List of United States Military Academy top-ranking graduates

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The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. This article lists those alumni of the Military Academy who graduated top, or first, in their class.

All USMA cadets are rated each year; and get a final rating when they graduate. The cadet with the highest class rank is the one that has the best combination of score, academical standing, additional merits and demerits. The United States Military Academy opened in 1802; the initial class having just two cadets. The academy started the practice to rank its graduates in 1818.

Top-ranking graduates

Year Name Highest Rank Notability Sources
1802 Joseph Gardner Swift Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General		 First graduate ever, Superintendent of the Military Academy (1812–1814) and Chief of Engineers; resigned 1818, surveyor of the port of New York, government civil engineer. a[›]
1803 Walker Keith Armistead Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General		 Chief of Engineers 1818-1821; colonel 3rd U.S. Artillery a[›] b[›]
1804 Samuel Gates Second Lieutenant Resigned 1805; merchant. a[›] b[›]
1805 George Bomford Colonel Chief of Ordnance; Inspector of Arsenals, inventor and designer of weapons and defensive installations. a[›] b[›]
1806 William Gates Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General		 Given active assignment at age 75 in 1863. a[›] b[›]
1807 Justus Post Colonel Quartermaster General 1814-1815; disbanded 1815, becoming farmer, judge,engineer and Missouri state senator. a[›] b[›]
1808 Daniel A. A. Buck Captain Disbanded 1815; lawyer, representative and speaker Vermont House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman; clerk, War Department, Treasury Department a[›] b[›]
1809 Christopher Van Deventer Major 1813 Chief Clerk in the War Department 1817-1827; resigned due to financial scandal. b[›] [1]
1810 No one graduated this year a[›]
1811 Alexander J. Williams Captain Son of Jonathan Williams, first superintendent of West Point. Killed in action at Fort Erie 1814. a[›] b[›]
1812 Joseph M. Wilcox First Lieutenant Killed in action and scalped by Creek fighters 1814 a[›] b[›]
1813 George Trescott First Lieutenant Only graduate 1813; resigned 1819, becoming a civil engineer and rice planter. a[›] b[›] [2]
1814 George Gardiner Captain Killed in action against hostile Seminoles 1835 a[›] b[›]
1815 Henry Middleton Second Lieutenant Resigned 1816; graduated from law school 1822, never practiced; author. a[›] b[›] [3]
1816 No one graduated this year a[›]
1817 Augustus Roumfort Second Lieutenant, USMC Resigned 1818; military storekeeper, Ordnance Department 1834-41; mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1863-1866 a[›] b[›] [4]
1818 Richard Delafield Brigadier General
Bvt. Major General		 7th, 11th, and 13th Superintendent of the Military Academy (1838–1845, 1856–1861 and 1861), Chief of Engineers (1864–1866) a[›]
1819 William A. Eliason Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in New York at age 39. a[›]
1820 Stephen Tuttle 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in Florida at age 37. a[›]
1821 Edward H. Courtenay 2nd Lieutenant Second Lieutenant, resigned 1829; professor at West Point 1829-1834; then college professor and civil engineer. a[›] b[›]
1822 George Dutton Major Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in Philadelphia at age 54. a[›]
1823 Alfred Mordecai Major Served in the Ordnance Dept., Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy & Asst. Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy, observer in the Crimean War 1855‑57; resigned 1861. a[›]
1824 Dennis Hart Mahan 2nd Lieutenant Military theorist that heavily influenced Civil War tactics; taught Engineering at the Military Academy for over 40 years. a[›]
1825 Alexander D. Bache 2nd Lieutenant Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, served as Vice President of the U.S. Sanitary Commission during Civil War a[›]
1826 William H.C. Bartlett 2nd Lieutenant taught Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Military Academy for 37 years a[›]
1827 Ebenezer S. Sibley Lieutenant Colonel served in the Artillery and in the Quartermaster Department a[›]
1828 Albert E. Church 1st Lieutenant taught Mathematics at the Military Academy for 46 years a[›]
1829 Charles Mason Bvt. 2nd Lieutenant Asst. Professor of Engineering at the Military Academy a[›]
1830 Alexander J. Swift Captain served in the Corps of Engineers, died after he became sick during the Siege of Veracruz 1847 a[›]
1831 Roswell Park 2nd Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1836, becoming a scholar, a clergyman and an author. a[›]
1832 George W. Ward 1st Lieutenant Served in the Artillery; resigned in 1836, becoming a merchant at Matagorda Bay, Texas. a[›]
1833 Frederic A. Smith Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died 1852 at the age of 40. a[›]
1834 William D. Fraser Captain
Bvt. Major		 Served in the Corps of Engineers; died at Key West at the age of 42. a[›]
1835 George W. Morell 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)
