National Encampments - Commander In Chiefs



	ELECTED COMMANDER IN CHIEFS 1904 - 1998 Special thanks to George Kane for providing the post 1967 data.

Bronze lettering links to photo gallery of the selected Commander-in-Chiefs

Year Month & Date	Where Held	Commander-in-Chief Elected	Department
1904 4/18 - 8/31	Indianapolis, Indiana	Harold C. MCGrew	Indiana
1904 September 19 - 20	St. Louis, Missouri	William E. English	Indiana
1905 September 7 - 9	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Charles R. Miller	Ohio
1906 October 8 - 11	Washington, D.C.	Hamilton Ward, Jr.	New York
1907 September 9 - 11	Sandusky, Ohio	Walter S. Hale	California
1908 September 1 - 3	Boston, Massachusetts	Charles W. Newton	Connecticut
1909 September 8 - 10	Tacoma, Washington	Edward J. Gihon	Massachusetts
1910 August 29 -31	Denver, Colorado	Joseph R.H. Jacoby	Washington & Alaska
1911 August 21 - 23	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Maurice Simmons	New York
1912 September 9 - 11	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Oscar T. Taylor	Pennsylvania
1913 September 3 -6	Buffalo, New York	John Lewis Smith	Washington, D.C.
1914 August 31 - September 2	Louisville, Kentucky	Charles F. Cramer	Ohio
1915 August 30 - September 1	Scranton, Pennsylvania	Leonidas C. Dyer	Missouri
1916 September 4 - 6	Chicago, Illinois	Daniel V. Chisholm	Washington, D.C.
1917 September 24 - 26	Cleveland, Ohio	Henry W. Busch	Michigan
1918 September 3 - 6	Baltimore, Maryland	Carl Van Dyke*	Minnesota
1919 September 1 - 4	San Francisco, California	William Jones	New York
1920 September 12 - 16	St. Louis, Missouri	John K. Witherspoon	Washington & Alaska
1921 September 11 - 15	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Oscar E. Carlstrom	Illinois
1922 August 21 - 25	Los Angeles, California	Antonio P. Entenza	Michigan
1923 September 16 - 20	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Albert D. Alcorn	Ohio
1924 September 8 - 11	Michigan City, Indiana	Chauncey W. Herrick	New York
1925 September 29 - October 1	St. Petersburg, Florida	Carmi A.Thompson	Ohio
1926 September 10 - 14	Des Moines, Iowa	Rice W. Means	Colorado & Wyoming
1927 August 28 - September 3	Detroit, Michigan	John J. Garrity	Illinois
1928 October 7 - 11	Havana, Cuba	William L. Grayson	Georgia
1929 September 8 - 12	Denver, Colorado	Fred W. Green	Michigan
1930 August 17 - 20	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Edward S. Mathias	Ohio
1931 September 6 - 10	New Orleans, Louisiana	George R. Lunn	New York
1932 August 21 - 25	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	William J. Otjen	Oklahoma
1933 August 20 - 24	Los Angeles, California	William H. Armstrong	Wisconsin
1934 August 19 - 23	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Leon McCord	Alabama
1935 September 15 - 19	San Antonio, Texas	Robert S. Cain	Pennsylvania
1936 August 30 - September 3	Saratoga Springs, New York	Scott Leavitt	Montana
1937 August 22 - 26	Columbus, Ohio	Alfred J. Kennedy	New York
1938 September 11 - 15	Portland, Oregon	Thomas W. Payne	Michigan
1939 September 10 - 14	Atlantic City, New Jersey	George A. Eberly	Nebraska
1940 August 18 - 22	Detroit, Michigan	Rufus E. Foster	Louisiana
1941 August 17 - 21	Omaha, Nebraska	Joe R. Hanley	New York
1942 August 16 - 20	Cleveland, Ohio	Cornelius S. Kelly	Illinois
1943 August 15 - 19	Boston, Massachusetts	Guy A. Boyle	Indiana
1944 August 13 - 17	Cincinnati, Ohio	R. Morgan Galbreth	California
1945 September 15 - 19	Denver, Colorado	Halsey B. Leavitt	North Carolina
1946 August 4 - 8	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	John White	Texas
1947 August 24 - 28	Kansas City, Missouri	Horace M. Havner	Iowa
1948 August 22 - 26	Washington, D.C	Charles R. Barefoot	Ohio
1949 October 9 - 13	Tampa, Florida	Henry L. Hunt	Connecticut
1950 September 24 - 28	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Harry E. Williams	Oregon
1951 August 26 - 30	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Charles Wm. Bernhardt	Georgia
1952 September 24 - 28	Louisville, Kentucky	Dan. S. Hewitt	California
1953 August 30 - September 3	Cleveland, Ohio	John U. Shroyer	Pennsylvania
1954 August 19 - 23	San Antonio, Texas	Lloyd Thurston	Iowa
1955 September 18 - 22	Long Beach, California	James H. Johnston	New Hampshire
1956 September 2 - 6	Louisville, Kentucky	William D. Rogers	Kentucky
