Template:WatervlietArsenalCmdrs
| Assumed | Relieved | Rank | Name | Cullum | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 1857 | Maj. | Symington, John | 126 | |
| 1857 | 1861 | Maj. | Mordecai, Alfred | 326 | |
| 1861-05-14 | 1863-12-17 | Maj. | Thornton, William A. | 403 | Promoted Lt.‑Colonel Mar. 3, 1863 |
| 1861-05 | 1861-07 | 1st Lt. | Strong, George C. | 1764 | Temporary commander, apparently during the absence of the preceding. |
| 1863-12-25 | 1866-08-12 | Lt. Col. | Hagner, Peter V. | 866 | |
| 1880-12-03 | 1881-09-29 | Maj. | Buffington, Adelbert R. | 1894 | Promoted Lt.‑Colonel June 1, 1881. |
| 1881-11-02 | 1886-05-24 | Lt. Col. | Mordecai, Alfred | 1941 | |
| 1886-06-05 | Lt. Col. | Whittemore, James M. | 1854 | Cullum's Register gives no indication of when he relinquished command. He was promoted Colonel Jan. 3, 1887. | |
| 1889-11-21 | 1892-12-12 | Lt. Col. | Parker, Francis H. | 1952 | |
| 1893 | 1898 | Maj. | Arnold, Isaac | 1979 | Promoted Lt.‑Colonel Feb. 22, 1897. |
| 1898-02-23 | 1899-05-05 | Col. | Mordecai, Alfred | 1941 | |
| 1899-05-26 | 1903-02-18 | Col. | Farley, Joseph P. | 1953 | |
| 1905-04 | 1907-10-31 | Maj. | MacNutt, Ira | 2329 | Promoted Lt.‑Colonel June 25, 1906. |
| 1908-01 | 1918-02-15 | Lt. Col. | Gibson, William Wesley | 2765 | Promoted Colonel Sep. 2, 1912. |
| 1919-03-10 | 1921-07-16 | Lt. Col. | Benét, J. Walker | 2860 | |
| 1929-09-29 | 1932-02-28 | Col. | Schull, Herman W. | 3886 | |
| 1945-04-01 | 1946-04-30 | Col. | Partridge, Clarence E. | 4766 | |
| Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. | |||||