page_title: List of United States Military Academy alumni
section_title: Governors (civil)
hierarchical_section_title: List of United States Military Academy alumni / Government / Governors (civil)
context_page_description: The United States Military Academy is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Army. The Academy was founded in 1802 and is the oldest of the United States' five service academies. It is also referred to as West Point The Academy graduated its first cadet, Joseph Gardner Swift, in October 1802. Sports media refer to the Academy as "Army" and the students as "Cadets"; this usage is officially endorsed. The football team is also known as "The Black Knights of the Hudson" and "The Black Knights". A small number of graduates each year choose the option of cross-commissioning into the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or the United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the Academy was a major source of officers for the Air Force and its predecessors. Most cadets are admitted through the congressional appointment system. The curriculum emphasizes the sciences and engineering fields.
  The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former cadets, current cadets, and faculty of the Military Academy.
context_section_description: Robert Francis Withers Allston, class of 1821, Governor of South Carolina (1856–58)
  David Wallace, class of 1821. Governor of Indiana (1837–1840)
  Robert Milligan McLane, class of 1837, Governor of Maryland (1884–85)
  Isaac Ingalls Stevens, class of 1839, Governor of Washington Territory (1853–1857)
  George Stoneman, class of 1846. Governor of California (1883–1887)
  George B. McClellan, class of 1846, Governor of New Jersey (1878–81)
  Ambrose Burnside, class of 1847, Governor of Rhode Island (1866–69)
  Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls, class of 1855, Governor of Louisiana (1877–80, 88–92)
  William H. Upham, class of 1866. Governor of Wisconsin (1895–1897)
  Alexander Oswald Brodie, class of 1870, Governor of Arizona Territory (1902–05)
  Charles H. Martin, class of 1887, Governor of Oregon (1935–39)
  Chester Harding, class of 1889, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1917–21)
  Jay Johnson Morrow, class of 1891, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1921–24)
  Meriwether L. Walker, class of 1893, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1924–28)
  Harry Burgess, class of 1895, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1928–32)
  Clarence S. Ridley, class of 1905, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1936–40)
  Glen E. Edgerton, class of 1908, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1940–44)
  Joseph C. Mehaffey, class of 1911, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1944–48)
  Francis K. Newcomer, class of 1913, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1948–52)
  John S. Seybold, class of 1920, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1952–56)
  William E. Potter, class of 1933, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1956–60)
  William A. Carter, class of 1930, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1960–62)
  Robert John Fleming, class of 1928, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1962–67)
  David Stuart Parker, class of 1940, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1971–75)
  Harold Parfitt, class of 1943, Governor of Panama Canal Zone (1975–79)
  Warren E. Hearnes, class of 1946. Governor of Missouri (1965–1973)
  Dave Heineman, class of 1970. Governor of Nebraska (2005-2015)
  John Bel Edwards, class of 1988. Governor of Louisiana (since 2016)
caption: Robert McLane
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