Logo of the Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA) 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 .[1] [2] It is also referred to as West Point (the name of the military base that the academy is a part of).[1] 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.[3] The football team is also known as "The Black Knights of the Hudson" and "The Black Knights".[3] [4] [5] 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 .[6] [7] The curriculum emphasizes the sciences and engineering fields.[8] [9]
The list is drawn from graduates, non-graduate former cadets, current cadets, and faculty of the Military Academy. Notable graduates include 2 American Presidents , 4 additional heads of state , 20 astronauts, 74 Medal of Honor recipients,[10] 70 Rhodes Scholars ,[11] and 3 Heisman Trophy winners. Among American universities, the academy is fourth on the list of total winners for Rhodes Scholarships, seventh for Marshall Scholarships and fourth on the list of Hertz Fellowships .[12]
Academicians [ edit ]
"Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war, classes often graduate early. For example, there were two classes in 1943 – January 1943 and June 1943.
Academics [ edit ]
Note: "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, in times of war, classes often graduate early.
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Horace Webster
1818
Lieutenant ; mathematics professor at the Academy (1818–1825); professor of mathematics, professor of intellectual philosophy, and president at Geneva College (1828–1830, 1835–1836); president Free Academy of New York (1848–1869)
[13]
Dennis Hart Mahan
1824
Lieutenant ; military theorist , educator, author, and engineer; founding member of National Academy of Sciences ; father of American naval historian and theorist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan ; of his other four children, son Frederick August Mahan graduated from the Academy in 1867
[14]
Alexander Dallas Bache
1825
Lieutenant ; founding president of the National Academy of Sciences ; member of the Scientific Lazzaroni and the Royal Society ; professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania (1828–1843)
[15]
Leonidas Polk
1827
Second lieutenant USA , lieutenant general in Confederate States Army ; resigned his commission soon after graduating from the academy to enter Virginia Theological Seminary ; founder of University of the South ; killed in combat during the Battle of Marietta ; Fort Polk named in his honor
[16]
Andrew A. Humphreys
1831
Major General ; American Civil War ; topographical and hydrological surveyor of the Mississippi River Delta ; Chief of Engineers (1866–1875); an incorporator of the United States National Academy of Sciences
[17]
William Augustus Norton
1831
Lieutenant ; Black Hawk War ; professor of natural philosophy and civil engineering (1831–1883); member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
[18]
Benjamin Stoddert Ewell
1832
Colonel in Confederate States Army ; professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Hampden-Sydney College (1839–1846); president of The College of William & Mary (1854–1888); brother Richard S. Ewell , class of 1840, was a lieutenant general in Confederate States Army
[19]
Francis Henney Smith
1833
Major General in Confederate States Army ; first and longest-serving superintendent of Virginia Military Institute (1839–1889)
[20]
Montgomery C. Meigs
1836
Major General ; Quartermaster General during American Civil War ; river and civil engineer; early member of National Academy of Sciences ; General Montgomery Meigs , class of 1967, is his descendant
[21]
William Gilham
1840
Colonel in Confederate States Army ; Seminole War and Mexican–American War ; professor at Virginia Military Institute ; author of Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the United States , which was in use for over 145 years
[22]
Bushrod Johnson
1840
Major General in Confederate States Army ; Seminole War and Mexican–American War ; served with distinction in many key battles such as the Battle of Chickamauga and Siege of Petersburg ; professor of philosophy, chemistry, and engineering; co-chancellor of the University of Nashville (1870–1875)
[23]
Josiah Gorgas
1841
Captain USA , brigadier general in Confederate States Army ; Mexican–American War ; chief of ordnance for the Confederacy; president of University of Alabama (1878-1883); son William C. Gorgas became Surgeon General of the United States Army
[b] [24]
Henry L. Eustis
1842
Brigadier General ; American Civil War ; founded the Lawrence Scientific School, later the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
[25]
Daniel Harvey Hill
1842
Lieutenant General in Confederate States Army ; professor at Washington and Lee University and Davidson College ; later the first president of the University of Arkansas (1877–1884)
[26]
Edmund Kirby Smith
1845
Major USA , General CSA ; Mexican–American War ; Confederate commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department ; president of University of Nashville (1870-1875); professor of mathematics at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee (1875-1893)
[b] [27] [28]
Stonewall Jackson
1846
Major in United States Army , lieutenant general in Confederate States Army ; Mexican–American War ; professor of natural and experimental philosophy and artillery at Virginia Military Institute (1851–1861); excelled in several battles during the American Civil War , including the First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname; accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died of complications from pneumonia eight days later
[29]
Oliver Otis Howard
1854
Major General ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions leading an attack at the Battle of Seven Pines despite wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm; led the campaign against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe ; founder of Howard University ; Superintendent of the Academy (1881–1882)
[b] [30] [31]
George Washington Custis Lee
1854
First Lieutenant US Army, Major General CSA ; graduated first in his class at the Academy; father Robert E. Lee , class of 1829, graduated second in his class; President, Washington and Lee University (1871–1897)
[a] [32]
Stephen D. Lee
1854
First Lieutenant USA , Lieutenant General CSA ; Seminole Wars , American Indian Wars ; youngest Lieutenant General in the Confederate States Army ; first president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi (1880-1899)
[b] [33] [34]
Alexander S. Webb
1855
Major General ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg for personal bravery and leadership repulsing Pickett's Charge ; president of the City College of New York (1869–1902)
[35] [36]
Winfield Scott Chaplin
1870
Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1891–1907); Dean of the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University ; Faculty member at Maine State College , Imperial University in Tokyo , and Union College
[37]
John Wilson Ruckman
1883
Major General ; a founder of the Journal of the United States Artillery ; invented several artillery devices used during World War I ; instructor at School of Submarine Defense
[38]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1915
General of the Army ; trained tank crews in Pennsylvania during World War I ; World War II ; commander of European Theater of Operations and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1942–1945); 1st Military Governor of American Occupation Zone in Germany (1945); President of Columbia University (1948–1950, 1952–1953); 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952); 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
[39]
Robert F. McDermott
1943
Brigadier General ; World War II fighter pilot; executive of United Services Automobile Association (USAA); first Dean of Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy
[40]
Wesley Posvar
1946
Brigadier General in the Air Force ; first US Air Force officer to be granted a Rhodes Scholarship ; 15th chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1967–1991), where Posvar Hall is named in his honor
[41]
James R. Allen
1948
General in the Air Force ; fighter pilot in Korean War and Vietnam War ; superintendent of United States Air Force Academy (1974–1977)
[42]
Charles R. Hamm
1956
Lieutenant General in the Air Force ; fighter pilot in Vietnam War ; member of the Air Force air demonstration squadron, the Thunderbirds (1964–1966); superintendent of United States Air Force Academy (1987–1991)
[43]
Robert Ivany
1970
Major General ; Vietnam War and Gulf War veteran; former president of the U.S. Army War College (2001–2004); president of University of Saint Thomas (2004–present)
[44]
John Mearsheimer
1970
Served five years as an Air Force officer; political science professor at University of Chicago (1982–present), where he is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy; proponent of offensive realism
[45]
Superintendents of the United States Military Academy [ edit ]
Top-ranking graduates [ edit ]
Astronauts [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Frank Borman
1950
Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 , first to orbit moon and to see far side of the Moon
[52] [53]
Buzz Aldrin
1951
Pilot of Gemini 12 and Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11 ; 2nd person to walk on the moon
[54] [55]
Michael Collins
1952
Member of Gemini 10 crew and member of the Apollo 11 crew
[56]
Ed White
1952
Pilot of Gemini 4 , died in the Apollo 1 fire; first American to perform a spacewalk
[55] [57]
David Scott
1954
Pilot of Gemini 8 , Command Module Pilot of Apollo 9 , and Commander of Apollo 15 , walked on the moon
[55] [58]
Richard Mullane
1967
Mission Specialist on STS-41-D , STS-27 , and STS-36
[55] [59]
Sherwood C. Spring
1967
Astronaut
William S. McArthur
1973
Mission Specialist on STS-58 , STS-74 , and STS-92 ; Commanded International Space Station Expedition 12
[55] [60]
Jeffrey N. Williams
1980
Mission Specialist on STS-101 ; Flight Engineer of ISS Expeditions 13 and 21 , Commander of Expedition 22
Shane Kimbrough
1989
Mission Specialist with Space Shuttle; latest astronaut from West Point; former pilot of Apache helicopters
[55] [61]
Anne McClain
2002
One of two most recent astronauts selected from West Point; former pilot of OH-58 Kiowa helicopters
[55] [62]
Andrew Morgan
1998
One of two most recent astronauts selected from West Point; medical doctor
[55] [63]
Businesspeople [ edit ]
Henry A. du Pont , class of 1861, President and general manager of Wilmington & Western Railroad (1879–1899)
