This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Army, past and present. The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below General of the Army (five-star general).
There have been 257 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 243 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one (George Washington) was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor. Generals entered the Army via several paths: 161 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), 54 via Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at a civilian university, 16 via direct commission (direct), 14 via Officer Candidate School (OCS), eight via ROTC at a senior military college, one via ROTC at a military junior college, one via direct commission in the Army National Guard (ARNG), one via the aviation cadet program, and one via battlefield commission.
Entries in the following list of four-star generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank,[1] active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank,[2] number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank (Yrs),[3] year commissioned and source of commission,[4] number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC),[5] and other biographical notes.[6]
| Name | width=75 class="unsortable" | Photo | width=85 | Date of rank | Position | width=20 | Yrs | width=85 | Commission | width=20 | YC | width=140 class="unsortable" | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1775 (direct) | 0 | (1732–1799)[7] Promoted to General of the Armies, 4 Jul 1976. U.S. President, 1789–1797. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1776. | ||||||||||
| 1 |
| 5 | 1843 (USMA) | 23 | (1822–1885)[8] U.S. President, 1869–1877. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1863. Married great-aunt of Navy four-star admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. | |||||||||
| 2 |
| 14 | 1840 (USMA) | 29 | (1820–1891) Superintendent, Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 1860–1861. Brother of U.S. Secretary of State John Sherman. | |||||||||
| 3 |
| 0 | 1853 (USMA) | 35 | (1831–1888) Died in office. | |||||||||
| 4 |
| 2 | 1875 (USMA) | 42 | (1853–1930)[9] [10] Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1920–1927. | |||||||||
| 5 |
| 7 | 1886 (USMA) | 31 | (1860–1948) Promoted to General of the Armies, 3 Sep 1919. Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1923–1948; Chairman, Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925–1926. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History, 1932; Congressional Gold Medal, 1946. | |||||||||
| 6 |
| 2 | 1888 (USMA) | 30 | (1864–1955) | |||||||||
| 7 |
| 1 | 1892 (USMA) | 37 | (1867–1955)[11] President, The Citadel, 1931–1953. | |||||||||
| 8 |
| 9 | 1903 (USMA) | 27 | (1880–1964)[12] Promoted to general of the Army, 18 Dec 1944. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1919–1922. Awarded Medal of Honor, 1942; Congressional Gold Medal, 1962. Grandson of Wisconsin Governor Arthur MacArthur Sr.; uncle of U.S. Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Relieved, 1951. | |||||||||
| 9 |
| 8 | 1898 (USMA) | 37 | (1875–1945)[13] | |||||||||
| 10 |
| 5 | 1902 (VMI)[14] | 38 | (1880–1959)[15] Promoted to general of the Army, 16 Dec 1944. Special Representative of the President in China, 1945–1947; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947–1949; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1949–1959; President, American Red Cross, 1949–1950; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1950–1951. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1946; Nobel Peace Prize, 1953. | |||||||||
| 0 | 1891 (USMA) | 49 | (1868–1968)[16] Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1924–1926. | ||||||||||
| 11 |
| 1 | 1915 (USMA) | 28 | (1890–1969)[17] Promoted to general of the Army, 20 Dec 1944. President, Columbia University, 1948–1953; U.S. President, 1953–1961. | |||||||||
| 12 |
| 1 | 1907 (USMA) | 36 | (1886–1950)[18] Promoted to general of the Army, 21 Dec 1944; to general of the Air Force, 7 May 1949. | |||||||||
| 13 |
| 2 | 1904 (USMA) | 40 | (1883–1946) Died in office. | |||||||||
