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.

The current White House Chief of Staff is Denis McDonough.

List of Chiefs of Staff

#	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
u/o	Kenneth O'Donnell (de facto, as Appointments Secretary)	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963	John F. Kennedy
u/o	W. Marvin Watson (de facto, as Appointments Secretary)	November 22, 1963 – April 26, 1968 (Appointed Postmaster General)	Lyndon Johnson
u/o	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
-	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	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 25, 2013 (Appointed Secretary of Treasury)
27	Denis R. McDonough	January 25, 2013

References

White House Chiefs of Staff

Steelman Adams Persons Watson Jones Haldeman Haig Rumsfeld Cheney Jordon Watson J. Baker Regan H. Baker Duberstein Sununu Skinner J. Baker McLarty Panetta Bowles Podesta Card Bolten Emanuel Daley Lew McDonough

Executive Office of the President of the United States

Council of Economic Advisers Council on Environmental Quality National Security Council Homeland Security Council Office of Administration Office of Management and Budget Office of National Drug Control Policy Office of Science and Technology Policy Office of the United States Trade Representative President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness President's Intelligence Advisory Board White House Office Office of the Vice President

White House Office

Office of Cabinet Affairs Office of the Chief of Staff Office of Communications Office of the First Lady Office of Legislative Affairs Office of Management and Administration Oval Office Operations Office of Political Affairs Office of Presidential Personnel Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Office of the Press Secretary Office of Scheduling and Advance Office of the Senior Advisor Office of the Staff Secretary Office of the White House Counsel Office of Policy Development White House Fellows Counselor to the President