1957 September 15 - 19	Little Rock, Arkansas	Orris E. Jackson	California
1958 August 31 - September 4	Louisville, Kentucky	Thomas H. Hammond	Rhode Island
1959 September 20 - 24	Miami, Florida	W. Ross Duke*	Texas
1960	Virginia	Samuel C. Hutchinson	Virginia
1960 September 4 - 8	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Charles E.M. Howard	Florida
1961 September 17 - 21	Little Rock, Arkansas	Homer Dwiggins	South Dakota
1962 September 9 - 13	Peoria, Illinois	Morris G. Oesterreich	Wisconsin
1963 September 29 - October 3	Lansing, Michigan	Archie J. House	Michigan
1964 August 29 - September 3	Louisville, Kentucky	Sam Black	Illinois
1965 September 5 - 9	Little Rock, Arkansas	Harry H. Hoover	Minnesota
1966 October 1 - 6	Lansing, Michigan	Clay Everhard	Texas
1967 September 2 - 7	San Antonio, Texas	Fred D. Shadell	New Jersey
1968 Sept. 8 - 12	Asbury Park, New Jersey	William R. Fletcher	Washington
1969 September 7 - 11	San Diego, California	Edmund L. Wescott	Wisconsin
1970 September 6 - 10*	Memphis, Tennessee	Joseph J. McNamara	Massachusetts
1971 September 19 - 23	Hartford, Connecticut	George A. Critchett	California
1972 September 10 - 14	Portland, Oregon	Elmer G. Thomas	Utah
1973 September 8 - 13	New Orleans, Louisiana	Earl F. McCullough *	Idaho
1974 September 7 - 12	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Charles A. Focht	Pennsylvania
1975 September 6 - 11	Indianapolis, Indiana	Cleo G. Brown	Indiana
1976 September 18 - 23	Madison, Wisconsin	Frederick J. Meyer	New York
1977 September 10 - 15	Rochester, New York	Charles A. Bunel	Connecticut
1978 September 16 - 21	Des Moines, Iowa	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Illinois
1979 September 8 - 13	Indianapolis, Indiana	Edwin L. Bernard*	Louisiana
1980 September 20 - 24	Anaheim, California	Cleo G. Brown	Indiana
1981 October 3 - 8	Kansas City, Missouri	Harry B. Embree	Indiana
1982 August 28 - September 5	Louisville, Kentucky	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Indiana
1983 September 10-15	Jacksonville Beach, Florida	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Indiana
1984 August 23 - 6	Dubuque, Iowa	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Indiana
1985 September 11 - 16	Cleveland, Ohio	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Illinois
1986 September 11 - 16	Bangor, Maine	Samuel Leroy Mendel	Illinois
1987 September 11 - 16	Orlando, Florida	Samuel Leroy Mendel*	Illinois
1988 August 26 - 31	Des Moines, Iowa	Nathan Edward Cook	Illinois
1989 September 8 - 13	Toledo, Ohio	Nathan Edward Cook	Arizona
1990 August 10 - 15	Brookfield, Wisconsin	Nathan Edward Cook	Arizona
1991 September 13 - 18	Louisville, Kentucky	Nathan Edward Cook*	Arizona
1992 September 18 - 23	Orlando, Florida	--	--
1993 September 8 - 13	Orlando, Florida	--	--
1994 August 26 - 31	Columbus, Ohio	--	--
1995 September 22 - 27	Fort Worth, Texas	--	--
1996 September 6 - 11	Memphis, Tennessee	--	--
1997 September 5 - 10	Jacksonville Beach, Florida	--	--
1998 September 18 - 23	Jacksonville Beach, Florida	--	--

- Additional Information -

Pvt. Samuel Leroy Mendel 1884 - 1988

Nathan E. Cook (1885-1992) - Last Commander & Member of United Spanish American War Veterans

*Carl C. VanDyke died in office; succeeded by William Jones, New York
*W. Ross Due died in office; succeeded by Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief S. C. Hutchinson, Virginia
*Earl F. McCullough died in office; succeeded by Charles A. Focht, Pennsylvania
*Edwin L. Bernard died in office; succeeded by Herman Miller, California
*Samuel Leroy Mendel died in office
* 1970 Sep 9-10; An article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper mentioned two men by name: Otto Heckel, age 87, a retired ship rigger from Langolis, OR; who was 15 when he enlisted and served on the USS Atlanta; and William J. Otjean, 91, of Euclid, OK; past national commander of the group. It was also noted that about 500 people attended the reunion, of which about 100 were veterans; the others being relatives of veterans. ( Info from Hunter Johnston)
*Nathan Edward Cook died Sept. 10, 1992 days before the 94th National Encampment which was held Sept. 18-23, 1992 Orlando, FL.

Note: The Sons, Aux, and D'98 held encampments from 1992 to 1997 using the USWV name, but no veteran was left to attend.

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