| 14 |
| 1 | 1901 (direct) | 44 | (1881–1967)[19] | |||||||||
| 15 |
| 1 | 1914 (USMA) | 31 | (1892–1955)[20] | |||||||||
| 16 |
| 7 | 1915 (USMA) | 30 | (1893–1972) | |||||||||
| 17 |
| 4 | 1909 (USMA) | 36 | (1887–1979) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1960–1969. | |||||||||
| 18 |
| 6 | 1917 (cadet) | 28 | (1889–1977) | |||||||||
| 19 |
| 8 | 1917 (USMA) | 28 | (1896–1984)[21] President, The Citadel, 1954–1966; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969–1984. | |||||||||
| 20 |
| 3 | 1914 (USMA) | 31 | (1891–1974) | |||||||||
| 21 |
| 5 | 1915 (USMA) | 30 | (1893–1981) Promoted to general of the Army, 22 Sep 1950. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977. | |||||||||
| 22 |
| 9 | 1916 (VMI) | 29 | (1892–1982) | |||||||||
| 23 |
| 0 | 1909 (USMA) | 36 | (1885–1945) Died in office. Father-in-law of Army four-star general John K. Waters. | |||||||||
| 24 |
| 4 | 1909 (direct) | 36 | (1887–1966) | |||||||||
| 25 |
| 1 | 1906 (USMA) | 39 | (1883–1953) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1945. | |||||||||
| 26 |
| 2 | 1918 (USMA) | 29 | (1897–1978) Special Representative of the President in Berlin, 1961–1962. Son of U.S. Senator Alexander S. Clay; father of Air Force four-star general Lucius D. Clay Jr. | |||||||||
| 27 |
| 8 | 1917 (USMA) | 31 | (1896–1987) U.S. Special Representative to Vietnam, 1954–1955. | |||||||||
| 28 |
| 2 | 1912 (USMA) | 37 | (1889–1971) Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1951–1966. | |||||||||
| 0 | 1912 (USMA) | 39 | (1889–1950)[23] Died in office. Father of Army four-star general Sam S. Walker. | ||||||||||
| 29 |
| 4 | 1917 (USMA) | 34 | (1895–1993) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1986; Congressional Gold Medal, 1990. | |||||||||
| 30 |
| 2 | 1917 (direct) | 34 | (1895–1961) U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946–1949; U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1953–1954. | |||||||||
| 31 |
| 4 | 1917 (direct) | 34 | (1895–1975) | |||||||||
| 32 |
| 2 | 1915 (USMA) | 36 | (1892–1992) Special Representative of the President in the Far East, 1954. | |||||||||
| 33 |
| 5 | 1917 (USMA) | 34 | (1899–1983) President, American Red Cross, 1957–1964. | |||||||||
| 34 |
| 1 | 1917 (direct) | 35 | (1893–1963) | |||||||||
| 35 |
| 9 | 1922 (USMA) | 31 | (1901–1987)[24] Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1945–1949; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964–1965; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966–1969. | |||||||||
| 36 |
| 2 | 1917 (direct) | 36 | (1895–1989) | |||||||||
| 37 |
| 2 | 1916 (USMA) | 37 | (1894–1979) | |||||||||
| 0 | 1909 (USMA) | 45 | (1886–1961)[25] Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1940–1942. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1917 (direct) | 37 | (1895–1965) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1911 (VMI) | 43 | (1888–1972) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1909 (USMA) | 45 | (1888–1980) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1901 (direct) | 53 | (1879–1966) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1908 (USMA) | 46 | (1886–1945) Killed in action. Son of Kentucky Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1913 (USMA) | 41 | (1889–1945) Died in office. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1904 (USMA) | 50 | (1883–1944) Killed in action. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1898 (direct) | 56 | (1880–1962) | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1918 (USMA) | 36 | (1897–1989) Special Representative of the President in China and Korea, 1947. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1985. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1904 (USMA) | 50 | (1882–1954) | ||||||||||
| 38 |
| 2 | 1917 (direct) | 37 | (1896–1975) | |||||||||
| 39 |
| 1 | 1918 (USMA) | 37 | (1898–1975) | |||||||||
| 40 |
| 14 | 1920 (USMA) | 35 | (1899–1988)[27] Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1987. | |||||||||
| 41 |
| 7 | 1919 (USMA) | 36 | (1899–1973)[28] Brother of Army four-star general Charles D. Palmer. | |||||||||
| 42 |
| 6 | 1922 (Norwich) | 33 | (1901–1990) | |||||||||
