Commanding General of the Army

Commanding General of the United States Army
Longest Serving - Josiah Harmar (6 years, 204 days)	Longest Serving - Josiah Harmar (6 years, 204 days)	Longest Serving - Josiah Harmar (6 years, 204 days)	Longest Serving - Josiah Harmar (6 years, 204 days)
Type: Senior-most officer 	 	 	
Reports to: Secretary of War 	 	 	
Appointer: President 	 	 	
Formation: June 15, 1775 	 	 	
First Holder: George Washington 	 	 	
The Senior Officer of the Army, also known as the Commanding General of the Army, is the penultimate rank of the United States Continental Army, second to the President himself. Unlike the Secretary of War, the Senior officer of the Army is a military rather than civilian position, and he is expected to serve in the field rather than in Washington.
==Position Holders==
† denotes people who died in office.
# 	Portrait 	Commander-in-Chief 	Took Office 	Left Office 	Time in Office
1 	 	
===George Washington=== 	June 15, 1775 	December 23, 1783 	8 years, 191 days
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 	 	Senior Officer 	 	 	
1 	 	
=== Henry Knox === 	December 23, 1783 	June 20, 1784 	180 days
2 	 	
=== John Doughty === 	June 20, 1784 	August 12, 1784 	53 days
3 	 	
=== Josiah Harmar === 	August 12, 1784 	March 4, 1791 	6 years, 204 days
4 	 	
=== Arthur St. Clair === 	March 4, 1791 	March 5, 1792 	1 year, 1 day
5 	 	
=== Anthony Wayne === 	April 13, 1792 	December 15, 1796 † 	4 years, 246 days
6 	 	
=== James Wilkinson === 	December 15, 1796 	July 13, 1798 	1 year, 210 days
7 	 	
=== George Washington === 	July 13, 1798 	December 14, 1799 † 	1 year, 154 days
8 	 	
=== George Benckendorf === 	December 14, 1799 	March 4, 1801 	1 year, 108 days
9 	 	
=== Theophile Lybaert === 	March 4, 1801 	March 4, 1805 	4 Years
10 	 	
=== Henry Dearborn === 	March 4. 1805 	Present 	
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