page_title: List of commanders of 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
hierarchical_section_title: List of commanders of 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
context_page_description: This is a list of commanders of the US 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army.
  MG Robert L. Howze September 1921 – June 1925
  BG Joseph C. Castner June 1925 – January 1926
  MG Edwin B. Winans January 1926 – October 1927
  BG Samuel D. Rockenbach October 1927 – November 1927
  MG George Van Horn Moseley November 1927 – September 1929
  BG Charles J. Symmonds September 1929 – October 1930
  BG George C. Barnhardt October 1930 – December 1930
  MG Ewing E. Booth December 1930 – March 1932
  BG Walter Cowen Short March 1932 – March 1933
  MG Frank R. McCoy March 1933 – October 1933
  BG Walter Cowen Short October 1933 – April 1934
  BG Hamilton S. Hawkins Jr. April 1934 – September 1936
  BG Francis Le J. Parker September 1936 – October 1936
  MG Ben Lear October 1936 – November 1938
  MG Kenyon A. Joyce November 1938 – October 1940
  MG Robert C. Richardson, Jr. October 1940 – February 1941
  MG Innis Palmer Swift February 1941 – August 1944
  MG Verne D. Mudge August 1944 – February 1945
  BG Hugh F. T. Hoffman February 1945 – July 1945
  MG William C. Chase August 1945 – February 1949
  BG William B. Bradford February 1949 – February 1949
  MG John M. Devine February 1949 – August 1949
  BG Henry I.
context_section_description: This is a list of commanders of the US 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army.
  MG Robert L. Howze September 1921 – June 1925
  BG Joseph C. Castner June 1925 – January 1926
  MG Edwin B. Winans January 1926 – October 1927
  BG Samuel D. Rockenbach October 1927 – November 1927
  MG George Van Horn Moseley November 1927 – September 1929
  BG Charles J. Symmonds September 1929 – October 1930
  BG George C. Barnhardt October 1930 – December 1930
  MG Ewing E. Booth December 1930 – March 1932
  BG Walter Cowen Short March 1932 – March 1933
  MG Frank R. McCoy March 1933 – October 1933
  BG Walter Cowen Short October 1933 – April 1934
  BG Hamilton S. Hawkins Jr. April 1934 – September 1936
  BG Francis Le J. Parker September 1936 – October 1936
  MG Ben Lear October 1936 – November 1938
  MG Kenyon A. Joyce November 1938 – October 1940
  MG Robert C. Richardson, Jr. October 1940 – February 1941
  MG Innis Palmer Swift February 1941 – August 1944
  MG Verne D. Mudge August 1944 – February 1945
  BG Hugh F. T. Hoffman February 1945 – July 1945
  MG William C. Chase August 1945 – February 1949
  BG William B. Bradford February 1949 – February 1949
  MG John M. Devine February 1949 – August 1949
  BG Henry I. Hodes August 1949 – September 1949
  MG Hobart R. Gay September 1949 – February 1951
  MG Charles D. Palmer February 1951 – July 1951
  MG Thomas L. Harrold July 1951 – March 1952
  MG Arthur G. Trudeau March 1952 – March 1953
  BG William J. Bradley March 1953 – April 1953
  MG Joseph P. Cleland May 1953 – June 1953
  MG Armistead D. Mead June 1953 – December 1954
  BG Orlando C. Troxel Jr. December 1954 – May 1955
  MG Edward J. McGraw May 1955 – November 1956
  MG Edwin H. J. Carns November 1956 – August 1957
  MG Ralph W. Zwicker October 1957 – January 1958
  MG George E. Bush January 1958 – April 1959
  MG Charles E. Beauchamp April 1959 – May 1960
  MG Charles G. Dodge May 1960 – December 1960
  MG Frank H. Britton December 1960 – July 1961
  MG James K. Woolnough July 1961 – September 1962
  BG D.C. Clayman September 1962 – October 1962
  MG Clifton F. Von Kann October 1962 – June 1963
  BG Charles P. Brown June 1963 – August 1963
  MG Chas F. Leonard Jr. August 1963 – October 1964
  MG Hugh Exton October 1964 – June 1965
  MG Harry W. O. Kinnard July 1965 – May 1966
  MG John Norton May 1966 – March 1967
  MG John J. Tolson March 1967 – August 1968
  BG Richard L. Irby August 1968 – August 1968
  MG George I. Forsythe August 1968 – April 1969
  MG E. B. Roberts May 1969 – May 1970
  MG George William Casey, Sr. May 1970 – July 1970
  MG George W. Putnam August 1970 – May 1971
  MG James C. Smith May 1971 – January 1973
  MG Robert M. Shoemaker January 1973 – February 1975
  MG Julius W. Becton, Jr. February 1975 – November 1976
  MG W. Russell Todd November 1976 – November 1978
  MG Paul S. Williams Jr. November 1978 – November 1980
  MG Richard D. Lawrence November 1980 – July 1982
  MG Andrew P. Chambers July 1982 – June 1984
  MG Michael J. Conrad June 1984 – June 1986
  MG John J. Yeosock June 1986 – May 1988
  MG William F. Streeter May 1988 – July 1990
  MG John H. Tilelli, Jr. July 1990 – July 1992
  MG Wesley K. Clark July 1992 – March 1994
  MG Eric K. Shinseki March 1994 – July 1995
  MG Leon J. LaPorte July 1995 – July 1997
  MG Kevin P. Byrnes July 1997 – October 1999
  MG David D. McKiernan October 1999 – October 2001
  MG Joe Peterson October 2001 – August 2003
  MG Peter W. Chiarelli August 2003 – November 2005
  MG Joseph F. Fil Jr. November 2005 – February 2008
  BG Vincent K. Brooks (Acting Commander) Feb – April 2008
  MG Daniel P. Bolger April 2008 – April 2010
  MG Daniel B. Allyn April 2010 – June 2012
  MG Anthony R. Ierardi June 2012 – March 2014
  MG Michael A. Bills March 2014 - January 2016
  MG John C. Thomson, III January 2016 - October 2017
  MG Paul T. Calvert October 2017 - September 2019
  MG Jeffery Broadwater September 2019 - Present
caption: Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 1st Cavalry Division.