New Jersey Department Commanders

Year	Department Commander	Camp	Encampment Site (to began Department year)
2023-24	Jay Godin	Custer Camp 17	Toms River
2022-23	Jay Godin	Custer Camp 17	Toms River
2021-22	Gary DeSiver	Lincoln Camp 100	Virtual
2020-21	Gary DeSiver	Lincoln Camp 100	Virtual
2019-20	Robert Meyer	Custer Camp 17 and Kearny Camp 20	Toms River
2018-19	Robert Meyer	Custer Camp 17 and Kearny Camp 20	Toms River
2017-18	Fred Mossbrucker	Francine Camp 7	Toms River
2016-17	Fred Mossbrucker	Francine Camp 7	Toms River
2015-16	Jeff Heagy	Pursell Camp 104	Burlington Township
2014-15	Jeff Heagy	Pursell Camp 104	Toms River
2013-14	Ron Brower	Lincoln Camp 100	Hightstown
2012-13	Ron Brower	Lincoln Camp 100	Smithville
2011-12	John Makos	Francine Camp 7	Millville
2010-11	John Makos	Francine Camp 7	Millville
2009-10	Daniel Lynch	Custer Camp 17	Belmar
2008-09	Daniel Lynch	Custer Camp 17	Bridgeton
2007-08	Robert Wilhelm		Lawrenceville
2006-07	Robert Wilhelm		Hammonton
2005-06	Joseph Seliga	Lincoln Camp 100 and Garfield Camp 4	Clayton
2004-05	Joseph Seliga	Lincoln Camp 100 and Garfield Camp 4	Lawrenceville
2003-04	Clarence "Buzz" Smithcors		Vineland
2002-03	Clarence "Buzz" Smithcors		Sea Girt
2001-02	Clark McCullough		Vineland
2000-01	Clark McCullough		Hightstown
1999-2000	Barry Clark		Hightstown
1998-99	Michael Horgan		Gibbstown
1997-98	Michael Horgan		Hightstown
1996-97	David Hann		Gibbstown
1995-96	David Hann		Hightstown
1994-95	David Martin	Lincoln Camp 100	Hightstown
1993-94	David Martin	Lincoln Camp 100	Ocean City
1992-93	William Horn	Lincoln Camp 100	Hightstown
1991-92	William Horn	Lincoln Camp 100	Gibbstown
1990-91	William R. Mulholland, Jr.		Gibbstown
1989-90	Robert McKnight		Gibbstown
1988-89	Robert McKnight		Gibbstown
1987-88	Robert McKnight		Gibbstown
1986-87	Robert McKnight		Gibbstown
1985-86	Charles Nelson		Gibbstown
1984-85	Charles Nelson		Avon-By-The-Sea
1983-84	Edward G. Kater		Avon-By-The-Sea
1982-83	Edward G. Kater		Avon-By-The-Sea
1981-82	Charles W. Larkin		Avon-By-The-Sea
1980-81	Charles W. Larkin		Avon-By-The-Sea
1979-80	James F. Elliott		Avon-By-The-Sea
1978-79	James F. Elliott		Avon-By-The-Sea
1977-78	Daniel P. George		Avon-By-The-Sea
1976-77	Daniel P. George		Avon-By-The-Sea
1975-76	Kenneth P. Ekstrund		Avon-By-The-Sea
1974-75	Kenneth P. Ekstrund		Point Pleasant
1973-74	John J. Junge, Sr.		Point Pleasant
1972-73	John J. Junge, Sr.		Point Pleasant
1971-72	William W. Vanderhoof		Avon-By-The-Sea
1970-71	Richard D. Hines		Avon-By-The-Sea
1969-70	Richard D. Hines		Avon-By-The-Sea
1968-69	Walter H. Williams		Avon-By-The-Sea
1967-68	Walter H. Williams		Avon-By-The-Sea
1966-67	Frank L. Clark		Asbury Park
1965-66	Frank L. Clark		Asbury park
1964-65	William B. Wharton		Asbury Park
1963-64	William B. Wharton		Asbury Park
1962-63	Robert l. Gerke, Sr.		Atlantic City
1961-62	Eugene F. Patten, Sr.		Atlantic City
1960-61	Richard W. Pratt		Asbury Park
