The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, adopted on May 13, 1783, established the offices of the organization: president general, vice president general, secretary general, treasurer general, assistant secretary general, and assistant treasurer general. (The office of assistant treasurer general was not filled until 1825.) Although the election of officers occurred at each Triennial Meeting, from the beginning the sitting president general was by tradition re-elected to the office until his death. Many of the other general officers served multiple terms as well. A major change in the Society’s governance took place at the Triennial Meeting of 1950, when Bryce Metcalf, president general since 1932, retired voluntarily, and the delegates passed a resolution limiting the offices of president general and vice president general to no more than two consecutive terms of three years each. In practice, since 1953 a new president general and vice president general have been elected every three years, with a few of the other officers serving a second term in their office. The following provides a chronological list of the officers of the Society by office, with their constituent society affiliation noted in parentheses beside their names.

Presidents General

1783  George Washington (member at large)
1800  Alexander Hamilton (New York Society)
1805  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (South Carolina Society)
1825  Thomas Pinckney (South Carolina Society)
1829  Aaron Ogden (New Jersey Society)
1839  Morgan Lewis (New York Society)
1844  William Popham (New York Society) Last Continental officer to serve as president general
1848  Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (Massachusetts Society)
1854  Hamilton Fish (New York Society)
1896  William Wayne (Pennsylvania Society)
1902  Winslow Warren (Massachusetts Society)
1932  John Collins Daves (North Carolina Society)
1939  Bryce Metcalf (Connecticut Society)
1950  Isaac Anderson Pennypacker (Maryland Society) Died in office, 1950
1950  Edgar Erskine Hume (Virginia Society) Died in office, 1952
1952  John Fulton Reynolds Scott (Delaware Society) Acting president general
1953  Richard Hooker Wilmer (New Jersey Society)
1956  Catesby ap Catesby Jones (Virginia Society)
1959  Blanchard Randall (Maryland Society)
1962  Francis Whiting Hatch (Massachusetts Society)

1965  Charles Warren Lippitt (Rhode Island Society)
1968  Frank Anderson Chisholm (Georgia Society)
1971  Armistead Jones Maupin (North Carolina Society)
1974  Harry Ramsay Hoyt (Pennsylvania Society)
1977  John Taylor Gilman Nichols (New Hampshire Society)
1980  John Sanderson du Mont (New York Society)
1983  Catesby Brooke Jones (Virginia Society)
1986  Reuben Grove Clark, Jr. (Georgia Society)
1989  Frank Mauran (Rhode Island Society)
1992  Frederick Lorimer Graham (Massachusetts Society)
1995  William McGowan Matthew (South Carolina Society)
1998  William Russell Raiford (North Carolina Society)
2001  Jay Wayne Jackson (Connecticut Society)
2004  Robert Fillmore Norfleet, Jr. (Virginia Society)
2007  George Forrest Pragoff (Delaware Society)
2010  Kleber Sanlin Masterson, Jr. (Massachusetts Society)
2013  Ross Gamble Perry (Connecticut Society)
2016  Jonathan Tufts Woods (New Hampshire Society)
2019  William Pless Lunger (North Carolina Society)
2022  Frank Keech Turner, Jr. (Maryland Society)

Vice Presidents General

1784  Horatio Gates (Virginia Society)
1787  Thomas Mifflin (Pennsylvania Society)
1799  Alexander Hamilton (New York Society)
1800  Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (South Carolina Society)
1805  Henry Knox (Massachusetts Society)
1811  John Brooks (Massachusetts Society)
1825  Aaron Ogden (New Jersey Society)
1829  Morgan Lewis (New York Society)
1839  William Shute (New Jersey Society) Last Continental officer to serve as vice president general
1844  Horace Binney (Pennsylvania Society)
1848  Hamilton Fish (New York Society)
1854  Charles Stewart Daveis (Massachusetts Society)
1866  James Warren Sever (Massachusetts Society)
1872  James Simons (South Carolina Society)
1881  William Armstrong Irvine (Pennsylvania Society)
1887  Robert Milligan McLane (Maryland Society)
1896  Winslow Warren (Massachusetts Society)
1902  James Simons, Jr. (South Carolina Society)
1920  Charles Beatty Alexander (Pennsylvania Society)
1929  Francis Key Pendleton (New York Society)
1932  Bryce Metcalf (Connecticut Society)
1941  Edgar Erskine Hume (Virginia Society)
1953  Catesby ap Catesby Jones (Virginia Society)

