List of Inspectors General of the United States Army

The Inspector General of the United States Army serves to "provide impartial, objective and unbiased advice and oversight to the Army through relevant, timely and thorough inspection, assistance, investigations, and training."[1] The Inspector General has historically been a high ranking Army official before their appointment to the position

Inspector General of the United States Army
Incumbent
Leslie C. Smith
since February 7, 2018
United States Army
StatusLieutenant General
First holderThomas Conway
Websitehttp://www.daig.pentagon.mil
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

List
#ImageRankNameBegin dateEnd date ref(s)
1. Colonel Augustin de La Balme July 8, 1777 February 13, 1778 [upper-alpha 1][2]
2. Major General Philippe Charles Tronson de Coudray August 11, 1777 September 15, 1777 [upper-alpha 2][3]
3. Major General Thomas Conway December 13, 1777 April 28, 1778 [3]
4. Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben March 28, 1778 April 15, 1784 [4]
5. Major William North April 17, 1784 October 28, 1787 [3]
(acting) Lieutenant Henry De Butts March 10, 1792 February 23, 1793 [3]
(acting) Major Michael Rudolph February 23, 1793 July 17, 1793 [3]
(acting) Captain Edward Butler July 18, 1793 May 13, 1794 [3]
(acting) Major John Mills May 13, 1794 February 27, 1796 [3]
(acting) Major Jonathan Haskell February 27, 1796 August 1, 1796 [3]
(acting) Captain Edward Butler August 1, 1796 February 27, 1797 [3]
(acting) Major Thomas H. Cushing February 27, 1797 July 18, 1798 [3]
6. Major General Alexander Hamilton July 18, 1798 June 15, 1800 [3]
(acting) Major Thomas H. Cushing June 15, 1800 April 2, 1807 [3]
(acting) Major Abimael Y. Nicoll April 2, 1807 April 28, 1812 [3]
7. Brigadier General Alexander Smyth July 6, 1812 March 3, 1813 [3]
8. Brigadier General Zebulon Pike March 12, 1813 April 27, 1813 [upper-alpha 3][3]
Vacant
 April 27, 1813 May 9, 1814 [3]
9. Brigadier General William H. Winder May 9, 1814 July 2, 1814 [3]
Vacant
 July 2, 1814 November 22, 1814
10. Brigadier General Daniel Parker November 22, 1814 June 1, 1821 [3]
Vacant
 June 2, 1821 September 25, 1861 [5]
11. Brigadier General Randolph B. Marcy September 25, 1861 January 2, 1881 [3][5]
12. Brigadier General Delos B. Sackett January 2, 1881 March 8, 1885 [3]
13. Brigadier General Nelson H. Davis March 11, 1885 September 20, 1885 [3]
14. Brigadier General Absalom Baird September 20, 1885 August 20, 1888 [3]
15. Brigadier General Roger Jones August 20, 1888 January 26, 1889 [3][5]
16. Brigadier General Joseph C. Breckinridge January 30, 1889 April 11, 1903 [3][6]
17. Brigadier General Peter D. Vroom April 12, 1903 April 12, 1903 [3][6]
18. Brigadier General George H. Burton April 12, 1903 September 30, 1906 [3][6]
19. Brigadier General Ernest Albert Garlington October 1, 1906 February 20, 1917 [6]
20. Major General John L. Chamberlain February 21, 1917 November 6, 1921 [6]
21. Major General Eli A. Helmick November 7, 1921 September 27, 1927 [6]
22. Major General William C. Rivers September 28, 1927 January 11, 1930 [6]
23. Major General Hugh A. Drum January 12, 1930 November 30, 1931 [6]
24. Major General John F. Preston December 1, 1931 November 30, 1935 [6]
25. Major General Walter L. Reed December 1, 1935 December 23, 1939 [6]
26. Major General Virgil L. Peterson December 24, 1939 June 5, 1945 [6]
27. Lieutenant General Daniel I. Sultan July 14, 1945 January 14, 1947 [6]
28. Major General Ira T. Wyche January 30, 1947 June 30, 1948 [6]
29. Major General Louis A. Craig July 1, 1948 May 31, 1952 [6]
30. Lieutenant General Daniel Noce June 1, 1952 October 31, 1954 [6]
31. Major General Wayne C. Zimmerman November 1, 1954 January 31, 1956 [6]
32. Lieutenant General David Ayres Depue Ogden February 1, 1956October 31, 1957 [6]
33. Major General Albert Pierson November 1, 1957 July 31, 1959 [6]
34. Major General Edward H. McDaniel August 1, 1959 November 30, 1963 [6]
35. Hiram D. Ives December 1, 1963 September 30, 1965
36. James A. Richardson III December 1, 1965 October 31, 1966
37. William C. Garrison November 1, 1966 July 31, 1968
38. Major General William A. Enemark August 1, 1968 1972
39. Lieutenant General Gilbert H. Woodward June 1973 October 17, 1973
40. Lieutenant General Herron N. Maples March 4, 1974 October 31, 1976 [7]
41. Lieutenant General Marvin D. Fuller November 1, 1976 1977 [8]
42. Lieutenant General Richard G. Trefry 1977 1983
43.

Lieutenant General Nathaniel R. Thompson, Jr. 1983 June 1986
44. Lieutenant General Henry Doctor, Jr. June 1986 1989
45. Lieutenant General Johnnie H. Corns December 1989 July 1991
46. Lieutenant General Ronald H. Griffith 1991 1996
47. Lieutenant General Larry R. Jordan 1996 1999
48. Lieutenant General Michael W. Ackerman 1999
49. Lieutenant General Paul T. Mikolashek 2005
50. Lieutenant General Stanley E. Green March 2005 February 2008
51. Lieutenant General R. Steven Whitcomb February 14, 2008 August 13, 2010
52. Lieutenant General Peter M. Vangjel November 14, 2011 December 2014
53. Lieutenant General David E. Quantock December 2014 December 2017 [1]
54. Lieutenant General Leslie C. Smith February 7, 2018 present [1]

Notes
  1. Inspector General of Cavalry
  2. Inspector General of Ordnance and Military Stores
  3. Killed in Action at the Battle of York, War of 1812

References
  1. Perry, Dustin. "Army swears in, promotes new inspector general". United States Army. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  2. Clary, 19
  3. Heitman, pp. 38–39.
  4. Clary, 411
  5. Clary, pp. 413–414.
  6. Hewes, p. 398.
  7. "Department of the Army Principal Officials". U.S. Army. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  8. "Department of the Army Principal Officials". U.S. Army. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

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