Major General (USV) (unconfirmed)		 Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned 1837, becoming a lawyer and a judge in New York State, also colonel of NY militia; commanded an infantry division in the American Civil War. a[›]
1836 George L. Welcker Captain Served in the Corps of Engineers; died 1848 at age 36. a[›]
1837 Henry W. Benham Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)		 Commanded the Engineer Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. a[›]
1838 William H. Wright 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; died in 1845 at age 31. a[›]
1839 Isaac I. Stevens 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA)
Major General (USV)		 Served in the Corps of Engineers; commanded an infantry division when he was killed at the Battle of Chantilly 1862. a[›]
1840 Paul O. Hébert Lieutenant Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Brigadier General (CSA)		 Only major battle he participated in was Milliken's Bend 1863. a[›] [5]
1841 Zealous B. Tower Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)		 Served in the Corps of Engineers, Superintendent of the Military Academy (1864–1866) a[›]
1842 Henry L. Eustis 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)		 Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1849, becoming professor of engineering at Harvard University; commanded an infantry brigade during the American Civil War. a[›]
1843 William B. Franklin Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Major General (USV)		 Served in the Corps of Topographical Engineers; commanded an infantry corps during the American Civil War. a[›]
1844 William G. Peck 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Topographical Engineers; resigned in 1855, becoming professor of mathematics and astronomy at Columbia University. a[›]
1845 William H.C. Whiting Captain (USA)
Major General (CSA)		 Died a as a POW in New York in 1865. a[›] [6]
1846 Charles Seaforth Stewart Colonel
Brigadier General, Retired 		Served in the Corps of Engineers a[›] b[›] [7]
1847 John C. Symmes Captain Served in the Ordnance Department; retired 1861 due to disability from disease and exposure in the line of duty. a[›]
1848 William P. Trowbridge 1st Lieutenant Served in the Corps of Engineers; resigned in 1856, becoming an assistant to the superintendent of the Coast Survey; served as a civilian engineer during the American Civil, in charge of supplying engineering materials for the field armies; after the war, professor at Columbia and Yale. a[›]
1849 Quincy A. Gilmore Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)
Major General (USV)		 Served in the Corps of Engineers, commanded an infantry corps during the American Civil War a[›]
1850 Frederick E. Prime Major
Bvt. Colonel [lower-alpha 1]		 Served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1851 George L. Andrews 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)
Bvt. Major General (USV)		 served in the Corps of Engineers, was an infantry and staff officer during the American Civil War, became Professor of French at the Military Academy a[›]
1852 Thomas L. Casey Brigadier General Chief of Engineers a[›]
1853 James B. McPherson Brigadier General (USA)
Major General (USV)		 served in the Corps of Engineers, killed at the Battle of Atlanta 1864 while commanding the Army of the Tennessee a[›]
1854 Custis Lee 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Major General (CSA)		 Eldest son of Robert E. Lee, served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. a[›] [8]
1855 Cyrus B. Comstock Brigadier General (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)		 served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1856 George W. Snyder 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA)		 served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1857 John C. Palfrey Captain (USA)
Bvt. Brigadier General (USA)
Lieutenant Colonel (USV)		 served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1858 William C. Paine Captain served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1859 William E. Merrill Lieutenant Colonel (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Colonel (USV)		 served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1860 Walter McFarland Lieutenant Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1861
(May)		 Henry A. du Pont Captain
Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel		 served in the Artillery a[›]
1861
(June)		 Patrick O'Rorke 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Colonel (USA)
Colonel (USV)		 killed at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 while in command of the 140th New York Infantry regiment a[›]
1862 Ranald S. Mackenzie Brigadier General (USA)
Bvt. Major General (USA)		 served in the Corps of Engineers as well as in the Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry a[›]
1863 John R. Meigs 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Bvt. Major (USA)		 served in the Corps of Engineers, was killed during the American Civil War in 1864 a[›]
