The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of The United States
Commanders-in-Chief
The Loyal Legion intentionally maintains a hierarchical leadership structure, with the Commander-in-Chief at the acme. He presides over the Commandery-in-Chief consisting of various subordinate offices that help ensure the smooth operation of the Order. Past Commanders-in-Chief occupy an important place in the organization by providing wise counsel to current officers, volunteering for standing committees, and serving in state Commandery leadership.
The following list details over 160 years of unbroken leadership to the Loyal Legion:
KEY:
* Deceased
** Died In Office
*** Resigned
Paul Thomas Davis
2025-Present
Michael Timothy Bates, Esq.
2023-2025
Col. Robert Darnell Pollock, USAF (Ret.)
2021-2023
Joseph Thomas Coleman, Ed.D.
2019-2021
Col. Eric Armando Rojo, USA (Ret.)
2017-2019
Capt. James Robert Simmons, USAF (Ret.)
2015-2017
Waldron Kintzing Post
2013-2015
Jeffry Christian Burden, Esq.
2011-2013
Keith Graham Harrison*
2009-2011
(SUVCW CinC, 1994-1995)
Karl Frederick Schaeffer*
2007-2009
Benjamin Charles Frick, Esq.
2005-2007
Douglas Reed Niermeyer*
2003-2005
Gordon Rick Bury II
2001–2003
(SUVCW CinC, 1986–1987)
Col. Robert James Bateman, USA (Ret.)*
1999–2001
Hon. Michael Patrick Sullivan
1997-1999
The Rev. Can. Robert Girard Carroon, Ph.D.
1995–1997
Hon. Scott Wallace Stucky, USAFR (Ret.)
1993-1995
Henry Nathan Sawyer*
1991–1993
Lowell Varner Hammer, Jr.*
1989–1991
(SUVCW CinC, 1991–1992)
William Henry Upham*
1985–1989
(Last CinC to serve more than one term)
Alexander Purves Hartnett*
1983–1985
Lt. Col. Philip Marsh Watrous, USA (Ret.)*
1981–1983
Charles Allan Brady, Jr.*
1973–1975
Col. Walter Everett Hopper, Jr., Esq., USAR (Ret.)*
1964–1967
Lt. Col. Henry Durston Saylor II, USAR (Ret.)*
1962–1964
Donald Hollis Whittemore*
1951–1953
Honorary Commanders-in-Chief
1st Lt. Oscar Newton Wilmington
(1942-1944)
Josiah Kirby Lilly, Sr.
(1943-1948)
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
(1943-1964)
Eli Lilly II (1971-1977)