Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Name Branch Term began Term ended
1 Col William Butler Remey USMC 1880 1892
2 CAPT Samuel Conrad Lemly USN 1892 1904
3 CAPT Samuel Willauer Black Diehl USN 1904 1907
4 CAPT Edward Hale Campbell USN 1907 1909
5 CAPT Robert Lee Rusell USN 1909 1913
6 CAPT Ridley McLean USN 1913 1916
7 CAPT William Carleton Watts USN 1917 1918
8 RADM George Ramsey Clark USN 1918 1921
9 RADM Julian Lane Latimer USN 1921 1925
10 RADM Edward Hale Campbell USN 1925 1929
11 RADM David F. Sellers USN 1929 1931
12 RADM Orin Gould Murfin USN 1931 1934
13 RADM Claude C. Bloch USN 1934 1936
14 RADM Gilbert Jonathan Rowcliff USN 1936 1938
15 RADM Walter Browne Woodson USN 1938 1943
16 RADM Thomas Leigh Gatch USN 1943 1945
17 RADM Oswald Symister Colclough USN 1945 1948
18 RADM George Lucius Russell USN 1948 1952
19 RADM Ira Hudson Nunn USN 1952 1956
20 RADM Chester Charles Ward USN 1956 1960
List of Judge Advocates General of the Navy
The Judge Advocate General of the Navy (JAG) is the highest-ranking uniformed lawyer in the United States Department of the Navy. The Judge Advocate General is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations on legal matters pertaining to the Navy. The Judge Advocate General also performs other duties prescribed to them under and those prescribed under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.