This list of information from the 1837 Navy register covers only the Navy’s 380 commissioned officers.
It does not include those holding warrants as Surgeons (100 men at various levels), Pursers (44 men),
Chaplains (10 men), Sailing Masters (27 men), Professors of Mathematics/Teachers at Naval Schools (9 men),
Boatswains (21 men), Gunners (25 men), Carpenters (22 men), or Sailmakers (22 men). It also does not cover the
155 Passed Midshipmen or 259 Midshipmen who, though in the line of promotion, did not hold commissions.
Marine Corps officers, Navy Agents, Storekeepers, and Naval Constructors, all mentioned in the 1836 Navy
Register, are not included in the 1837 source material and so, of course, ate not mentioned here either.
Please note that the Navy’s officer corps had expanded in early 1837, with an additional 10 Captains, 10
Master Commandants, and 47 Lieutenants over 1836, though this was in part balanced by a decrease of 43
Passed Midshipmen.
|
Navy Register 1837 – Corrected as of April 1 |
|
Rank / # in Grade |
Name |
Date of Commission |
Duty |
|
Captain |
John Rodgers |
|
President, Navy Board |
|
|
James Barron |
22 May 1799 |
Com’dt, N Yard, |
|
|
Charles Stewart |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Isaac Hull |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
5 |
Isaac Chauncey |
|
Commissioner, Navy Board |
|
|
Jacob Jones |
|
Comd’g Naval Officer, Balt. |
|
|
Charles Morris |
|
Commissioner, Navy Board |
|
|
Lewis Warrington |
|
Com’dt N. Yard, |
|
|
Wm. M. Crane |
|
Com’dt, N. Yard, |
|
10 |
James Biddle |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles G. Ridgely |
|
Com’dt, N. Yard, |
|
|
Daniel T. Patterson |
|
Com’dt, N Yard, |
|
|
Melanc. T. Woolsey |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
J. Orde Creighton |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
15 |
John Downes |
|
Com’dt, N. Yard, |
|
|
Jesse D. Elliot |
|
Com’dg Mediter’n Squadron |
|
|
Stephen Cassin |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
James Renshaw |
|
Com’dg Brazilian Squadron |
|
|
Alex S. Wadsworth |
|
Com’dg Pacific Squadron |
|
20 |
George C. Read |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Henry E. Ballard |
|
App to Com Pacific Squadron |
|
|
David Deacon |
|
Com’dg |
|
|
Samuel Woodhouse |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Joseph J. Nicholson |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
25 |
Edmund P. Kennedy |
|
Com’dg Naval Force, |
|
|
Alexander J. Dallas |
|
Com’dg W. |
|
|
John B. Nicolson |
|
App to com Brazilian Squadron |
|
|
Jesse Wilkinson |
|
Com’dg |
|
|
T. ap Catesby Jones |
|
App to com sur & expl exp |
|
30 |
Wm. Compton |
|
Com’dg N Yard, |
|
|
William B. Shubrick |
|
Insp’r of Ord and Ammunition |
|
|
Alexander Claxton |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles W. Morgan |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
|
|
Com’r for testing medium guns |
|
35 |
Foxhall A. Parker |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Edw. R. McCall |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Daniel Turner |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
David Conner |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John Gallagher |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
40 |
Thos. Holdup Stevens |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. M. Hunter |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John D. Sloat |
|
Spec duty, estab of lighthouses |
|
|
Mathew C. Perry |
|
Spec duty, estab of lighthouses |
|
|
Charles W. Skinner |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
45 |
John T. Newton |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Joseph Smith |
|
Spec duty conn expl exp |
|
|
|
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
George W. Storer |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Beverly Kennon |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
50 |
Edw. R. Shubrick |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Master Commandant |
George Budd |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
F. H. Gregory |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John H. Clack |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
P. F. Voorhees |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
5 |
Benjamin Cooper |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
David Geisinger |
|
Comd’g Rendezvous, |
|
|
Robert F. Stockton |
27 May 1830 |
Furlough |
|
|
Isaac McKeever |
27 May 1830 |
Rendezvous, |
|
|
John P. Zantzinger |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
10 |
William D. Salter |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Chas. S. McCauley |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
Thomas M. Newell |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Elie A. F. Vallette |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
William A. Spencer |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
15 |
Thomas T. Webb |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John Percival |
|
Navy Yard |
|
|
John H, Aulick |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William V. Taylor |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Mervine P. Mix |
|
Comd’g |
|
20 |
Bladen Dulany |
|
Comd’g |
|
|
Silas H. Stringham |
|
Comd’g John Adams |
|
|
Isaac Mayo |
|
Comd’g |
|
|
Wm. K. Latimer |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
