List of commanders of 1st Cavalry Division (United States) explained

This is a list of commanders of the US 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army.^[1]

• MG Robert L. Howze September 1921 – June 1925
• BG Joseph C. Castner June 1925 – January 1926
• MG Edwin B. Winans January 1926 – October 1927
• BG Samuel D. Rockenbach October 1927 – November 1927
• MG George Van Horn Moseley November 1927 – September 1929
• BG Charles J. Symmonds September 1929 – October 1930
• BG George C. Barnhardt October 1930 – December 1930
• MG Ewing E. Booth December 1930 – March 1932
• BG Walter Cowen Short March 1932 – March 1933
• MG Frank R. McCoy March 1933 – October 1933
• BG Walter Cowen Short October 1933 – April 1934
• BG Hamilton S. Hawkins III April 1934 – September 1936
• BG Francis L. Parker September 1936 – October 1936
• MG Ben Lear October 1936 – November 1938
• MG Kenyon A. Joyce November 1938 – October 1940
• MG Robert C. Richardson Jr. October 1940 – February 1941
• MG Innis Palmer Swift February 1941 – August 1944
• MG Verne D. Mudge August 1944 – February 1945
• BG Hugh F. T. Hoffman February 1945 – July 1945
• MG William C. Chase August 1945 – February 1949
• BG William B. Bradford February 1949 – February 1949
• MG John M. Devine February 1949 – August 1949
• BG Henry I. Hodes August 1949 – September 1949
• MG Hobart R. Gay September 1949 – February 1951
• MG Charles D. Palmer February 1951 – July 1951
• MG Thomas L. Harrold July 1951 – March 1952
• MG Arthur G. Trudeau March 1952 – March 1953
• BG William J. Bradley March 1953 – April 1953
• MG Joseph P. Cleland May 1953 – June 1953
• MG Armistead D. Mead June 1953 – December 1954
• BG Orlando C. Troxel Jr. December 1954 – May 1955
• MG Edward J. McGaw May 1955 – November 1956
• MG Edwin H. J. Carns November 1956 – August 1957
• MG Ralph W. Zwicker October 1957 – January 1958
• MG George E. Bush January 1958 – April 1959
• MG Charles E. Beauchamp April 1959 – May 1960
• MG Charles G. Dodge May 1960 – December 1960
• MG Frank H. Britton December 1960 – July 1961
• MG James K. Woolnough July 1961 – September 1962
• BG D.C. Clayman September 1962 – October 1962
• MG Clifton F. Von Kann October 1962 – June 1963
• BG Charles P. Brown June 1963 – August 1963
• MG Charles Leonard August 1963 – October 1964
• MG Hugh Exton October 1964 – June 1965
• MG Harry W. O. Kinnard July 1965 – May 1966
• MG John Norton May 1966 – March 1967
• MG John J. Tolson March 1967 – August 1968
• BG Richard L. Irby August 1968 – August 1968
• MG George I. Forsythe August 1968 – April 1969
• MG E. B. Roberts May 1969 – May 1970
• MG George W. Casey Sr. May 1970 – July 1970
• MG George W. Putnam August 1970 – May 1971
• MG James C. Smith May 1971 – January 1973
• MG Robert M. Shoemaker January 1973 – February 1975
• MG Julius W. Becton Jr. February 1975 – November 1976
• MG W. Russell Todd November 1976 – November 1978
• MG Paul S. Williams Jr. November 1978 – November 1980
• MG Richard D. Lawrence November 1980 – July 1982
• MG Andrew P. Chambers July 1982 – June 1984
• MG Michael J. Conrad June 1984 – June 1986
• MG John J. Yeosock June 1986 – May 1988
• MG William F. Streeter May 1988 – July 1990
• MG John H. Tilelli Jr. July 1990 – July 1992
• MG Wesley K. Clark July 1992 – March 1994
• MG Eric K. Shinseki March 1994 – July 1995
• MG Leon J. LaPorte July 1995 – July 1997
• MG Kevin P. Byrnes July 1997 – October 1999
• MG David D. McKiernan October 1999 – October 2001
• MG Joe Peterson October 2001 – August 2003
• MG Peter W. Chiarelli August 2003 – November 2005
• MG Joseph F. Fil Jr. November 2005 – February 2008
• BG Vincent K. Brooks (Acting Commander) Feb – April 2008
• MG Daniel P. Bolger April 2008 – April 2010
• MG Daniel B. Allyn April 2010 – June 2012
• MG Anthony R. Ierardi June 2012 – March 2014
• MG Michael A. Bills March 2014 - January 2016
• MG John C. Thomson III January 2016 - October 2017
• MG Paul T. Calvert October 2017 - September 2019
• MG Jeffery Broadwater September 2019 - July 2021
• MG John B. Richardson July 2021 – July 2023
• MG Kevin D. Admiral July 2023 – August 2024
• MG Thomas M. Feltey August 2024 – present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former Commanders . Pao.hood.army.mil . 2011-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070624210031/http://pao.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/cav/history/formerleaders.htm . 2007-06-24 .