East India Squadron - Commanders

Commanders

Successive Commanders-in-Chief of the East India Squadron were as follows.

  • Edmund P. Kennedy, 3 March 1835 - 10 October 1837
  • George C. Read, 14 December 1837 - 13 June 1840
  • Lawrence Kearny, 4 February 1841 - 27 February 1843
  • Foxhall A. Parker, Sr., 27 February 1843 - 21 April 1845
  • James Biddle, 21 April 1845 - 6 March 1848
  • William Shubrick, 6 March 1848 - 13 May 1848
  • David Geisinger, 13 May 1848 - 1 February 1850
  • Philip Voorhees, 1 February 1850 - 30 January 1851
  • John H. Aulick, 31 May 1851 - 20 November 1852
  • Matthew C. Perry, 20 November 1852 - 6 September 1854
  • Joel Abbot, 6 September 1854 - 15 October 1855
  • James Armstrong, 15 October 1855 - 29 January 1858
  • Josiah Tattnall, 29 January 1858 - 20 November 1859
  • Cornelius Stribling, 20 November 1859 - 23 July 1861
  • Frederick K. Engle, 23 July 1861 - 23 September 1862
  • Cicero Price, 23 September 1862 - 11 August 1865
  • Henry H. Bell, 11 August 1865 - 11 January 1868

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