West Point First Captains

1872 William H. Miller
1873 Thomas N. Bailey
1874 Russell Thayer
1875 Smith S. Leach
1876 Charles H. Bonesteel
1877 Walter L. Fisk
1878 James L. Lusk
1879 Curtis M. Townsend
1880 Frank H. Peck
1881 James G. Warren
1882 Samuel Rodman, Jr.
1883 George W. Read
1884 Cassius E. Gillette
1885 Phillip A. Bettens, Jr.
1886 John J. Pershing
1887 Edward C. Young
1888 John S. Winn
1889 George T. Langhorne
1890 Francis C. Marshall
1891 James F. McIndoe
1892 Charles P. Summerall
1893 Charles W. Kutz
1894 Warren H. Mitchell¹
1895 Thales L. Ames
1896 Abraham G. Lott
1897 Henry S. Morgan
1898 Malin Craig
1899 James A. Woodruff
1900 Gilbert A. Youngberg
1901 Francis W. Clark
1902 Francis F. Longley
1903 Douglas MacArthur
1904 Henry H. Robert
1905 Thomas W. Hammond
1906 Jonathan M. Wainright
1907 Charles T. Harris, Jr.
1908 Harvey D. Higley
1909 Carl A. Baehr
1910 Frederick S. Strong, Jr.
1911 Benjamin C. Lockwood, Jr.
1912 William Dean
1913 David E. Cain
1914 James B. Cress
1915 Roscoe B. Woodruff
1916 Raymond G. Moses
Apr1917 Elbert L. Ford
Aug1917 John T. Knight, Jr.
Jun1918 O’Farrall Knight
Nov1918 Howard L. Peckham
1919 Louis G. Horowitz²
1920 Claude M. McQuarrie³
1920 Thomas A. Roberts, Jr.
1921 George H. Olmsted
1922 Charles J. Barrett
1923 Waldemar F. Breidster
1924 Robert V. Lee
1925 Charles E. Saltzman
1926 Raymond C. Maude
1927 George E. Martin
1928 James E. Briggs
1929 Bruce D. Rindlaub
1930 Ralph P. Swofford, Jr.
1931 John K. Waters
1932 John P. McConnell
1933 Kenneth E. Fields
1934 John de P.T. Hills
1935 Herbert C. Gee
1936 William C. Westmoreland
1937 Stanley L. Smith
1938 Harold K. Kelley
1939 James L. Cantrell
1940 John F. Presnell, Jr.
1941 John Norton
1942 Carl C. Hinkle, Jr.
Jan1943 James E. Kelleher
Jun1943 Bernard W. Rogers
1944 John H. Cushman
1945 Robert E. Woods
1946 Amos A. Jordon, Jr.
1947 William J. Schuder
1948 Arnold W. Braswell
1949 Harry A. Griffith
1950 John M. Murphy
1951 William J. Ryan
1952 Gordon D. Carpenter
1953 Robert E. Barton
1954 John C. Bard
1955 Lee D. Olvey
1956 Robert G. Farris
1957 William T. Huckabee III
1958 Robert F. Durkin
1959 Peter M. Dawkins
1960 Charles P. Otstott
1961 Harold M. Hannon
1962 James R. Ellis
1963 Richard E. Eckert
1964 Richard A. Chilcoat
1965 Carl R. Arvin
1966 Norman E. Fretwell
1967 Jack B. Wood
1968 John L. Throckmorton, Jr.
1969 Robert H. Baldwin, Jr.
1970 John T. Connors
1971 Thomas A. Pyrz
1972 Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr.
1973 Joseph P. Tallman
1974 Jack E. Pattison
1975 James K. Abcouwer
1976 Richard Morales, Jr.
1977 Kenneth F. Miller
1978 James A. Hoffman II
1979 John J. Cook III
1980 Vincent K. Brooks
1981 Stanley R. March
1982 John W. Nicholson, Jr.
1983 Lawrence J. Kinde
1984 William E. Rapp
1985 Brian L. Dosa
1986 Timothy A. Knight
1987 John K. Tien, Jr.
1988 Gregory H. Louks
1989 Mark M. Jennings
1990 Kristin M. Baker ⁴
1991 Douglas P. McCormick
1992 Omar J. Jones IV
1993 Shawn L. Daniel
1994 Howard H. Hoege III
1995 Hans J. Pung
1996 Robert S. Brown
1997 Daniel C. Hart
1998 W. Patrick Connelly
1999 Robert M. Shaw
2000 Robert C. Stanton
2001 David A. Uthlaut
2002 Andrew T. Blickhahn
2003 Ricardo A. Turner
2004 Grace H. Chung
2005 Ryan L. Boeka
2006 Stephanie L. Hightower
2007 Jonathan C. Nielsen
2008 Jason G. Crabtree
2009 Benjamin A. Amsler
2010 Tyler R. Gordy
2011 Marc Beaudoin
2012 Charles L. Phelps
2013 James B. Whittington
2014 Lindsey Danilack
2015 Austin C. Welch
2016 Eugene J. Coleman III
2017 Hugh P. McConnell
2018 Simone M. Askew
2019 David T. Bindon
2020 Daine A. Van de Wall
2021 Reilly M. McGinnis
2022 Holland F. Pratt
2023 Lauren E. Drysd
2024 Martayn J. Van de Wall
2025 Anna C. Robinson

¹ Casper Conrad was selected as First Captain of the Class of 1894 on 14 Aug 1893. Several days later, he went off limits during a cadet visit to the Colombian Exposition in Chicago. He was subsequently court-martialed and dismissed from the Academy but permitted to return the next year and graduate with the Class of 1895. He was removed as First Captain on 24 Aug 1893 before the start of the Academic year. As a result, he was named but never actually served as First Captain.

² The Class of 1919 was considered part of the Class of Nov 1918 when they graduated originally on 1 Nov 1918. The Class of 1919 was called back after the Armistice. As the #1 man in his class, 2LT Horowitz served as First Captain.

³ Claude M. McQuarrie relinquished command to concentrate on academics.

⁴ First female First Captain.