1956  Blanchard Randall (Maryland Society)
1959  Francis Whiting Hatch (Massachusetts Society)
1962  Charles Warren Lippitt (Rhode Island Society)
1965  Frank Anderson Chisholm (Georgia Society)
1968  Armistead Jones Maupin (North Carolina Society)
1971  Harry Ramsay Hoyt (Pennsylvania Society)
1974  John Taylor Gilman Nichols (New Hampshire Society)
1977  Henry Charles Cheves III (South Carolina Society) Died in office, 1978
1978  Gérard, comte de la Villesbrunne (French Society)
1980  Catesby Brooke Jones (Virginia Society)
1983  Reuben Grove Clark, Jr. (Georgia Society)
1986  Frank Mauran (Rhode Island Society)
1989  Frederick Lorimer Graham (Massachusetts Society)
1992  William McGowan Matthew (South Carolina Society)
1995  William Russell Raiford (North Carolina Society)
1998  Jay Wayne Jackson (Connecticut Society)
2001  Robert Fillmore Norfleet, Jr. (Virginia Society)
2004  George Forrest Pragoff (Delaware Society)
2007  Kleber Sanlin Masterson, Jr. (Massachusetts Society)
2010  Raynald, duc de Choiseul Praslin (French Society)
2013  Jonathan Tufts Woods (New Hampshire Society)
2016  William Pless Lunger (North Carolina Society)
2019  Frank Keech Turner, Jr. (Maryland Society)
2022  Joel Thomas Daves IV (Virginia Society)

Secretaries General

1783  Henry Knox (Massachusetts Society)
1799  William Jackson (Pennsylvania Society) Last Continental officer to serve as secretary general
1829  Alexander Washington Johnston (Pennsylvania Society)
1857  Thomas McEuen (Pennsylvania Society)
1875  George Washington Harris (Pennsylvania Society)
1884  Asa Bird Gardiner (Rhode Island Society)
1920  John Collins Daves (North Carolina Society)
1932  Francis Apthorp Foster (Georgia Society) Resigned, 1948
1948  William Marbury Beall (Maryland Society) Acting secretary general
1950  John Fulton Reynolds Scott (Delaware Society)
1953  Joseph Knox Fornace (Pennsylvania Society)
1956  Irving Caywood Hanners (New Jersey Society)
1971  Stephen Caldwell Millett (New York Society)

1977  John Absalom Baird, Jr. (Delaware Society)
1983  Michael Miller (Connecticut Society)
1986  Minor Myers, Jr. (Rhode Island Society)
1989  William McGowan Matthew (South Carolina Society)
1992  Philippus Miller V (Pennsylvania Society)
1995  Andrew Pickens Miller (Virginia Society)
1998  Edward James Smith, Jr. (Maryland Society)
2001  Philippe, marquis de Bausset-Roquefort (French Society)
2007  Henry Burnett Fishburne, Jr. (South Carolina Society)
2010  Ross Gamble Perry (Connecticut Society)
2013  William Pless Lunger (North Carolina Society)
2016  John Christopher Harvey (New Jersey Society)
2019  Joel Thomas Daves IV (Virginia Society)
2022  Francis Ellerbe Grimball (South Carolina Society)

Treasurers General

1783  Alexander McDougall (New York Society)
1796  William Jackson (Pennsylvania Society)
1799  William Macpherson (Pennsylvania Society)
1825  Allan McLane (Pennsylvania Society)
1832  John Markland (Pennsylvania Society) Last Continental officer to serve as treasurer general
1838  Joseph Warren Scott (New Jersey Society)
1872  Tench Tilghman (Maryland Society)
1875  Alexander Hamilton, Jr. (New York Society)
1881  John Schuyler (New York Society)
1896  Richard Meredith McSherry (Maryland Society)
1899  Frederick Wolcott Jackson (New Jersey Society)
1905  Francis Marinus Caldwell (Pennsylvania Society)
1911  Charles Isham (Connecticut Society)
1920  Henry Randall Webb (Maryland Society)
1935  Horace Morison (New Hampshire Society)

1950  William Wickham Hoffman (New York Society)
1956  Charles Howland Russell (Rhode Island Society)
1962  Henry Irvine Keyser II (Virginia Society)
1971  Reuben Grove Clark, Jr. (Georgia Society)
1980  Francis George Shaw (Massachusetts Society)
1986  Frederick Lorimer Graham (Massachusetts Society)
1989  Thomas Willis Haywood Alexander (North Carolina Society)
1995  Jay Wayne Jackson (Connecticut Society)
1998  Robert Fillmore Norfleet, Jr. (Virginia Society)
2001  George Forrest Pragoff (Delaware Society)
2004  Kleber Sanlin Masterson, Jr. (Massachusetts Society)
2007  Jonathan Tufts Woods (New Hampshire Society)
2013  John Christopher Harvey (New Jersey Society)
2016  Frank Keech Turner, Jr (Maryland Society)
2019  Francis Ellerbe Grimball (South Carolina Society)
2022  William Postell Raiford (North Carolina Society)

