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White House Chief of Staff
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 office-holder has been dubbed "The Second-Most Powerful Man in Washington" due to the nature of the job.
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John R. Steelman
John Roy Steelman (June 23, 1900 - July 14, 1999) was the first Assistant to the President of the United States, serving President Harry S. Truman from 1946 to 1953. The office later became the White House Chief of Staff.
He was the most recent...
Date of birth:
- Jun 23, 1900
Date of death:
- Jul 14, 1999 (age 99 years)
Sherman Adams
Llewelyn Sherman Adams (January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986) was an American politician, best known as White House Chief of Staff for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the culmination of a relatively short (18-year) political career that also included...
Date of birth:
- Jan 8, 1899
Date of death:
- Oct 27, 1986 (age 87 years)
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Wilton Persons
Wilton Burton "Jerry" Persons (January 19, 1896 – 1977) served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 7, 1958 until January 20, 1961.
Persons graduated from Auburn University in 1916. He was a career United...
Date of birth:
- Jan 19, 1896
Date of death:
- 1977 (age 81 years)
W. Marvin Watson
William Marvin Watson (born June 6, 1924) was an advisor to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and was Postmaster General in 1968 and early 1969.
Watson was born in Oakhurst, Texas, and attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, getting a scholarship...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1924 (age 85 years)
James Robert Jones
James Robert "Jim" Jones (born May 5, 1939) is a lawyer, a Democratic politician, a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma, and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
Jones was born and educated in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He received his B.A. degree in...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1939 (age 70 years)
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H. R. Haldeman
Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman (publicly known as H. R. Haldeman; October 27, 1926–November 12, 1993) was an American political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and for his role...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1926
Date of death:
- Nov 12, 1993 (age 67 years)
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Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born December 2, 1924) is a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford....
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1924 (age 85 years)
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Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the administration of George W. Bush. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, but soon moved with his family to Casper, Wyoming,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1941 (age 68 years)
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Hamilton Jordan
William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan (September 21, 1944 – May 20, 2008) was Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
Jordan (who pronounced his last name to rhyme with "burden" instead of "borden") was born in Charlotte, North...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1944
Date of death:
- May 20, 2008 (age 63 years)
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Jack Watson
Jack H. Watson Jr. (* 24 October 1938) former Chief Legal Strategist of Monsanto Company, served as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs, Secretary to the Cabinet, and White House Chief of Staff during the Carter Administration....
Date of birth:
- 1938 (age 71 years)
Donald Regan
Donald Thomas Regan (December 21, 1918 – June 10, 2003) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury, from 1981 to 1985, and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration, where he advocated "Reaganomics" and tax cuts...
Date of birth:
- Dec 21, 1918
Date of death:
- Jun 10, 2003 (age 84 years)
James Baker
James Addison Baker, III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, politician, political administrator, and political advisor.
He served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the...
Date of birth:
- Apr 28, 1930 (age 79 years)
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Howard Baker
Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (born November 15, 1925) is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.
Known in Washington, D.C. as the "Great...
Date of birth:
- Nov 15, 1925 (age 84 years)
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Kenneth M. Duberstein
Kenneth M. Duberstein (born April 21, 1944) served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
A native of Brooklyn, Duberstein attended P.S. 139. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College (A.B. 1965) and...
Date of birth:
- Apr 21, 1944 (age 65 years)
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John H. Sununu
John Henry Sununu (born July 2, 1939) is a former Governor of New Hampshire (1983–89) and former White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, a former senator from New Hampshire, and formerly a U...
Date of birth:
- Jul 2, 1939 (age 70 years)
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Samuel K. Skinner
Samuel Knox Skinner (born June 10, 1938) is an American politician, lawyer and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Skinner was instrumental in developing...
Date of birth:
- Jun 10, 1938 (age 71 years)
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Mack McLarty
Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III (born June 14, 1946) is a prominent Arkansas business and political leader and former White House Chief of Staff for US President Bill Clinton. He is the President of McLarty Associates, a Washington-based consulting...
Date of birth:
- Jun 14, 1946 (age 63 years)
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. An American Democratic politician, lawyer, and professor, Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1938 (age 71 years)
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Erskine Bowles
Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He currently serves as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and...
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1945 (age 64 years)
John Podesta
John David Podesta (born January 8, 1949 ) was the fourth and final White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. He is currently President of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 15, 1949 (age 60 years)
Andrew Card
Andrew Hill "Andy" Card Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1947 (age 62 years)
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Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a United States businessman, politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. He...
Date of birth:
- Jul 9, 1932 (age 77 years)
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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Israel Emanuel (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician currently serving as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama. He served previously as Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing...
Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Joshua B. Bolten
Joshua Brewster Bolten (born August 16, 1954) was the White House Chief of Staff serving U.S. President George W. Bush. Bolten replaced Andrew Card on April 14, 2006.
Bolten's father, Seymour, worked for the CIA and his mother, Analouise, taught...
Date of birth:
- Aug 16, 1954 (age 55 years)