Robert E. Wood , class of 1900, chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck (1939–1954); responsible for shifting the company's focus from a mail-order catalog company to a department store retailer; started AllState Insurance as a subsidiary of Sears; served as the Quartermaster of the Army in World War I and as chief quartermaster during the construction of the Panama Canal
William T. Seawell , class of 1941, chairman and CEO of Pan Am Airways (1971–1981)
Robert F. McDermott , class of 1943, former chairman and CEO of United Services Automobile Association (USAA )
John F. Donahue , class of 1946, founder and Chairman of Federated Investors ($400 billion asset management firm)
Frank Borman , class of 1950, President of Eastern Airlines (1975–1986)
Walter F. Ulmer , class of 1952, President and CEO of Center for Creative Leadership (1985–1994)
Rand Araskog , class of 1953, President, chairman, and CEO of ITT Communications
Dana G. Mead , class of 1957, chairman and CEO of Tenneco (1994–1999), Chairman of MIT Corporation (since 2003)
Pete Dawkins , class of 1959, former chairman and CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Vice-chairman and EVP of Travelers Insurance, Vice Chairman of Bain and Company, Vice Chairman of Citi Global Wealth Management, currently Senior Partner at Flintlock Capital
Fred Malek , class of 1959, founder and Chairman of Thayer Capital Partners , Chairman of Northwest Airlines
Frank J. Caufield , co-founder of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Albert Dunlap , class of 1960, CEO of Scott Paper and Sunbeam
Jim Kimsey , class of 1962, chairman and co-founder of AOL
Daniel W. Christman , class of 1965, Superintendent of USMA, 1996–2001; Chairman of Ultralife Corporation , SVP of International Affairs for US Chamber of Commerce (since 2003)
John B. Ritch III , class of 1965, chairman and co-founder of Calivita International (since 1992)
William P. Foley II , class of 1967, former CEO and current Chairman of Fidelity National Information Services
Marshall Larsen , class of 1970, chairman and CEO of Goodrich, Corporation (since 2003)
Bob McDonald , class of 1975, CEO of Procter & Gamble
Ken Hicks , class of 1974, President and CEO of Foot Locker , former President of JCPenney
William Albrecht , class of 1974, President of Occidental Oil and Gas
Vincent Viola , class of 1977, former Chairman of NYMEX (2001–2004), CEO of VirtuFinancial , owner and member of Chairman's Council of the New Jersey Nets
Keith McLoughlin , class of 1978, President and CEO of Electrolux
Alex Gorsky , class of 1982, CEO of Johnson & Johnson
Mark E. Green , class of 1986, founder and former CEO of Align MD
Anthony J. Guzzi , class of 1986, President and CEO of EMCOR Group, Inc., the world's largest specialty construction, facilities services, energy infrastructure provider and a Fortune 500 company
Mark Clouse , class of 1990, President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company
Anthony Noto , class of 1991, former CFO and COO of Twitter and current CEO of SoFi
John Ham, class of 2000, Ustream Founder, CEO and Chairman
Brad Hunstable , class of 2001, founder and President of Ustream.TV
Engineers [ edit ]
Government [ edit ]
Heads of state [ edit ]
Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency [ edit ]
Hoyt Vandenberg , class of 1923, DCI 10 June 1946 – 1 May 1947
David H. Petraeus , class of 1974, DCIA 6 September 2011 – 9 November 2012
Mike Pompeo , class of 1986, DCIA 23 January 2017 – 26 April 2018 (became United States Secretary of State)
Cabinet members [ edit ]
Andrew J. Donelson , class of 1820, President's Secretary (1829–1837)
Jefferson Davis , class of 1828, United States Secretary of War (1853–1857)
Montgomery Blair , class of 1835, United States Postmaster General (1861–1864)
William Tecumseh Sherman , class of 1840, United States Secretary of War (1869)
Gustavus Woodson Smith , class of 1842, Confederate States Secretary of War (1862)
John Schofield , class of 1853, United States Secretary of War (1868–1869)
Marshall Carter , class of 1931, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (1962–1965) and Director of the National Security Agency (1965–1969)
Rafael M. Ileto , class of 1943, Philippine Secretary of National Defense (1986–1988)
Brent Scowcroft , class of 1947, National Security Advisor (1974–1977, 1989–1993)
Alexander Haig , class of 1947, United States Secretary of State (1981–1982)
Fidel V. Ramos , class of 1950, Philippines Secretary of National Defense (1988–1991)
John Block , class of 1957, United States Secretary of Agriculture (1981–1986)
Jim Nicholson , class of 1961, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2005–2007)
Barry McCaffrey , class of 1964, US Drug Czar (1996–2001)
Eric K. Shinseki , class of 1965, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014)
James Peake , class of 1966, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2007–2009)
Robert Alan McDonald , class of 1975, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2014–2017)[84]
Mike Pompeo , class of 1986, United States Secretary of State (2018–2021), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018)
Mark Esper , class of 1986, 27th United States Secretary of Defense (2019–2020), former 23rd United States Secretary of the Army (2017–2019)
Lloyd Austin , class of 1975, 28th United States Secretary of Defense (2021-present)
Ambassadors [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Alexander Lawton
1839
Brigadier General CSA ; graduated from Harvard Law School , class of 1842; seriously wounded at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862 and served as the Confederacy's second Quartermaster General for the remainder of the war; became president of the American Bar Association in 1882; served as minister to Austria-Hungary (1887–1889)
[b] [85]
James Longstreet
1842
Major USA , Lieutenant General CSA ; Mexican–American War ; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War , including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam ; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness ; ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1897–1904)
[b] [66] : 353
William Rosecrans
1842
Major General ; commander Army of the Cumberland , Battle of Stones River , Tullahoma Campaign , Battle of Chickamauga ; U.S. Minister to Mexico (1868–1969); U.S. Representative from California (1881–1885); Register of the Treasury (1885–1893)
[b] [86]
Horace Porter
1860
Brigadier general ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chickamauga ; Ambassador to France (1897–1905)
[b] [87] [88]
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
1922
General ; instituted the Cadet Honor Code at the Academy; commander of 101st Airborne Division (1944–1945); Chief of Staff of the Army (1955–1959); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962–1964); United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (1964–1965)
[a] [89]
Jerrold M. North
1954
Ambassador; Career Foreign Service Officer; served in the Army before entering the Department of State. As a member of the US diplomatic corps, Jerry served overseas in Europe, Africa and the Far East and was the first US ambassador to Djibouti , (1980–1982); Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA, as Foreign Affairs Advisor (1982–1984); Department of State , as Director of Employee Performance (1984–1985)
[a] [90] [91]
Andrew J. Donelson , class of 1820, Chargé d'affaires of the United States to the Republic of Texas (1845), U.S. Minister to Prussia (1846–49), U.S. vice presidential candidate (1856)
Rufus King , class of 1833, U.S. Minister to the Papal States (1863–1867)
William Woods Averell , class of 1855, U.S. Consul General to British North America (1866–1869)
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick , class of 1856, U.S. Minister to Chile, 1866–70, 1881
Frederick Dent Grant , class of 1871, U.S. Minister to Austro-Hungarian Empire (1890–1893)
James Maurice Gavin , class of 1929, U.S. Ambassador to France (1961–62)
John D. Eisenhower , class of 1944, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971)
David Manker Abshire , class of 1951, U.S. Ambassador to NATO (1983–1987)
John Galvin , class of 1954, U.S. Ambassador to Bosnian Peace Negotiations[92]
Jim Nicholson , class of 1961, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican (2001–2005)
John B. Ritch III , class of 1965, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations International Organizations in Vienna (1993–2001)
Robert M. Kimmitt , class of 1969, U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1991–1993)
William B. Taylor Jr. , class of 1969, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2006–2009, 2019–2020)
Karl Eikenberry , class of 1973, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2009–2011)
Governors (civil) [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Paul Octave Hébert
1840
Captain USA , brigadier general in Confederate States Army ; Mexican–American War ; Governor of Louisiana (1853–1856); served at the Siege of Vicksburg and in Texas
[b] [93]
Simon Bolivar Buckner
1844
Captain USA , Lieutenant General CSA ; Mexican–American War ; Battle of Fort Donelson , Battle of Perryville , Battle of Chickamauga ; Governor of Kentucky (1887–1891)
[b] [94]
Dabney H. Maury
1846
Lieutenant colonel USA , Major General CSA ; son of Naval officer John Minor Maury ; Mexican–American War , cavalry officer in Oregon and Texas; Battle of Pea Ridge , Battle of Corinth , Siege of Vicksburg ; United States Ambassador to Colombia (1887–1889)
[b] [95]
Fitzhugh Lee
1856
Second Lieutenant USA , Major General CSA ; American Indian Wars ; First Battle of Bull Run , Battle of Antietam , Battle of Gettysburg , Battle of Opequon , led the last charge of the Confederates on 9 April 1865 at Farmville, Virginia ; Governor of Virginia (1886–1890)
[b] [66] : 341
John S. Marmaduke
1857
Second Lieutenant US Army, Major General CSA ; Utah War ; Battle of Shiloh , Battle of Cape Girardeau , Red River Campaign , mortally wounded fellow Confederate general and West Point graduate Lucius M. Walker in a duel ; Governor of Missouri (1885–1887)
[b] [96]
Guy Vernor Henry
1861
Brigadier General ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions repulsing an enemy attack at the Battle of Cold Harbor ; son Major General Guy Vernor Henry Jr. is an Academy alumnus, class of 1894; Governor of Puerto Rico (1898–1899)
[b] [30] [97]
George Washington Goethals
1880
Major General ; chief engineer of the Panama Canal ; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1914–1917)
[68]
Julian Larcombe Schley
1903
Major General ; World War I ; topographic and civil engineer; Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1926–1932); Chief of Engineers (1937–1941)
[17]
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 (2016–present)
Governors (military) [ edit ]
Thomas Childs , class of 1814, military governor of Puebla, Mexico
John H. Martindale , class of 1835, military Governor of Washington, D.C.
