400 Midshipmen in the Brigade" and equates to a dean of students at a civilian university. The commandant reports to the superintendent. The commandant is assisted by a deputy commandant. Modern commandants typically hold the Navy rank of captain, but since 2002, three of the commandants have been a United States Marine Corps colonel. The current commandant is Captain Walter H. Allman III.

## List of commandants of midshipmen

* Lieutenant James Harman Ward 1845–1847
* Lieutenant Sydney Smith Lee 1848–1851
* Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1851–1855
* Lieutenant Joseph Foster Green 1855–1858
* Commander Thomas Tingey Craven 1858–1860
* Lieutenant Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers 1860–1861
* Lieutenant George Washington Rodgers 1861–1862
* Lieutenant Edward Simpson 1862–1863
* Commander Thomas G. Corbin 1863–1863
* Commander Donald McNeill Fairfax 1863–1865
* Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce 1865–1868
* Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison 1868–1870
* Captain Samuel P. Carter 1870–1873
* Commander Kidder Randolph Breese 1873–1875
* Commander Edward A. Terry 1875–1878
* Commander Frederick Vallette McNair, Sr. 1878–1883
* Commander Norman von Heldreich Farquhar 1883–1886
* Commander Charles Lathrop Huntington 1886–1887
* Commander Purnell Frederick Harrington 1887–1889
* Commander Henry Glass 1889–1891
* Commander Colby Mitchell Chester 1891–1895
* Commander Willard Herbert Brownson 1895–1896
* Commander Edwin White 1896–1898
* Commander Charles Thomas Hutchins 1898–1900
* Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan 1900–1903
* Commander Charles Johnston Badger 1903–1905
* Captain George Partridge Colvocoresses 1905–1907
* Commander William S. Benson 1907–1908
* Commander Charles Augustus Gove 1908–1909
* Commander George Ramsey Clark 1909–1910
* Commander Robert Edward Coontz 1910–1911
* Commander George Wood Logan 1911–1914
* Captain Guy Hamilton Burrage 1914–1915
* Captain Lloyd Horwitz Chandler Summer 1915
* Captain Louis McCoy Nulton 1915–1918
* Captain William H. Standley 1918–1919
* Captain Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr. 1919–1921
* Captain Thomas Richardson Kurtz 1921–1924
* Captain Harold Earle Cook 1924–1925
* Captain Sinclair Gannon 1925–1928
* Captain Charles Philip Snyder 1928–1931
* Captain Henry David Cooke, Jr. 1931–1932
* Captain Ralston Smith Holmes 1932–1935
* Captain Forde Anderson Todd 1935–1937
* Rear Admiral Milo Frederick Draemel 1937–1940
* Captain Francis Alfred L. Vossler 1940–1941
* Captain Mahlon Tisdale 1941–1942
* Captain Harvey Edward Overesch 1942–1943
* Captain Stuart Shadrick Murray 1943–1945
* Rear Admiral Stuart Howe Ingersoll 1945–1947
* Captain Frank Trenwith Ward 1947–1949
* Captain Carleton R. Adams 1949
* Captain Robert B. Pirie 1949–1952
* Rear Admiral Charles Allen Buchanan–1952–1954
* Captain Robert T.S. Keith 1954–1956
* Captain Allen M. Shinn 1956–1958
* Captain Frederick L. Ashworth 1958
* Captain William F. Bringle 1958–1960
* Captain James H. Mini 1960–1961
* Captain Charles S. Minter, Jr. 1961–1964
* Captain Sheldon H. Kinney 1964–1967
* Captain Lawrence T. Heyworth Jr. 1967–1969
* Captain Robert P. Coogan 1969–1971
* Captain Max K. Morris 1971–1973
* Captain Donald K. Forbes 1973–1976
* Captain James A. Winnefeld 1976–1978
* Captain Jack N. Darby 1978–1979
* Rear Admiral William F. "Scot" McCauley 1979–1981
* Captain Leon A. Edney 1981–1984
* Captain Leslie N. Palmer 1984
* Captain Stephen K. Chadwick 1985–1987
* Captain Howard W. Habermeyer Jr. 1987–1990
* Captain Joseph W. Prueher 1989–1990
* Captain Michael D. Haskins 1990–1992
* Captain John Bramwell Padgett, III 1992–1994
* Captain William T. R. "Randy" Bogle 1994–1997
* Captain Gary Roughead 1997–December 1999
* Captain Samuel J. Locklear 1999–December 2001
* Colonel John R. Allen January 2002–September 2003 (first Marine Corps officer to serve as commandant; selected brigadier general, January 2003)
* Captain Charles J. "Joe" Leidig, Jr. September 2003–June 2005
* Captain Bruce E. Grooms June 2005–December 2006
* Captain Margaret D. Klein December 2006–June 2008 (first woman to serve as commandant)
* Captain Matthew L. Klunder June 2008–April 2010
* Captain Robert E. Clark II April 2010–May 2013
* Captain William D. Byrne Jr. May 2013–June 2015
* Colonel Stephen E. Liszewski June 2015–June 2017
* Captain Robert B. Chadwick June 2017–June 2019
* Captain Thomas R. Buchanan June 2019–2021
* Colonel James “J.P.” McDonough III 2021-June 2024
* Captain Walter H. Allman III June 2024-present