A history of surgeons general — John Maynard Woodworth was the first U.S. surgeon general, a title he held from 1871-1879. Look back at others who have been the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health: Library of Congress A history of surgeons general — John B. Hamilton (1879-1891) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Walter Wyman (1891-1911) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Rupert Blue (1912-1920) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Hugh Smith Cumming (1920-1936) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Thomas Parran Jr. (1936-1948) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Leonard Andrew Scheele (1948-1956) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Leroy Edgar Burney (1956-1961) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Luther Leonidas Terry (1961-1965) Ralph Morse//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images A history of surgeons general — William H. Stewart (1965-1969) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (1969-1973) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Julius B. Richmond (1977-1981) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — C. Everett Koop (1982-1989) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Antonia C. Novello (1990-1993) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — David Satcher (1998-2002) U.S. National Library of Medicine A history of surgeons general — Richard H. Carmona (2002-2006) Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images A history of surgeons general — Regina M. Benjamin (2009-2013) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Prev Next
