| NAME | RANK/BRANCH/DEPARTMENT | POSISTION | YEARS |
| Seth M. Ackley | Commander. U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 9 Mar 1898 - 4 Apr 1899 |
| Henry M. Adams | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 3 Jun 1893 - 24 Aug 1895 | |
| Alexander Dallas Bache, LLD | Professor & Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey | 9 Oct 1852 - 17 Feb 1867 [D] | |
| Hartman Bache | Lt. Col. / Brevet Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 18 Jun 1862 - 19 Feb 1870 | |
| Theodorus Bailey | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 30 Oct 1871 - 2 Apr 1873 | |
| George B. Balch | Commodore, U.S. Navy | 1 Jun 1876 - 2 Aug 1877 | |
| Charles H. Baldwin | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 1 Apr 1880 - 10 Feb 1882 | |
| John Gross Barnard | Colonel / Bvt. Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 20 Feb 1870 - 15 May 1875 2 June 1875 - 4 Nov 1879 |
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| Samuel Barron | Captain, U.S. Navy | 28 Apr 1857 - 18 May 1858 4 Mar 1861 - 3 Jun 1861 |
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| John R. Bartlett | Captain, U.S. Navy | 5 Nov 1895 - 5 Jan 1897 | |
| Charles S. Boggs | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 10 Feb 1872 - 31 May 1873 |
| George Sewall Boutwell | Secretary of the Treasury | 12 Mar 1869 - 16 Mar 1873 | |
| Alexander Hamilton Bowman | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 18 May 1858 - 29 Mar 1860 | |
| Benjamin Helm Bristow | Secretary of the Treasury | President |
4 Jun 1874 - 20 Jun 1876 |
| William B. Caperton | Captain, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 12 Oct 1909 - 30 Jun 1910 |
| John Griffin Carlisle | Secretary of Treasury | President | 7 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 |
| Samuel P. Carter | Captain, U.S. Navy | 15 Jan 1877 - 1 Apr 1880 | |
| Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. | Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 1 Jul 1907 - 20 Jan 1910 |
| Thomas Lincoln Casey, Sr. | Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Member Member |
15 May 1875 - 2 Jun 1875 10 Apr 1884 - 17 Feb 1892 |
| James B. Cavanaugh | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 28 Sep 1908 - 30 Jun 1910 | |
| Salmon Portland Chase | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 7 Mar 1861 - 30 Jun 1864 |
| Howell Cobb | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 7 Mar 1857 - 8 Dec 1860 |
| George W. Coffin | Commander, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 1 Mar 1889 - 1 Dec 1892 |
| Samuel P. Comly | Captain, U.S. Navy | 15 Nov 1907 - 8 Jun 1909 | |
| George Bruce Cortelyun | Secretary of Commerce & Labor | President | 18 Feb 1903 - 30 Jun 1904 |
| Thomas Corwin | Secretuary of the Treasury | 31 Aug 1852 - 6 Mar 1853 | |
| William E. Craighill | Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 20 Jan 1910 - 20 May 1910 |
| William Price Craighill | Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 10 Sep 1889 - 14 May 1892 | |
| Charles Henry Davis | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 6 Dec 1862 - 15 Aug 1866 9 Jul 1873 - 25 Feb 1874 |
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| John Lee Davis | Captain, U.S. Navy Commodore, U.S. Navy |
19 Apr 1873 - 15 Jan 1877 2 Apr 1883 - 3 Nov 1883 |
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| Richard Delafield | Brig. Gen. / Bvt. Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers (retired 8 Aug 1866, but remained on the Lighthouse Board) |
23 Jul 1864 - 21 Feb 1870 | |
| George Dewey | Commander, U.S. Navy Captain, U.S. Navy |
Member Naval Secretary Member |
2 Aug 1877 - 30 Apr 1878 30 Apr 1878 - 16 Oct 1882 1893 - 5 Nov 1895 |
| James Catham Duane | Brig. General, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | 22 Oct 1886 - 30 Jun 1888 | |
| John Adams Dix | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 15 Jan 1861 - 6 Mar 1861 |
| William Ward Duffield | Superintendent of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey | 27 Oct 1894 - 7 Dec 1897 | |