| 43 |
| 2 | 1919 (USMA) | 37 | (1898–1969) | |||||||||
| 44 |
| 3 | 1922 (USMA) | 34 | (1900–1993) Commissioner, New York State Office of General Services, 1960–1971. | |||||||||
| 45 |
| 6 | 1924 (ROTC) | 32 | (1902–1980) | |||||||||
| 46 |
| 3 | 1920 (USMA) | 36 | (1899–1962) | |||||||||
| 47 |
| 4 | 1925 (USMA) | 33 | (1901–1988) | |||||||||
| 48 |
| 3 | 1924 (USMA) | 35 | (1902–1992) | |||||||||
| 49 |
| 2 | 1923 (USMA) | 36 | (1900–1988) | |||||||||
| 50 |
| 3 | 1924 (USMA) | 35 | (1902–1999) Brother of Army four-star general Williston B. Palmer. | |||||||||
| 51 |
| 2 | 1924 (VMI) | 36 | (1903–1982) | |||||||||
| 52 |
| 3 | 1924 (USMA) | 36 | (1902–1986) U.S. High Commissioner, Ryukyu Islands, 1955–1958. | |||||||||
| 53 |
| 3 | 1926 (ROTC) | 34 | (1903–1998) U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1963–1967. | |||||||||
| 54 |
| 3 | 1927 (USMA) | 34 | (1905–1989) President, American Red Cross, 1964–1970. | |||||||||
| 55 |
| 2 | 1927 (USMA) | 34 | (1903–1964) | |||||||||
| 56 |
| 5 | 1928 (USMA) | 33 | (1906–1987) | |||||||||
| 57 |
| 2 | 1929 (USMA) | 33 | (1904–1984) | |||||||||
| 58 |
| 8 | 1932 (USMA) | 30 | (1908–1975) Widow married Army four-star general Frank S. Besson Jr. | |||||||||
| 59 |
| 2 | 1930 (USMA) | 32 | (1908–1979) President, Norwich University, 1966–1972. | |||||||||
| 60 |
| 5 | 1929 (USMA) | 33 | (1907–1988) | |||||||||
| 61 |
| 3 | 1930 (USMA) | 32 | (1905–1986) | |||||||||
| 62 |
| 3 | 1931 (USMA) | 32 | (1906–1989) Son-in-law of Army four-star general George S. Patton. | |||||||||
| 63 |
| 4 | 1930 (USMA) | 33 | (1907–2005) | |||||||||
| 64 |
| 6 | 1931 (USMA) | 32 | (1909–1994) Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation, 1969–1972. | |||||||||
| 65 |
| 2 | 1930 (USMA) | 33 | (1908–1998) | |||||||||
| 66 |
| 1 | 1931 (USMA) | 33 | (1909–1979) President, The Citadel, 1965–1970. | |||||||||
| 67 |
| 6 | 1932 (USMA) | 32 | (1910–1985)[29] Incorporator, National Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970–1971; Member, Board of Directors, AMTRAK, 1971–1974. Married widow of Army four-star general Earle G. Wheeler. | |||||||||
| 68 |
| 4 | 1933 (USMA) | 31 | (1912–1983) | |||||||||
| 69 |
| 8 | 1936 (USMA) | 28 | (1914–2005) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1960–1963; candidate for Republican Party nomination for Governor of South Carolina, 1974. | |||||||||
| 70 |
| 10 | 1936 (USMA) | 28 | (1914–1974) Died in office. Father of Army four-star generals John N. Abrams and Robert B. Abrams. | |||||||||
| 71 |
| 4 | 1930 (USMA) | 35 | (1908–2000) | |||||||||
| 72 |
| 3 | 1932 (USMA) | 33 | (1908–2000) | |||||||||
| 73 |
| 3 | 1931 (USMA) | 35 | (1909–1977) | |||||||||
| 74 |
| 3 | 1933 (USMA) | 33 | (1909–1990) | |||||||||
| 75 |
| 4 | 1933 (USMA) | 34 | (1911–1992) Distant cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk. | |||||||||
| 76 |
| 6 | 1935 (USMA) | 32 | (1913–2011) | |||||||||
| 77 |
| 3 | 1932 (USMA) | 35 | (1910–1996) | |||||||||
| 78 |
| 6 | 1939 (USMA) | 29 | (1915–2005)[30] Staff Secretary/Defense Liaison Officer to the President, 1954–1961; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1977–1981; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1983–1985; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1985–1990. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1961 and 1984. | |||||||||
| 79 |
| 3 | 1933 (USMA) | 35 | (1911–1981) | |||||||||
| 80 |
| 3 | 1934 (USMA) | 34 | (1911–1997) | |||||||||
| 81 |
| 6 | 1936 (USMA) | 32 | (1913–2000) | |||||||||
| 82 |
| 2 | 1932 (USMA) | 37 | (1911–1993) | |||||||||
| 83 |
| 1 | 1938 (USMA) | 31 | (1914–1993) | |||||||||
| 84 |
| 6 | 1940 (ROTC) | 29 | (1918–2004) | |||||||||
| 85 |
| 4 | 1935 (USMA) | 34 | (1913–1986) | |||||||||
| 86 |
| 3 | 1936 (USMA) | 33 | (1912–1985) | |||||||||
| 87 |
| 4 | 1913 (ARNG) | 56 | (1893–1977)[31] Director, Selective Service System, 1941–1970. | |||||||||
| 88 |
| 6 | 1938 (ROTC) | 32 | (1916–2010) | |||||||||
| 89 |
| 5 | 1940 (USMA) | 30 | (1915–2010) | |||||||||
| 90 |
| 2 | 1939 (USMA) | 32 | (1913–1990) | |||||||||
| 91 |
| 4 | 1939 (USMA) | 32 | (1917–2006) Aunt married Navy four-star admiral Arthur W. Radford. | |||||||||