William Mervine |
|
Comd’g |
|
25 |
Thomas Crabb |
|
Comd’g Vandalia |
|
|
Edw. B. Babbitt |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Thomas Paine |
|
|
|
|
James Armstong |
|
Comd’g Macedonian |
|
|
Joseph Smoot |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
30 |
Samuel L. Breese |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Benjamin Page, jr. |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John Gwynn |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Thomas W. Wyman |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Andrew Fitzhugh |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
35 |
Abra’m S. Ten Eick |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John White |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Hiram Paulding |
|
Spec duty, estab of lighthouses |
|
|
Jona. D. Williamson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Uriah P. Levy |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
40 |
Charles Boarman |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
French Forrest |
|
Recruit’g for expl exp in D.C. |
|
|
Wm. E. McKenney |
|
Comd’g Dolphin |
|
|
William J. Belt |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William Jamesson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
45 |
William Boerum |
|
Constitution |
|
|
Chas. L. Williamson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles Gaunt |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William Ramsay |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Ralph Voorhees |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
50 |
Henry Henry |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lieutenant |
James P. Oellers |
|
Ordinary, |
|
|
Charles E. Crowly |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. A. C. Farragut |
|
|
|
|
Stephen Champlin |
|
Invalid |
|
5 |
Samuel W. Downing |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Henry W. Ogden |
|
Comd’g Rec’g
Ship, |
|
|
Ebenezer Ridgeway |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Thomas A. Conover |
|
On Furlough |
|
|
John C. Long |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
10 |
John H. Graham |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
James M. McIntosh |
|
Comd’g Grampus |
|
|
Josiah Tattnall |
|
Comd’g Pioneer |
|
|
Hugh N. Page |
|
Comd’g Boxer |
|
|
William Inman |
|
|
|
15 |
Joel Abbott |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Lewis E. Simonds |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John H. Dale |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
H. H. Cocke |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. J. McCluney |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
20 |
J. B. Montgomery |
|
Comd’g Rec’g
Ship, |
|
|
Horace J. Sawyer |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
C. K. Stribling |
|
Peacock |
|
|
Joshua R. Sands |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
John J. Young |
|
Sup’t |
|
25 |
Charles H. Bell |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Abraham Bigelow |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Frank Ellery |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Frederick Varnum |
|
Rec’g Ship, |
|
|
Joseph R. Jarvis |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
30 |
Thomas W. Freelon |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
James Williams |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Sam. W. Le Compte |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles T. Platt |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. M. Armstrong |
|
Comd’g Rec’g
Ship, |
|
35 |
Wm. F. Shields |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
G. J. Pendergrast |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. C. Nicholson |
|
|
|
|
James B. Cooper |
|
Naval Asylum, |
|
|
E. W. Carpender |
|
Navy Yard. |
|
40 |
John L. Saunders |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Joseph B. Hull |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John Stone Paine |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John E. Prentiss |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Joseph Morehead |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
45 |
Thomas Pettigru |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John S. Chauncey |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
|
|
Comd’g Rec’g vessel, Phila |
|
|
John Kelley |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Edmund Byrne |
|
On duty testing medium guns |
|
50 |
Edward S. Johnson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William H. Gardner |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
David G. Farragut |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Richard S. Pinckney |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Stephen B. Wilson |
|
Rec’g Ship, |
|
55 |
Edward C. Rutledge |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William S. Harris |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Thos. Aloysius Dornin |
|
Comd’g Relief |
|
|
Robt. B. Cunningham |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
James Glynn |
|
Comd’g Consort |
|
60 |
Joseph Myers |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
William C. Wetmore |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Thomas R. Gedney |
|
Comd’g |
|
|
John Bubier |
|
Ordinary, |
|
|