Rufus Saxton , class of 1849, military governor of the Department of the South
Fitzhugh Lee , class of 1856, military governor of Havana, Cuba
Philip Sheridan , class of 1853, military governor of the Fifth Military District
Douglas MacArthur , class of 1903, military governor of Japan
George S. Patton , class of 1909, military governor of Bavaria
Joseph T. McNarney , class of 1915, military governor of U.S. Occupation Zone, Germany
Matthew Ridgway , class of 1917, military governor of Japan
Lucius D. Clay , class of 1918, military Governor in West Germany noted for Berlin Airlift
Legislators [ edit ]
Daniel Azro Ashley Buck , class of 1808, U.S. Representative (1823–1825, 1827–1829), Vermont
Daniel Tunern , class of 1814, U.S. Representative, North Carolina (1827–1829)
James Monroe , class of 1815, U.S. Representative (1839–1841), New York
George Wurtz Hughes , class of 1827, U.S. Representative (1859–1861), Maryland
Jefferson Davis , class of 1828, U.S. Representative (1845–1846) and Senator (1847–1853, elected but not seated 1875), Mississippi
Alexander C.M. Pennington , class of 1828, represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1853–1857[105]
Joseph E. Johnston , class of 1829, U.S. Representative, Virginia
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer , class of 1831, U.S. Representative, New York
Robert Milligan McLane , class of 1837, U.S. Representative, Maryland
John B. S. Todd , class of 1837, U.S. Congressman, Dakota Territory (1861–1863, 1864–1865)
James Madison Leach , class of 1838, U.S. Representative, North Carolina
Isaac Ingalls Stevens , class of 1839, U.S. Representative, Washington Territory
Egbert Ludoricus Viele , class of 1847, U.S. Representative, New York
Ambrose Burnside , class of 1847, U.S. Senator, Rhode Island (1875–1881)
Henry Warner Slocum , class of 1852, U.S. Representative, New York (1869–1873, 1883–1884)
Henry A. du Pont , class of 1861, U.S. Senator, Delaware (1895–1896, 1906–1917)
Joseph Wheeler , class of 1859, U.S. Representative, Alabama (1881–1882, 1883, 1885–1900)
Frank Obadiah Briggs , class of 1872, U.S. Senator, New Jersey
Jesse Matlack Baker , class of 1873, Pennsylvania State Representative (1889-1892) and State Senator (1893-1897)
Lawrence D. Tyson , class of 1883, U.S. Senator, Tennessee (1925–1929)
Bertram Tracy Clayton , class of 1886, U.S. Representative, New York (1899–1901)
Charles Henry Martin , class of 1887, U.S. Representative, Oregon
Butler Ames , class of 1894, U.S. Representative, Massachusetts
Frank Kowalski , class of 1930, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
Nile Soik , class of 1945, member of the Wisconsin State Legislature[106]
Howard Hollis Callaway , class of 1949, U.S. Representative, Georgia
John Michael Murphy , class of 1950, U.S. Representative, New York
Adam Benjamin Jr. , class of 1958, U.S. Representative, Indiana (1977–82)
Jack Reed , class of 1971, U.S. Representative (1991–1997), U.S. Senator (1997- ), Rhode Island
John Shimkus , class of 1980, U.S. Representative, Illinois (1997– )
Geoff Davis , class of 1981, U.S. Representative, Kentucky (2004– )
Michael Pompeo , class of 1986, U.S. Representative, Kansas (2011–2017)
Mark E. Green , class of 1986, U.S. Representative, Tennessee (2019– )
Brett Guthrie , class of 1987, U.S. Representative, Kentucky (2009– )
Warren Davidson , class of 1995, U.S. Representative, Ohio (2016– )
Steve Watkins , class of 1999, U.S. Representative, Kansas (2018– )
William Lewis Cabell , class of 1850, Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1874–76, 1877–79, 1883–85)
Frank Fischl , class of 1951, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982)[108]
Robert M. Isaac , class of 1951, Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado (1979–1997)
Matthew Collier , class of 1979, Mayor of Flint, Michigan (1988–1992)
Maria Vedder Lowe, class of 1998, Mayor of St. Pete Beach, Florida (2014–2016)[109]
Adrian Perkins , class of 2008, Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana (2018–Present)
Jurists [ edit ]
Rhesa Barksdale , class of 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1990– )
Montgomery Blair , class of 1835, attorney for Dred Scott in landmark 1857 Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. Sandford , in President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet (1861–1864)
Malcolm Jones Howard , class of 1962, Judge, United States District Court Eastern District of North Carolina (1987– )
Mike Bowers , class of 1963, Georgia's longest serving Attorney General (1981–1997)
Richard D. Cudahy , class of 1948, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Roy Moore , class of 1969, Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003, 2013–2017)
The Honorable Eugene R. Sullivan , class of 1964, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (AF) (1986–2002)
Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls , class of 1855, Chief Justice Louisiana Supreme Court (1892–1911)
Richard Whitehead Young , class of 1882, Philippines Supreme Court Justice (1899–1901)
Law enforcement and intelligence figures [ edit ]
Fitz John Porter , class of 1845, New York City Police Commissioner
William Farrar Smith , class of 1845, New York City Police Commissioner
Frederick Dent Grant , class of 1871, New York City Police Commissioner
Douglas I. McKay , class of 1905, New York City Police Commissioner
Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. , class of 1917
Alva Revista Fitch , class of 1930
Barry McCaffrey class of 1964, Drug Czar during Clinton Administration
Donald B. Smith class of 1969, New York State Sheriff Association President, Putnam County Sheriff 2002–2018
Keith B. Alexander class of 1974, Head of the National Security Agency, General – Commander of Cyber Command
Lon Horiuchi , class of 1976
Literary figures and actors [ edit ]
Henry Martyn Robert , class of 1857, author of Robert's Rules of Order
William James Roe , class of 1867, author of satirical and metaphysical works, poet and artist
John Wilson Ruckman , class of 1883, first editor of Journal of U.S. Artillery , author of numerous technical articles on gunnery
Cornelis DeWitt Willcox , class of 1885
Col. Mark M. Boatner III , class of June 1943, author of Civil War Dictionary , Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
Hal Moore , class of 1945, author of We Were Soldiers Once...And Young
James Salter , class of 1945, prolific author, selected to the Academy of Arts and Letters
Bill McWilliams , class of 1955, author of A Return To Glory
Gus Lee , ex-class of 1966, honorary member of the class of 1970, author of China Boy , Chasing Hepburn
Lucian Truscott IV , class of 1969, journalist and author of Dress Grey
Brian Haig , class of 1975, novelist
James Carafano , class of 1977, author of Winning the Long War
Mark Valley , class of 1987, TV and movie actor
Col. Gregory D. Gadson , class of 1989, movie actor
Paula Broadwell , class of 1995, author
Military figures [ edit ]
Medal of Honor recipients [ edit ]
Civil War [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
John Cleveland Robinson
1839 ex
Left the Academy after three years but joined the Army one year later; Major General in the American Civil War ; awarded the MOH for valor in action in 1864 near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia ; Lieutenant Governor of New York (1873–1874); served two terms as the president of the Grand Army of the Republic
[b] [35] [111]
John Porter Hatch
1845
Major General ; fought in the Mexican War where he was breveted twice for bravery in battle; awarded the MOH for bravery at the Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign where he was wounded and had two mounts shot from underneath him; later served on the western frontier; retired to New York City and was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1893
[b] [30] [112]
Orlando B. Willcox
1847
Major General ; awarded the MOH in 1895 for gallantry at the First Battle of Bull Run where he was captured; later released as part of a prisoner exchange and served in the Virginia and North Carolina theaters at the end of the war
[b] [35] [113]
Absalom Baird
1849
Major General ; attended Washington & Jefferson College before graduating from West Point; earned fame for actions at the Chickamauga , Chattanooga , and Jonesborough ; received the MOH in 1896 for his actions at Jonesborough; later received the French Légion d'honneur
[b] [30] [114]
Rufus Saxton
1849
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for his defense at the Battle of Harpers Ferry ; participated in the Pacific Railroad surveys in 1853; early abolitionist
[b] [35] [115]
Eugene Asa Carr
1850
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his defensive though wounded several times at the Battle of Pea Ridge
[b] [30] [66] : 164–165
Charles Henry Tompkins
1851 ex
Dropped out of the Academy after two years for unspecified reasons; Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for twice charging through the enemy's lines on 1 July 1861 near Fairfax, Virginia , making him the first Union officer of the Civil War to receive the Medal of Honor
[b] [35] [116]
David S. Stanley
1852
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions organizing a counterattack at the Second Battle of Franklin , commander of the IV Corps
[b] [35] [115]
John Schofield
1853
Lieutenant General ; recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions leading an attack at the Battle of Wilson's Creek , Atlanta Campaign , Battle of Franklin , Battle of Nashville , Battle of Wyse Fork ; commander of the Army of the Frontier , division commander in the XIV Corps ; United States Secretary of War (1868–1869); Superintendent of the Academy (1876–1881); Commanding General of the United States Army (1888–1895); Military Governor of Virginia