| 92 |
| 2 | 1937 (USMA) | 34 | (1913–1984) | |||||||||
| 93 |
| 2 | 1940 (USMA) | 32 | (1915–2005) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1966–1969; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969–1972. | |||||||||
| 94 | [32] |
| 5 | 1947 (USMA) | 26 | (1924–2010)[34] Deputy National Security Advisor, 1970–1973; U.S. Secretary of State, 1981–1982; candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. President, 1988. | ||||||||
| 95 |
| 5 | 1939 (USMA) | 34 | (1917–2008) Married widow of Marine Corps four-star general Keith B. McCutcheon. | |||||||||
| 96 |
| 4 | 1941 (ROTC) | 32 | (1919–1992) | |||||||||
| 97 |
| 3 | 1938 (USMA) | 35 | (1917–1991) U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 1981–1985. | |||||||||
| 98 |
| 3 | 1937 (ROTC) | 36 | (1916–1981) | |||||||||
| 99 |
| 13 | 1943 (USMA) | 31 | (1921–2008) | |||||||||
| 100 |
| 5 | 1944 (USMA) | 30 | (1921–2001) | |||||||||
| 101 |
| 2 | 1942 (USMA) | 33 | (1919–2013) | |||||||||
| 102 |
| 4 | 1944 (USMA) | 31 | (1920–2006) | |||||||||
| 103 |
| 4 | 1943 (USMA) | 33 | (1920–2008) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1970–1974. Father-in-law of Army four-star general David H. Petraeus. | |||||||||
| 104 |
| 7 | 1943 (OCS) | 33 | (1923–2020) | |||||||||
| 105 |
| 9 | 1944 (battlefield) | 32 | (1922–2016) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992. | |||||||||
| 106 |
| 1 | 1946 (USMA) | 31 | (1925–2015) Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 1981–1988. Son of Army four-star general Walton H. Walker. | |||||||||
| 107 |
| 4 | 1942 (ROTC) | 35 | (1921–2009) | |||||||||
| 108 |
| 6 | 1948 (USMA) | 29 | (1925–2011) | |||||||||
| 109 |
| 4 | 1946 (USMA) | 32 | (1924–2017) | |||||||||
| 110 |
| 4 | 1951 (USMA) | 28 | (1928–2021) | |||||||||
| 111 |
| 8 | 1950 (USMA) | 29 | (1928–2024) | |||||||||
| 112 |
| 2 | 1950 (USMA) | 29 | (1926–2019) | |||||||||
| 113 |
| 7 | 1953 (USMA) | 28 | (1929–2013) | |||||||||
| 114 |
| 3 | 1949 (USMA) | 32 | (1927–2004) | |||||||||
| 115 |
| 2 | 1951 (ROTC) | 31 | (1929–2017) Brother of U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos. First Hispanic to achieve the rank of general in the Army. | |||||||||
| 116 |
| 4 | 1951 (ROTC) | 31 | (1929–2023) | |||||||||
| 117 |
| 3 | 1951 (USMA) | 31 | (1928–1993) First African-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army. | |||||||||
| 118 |
| 3 | 1951 (USMA) | 32 | (1929–2023) | |||||||||
| 119 |
| 2 | 1950 (USMA) | 33 | (1927– ) | |||||||||
| 120 |
| 2 | 1950 (USMA) | 33 | (1928–2023) | |||||||||
| 121 |
| 7 | 1953 (ROTC) | 30 | (1931–1995) | |||||||||
| 122 |
| 3 | 1952 (ROTC) | 32 | (1931–2016) | |||||||||
| 123 |
| 3 | 1950 (direct) | 34 | (1926–2016) | |||||||||
| 124 |
| 1 | 1949 (OCS) | 35 | (1928–2007) | |||||||||
| 125 |
| 7 | 1954 (USMA) | 31 | (1929–2015) U.S. Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994. | |||||||||
| 126 |
| 1 | 1955 (ROTC) | 30 | (1934–1986) Died in office. | |||||||||
| 127 |
| 2 | 1953 (OCS) | 32 | (1930–2018) | |||||||||
| 128 |
| 5 | 1957 (USMA) | 29 | (1934– ) | |||||||||
| 129 |
| 3 | 1954 (USMA) | 32 | (1931–2015) | |||||||||
| 130 |
| 4 | 1953 (OCS) | 33 | (1932–2023) | |||||||||
| 131 |
| 2 | 1954 (USMA) | 33 | (1932– ) | |||||||||
| 132 |
| 2 | 1955 (USMA) | 32 | (1933–2023) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1994–2001. Relieved, 1989. | |||||||||
| 133 |
| 2 | 1953 (USMA) | 34 | (1929– ) | |||||||||
| 134 |
| 3 | 1953 (ROTC) | 34 | (1929–2009) | |||||||||
| 135 |
| 4 | 1958 (USMA) | 30 | (1936–2018) | |||||||||
| 136 |
| 3 | 1956 (USMA) | 32 | (1934–2012)[35] Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991; Congressional Gold Medal, 1991. | |||||||||
| 137 |
| 4 | 1958 (ROTC) | 31 | (1936– ) | |||||||||
| 138 |
| 4 | 1958 (ROTC) | 31 | (1937–2021) Deputy National Security Advisor, 1987; National Security Advisor, 1987–1989; U.S. Secretary of State, 2001–2005. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1991; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991 and, with distinction, 1993. | |||||||||
| 139 |
| 2 | 1956 (USMA) | 33 | (1933–2020) | |||||||||
| 140 |
| 4 | 1959 (USMA) | 30 | (1936– ) | |||||||||
