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White House Press Secretary
The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration. Since January 20, 2009, Robert Gibbs is the Press Secretary to U.S. President Barack Obama.
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George Edward Akerson
George Edward Akerson (September 5, 1889 – December 21, 1937) was a U.S. journalist, and the first official White House Press Secretary.
Akerson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, taking classes in Science,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 5, 1889
Date of death:
- Dec 21, 1937 (age 48 years)
Theodore Goldsmith Joslin
Theodore Goldsmith "Ted" Joslin (February 28, 1890-April 12, 1944) was press secretary to President Herbert Hoover from 1931 until 1933.
Joslin was born in Leominster, Massachusetts., to Frederick A. and Hanna Hopgood Joslin. After graduating from...
Date of birth:
- Feb 28, 1890
Date of death:
- Apr 12, 1944 (age 54 years)
Stephen Early
Stephen Tyree Early (August 27, 1889 - August 11, 1951) was a U.S. journalist and government official. He served as White House Press Secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 and again under President Harry S. Truman in 1950.
Early...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1889
Date of death:
- Aug 11, 1951 (age 61 years)
Charles Griffith Ross
Charles Griffith Ross (November 9, 1885, Independence, Missouri – December 5, 1950, Washington, D.C.) was a White House Press Secretary between 1945 and 1950 for Harry S. Truman.
Ross graduated with Truman and Truman's eventual wife Bess Truman in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 9, 1885
Date of death:
- Dec 5, 1950 (age 65 years)
Jonathan W. Daniels
Jonathan Worth Daniels (April 26, 1902 - November 6, 1981) was an American author, editor, and White House Press Secretary. Daniels' term serving as White House Press Secretary was the shortest since the inception of the position in 1937. He held...
Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 1902
Date of death:
- Nov 6, 1981 (age 79 years)
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Leonard J. Reinsch
James Leonard Reinsch (June 28, 1908 – May 9, 1991) was White House Press Secretary in 1945 and served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Reinsch was one of the most famous names in radio broadcasting. He was called on by Governor James M. Cox...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1908
Date of death:
- May 9, 1991 (age 82 years)
Joseph Short
Joseph H. Short (February 11, 1904 – September 18, 1952) was White House Press Secretary from 1950 to 1952. Short served under President Harry Truman. His wife was Beth Campbell Short. After his death, Truman appointed her as his personal...
Date of birth:
- Feb 11, 1904
Date of death:
- Sep 18, 1952 (age 48 years)
Roger Tubby
Roger Wellington Tubby (December 30, 1910 – January 14, 1991) was White House Press Secretary from 1952 to 1953 and served under President Harry Truman.
Roger Tubby born in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1910 and went to Yale University. He worked in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1910
Date of death:
- Jan 14, 1991 (age 80 years)
James C. Hagerty
James Campbell Hagerty (May 9, 1909 – April 11, 1981) served as the only White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961 during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Together with Stephen Early, he is the longest serving Press Secretary of all...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1909
Date of death:
- Apr 11, 1981 (age 71 years)
Pierre Salinger
Pierre Emil George Salinger (June 14, 1925 – October 16, 2004) was a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He later became known for his work as an ABC News correspondent, and in particular for his...
Date of birth:
- Jun 14, 1925
Date of death:
- Oct 16, 2004 (age 79 years)
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George Reedy
George Edward Reedy (August 5, 1917 - March 21, 1999) was White House Press Secretary from 1964 to 1965. Reedy served under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Reedy attended Senn High School in Chicago and graduated from the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 5, 1917
Date of death:
- Mar 21, 1999 (age 81 years)
Bill D. Moyers
Billy Don "Bill" Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965-1967. He worked as a news commentator on...
Date of birth:
- Jun 5, 1934 (age 75 years)
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George Christian
George Eastland Christian (January 1, 1927 - November 27, 2002) was a U.S. journalist and White House press secretary from 1966 to 1969.
Christian was born in Austin, Texas. After graduating from Austin High School in 1944, he enlisted in the United...
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1927
Date of death:
- Nov 27, 2002 (age 75 years)
Ron Ziegler
Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was White House Press Secretary during United States President Richard Nixon's administration, from 1969–1974, and Assistant to the President in 1974.
