THE AMERICAN LEGION 
DEPARTMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
PAST DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP
           
 
         
           
           
The American Legion
Past Department Commanders
           
The American Legion Auxiliary
Past Department Presidents
Past Honorary Junior Presidents 
           
Sons of The American Legion
Past Detachment Commanders
           
Eight & Forty
Departemental Chapeaux Passe
           
 Forty and Eight
Grand Chef de Gare Passe
           
 
         
           
Served   Name Address Post Organization
           
05/05/19-08/28/19 * Frank Knox Manchester 2 Legion
           
08/28/19-05/22/20 * Orville E. Cane Keene 4 Legion
           
05/22/20-01/01/22 * Reginald C. Stevenson Exeter 32 Legion
03/30/21-08/1921 * Harriet Knowlton Exeter 32 Auxiliary
08/1921-1922 * Flora Spaulding Manchester 79 Auxiliary
           
01/01/22-11/06/22 * Robert O. Blood Concord 21 Legion
1921-1922 * Flora Spaulding Manchester 79 Auxiliary
           
11/06/22-08/15/23 * Charles S. Walker Keene 4 Legion
1922-1923 * Flora Spaulding Manchester 79 Auxiliary
1922-1923 * Charles R. Walker Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
08/15/23-05/08/24 * William E. Sullivan Nashua 3 Legion
1923-1924 * Flora Spaulding Manchester 79 Auxiliary
1923-1924 * Charles R. Walker Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
05/08/24-08/25/25 * Harold K. Davidson Woodsville 20 Legion
1924-1925 * Gertrude Hawley Manchester 79 Auxiliary
1924-1925 * Charles R. Walker Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
08/25/25-08/24/26 * Oscar G. Lagerquist Manchester 79 Legion
1925-1926 * Irene McIntyre Walbridge Peterborough 5 Auxiliary
1925-1926 * Phillip A. Patch Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
08/24/26-08/23/27 * Oscar P. Cole Berlin 36 Legion
1926-1927 * Irene McIntyre Walbridge Peterborough 5 Auxiliary
1926-1927 * Ralph G. McCarthy Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
08/23/27-08/22/28 * Ralph G. McCarthy Portsmouth 6 Legion
1927-1928 * Anna Butler Jaffrey 11 Auxiliary
1927-1928 * Wilfred J. Messier Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
08/22/28-08/27/29 * Harry Manson Lebanon 22 Legion
1928-1929 * Sylvia Schwebke Rochester 7 Auxiliary
1928-1929 * Edward L. Bacon Hillsbouo County V548 40&8
           
08/27/29-10/19/30 * Harry E. Dudley Tilton 49 Legion
1928-1930 * Sylvia Schwebke Rochester 7 Auxiliary
1929-1930 * Irene Walbridge     8&40
1929-1930 * Edward L. Lydiard Belknap County V618 40&8
           
10/19/30-10/19/31 * Forrest J. Drury Londonderry 27 Legion
1930-1931 * Helen McCoy Derry 9 Auxiliary      
1930-1931 * Sylvia Schwebke     8&40
1930-1931 * Kenneth F. Magoon Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
10/19/31-10/19/32 * Wendell D. Crowell Peterborough 5 Legion
1931-1932 * Alma F. Pion Littleton   Auxiliary 
1931-1932 * Josephine Adams Granite District S248 8&40
1931-1932 * Donald G. Gregoire Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
10/19/32-10/19/33 * Samuel H. Edes Newport 25 Legion
1932-1933 * Alma Gallant Woodsville 20 Auxiliary
1932-1933 * Helen McCoy Granite District S248 8&40 
1932-1933 * Robert B. Harrison Grafton County V847 40&8
                                          