| 141 |
| 3 | 1958 (USMA) | 31 | (1935–2020) | |||||||||
| 142 |
| 5 | 1959 (Norwich) | 31 | (1937–2024) | |||||||||
| 143 |
| 3 | 1958 (ROTC) | 32 | (1936–2022) | |||||||||
| 144 |
| 7 | 1961 (USMA) | 29 | (1939– ) | |||||||||
| 145 |
| 8 | 1962 (USMA) | 29 | (1939– ) | |||||||||
| 146 |
| 3 | 1959 (USMA) | 32 | (1936– ) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 2005–2009. | |||||||||
| 147 |
| 2 | 1958 (ROTC) | 34 | (1936–2012) | |||||||||
| 148 |
| 5 | 1959 (OCS) | 33 | (1936–2011) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1997. | |||||||||
| 149 |
| 2 | 1960 (VMI) | 32 | (1938– )[36] | |||||||||
| 150 |
| 4 | 1962 (VMI) | 31 | (1940– ) Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 2003–2020. | |||||||||
| 151 |
| 3 | 1962 (USMA) | 31 | (1940–2007) Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, 2001–2002. | |||||||||
| 152 |
| 3 | 1960 (ROTC) | 33 | (1937–2024) | |||||||||
| 153 |
| 2 | 1959 (OCS) | 35 | (1936– ) | |||||||||
| 154 |
| 2 | 1964 (USMA) | 30 | (1942– ) Director, National Drug Control Policy, 1996–2001. | |||||||||
| 155 |
| 5 | 1963 (PMC)[37] | 31 | (1941– ) | |||||||||
| 156 |
| 4 | 1963 (Citadel) | 31 | (1941–2020) | |||||||||
| 157 |
| 3 | 1963 (ROTC) | 32 | (1941– ) | |||||||||
| 158 |
| 2 | 1960 (ROTC) | 35 | (1936–2018) | |||||||||
| 159 |
| 5 | 1964 (ROTC) | 32 | (1942– ) Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 2002. | |||||||||
| 160 |
| 3 | 1967 (OCS) | 29 | (1944– ) | |||||||||
| 161 |
| 4 | 1966 (USMA) | 30 | (1944– ) Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President, 2004. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000. | |||||||||
| 162 |
| 2 | 1964 (USMA) | 32 | (1941– ) | |||||||||
| 163 |
| 6 | 1965 (USMA) | 32 | (1942– ) U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–2014.[38] First Asian-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army. | |||||||||
| 164 |
| 7 | 1969 (ROTC) | 28 | (1946– )[39] Brother of Army lieutenant general Eric Schoomaker. | |||||||||
| 165 |
| 4 | 1967 (USMA) | 31 | (1945– ) | |||||||||
| 166 |
| 4 | 1968 (OCS) | 30 | (1946–2018) Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams; brother of Army four-star general Robert B. Abrams. | |||||||||
| 167 |
| 4 | 1967 (USMA) | 31 | (1945–2021) Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, 2005–2007. Distant cousin of Navy four-star admiral Montgomery M. Taylor and great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs. | |||||||||
| 168 |
| 4 | 1966 (ROTC) | 33 | (1943– ) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2020. | |||||||||
| 169 |
| 2 | 1963 (ROTC) | 36 | (1941– ) | |||||||||
| 170 |
| 2 | 1965 (ROTC) | 34 | (1942– ) | |||||||||
| 171 |
| 2 | 1968 (OCS) | 32 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 172 |
| 3 | 1967 (OCS) | 33 | (1945– ) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2004. | |||||||||
| 173 |
| 3 | 1967 (USMA) | 34 | (1945– ) | |||||||||
| 174 |
| 3 | 1969 (ROTC) | 32 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 175 |
| 4 | 1968 (ROTC) | 34 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 176 |
| 2 | 1968 (ROTC) | 34 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 177 |
| 3 | 1969 (OCS) | 33 | (1950– )[40] Relieved, 2005. | |||||||||
| 178 |
| 6 | 1969 (ROTC) | 33 | (1947– ) | |||||||||
| 179 |
| 4 | 1973 (USMA) | 30 | (1951– ) U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2019–2021. | |||||||||
| 180 |
| 4 | 1970 (OCS) | 33 | (1948– ) | |||||||||
| 181 |
| 8 | 1970 (ROTC) | 33 | (1948– ) | |||||||||
| 182 |
| 4 | 1972 (USMA) | 32 | (1950– ) | |||||||||
| 183 |
| 4 | 1968 (ROTC) | 36 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 184 |
| 4 | 1970 (OCS) | 34 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 185 |
| 4 | 1971 (ROTC) | 33 | (1949– ) | |||||||||
| 186 |
| 3 | 1969 (USMA) | 36 | (1946– ) | |||||||||
| 187 |
| 4 | 1972 (ROTC) | 33 | (1950– ) Resigned, 2009. | |||||||||
| 188 |
| 5 | 1971 (ROTC) | 35 | (1949– )[41] U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, 2005. | |||||||||
| 189 |
| 3 | 1970 (ROTC) | 37 | (1948–2016) | |||||||||
| 190 |
