GAR Headquarters Department of Missouri
Locations
The headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Missouri was first in St. Louis City at the Temple Building, 19 So. Broadway from 1880 to 1928. Next it moved to the Victoria Building, 8th & Locust from 1928 to 1940.
Department Commanders
The biographies of the department commanders listed below are provided by the Missouri Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War; we have linked to them with their permission.
| Surname | Given Name | Post | Bio Link | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Organization of the Department of Missouri, July 1866 | |||||
| Fletcher | Thomas Clement | Post 2, St. Louis | Bio | 1866 | |
| McNeil | John C. | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | July 1866 | |
| Ledergerber | Frederick T. | Post 496, St. Louis | Bio | 1867 | |
| Department of Missouri 1st Organization—16 May 1867 | |||||
| Schurz | Carl | St. Louis | Bio | 1867 | elected May 7, 1867 |
| Rombauer | Robert Julius | Post 13, St. Louis | Bio | 1868–1869 | |
| Shepard | Isaac Fitzgerald | St. Louis | Bio | 1870–1871 | |
| No Department Returns to National Between 1872–1875 | |||||
| Jenkins | William S. | Kansas City, Kansas | Bio | 1872 | from Kansas |
| Lonergan | Thomas E. (Captain) | Post 2, St. Louis | Bio | 1875 | |
| Smith | Ford | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1875–1878 | |
| State Assigned to the Department of Kansas in 1879 | |||||
| Cavender | John S. (General) | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1880–1882 | |
| Department Reorganizes | |||||
| Warner | William | Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1882–1883 | National Commander-in-Chief: 1888-1889 |
| Chamberlain | Wilbur F. | Post 43, Hannibal, Missouri | Bio | 1884 | |
| Cole | Nelson | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1885–1886 | |
| Kimball | Egbert E. | Post 26, Nevada, Missouri | Bio | 1887 | |
| Smith | Hiram Jr. | Post 17, Cameron, Missouri | Bio | 1888 | |
| Phelps | John E. | Post 69, Springfield, Missouri | Bio | 1889 | |
| Rassieur | Leo | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1890 | National Commander-in-Chief: 1900-1901 |
| Martin | George W. | Post 57, Brookfield, Missouri | Bio | 1891 | |
| Whitehead | Charles W. | Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1892 | |
| Burton | Charles Germman | Post 26, Nevada, Missouri | Bio | 1893 | National Commander-in-Chief: 1907-1908 |
| Grund | Louis | Post 13, St. Louis | Bio | 1894 | |
| Benecke | Louis | Post 268, Brunswick, Missouri | Bio | 1895 | |
| Rodgers | Thomas B. | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1896 | |
| Platt | John Parker | Post 33, Kingston, Missouri Post 17, Cameron, Missouri |
Bio | 1897 | |
| Peterson | Andrew G. | Post 131, St. Louis | Bio | 1898 | |
| Scott | John W. | Post 5, Moberly, Missouri | Bio | 1899 | |
| Henry | Wilbur Fiske | Post 53, Sedalia, Missouri Post 3, Kansas City, Missouri |
Bio | 1900 | |
| Hall | George | Post 72, Trenton, Missouri | Bio | 1901 | |
| Bronson | Ira Thomas | Post 53, Sedalia, Missouri | Bio | 1902 | |
| Sterrett | Frank M. | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1903 | |
| Dew | Jeremiah Thornton | Post 3, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1904 | |
| Fairback | Henry | Post 107, St. Louis Post 131, St. Louis |
Bio | 1905 | |
| Williams | John M. | Post 276, California, Missouri | Bio | 1906 | |
| Kimball | Thomas Dudley | Post 131, St. Louis | Bio | 1907 | |
| Martin | Josiah Venham | Post 57, Brookfield, Missouri | Bio | 1908 | |
| Skinner | William Harrison | Post 124, Bethany, Missouri | Bio | 1909 | |
| Denham | Robert Newton | Post 131, St. Louis | Bio | 1910 | |
| Warner | Benjamin William | Post 4, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1911 | |
| Rubey | Charles Washington | Post 48, Lebanon, Missouri | Bio | 1912 | |
| Dreifus | Arthur | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1913 | |
| Lowe | William | Post 78, Warrensburg, Missouri | Bio | 1914 | |
| Dobyne | James Bell | Post 131, St. Louis | Bio | 1915 | |
| Wormstead | William Haskell | Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1916 | |
| McCandless | Alex | Post 5, Moberly, Missouri | Bio | 1916 | |
| Evans | Thomas W. | Post 7, St. Joseph, Missouri | Bio | 1917 | |
| Coghlan | Philipp F. | Post 1, St. Louis | Bio | 1918 | |
| Calland | William C. | Post 69, Springfield, Missouri | Bio | 1919 | |
| Webster | Samuel D | Post 131, St. Louis | Bio | 1920 | |
| Barnes | Andrew J.P. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1921, 1938 | |
| Hunter | James H. | Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1922 | |
| Mann | Samuel McAtee | Post 7, St. Joseph, Missouri | Bio | 1923 | |
| Zartman | Alfred | Post 4, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1924 | |
| Koock | Charles | Post 153, Sedalia, Missouri | Bio | 1925 | |
| Lanley | John W. | Post 496, St. Louis | Bio | 1926 | |
| Baldridge | David H. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1927 | |
| Ferguson | John Hunter | Post 111, Iberia, Missouri | Bio | 1928 | |
| Mitchell | Charles | Post 4, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1929 | |
| Woodruff | Chalmers P. | Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1930 | |
| Swartz | Peter L. | Post 114, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1931 | |
| Reynolds | Albert Melville | Post 7, St. Joseph, Missouri | Bio | 1932 | |
| Tyler | Robert B. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1933, 1940 | |
| George | Smith | Post 7, St. Joseph, Missouri | Bio | 1934 | |
| Martin | Perry | Post 107, St. Louis | Bio | 1935 | |
| Hollingsworth | Jonathan | Post 4, Kansas City, Missouri | Bio | 1936, 1941 | Artifacts 1 Artifacts 2 |
| Kowazek | William | Post 107, St. Louis | Bio | 1937 | |
| Barnes | Andrew J. P. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1921, 1938 | |
| Thomas | Stephen | Post 164, Breckenridge, Missouri Post 8, Kansas City, Missouri |
Bio | 1939 | |
| Tyler | Robert B. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1933, 1940 | |
| Hollingsworth | Jonathan | Missouri | Bio | 1936, 1941 | Artifacts 1 Artifacts 2 |
| Osborn | William H. | Post 14, Joplin, Missouri | Bio | 1942–1948 | |