List of United States Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by time in office
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This is a list of United States Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. (Note that the list of popes by length of reign use numbers of calendar days.)
General Earle Wheeler, USA, is the only person to have served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for more than 4 years. General Maxwell D. Taylor, USA, is the only Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ever to have served less than 23 months.
| # in office | Chairman | Days | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | General Earle Wheeler, USA | 2,190 days (5 years, 364 days) | 1 |
| 2 | Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN | 1,461 days (4 years, 0 days) | 2 |
| 7 | Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | 3 |
| 11 | Admiral William J. Crowe, USN | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | |
| 12 | General Colin Powell, USA | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | |
| 14 | General Hugh Shelton, USA | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | |
| 15 | General Richard Myers, USAF | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | |
| 17 | Admiral Michael Mullen, USN | 1,460 days (3 years, 364 days) | |
| 9 | General David C. Jones, USAF | 1,458 days (3 years, 362 days) | 9 |
| 1 | General of the Army Omar Bradley, USA | 1,457 days (3 years, 361 days) | 10 |
| 8 | General George S. Brown, USAF | 1,450 days (3 years, 354 days) | 12 |
| 13 | General John Shalikashvili, USA | 1,436 days (3 years, 340 days) | 13 |
| 10 | General John W. Vessey, Jr., USA | 1,200 days (3 years, 104 days) | 14 |
| 3 | General Nathan F. Twining, USAF | 1,142 days (3 years, 46 days) | 15 |
| 18 | General Martin Dempsey, USA | 1,455 days (3 years, 359 days) | 11 |
| 4 | General Lyman Lemnitzer, USA | 729 days (1 year, 364 days) | 16 |
| 16 | General Peter Pace, USMC | 729 days (1 year, 364 days) | |
| 5 | General Maxwell D. Taylor, USA | 639 days (1 year, 274 days) | 17 |
| 19 | General Joseph F. Dunford, USMC | 433 days (1 year, 67 days) | 18 |
Notes
- This list does not include Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy for 2,436 days from 1942 to 1949. Leahy's position was the precursor to the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- This list does not include Admiral David E. Jeremiah, USN, who served as acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for 23 days in 1993 (between the conclusion of Colin Powell's term and the appointment of John Shalikashvili).
See also
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