| 4 | 1974 (USMA) | 33 | (1952– ) Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–2012. Son-in-law of Army four-star general William A. Knowlton. | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1974 (USMA) | 34 | (1952– ) | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1972 (ROTC) | 36 | (1950– ) | |||||||||
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| 5 | 1976 (ROTC) | 32 | (1952– ) | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1976 (USMA) | 32 | (1954–2021)[42] | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1975 (direct) | 33 | (1953– ) First woman to achieve four-star rank in any service. | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1974 (USMA) | 34 | (1952– ) | |||||||||
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| 1 | 1976 (USMA) | 33 | (1954– ) Resigned, 2010. | |||||||||
| 198 |
| 4 | 1974 (USMA) | 36 | (1952– ) Director, National Security Agency, 2005–2014. | |||||||||
| 199 |
| 3 | 1975 (ROTC) | 35 | (1953– ) | |||||||||
| 200 |
| 6 | 1975 (USMA) | 35 | (1953– ) U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2021–present. | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1979 (USMA) | 32 | (1957–2016) | |||||||||
| 202 |
| 3 | 1978 (USMA) | 33 | (1954– ) Chair, Modern War Institute, 2015–2019. | |||||||||
| 203 |
| 5 | 1976 (USMA) | 35 | (1954– )[43] | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1980 (ROTC) | 32 | (1958– ) | |||||||||
| 205 |
| 4 | 1981 (OCS) | 31 | (1951– ) Served 12 years in the enlisted ranks before receiving his commission in 1981. First Army National Guard officer to achieve the rank of general. | |||||||||
| 206 |
| 3 | 1979 (USMA) | 34 | (1957– )[44] | |||||||||
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| 4 | 1981 (USMA) | 32 | (1959– ) | |||||||||
| 208 |
| 5 | 1980 (USMA) | 33 | (1958– ) | |||||||||
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| 6 | 1978 (USMA) | 35 | (1956– ) | |||||||||
| 210 |
| 4 | 1980 (USMA) | 34 | (1957– ) | |||||||||
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| 9 | 1980 (ROTC) | 34 | (1958– ) | |||||||||
| 212 |
| 5 | 1980 (USMA) | 34 | (1958– ) | |||||||||
| 213 |
| 6 | 1982 (USMA) | 33 | (1960– ) Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams; brother of Army four-star general John N. Abrams. | |||||||||
| 214 |
| 2 | 1982 (USMA) | 34 | (1957– ) Nephew of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert J. Nicholson. | |||||||||
| 215 |
| 3 | 1980 (USMA) | 36 | (1958– ) | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1981 (USMA) | 35 | (1959– ) | |||||||||
| 217 |
| 5 | 1981 (VFMAC) | 35 | (1960– ) | |||||||||
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| 6 | 1981 (USMA) | 36 | (1959– ) | |||||||||
| 219 |
| 4 | 1982 (NGCSU) | 36 | (1959– ) | |||||||||
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| 6 | 1986 (ROTC) | 32 | (1963– ) | |||||||||
| 221 |
| 3 | 1983 (ROTC) | 35 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 222 |
| 3 | 1982 (ROTC) | 36 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 223 |
| 3 | 1983 (USMA) | 35 | (1961– ) | |||||||||
| 224 |
| 3 | 1984 (ROTC) | 35 | (1961– ) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 2023–present. | |||||||||
| 225 |
| 3 | 1984 (USMA) | 35 | (1962– ) | |||||||||
| 226 |
| 3 | 1984 (ROTC) | 35 | (1962– ) Son and son-in-law of Army lieutenant generals Paul E. Funk and John J. Yeosock. | |||||||||
| 227 |
| 3 | 1986 (USMA) | 33 | (1962– ) | |||||||||
| 228 |
| 5 | 1985 (USMA) | 34 | (1963– )[45] | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1987 (USMA) | 33 | (1965– ) | |||||||||
| 230 |
| 4 | 1986 (USMA) | 34 | (1963– ) | |||||||||
| 231 |
| 4 | 1985 (ROTC) | 35 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 232 |
| 4 | 1987 (ROTC) | 33 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 233 |
| 3 | 1985 (ROTC) | 36 | (– ) Brother of former National Security Advisor, Michael T. Flynn. | |||||||||
| 234 | [46] |
| 3 | 1986 (ROTC) | 35 | (1963– ) First female U.S. Army officer to lead a combatant command. | ||||||||
| 235 |
| 2 | 1988 (USMA) | 34 | (1966– ) | |||||||||
| 236 |
| 2 | 1983 (USMA) | 39 | (1961– ) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 2018–2022. | |||||||||
| 237 |