Victor M. Randolph |
|
Furlough |
|
65 |
Jacob Crowninshield |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Frederick Engle |
|
Constellation |
|
|
Alex J. Dallas |
|
Rec’g Ship, |
|
|
John Rudd |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Robert Ritchie |
|
Recruiting for expl exp |
|
70 |
William W. McKean |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
Franklin Buchanan |
|
Comd’g Rec’g vessel, Balt |
|
|
Samuel Mercer |
|
Navy Yard. |
|
|
Charles Lowndes |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
L. M. Goldsborough |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
75 |
George N. Hollins |
|
Comd’g |
|
|
D. N. Ingraham |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John Marston, Jr. |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Henry Bruce |
|
|
|
|
William D. Newman |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
80 |
Henry A. Adams |
|
|
|
|
Alex B. Pinkham |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
James D. Knight |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Joseph Mattison |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William S. Walker |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
85 |
Alexander Slidell |
|
|
|
|
George F. Pearson |
|
Comd’g Shark |
|
|
James T. Gerry |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John S. Nicholas |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Samuel F. DuPont |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
90 |
William F. Hudson |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
Wm. H. Campbell |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
James P. Wilson |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
George A. Magruder |
|
Macedonian |
|
|
John Pope |
|
|
|
95 |
Levin M. Powell |
|
Vandalia |
|
|
Charles Wilkes, Jr. |
|
In Charge of Depot of Nautic’l Instru’ts |
|
|
Elisha Peck |
|
|
|
|
John A. Carr |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Thomas J. Manning |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
100 |
William Pearson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
William L. Howard |
|
|
|
|
William P. Piercy |
|
With Army in |
|
|
Richard A. Jones |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Thomas J. Leib |
|
|
|
105 |
William G. Woolsey |
|
Ordinary, |
|
|
William H. Kennon |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Arthur Lewis |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
John W. West |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
T. O. Selfridge |
|
|
|
110 |
R. R. Pinkham |
|
Recruiting for expl exp |
|
|
Henry Eagle |
|
|
|
|
A. K. Long |
|
Recruiting for expl exp |
|
|
G. J. Van Brunt |
|
|
|
|
Henry Pinkney |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
115 |
Wm. M. Glendy |
|
|
|
|
John H. Little |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
George P. Upshur |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
George S. Blake |
|
Comd’g Experiment [on coast survey] |
|
|
Z. F. Johnson |
|
|
|
120 |
William Green |
|
Peacock |
|
|
Samuel Barron |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Timothy G. Benham |
|
|
|
|
Robert W. Jones |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
Alex G. Gordon |
|
|
|
125 |
A. G, Slaughter |
|
|
|
|
E. A. Downes |
|
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Oscar Bullus |
|
Constitution |
|
|
John Marshall |
|
Furlough |
|
|
Charles H. Jackson |
|
Boxer |
|
130 |
Andrew A. Harwood |
|
Shark |
|
|
Theo. Bailey, Jr. |
|
Recruiting for expl exp |
|
|
H. Y. Purviance |
|
|
|
|
George Adams |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Cad’r Ringgold |
17 May 1828 |
John Adams |
|
135 |
John Graham |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Wm. F. Lynch |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Henry W. Morris |
17 May 1828 |
Pioneer |
|
|
Isaac S. Sterett |
17 May 1828 |
John Adams |
|
|
Francis B. Ellison |
17 May 1828 |
Navy Yard, |
|
140 |
Edward B. Boutwell |
17 May 1828 |
Rec’g Ship, |
|
|
James T. Homans |
17 May 1828 |
Furlough |
|
|
John E. Bispham |
17 May 1828 |
|
|
|
|
17 May 1828 |
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Wm. C. Whittle |
17 May 1828 |
On duty testing medium guns |
|
145 |
John H. Marshall |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Richard H. Morris |
17 May 1828 |
Furlough |
|
|
Thompson D. Shaw |
17 May 1828 |
Rendezvous, |
|
|
Robert D. Thorburn |
17 May 1828 |
|
|
|
Samuel Lockwood |
17 May 1828 |
Macedonian |
|
150 |
Lloyd B. Newell |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John Cassin |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Hillary H. Rhodes |
17 May 1828 |
|
|
|
William S. Ogden |
17 May 1828 |
Dolphin |
|
|
Frederick A. Neville |
17 May 1828 |
Waiting Orders |
|
155 |
John W. Mooers |
17 May 1828 |
Vandalia |
|
|
Edmund W. Russel |
17 May 1828 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
|
17 May 1828 |
|
|
|
Charles C. Turner |
17 May 1828 |
Peacock |
|
|
Joseph Stallings |
17 May 1828 |
Grampus |
|
160 |
John Manning |
17 May 1828 |
Waiting Orders |
|
|
James L. Lardner |
17 May 1828 |
|
|
|
Robert G. Robb |
27 May 1830 |
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Edward M. Vail |
27 May 1830 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Fitz Allen Deas |
27 May 1830 |
|
|
165 |
John Colhoun |
27 May 1830 |
Constitution |
|
|
Chas. W. Chauncey |