[b] [35] [66] : 472–473
Oliver Duff Greene
1853
Major ; recipient of the MOH for his actions at the Battle of Antietam
[b] [30] [117]
Zenas Bliss
1854
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions at the Battle of Fredericksburg ; formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts
[b] [30] [118]
Oliver Otis Howard
1854
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions leading an attack at the Battle of Seven Pines despite wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm; led the campaign against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe ; founder of Howard University ; Superintendent of the Academy (1881–1882)
[b] [30] [31]
Alexander S. Webb
1855
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg for personal bravery and leadership repulsing Pickett's Charge ; president of the City College of New York (1869–1902)
[b] [35] [36]
Abraham Arnold
1859
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for leading a cavalry charge against superior forces
[b] [30] [119]
Horace Porter
1860
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions at the Battle of Chickamauga ; United States Ambassador to France (1897–1905)
[b] [35] [88]
John Moulder Wilson
1860
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for his actions at the Battle of Malvern Hill despite acute illness; Superintendent of the Academy (1889–1893); Chief of Engineers (1897–1901)
[b] [35] [120]
Adelbert Ames
1861 (May)
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for his continuing a fierce fight though severely wounded in his right thigh at First Battle of Bull Run ; Governor of Mississippi (1868–1870) and (1874–1876); United States Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874)
[b] [30] [99]
Eugene B. Beaumont
1861 (May)
Lieutenant Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for two separate actions at the Harpeth River in Tennessee and the Battle of Selma in Alabama
[b] [30] [121]
Samuel Nicholl Benjamin
1861 (May)
Major ; recipient of the MOH for actions as an artillery officer
[b] [30] [122]
Henry A. du Pont
1861 (May)
Lieutenant Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for actions repulsing an enemy attack at the Battle of Cedar Creek ; United States Senator from Delaware (1906–1917)
[b] [30] [104]
Guy Vernor Henry
1861 (May)
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for actions repulsing an enemy attack at the Battle of Cold Harbor ; son Major General Guy Vernor Henry Jr. is an Academy alumnus, class of 1894; Governor of Puerto Rico (1898–1899)
[b] [30] [97]
Alonzo Cushing
1861 (June)
First Lieutenant ; posthumous recipient of the MOH for actions at Cemetery Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg ; his medal was not awarded until over 150 years after his death
George Lewis Gillespie Jr.
1862
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for carrying dispatches under withering fire at the Battle of Cold Harbor ; Chief of Engineers (1901–1904)
[b] [30] [120]
William Sully Beebe
1863
Major ; recipient of the MOH for actions during an assault on a fortified position
[b] [30] [123]
William Henry Harrison Benyaurd
1863
Lieutenant Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for actions during reconnaissance and rallying his troops
[b] [30] [124]
John Gregory Bourke
1869
Captain at time of retirement, Private at the time of the Medal of Honor action; recipient of the MOH for gallantry in action at the Battle of Stones River , Tennessee ; prolific diarist and author focusing on the Old West
[b] [30] [110]
Indian Wars [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Edward Settle Godfrey
1867
Brigadier General ; a Private during the Civil War before attending West Point; received the MOH for leading his men against Chief Joseph despite being severely wounded; led two platoons of Medal of Honor men at the burial of the Unknown Soldier from World War I
[b] [125] [126]
William Preble Hall
1868
Brigadier General ; received the MOH for leading a small group to rescue an officer surrounded by 35 enemy; distinguished marksman with rifle and revolver
[b] [125] [127]
Robert Goldthwaite Carter
1870
First Lieutenant ; an enlisted soldier during the Civil War before attending West Point; received the MOH for repulsing the charge of a large hostile Indian force near the Brazos River in 1871
[b] [125] [128]
John Brown Kerr
1870
Brigadier General ; received the MOH for actions against Brule Sioux along the White River, South Dakota
[b] [125] [129]
Edward John McClernand
1870
Brigadier General ; received the MOH for actions at Bear Paw Mountain , Montana in 1877 against Chief Joseph 's tribe
[b] [125] [130]
Charles Varnum
1872
Colonel ; commander of the scouts for George Armstrong Custer in the Little Bighorn Campaign during the Black Hills War ; recipient of the MOH for his actions in a conflict following the Battle of Wounded Knee
[b] [125] [131]
Frank West
1872
Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for rallying his men against a fortified position at the Battle of Big Dry Wash , Arizona , for which three other men also received the Medal of Honor: Thomas Cruse , George H. Morgan , and Charles Taylor
[b] [125] [132]
William Harding Carter
1873
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for rescuing two soldiers under heavy fire during the Comanche Campaign
[b] [125] [133]
Marion Perry Maus
1874
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for actions while commander of Apache scouts in the capture of Geronimo
[b] [125] [134]
Ernest Albert Garlington
1876
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for gallantry at the Battle of Wounded Knee
[b] [125] [135]
John Chowning Gresham
1876
Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for gallantry at the Battle of Wounded Knee
[b] [125] [136]
Oscar Fitzalan Long
1876
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for leadership under heavy fire at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana
[b] [125] [137]
Matthias W. Day
1877
Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for rescuing a wounded soldier under heavy fire after being ordered to retreat; member of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of the Buffalo Soldiers
[b] [125] [138]
Robert Temple Emmet
1877
Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for holding off 200 enemies with only himself and five men despite being surrounded; member of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of the Buffalo Soldiers
[b] [125] [139]
Wilber Elliott Wilder
1877
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for rescuing a wounded soldier under heavy fire; key figure in negotiating the surrender of the Apache chief Geronimo
[b] [125] [140]
Lloyd Milton Brett
1879
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for fearless exposure in cutting off the enemy's pony herd at O'Fallon's Creek, Montana , which greatly crippled their ability to fight
[b] [125] [141]
Thomas Cruse
1879
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for holding off the enemy, which enabled the rescue of wounded soldier at the Battle of Big Dry Wash , Arizona , for which three other men also received the Medal of Honor: Frank West , George H. Morgan , and Charles Taylor
[b] [125] [142]
George Ritter Burnett
1880
First Lieutenant ; recipient of the MOH for rescuing stranded men under heavy enemy fire; one of his men, Augustus Walley , also received the Medal of Honor for this action, both members of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of the Buffalo Soldiers
[a] [b] [125]
George Horace Morgan
1880
Colonel ; recipient of the MOH for steadfastly holding his line against the enemy at the Battle of Big Dry Wash , Arizona , for which three other men also received the Medal of Honor: Thomas Cruse , Frank West , and Charles Taylor
[b] [125] [143]
Powhatan Henry Clarke
1884
First Lieutenant ; recipient of the MOH for saving a wounded man under heavy fire; later drowned while rescuing another man
[b] [125] [144]
Robert Lee Howze
1888
Major General ; recipient of the MOH for bravery in action; once threatened to dismiss an entire class of plebes (freshmen) from the Academy for hazing ; presided over the court-martial of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell
[b] [125] [145]
Powhatan Clarke wearing his Medal of Honor
Spanish–American War [ edit ]
Philippine–American War [ edit ]
Boxer Rebellion [ edit ]
Mexican Campaign (Veracruz) [ edit ]
World War I [ edit ]
World War II [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Douglas MacArthur
1903
General of the Army , Field Marshal in the Philippine Army ; United States occupation of Veracruz ; Second Battle of the Marne , Battle of Saint-Mihiel , Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I ; commander of the 42nd Infantry Division ; Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (1919–1922); brigade commander in the Philippine Division ; commander of the Philippine Department ; Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1930–1935); recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Bataan , commander of the South West Pacific Area during World War II ; Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan ; Korean War ; grandson of Wisconsin Governor Arthur MacArthur Sr. ; son of lieutenant general and Medal of Honor recipient Arthur MacArthur Jr.