| 2 | 1988 (USMA) | 34 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 238 |
| 2 | 1988 (USMA) | 34 | (1964– ) | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1987 (ROTC) | 35 | (1965– ) | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1987 (ROTC) | 35 | (1964– ) | |||||||||
| 241 |
| 2 | 1987 (ROTC) | 35 | (– ) | |||||||||
| 242 |
| 1 | 1988 (OCS) | 35 | (– )[47] Relieved, 2024. | |||||||||
| 243 |
| 0 | 1985 (ROTC) | 39 | (1964– ) |
In 1775, George Washington was appointed "General and Commander in Chief of the United Colonies" and all its forces. Although Washington ranked as a full general in the Continental Army, he resigned his commission prior to the establishment of the U.S. Army in 1784 and he is therefore considered never to have held the U.S. Army rank of general. In 1798, Washington was commissioned lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and appointed Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States. The following year, Congress created the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, but Washington died before accepting it and the rank lapsed until 1866. Washington was finally promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.
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The grade of General of the Armies of the United States was revived in 1866, under the name "General of the Army of the United States" to honor the Civil War achievements of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the U.S. Army (CGUSA). When Grant resigned his commission to become President in 1869, William T. Sherman was promoted to fill the vacant grade. Congress specified in 1870 that the rank would expire upon Sherman's retirement, but made an exception in 1888 to promote an ailing Philip H. Sheridan. This title is not to be confused with the later five-star rank of General of the Army.[48]
In 1917, the rank of general was recreated in the National Army, a temporary force of conscripts and volunteers authorized for the duration of the World War I emergency. To give American commanders parity of rank with their Allied counterparts, Congress allowed the President to appoint two emergency generals in the National Army, specified to be the chief of staff of the Army (CSA), Tasker H. Bliss and later Peyton C. March; and the commander of United States forces in France, John J. Pershing.[49] When March replaced Bliss as chief of staff, Bliss was continued in four-star rank by brevet as the U.S. military representative to the Supreme War Council. In contrast to the previous grade of general held by Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, which was a permanent promotion, this new rank was a temporary appointment that was lost when the officer vacated the position bearing that rank, and while Pershing was ultimately advanced to General of the Armies in 1919, March and Bliss reverted to their permanent grades of major general in the Regular Army when the National Army disbanded in 1920.
In 1929, the temporary rank of general in the Regular Army was reauthorized for the office of chief of staff, whose occupant reverted to major general at the end of his term but was allowed to retire as a full general. When the draft force was reconstituted for World War II as the Army of the United States in 1941, the President was authorized to appoint as many temporary generals in that organization as he deemed necessary. As with the National Army emergency generals, these appointments expired after the end of the war, although postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest active-duty rank.[50]
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The modern rank of general was established by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which authorized the President to designate certain positions of importance to carry that rank. Officers appointed to such positions bear temporary four-star rank while so serving, and are allowed to retire at that rank if their performance is judged satisfactory. The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Army is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Army general officers serving at all ranks.
