Commanders – The Artillery Company of Newport

History of Commanding Officers

Number	Name	Years	Tenure
1	Jahleel Brenton	1741 – 1747	6 years
2	William Mumford	1747 – 1752	5 years
3	Daniel Ayrault, Jr.	1752 – 1770	18 years
4	Nathaniel Mumford	1770 – 1775	5 years
5	John Malbone	1775 – 1792	17 years
6	Francis Malbone	1792 – 1810	18 years
7	Benjamin Fry	1810 – 1815	5 years
8	Christopher Grant Champlin	1815 – 1818	3 years
9	Richard Kidder Randolph	1818 – 1824	6 years
10	John B. Lyons	1824 – 1825	1 year
11	Henry Y. Cranston	1825 – 1828	3 years
12	James Boone	1828 – 1829	1 year
13	Peleg Clarke	1829 – 1831	2 years
14	Nicholas G. Boss	1831 – 1832	1 year
15	Stephen A. Robinson	1832 – 1837	5 years
16	William B. Swan	1837 – 1845	8 years
17	Christopher G. C. Perry	1845 – 1854	9 years
18	Thomas B. Carr	1854 – 1858	4 years
19	Charles W. Turner	1858 – 1860	2 years
20	George W. Tew	1860 – 1862	2 years
21	William Stedman	1862 – 1865	3 years
22	John Hare Powel	1865 – 1877	12 years
23	Augustus P. Sherman	1877 – 1879	2 years
24	George R. Fearing	1879 – 1882	3 years
25	George H. Vaughan	1882 – 1885	3 years
26	Jeremiah W. Horton	1885 – 1891	6 years
27	Addison Thomas	1891 – 1894	3 years
28	Alvin A. Barker	1894 – 1898	4 years
29	Henry C. Stevers, Jr.	1898 – 1899	1 year
30	Herbert Bliss	1899 – 1902	3 years
31	John D. Richardson	1902 – 1904	2 years
32	Charles L. F. Robinson	1904 – 1909	5 years
33	Frank P. King	1909 – 1914	5 years
34	Arthur F. Sherman	1914 – 1916	2 years
35	Robert C. Ebbs	1916 – 1917	1 year
36	Alvin A. Barker	1917 – 1919	2 years
37	William A. Knowe	1919 – 1920	1 year
38	William McLeod	1920 – 1921	1 year
39	William A. Knowe	1921 – 1924	3 years
40	Douglas P. A. Jacoby	1924 – 1929	5 years
41	Harold E. Knowe	1929 – 1942	13 years
42	Thomas G. Smith	1942 – 1953	11 years
43	Gordon H. Austin	1953 – 1959	6 years
44	Robert Kerr	1959 – 1961	2 years
45	Louis Lorillard	1961	0.5 year
46	Harold E. St. John	1961 – 1964	2.5 years
47	Clen Humphrey	1964 – 1966	2 years
48	Robert R. Craft	1966 – 1968	2 years
49	Francis Gauthier	1968 – 1969	1 year
50	John P. Lauth	1969 – 1973	4 years
51	Harold E. St. John	1973	0.5 year
52	Frederick S. Kirby	1973 – 1976	2.5 years
53	Arthur F. Newell	1976 – 1978	2.5 years
54	Adrien F. Saurette	1978 – 1982	3.5 years
55	James V. Coleman	1982 – 1983	1 year
56	John Mack	1983 – 1988	5 years
57	Donald E. Norris	1988 – 1992	4 years
58	Frank S. Hale	1992 – 1996	4 years
59	John L. R. Macomber	1996 – 1997	1.5 years
60	James R. Johnsen	1997 – 2000	2.5 years
61	Roy D. Lauth	2000 – 2004	4 years
62	Geoffrey D. Gardner	2004 – 2008	4 years
63	Robert Edenbach	2008 – 2017	9 years
64	Geoffrey D. Gardner	2017 – 2020	3 years
65	Robert Beebe	2020 – 2023	3 years
66	William Farrell	2023 –

History of Commanding Officers

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