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#
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President
|
Party
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Term of Office
|
Days
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Chief of Staff
|
|
1
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Harry Truman
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Democratic
|
December 12, 1946 - January 20, 1953
|
2,231
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John Steelman
|
|
2
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Republican
|
January 20, 1953 - October 7, 1958
|
2,086
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Sherman Adams
|
|
3
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Republican
|
October 7, 1958 - January 20, 1961
|
836
|
Wilton Persons
|
|
4
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John F. Kennedy
|
Democratic
|
January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
|
1,036
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Kenneth O'Donnell
|
|
5
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
Democratic
|
February 1, 1965 - April 26, 1968
|
1,180
|
Marvin Watson
|
|
6
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
|
Democratic
|
April 26, 1968 - January 20, 1969
|
269
|
James R. Jones
|
|
7
|
Richard Nixon
|
Republican
|
January 20, 1969 - April 30, 1973
|
1,561
|
H. R. Haldeman
|
|
8
|
Richard Nixon & Gerald Ford
|
Republican
|
May 4, 1973 - September 21, 1974
|
505
|
Alexander Haig
|
|
9
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Gerald Ford
|
Republican
|
September 21, 1974 - November 20, 1975
|
425
|
Donald Rumsfeld
|
|
10
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Gerald Ford
|
Republican
|
November 20, 1975 - January 20, 1977
|
425
|
Dick Cheney
|
|
11
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Jimmy Carter
|
Democratic
|
July 18, 1979 - June 11, 1980
|
329
|
Hamilton Jordan
|
|
12
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Jimmy Carter
|
Democratic
|
June 11, 1980 - January 20, 1981
|
223
|
Jack Watson
|
|
13
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Republican
|
January 20, 1981 - February 4, 1985
|
1,476
|
James Baker
|
|
14
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Republican
|
February 4, 1985 - February 27, 1987
|
753
|
Donald Regan
|
|
15
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Republican
|
February 27, 1987 - July 1, 1988
|
490
|
Howard Baker
|
|
16
|
Ronald Reagan
|
Republican
|
July 1, 1988 - January 20, 1989
|
203
|
Kenneth Duberstein
|
|
17
|
George H. W. Bush
|
Republican
|
January 20, 1989 - December 16, 1991
|
1,060
|
John Sununu
|
|
18
|
George H. W. Bush
|
Republican
|
December 16, 1991 - August 23, 1992
|
251
|
Samuel Skinner
|
|
19
|
George H. W. Bush
|
Republican
|
August 23, 1992 - January 20, 1993
|
150
|
James Baker
|
|
20
|
Bill Clinton
|
Democratic
|
January 20, 1993 - July 17, 1994
|
543
|
Mack McLarty
|
|
21
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Bill Clinton
|
Democratic
|
July 17, 1994 - January 20, 1997
|
918
|
Leon Panetta
|
|
22
|
Bill Clinton
|
Democratic
|
January 20, 1997 - October 20, 1998
|
638
|
Erskine Bowles
|
|
23
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Bill Clinton
|
Democratic
|
October 20, 1998 - January 20, 2001
|
823
|
John Podesta
|
|
24
|
George W. Bush
|
Republican
|
January 20, 2001 - April 14, 2006
|
1,910
|
Andrew Card
|
|
25
|
George W. Bush
|
Republican
|
April 14, 2006 - January 20, 2009
|
1,012
|
Joshua Bolten
|
|
26
|
Barack Obama
|
Democratic
|
January 20, 2009 - October 1, 2010
|
619
|
Rahm Emanuel
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|
27
|
Barack Obama
|
Democratic
|
October 1, 2010 - January 13, 2011
|
104
|
Pete Rouse
|
|
28
|
Barack Obama
|
Democratic
|
January 13, 2011 - January 27, 2012
|
379
|
Bill Daley
|
|
29
|
Barack Obama
|
Democratic
|
January 27, 2012 - January 20, 2013
|
359
|
Jack Lew
|
|
30
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Barack Obama
|
Democratic
|
January 20, 2013 - January 20, 2017
|
1,461
|
Dennis McDonough
|
|
31
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Donald Trump
|
Republican
|
January 20 - July 31, 2017
|
192
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Reince Priebus
|
|
32
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Donald Trump
|
Republican
|
July 31, 2017 - January 2, 2019
|
519
|
John Kelly
|
|
33
|
Donald Trump
|
Republican
|
January 2, 2019 - present
|
incumbent (acting)
|
Mick Mulvaney
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