[b] [160] [161]
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV
1906
General ; recipient of the MOH for defense of te Bataan and Corregidor ; also noted for leadership while a prisoner of war (POW); present on board USS Missouri (BB-63) for the surrender of Japan; returned to the Philippines to accept surrender of the local Japanese commander; his father, Robert Powell Page Wainwright, was member of the Academy class of 1875
[b] [162] [163]
William H. Wilbur
1912
Brigadier General ; recipient of the MOH for actions during the Allied landings in North Africa while attempting to negotiate a cease fire and leading combat actions against hostile forces
[b] [162] [164]
Junius Wallace Jones
1913
Major General ; Air Inspector for the Army Air Forces , and later, the first Inspector General of the Air Force
[165]
Demas T. Craw
1924
Colonel , United States Army Air Forces ; posthumous recipient of the MOH for ground actions during the Allied landings in North Africa while attempting to negotiate a cease fire
[b] [166] [167]
Leon William Johnson
1926
General , United States Army Air Corps and United States Air Force ; recipient of the MOH for actions in aerial combat during the raid on the Ploesti, Romania oilfields
[b] [168] [169]
Frederick Walker Castle
1930
Brigadier General , United States Army Air Forces ; posthumous recipient of the MOH for actions in aerial combat while leading a bombing mission over Belgium
[b] [166] [170]
Robert G. Cole
1939
Lieutenant Colonel ; 502nd Infantry Regiment , 101st Airborne Division ; recipient of the MOH for leading his battalion in a bayonet charge at Carentan , France, during the Battle of Normandy ; later killed in Best, Netherlands
[b] [166] [171]
Leon Vance
1939
Lieutenant Colonel , United States Army Air Corps ; recipient of the MOH for actions in saving his bomber crew though he was severely wounded; Vance Air Force Base in his hometown of Enid, Oklahoma , is named in his honor
[b] [162] [172]
Alexander R. Nininger
1941
Second Lieutenant ; recipient of the MOH for actions in Bataan , Philippines while a member of the Philippine Scouts , continued an attack even though wounded three times; first Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II ; First Division of Cadet Barracks at West Point is named in his honor
[b] [160]
Michael J. Daly
1945 ex
Captain ; dropped out of the Academy after one year to enlist so he could fight in World War II ; received a battlefield commission ; awarded the MOH for assaulting several enemy positions
[b] [166] [173]
Two Medal of Honor recipients and friends, MacArthur (l) and Wainwright (r), greet at the end of the war. Wainwright was just released from POW camp
Leon Johnson, at his Medal of Honor ceremony with the medal around his neck
Vietnam [ edit ]
Mexican–American War combatants [ edit ]
American Civil War combatants [ edit ]
Confederate States Army generals [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Samuel Cooper
1815
Colonel USA, Adjutant General , 1852–1861; Adjutant and Inspector General General in the Confederate Army, 1861–1865, Highest-ranking General , CSA
[186]
Albert Sidney Johnston
1826
Colonel USA, general in the Republic of Texas , general in the Confederate States Army ; graduated eighth in his class, commander of US forces in the Utah War , killed at the Battle of Shiloh
Robert E. Lee
1829
Colonel USA, General CSA ; graduated second in his class without demerits; father of George Washington Custis Lee , class of 1854; Commander, Army of Northern Virginia (1862–1865); General-in-Chief, Confederate States Army (1865); President, Washington and Lee University (1865–1870)
[a] [b] [187]
John B. Magruder
1830
Major in United States Army , major general in Confederate States Army , major general in Imperial Mexican Army; Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War veteran
[b] [184]
James Longstreet
1842
Major in United States Army , lieutenant general in Confederate States Army ;Mexican–American War ; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War , including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam ; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness
[b] [66] : 353
Stonewall Jackson
1846
Major in United States Army , lieutenant general in Confederate States Army ; Mexican–American War ; professor of natural and experimental philosophy and artillery at Virginia Military Institute (1851–1861); excelled in several battles during the American Civil War , including the First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname; accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died of complications eight days later
[b] [66] : 316, 517
George Pickett
1846
Captain USA, major general in the Confederate States Army ; graduated last in his class, leader of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
John Bell Hood
1853
Second Lieutenant USA, General CSA ; offered a post as instructor at the Academy, but declined due to the impending war; brilliant commander in the field but less effective as a general
J.E.B. Stuart
1854
Captain in United States Army , major general in Confederate States Army ; American Indian Wars ; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War , including the Peninsula Campaign and Maryland Campaign
[b] [188]
Union Army generals [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Joseph K. Mansfield
1822
Major General ; Mexican–American War ; civil engineer; mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam ; Fort Mansfield , a coastal artillery installation in Westerly, Rhode Island named in his honor
[b] [66] : 363, 850
George Meade
1835
Major General ; civil and lighthouse engineer; Second Seminole War , Mexican–American War ; Battle of Antietam , Battle of Fredericksburg , Battle of Chancellorsville , Appomattox Campaign , defeated Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg , commander Army of the Potomac (1863–1865); Fort George G. Meade in Maryland , home of the National Security Agency named in his honor
[b] [66] : 384–385, 701–702
William Tecumseh Sherman
1840
Major General ; treated the demerit system at West Point with disdain, which lowered his class standing from fourth to sixth; Battle of Shiloh , Vicksburg Campaign , Chattanooga Campaign , Atlanta Campaign , Carolinas Campaign , led the brutal Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea) from Atlanta to Savannah that demoralized the South; Commanding General of the United States Army (1869–1883)
[b] [189]
Ulysses S. Grant
1843
General of the Army of the United States ; Mexican–American War ; Siege of Vicksburg , Battle of Chattanooga , Siege of Petersburg , accepted Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House ; 18th President of the United States (1869–1877)
[b] [79]
Winfield Scott Hancock
1844
Major General ; Mexican–American War ; Battle of Gettysburg , Battle of the Wilderness , Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , led the Army of the Potomac ; Democratic Party nominee for President (1880)
[b] [190]
George B. McClellan
1846
Major General ; developed the McClellan Saddle ; organized the Army of the Potomac after the Union forces were defeated at First Battle of Bull Run , Peninsula Campaign , Battle of Antietam ; son George B. McClellan Jr. served as United States Representative from New York (1895–1903) and as Mayor of New York City (1904–1909)
[b] [103]
Philip Sheridan
1853
General ; Battle of Chattanooga , Overland Campaign , Valley Campaigns of 1864 , used scorched earth tactics in the Shenandoah Valley and forced Lee's surrender in the Appomattox Campaign ; American Indian Wars
[b] [191]
Robert O. Tyler
1857
General ; Peninsula Campaign , Battle of Fredericksburg , Battle of Chancellorsville , Battle of Gettysburg , Battle of Spotsylvania Court House , Battle of Cold Harbor
[b] [192]
George Armstrong Custer
1861
Major General ; Battle of Antietam , Battle of Chancellorsville , leader of a charge at the Battle of Gettysburg that broke the back of the Confederate resistance; Battle of the Wilderness , Siege of Petersburg ; Battle of the Washita , died at Battle of the Little Bighorn
[b] [193]
William Tecumseh Sherman (1840)
Indian Wars combatants and Buffalo Soldiers [ edit ]
Henry Ossian Flipper, class of 1877, first African American graduate
John Hanks Alexander , class of 1887
Walker Keith Armistead , class of 1803
John W. Barlow , class of 1861
Robert C. Buchanan , class of 1830
Edward Canby , class of 1839
Philip St. George Cooke , class of 1827
George Crook , class of 1852
George Armstrong Custer , class of 1861
John Wynn Davidson , class of 1845
Henry Ossian Flipper , class of 1877
James W. Forsyth , class of 1856
Robert S. Garnett , class of 1841
John Gibbon , class of 1847
Oliver O. Howard , class of 1854
Robert Lee Howze , class of 1888
Charles King , class of 1866
Gustavus Loomis , class of 1811
Ranald S. Mackenzie , class of 1862
Randolph B. Marcy , class of 1832
Wesley Merritt , class of 1860
George H. Morgan , class of 1880
Edward Ord , class of 1839
John J. Pershing , class of 1886
John Pope (military officer) , class of 1842
Marcus Reno , class of 1857
