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'''United States Military Academy (1802-Present)''' - Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation authorizing the United States Military Academy ('''West Point''') 16 Mar 1802 and the school opened on 4 Jul 1802.
'''United States Military Academy (1802-Present)''' - Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation authorizing the United States Military Academy ('''West Point''') 16 Mar 1802 and the school opened on 4 Jul 1802.
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==Superintendents==
'''See Also:'''
* 1st Superintendent: 1801-1812: Col. [[Jonathan Williams]] (1751-1815) – In June 1803, Lieutenant Colonel Williams vacated (he did not resign) the post of Superintendent. He returned in Superintendency in April 1805.
* [[USMA Superintendents]]
* 1803-1805: Maj. [[William Amherst Barron]] (1769-1825) - Major Barron resigned his commission on 14 June 1807, just before he was brought to trial by a court martial for "for …neglect of the Military Academy…”
* 1805-1812: Col. [[Jonathan Williams]] (1751-1815)
* 1812-1814: Col. [[Joseph Gardner Swift]] (1783-1865), Class of 1802
* 1814-1817: Capt. [[Alden Partridge]] (1785-1854), Class of 1806
* 1817-1833: Col. [[Sylvanus Thayer]] (1785–1872), Class of 1808
* 1833-1838: Maj. [[Rene DeRussy]] (1796-1864), Class of 1812
* 1838-1845: [[Richard Delafield]] (1798-1873), Class of 1818
* 1845-1852: [[Henry Brewerton]] (1801-1879), Class of 1819
* 1852-1855: Gen. [[Robert E. Lee]] (1807-1870), Class of 1829
* 1855-1856: [[John Gross Barnard]] (1815-1882), Class of 1833
* 1856-1861: [[Richard Delafield]] (1798-1873), Class of 1818
* Jan 23-28: 1861: [[Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard]] (1818-1893), Class of 1838
* Jan 28-Mar 1, 1861: [[Richard Delafield]] (1798-1873), Class of 1818
* 1861-1864: [[Alexander Hamilton Bowman]] (1803-1865), Class of 1825
* Jul to Sep 1864: [[Zealous Bates Tower]] (1819-1900), Class of 1841
* 1864-1866: [[George Washington Cullum]] (1809-1892), Class of 1833
* 1866-1871: [[Thomas Gamble Pitcher]] (1824-1895), Class of 1845
* 1871-1876: [[Thomas Howard Ruger]] (1833-1907), Class of 1854
* 1876-1881: Maj. Gen. [[John McAllister Schofield]] (1831-1906), Class of 1853 – Awarded the Medal of Honor at the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]] in 1861.  Later commanding general of the Army.
* 1881-1882: Maj. Gen. [[Oliver Otis Howard]] (1830-1909), Class of 1854
* 1882-1887: Maj. Gen. [[Wesley Merritt]] (1834-1910), Class of 1860
* 1887-1889: Col. [[John Grubb Parke]] (1827-1900), Class of 1849
* 1889-1893: Col. [[John Moulder Wilson]] (1837-1919), Class of 1860 - Awarded the Medal of Honor at the [[Battle of Malvern Hill]], VA in 1862
* 1893-1898: Col. [[Oswald Hurbert Ernst]] (1842-1926), Class of 1864
* 1898-1906: Col. [[Albert Leopold Mills]] (1854-1916), Class of 1879 - Awarded the Medal of Honor as a 1st Lt. at [[San Juan Hill]] in [[Cuba]].  Appointed Superintendent to West Point by [[William McKinley|President McKinley]], which carried an automatic promotion from 1st Lt. to Col.
* 1906-1910: [[Hugh Lenox Scott]] (1853-1934), Class of 1876
* 1911-1912: [[Thomas Henry Barry]] (1855-1919), Class of 1877
* 1913-1917: [[Clarence Page Townsley]], 18??-1926, Class of 1881
* 1917-1919: [[Samuel Escue Tillman]] (1847-1942), Class of 1869
* 1919-1922: Brig. Gen. [[Douglas MacArthur]], Class of 1903 - Awarded the Medal of Honor in 1942 for his leadership to Philippine resistance to the Japanese invasion.
* 1922-1925: Brig. Gen. [[Fred Winchester Sladen]] (1863-1945), Class of 1890
* 1926-1928: [[Merch Bradt Stewart]] (1875-1934), Class of 1896
* 1928: [[Edwin Baruch Winans]] (1869-1947), Class of 1891
* 1929-1932: [[William Ruthven Smith]] (1868-1941), Class of 1892
* 1932-1938: [[William Durward Connor]] (1874-1960), Class of 1897
* 1938-1940: [[Jay Leland Benedict]] (1882-1953), Class Of 1904
* 1940-1942: [[Robert L. Eichelberger]] (1886-1961), Class of 1909
* 1942-1945: [[Francis Bowditch Wilby]] (1883-1965), Class of 1905
* 1945-1949: Gen. [[Maxwell Davenport Taylor]], Class of 1922
* 1949-1951: [[Bryant Edward Moore]] (1894-1951), Class of Aug 1917
* 1951-1954: Maj. General [[Frederick Augustus Irving]] (1894-1995), Class of 1917
* 1954-1956: [[Blackshear Morrison Bryan]] (1900-1977), Class of 1922
* 1956-1960: Gen. [[Garrison Holt Davidson]] (1904-1992), Class of 1927
* 1960-1963: Gen. [[William Westmoreland]] (1914-2005), Class of 1936
* 1963-1966: [[James Benjamin Lampert]] (1914-1978), Class of 1936
* 1966-1969: Gen. [[Donald Vivian Bennett]] (1915-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1940
* 1969-1970: Maj. Gen. [[Samuel William Koster]] (1919-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1942
* 1970-1974: [[William Allen Knowlton]] (1920-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of Jan. 1943
* 1974-1977: [[Sidney Bryan Berry]] (1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1948
* 1977-1981: Lt. Gen. [[Andrew Jackson Goodpaster]] (1915-2005), Class of 1939
* 1981-1986: Gen. [[Willard Warren Scott, Jr.]] (1926-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1948
* 1986-1991: Lt. Gen. [[Dave Richard Palmer]] (1934-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1956
* 1991-1996: Lt. Gen. [[Howard Dwayne Graves]] (1939-2003), Class of 1961
* 1996-2001:  Lt. Gen. [[Daniel W. Christman]] (1943-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1965
* 2001-Present: Lt. Gen. [[William J. Lennox, Jr.]] (1950?-&nbsp;&nbsp;), Class of 1971 (incumbent)


'''Links:'''
'''Links:'''
* [http://www.usma.edu United States Military Academy at West Point]: official site
* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/home.html History of West Point] at Thayer's American & Military History site
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy Wikipedia]
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United States Military Academy (1802-Present) - Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation authorizing the United States Military Academy (West Point) 16 Mar 1802 and the school opened on 4 Jul 1802.

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