27 May 1830 |
John Adams |
|
|
Law. Pennington |
27 May 1830 |
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Thomas T. Craven |
27 May 1830 |
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Andrew H. Foot |
27 May 1830 |
Waiting Orders |
|
170 |
John L. Ball |
27 May 1830 |
Constellation |
|
|
William W. Hunter |
27 May 1830 |
Constellation |
|
|
N. C. Lawrence |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Amasa Paine |
|
|
|
|
Nathaniel W. Duke |
|
Furlough |
|
175 |
Edward G. Tilton |
|
|
|
|
James H. Ward |
|
|
|
|
Henry Hoff |
|
|
|
|
Jonathan Ingersoll |
|
Furlough |
|
|
Grey Skipwith |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
Charles H. Davis |
|
|
|
|
Stephen Johnston |
|
Constellation |
|
|
Jonathan W. Swift |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Chas. M. Armstrong |
|
|
|
185 |
Ebenezer Farrand |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Henry H. Bell |
|
|
|
|
William Smith |
|
Vandalia |
|
|
Charles. H. McBlair |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
James M. Watson |
|
Constitution |
|
190 |
John W. Turk |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
Junius J. Boyle |
|
Rect’g for Brazilian Squadron |
|
|
William E. Hunt |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Gurden C. Ashton |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Robert W. Browning |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
195 |
Jonathan D. Ferris |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
A. B. Fairfax |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Neil M. Howison |
|
|
|
|
William B. Lyne |
|
Rec’g Ship, |
|
|
Peter Turner |
|
Boxer |
|
200 |
John A. Davis |
|
Constitution |
|
|
Henry K. Thatcher |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
James H. Rowan |
|
|
|
|
Samuel E. Munn |
|
|
|
|
William H. Noland |
|
|
|
205 |
Wm. D. Porter |
|
|
|
|
Charles H. Duryee |
|
|
|
|
William McBlair |
|
Ordinary at |
|
|
George M. Hooe |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Jno. S. Missroon |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
210 |
James Noble |
|
|
|
|
Richard L. Page |
|
Peacock |
|
|
Frederick Chatard |
|
Vandalia |
|
|
Gab’l G. Williamson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Benj. J. Totten |
|
Shark |
|
215 |
Owen Burns |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Harry Ingersoll |
|
|
|
|
Alex. H. Marbury |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
H. M. Houston |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles G. Hunter |
|
|
|
220 |
Arthur Sinclair |
|
Recruiting for expl exp |
|
|
Edwin W. Moore |
|
|
|
|
Robert B. Hitchcock |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
C. H. A. H. Kennedy |
|
Constellation |
|
|
Thomas W. Brent |
|
Shark |
|
225 |
George M. Bache |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Ezra T. Doughty |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Joseph Lanman |
|
Navy Yard, |
|
|
John W. Cox |
|
Grampus |
|
|
John K. Mitchell |
|
|
|
230 |
Thomas Turner |
|
Macedonian |
|
|
Henry Moor |
|
|
|
|
Charles H. Poor |
|
|
|
|
Jas. Findlay Schenck |
|
|
|
|
John B. Cutting |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
235 |
T. M. Washington |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Lewis G. Keith |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Matthew F. Maury |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Timothy A Hunt |
|
|
|
|
Sylvanus Wm. Godon |
|
Peacock |
|
240 |
James S. Palmer |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Wm. Radford |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Samuel F. Hazard |
|
|
|
|
John M. Berrien |
|
Ordinary, |
|
|
George A. Prentiss |
|
|
|
245 |
John C. Sharpe |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
John C. Carter |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
George Hurst |
|
|
|
|
Alfred Taylor |
|
|
|
|
Sam Phillips Lee |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
250 |
John P. Gillis |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Joseph W. Jarvis |
|
|
|
|
Simon B. Bissell |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Samuel Swartwout |
|
Grampus |
|
|
John J. Glasson |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
255 |
Samuel T. Gillet |
|
Furlough |
|
|
Raphl. Semmes, Jr. |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
James F. Miller |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
James P. McKinstry |
|
|
|
|
Wm.A. Wurts |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
260 |
Henry A. Steele |
|
Constitution |
|
|
John M. Gardner |
|
|
|
|
Spencer C. Gist |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
|
Charles Heywood |
|
Shark |
|
|
Alex. C. Maury |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
265 |
Oliver S. Glisson |
|
|
|
|
John A. Dahlgren |
|
On survey of the coast |
|
|
Stephen C. Rowan |
|
Relief |
|
|
Edw. R. Thompson |
|
|
|
|
J. T. Macdonough |
|
Leave of Absence |
|
270 |
Guert Gansevoort |
|
|
|
|
Wm. Lambert |
|
On survey of the coast |
|
|
Wm. Ward |
|
|
|
|
Robert Handy |
|
|
|
|
Henry Darcantel |
|
Constitution |
|
275 |
Burritt Shepard |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Charles Green |
|
|
|
|
Edw. L. Handy |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
Melancton Smith |
|
|
|
|
Francis Huger |
|
|
|
280 |
Wm. C. Chaplin |
|
Waiting Orders |
|
|
|
|
|