1864 Garrett J. Lydecker Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1865 Charles W. Raymond Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1866 Henry M. Adams Brigadier General served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1867 Ernest H. Ruffner Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1868 Albert H. Payson Captain served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1869 Eric Bergland Major Served in the Corps of Engineers; was a 1st Lieutenant of 57th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War a[›] [9]
1870 Francis V. Greene Captain (USA)
Major General (USV)		 served in the Corps of Engineers, participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) with the Russian Army, commanded infantry during the Spanish–American War a[›]
1871 Jeremiah R. Wasson Colour Sergeant (USV)
Major (USA)
Colonel (Japanese Army)		 enlisted during the Civil War and the Philippine–American War, left the U.S. Army four times (was mustered out twice, resigned once and was dismissed once) a[›]
1872 Rogers Birnie Colonel served in the Ordnance Department, was a civil army consultant during World War I a[›]
1873 William H. Bixby Brigadier General Chief of Engineers a[›]
1874 Thomas W. Symons Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1875 Smith S. Leach Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1876 John R. Williams Colonel served in the Coastal Artillery, Asst. Professor of French (1878–1883) a[›]
1877 William M. Black Major General Chief of Engineers [10]
1878 George M. Derby Lieutenant Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [11]
1879 Frederic V. Abbot Brigadier General Commandant of Engineer School 1917–18, Acting Chief of Engineers 1919–20 a[›]
1880 Oberlin M. Carter Captain Dismissed 29 September 1899, and sentenced to pay a fine of $5,000 and be confined five years in a penitentiary, by order of a general court martial. a[›] [12]
1881 John Millis Colonel a[›]
1882 Edward Burr Brigadier General Commanded 62nd Field Artillery Brigade on Western Front in World War I a[›]
1883 George A. Zinn Colonel a[›]
1884 Irving Hale Brigadier General a[›]
1885 Joseph E. Kuhn Major General Commanded 79th Division on Western Front in World War I a[›]
1886 Henry C. Newcomer Brigadier General Assistant Director of Chemical Warfare Service a[›]
1887 Francis R. Shunk Colonel a[›]
1889 Henry Jervey Major General Commanded 41st Division on Western Front in World War I a[›]
1890 Edgar Jadwin Brigadier General Director of Division of Light Railways and Roads, AEF a[›]
1891 Spencer Cosby Colonel Commanded 5th, 605th, 209th Engineers a[›]
1892 James B. Cavanaugh Colonel Cavanaugh House (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Commander's residence), at the Chittenden Locks, in Ballard, Seattle, are named after him. a[›] [13]
1893 George P. Howell Colonel a[›]
1894 William B. Ladue Colonel a[›]
1895 Edward H. Schulz Colonel (National Army)
Lieutenant Colonel (Regular Army)		 Served in the Engineers, as regimental and district commander. a[›] [14]
1896 Edwin R. Stuart Lieutenant Colonel a[›]
1897 William D. Connor Major General Chief of Staff SOS AEF 1918–19; Commanding General SOS AEF 1919; Commandant, Army War College 1927–1932; Superintendent and Commandant, United States Military Academy 1932–38 a[›]
1898 Frank C. Boggs, Jr. Colonel a[›]
1899 James A. Woodruff Major General Commandant, Engineer School 1921–24; Director Command and General Staff School, 1928–31; Commanded Hawaiian Division 1938–39 a[›]
1900 George B. Pillsbury Brigadier General a[›]
1901 Edward N. Johnston Colonel a[›]
1902 William A. Mitchell Brigadier General a[›]
1903 Douglas MacArthur General of the Army (USA)
Field Marshal (Philippine Army)		 Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, commanded the U.S. Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II; commanded the United Nations Command during the Korean War [15]
1904 Charles R. Pettis Colonel a[›]
1905 Dewitt C. Jones Colonel a[›]
1906 Harold S. Hetrick Colonel a[›]
1907 James G. Steese Colonel a[›]
1908 Glen E. Edgerton Major General Governor of Panama Canal Zone 1940–44 a[›]
1909 Stuart C. Godfrey Brigadier General Chief Air Engineer, CBI 1943–45 a[›]
1910 Frederick S. Strong Brigadier General Command North West Service Command 1944; UK Base 1945 a[›]
1911 Philip B. Fleming Major General a[›]
1912 Howard S. Bennion Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers during World War I
1913 Francis K. Newcomer Brigadier General Governor of Panama Canal Zone 1944–49 a[›]
1914 William H. Holcombe Brigadier General Commander Ramgarh Training Area a[›]
1915 William E.R. Covell Major General served in the Corps of Engineers and the Quartermaster Department [16]
1916 John Howard Wills a[›]
1917 (April) Harris Jones Brigadier General a[›]
1917 (August) Herman H. Pohl Colonel a[›]
1918 (June) John Paul Dean Major a[›]
1918 (November) David W. Griffiths Colonel a[›]
1919 (June) Louis George Horowitz Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers, his son James Salter also graduated in 1945 [17]
1920 James B. Cullum Colonel a[›]
1921 Morris H. Marcus Colonel a[›]
1922 Charles J. Bartlett Colonel CG 84th Infantry Division a[›]
1922 (June) Frank L. Beadle Colonel a[›]
1923 Frank R. Johnson First Lieutenant a[›]
1924 Wallace H. Hastings Colonel a[›]
1925 Charles H. Barth, Jr. Brigadier General Killed in air crash in Iceland that also killed Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews on 5 May 1943 a[›]
