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American Legion
Past National Commanders

The listings in red represents Commanders from the state of California

Year Name City
1919 - 1920 Franklin D'Olier Pennsylvania
1920 - 1921 Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr. Ohio
1921 - 1921 John G. Emery Michigan
1921 - 1922 Hanford MacNider Iowa
1922 - 1923 Alvin M. Owsley Texas
1923 - 1924 John R. Quinn California
1924 - 1925 James A. Drain Washington
1925 - 1926 John R. McQuigg Ohio
1926 - 1927 Howard P. Savage Illinois
1927 - 1928 Edward E. Spafford New York
1928 - 1929 Paul Vories McNutt Indiana
1929 - 1930 O. L. Bodenhamer Arkansas
1930 - 1931 Ralph T. O'Neil Kansas
1931 - 1932 Henry L. Stevens, Jr. North Carolina
1932 - 1933 Louis A. Johnson West Virginia
1933 - 1934 Edward A. Hayes Illinois
1934 - 1935 Frank N. Belgrano California
1935 - 1936 Ray Murphy Iowa
1936 - 1937 Harry W. Colmery Kansas
1937 - 1938 Daniel Doherty Massachusetts
1938 - 1939 Stephen F. Chadwick Washington
1939 - 1940 Raymond J. Kelly Michigan
1940 - 1941 Milo J. Warner Ohio
1941 - 1942 Lynn U. Stambaugh North Dakota
1942 - 1943 Roane Waring Tennessee
1943 - 1944 Warren Atherton California
1944 -1945 Edward N. Scheiberling New York
1945 -1946 John Stelle Illinois
1946 - 1947 Paul H. Griffith Pennsylvania
1947 - 1948 James F. O'Neal New Hampshire
1948 -1949 S. Perry Brown Texas
1949 -1950 George N. Craig Indiana
1950 -1951 Erle Cocke, Jr. Georgia
1951 - 1952 Donald R. Wilson West Virginia
1952 - 1953 Lewis K. Gough California
1953 - 1954 Arthur J. Connell Connecticut
1954 - 1955 Seaborn P. Collins New Mexico
1955 - 1956 J. Addington Wagner Michigan
1956 - 1957 Dan Daniel Virginia
1957 - 1958 John S. Gleason, Jr. Illinois
1958 - 1959 Preston J. Moore Oklahoma
1959 - 1960 Martin B. McKneally New York
1960 - 1961 William R. Burke California
1961 - 1962 Charles L. Bacon Missouri
1962 - 1963 James E. Powers Georgia
1963 - 1964 Hon. Daniel F. Foley Minnesota
1964 - 1965 Donald E. Johnson Iowa
1965 - 1966 L. Eldon James Virginia
1966 - 1967 John E. Davis North Dakota
1967 - 1968 William E. Galbraith Nebraska
1968 - 1969 William C. Doyle New Jersey
1969 - 1970 J. Milton Patrick Oklahoma
1970 - 1971 Alfred P. Chamie California
1971 - 1972 John H. Geiger Illinois
1972 - 1973 Joe L. Matthews Texas
1973 - 1974 Robert E. L. Earon Maryland
1974 - 1975 James M. Wagonseller Ohio
1975 - 1976 Harry G. Wiles Kansas
1976 - 1977 William J. Rogers Maine
1977 - 1978 Robert Charles Smith Louisiana
1978 - 1979 John M. Carey Michigan
1979 - 1980 Frank I. Hamilton Indiana
1980 - 1981 Michael J. Kogutek New York
1981 - 1982 Jack W. Flynt Texas
1982 - 1983 Al Keller, Jr. Illinois
1983 - 1984 Keith A. Kreul Wisconsin
1984 - 1985 Clarence M. Bacon Maryland
1985 - 1986 Dale L. Renaud Iowa
1986 - 1987 Hon. James P. Dean Mississippi
1987 - 1988 John P. Jake Cower Massachusetts
1988 - 1989 Hon. H. F. Sparky North Dakota
1989 - 1990 Miles E. Epling West Virginia
1990 - 1991 Robert S. Turner Georgia
1991 - 1992 Dominic D. DiFrancesco Pennsylvania
1992 - 1993 Roger A. Munson Ohio
1993 - 1994 Bruce Thiesen California
1994 - 1995 William M. Detweiler Louisiana
1995 - 1996 Daniel A. Ludwig Minnesota
1996 - 1997 Joseph J. Frank Missouri
1997 - 1998 Anthony G. Jordan Maine
1998 - 1999 Butch L. Miller Indiana
1999 - 2000 Hon. Alan G. Lance Idaho
2000 - 2001 Ray G. Smith North Carolina
2001 - 2002 Richard Santos Maryland
2002 - 2003 Ronald F. Conley Pennsylvania
2003 - 2004 John A. Brieden Texas
2004 - 2005 Thomas P. Cadmus Michigan
2005 - 2006 Thomas L. Bock Colorado
2006 - 2007 Paul A. Morin Massachusetts
2007 - 2008 Martin "Marty" Conatser Illinois
2008 - 2009 David Rehbein Iowa
2009 - 2010 Clarence Hill Florida
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