Honorary Commanders and Past National Commanders Honorary Commanders Gen. John Pershing, Honorary Commander, granted 1926Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Honorary Commander, granted 1926 Past National Commanders Henry D. Lindsley, Department of Texas, Past Commander, granted 1919Milton Foreman, Department of Illinois, Past Commander, granted 1921Bennett C. Clark, Department of Missouri, Past Commander, Granted 1926Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Department of New York, Past National Commander, granted 1949Eric Fisher Wood, Department of Pennsylvania, Past National Commander, granted 1955Thomas W. Miller, Department of Neveda, Past National Commander, granted 1968Maurice Stember, Department of New York, Past National Commander, granted 1975Hamilton Fish, Department of New York, Past National Commander, granted 1979E. Roy Stone Jr., Department of South Carolina, Past National Commander, granted 1987Robert W. Spanogle, Department of Michigan, Past National Commander, granted 2008Richard M. Pedro, Department of New York, Past National Commander, granted 2012 ← 1994-1999 Honorary Commanders and Past National Commanders American Legion Past National Officers, 1919-2019 Introduction1919-19241924-19291929-19341934-19391939-19441944-19491949-19541954-1959 1959-19641964-19691969-19741974-19791979-19841984-19891989-19941994-1999Honorary Commanders and Past National Commanders