William Tecumseh Sherman , class of 1840
Philip Sheridan , class of 1853
Samuel D. Sturgis , class of 1846
George Wright , class of 1822
Charles Young , class of 1889
Spanish–American War and Philippine Insurrection combatants [ edit ]
Stanley Dunbar Embick , class of 1899
Frederick Dent Grant , class of 1871
William G. Haan , class of 1889
Hamilton S. Hawkins , class of 1855
Guy Henry , class of 1898
Lucius Roy Holbrook , class of 1896
Willard Ames Holbrook , class of 1885
Robert Lee Howze , class of 1888
Richard L. Hoxie , class of 1868
Jacob Ford Kent , class of 1861
Charles King , class of 1866
Fitzhugh Lee , class of 1856
Manus MacCloskey , class of 1898
Wesley Merritt , class of 1860
Eben Swift , class of 1876
Charles Symmonds , class of 1888
Joseph Wheeler , class of 1859
James H. Wilson , class of 1860
John Moulder Wilson , class of 1860
Pancho Villa Expedition combatants [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Eben Swift
1876
Major General ; Spanish–American War , World War I ; Director of the United States Army War College ; commander of Camp Gordon ; commander of the 82nd Division ; commander of U.S. Forces in Italy ; father of Major General Innis P. Swift ; father-in-law of Brigadier General Evan Harris Humphrey ; son-in-law of Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer ; Camp Swift, Texas is named for him
[198]
John J. Pershing
1886
General of the Armies ; Spanish–American War ; Philippine–American War ; Moro Rebellion ; commander of 8th Regiment in the Pancho Villa Expedition ; led the American Expeditionary Force in World War I
[196]
John L. Hines
1891
Major General ; Spanish–American War ; Philippine–American War ; Pancho Villa Expedition ; brigade and division commander in World War I ; Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1924–1926)
[197]
Hugh S. Johnson
1903
Brigadier General ; lawyer in Judge Advocate General's Corps ; instrumental in implementing the Selective Service Act of 1917 ; Deputy Provost Marshal General (1971–1918); Director of the Purchase and Supply Branch of the General Staff (1918); commander of 15th Infantry Brigade; Director of the National Recovery Administration ; named Time Person of the Year in 1933
[199]
George S. Patton
1909
General ; 1912 Summer Olympics , modern pentathlon , 5th place; Pancho Villa Expedition ; World War II ; Battle of Saint-Mihiel , Meuse-Argonne Offensive ; commander of the 1st Tank Brigade/304th Tank Brigade ; commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment ; commander of the 2nd Armored Division ; commander of the II Corps ; commander of the Seventh United States Army , Third United States Army , and Fifteenth United States Army during World War II ; descendant of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer ; father of Major General George Patton IV ; Patton series of tanks was named for him
[200] [201]
Carl Andrew Spaatz
1914
General ; Pancho Villa Expedition ; flight instructor and fighter pilot in World War I ; Eighth Air Force commander in World War II ; first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1947–1948)
[202]
Luis R. Esteves
1915
Major General ; second Hispanic graduate of the Academy; Pancho Villa Expedition ; mayor and judge of Polvo, Mexico ; commander of the 23rd Battalion, which was composed of Puerto Ricans and stationed in Panama during World War I ; commander of 92nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team during World War II ; founder of the Puerto Rico National Guard
[107]
Dwight Johns
1916
Brigadier General ; World War I , Pancho Villa Expedition , World War II ; recipients of the Army Distinguished Service Medal
[203]
World War I combatants [ edit ]
Cadet Luis R. Esteves (1915)
World War II combatants [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
1907
General of the Army , General of the Air Force ; Second rated pilot in the United States Army Air Corps ; executive officer of the aviation section at Army headquarters in Washington D.C. during World War I ; World War II ; commander of the United States Army Command and General Staff College ; commander of March Field ; commander of the United States Army Air Forces ; founder of the RAND Corporation ; Arnold Air Force Base , Arnold Engineering Development Center , and Arnold Air Society are named for him
[205]
George S. Patton
1909
General ; 1912 Summer Olympics , modern pentathlon , 5th place; Pancho Villa Expedition ; World War II ; Battle of Saint-Mihiel , Meuse-Argonne Offensive ; commander of the 1st Tank Brigade/304th Tank Brigade ; commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment ; commander of the 2nd Armored Division ; commander of the II Corps ; commander of the Seventh United States Army , Third United States Army , and Fifteenth United States Army during World War II ; descendant of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer ; great-grandson of U.S. Representative John M. Patton ; relative of Confederate States Brigadier General Hugh W. Mercer ; grandson of California State Senator Benjamin Davis Wilson ; father of Major General George Patton IV ; father-in-law of General John K. Waters ; cousin of U.S. Representative Larry McDonald ; Patton Army Air Field is named for him; the Patton series of tanks were named for him; the General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox is named for him
[200] [201]
Carl Andrew Spaatz
1914
General ; Pancho Villa Expedition ; flight instructor and fighter pilot in World War I ; Eighth Air Force commander in World War II ; first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1947–1948)
[202]
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1915
General of the Army ; World War II ; commander of European Theater of Operations and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (1942–1945); 1st Military Governor of American Occupation Zone in Germany (1945); President of Columbia University (1948–1950, 1952–1953); 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1951–1952); 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
[80]
Luis R. Esteves
1915
Major General ; second Hispanic graduate of the Academy; Pancho Villa Expedition ; mayor and judge of Polvo, Mexico ; commander of the 23rd Battalion, which was composed of Puerto Ricans and stationed in Panama during World War I ; commander of 92nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team during World War II ; founder of the Puerto Rico National Guard
[107]
Hugh John Casey
1918
Major General ; instructor and engineer company commander during World War I ; Chief Engineer for General of the Army Douglas MacArthur for the South West Pacific theatre of World War II ; initial designer of The Pentagon ; father of Major Hugh Boyd Casey ; father-in-law of Major General Frank Butner Clay
[206]
Korean War combatants [ edit ]
Creighton Abrams , class of 1936, Corps Chief of Staff, Korean War
Arnold W. Braswell , class of 1948
Mark Wayne Clark , class of 1917
J. Lawton Collins , class of 1917
Lawrence Russell Dewey , class of 1924
James Van Fleet , class of 1915
Alexander Haig , class of 1947
William M. Hoge , class of 1916
Lyman Lemnitzer , class of 1920
Douglas MacArthur , class of 1903
Andrew P. O'Meara , class of 1930
Ralph Puckett , class of 1949, Commander of 8th Army Ranger Company
Fidel V. Ramos , class of 1950, Platoon leader of the 20th Battalion Combat Team, Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea
Matthew Ridgway , class of 1917
Davis C. Rohr , class of 1952
Edward Rowny , class of 1941
Maxwell D. Taylor , class of 1922
Thomas J. H. Trapnell , class of 1927
William H. Tunner , class of 1928
Sam S. Walker , class of 1946
Walton Walker , class of 1912
Roderick Wetherill , class of 1940. later major general in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War combatants [ edit ]
Creighton Abrams , class of 1936, commanded the U.S. Army Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (1968–1972)
Anderson W. Atkinson , class of 1946
Peter J. Boylan , class of 1961
Wesley Clark , class of 1966
Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. , class of 1946
Eugene Peyton Deatrick , class of 1946
Jack K. Farris , class of 1957
Alexander Haig , class of 1947
Paul D. Harkins , class of 1929
Harold Keith Johnson , class of 1933
Nicholas S. H. Krawciw , class of 1959
Barry McCaffrey , class of 1964
Montgomery Meigs , class of 1967
Hal Moore , class of 1945, commanded 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Ia Drang Valley (1965)
Joseph J. Nazzaro , class of 1936
Robin Olds , class of 1943
George Patton IV , class of 1946
Ralph Puckett , class of 1949, Commander 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry (Airborne), 101st Airborne Division
Fidel V. Ramos , class of 1950, Chief of Staff of the Philippine Military Contingent and Civil Action Group to Vietnam (1965–1968)
Davis C. Rohr , class of 1952
Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr. , class of 1951
Sam S. Walker , class of 1946
William Westmoreland
Gulf War combatants [ edit ]
War on Terror [ edit ]
Participants [ edit ]
Afghanistan combatants [ edit ]
Name
Class year
Notability
