Adjutant General of California
The Adjutant General (TAG) is the commander of all State of California military forces and is subordinate only to the Governor. The AG is chief of staff to the Governor and is a member of the Governor's cabinet and is vested with the duties and responsibilities of the Division of Military Affairs, and is also the head of the Military Department and shall be responsible for its affairs, functions, duties, funds, and property.
Originally in the 1850 law establishing the California Militia, the office of Adjutant General was separate from that of Quartermaster General but was later consolidated with that of the Adjutant General during the early years of the term in office of William C. Kibbe. From 1852, the Quartermaster General of California was subsumed under the office of Adjutant General of California, when William H. Richardson resigned and Quartermaster General William Chauncey Kibbe became Adjutant General by a law of 1852.
Adjutant Generals have included:
- Theron R. Perlee, April, 12 to October 5, 1850
- William H. Richardson, October 5, 1850 - May 2, 1852
- William Chauncey Kibbe, May 2, 1852 to April 30, 1864
- Robert Robinson, January 1, 1864 - May 1, 1864
- George S. Evans, May 1, 1864 - May 1, 1868
- James M. Allen, May 1, 1868 – Nov. 23, 1870
- Thomas N. Cazneau, Nov. 23, 1870 – December 21, 1871
- Lucius H. Foote, December 21, 1871 – December 13, 1875
- Patrick F. Walsh, December 13, 1875 - January 9, 1880
- Samuel W. Backus, January 9, 1880 - July 1, 1882
- John F. Sheehan, July 1, 1892 - January 11, 1893
- George B. Crosby, January 11, 1883 – November 1, 1887
- Richard H. Orton, November 1, 1887 – January 9, 1891
- Charles Carroll Allen, January 9, 1891 – May 24, 1895
- Andrew W. Bartlett, May 24, 1895 - December 23, 1898
- Robert L. Peeler, December 23, 1898 - June 1, 1899
- William H. Seamans, June 1, 1899 - January 3, 1902 (died in office)
- George Stone, February 13, 1902 - February 15, 1906
- Joseph B. Lauck, February 15, 1906 - January 7, 1911
- Edwin A. Forbes, January 7, 1911 - June 18, 1915
- C. W. Thomas, June 19, 1915 - December 15, 1916
- James J. Borree, December 16, 1916 - 1917-?
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- R. E. Mittelstaedt, ?-1924-1925-?
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- Seth Howard, 1931 - June 26, 1935
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- Joseph O. Donovan, 1941–1942
- Junnius Pierce, 1942–1943
- Ray W. Hays, 1943–1944
- Victor R. Hansen, 1944–1946
- James Stewart, 1947 - ?
- Curtis D. O'Sullivan, ? - 1949 - ?
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- Paul D. Monroe, 2000–2004
- Thomas Eres, March 2004 - June 7, 2005
- William H. Wade, June 23, 2005 - Feb. 1, 2010.
- Mary J. Kight, February 2, 2010 - April 15, 2011
- David S. Baldwin, April 16, 2011 -
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