1959-60	Albert W. Lambert		Atlantic City
1958-59	Richard C. Kucker		Atlantic City
1957-58	Alton Sharp		Atlantic City
1956-57	Frank A. L. Daubert		Atlantic City
1955-56	George Satterthwaite		Asbury Park
1954-55	Dr. Karl Rothschild		Asbury park
1953-54	Fred H. Combs, Jr.		Atlantic City
1952-53	George Kilmer		Asbury Park
1951-52	William G. Simpson		Asbury park
1950-51	Robert E. McCloud		Asbury Park
1949-50	Russell H. Bogert		Trenton
1948-49	Daniel Oblinger		Asbury Park
1947-48	Vincent Hayden		Asbury Park
1946-47	William T. Bryan, Sr.		Atlantic City
1945-46	Andrew Richardson		Trenton
1944-45	William C. Kronmeyer		Newark
1943-44	Adam Grau		Trenton
1942-43	Edwin R. Shaw		Atlantic City
1941-42	Fred h. Combs, Sr.		Atlantic City
1940-41	Frank Parker		Atlantic City
1939-40	Walter C. Barlow		Asbury Park
1938-39	Fred J. Kurtz, Jr.		Atlantic City
1937-38	Maurice H. Ely, Sr.		Atlantic City
1936-37	Frank l. Merrell		Atlantic City
1935-36	Chester B. Stuart		Atlantic City
1934-35	Harry Meisel		Asbury Park
1933-34	Albert C. Lambert		Asbury Park
1932-33	George N. Bell		Wildwood
1931-32	Frederic C. Caster		Cape May
1930-31	Harrison M. Williams		Asbury Park
1929-30	Alexander Edgar		Wildwood
1928-29	Charles G. Denman		Cape May
1927-28	Samuel Sutton		Atlantic City
1926-27	Richard F. Bennett		Asbury Park
1925-26	M. Wycoff Ayers (died in office) and Luther L. Jones		Cape May
1924-25	John L. Reeger		Asbury Park
1923-24	Samuel E. Lueck		Atlantic City
1922-23	George H. Carter		Asbury Park
1921-22	Herman Schroeder		Paterson
1920-21	William M. Stuart		Asbury Park
1919-20	Herbert D. Williams		Asbury Park
1918-19	Ernest W. McCann		Atlantic City
1917-18	Arthur I. Vescelius		Asbury Park
1916-17	Henry Bender		Atlantic City
1915-16	John A. Corcoran		Asbury Park
1914-15	William J. Lenox		Atlantic City
1913-14	William H. Good		Trenton
1912-13	John D. Hopper		Paterson
1911-12	Joseph N. Layman		Union Hill
1910-11	Fred C. Hansen		Red Bank
1909-10	Charles Schmidt		Rahway
1908-09	Theodore E. Jones		Montclair
1907-08	Harry E. Pennell		Newark
1906-07	Charles Corlies Lawrence		Trenton
1905-06	John W. Robbins		Paterson
1904-05	Fred A. Gentieu		Atlantic City
1903-04	Robert C. Woerner		Hoboken
1902-03	Frank M. Cunningham		Trenton
1901-02	Richard F. Cross		Paterson
1900-01	George M. Bailey		Paterson
1899-00	Robert J. Van Houton		Paterson
1898-99	James W. Mathews		Trenton
1897-98	James R. Dungan		Trenton
1896-97	James B. Adams		Trenton
1895-96	James E. Pierson		Trenton
1894-95	George W. Pollitt		Trenton
1893-94	H. L. Sparks		Trenton
1892-93	Louis L. Drake		Trenton
1891-92	Thomas H. Edmond		Trenton
1890-91	George H. Perkins		Vineland
1889-90	Andrew Derrom, Jr.		Long Branch
1888-89	F. D. Morse		Elizabeth
1887-88	E. E. Jeffries		Atlantic City
1886-87	Ed C. White		Camden
1885-86	Henry E. Hatfield		Trenton
1884-85	Henry E. Hatfield		Newark
1883-84	Robert E. Crawford		Trenton

Past Commanders-in-Chief