Surgeons General of The United States
| # | Name | Photo | Term of Office | Appointed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start Of Term | End Of Term | ||||
| 1 | John M. Woodworth | March 29, 1871 | March 14, 1879 | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 2 | RADM John B. Hamilton | April 3, 1879 | June 1, 1891 | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
| 3 | RADM Walter Wyman | June 1, 1891 | November 21, 1911 | Benjamin Harrison | |
| 4 | RADM Rupert Blue | January 13, 1912 | March 3, 1920 | William Taft | |
| 5 | RADM Hugh S. Cumming | March 3, 1920 | January 31, 1936 | Woodrow Wilson | |
| 6 | RADM Thomas Parran, Jr. | April 6, 1936 | April 6, 1948 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| 7 | RADM Leonard A. Scheele | April 6, 1948 | August 8, 1956 | Harry S. Truman | |
| 8 | RADM Leroy Edgar Burney | August 8, 1956 | January 29, 1961 | Dwight Eisenhower | |
| 9 | RADM Luther Terry | March 2, 1961 | October 1, 1965 | John F. Kennedy | |
| 10 | VADM William H. Stewart | October 1, 1965 | August 1, 1969 | Lyndon Johnson | |
| 11 | RADM Jesse Leonard Steinfeld | December 18, 1969 | June 30, 1973 | Richard Nixon | |
| (acting) | RADM Paul Ehrlich, Jr. | July 1, 1973 | July 13, 1977 | ||
| 12 | VADM Julius B. Richmond | July 13, 1977 | May 14, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |
| (acting) | Edward Brandt, Jr. | May 14, 1981 | January 21, 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |
| 13 | VADM C. Everett Koop | January 21, 1982 | October 1, 1989 | ||
| (acting) | ADM James O. Mason | October 1, 1989 | March 9, 1990 | George H. W. Bush | |
| 14 | VADM Antonia C. Novello | March 9, 1990 | June 30, 1993 | ||
| (acting) | RADM Robert A. Whitney | July 1, 1993 | September 8, 1993 | Bill Clinton | |
| 15 | VADM Joycelyn Elders | September 8, 1993 | December 31, 1994 | ||
| (acting) | RADM Audrey F. Manley | January 1, 1995 | July 1, 1997 | ||
| 16 | ADM / VADM David Satcher | February 13, 1998 | February 12, 2002 | ||
| (acting) | RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu | February 13, 2002 | August 4, 2002 | George W. Bush | |
| 17 | VADM Richard Carmona | August 5, 2002 | July 31, 2006 | ||
| (acting) | RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu | August 1, 2006 | September 30, 2007 | ||
| RADM Steven K. Galson | October 1, 2007 | October 1, 2009 | |||
| RADM Donald L. Weaver | October 1, 2009 | November 3, 2009 | Barack Obama | ||
| 18 | VADM Regina Benjamin | November 3, 2009 | Incumbent | ||
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