{{Short description|United States naval academy position}} The '''commandant of midshipmen''' is the second-in-command at the United States Naval Academy. According to the Naval Academy, the commandant of midshipmen is "responsible for the professional development and day-to-day activities of all 4,400 Midshipmen in the Brigade" and equates to a dean of students at a civilian university. The commandant reports to the superintendent. The commandant is assisted by a deputy commandant.<ref name=Commandant>{{cite web|title=Commandant of Midshipmen |publisher=United States Naval Academy |url=https://www.usna.edu/Commandant/ |accessdate=2017-05-11}}</ref> Modern commandants typically hold the Navy rank of captain, but since 2002, three of the commandants have been a United States Marine Corps colonel. The current commandant is Austin “A.J.” Jackson, USN.
==List of commandants of midshipmen== # Lieutenant James Harman Ward 1845–1847 # Lieutenant Sydney Smith Lee 1848–1851 # Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1851–1855 # Lieutenant Joseph Foster Green 1855–1858 # Commander Thomas Tingey Craven 1858–1860 # Lieutenant Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers 1860–1861 # Lieutenant George Washington Rodgers 1861–1862 # Lieutenant Edward Simpson 1862–1863 # Commander Thomas G. Corbin 1863–1863 # Commander Donald McNeill Fairfax 1863–1865 # Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce 1865–1868 # Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison 1868–1870 # Captain Samuel P. Carter 1870–1873 # Commander Kidder Randolph Breese 1873–1875 # Commander Edward A. Terry 1875–1878 # Commander Frederick Vallette McNair, Sr. 1878–1883 # Commander Norman von Heldreich Farquhar 1883–1886 # Commander Charles Lathrop Huntington 1886–1887 # Commander Purnell Frederick Harrington 1887–1889 # Commander Henry Glass 1889–1891 # Commander Colby Mitchell Chester 1891–1895 # Commander Willard Herbert Brownson 1895–1896 # Commander Edwin White 1896–1898 # Commander Charles Thomas Hutchins 1898–1900 # Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan 1900–1903 # Commander Charles Johnston Badger 1903–1905 # Captain George Partridge Colvocoresses 1905–1907 # Commander William S. Benson 1907–1908 # Commander Charles Augustus Gove 1908–1909 # Commander George Ramsey Clark 1909–1910 # Commander Robert Edward Coontz 1910–1911 # Commander George Wood Logan 1911–1914 # Captain Guy Hamilton Burrage 1914–1915 # Captain Lloyd Horwitz Chandler Summer 1915 # Captain Louis McCoy Nulton 1915–1918 # Captain William H. Standley 1918–1919 # Captain Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr. 1919–1921 # Captain Thomas Richardson Kurtz 1921–1924 # Captain Harold Earle Cook 1924–1925 # Captain Sinclair Gannon 1925–1928 # Captain Charles Philip Snyder 1928–1931 # Captain Henry David Cooke, Jr. 1931–1932 # Captain Ralston Smith Holmes 1932–1935 # Captain Forde Anderson Todd 1935–1937 # Rear Admiral Milo Frederick Draemel 1937–1940 # Captain Francis Alfred L. Vossler 1940–1941 # Captain Mahlon Tisdale 1941–1942 # Captain Harvey Edward Overesch 1942–1943 # Captain Stuart Shadrick Murray 1943–1945 # Rear Admiral Stuart Howe Ingersoll 1945–1947 # Captain Frank Trenwith Ward 1947–1949 # Captain Carleton R. Adams 1949 # Captain Robert B. Pirie 1949–1952 # Rear Admiral Charles Allen Buchanan–1952–1954 # Captain Robert T.S. Keith 1954–1956 # Captain Allen M. Shinn 1956–1958 # Captain Frederick L. Ashworth 1958 # Captain William F. Bringle 1958–1960 # Captain James H. Mini 1960–1961 # Captain Charles S. Minter, Jr. 1961–1964 # Captain Sheldon H. Kinney 1964–1967 # Captain Lawrence T. Heyworth Jr. 1967–1969 # Captain Robert P. Coogan 1969–1971 # Captain Max K. Morris 1971–1973 # Captain Donald K. Forbes 1973–1976 # Captain James A. Winnefeld 1976–1978 # Captain Jack N. Darby 1978–1979 # Rear Admiral William F. "Scot" McCauley 1979–1981 # Captain Leon A. Edney 1981–1984 # Captain Leslie N. Palmer 1984 # Captain Stephen K. Chadwick 1985–1987 # Captain Howard W. Habermeyer Jr. 1987–1990 # Captain Joseph W. Prueher 1989–1990 # Captain Michael D. Haskins 1990–1992 # Captain John Bramwell Padgett, III 1992–1994 # Captain William T. R. "Randy" Bogle 1994–1997 # Captain Gary Roughead 1997–December 1999 # Captain Samuel J. Locklear 1999–December 2001 # Colonel John R. Allen January 2002–September 2003 (first Marine Corps officer to serve as commandant; selected brigadier general, January 2003) # Captain Charles J. "Joe" Leidig, Jr. September 2003–June 2005 # Captain Bruce E. Grooms June 2005–December 2006 # Captain Margaret D. Klein December 2006–June 2008 (first woman to serve as commandant) # Captain Matthew L. Klunder June 2008–April 2010 # Captain Robert E. Clark II April 2010–May 2013 # Captain William D. Byrne Jr. May 2013–June 2015 # Colonel Stephen E. Liszewski June 2015–June 2017 # Captain Robert B. Chadwick June 2017–June 2019 # Captain Thomas R. Buchanan June 2019–2021 # Colonel James “J.P.” McDonough III 2021-June 2024 # Captain Walter H. Allman III June 2024-2025 # Captain Gilbert E. Clark Jr. July 2025-November 2025 # Captain Austin “A.J.” Jackson November 2025-Present
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.usna.edu/Commandant/ Commandant of Midshipmen] official webpage
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