| Samuel Francis DuPont | Commander/Captain, U.S. Navy | 9 Oct 1852 - 28 Apr 1857 | |
| George H. Elliot | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Engineer Secretary Engineer Secretary Member |
12 Apr 1870 - 1 May 1873 12 Sep 1873 - 1 Jun 1874 17 Feb 1892 - 3 Jun 1893 |
| George F. Emmons | Commander, U.S. Navy | 3 Jun 1861 - 19 Oct 1861 | |
| Oswald H. Ernst | Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 14 May 1892 - 11 Apr 1893 | |
| Robley Dunglison Evans | Commander, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Naval Secretary Naval Secretary Member Chairman |
1 Sep 1887 - 1 Mar 1889 1 Dec 1892 - 16 Aug 1894 5 Jan 1897 - 1 Apr 1898 17 Jun 1904 - 5 Jan 1905 |
| Francis U. Farquhar | Major / Bvt. Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 22 May 1879 - 28 Aug 1882 |
| Norman Heldreich Farquhar | Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Member Chairman |
1 Nov 1889 - 8 Mar 1890 2 May 1901 - 11 Apr 1902 |
| William Pitt Fessenden | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 5 Jul 1864 - 3 Mar 1865 |
| Charles James Folger | Secretary of the Treasury | 14 Nov 1881 - 4 Sep 1884 | |
| Charles Stebbins Fairchild | Secretary of the Treasury | 1 Apr 1887 - 4 Mar 1889 | |
| Charles William Foster, Jr. | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 25 Feb 1891 - 6 Mar 1893 |
| William Buel Franklin | Lt. / Captain, U.S. Army Topographical Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 2 Mar 1857 - 8 Nov 1859 |
| Walter S. Franklin, Esq. | Scientific Advisor |
26 Feb 1885 - 23 May 1910 | |
| Lyman Judson Gage | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 4 Mar 1897 - 1 Feb 1902 |
| George Lewis Gillespie, Jr. | Col. / Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 27 Apr 1897 - 1 Nov 1901 | |
| James Henry Gillis | Rear Admiral , U.S. Navy | 10 Jul 1892 - 7 Jul 1893 | |
| James Agustin Greer | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 1 Jun 1891 - 1 Dec 1894 |
| James F. Gregory | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 16 Jul 1887 - 7 Dec 1891 |
| Walter Quintin Gresham | Secretary of the Treasury | President |
25 Sep 1884 - 31 Oct 1884 |
| James Guthrie | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 7 Mar 1853 - 6 Mar 1857 |
| Peter Conover Hains, Sr. | Major / Brevet Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Engineer Secretary Member |
1 Jun 1874 - 22 May 1879 1 Nov 1901 - 31 Mar 1903 |
| Edmund LaFayette Hardcastle | Lt. / Brevet Captain, U.S. Army Topographic Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 9 Oct 1852 - 1 May 1856 |
| David Butts Harmony | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 26 Feb 1889 - 29 May 1891 |
| Andrew Allen Harwood | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 6 Jul 1864 - 29 Mar 1869 |
| David Porter Heap | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 10 Mar 1883 - 16 Jul 1887 |
| James Meredith Helm | Commander / Captain, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 1 Oct 1907 - 31 Oct 1908 |
| Joseph Henry, LLD | Professor & Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution | Scientific Advisor Chairman |
9 Oct 1852 - 30 Oct 1871 30 Oct 1871 - 13 May 1878 [D] |
| Francis John Higginson | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 22 Sep 1898 - 30 Apr 1901 |
| Julius Erasmus Hilgard | Professor & Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey | 4 Jan 1882 - 21 Dec 1885 | |
| Harry Foote Hodges | Major / Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 8 Mar 1904 - 31 Jul 1908 | |
| Henry L. Howison | Captain, U.S. Navy | 10 Mar 1890 - 9 Jul 1892 | |
| Richard L. Hoxie | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 9 Nov 1898 - 4 Jun 1901 |
| Andrew Atkinson Humphreys | Captain / Major, U.S. Army Topographical Engineers Brig. Gen. / Brevet Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers |
21 May 1856 - 27 Feb 1862 21 Feb 1870 - 19 Jan 1874 |
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| Charles T. Hutchins | Captain, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 1 Nov 1902 - 14 Nov 1904 |
