Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff | |
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Executive Office of the President White House Office | |
Reports to | President of the United States |
Appointer | President of the United States |
Formation | 1946 (Assistant to the President) 1961 (White House Chief of Staff) |
First holder | John R. Steelman |
Website | www |
The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President. The CoS does things previously done by the President's private secretary. Jeff Zients became White House Chief of Staff in February 2023.
No. | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | President | |
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1 | John Steelman (1900–1999) | December 12, 1946 | January 20, 1953 | 6 years, 39 days | Democratic | Harry S Truman (Democratic) (1945 – 1953) | |
2 | Sherman Adams (1899–1986) | January 20, 1953 | October 7, 1958 | 5 years, 260 days | Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) (1953 – 1961) | |
3 | Wilton Persons (1896–1977) | October 7, 1958 | January 20, 1961 | 2 years, 105 days | Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) (1953 – 1961) | |
– | Kenneth O'Donnell (1924–1977) [a] | January 20, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | 2 years, 306 days | Democratic | John F. Kennedy (Democratic) (1961 – 1963) | |
– | Marvin Watson (1924–2017) [a] | February 1, 1965 | April 26, 1968 | 3 years, 85 days | Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) (1963 – 1969) | |
– | James R. Jones (born 1939) [a] | April 26, 1968 | January 20, 1969 | 269 days | Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) (1963 – 1969) | |
4 | H. R. Haldeman (1926–1993) | January 20, 1969 | April 30, 1973 | 4 years, 100 days | Republican | Richard Nixon (Republican) (1969 – 1974) | |
Vacant April 30, 1973 – May 4, 1973 (4 days) | |||||||
5 | Alexander Haig (1924–2010) | May 4, 1973 | September 21, 1974 | 1 year, 140 days | Republican | Richard Nixon (Republican) (1969 – 1974) Gerald Ford (Republican) (1974 – 1977) | |
6 | Donald Rumsfeld (1932–2021) | September 21, 1974 | November 20, 1975 | 1 year, 60 days | Republican | Gerald Ford (Republican) (1974 – 1977) | |
7 | Dick Cheney (born 1941) | November 20, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | 1 year, 61 days | Republican | Gerald Ford (Republican) (1974 – 1977) | |
Vacant January 20, 1977 – July 18, 1979 (2 years, 179 days) | |||||||
8 | Hamilton Jordan (1944–2008) | July 18, 1979 | June 11, 1980 | 329 days | Democratic | Jimmy Carter (Democratic) (1977 – 1981) | |
9 | Jack Watson (born 1938) | June 11, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | 223 days | Democratic | Jimmy Carter (Democratic) (1977 – 1981) | |
10 | James Baker (born 1930) | January 20, 1981 | February 4, 1985 | 4 years, 15 days | Republican | Ronald Reagan (Republican) (1981 – 1989) | |
11 | Donald Regan (1918–2003) | February 4, 1985 | February 27, 1987 | 2 years, 23 days | Republican | Ronald Reagan (Republican) (1981 – 1989) | |
12 | Howard Baker (1925–2014) | February 27, 1987 | July 1, 1988 | 1 year, 125 days | Republican | Ronald Reagan (Republican) (1981 – 1989) | |
13 | Kenneth Duberstein (born 1944) | July 1, 1988 | January 20, 1989 | 203 days | Republican | Ronald Reagan (Republican) (1981 – 1989) | |
14 | John Sununu (born 1939) | January 20, 1989 | December 16, 1991 | 2 years, 330 days | Republican | George H. W. Bush (Republican) (1989 – 1993) | |
15 | Samuel Skinner (born 1938) | December 16, 1991 | August 23, 1992 | 251 days | Republican | George H. W. Bush (Republican) (1989 – 1993) | |
16 | James Baker (born 1930) | August 23, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | 150 days | Republican | George H. W. Bush (Republican) (1989 – 1993) | |
17 | Mack McLarty (born 1946) | January 20, 1993 | July 17, 1994 | 1 year, 178 days | Democratic | Bill Clinton (Democratic) (1993 – 2001) | |
18 | Leon Panetta (born 1938) | July 17, 1994 | January 20, 1997 | 2 years, 187 days | Democratic | Bill Clinton (Democratic) (1993 – 2001) | |
19 | Erskine Bowles (born 1945) | January 20, 1997 | October 20, 1998 | 1 year, 273 days | Democratic | Bill Clinton (Democratic) (1993 – 2001) | |
20 | John Podesta (born 1949) | October 20, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | 2 years, 92 days | Democratic | Bill Clinton (Democratic) (1993 – 2001) | |
21 | Andrew Card (born 1947) | January 20, 2001 | April 14, 2006 | 5 years, 84 days | Republican | George W. Bush (Republican) (2001 – 2009) | |
22 | Joshua Bolten (born 1954) | April 14, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | 2 years, 281 days | Republican | George W. Bush (Republican) (2001 – 2009) | |
23 | Rahm Emanuel (born 1959) | January 20, 2009 | October 1, 2010 | 1 year, 254 days | Democratic | Barack Obama (Democratic) (2009 – 2017) | |
– | Pete Rouse (born 1946) Acting [b] | October 1, 2010 | January 13, 2011 | 104 days | Democratic | Barack Obama (Democratic) (2009 – 2017) | |
24 | Bill Daley (born 1948) | January 13, 2011 | January 27, 2012 | 1 year, 14 days | Democratic | Barack Obama (Democratic) (2009 – 2017) | |
25 | Jack Lew (born 1955) | January 27, 2012 | January 20, 2013 | 359 days | Democratic | Barack Obama (Democratic) (2009 – 2017) | |
26 | Denis McDonough (born 1969) | January 20, 2013 | January 20, 2017 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | Barack Obama (Democratic) (2009 – 2017) | |
27 | Reince Priebus (born 1972) | January 20, 2017 | July 31, 2017 | 192 days | Republican | Donald Trump (Republican) (2017 – 2021) | |
28 | John F. Kelly (born 1950) | July 31, 2017 | January 2, 2019 | 1 year, 154 days | Independent | Donald Trump (Republican) (2017 – 2021) | |
– | Mick Mulvaney (born 1967) Acting [c] | January 2, 2019 | March 31, 2020 | 1 year, 89 days | Republican | Donald Trump (Republican) (2017 – 2021) | |
29 | Mark Meadows (born 1959) [d] | March 31, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | 295 days | Republican | Donald Trump (Republican) (2017 – 2021) | |
30 | Ron Klain (born 1961) | January 20, 2021 | February 8, 2023 | 2 years, 19 days | Democratic | Joe Biden (Democratic) (since 2021) | |
31 | Jeff Zients (born 1966) | 8 February 2023 | - | 1 year, 81 days | Democratic | Joe Biden (Democratic) (since 2021) |