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. Since 1973, the position has been a lieutenant general billet.

Inspector General of the United States Army
Seal of the Inspector General
Flag of the Inspector General
Incumbent LTG Donna W. Martin since September 2, 2021
Department of the Army
Type	Inspector general
Abbreviation	IG
Member of	Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense
Reports to	Secretary of the Army Chief of Staff of the Army
Seat	The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	4 years
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 7020
Precursor	Inspector-General of the Cavalry of the United States of America
Inaugural holder	Thomas Conway
Formation	December 13, 1777
Deputy	Deputy Inspector General of the United States Army
Website	http://www.daig.pentagon.mil

List

No.	Image	Rank	Name	Begin date	End 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]
–		Lieutenant	Henry De Butts Acting	March 10, 1792	February 23, 1793	[3]
–		Major	Michael Rudolph Acting	February 23, 1793	July 17, 1793	[3]
–		Captain	Edward Butler Acting	July 18, 1793	May 13, 1794	[3]
–		Major	John Mills Acting	May 13, 1794	February 27, 1796	[3]
–		Major	Jonathan Haskell Acting	February 27, 1796	August 1, 1796	[3]
–		Captain	Edward Butler Acting	August 1, 1796	February 27, 1797	[3]
–		Major	Thomas H. Cushing Acting	February 27, 1797	July 18, 1798	[3]
6		Major General	Alexander Hamilton	July 18, 1798	June 15, 1800	[3]
–		Major	Thomas H. Cushing Acting	June 15, 1800	April 2, 1807	[3]
–		Major	Abimael Y. Nicoll Acting	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	May 13, 1861	[5]
11		Colonel	Henry Lee Scott	May 14, 1861	September 24, 1861	[6]
12		Brigadier General	Randolph B. Marcy	September 25, 1861	January 2, 1881	[3][5]
13		Brigadier General	Delos B. Sackett	January 2, 1881	March 8, 1885	[3]
14		Brigadier General	Nelson H. Davis	March 11, 1885	September 20, 1885	[3]
15		Brigadier General	Absalom Baird	September 20, 1885	August 20, 1888	[3]
16		Brigadier General	Roger Jones	August 20, 1888	January 26, 1889	[3][5]
17		Brigadier General	Joseph C. Breckinridge	January 30, 1889	April 11, 1903	[3][7]
18		Brigadier General	Peter D. Vroom	April 12, 1903	April 12, 1903	[3][7]
19		Brigadier General	George H. Burton	April 12, 1903	September 30, 1906	[3][7]
20		Brigadier General	Ernest Albert Garlington	October 1, 1906	February 20, 1917	[7]
21		Major General	John L. Chamberlain	February 21, 1917	November 6, 1921	[7]
22		Major General	Eli A. Helmick	November 7, 1921	September 27, 1927	[7]
23		Major General	William C. Rivers	September 28, 1927	January 11, 1930	[7]
24		Major General	Hugh A. Drum	January 12, 1930	November 30, 1931	[7]
25		Major General	John F. Preston	December 1, 1931	November 30, 1935	[7]
26		Major General	Walter L. Reed	December 1, 1935	December 23, 1939	[7]
27		Major General	Virgil L. Peterson	December 24, 1939	June 5, 1945	[7]
28		Lieutenant General	Daniel I. Sultan	July 14, 1945	January 14, 1947	[7]
29		Major General	Ira T. Wyche	January 30, 1947	June 30, 1948	[7]
30		Major General	Louis A. Craig	July 1, 1948	May 31, 1952	[7]
31		Lieutenant General	Daniel Noce	June 1, 1952	October 31, 1954	[7]
32		Major General	Wayne C. Zimmerman	November 1, 1954	January 31, 1956	[7]
33		Lieutenant General	David Ayres Depue Ogden	February 1, 1956	October 31, 1957	[7]
34		Major General	Albert Pierson	November 1, 1957	July 31, 1959	[7]
35		Major General	Edward H. McDaniel	August 1, 1959	November 30, 1963	[7]
36			Hiram D. Ives	December 1, 1963	September 30, 1965
37			James A. Richardson III	December 1, 1965	October 31, 1966
38			William C. Garrison	November 1, 1966	July 31, 1968
39		Major General	William A. Enemark	August 1, 1968	1972
40		Lieutenant General	Gilbert H. Woodward	June 1973	October 17, 1973
41		Lieutenant General	Herron N. Maples	March 4, 1974	October 31, 1976	[8]
42		Lieutenant General	Marvin D. Fuller	November 1, 1976	1977	[8]
43		Lieutenant General	Richard G. Trefry	1977	1983
44		Lieutenant General	Nathaniel R. Thompson Jr.	1983	June 1986
45		Lieutenant General	Henry Doctor Jr.	June 1986	1989
46		Lieutenant General	Johnnie H. Corns	December 1989	July 1991
47		Lieutenant General	Ronald H. Griffith	1991	1995
48		Lieutenant General	Jared L. Bates	1995	1997
49		Lieutenant General	Larry R. Jordan	1997	1999
50		Lieutenant General	Michael W. Ackerman	1999	2002
51		Lieutenant General	Paul T. Mikolashek	2002	2005
52		Lieutenant General	Stanley E. Green	March 2005	February 2008
53		Lieutenant General	R. Steven Whitcomb	February 14, 2008	August 13, 2010
54		Lieutenant General	Peter M. Vangjel	November 14, 2011	December 2014
55		Lieutenant General	David E. Quantock	December 2014	December 2017	[1]
56		Lieutenant General	Leslie C. Smith	February 7, 2018	September 1, 2021	[1]
57		Lieutenant General	Donna W. Martin	September 2, 2021	present	[9]

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. Cullum, George Washington (1879). "Henry L. Scott in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, Volume I". Bill Thayer's Web Site. Chicago, IL. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
7. Hewes, p. 398.
8. "Department of the Army Principal Officials". U.S. Army. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
9. "WEBCAST: PROMOTION/SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF MG DONNA MARTIN". DVIDS. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

Further reading

• Clary, David A. (1987). The Inspectors General of the United States Army, 1777-1903 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.
• Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
• Hewes, James E. Jr. (1983). From Root to McNamara - Army Organization and Administration. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
• Ingersoll, Lurton Dunham (1880). A History of the War Department of the United States. Philadelphia: F. B. Mohun. pp. 144–146.
• Thian, Raphael Prosper (1901). Legislative History of the General Staff of the Army of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 83–118.
• Rodenbough, Theophilus F.; Haskin, William L. (1896). The Army of the United States. New York City: Maynard, Merrill & Co. pp. 12–32.
• Whitehorne, Joseph W. A. (1998). The Inspectors General of the United States Army, 1903-1939 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.