=====Southern Territory=====
The territory was created in 1926 from the southern parts of the [[Eastern Territory|Eastern]] and [[Central Territory|Central]] territories.

====Territorial Commanders====
^Commander^From^Until^
|Lt. Commissioner [[officers:William McIntyre]]|1927|1930|
|Lt. Commissioner [[Alexander Damon]]|1930|1935|
|Lt. Colonel [[Ernest Pugmire]]|1935|1939|
|Lt. Commissioner [[William Arnold]]|1939|1946|
|Lt. Commissioner [[Alfred Chesham]]|1946|1952|
|Lt. Commissioner [[William Dray]]|1952|1956|
|Lt. Commissioner [[William Davidson]]|1956|1962|
|Lt. Commissioner [[Paul Carlson]]|1962|1966|
|Lt. Commissioner [[Glenn Ryan]]|1966|1969|
|Lt. Commissioner [[William Chamberlain]]|1969|1974|
|Commissioner [[Ernest W Holz]]|1974|1978|
|Commissioner [[Arthur Pitcher]]|1978|1982|
|Commissioner [[Andrew Miller]]|1982|1986|
|Commissioner [[James Osborne]]|October 1986|November 1989|
|Commissioner [[Kenneth L Hodder]]|November 1989|1993|
|Commissioner [[Kelly Igleheart]]| | |
|Commissioner [[Philip Needham]]| | |
|Commissioner [[Max Feener]]|July 2006| |

====Chief Secretaries====
^Secretary^From^Until^
|Colonel [[Alfred Chandler]]|1927|1930|
|Lt. Colonel [[A.E. Marpurg]]|1930|1931|
|Colonel [[Arthur Smeeton]]|1931|1935|
|Colonel [[Albert Norris]]|1935|1936|
|Colonel [[Richard Stretton]]|1936|1942|
|Colonel [[Edmund Hoffman]]|1942|1948|
|Colonel [[P.L. DeBevoise]]|1948|1952|
|Colonel [[Alfred Gilliard]]|1952|1954|
|Colonel [[A.E. Ramsdale]]|1954|1957|
|Colonel [[William Davidson]]|1957|1957|
|Colonel [[George Marshall]]|1957|1961|
|Colonel [[James Longino]]|1961|1972|
|Colonel [[W.R.H. Goodier]]|1972|1974|
|Colonel [[Orval Taylor]]|1974|1978|
|Colonel [[John Paton]]|1978|1982|
|Colonel [[Stanley Ditmer]]|1982|1985|
|Colonel [[Bramwell Tillsley]]|1985|1989|
|Colonel [[Kenneth L Hodder]]|1989|November 1989|
|Colonel [[Harold Hinson]]|November 1989| |
|[[Max Feener]]|February 2005|July 2006|
|[[Brad Bailey]]|September 2012|July 1, 2017|
|Colonel [[Ralph Bukiewicz]]|July 1, 2017|January 1, 2023|

====Secretaries for Women's Ministries====
^Secretary^From^Until^
|Colonel [[Susan Bukiewicz]]|July 1, 2017|January 1, 2023|

====Secretaries for Young People====
^Secretary^From^Until^
|Brigadier [[Ernest R Holz]]|1938|December 22, 1938|

====Territorial Education Secretaries====
^Secretary^From^Until^
|[[Philip Needham]]| | |

====Divisions in the Territory====
  * [[Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Division]]
  * [[Arkansas and Oklahoma Division]]
  * [[Florida Division]]
  * [[Georgia Division]]
  * [[Kentucky and Tennessee Division]]
  * [[North and South Carolina Division]]
  * [[Potomac Division]]
  * [[Texas Division]]

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