| Thornton A. Jenkins | Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy Commander / Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Naval Secretary | 9 Oct 1852 - 17 Nov 1858 15 Feb 1861 - 10 Jun 1862 16 Apr 1869 - 10 Feb 1872 |
| Arnold Burges Johnson | Chief Clerk | 1871-1878 | |
| James Kearney | Lt. Col., U.S. Army Topographical Engineers | 9 Oct 1852 - 21 May 1856 | |
| Lawrence Kearny | Commodore, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 7 Feb 1859 - 6 Jun 1859 |
| Benjamin P. Lamberton | Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Member Member Chairman |
1901 - 8 Sep 1903 5 Jan 1905 - 6 Feb 1905 6 Feb 1905 - 25 Feb 1906 |
| William C. Langfitt | Lt. Col., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 20 May 1910 - 30 Jun 1910 |
| Daniel W. Lockwood | Major / Lt. Col. / Col., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | Engineer Secretary Member |
4 Jun 1901 - 1 Jul 1907 1 Jul 1907 - 2 Sep 1909 |
| William Ludlow | Captain / Major / Brevet Lt. Col., U.S. Army | Engineer Secretary | 28 Aug 1882 - 10 Mar 1883 |
| Alexander Mackenzie | Lt. Col. / Col. / Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 24 Aug 1895 - 8 Mar 1904 | |
| Frederick August Mahan | Captain, U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 7 Dec 1891 - 28 Feb 1894 |
| Daniel Manning | Secretary of the Treasury | President |
3 Mar 1885 - 31 Mar 1887 |
| Adolph Marix | Captain / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 6 Jan 1908 - 30 Jun 1910 |
| Washburn Maynard | Captain, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 9 Mar 1901 - 1 Nov 1902 |
| Henry Thomas Mayo | Captain, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 1 Nov 1908 - 4 Sep 1909 |
| William P. McCann | Captain, U.S. Navy | 6 Dec 1883 - 11 Aug 1887 | |
| Hugh McCulloch | Secretary of the Treasury | President |
9 Mar 1865 - 3 Mar 1869 31 Oct 1884 - 3 Mar 1885 |
| Frederick Valette McNair, Sr. | Commodore, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 30 Mar 1898 - 6 Jul 1898 |
| Thomas Corwin Mendenhall | Professor & Superintendent of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey | 25 Jul 1889 - 27 Oct 1894 | |
| Victor Howard Metcalf | Secretary of Commerce and Labor | President | 1 Jul 1904 - 16 Dec 1906 |
| John Millis | Captain, U.S. Army Chief of
Engineers former Lighthouse District Assistant Engineer |
Engineer Secretary | 12 Oct 1894 - 9 Nov 1898 |
| Lot Myrick Morrill | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 7 Jul 1876 - 9 Mar 1877 |
| Henry Morton | President, Stevens Institute of Technology | Scientific Advisor |
22 May 1878 - 21 Feb 1885 |
| Alexander Murray | Commodore / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 25 Feb 1874 - 1 Jun 1876 | |
| Charles Nagel | Secretary of Commerce and Labor | 6 Mar 1909 - 1 Jul 1910 | |
| John Newton | Brig. Gen. / Bvt. Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | 10 Apr 1884 - 27 Aug 1886 | |
| Kossuth Niles | Captain / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary Member |
4 Sep 1909 - 12 Oct 1909 12 Oct 1909 - 30 Jun 1910 |
| John Grubb Parke | Lt., U.S. Army Topographical Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 1 May 1856 - 2 Mar 1857 |
| Foxhall A. Parker | Commodore, U.S. Navy | 2 Apr 1873 - 9 Jul 1873 | |
| Carlile Pollock Patterson, Esq. | Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey | 2 Dec 1874 - 15 Aug 1881 [D] | |
| Benjamin Peirce, LLD | Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey | 11 Mar 1867 - 18 Feb 1874 | |
| Paul Johannes Pelz | Chief Draftsman/Draughtsman | 1871-1877 | |
| Thomas Perry | Commander, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 4 Apr 1899 - 9 Mar 1901 |
| Robert L. Phythian | Captain, U.S. Navy | 26 Feb 1889 - 1 Nov 1889 | |
| Henry F. Pickering | Commander, U.S. Navy & former Lighthouse Inspector | Naval Secretary | 16 Oct 1882 - 1 Sep 1887 |
| Orlando Metcalfe Poe | Major / Bvt. Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Lt. Col. / Bvt. Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers former Lighthouse Engineer |
Engineer Secretary Engineer Secretary Member |
3 Jul 1865 - 12 Apr 1870 1 May 1873 - 12 Sep 1873 19 Jan 1874 - 10 Apr 1884 |
