The Commandant of Midshipmen is the second-in-command at the United States Naval Academy. According to the Naval Academy, the Commandant of Midshipmen is "responsible for the professional development and day-to-day activities of all 4,400 Midshipmen in the Brigade" and equates to a dean of students at a civilian university. The Commandant reports to the Superintendent. The Commandant is assisted by a Deputy Commandant. Modern Commandants typically hold the Navy rank of captain, but since 2002, three of the Commandants have been a United States Marine Corps colonel. The current Commandant is Colonel James “J.P.” McDonough III.

List of Commandants of Midshipmen

Lieutenant James Harman Ward 1845–1847

Lieutenant Sydney Smith Lee 1848–1851

Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1851–1855

Lieutenant Joseph Foster Green 1855–1858

Lieutenant Thomas Tingey Craven 1858–1860

Lieutenant Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers 1860–1861

Lieutenant George Washington Rodgers 1861–1862

Lieutenant Edward Simpson 1862–1863

Commander Thomas G. Corbin 1863–1863

Commander Donald McNeill Fairfax 1863–1865

Lieutenant Commander Stephen B. Luce 1865–1868

Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison 1868–1870

Captain Samuel P. Carter 1870–1873

Commander Kidder Randolph Breese 1873–1875

Commander Edward A. Terry 1875–1878

Commander Frederick Vallette McNair, Sr. 1878–1883

Commander Norman von Heldreich Farquhar 1883–1886

Commander Charles Lathrop Huntington 1886–1887

Commander Purnell Frederick Harrington 1887–1889

Commander Henry Glass 1889–1891

Commander Colby Mitchell Chester 1891–1895

Commander Willard Herbert Brownson 1895–1896

Commander Edwin White 1896–1898

Commander Charles Thomas Hutchins 1898–1900

Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan 1900–1903

Commander Charles Johnston Badger 1903–1905

Captain George Partridge Colvocoresses 1905–1907

Commander William S. Benson 1907–1908

Commander Charles Augustus Gove 1908–1909

Commander George Ramsey Clark 1909–1910

Commander Robert Edward Coontz 1910–1911

Commander George Wood Logan 1911–1914

Captain Guy Hamilton Burrage 1914–1915

Captain Lloyd Horwitz Chandler Summer 1915

Captain Louis McCoy Nulton 1915–1918

Captain William H. Standley 1918–1919

Captain Wat Tyler Cluverius, Jr. 1919–1921

Captain Thomas Richardson Kurtz 1921–1924

Captain Harold Earle Cook 1924–1925

Captain Sinclair Gannon 1925–1928

Captain Charles Philip Snyder 1928–1931

Captain Henry David Cooke, Jr. 1931–1932

Captain Ralston Smith Holmes 1932–1935

Captain Forde Anderson Todd 1935–1937

Rear Admiral Milo Frederick Draemel 1937–1940

Captain Francis Alfred L. Vossler 1940–1941

Captain Mahlon Tisdale 1941–1942

Captain Harvey Edward Overesch 1942–1943

Captain Stuart Shadrick Murray 1943–1945

Rear Admiral Stuart Howe Ingersoll 1945–1947

Captain Frank Trenwith Ward 1947–1949

Captain Carleton R. Adams 1949

Captain Robert B. Pirie 1949–1952

Rear Admiral Charles Allen Buchanan–1952–1954

Captain Robert T.S. Keith 1954–1956

Captain Allen M. Shinn 1956–1958

Captain Frederick L. Ashworth 1958

Captain William F. Bringle 1958–1960

Captain James H. Mini 1960–1961

Captain Charles S. Minter, Jr. 1961–1964

Captain Sheldon H. Kinney 1964–1967

Captain Lawrence T. Heyworth Jr. 1967–1969

Captain Robert P. Coogan 1969–1971

Captain Max K. Morris 1971–1973

Captain Donald K. Forbes 1973–1976

Captain James A. Winnefeld 1976–1978

Captain Jack N. Darby 1978–1979

Rear Admiral William F. "Scot" McCauley 1979–1981

Captain Leon A. Edney 1981–1984

Captain Leslie N. Palmer 1984

Captain Stephen K. Chadwick 1985–1987

Captain Howard W. Habermeyer Jr. 1987–1990

Captain Joseph W. Prueher 1989–1990

Captain Michael D. Haskins 1990–1992

Captain John Bramwell Padgett, III 1992–1994

Captain William T. R. "Randy" Bogle 1994–1997

Captain Gary Roughead 1997–December 1999

Captain Samuel J. Locklear 1999–December 2001

Commandant of midshipmen