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Past National Presidents Sons of Spanish American War Veterans

The following is a listing of the Past National Presidents of the Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, from our first National President in 1937. Any officer marked with an (*) indicates that the President died while in office. If you have any additional information or photographs that you would like to submit please contact the National Webmaster.

1937 to 1938
Melvin Richard Benisch
Of New York-Camp #1

 

 

 

 

1938 to 1939 1939 to 1940 1940 to 1941 1941 to 1942
Walter C. Stieger Jr.
Of New York-Camp #13		 Edward J. Kilmartin III
Of California- Camp #54		 Edward G. Siegrist
Of New Jersey- Camp #102		 John H. Ebbe
Of Wisconsin-Camp #26
1942 to 1943 1943 to 1944 1944 to 1945 1945 to 1946
William J. Cullinane Jr.
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 Edward R. Suchman
Of Illinois- Camp #33		 Norman L. Larson
Of Wisconsin-Camp #26		 Edward F. Kennedy
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119
1946 to 1947 1947 to 1948 1948 to 1949 1949 to 1950
Paul J. Clarke
Of Washington, D.C-Camp #145		 James A. Daar
Of Missouri-Camp #149		 Lawrence B. Stretz
Of New York-Camp #13		 Harry J. Goodman
Of Pennsylvania-Camp #25
1950 to 1951 1951 to 1952 1952 to 1953 1953 to 1954
Joseph A. Lapan
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 Daniel E. Bowen
Of Washington, D.C.-Camp #145		 William J. Watson
Of New Jersey-Camp #102		 Charles A. Holt
Of Pennsylvania-Camp #15
1954 to 1955 1955 to 1956 1956 to 1957 1957 to 1958
Chester A. Tempest
Of California-Camp #153		 Otis W. Green
Of Ohio-Camp #12		 Henry I. Gleeksman
Of California-Camp #117		 Arthur T. Loo
Of Pennsylvania-Camp #25
1958 to 1959 1959 to 1960 1960 to 1961 1961 to 1962
John A. Dempsey
Of California-Camp #54		 Arthur J. Winn
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 James L. Davis
Of Washington, D.C.-Camp #145		 Robert F. Dennis
Of Illinois-Camp #MAL
1962 to 1963 1963 to 1964 1964 to 1965 1965 to 1966
Christopher J. Tebbens
Of Illinois-Camp #33		 Arthur A. Marullo
Of Louisiana-MAL		 William H. Tymchuk
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 George F. Keiser
Of Illinois-Camp #33
1966 to 1967 1967 to 1968 1968 to 1969 1969
Sydney Ballam
Of California-Camps #54 & #153		 Robert E. Shakespeare
Of Florida-Camp #33		 *Robert K. O’Flynn
Of California-Camp #54		 Charles E. Bond
Of Illinois-Camp #33
1969 to 1970 1970 to 1971 1971 to 1972 1972 to 1973
H.A. Davis
Of California-Camps 158 & 117		 Edmund R. Ryan
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 Walter Sorenson
Of California-Camp #153		 Arthur Higginbottom
Of New York-Camps #38 & #64
1973 to 1974 1974 to 1975 1975 to 1976 1976 to 1977
Walter D. Clisbee
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 John T. Harris
Of Illinois-Camp #139		 Walter O. Carroll
Of California-Camp #54		 Robert L. Bacon
Of Massachusetts-Camp #26
1977 to 1978 1978 to 1979 1979 to 1980 1980 to 1981
Francis C. Cribben
Of Illinois-Camp #33		 Harold A. Gangloff
Of Maryland-Camp #145		 John N. Crawford
Of Illinois-Camp #139		 Ronald C. Pratt
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119
1981 to 1982 1982 to 1983 1983 to 1984 1984 to 1985
George E. Owens Jr.
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 Edmund R. Ryan
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 John A. Dempsey
Of California-Camp #54		 Walter D. Clisbee
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119
1985 to 1986 1986 to 1987 1987 to 1988 1988 to 1989
Arthur T. Loo
Of Pennsylvania-Camp #25		 William J. Backus
Of Ohio-Camp #161		 Richard Evans Jr.
Of New York-Camp #43		 James A. Daar
Of Missouri-Camp #149
1989 to 1990 1990 to 1991 1991 to 1992 1992 to 1993
Henry L. Reinewald
Of Michigan-Camp #161		 Edmund R. Ryan
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 Morris L. Gross
Of Ohio-MAL		 Frank Bugley
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119
1993 to 1994 1994 to 1995 1995 to 1996 1996 to 1997
Charles Lamp
Of Texas-MAL		 Peter L. Moore Jr.
Of Maryland-MAL		 Timothy J. McGrath
Of Ohio-Camp #161		 Alexander Loo
Of PA/SC – Camps #25 & #164
1997 to 1998 1998 to 1999 1999 to 2000 2000 to 2001
*William J. Backus
Of Ohio-Camp #161		 Frank Bugley
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 *John E. Lamp Sr.
Of Texas-MAL		 John E. Lamp Jr.
Of Ohio-MAL
2001 to 2002 2002 to 2004 2004 to 2007 2007 to 2008
Timothy J. McGrath
Of Ohio-Camp #161		 Frank Bugley
Of Massachusetts-Camp #119		 David Hall
Of Maryland-MAL		 Duncan C. Ely
Of North Carolina-MAL
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2013
Raymond W. LeMay III
Of New York-Camp #168		 Timothy Downey
Of Kentucky-Camp #167		 James Blackwell
Of Massachusett-Camp #168 & #119		 Bernard O’Bryan III
Of Kentucky-Camp#167
2013 to 2015 2015 to 2016 2016 to 2019 2019 to 2021

Kenneth H. Robison II
Of South Carolina-Camp#164		 James McAteer
Of Pennsylvania-Camp #173		 Rev. John S. Sims
Of Tennessee-Camp #14		 James McBryant
of Indiana-MAL
2021-2023
Douglas M. “Tim” Mabee
Of New York-Camp #168