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Former District Commanders
Former Philadelphia District Commanders
Lt. Col. C. S. Stewart 1866-1871
Lt. Col. J. N. Kurtz 1871-1877
Col. J. N. Macomb 1877-1882
Lt. Col. G. Weitzell 1882-1884
Maj. W. H. Heuer 1884-1885
Lt. Col. H. M. Robert 1885-1890
Maj. C. W. Raymond 1890-1901
Col. J. A. Smith 1901-1902
Lt. Col. C. W. Raymond 1902-1903
Maj. J. C. Sanford 1903-1905
Maj. C.A.F. Flagler 1905-1907
Maj. Herbert Deakyne 1908-1912
Lt. Col. Joseph E. Kuhn 1912-1913
Col. George A. Zinn 1913-1916
Maj. J. C. Oakes 1916-1917
Col. Mark Brooke 1917-1918
L. D. Shuman C.E. 1918-1919
Col. W. B. Ladue 1919-1921
Maj. L. E. Lyon 1921-1922
Col. Earl I. Brown 1922-1923
Col. F. C. Boggs 1923-1928
Lt. Col. G. B. Pillsbury 1928-1930
Col. Earl I. Brown 1930-1933
Col. J. A. Woodruff 1933-1934
Lt. Col. John C. H. Lee 1934-1938
Maj. C. W. Burlin 1938-1940
Col. H. B. Vaughan, Jr. 1940-1943
Col. A. H. Burton 1943-1944
Col. Clarence Renshaw 1944-1945
Col. Frederic F. Frech 1945-1949
Col. Earl E. Gesler 1949-1950
Col. Ralph E. Cruse 1950-1952
Col. Walter Krueger, Jr. 1952-1954
Col. R. J. Fleming, Jr. 1954-1955
Col. A. F. Clark, Jr. 1955-1957
Col. W. F. Powers 1957-1959
Col. T. H. Setliffe 1959-1963
Col. E. P. Yates 1963-1966
Col. W. W. Watkin, Jr. 1966-1968
Col. J. A. Johnson 1968-1971
Col. Carroll D. Strider 1971-1973
Col. Clyde A. Selleck 1973-1975
Col. Harry V. Dutchyshyn 1975-1978
Col. James G. Ton 1978-1981
Lt. Col Roger L. Baldwin 1981-1984
Lt. Col. Ralph V. Locurcio 1984-1987
Lt. Col. George W. Quinby 1987-1990
Lt. Col. Kenneth H. Clow 1990-1992
Lt. Col. Richard F. Sliwoski 1992-1994
Lt. Robert P. Magnifico 1994-1996
Lt. Col. Robert B. Keyser 1996-1998
Lt. Col. Debra M. Lewis 1998-2000
Lt. Col Timothy Brown 2000-2002
Lt. Col. Thomas C. Chapman 2002-2004
Lt. Col. Robert J. Ruch 2004-2006
Lt. Col. Gwen E. Baker 2006-2008
Lt. Col. Thomas J. Tickner 2008-2010
Lt. Col. Philip M. Secrist III 2010-2012
Lt. Col. John C. Becking 2012-2014
Lt. Col. Michael A. Bliss 2014-2017
Lt. Col. Kristen N Dahle 2017-2019
Lt. Col. David C. Park 2019-2021
Lt. Col. Ramon Brigantti 2021-
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