Click to display Adjutants General in alphabetical order MajGen GREGORY B. GARDNER FEBRUARY 10, 1999 - PRESENT   MG JAMES F. RUEGER DECEMBER 1, 1990 - FEBRUARY 10, 1999   MG PHILIP B. FINLEY OCTOBER 18, 1987 - NOVEMBER 30, 1990   MG RALPH T. TICE OCTOBER 1, 1980 - OCTOBER 17, 1987   MajGen EDWARD R. FRY JANUARY 1, 1973 - SEPTEMBER 30, 1980   LTG JOE NICKELL APRIL 21, 1951 - DECEMBER 31, 1972   BG MILTON R. McLEAN FEBRUARY 10, 1925 - APRIL 17, 1951   BG R. NEILL RAHN JANUARY 11, 1923 - FEBRUARY 10, 1925   BG CHARLES I. MARTIN APRIL 1, 1909 - OCTOBER 1, 1917 JANUARY 27, 1919 - JANUARY 11, 1923   BG CHARLES S. HUFFMAN OCTOBER 1, 1917 - JANUARY 27, 1919   BG JAMES W. F. HUGHES APRIL 1, 1905 - APRIL 1, 1909   BG SAMUEL H. KELSEY FEBRUARY 1, 1903 - MARCH 31, 1905   BG SIMEON M. FOX MARCH 1, 1895 - JANUARY 31, 1897 FEBRUARY 22, 1899 - FEBRUARY 1, 1903   COL HIRAM ALLEN FEBRUARY 1, 1897 - FEBRUARY 21, 1899   COL ALBERT J. DAVIS APRIL 1, 1894 - FEBRUARY 28, 1895   COL HENRY H. ARTZ JANUARY 10, 1893 - MARCH 31, 1894   COL JOHN N. ROBERTS APRIL 1, 1889 - JANUARY 1, 1893   COL ALEXANDER B. CAMPBELL JANUARY 23, 1885 - MARCH 31, 1889   COL THOMAS MOONLIGHT JANUARY 8, 1883 - JANUARY 22, 1885   COL PETER S. NOBLE APRIL 8, 1878 - JANUARY 7, 1883   COL HIRAM T. BEMAN MARCH 2, 1876 - MARCH 5, 1878   COL CHARLES A. MORRIS MARCH 6, 1873 - MARCH 2, 1876   COL DAVID WHITTAKER MARCH 5, 1870 - MARCH 5, 1873   COL WILLIAM S. MOORHOUSE MARCH 4, 1869 - MARCH 4, 1870   COL JOSIAH B. McAFEE AUGUST 18, 1867 - MARCH 3, 1869   COL THOMAS J. ANDERSON APRIL 1, 1865 - AUGUST 18, 1867   COL CYRUS K. HOLLIDAY MAY 2, 1864 - MARCH 31, 1865   BG GUILFORD DUDLEY FEBRUARY 27, 1863 - MAY 2, 1864   BG CHARLES CHADWICK MARCH 22, 1862 - FEBRUARY 26, 1863   BG LYMAN ALLEN JUNE 23, 1861 - MARCH 22, 1862   BG ROBERT B. MITCHELL MAY 2, 1861 - JUNE 20, 1861 TERRITORIAL ADJUTANTS GENERAL ADJUTANT GENERAL HIRAM J. STRICKLER AUGUST 31, 1855 - JANUARY 1858
		*The position of Adjutant General was officially created April 23, 1861, with the rank of brigadier general. The rank was reduced to colonel on February 24, 1864, and then returned to brigadier general on May 1, 1901. On March 1, 1956, the rank was raised to major general, and on July 1, 1970, to lieutenant general, contingent upon 15 consecutive years of tenure, and as recommended by the governor and with consent of the senate.