List of United States Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by time in office

This is a list of United States Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. (Note that the list of popes by length of reign use numbers of calendar days.)

General Earle Wheeler, USA, is the only person to have served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for more than 4 years. General Maxwell D. Taylor, USA, is the only Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ever to have served less than 23 months.

# in office Chairman Days Rank
6
 WheelerGeneral Earle Wheeler, USA
2,190 days (&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
1
2
 RadfordAdmiral Arthur W. Radford, USN
1,461 days (&100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000000000000 days)
2
7
 MoorerAdmiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
11
 CroweAdmiral William J. Crowe, USN
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
12
 PowellGeneral Colin Powell, USA
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
14
 SheltonGeneral Hugh Shelton, USA
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
15
 MyersGeneral Richard Myers, USAF
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
17
 MullenAdmiral Michael Mullen, USN
1,460 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
3
9
 JonesGeneral David C. Jones, USAF
1,458 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000362000000362 days)
8
1
 BradleyGeneral of the Army Omar Bradley, USA
1,457 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000361000000361 days)
9
8
 BrownGeneral George S. Brown, USAF
1,450 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000354000000354 days)
10
13
 ShalikashviliGeneral John Shalikashvili, USA
1,436 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000340000000340 days)
11
10
 VesseyGeneral John W. Vessey, Jr., USA
1,200 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000104000000104 days)
13
3
 TwiningGeneral Nathan F. Twining, USAF
1,142 days (&100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000004600000046 days)
14
4
 LemnitzerGeneral Lyman Lemnitzer, USA 0729
729 days (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
15
16
 PaceGeneral Peter Pace, USMC 0729
729 days (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000364000000364 days)
15
5
 TaylorGeneral Maxwell D. Taylor, USA 0639
639 days (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000274000000274 days)
17
18
 DempseyGeneral Martin Dempsey, USA
166 days (&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000166000000166 days)
18

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