The White House Director of Legislative Affairs, officially the Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs, is part of the senior staff of the president of the United States. The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the legislative agenda of the president and coordinating with members of both houses of Congress.
The legislative director, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president, without the need for United States Senate confirmation, is usually given an office in the West Wing of the White House.
Image | Name | Start | End | Duration | President | |
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Wilton Persons | January 20, 1953 | October 7, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |||
Bryce Harlow | October 7, 1958 | January 20, 1961 | ||||
Larry O'Brien | January 20, 1961 | November 3, 1965 | John F. Kennedy | |||
Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||||
vacant | November 3, 1965 | May 1967 | ||||
Barefoot Sanders | May 1967 | January 20, 1969 | ||||
Bryce Harlow | January 20, 1969 | November 5, 1969 | Richard Nixon | |||
Bill Timmons | November 5, 1969 | December 31, 1974 | ||||
Gerald Ford | ||||||
Max Friedersdorf | December 31, 1974 | January 20, 1977 | ||||
Frank Moore | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | |||
Max Friedersdorf | January 20, 1981 | January 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |||
Kenneth Duberstein | January 1982 | December 15, 1983 | ||||
M. B. Oglesby | December 15, 1983 | February 28, 1986 | ||||
William L. Ball | February 28, 1986 | March 28, 1988 | ||||
Alan Kranowitz | March 28, 1988 | January 20, 1989 | ||||
Frederick McClure | January 20, 1989 | February 1, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | |||
Nick Calio | February 1, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | ||||
Howard Paster | January 20, 1993 | December 21, 1993 | Bill Clinton | |||
Patrick Griffin | December 21, 1993 | January 7, 1996 | ||||
John Hilley | January 7, 1996 | 1997 | ||||
Charles M. Brain | 1997 | 1998 | ||||
Lawrence J. Stein | 1998 | January 20, 2001 | ||||
Nick Calio | January 20, 2001 | December 17, 2002 | George W. Bush | |||
David Hobbs | December 17, 2002 | December 10, 2004 | ||||
Candida Wolff | December 10, 2004 | December 10, 2004 | ||||
Dan Meyer | December 14, 2007 | January 20, 2009 | ||||
Phil Schiliro | January 20, 2009 | February 11, 2011 | Barack Obama | |||
Rob Nabors | February 11, 2011 | January 25, 2013 | ||||
Miguel Rodriguez | January 25, 2013 | January 1, 2014 | ||||
Katie Beirne Fallon | January 1, 2014 | February 13, 2016 | ||||
Amy Rosenbaum | February 13, 2016 | January 20, 2017 | ||||
Marc Short | January 20, 2017 | July 20, 2018 | Donald Trump | |||
Shahira Knight | July 20, 2018 | June 17, 2019 | ||||
Eric Ueland | June 17, 2019 | June 5, 2020 | ||||
Amy Swonger | June 5, 2020 | January 20, 2021 | ||||
Louisa Terrell | January 20, 2021 | August 1, 2023 | Joe Biden | |||
Shuwanza Goff | August 1, 2023 |
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