Past Commander's
of The American Legion "U.S.S. Tampa" Post 5
The
American Legion
Still Serving...
Years Name
1919 – 1920 E. B. “Dad” Priest
1920 – 1922 Harold C. Culbreath
1922 – 1923 James W. Morris, Jr.
1923 – 1924 Howard McFarlane
1924 – 1925 M. L. Montgomery
1925 – 1926 J. C. Huskisson
1926 – 1927 Carl D. Brorein
1927 – 1928 Ed C. Darlington
1928 – 1930 Frank Carmack
1930 – 1931 Morris E. White
1931 – 1932 Gettis B. Henderson
1932 – 1933 M. J. Mackler
1933 – 1934 Curtis L. Sparkman
1934 – 1935 James C. Handley
1935 – 1936 William C. Booker
1936 – 1937 Frank H. Willis
1937 – 1938 Peyton T. Jordan
1938 – 1939 Larry A. Grayson
1939 – 1940 William E. Thompson
1940 – 1941 Henry H. Cole
1941 – 1942 Dr. William B. Hopkins
1942 – 1943 Rufus T. Cooper
1943 – 1944 Guy H. Allen
1944 – 1945 Nicholas L. Paleveda
1945 Heiskell W. Harvill
1945 – 1946 Alexander L. Johnson
1946 T. G. Woodson
1946 – 1947 Chester A. R. Kurtz
1947 – 1948 T. Paine Kelly, Jr.
1948 – 1949 William J. Paicie
1949 – 1950 Nat Rambo
1950 – 1951 Edmond J. McMullen
1951 – 1952 William H. Frecker
1952 – 1953 Herbert H. Yardley
1953 – 1954 Clayton M. Tittsworth
1954 – 1955 Nick Paleveda, Jr.
1955 – 1956 V. R. Fisher
1956 – 1957 Orrin L. Strickland
1957 – 1958 George H. Leavitt
1958 – 1959 Tom J. Johnson, Jr.
1959 – 1960 Samuel E. Parker
1960 – 1961 Thomas E. Roberts
1961 – 1962 Robert E. Stocksick, Sr.
1962 – 1963 James L. Naylor
1963 – 1964 Samuel G. Harrison
1964 - 1965 Ernest E. Sanchez
1965 – 1966 John F. Riley
1966 – 1967 Tennyson A. Barker
1967 – 1968 Ernest E. Sanchez
1968 – 1975 Morris D. Weisman
1975 – 1976 M. A. Chardoff, M.D.
1976 – 1977 Fletcher O. Gomillion
1977 – 1980 Orrin L. Strickland
1980 – 1983 James T. Brown
1983 – 1984 Daniel W. Hall, Jr.
1984 – 1985 Robert Heartline
1985 – 1987 Harvie L. McCoy
1987 – 1989 Joe Greco
1989 – 1991 Paul D. Sprague
1991 – 1993 Sam Valenti
1993 – 1995 John Venza
1995 – 1996 Armando L. Cruz
1996 – 1997 Herbert R. Springston
1997 – 2001 Debra J. Roush
2001 – 2003 Howard L. Hoover
2003 – 2004 Dennis “Buz” Barbour
2004 – 2006 Leroy Carolina
2006 – 2020 William “Bill” Hamblin
2020 – 2022 Gerard Abbett
2022 – 2023 Jess "J.R." Scoggins
2023 – 2024 Chris Man-Son-Hing
2024 – 2025 Carlos Gill
