List of White House Chiefs of Staff

The White House Chief of Staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President and the White House Office, and is generally responsible for overseeing the actions of the White House staff, managing the President's schedule, and deciding who is allowed to meet with the President.

List of Chiefs of Staff

#	Picture	Chief	Years	President
1		John R. Steelman	December 12, 1946 – January 20, 1953	Harry S. Truman
2		Sherman Adams	January 20, 1953 – October 7, 1958 (Resigned)	Dwight D. Eisenhower
3		Wilton B. Persons	October 7, 1958 – January 20, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
–		Kenneth O'Donnell (de facto, as Appointments Secretary)	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963	John F. Kennedy
–		W. Marvin Watson (de facto, as Appointments Secretary)	November 22, 1963 – April 26, 1968 (Appointed Postmaster General)	Lyndon Johnson
–		James R. Jones (De facto, as Appointments Secretary)	April 27, 1968 – January 20, 1969	Lyndon Johnson
4		H.R. "Bob" Haldeman	January 20, 1969 – April 30, 1973 (Resigned)	Richard Nixon
5		Alexander M. Haig, Jr.	May 4, 1973 – September 27, 1974 (Resigned)	Richard Nixon
6		Donald H. Rumsfeld	September 27, 1974 – November 20, 1975 (Appointed Secretary Of Defense)	Gerald Ford
7		Richard B. Cheney	November 21, 1975 – January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
–		Position vacant'	January 20, 1977 – July 18, 1979	Jimmy Carter
8		Hamilton Jordan	July 18, 1979 – June 11, 1980 (Resigned)
9		Jack H. Watson	June 11, 1980 – January 20, 1981
10		James A. Baker	January 20, 1981 – February 4, 1985 (Appointed Secretary of the Treasury)	Ronald Reagan
11		Donald T. Regan	February 4, 1985 – February 27, 1987 (Resigned)
12		Howard H. Baker, Jr.	February 27, 1987 – July 1, 1988 (Resigned)
13		Kenneth M. Duberstein	July 1, 1988 – January 20, 1989
14		John H. Sununu	January 20, 1989 – December 16, 1991 (Resigned)	George H. W. Bush
15		Samuel K. Skinner	December 16, 1991 – August 23, 1992 (Resigned)
16		James A. Baker	August 23, 1992 – January 20, 1993
17		Mack McLarty	January 20, 1993 – July 27, 1994 (Dismissed)	Bill Clinton
18		Leon E. Panetta	July 17, 1994 – January 20, 1997 (Resigned)
19		Erskine B. Bowles	January 20, 1997 – October 30, 1998 (Resigned)
20		John Podesta	October 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001
21		Andrew H. Card	January 20, 2001 – April 14, 2006 (Resigned)	George W. Bush
22	75px	Joshua Bolten	April 14, 2006 – January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
23		Rahm Emanuel	January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010 (Resigned)	Barack Obama
24		Pete Rouse	October 1, 2010 – January 13, 2011 (Interim)
25		Bill Daley	January 13, 2011 – January 27, 2012 (Resigned)
26		Jacob J. Lew	January 27, 2012 – January 20, 2013 (Appointed Secretary of Treasury)
27		Denis R. McDonough	January 20, 2013 – present

References

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List of White House Chiefs of Staff

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