The Judge Advocate General of the United States Army (TJAG ) is the commanding officer of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army . Under Title 10 of the United States Code , the TJAG is appointed by the President of the United States . Suitable candidates are recommended by the Secretary of the Army . Title 10 requires the TJAG to hold the rank of lieutenant general and sets the term of office to four years per 10 U.S.C. § 3037 .
Creation [ edit ] The position of Judge Advocate General was the brainchild and creation of General George Washington . In a letter to the Continental Congress he wrote, "I would humbly propose that some provision should be made for a judge advocate, and provost-marshal. The necessity of the first appointment was so great that I was obliged to nominate a Mr. Tudor, who was well recommended to me, and now executes the office under an expectation of receiving captain's pay--an allowance (in my opinion) scarcely adequate to the service, in new raised troops, where there are court-martials every day."[ 1] [ 2]
U.S. Army Judge Advocate Generals [ edit ]
Name
Photo
Term began
Term ended
1.
LTC William Tudor
July 29, 1775
April 9, 1777
2.
COL John Laurance
April 10, 1777
June 3, 1782
3.
COL Thomas Edwards
October 2, 1782
November 3, 1783
Position abolished on November 3, 1783
4.
CPT Campbell Smith
July 16, 1794
June 1, 1802
Position abolished on June 1, 1802
5.
Bvt. MAJ John F. Lee
March 2, 1849
September 3, 1862
6.
Bvt. BG Joseph Holt
September 3, 1862
December 1, 1875
7.
BG William M. Dunn
December 1, 1875
January 22, 1881
8.
BG David G. Swaim
February 18, 1881
December 22, 1894
9.
BG Guido Norman Lieber
January 3, 1895
May 21, 1901
10.
BG Thomas F. Barr
May 21, 1901
May 22, 1901
11.
BG John W. Clous
May 22, 1901
May 24, 1901
12.
MG George B. Davis
May 24, 1901
February 14, 1911
13.
MG Enoch H. Crowder
February 15, 1911
February 14, 1923
14.
MG Walter A. Bethel
February 15, 1923
November 15, 1924
15.
MG John A. Hull
November 16, 1924
November 15, 1928
16.
MG Edward A. Krieger
November 16, 1928
February 28, 1931
17.
MG Blanton C. Winship
March 1, 1931
November 30, 1933
18.
MG Arthur W. Brown
December 1, 1933
November 30, 1937
19.
MG Allen W. Gullion
December 1, 1937
November 30, 1941
20.
MG Myron C. Cramer
December 1, 1941
November 30, 1945
21.
MG Thomas H. Green
December 1, 1945
November 30, 1949
22.
MG Ernest M. Brannon
January 27, 1950
January 27, 1954
23.
MG Eugene M. Caffey
February 5, 1954
December 31, 1956
24.
MG George W. Hickman, Jr.
January 1, 1957
December 31, 1960
25.
MG Charles L. Decker
January 1, 1961
December 31, 1963
26.
MG Robert H. McCaw
January 1, 1964
June 30, 1967
27.
MG Kenneth J. Hodson
July 1, 1967
June 30, 1971
28.
MG George S. Prugh
July 1, 1971
June 30, 1975
29.
MG Wilton B. Persons, Jr.
July 1, 1975
June 30, 1979
30.
MG Alton H. Harvey
July 1, 1979
July 31, 1981
31.
MG Hugh J. Clausen
August 1, 1981
July 31, 1985
32.
MG Hugh R. Overholt
August 1, 1985
July 31, 1989
(Acting )
MG William K. Suter
August 1, 1989
February 1, 1991
33.
MG John L. Fugh
July 26, 1991
September 30, 1993
34.
MG Michael J. Nardotti, Jr.
October 1, 1993
August 4, 1997
35.
MG Walter B. Huffman
August 5, 1997
September 30, 2001
36.
MG Thomas J. Romig
October 1, 2001
September 30, 2005
37.
LTG Scott C. Black
October 1, 2005
October 1, 2009
38.
LTG Dana K. Chipman
October 1, 2009
September 3, 2013
39.
LTG Flora D. Darpino
September 4, 2013
Incumbent
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Washington, George. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, Written During the War Between the United Colonies and Great Britain by his Excellency George Washington. . Page 13. Retrieved from Google Books. [1] . ^ Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. page 645. (pdf page: 237).
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