List of White House Chiefs of Staff

Below is a list of the White House Chiefs of Staff of the United States. 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.

The current White House Chief of Staff is William Daley.

List of Chiefs of Staff

# Picture Chief Years President
1 John R. Steelman 1946–1952 Harry S. Truman
2 Sherman Adams 1953–1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 Wilton Persons 1958–1961
u/o Kenneth O'Donnell 1961–1963 John F. Kennedy
u/o W. Marvin Watson 1963–1968 Lyndon Johnson
u/o Jim Jones 1968
4 H. R. Haldeman 1969–1973 Richard Nixon
5 Alexander Haig 1973–1974
6 Donald Rumsfeld 1974–1975 Gerald Ford
7 Dick Cheney 1975–1977
- vacant 1977–1979 Jimmy Carter
8 Hamilton Jordan 1979–1980
9 Jack Watson 1980–1981
10 James Baker 1981–1985 Ronald Reagan
11 Donald Regan 1985–1987
12 Howard Baker 1987–1988
13 Kenneth Duberstein 1988–1989
14 John H. Sununu 1989–1991 George H. W. Bush
15 Samuel K. Skinner 1991–1992
16 James Baker 1992–1993
17 Mack McLarty 1993–1994 Bill Clinton
18 Leon Panetta 1994–1997
19 Erskine Bowles 1997–1998
20 John Podesta 1998–2001
21 Andrew Card 2001–2006 George W. Bush
22 Joshua Bolten 2006–2009
23 Rahm Emanuel 2009–2010 Barack Obama
Acting Pete Rouse 2010–2011
24 William M. Daley 2011–present

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