10/19/33-08/24/34 * Eli Marcoux Berlin 36 Legion
1933-1934 * Josephine Adams Derry 9 Auxiliary
1932-1934 * Helen McCoy Granite District S248 8&40 
1933-1934 * Elmer H. Bergland Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
08/24/34-09/06/35 * Charles E. Green Pittsfield 75 Legion
1934-1935 * Eva Long Garland Berlin 36 Auxiliary
1934-1935 * Alma Gallant     8&40 
1934-1935 * Clarence C. Worcester Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
09/06/35-09/12/36 * Ernest E. Bell, Jr. Keene 4 Legion
1935-1936 * Zatae L. Straw Manchester 2 Auxiliary
1934-1936 * Alma Gallant     8&40 
1935-1936 * William J. Sayers Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
09/12/36-09/10/37 * Earl F. Mellon Nashua 3 Legion
1936-1937 * Eva Coleman Exeter 32 Auxiliary
1936-1937 * Edna Lakeman Hillsboro County S226 8&40 
1936-1937 * Albert S. Carlisle Grafton County V847 40&8
           
09/10/37-06/18/38 * John L. Sullivan Manchester 2 Legion
1937-1938 * Emily Feather Keene 4 Auxiliary
1937-1938 * Eva Coleman Granite District S248 8&40 
1937-1938 * Robert F. Kane Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/18/38-06/24/39 * Leo E. Ray Gorham 80 Legion
1938-1939 * Fannie W. Smith Whitefield 41 Auxiliary
1938-1939 * Dr. Zatae Straw Hillsboro County S226 8&40 
1938-1939 * Harold M. Morse Grafton County V847 40&8
           
06/24/39-07/13/40 * James W. Doon Henniker   Legion
1939-1940 * Madeline Gladu Manchester 43 Auxiliary
1939-1940 * Lillian Howard     8&40
1939-1940 * William T. Mulligan Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
07/13/40-06/28/41 * James J. Doyle Claremont 29 Legion
1940-1941 * Lillian Trombley Anthony Meredith 33 Auxiliary
1940-1941 * Fannie Smith Granite District S248 8&40
1940-1941 * Howard McClary Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/28/41-06/14/42 * William J. Johnson Nashua 3 Legion
1941-1942 * Verna S. Sawyer Weare 65 Auxiliary
1941-1942 * Elsie Brown Rockingham County S264 8&40
1941-1942 * Arthur A. Croteau Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
6/14/42-06/18/43 * George F. Hickey Manchester 2 Legion
1942-1943 * Helen Conant Contoocook 81 Auxiliary
1942-1943 * Anna Joy Granite District S248 8&40
1942-1943 * Ottis E. Mercer Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/18/43-06/24/44 * Raymond C. Hildreth Hinsdale 45 Legion
1943-1944 * Lillian Howard Lebanon 22 Auxiliary
1943-1944 * Helen Beauchesne Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1943-1944 * Charles H. Willey Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
06/24/44-07/22/45 * Patrick J. Hinchey Berlin 36 Legion
1944-1945 * Joyce L. Ray Gorham 82 Auxiliary
1944-1945 * Ruby Eastman Connecticut Valley S255 8&40
1944-1945 * Nelson J. Hogue Grafton County V847 40&8
           
07/22/45-06/30/46 * Joseph W. Brown Nashua 3 Legion
1945-1946 * Anna M. Joy Keene 4 Auxiliary
1945-1946 * Ann Bryant     8&40
1945-1946 * John C. Ross Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/30/46-06/22/47 * Clarence B. Fielden Franklin 12 Legion
1946-1947 * Roslyn Bresnahan Nashua 3 Auxiliary
1946-1947 * Madeline Gladu Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1946-1947 * Eli Court Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
06/22/47-06/19/48 * T. Casey Moher Dover 8 Legion
1947-1948 * Flora P. Hayes Wolfeboro 18 Auxiliary
1947-1948 * Ella Viel Rockingham County S264 8&40
1947-1948 * Stanley E. Keyes   V1225 40&8
           
06/19/48-06/25/49 * Lawrence D. Walker Manchester 2 Legion
1948-1949 * Elsie M. Brown Durham 94 Auxiliary
1948-1949 * Mildred Estes     8&40
1948-1949 * Granville M. Sterns   V1236 40&8
           
06/25/49-06/24/50 * John A. High Swanzey 84 Legion
1949-1950 * Germaine LaFond Manchester 43 Auxiliary
1949-1950 * Joyce Ray     8&40
1949-1950 * Joseph H. Laventure Belknap County V618 40&8
           
06/24/50-06/23/51 * Michael Savchick Berlin 36 Legion
1950-1951 * Katherine A. Gordon Canaan 55 Auxiliary
1950-1951 * Margaret Hovey Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1950-1951 * Clifford E. Owens Strafford County V961 40&8
           
