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Officer responsible for the Pay Department of the U.S. Army From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Paymaster-General of the United States Army was a general officer who was responsible for the Pay Department of the U.S. Army.
The office of the Paymaster General was created through a resolution of the Continental Congress on 16 June 1775, which established "That there be one Paymaster General, and a Deputy under him, for the Army, in a separate department; that the pay for the Paymaster General himself be one hundred dollars per month, and for the Deputy Paymaster under him, fifty dollars per month."[1]
The position was abolished by consolidation of the Pay Department with the Quartermaster Department and the Subsistence Department to form the Quartermaster Corps under provisions of the army appropriation act for FY 1913 (37 Stat. 591), August 24, 1912.[2]
No. | Name | Photo | Term began | Term ended | Notes |
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1 | James Warren | 27 July 1775[3] | 19 April 1776 | Office established by resolution of the Continental Congress on June 16, 1775 | |
2 | William Palfrey | 27 April 1776[4] | December 1780 | Died in office | |
3 | John Pierce Jr. | 17 January 1781 | 1 August 1788 | Died in office | |
4 | Joseph Howell Jr. | 28 August 1788 | 8 May 1792 | ||
5 | Caleb Swan | 8 May 1792 | 30 June 1808 | ||
6 | Robert Brent | 30 June 1808 | 28 August 1819 | ||
7 | Nathaniel Towson | 28 August 1819[5] | 1 June 1821 | ||
8 | Daniel Parker | 1 June 1821 | 8 May 1822 | ||
9 | Nathaniel Towson | 8 May 1822 | 20 July 1854 | Died in office | |
10 | Benjamin Larned | July 1854 | 6 September 1862 | Died in office | |
11 | Timothy Andrews | 6 September 1862[6] | 29 November 1864 | ||
12 | Benjamin Brice | 29 November 1864 [7] | 22 February 1869[8] | ||
13 | Nathan W. Brown | 22 February 1869[9] | 1 January 1872 | ||
13 | Benjamin Alvord | 1 January 1872[10] | 8 June 1880[11] | ||
14 | Nathan W. Brown | 8 June 1880[11] | 6 February 1882 | ||
15 | William B. Rochester | 17 February 1882 | 15 February 1890 | ||
16 | William Smith | 10 March 1890 | 25 March 1895[12] | ||
17 | Thaddeus H. Stanton | 26 March 1895[13] | 30 January 1899 | ||
18 | Asa B. Carey | 30 January 1899[14][15] | 11 July 1899 | ||
19 | Alfred E. Bates | 12 July 1899[16] | 22 January 1904 | ||
20 | Francis S. Dodge | 23 January 1904[17] | 11 September 1906 | ||
21 | Culver C. Sniffen | 11 September 1906 [18] [19] | 1 January 1908 | ||
22 | Charles H. Whipple | 1 January 1908[20] | 15 February 1912 | ||
23 | George R. Smith | 16 February 1912[21] | 24 August 1912[22] | Position abolished when the Pay Department was merged with the Quartermaster and Subsistence Departments to form the Quartermaster Corps. |
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