1926 William C. Baker, Jr. Major General a[›]
1927 Hans W. Holmer Colonel Served as Assistant Professor of Mechanics at West Point. During World War II he was Engineer, Army Ground Forces, at Headquarters, Army Ground Forces. After the war he served as Director of the Transport Office of the Allied Military Government in Germany. a[›] [18]
1928 Luke W. Finlay Brigadier General Resigned as Second Lieutenant of Engineers to study law at Yale, becoming a lawyer in 1934 and counsel for Standard Oil Company in 1938. He returned to the army during the war, serving as executive officer to the general commanding the Transportation Corps. After the war he was several times recalled to service, in 1952 serving in Europe with the diplomatic rank of minister. a[›] [19]
1929 Horace F. Sykes, Jr. Colonel a[›]
1930 Paul F. Yount Major General In charge of military railways in Iraq, Iran and Burma during World War II. Chief of Transportation, Department of the Army (1953 to 1958). a[›] [20]
1931 Kenneth A. McCrimmon Brigadier General Commanding General, First Logistical Command. Legion of Merit 1961. a[›] [21]
1932 Rush B. Lincoln Jr. Major General Chief of Transportation (1962–1963) [22]
1933 Kenneth E. Fields Brigadier General Awarded the Silver Star as commander of 1159th Engineer Combat Group at the Battle of Remagen in 1945. Received the Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1955 for his contributions to the development of thermonuclear weapons. a[›] [23][24]
1934 Charles F. Tank Brigadier General Participated in the invasion of North Africa as a staff officer, and in the Battle of Anzio as CO of a combat engineer battalion. Transferred from the Engineers to the Transportation Corps in 1950, he served as commanding general of several transportation commands. During his career he was awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and the Legion of Merit. a[›] [25]
1935 John D. Bristor Colonel District Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 1950-1953. a[›] [26]
1936 Oliver G. Haywood, Jr. Brigadier General, USAF Doctor of Science and Chief of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. a[›]
1937 Arthur W. Oberbeck Lieutenant General CG 1st Infantry Division, Joint Task Force Eight [27]
1938 John R. Jannarone Brigadier General Professor of Physics and Chemistry at West Point; Dean of the Academic Board, 1965-1973. [28]
1939 Stanley W. Dzuiban Colonel [29]
1940 Harold C. Brown Colonel a[›]
1941 Alfred J. F. Moody Brigadier General Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. [30]
1942 James S. Hottenroth Colonel [31]
1943 Dimitri A. Kellogg Colonel [32]
1944 James F. Scoggin, Jr. Colonel [33]
1945 Dwight A. Riley, Jr. First Lieutenant a[›]
1946 Wesley Posvar Brigadier General taught at the Air Force Academy [34]
1947 Robert M. Montague, Jr. Brigadier General [35]
1948 Joseph M. Kiernan, Jr. Lieutenant Colonel Killed in a helicopter crash while on a combat reconnaissance flight near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam on 3 June 1967 [36]
1949 Richard T. Carvolth III Captain Killed in a plane crash while making a night instrument take-off at Oxnard Air Force Base, California, on 10 July 1954 [37]
1950 William B. DeGraf Colonel served as an enlisted soldier during World War II and received a battlefield promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in 1945, later served in Korea and Vietnam [38]
1952 Harry L. Van Trees Chief Scientist of the Air Force [39]
1965 Daniel W. Christman Lieutenant General Superintendent of the Military Academy (1996–2001), retired in 2001
1966 Wesley K. Clark General Commander of SHAPE during the Kosovo War, retired in 2000
1977 Vincent K. Brooks General on active duty, currently commands U.S. Army Pacific, first African-American valedictorian
1983 Mark S. Martins Brigadier General on active duty, currently serves as Chief Procecutor of Military Commissions
1984 Patrick M. Wray Captain resigned in 1990, currently serves as Army civilian employee
1986 Mike Pompeo Captain resigned in 1991, currently is a U.S. Congressman [40]
1995 Rebecca E. Marier first female valedictorian [41]
1997 Adam K. Ake Lieutenant Colonel (ARNG) resigned from active duty in 2004 as Captain [42]
2001 Seth A. Bodnar Major resigned in 2011, served on the staff of the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army [43]
2006 Jonathan Bate Major on active duty, currently an Economics Instructor at United States Military Academy [44]
2009 Brady Dearden on active duty [45]
2010 Elizabeth Betterbed 1st Lieutenant on active duty, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [46][47]
2013 Adam Leemans 1st Lieutenant on active duty, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [48][49]
Notes
  1. ↑ Declined brevet as Brigadier General

References

^ a: Cullum, George W. (1879). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York, since its establishment in 1802. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy Library. 

^ b: Heitman, Francis B. (1903). Historical Register and Dictionary of the Officers United States Army. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 

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