Assistant Secretaries General

1784  Otho Holland Williams (Maryland Society)
1787  George Turner (South Carolina Society)
1790  William Macpherson (Pennsylvania Society)
1799  Nathan Dorsey (Pennsylvania Society)
1802  William Dent Beall (Maryland Society)
1825  John Markland (Pennsylvania Society) Last Continental officer to serve as assistant secretary general
1829  Thomas McEuen (Pennsylvania Society)
1857  George Washington Harris (Pennsylvania Society)
1875  Richard Irvine Manning (Maryland Society)
1890  Thomas Pinckney Lowdnes (South Carolina Society)
1896  Nicholas Fish (New York Society)
1905  John Cropper (Virginia Society)
1908  John Collins Daves (North Carolina Society)
1920  Francis Apthorp Foster (Georgia Society)
1932  Edgar Erskine Hume (Virginia Society)
1941  William Marbury Beall (Maryland Society)
1950  Joseph Knox Fornace (Pennsylvania Society)
1953  John Julius Pringle Smith (South Carolina Society)
1956  Bartlett Braxton Jones (North Carolina Society)

1962  Reginald Stuart Ward (New Hampshire Society)
1968  Stephen Caldwell Millett (New York Society)
1971  Scott Dudley Breckinridge, Jr. (Delaware Society) Died in office, 1976
1976  John Absalom Baird, Jr. (Delaware Society)
1977  John Sanderson du Mont (New York Society)
1980  Michael Miller (Connecticut Society)
1983  Minor Myers, Jr. (Rhode Island Society)
1986  William McGowan Matthew (South Carolina Society)
1989  Philippus Miller V (Pennsylvania Society)
1992  Andrew Pickens Miller (Virginia Society)
1995  Edward James Smith, Jr. (Maryland Society)
1998  Warren Masters Little (Massachusetts Society)
2001  Kleber Sanlin Masterson, Jr. (Massachusetts Society)
2004  Jonathan Tufts Woods (New Hampshire Society)
2007  Ross Gamble Perry (Connecticut Society)
2010  William Pless Lunger (North Carolina Society)
2013  James Bradley Burke (New Jersey Society)
2016  Joel Thomas Daves IV (Virginia Society)
2019  William Postell Raiford (North Carolina Society)
2022  Cordell Lee Bragg III (South Carolina Society)

Assistant Treasurers General

1825  Alexander Washington Johnston (Pennsylvania Society)
1829  John Markland (Pennsylvania Society) Only Continental officer to serve as assistant treasurer general
1832  Joseph Warren Scott (New Jersey Society)
1838  William Jackson, Jr. (Pennsylvania Society)
1851  John Henry Markland (Pennsylvania Society)
1863  John McDowell (New Jersey Society)
1872  William Berrian Dayton (New Jersey Society)
1881  Herman Burgin (New Jersey Society)
1893  Henry Thayer Drowne (Rhode Island Society)
1899  John Cropper (Virginia Society)
1905  Charles Isham (Connecticut Society)
1911  Henry Randall Webb (Maryland Society)
1920  James Wall Schureman Campbell (New Jersey Society)
1929  Francis King Wainwright (Delaware Society)
1932  Horace Morison (New Hampshire Society)
1935  Lawrence Monck Pinckney (South Carolina Society)
1950  Charles Howland Russell (Rhode Island Society)
1956  Bruce Baird (Delaware Society) Died in office, 1960

1960  Henry Irvine Keyser II (Virginia Society)
1962  Frank Anderson Chisholm (Georgia Society)
1965  Armistead Jones Maupin (North Carolina Society)
1968  Harry Ramsay Hoyt (Pennsylvania Society)
1971  John Taylor Gilman Nichols (New Hampshire Society)
1974  Charles Seymour Whitman, Jr. (Connecticut Society)
1977  Corbin Braxton Valentine, Jr. (Virginia Society)
1983  Frederick Lorimer Graham (Massachusetts Society)
1986  Thomas Willis Haywood Alexander (North Carolina Society)
1989  Jay Wayne Jackson (Connecticut Society)
1995  Ross Warne Maghan, Jr. (New Jersey Society)
1998  George Forrest Pragoff (Delaware Society)
2001  Jonathan Tufts Woods (New Hampshire Society)
2004  Brian Wesley Brooke (Maryland Society)
2007  Charles Lilly Coltman III (Pennsylvania Society)
2010  Frank Keech Turner, Jr. (Maryland Society)
2016  Peter Mapes Dodge (New York Society)
2019  Robert Mosby Turnbull (Virginia Society)
2022  John McConville Shannon (New Jersey Society)