06/23/51-06/21/52 * Thomas J. McLin Somersworth 69 Legion
1951-1952 * Marion J. Bagley Peterborough 5 Auxiliary
1951-1952 * Nellie Robbins Rockingham County S264 8&40
1951-1952 * John A. Avore Coos County V158 40&8
           
06/21/52-06/20/53 * Roger C. King Deerfield 103 Legion
1952-1953 * M. Florenda Collins Lancaster   Auxiliary
1952-1953 * Leona Converse Cceshire County S276 8&40
1952-1953 * Sumner E. Boutelle Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/20/53-06/19/54 * Walter Johnston Portsmouth 6 Legion
1953-1954 * Ethel Gapinski Wolfeboro 18 Auxiliary
1953-1954 * Eva Stevens     8&40
1953-1954 * Carl M. Holmgren Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
06/19/54-06/18/55 * Laurence R. Sapaulding New London 40 Legion
1954-1955 * Grace S. High West Swanzey   Auxiliary
1954-1955 * Eleanor Hayes     8&40
1954-1955 * Louis E. Willett Grafton County V847 40&8
           
06/18/55-06/23/56 * Floyd J. Daley Portsmouth 6 Legion
1955-1956 * Helen A. Barker Nashua 3 Auxiliary
1955-1956 * Marjorie Plaisted Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1955-1956 * John J. Renzulla Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/23/56-06/23/57 * Charles H. Devine Manchester 2 Legion
1956-1957 * Lena Bedard Newport 25 Auxiliary
1956-1957 * Dorothy Williams Granite District S248 8&40
1956-1957   Warren D. Barrett Cheshire County V559 40&8
           
06/23/57-06/22/58 * William E. Sanborn Deerfield 103 Legion
1957-1958 * Dagmar George Antrim   Auxiliary
1957-1958 * Julia Dunnell Cceshire County S276 8&40
1957-1958 * Harold C. Telfer   V1236 40&8
           
06/22/58-06/20/59 * Raymond F. Mudge Manchester 79 Legion
1958-1959   Edith M. Still Manchester 79 Auxiliary
1958-1959   Mildred J. Holmes Rockingham County S264 8&40
1958-1959 * Lionel Chasse Strafford County V961 40&8
           
06/20/59-06/18/60 * Louis E. Willett Newport 25 Legion
1959-1960 * Adrienne Alix Greenville 13 Auxiliary
1959-1960 * Charlotte Melvin Belknap-Merrimack County S548 8&40
1959-1960 * Samuel Green Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/18/60-06/17/61 * Paul F. Giddis Pittsfield 75 Legion
1960-1961   Evelyn Brooks Tilton 49 Auxiliary
1960-1961 * Marjorie Crossman     8&40
1960-1961 * Lionel Dupont Belknap County V618 40&8
           
06/17/61-06/23/62 * Lester R. Perham Milford 23 Legion
1961-1962   Evelyn Brooks Tilton 49 Auxiliary
1961-1962 * Laura Auclair Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1961-1962 * Leo Collins Coos County V158 40&8
           
06/23/62-06/22/63 * James L. Wray Manchester 79 Legion
1962-1963 * Prudence Nichols Newport 25 Auxiliary
1962-1963 * Kate Harding Belknap-Merrimack County S548 8&40
1962-1963 * Robert Burtt Grafton County V847 40&8
           
06/22/63-06/20/64 * Honore D. Ouellette Rollinsford 47 Legion
1963-1964   Mary A. Perham Milford 23 Auxiliary
1963-1964 * Florenda Collins     8&40
1963-1964 * Eli Rounala   V1236 40&8
           
06/20/64-06/26/65   Leo G. Belisle Hooksett 37 Legion
1964-1965 * Cordelia Berquest Meredith 33 Auxiliary
1964-1965 * Gertrude Guptill Rockingham County S264 8&40
1964-1965 * James L. Wray   V1236 40&8
           
