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

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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 a[›]
1803 Walker Keith Armistead Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General		 Chief of Engineers
1804 Samuel Gates
1805 George Bomford Colonel
1806 William Gates Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General
1807 Justus Post
1808 Daniel A. A. Buck Second lieutenant
1809 Christopher Van Deventer
1811 Alexander J. Williams
1812 Joseph M. Wilcox
1813 George Trescott
1814 George Gardiner
1815 Henry Middleton
1817 Augustus Roumfort
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 a[›]
1820 Stephen Tuttle 1st Lieutenant served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1821 Edward H. Courtenay 2nd Lieutenant civil and military engineer, became Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Military Academy, he then being only twenty-five years old a[›]
1822 George Dutton Major served in the Corps of Engineers 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 a[›]
1824 Dennis Hart Mahan 2nd Lieutenant taught Engineering at the Military Academy for over 40 years a[›]
1825 Alexander D. Bache 2nd Lieutenant served in the Corps of Engineers, served as Vice President of the U.S. Sanitary Commission 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 a[›]
1832 George W. Ward 1st Lieutenant served in the Artillery a[›]
1833 Frederic A. Smith Captain served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1834 William D. Fraser Captain
Bvt. Major		 served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1835 George W. Morell 2nd Lieutenant (USA)
Brigadier General (USV)
Major General (unconfirmed)		 served in the Corps of Engineers, commanded an infantry division in the American Civil War a[›]
1836 George L. Welcker Captain served in the Corps of Engineers 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 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)		 served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War a[›]
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, 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 a[›]
1845 William H.C. Whiting Captain (USA)
Major General (CSA)		 served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War a[›]
1846 Charles Seaforth Stewart Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers a[›]
1847 John C. Symmes Captain served in the Ordnance Department a[›]
1848 William P. Trowbridge 1st Lieutenant served in the Corps of Engineers 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. Brigadier General		 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 G.W.C. Lee 1st Lieutenant (USA)
Major General (CSA)		 served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War a[›]
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 Volunteers during the American Civil War a[›]
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 [1]
1878 George M. Derby Lieutenant Colonel served in the Corps of Engineers [2]
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 a[›]
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 a[›]
1893 George P. Howell Colonel a[›]
1894 William B. Ladue Colonel a[›]
1895 Edward H. Schulz Colonel a[›]
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 [3]
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 Gerneral 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 [4]
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 [5]
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 a[›]
1928 Luke W. Finlay Brigadier General a[›]
1929 Horace F. Sykes, Jr. Colonel a[›]
1930 Paul F. Yount Brigadier General CG, Military Railway Service, CBI a[›]
1931 Kenneth A. McCrimmon Colonel a[›]
1932 Rush B. Lincoln, Jr. Major General Chief of Transportation (1962–1963) [6]
1933 Kenneth E. Fields Colonel a[›]
1934 Charles F. Tank Colonel a[›]
1935 John D. Bristor Lieutenant Colonel a[›]
1936 Oliver G. Haywood, Jr. Brigadier General a[›]
1937 Arthur W. Oberbeck Lieutenant General CG 1st Infantry Division, Joint Task Force Eight [7]
1938 John R. Jannarone Brigadier General [8]
1939 Stanley W. Dzuiban Colonel [9]
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. [10]
1942 James S. Hottenroth Colonel [11]
1943 Dimitri A. Kellogg Colonel [12]
1944 James F. Scoggin, Jr. Colonel [13]
1945 Dwight A. Riley, Jr. First Lieutenant a[›]
1946 Wesley Posvar Brigadier General taught at the Air Force Academy [14]
1947 Robert M. Montague, Jr. Brigadier General [15]
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 [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
1952 Harry L. Van Trees Chief Scientist of the Air Force [19]
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 [20]
1995 Rebecca E. Marier first female valedictorian [21]
1997 Adam K. Ake Lieutenant Colonel (ARNG) resigned from active duty in 2004 as Captain [22]
2001 Seth A. Bodnar Major resigned in 2011, served on the staff of the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army [23]
2009 Brady Dearden on active duty [24]
2010 Elizabeth Betterbed 1st Lieutenant on active duty, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [25][26]
2013 Adam Leemans 1st Lieutenant on active duty, currently serves in the Corps of Engineers [27][28]

References

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