| Philip M. Price | Captain, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 9 Mar 1894 - 4 Sep 1894 [D] |
| Henry Smith Pritchett | Superintendent, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
7 Dec 1897 - 30 Jun 1910 | |
| John J. Read | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 5 Oct 1903 - 17 Jun 1904 |
| George C. Reiter | Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Member Chairman |
8 Sep 1903 - 5 Apr 1905 25 Feb 1906 - 31 Dec 1907 |
| George Collier Remey | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 6 May 1902 - 10 Aug 1903 |
| William Adams Richardson | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 17 Mar 1873 - 3 Jun 1874 |
| John Rodgers | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 14 May 1878 - 5 May 1882 [D] |
| Albert Ross | Captain / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 1 May 1905 - 15 Nov 1907 | |
| William T. Rossell | Col., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | 29 Sep 1909 - 30 Jun 1910 | |
| Stephen Clegg Rowan | Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 4 Jan 1883 - 26 Feb 1889 |
| Robert L. Russell | Commander, U.S. Navy | 14 Sep 1909 - 12 Oct 1909 | |
| Winfield Scott Schley | Captain / Commodore | Chairman | 5 Apr 1897 - 30 Mar 1898 |
| Uriel Sebbee | Captain / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 15 Nov 1904 - 30 Sep 1907 |
| Raphael Semmes | Commander, U.S. Navy | Naval Secretary | 17 Nov 1858 - 15 Feb 1861 |
| Leslie Mortier Shaw | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 1 Feb 1902 - 14 Feb 1903 |
| John Sherman | Secretary of the Treasury | President |
10 Mar 1877 - 3 Mar 1881 |
| William B. Shubrick | Captain / Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Chairman | 9 Oct 1852 - 7 Feb 1859 14 May 1859 - 30 Oct 1871 |
| William Farrar Smith | Captain, U.S. Army Topographical Engineers | Engineer Secretary | 5 Dec 1859 - 1 Apr 1861 |
| Amos Stickney | Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers & former District Engineer | 28 Apr 1903 - 1905? | |
| Yates Stirling | Captain, U.S. Navy & former Lighthouse District Inspector | 1 Apr 1898 - 1901 | |
| Oscar Solomon Straus | Secretary of Commerce and Labor | President |
17 Dec 1906 - 5 Mar 1909 |
| Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling | Commander/Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
12 Apr 1862 - 17 Nov 1862 15 Aug 1866 - 30 Oct 1871 |
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| Phillip Thomas | Secretary of the Treasury | President | 12 Dec 1860 - 14 Jan 1861 |
| Edward G. Tilton | Commander, U.S. Navy | 18 May 1858 - 8 Feb 1861 | |
| Joseph Gilbert Totten | Col. / Brevet Brig. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Col. / Brig. Gen. / Brevet Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers |
9 Oct 1852 - 18 May 1856 12 Jun 1860 - 22 Apr 1864 |
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| Henry Walke | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | 30 Oct 1871 - 19 Apr 1873 | |
| John Grimes Walker | Commander/Captain, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy |
Naval Secretary Chairman |
31 May 1873 - 30 Apr 1878 1 Dec 1894 - 5 Jan 1897 |
| Rush R. Wallace | Commodore, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 6 Jul 1898 - 22 Sep 1898 |
| George F. F. Wilde | Commander, U.S. Navy & former District Inspector | Naval Secretary | 16 Aug 1894 - 9 Mar 1898 |
| John M. Wilson | Lt. Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
17 Aug 1888 - 10 Sep 1889 11 Apr 1893 - 27 Apr 1897 |
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| William Windom | Secretary of the Treasury | 8 Mar 1881 - 13 Nov 1881 7 Mar 1889 - 29 Jan 1891 |
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| Horatio Gouverneur Wright | Brig. Gen / Bvt. Maj. Gen., U.S. Army Chief of Engineers | 4 Nov 1879 - 6 Mar 1884 | |
| Robert H. Wyman | Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy | Chairman | 26 May 1882 - 2 Dec 1882 [D] |
[D] indicates people who died while still assigned to duty.
Note: The Chief Clerk and Chief Draftsman worked for the Lighthouse Board, but were not actually members of the Board.