06/26/65-06/25/66 * Donald P. Still Manchester 79 Legion
1965-1966 * Laura H. O’Neil Jaffrey 11 Auxiliary
1965-1966 * Florence Laporte Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1965-1966   Bernard Paquette Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/25/66-06/24/67 * Cyril H. Malone Laconia 1 Legion
1966-1967   June Daley Portsmouth 6 Auxiliary
1966-1967   Lorraine Proctor Belknap-Merrimack County S548 8&40
1966-1967 * Chester Saltmarsh Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
06/24/67-06/22/68   Maurice J. Levesque Hudson 48 Legion
1967-1968 * Gladys H. Perry Concord 21 Auxiliary
1967-1968 * Dorothy Barrett Cheshire County S276 8&40
1967-1968 * Frank Bragg Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
06/22/68-06/21/69 * Donald W. Clement Plaistow 34 Legion
1968-1969 * Eva Kazlouskas Hudson 48 Auxiliary
1968-1969 * Eldora Henault Connecticut Valley S255 8&40
1968-1969 * Donald P. Still Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/21/69-06/20/70 * John H. Cook Dover 8 Legion
1969-1970 * Arlene Crossett Tilton 49 Auxiliary
1969-1970 * Lena Bedard Connecticut Valley S255 8&40
1969-1970 * Marshall Reinholz Belknap V618 40&8
           
06/20/70-06/19/71   Stanley E. Shea Wilton 10 Legion
1970-1971 * Kathleen Beckwith Claremont 29 Auxiliary
1970-1971   June Daley Rockingham County S264 8&40
1970-1971 * Henry Bower Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/19/71-06/24/72 * Charles D. Tracy Laconia 1 Legion
1971-1972 * Jean Eaves Jaffrey 11 Auxiliary
1971-1972   Edith Still Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1971-1972 * Charles Cashman Merrimack County V183 40&8
           
06/24/72-06/23/73 * Michael A. LaRocca Newmarket 67 Legion
1972-1973   * Lee Cook Dover 8 Auxiliary
1972-1973   Pauline Stone Cheshire County S276 8&40
1972-1973 * George Kelley Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/23/73-06/22/74   John P. Bisset Nashua 3 Legion
1973-1974 * Velna Giddis Pittsfield 75 Auxiliary
1973-1974 * Prudence Nichols Belknap-Merrimack County S548 8&40
1973-1974 * Philippe Parent   V1236 40&8
           
06/22/74-06/21/75 * Frank H. Bragg, Jr. Penacook 31 Legion
1974-1975 * Margaret Manley Dover 8 Auxiliary
1974-1975 * Thelma Stone Hillsboro County S226 8&40
1974-1975   Frederick Teague Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/21/75-06/20/76 * Ernest E. Berger Manchester 79 Legion
1975-1976   Gloria Levesque Hudson 48 Auxiliary
1975-1976   Barbara H. Pratt Rockingham County S264 8&40
1975-1976 * Walter Parents Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
voted    06/19/76 * James F. O’Neil Manchester 2 Legion
           
06/20/76-06/26/77 * M. Ray Olmstead Keene 4 Legion
1976-1977 * Thelma Stone Manchester 79 Auxiliary
1976-1977 * Martha Gilbert Belknap-Merrimack County S548 8&40
1976-1977 * Dorilla Forest Hillsboro County V548  
           
06/26/77-06/25/78   Joseph Schanda Newmarket 67 Legion
1977-1978 * Alice Ouellette Milford 23 Auxiliary
1977-1978   Robert J. Lang Woodsville 20 SAL
1977-1978 * Kathleen Beckwith Connecticut Valley S255 8&40
1977-1978 * Kenneth Guild, Sr. Hillsboro County V548 40&8
           
06/25/78-06/24/79 * Ernest E. Ledoux Nashua 3 Legion
1978-1979 * Florence LaPorte Bedford 54 Auxiliary
1978-1979 * John Thompson Dover 8 SAL
1978-1979 * Elizabeth Symonds Cheshire County S276 8&40
1978-1979 * Robert Dinsmore Rockingham County V70 40&8
           
06/24/79-06/22/80   Joseph E. Caouette Rollinsford 47 Legion
1979-1980   Pauline Stone Keene 4 Auxiliary
1979-1980 * Philip Morse Rollinsford 47 SAL
1979-1980   Helen Constant Granite District S248 8&40
1979-1980   David Cote Rockingham County V70 40&8