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Hennessey" bar:deane from: 1975 till: 1977 color:army text:"John R. Deane Jr." bar:blanchard from: 1975 till: 1979 color:europe text:"George S. Blanchard" bar:knowlton from: 1976 till: 1980 color:joint text:"William A. Knowlton" bar:kroesen from: 1976 till: 1978 color:forscom bar:kroesen from: 1978 till: 1979 color:vcsa bar:kroesen from: 1979 till: 1983 color:europe text:"Frederick J. Kroesen Jr." bar:vessey from: 1976 till: 1979 color:fareast bar:vessey from: 1979 till: 1982 color:vcsa bar:vessey from: 1982 till: 1985 color:jcs text:"John W. Vessey Jr." bar:walker from: 1977 till: 1978 color:joint text:"Sam S. Walker" bar:guthrie from: 1977 till: 1981 color:army text:"John R. Guthrie" bar:starry from: 1977 till: 1981 color:army bar:starry from: 1981 till: 1983 color:joint text:"Donn A. Starry" bar:shoemaker from: 1978 till: 1982 color:forscom text:"Robert M. Shoemaker" bar:meyer from: 1979 till: 1983 color:csa text:"Edward C. Meyer" bar:wickham from: 1979 till: 1982 color:fareast bar:wickham from: 1982 till: 1983 color:vcsa bar:wickham from: 1983 till: 1987 color:csa text:"John A. Wickham Jr." bar:warner from: 1979 till: 1981 color:joint text:"Volney F. Warner" bar:keith from: 1981 till: 1984 color:army text:"Donald R. Keith" bar:otis from: 1981 till: 1983 color:army bar:otis from: 1983 till: 1988 color:europe text:"Glenn K. Otis" bar:cavazos from: 1982 till: 1984 color:forscom text:"Richard E. Cavazos" bar:sennewald from: 1982 till: 1984 color:fareast bar:sennewald from: 1984 till: 1986 color:forscom text:"Robert W. Sennewald" bar:robinson from: 1982 till: 1985 color:joint text:"Roscoe Robinson Jr." bar:richardson from: 1983 till: 1986 color:army text:"William R. Richardson" bar:gorman from: 1983 till: 1985 color:joint text:"Paul F. Gorman" bar:nutting from: 1983 till: 1985 color:joint text:"Wallace H. Nutting" bar:thurman from: 1983 till: 1987 color:vcsa bar:thurman from: 1987 till: 1989 color:army bar:thurman from: 1989 till: 1990 color:joint text:"Maxwell R. Thurman" bar:livsey from: 1984 till: 1987 color:fareast text:"William J. Livsey" bar:thompson from: 1984 till: 1987 color:army text:"Richard H. Thompson" bar:kingston from: 1984 till: 1985 color:joint text:"Robert C. Kingston" bar:galvin from: 1985 till: 1992 color:joint text:"John R. Galvin" bar:mahaffey from: 1985 till: 1986 color:joint text:"Fred K. Mahaffey" bar:merritt from: 1985 till: 1987 color:joint text:"Jack N. Merritt" bar:vuono from: 1986 till: 1987 color:army bar:vuono from: 1987 till: 1991 color:csa text:"Carl E. Vuono" bar:palastra from: 1986 till: 1989 color:forscom text:"Joseph T. Palastra Jr." bar:lindsay from: 1986 till: 1990 color:joint text:"James J. Lindsay" bar:wagner from: 1987 till: 1989 color:army text:"Louis C. Wagner Jr." bar:woerner from: 1987 till: 1989 color:joint text:"Frederick F. Woerner Jr." bar:menetrey from: 1987 till: 1990 color:fareast text:"Louis C. Menetrey" bar:arthurbrown from: 1987 till: 1989 color:vcsa text:"Arthur E. Brown Jr." bar:saint from: 1988 till: 1992 color:europe text:"Crosbie E. Saint" bar:schwarzkopf from: 1988 till: 1991 color:joint text:"H. Norman Schwarzkopf" bar:riscassi from: 1989 till: 1990 color:vcsa bar:riscassi from: 1990 till: 1993 color:fareast text:"Robert W. RisCassi" bar:colinpowell from: 1989 till: 1989 color:forscom bar:colinpowell from: 1989 till: 1993 color:jcs text:"Colin L. Powell" bar:foss from: 1989 till: 1991 color:army text:"John W. Foss" bar:burba from: 1989 till: 1993 color:forscom text:"Edwin H. Burba Jr." bar:tuttle from: 1989 till: 1992 color:army text:"William G. T. Tuttle Jr." bar:sullivan from: 1990 till: 1991 color:vcsa bar:sullivan from: 1991 till: 1995 color:csa text:"Gordon R. Sullivan" bar:stiner from: 1990 till: 1993 color:joint text:"Carl W. Stiner" bar:joulwan from: 1990 till: 1997 color:joint text:"George A. Joulwan"