References
Franklin L. Hagenbeck
1971
Lieutenant general; commander, Coalition Joint Task Force Mountain, Operations Enduring Freedom /Anaconda and deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan; Superintendent of the Academy (2006–2010)
[217]
Lloyd J. Austin III
1975
General; Commander, 10th Mountain Division (2003–2005) and Combined Joint Task Force-180 (Operation Enduring Freedom) (2003–2004)
[218]
Robert W. Cone
1979
Major general; commander, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan
[219]
Robin Fontes
1986
Major general; commander, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan
[220]
Iraq combatants [ edit ]
Supreme Allied Commanders of NATO [ edit ]
Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [ edit ]
Omar N. Bradley , class of 1915, CJCS, 1949–1953
Nathan F. Twining , class of 1919, CJCS, 1957–1960
Lyman L. Lemnitzer , class of 1920, CJCS, 1960–1962
Maxwell D. Taylor , class of 1922, CJCS, 1962–1964
Earle G. Wheeler , class of 1932, CJCS, 1964–1970
George Scratchley Brown , U.S. Air Force, class of 1941, CJCS, 1974–1978
Martin E. Dempsey , class of 1974, CJCS, 2011–2015
Army Chiefs of Staff/Commanders of the Army [ edit ]
George B. McClellan , class of 1846, Commanding General of the Army (1861–1862)
Henry Wager Halleck , class of 1839, Commanding General of the Army (1862–1864)
Ulysses S. Grant , class of 1843, Commanding General of the Army (1864–1869)
William Tecumseh Sherman , class of 1840, Commanding General of the Army (1869–1883)
Philip Sheridan , class of 1853, Commanding General of the Army (1883–1888)
John Schofield , class of 1853, Commanding General of the Army (1888–1895)
J. Franklin Bell , class of 1878, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1906–1910)
Hugh L. Scott , class of 1876, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1914–1917)
Tasker H. Bliss , class of 1875, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1917–1918)
Peyton C. March , class of 1888, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1918–1921)
John Pershing , class of 1886, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1921–1924)
John L. Hines , class of 1891, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1924–1926)
Charles Pelot Summerall , class of 1892, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1926–1930)
Douglas MacArthur , class of 1903, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1930–1935)
Malin Craig , class of 1898, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1935–1939)
Dwight D. Eisenhower , class of 1915, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948)
Omar Bradley , class of 1915, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1948–1949)
J. Lawton Collins , class of 1917, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1949–1953)
Matthew Ridgway , class of 1917, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1953–1955)
Maxwell D. Taylor , class of 1922, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1955–1959)
Lyman Lemnitzer , class of 1920, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1959–1960)
Earle Wheeler , class of 1932, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1962–1964)
Harold Keith Johnson , class of 1933, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1964–1968)
William Westmoreland , class of 1936, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1968–1972)
Bruce Palmer Jr. , class of 1936, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1972)
Creighton Abrams , class of 1936, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1972–1974)
Bernard W. Rogers , class of 1943, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1976–1979)
Edward C. Meyer , class of 1951, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1979–1983)
John Wickham , class of 1950, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1983–1987)
Carl E. Vuono , class of 1957, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1987–1991)
Dennis Reimer , class of 1962, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1995–1999)
Eric Shinseki , class of 1965, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1999–2003)
Martin E. Dempsey , class of 1974, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (2011)
Raymond T. Odierno , class of 1976, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (2011–2015)
Air Force Chiefs of Staff [ edit ]
Carl Spaatz, class of 1914
Carl Spaatz , class of 1914, 1st USAF Chief of Staff (1947–1948)
Nathan Farragut Twining , class of 1918, 3rd USAF Chief of Staff (1953–1957)
Thomas D. White , class of 1920, 4th USAF Chief of Staff (1957–1961)
John P. McConnell , class of 1932, 6th USAF Chief of Staff (1965–1969)
John Dale Ryan , class of 1938, 7th USAF Chief of Staff (1969–1973)
George Scratchley Brown , class of 1941, USAF Chief of Staff (1973–1974)
Lew Allen , class of 1946, 10th USAF Chief of Staff (1978–1982)
Charles A. Gabriel , class of 1950, 11th USAF Chief of Staff (1982–1986)
Michael Dugan , class of 1958, 13th USAF Chief of Staff (1990)
Chief of Staff of non-American armed forces [ edit ]
Presidential and Congressional awardees [ edit ]
Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients [ edit ]
Wesley Clark, class of 1966
Congressional Gold Medal recipients [ edit ]
Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients [ edit ]
Scientists, inventors, and physicians [ edit ]
Benjamin Alvord , class of 1833, mathematician
Seth Barton , class of 1849 (USA and CSA), chemist
George Bomford , class of 1805, inventor of ordnance and explosives; standardized army usage as Chief of the Ordnance Department
John James Abert , class of 1811, head topographer for the U.S. Army; his officers mapped the American West under his supervision
Benjamin Bonneville , class of 1815, organized expedition that explored the Great Salt Lake, crossed the Sierras, found the headwaters of the Yellowstone and discovered the Humboldt River
George Washington Whistler , class of 1819, invented contour lines on maps, father of James McNeill Whistler , the artist, husband of "Whistler's Mother "
Robert Parker Parrott , class of 1824, invented the Parrott rifle used extensively during the American Civil War
Ormsby M. Mitchel , class of 1825, astronomer
Henry du Pont , class of 1833, improved the production of gunpowder, chemicals industry pioneer
William W. Averell , class of 1855, inventor of asphalt
John Wilson Ruckman , class of 1883, inventor of artillery devices critical in World War I
George O. Squier , class of 1887, developer of Muzak , early radio engineer
Leslie Groves , class of 1918, chief engineer for the Manhattan Project and the Pentagon
Edward A. Murphy Jr. , class of 1940, credited with the invention of Murphy's Law
Peter Huybers , class of 1996, MacArthur Foundation Grant awardee ("Genius Grant"), planetary and climate scientist, currently a professor at Harvard
John T. Thompson , class of 1882, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun
Edward S. Holden , class of 1870, astronomer, librarian at West Point, 5th president of the University of California, Founder, Lick observatory
Isaac Newton Lewis , class of 1884, inventor of the Lewis gun
Sportspeople [ edit ]
Television and movie figures [ edit ]
James Salter , class of 1945, screenwriter
Rod Lurie , class of 1984, director, screenwriter
Mark Valley , class of 1987, actor
Kelly Perdew , class of 1989, reality show winner, The Apprentice (2004)
Greg Plitt , class of 2000, fitness supermodel and actor
Ambrose Burnside, class of 1847
Eponyms [ edit ]
Graduates depicted on currency [ edit ]
James B. McPherson , $2 bill, 1890s
Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard , $20 1863 State of Louisiana, Shreveport[233]
Joseph K. Mansfield , $500 1873, 1875, 1878, 1880 United States (legal tender) notes[233]
George Henry Thomas , $5 1890, 1891 Treasury or coin notes[233]
Jefferson Davis , on Confederate notes
George Meade , $1,000 1890, 1891 Treasury notes[233]
Robert E. Lee , on U.S. coins, the 1937 Battle of Antietam Half Dollar Commemorative, and 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative
George McClellan , on 1937 Battle of Antietam Half Dollar Commemorative, 10¢ 1863 Searsport Bank, Maine, $1 1862 Chicopee Bank, Mass., $2 1861 Merchants Bank, N.J., $20 1862 Rutland County Bank, Vt.[233]
Stonewall Jackson , on U.S. coin, the 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative, $500 17 Feb. 1864, Confederate note[233]
William T. Sherman , 15¢ fractional currency (proof notes), fourth issue, never circulated[233]
Winfield Scott Hancock , $2 silver certificates 1880s-90s
Ulysses S. Grant , class of 1843, on 1922 Grant Memorial Half Dollar and current U.S. $50 bill
Philip Sheridan , $5 1896 silver certificate (back), $10 1890, 1891 Treasury or coin notes[233]
Douglas MacArthur , 2500 piso gold, 1980, Philippines
Dwight D. Eisenhower , $1 coin from 1971 to 1978, and 1990 Eisenhower Centennial Dollar
Fidel V. Ramos , 2000 piso gold, 1996, Philippines
$1 coin. Dwight D. Eisenhower, class of 1915 on obverse. The reverse is based on the Apollo 11 mission patch designed by Michael Collins, class of 1952.
