Commandant of midshipmen

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. 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 Captain Walter H. Allman III.

List of commandants of midshipmen

 * 1) Lieutenant James Harman Ward 1845–1847
 * 2) Lieutenant Sydney Smith Lee 1848–1851
 * 3) Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1851–1855
 * 4) Lieutenant Joseph Foster Green 1855–1858
 * 5) Commander Thomas Tingey Craven 1858–1860
 * 6) Lieutenant Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers 1860–1861
 * 7) Lieutenant George Washington Rodgers 1861–1862
 * 8) Lieutenant Edward Simpson 1862–1863
 * 9) Commander Thomas G. Corbin 1863–1863
 * 10) Commander Donald McNeill Fairfax 1863–1865
 * 11) Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce 1865–1868
 * 12) Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison 1868–1870
 * 13) Captain Samuel P. Carter 1870–1873
 * 14) Commander Kidder Randolph Breese 1873–1875
 * 15) Commander Edward A. Terry 1875–1878
 * 16) Commander Frederick Vallette McNair, Sr. 1878–1883
 * 17) Commander Norman von Heldreich Farquhar 1883–1886
 * 18) Commander Charles Lathrop Huntington 1886–1887
 * 19) Commander Purnell Frederick Harrington 1887–1889
 * 20) Commander Henry Glass 1889–1891
 * 21) Commander Colby Mitchell Chester 1891–1895
 * 22) Commander Willard Herbert Brownson 1895–1896
 * 23) Commander Edwin White 1896–1898
 * 24) Commander Charles Thomas Hutchins 1898–1900
 * 25) Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan 1900–1903
 * 26) Commander Charles Johnston Badger 1903–1905
 * 27) Captain George Partridge Colvocoresses 1905–1907
 * 28) Commander William S. Benson 1907–1908
 * 29) Commander Charles Augustus Gove 1908–1909
 * 30) Commander George Ramsey Clark 1909–1910
 * 31) Commander Robert Edward Coontz 1910–1911
 * 32) Commander George Wood Logan 1911–1914
 * 33) Captain Guy Hamilton Burrage 1914–1915
 * 34) Captain Lloyd Horwitz Chandler Summer 1915
 * 35) Captain Louis McCoy Nulton 1915–1918
 * 36) Captain William H. Standley 1918–1919
 * 37) Captain Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr. 1919–1921
 * 38) Captain Thomas Richardson Kurtz 1921–1924
 * 39) Captain Harold Earle Cook 1924–1925
 * 40) Captain Sinclair Gannon 1925–1928
 * 41) Captain Charles Philip Snyder 1928–1931
 * 42) Captain Henry David Cooke, Jr. 1931–1932
 * 43) Captain Ralston Smith Holmes 1932–1935
 * 44) Captain Forde Anderson Todd 1935–1937
 * 45) Rear Admiral Milo Frederick Draemel 1937–1940
 * 46) Captain Francis Alfred L. Vossler 1940–1941
 * 47) Captain Mahlon Tisdale 1941–1942
 * 48) Captain Harvey Edward Overesch 1942–1943
 * 49) Captain Stuart Shadrick Murray 1943–1945
 * 50) Rear Admiral Stuart Howe Ingersoll 1945–1947
 * 51) Captain Frank Trenwith Ward 1947–1949
 * 52) Captain Carleton R. Adams 1949
 * 53) Captain Robert B. Pirie 1949–1952
 * 54) Rear Admiral Charles Allen Buchanan–1952–1954
 * 55) Captain Robert T.S. Keith 1954–1956
 * 56) Captain Allen M. Shinn 1956–1958
 * 57) Captain Frederick L. Ashworth 1958
 * 58) Captain William F. Bringle 1958–1960
 * 59) Captain James H. Mini 1960–1961
 * 60) Captain Charles S. Minter, Jr. 1961–1964
 * 61) Captain Sheldon H. Kinney 1964–1967
 * 62) Captain Lawrence T. Heyworth Jr. 1967–1969
 * 63) Captain Robert P. Coogan 1969–1971
 * 64) Captain Max K. Morris  1971–1973
 * 65) Captain Donald K. Forbes 1973–1976
 * 66) Captain James A. Winnefeld 1976–1978
 * 67) Captain Jack N. Darby 1978–1979
 * 68) Rear Admiral William F. "Scot" McCauley 1979–1981
 * 69) Captain Leon A. Edney 1981–1984
 * 70) Captain Leslie N. Palmer 1984
 * 71) Captain Stephen K. Chadwick 1985–1987
 * 72) Captain Howard W. Habermeyer Jr. 1987–1990
 * 73) Captain Joseph W. Prueher 1989–1990
 * 74) Captain Michael D. Haskins 1990–1992
 * 75) Captain John Bramwell Padgett, III 1992–1994
 * 76) Captain William T. R. "Randy" Bogle 1994–1997
 * 77) Captain Gary Roughead 1997–December 1999
 * 78) Captain Samuel J. Locklear 1999–December 2001
 * 79) Colonel John R. Allen January 2002–September 2003 (first Marine Corps officer to serve as commandant; selected brigadier general, January 2003)
 * 80) Captain Charles J. "Joe" Leidig, Jr. September 2003–June 2005
 * 81) Captain Bruce E. Grooms June 2005–December 2006
 * 82) Captain Margaret D. Klein December 2006–June 2008 (first woman to serve as commandant)
 * 83) Captain Matthew L. Klunder June 2008–April 2010
 * 84) Captain Robert E. Clark II April 2010–May 2013
 * 85) Captain William D. Byrne Jr. May 2013–June 2015
 * 86) Colonel Stephen E. Liszewski June 2015–June 2017
 * 87) Captain Robert B. Chadwick June 2017–June 2019
 * 88) Captain Thomas R. Buchanan June 2019–2021
 * 89) Colonel James “J.P.” McDonough III 2021-June 2024
 * 90) Captain Walter H. Allman III June 2024-present