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| 1st Commandant | Samuel Nicholas | 28 Nov 1775 -- August 1783 |
| 2d Commandant | William Ward Burrows |
12 Jul 1798 -- 6 Mar 1804 |
| 3d Commandant | Franklin Wharton |
7 Mar 1804 -- 1 Sep 1818 |
| 4th Commandant | Anthony Gale |
3 Mar 1819 -- 8 Oct 1820 |
| 5th Commandant | Archibald Henderson |
17 Oct 1820 -- 6 Jan 1859 |
| 6th Commandant | John Harris | 7 Jan 1859 -- 1 May 1864 |
| 7th Commandant | Jacob Zeilin | 10 Jun 1864 -- 31 Oct 1876 |
| 8th Commandant | Charles Grymes McCawley | 1 Nov 1876 -- 29 Jan 1891 |
| 9th Commandant | Charles Heywood | 30 Jun 1891 -- 2 Oct 1903 |
| 10th Commandant | George Frank Elliott | 3 Oct 1903 -- 30 Nov 1910 |
| 11th Commandant | William Phillips Biddle | 3 Feb 1911 -- 24 Feb 1914 |
| 12th Commandant | George Barnett | 25 Feb 1914 -- 30 Jun 1920 |
| 13th Commandant | John Archer Lejeune | 1 Jul 1920 -- 4 Mar 1929 |
| 14th Commandant | Wendell Cushing Neville | 5 Mar 1929 -- 8 Jul 1930 |
| 15th Commandant | Ben Hebard Fuller | 9 Jul 1930 -- 28 Feb 1934 |
| 16th Commandant | John Henry Russell, Jr. | 1 Mar 1934 -- 30 Nov 1936 |
| 17th Commandant | Thomas Holcomb | 1 Dec 1936 -- 31 Dec 1943 |
| 18th Commandant | Alexander Archer Vandegrift | 1 Jan 1944 -- 31 Dec 1947 |
| 19th Commandant | Clifton Bledsoe Cates | 1 Jan 1948 -- 31 Dec 1951 |
| 20th Commandant | Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr. | 1 Jan 1952 -- 31 Dec 1955 |
| 21st Commandant | Randolph McCall Pate | 1 Jan 1956 -- 31 Dec 1959 |
| 22d Commandant | David Monroe Shoup | 1 Jan 1960 -- 31 Dec 1963 |
| 23d Commandant | Wallace Martin Greene, Jr. | 1 Jan 1964 -- 31 Dec 1967 |
| 24th Commandant | Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr. | 1 Jan 1968 -- 31 Dec 1971 |
| 25th Commandant | Robert Everton Cushman, Jr. | 1 Jan 1972 -- 30 Jun 1975 |
| 26th Commandant | Louis Hugh Wilson | 1 Jul 1975 -- 30 Jun 1979 |
| 27th Commandant | Robert Hilliard Barrow | 1 Jul 1979 -- 30 Jun 1983 |
| 28th Commandant | Paul Xavier Kelley | 1 Jul 1983 -- 30 Jun 1987 |
| 29th Commandant | Alfred Mason Gray, Jr. | 1 Jul 1987 -- 30 Jun 1991 |
| 30th Commandant | Carl Epting Mundy, Jr. | 1 Jul 1991 -- 30 Jun 1995 |
| 31st Commandant | Charles Chandler Krulak | 1 Jul 1995 -- 30 Jun 1999 |
| 32d Commandant | James Logan Jones | 1 Jul 1999 -- 13 Jan 2003 |
| 33d Commandant | Michael W. Hagee | 14 Jan 2003 - 13 Nov 2006 |
| 34th Commandant | James T. Conway | 14 Nov 2006 |
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