$50 bill. U.S. Grant, class of 1846
$5 silver certificate with U.S. Grant and Phillip Sheridan
U.S. Grant on a gold certificate
Graduates depicted on postage stamps [ edit ]
Alden Partridge , class of 1806, appears on 11¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985)
Sylvanus Thayer , class of 1808, appears on 9¢ Great Americans series stamp (1985)
Jefferson Davis , class of 1828, appears on 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative stamp (1970), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995) and eight Confederate stamps
Joseph E. Johnston , class of 1829, appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
Robert E. Lee , class of 1829, appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 30¢ Liberty series stamp (1955 and 1957), 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970), and 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
Montgomery Blair , class of 1835, appears on 15¢ airmail stamp (1963) and on one Belgian stamp
William Tecumseh Sherman , class of 1840, appears on 8¢ stamps (1893 and 1895), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995), and on stamps from Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Ulysses S. Grant , class of 1843, appears on 5¢ stamps (1890, 1895, 1898), 4¢ stamp (1903), 8¢ stamp (1922), 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937), 18¢ Presidential series stamp (1938), 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
Winfield Scott Hancock , class of 1844, appears on 32¢ Civil War commemorative stamp (1995)
Stonewall Jackson , class of 1846, appears on 4¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937) and 6¢ Stone Mountain Memorial stamp (1970)
Phillip Sheridan , class of 1853, appears on 3¢ Army commemorative stamp (1937)
George Washington Goethals , class of 1880, appears on 3¢ Panama Canal commemorative stamp (1939) and on stamps issued for the Panama Canal Zone
John J. Pershing , class of 1886, appears on 8¢ Liberty series stamp (1961) and on French stamps
John L. Hines , class of 1891, appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000)
Douglas MacArthur , class of 1903, appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1971) and on stamps from Korea and the Philippines
Joseph Stilwell , class of 1904, appears on 10¢ Distinguished Americans series stamp (2000)
Henry H. Arnold , class of 1907, appears on 65¢ Great Americans series stamp (1988)
George S. Patton Jr. , class of 1909, appears on 3¢ commemorative stamp (1953) and on stamps from Belgium and Luxembourg.
Omar Bradley , class of 1915, appears on 33¢ Distinguished Soldiers commemorative stamp (2000)
Dwight D. Eisenhower , class of 1915, appears on 6¢ commemorative stamp (1969), 6¢ (1970) and 8¢ (1971) Prominent Americans series stamps, and on stamps of other countries
Frank Borman , class of 1950, appears on ten stamps of Haiti, Hungary, and Senegal
Fidel V. Ramos , class of 1950, appears on numerous Philippine Stamps since the 1990s
Buzz Aldrin , class of 1951, appears on foreign stamps
Graduates selected as Time Magazine ' s "Person of the Year" [ edit ]
Maj. Gen. Samuel Ringgold , class of 1818; the "father of modern artillery"
Maj. David Moniac , class of 1822
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston , class of 1826
Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk , class of 1827
Gen. Jefferson Davis , class of 1828
Gen. Robert E. Lee , class of 1829
Maj. Gen. Whitfield Jack , class of 1928
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston , class of 1829
Maj. Gen. Francis Henney Smith , class of 1835
Gen. George Meade , class of 1835
Maj. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs , class of 1836
Gen. Braxton Bragg , class of 1837
Lt. Gen. Jubal Early , class of 1837
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker , class of 1837
Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard , class of 1838
Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby , class of 1839
Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck , class of 1839
Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell , class of 1840
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman , class of 1840
Col. Abner Doubleday , class of 1842
Gen. James Longstreet , class of 1842
Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans , class of 1842
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant , class of 1843
Lt. Gen. and Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner , class of 1844
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock , class of 1844
Gen. Stonewall Jackson , class of 1846
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan , class of 1846
Maj. Gen. George Pickett , class of 1846; graduated last in the class
Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside , class of 1847
Lt. Gen. A. P. Hill , class of 1847
Maj. Gen. John Buford , class of 1848
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II , class of 1848
Brig. Gen. Eugene Asa Carr , class of 1850
Maj. Gen. Alvan Cullem Gillem , class of 1851
Maj. Gen. George Crook , class of 1852
Gen. John Bell Hood , class of 1853
Lt. Gen John Schofield , class of 1853
Gen. Philip Sheridan , class of 1853
Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard , class of 1854
Gen. Jeb Stuart , class of 1854
Gen. George Armstrong Custer , class of June 1861; graduated last in class
Brig. Gen. William Louis Marshall , class of 1868
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss , class of 1875
Brig. Gen. Willard Young class of 1875; first Mormon graduate and son of Brigham Young
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott , class of 1876
Henry O. Flipper , class of 1877; first black American graduate
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell , class of 1878
Lt. Gen. Hunter Liggett , class of 1879
George Washington Goethals, class of 1880
George Washington Goethals , class of 1880
Maj. Gen. John Wilson Ruckman , class of 1883
General of the Armies John J. Pershing , class of 1886
General Peyton C. March , class of 1888
General John L. Hines , class of 1891
General Charles Pelot Summerall , class of 1892
Maj. Gen. Fox Conner , class of 1898
Robert E. Wood , class of 1900
Thomas Selfridge , class of 1903; the first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane
Gen. Lesley J. McNair , class of 1904
Gen. Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell , class of 1904
Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV , class of 1906
Hap Arnold, class of 1907
General of the Air Force Henry "Hap" Arnold , class of 1907
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. , class of 1908
Gen. Jacob L. Devers , class of 1909
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger , class of 1909
Gen. George S. Patton , class of 1909
Lt. Gen. William Hood Simpson , class of 1909
Gen. Wade H. Haislip , class of 1912
Lt. Gen. Walton Walker , class of 1912
Gen. Alexander Patch , class of 1913
Maj. Gen Junius Wallace Jones , class of 1913
Brig. Gen. Vicente Lim , class of 1914
Gen. Brehon B. Somervell , class of 1914
Gen. Carl Andrew Spaatz , class of 1914
General of the Army Omar Bradley , class of 1915
General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower , class of 1915
Gen. Hubert Harmon , class of 1915
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney , class of 1915
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer , class of 1915
Gen. James Van Fleet , class of 1915
Gen. Robert Neyland , class of 1916
Gen. Mark W. Clark , class of 1917
Gen. J. Lawton Collins , class of 1917
Maj. Gen. Norman Cota , class of 1917
Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Harmon , class of 1917
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway , class of 1917
Maj. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. , class of 1917
Gen. Lucius D. Clay , class of June 1918
Lt. Gen Leslie Groves , class of November 1918
Gen. Alfred Gruenther , class of 1919
Gen. Anthony McAuliffe , class of 1919
Gen. Williston B. Palmer , class of 1919
Earl Blaik , class of 1920
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor , class of 1922
Col. Mickey Marcus , class of 1924
Gen. James Edward Moore , class of 1924
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin , class of 1929
Gen. Harold K. Johnson , class of 1933
Lt. Gen. Leighton I. Davis , class of 1935
Gen. Creighton Abrams , class of 1936
Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. , class of 1936
Gen. William Westmoreland , class of 1936
Gen. Rafael Ileto , class of 1943
Gen. Bernard W. Rogers , class of 1943
Gen. Anastasio Somoza Debayle , class of 1946
Col. Thomas L. Gatch Jr. , class of 1946
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes , class of 1946
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft , class of 1947
Gen. Alexander Haig , class of 1947
Col. Frank Borman , class of 1950
Gen. Fidel V. Ramos , class of 1950
Col. Buzz Aldrin , class of 1951
Gen. Roscoe Robinson Jr. , class of 1951
Michael Collins , class of 1952
Lt. Col. Ed White , class of 1952
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. , class of 1956
John Block , class of 1957
Brig. Gen. Pete Dawkins , class of 1959
Col. Jim Nicholson , class of 1961
Maj. James Kimsey , class of 1962
Gen. Barry McCaffrey , class of 1964
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki , class of 1965
Gen. Wesley Clark , class of 1966
Brig. Gen. Thomas E. White , class of 1967
Capt. Mike Krzyzewski , class of 1969
Capt. Roy Moore , class of 1969
Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan , class of 1971
Capt. Jack Reed , class of 1971
Col. William S. McArthur , class of 1973
Col. Frank E. Weiss , class of 1973
Gen. Keith B. Alexander , class of 1974
Gen. Martin Dempsey , class of 1974
Gen. David Petraeus , class of 1974
Gen Walter L. Sharp , class of 1974
Capt. Louis Caldera , class of 1978
José María Figueres , class of 1979
Col Robert L. Gordon III , class of 1979
Capt. Geoff Davis , class of 1981
Maj. Gen. Nadja West , class of 1982, the first black Army Surgeon General, the first black female active duty major general, and the first black female major general in Army medicine
Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland , class of 1990; the first female commandant of cadets at West Point; first female deputy commanding general of a light infantry division; first woman promoted to Maj. Gen. in the active component of the Army's engineer branch
Lt. Gen. Hun Manet , class of 1999; the first Cambodian graduate; Deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces , son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
Lt. Dan Choi , class of 2003; founding member and spokesperson of Knights Out , an organization of West Point alumni who support the rights of LGBT soldiers to serve openly
Capt. Alejandro Villanueva , class of 2010; football offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League
Lt. Josh McNary , class of 2011; football linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League
Non-graduates [ edit ]
As these alumni did not graduate, their class year represents the year they would have graduated if they had completed their education at the Academy.
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