Ziegler was born to Louis Daniel Ziegler,...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1939
Date of death:
- Feb 10, 2003 (age 63 years)
Ron Nessen
Ronald Harold Nessen (born May 25, 1934) was White House Press Secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. He replaced Jerald terHorst, who resigned in the wake of President Ford's pardon of former president Nixon.
Prior to joining the...
Date of birth:
- May 25, 1934 (age 75 years)
Jerald terHorst
Jerald Franklin "Jerry" terHorst (born July 11, 1922, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was the first person to serve as press secretary for U.S. President Gerald Ford. Before being appointed press secretary, terHorst had been a newspaper reporter from...
Date of birth:
- Jul 11, 1922 (age 87 years)
Joseph Lester Powell
Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell, Jr. (September 30, 1943 – September 14, 2009) was the White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Born in Cordele, Georgia, Powell grew up in the nearby town of Vienna. He attended the United...
Date of birth:
- Sep 30, 1943
Date of death:
- Sep 14, 2009 (age 66 years)
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James Brady
James Scott “Jim” Brady (born August 29, 1940, Centralia, Illinois) is a former Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under U.S. President Ronald Reagan. After nearly being killed and becoming permanently disabled as a result of...
Date of birth:
- Aug 29, 1940 (age 69 years)
Larry Speakes
Larry M. Speakes (born September 13, 1939) is a former acting spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan, having held the position from 1981 to 1987.
Speakes was born in Cleveland, Mississippi. Speakes is married to Laura Crawford,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 13, 1939 (age 70 years)
Marlin Fitzwater
Max Marlin Fitzwater (born November 24, 1942) was White House Press Secretary for six years under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history.
Fitzwater was born on a farm in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 24, 1942 (age 67 years)
Dee Dee Myers
Dee Dee Myers (born Margaret Jane Myers on September 1, 1961 in Quonset Point, Rhode Island) served as White House Press Secretary for the first two years of the Clinton administration, from January 20, 1993 to December 22, 1994.
Myers holds the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 1, 1961 (age 48 years)
George Stephanopoulos
George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and former political adviser. He is currently ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week with George...
Date of birth:
- Feb 10, 1961 (age 48 years)
Mike McCurry
Mike McCurry (born October 27, 1954) is best known as the former press secretary for Bill Clinton's administration. He is a Washington-based communications consultant and is associated with the firm Public Strategies Washington, Inc. He is also...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1954 (age 55 years)
Joe Lockhart
Joseph Lockhart (born July 13, 1959) served as White House Press Secretary from October 5, 1998 to September 29, 2000, during the administration of President Bill Clinton. He handled the press during the Clinton impeachment trials.
Born in the Bronx...
Date of birth:
- Jul 13, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Jake Siewert
Richard L. "Jake" Siewert, Jr. (born February 1, 1964) served as White House Press Secretary from September 30, 2000, to January 20, 2001, during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Jake is married to Christine Anderson,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 1, 1964 (age 45 years)
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Ari Fleischer
Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) is the former press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush from January, 2001 to July, 2003. Fleischer was born in Pound Ridge, New York; his parents were Jewish, his mother a Hungarian immigrant...
Date of birth:
- Oct 13, 1960 (age 49 years)
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Scott McClellan
Scott McClellan (born February 14, 1968) is a former White House Press Secretary (2003–06) for President George W. Bush, and author of a controversial book about the Bush Administration titled What Happened. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press...
Date of birth:
- Feb 14, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Tony Snow
Robert Anthony "Tony" Snow (June 1, 1955–July 12, 2008) was an American political commentator, television news anchor, syndicated columnist, radio host, and the third White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush. Snow also worked for...
Date of birth:
- Jun 1, 1955
Date of death:
- Jul 12, 2008 (age 53 years)
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Dana Perino
Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) served as the White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007 to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary; Dee Dee Myers was the first, during the...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1972 (age 37 years)
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Robert Gibbs
Robert L. Gibbs (born March 29, 1971) is an American political consultant and the current White House Press Secretary. Gibbs was the communications director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Gibbs, who has worked...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1971 (age 38 years)
