Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States

{{short description|Chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President of the United States}}

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The chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is the chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The chief of staff has been responsible for overseeing the actions of the vice president's staff, managing the vice president's schedule, and deciding who is allowed to meet with the vice president.

Chiefs of staff to the vice president

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!Chief

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!Vice President

|Arthur Sohmer{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-08-28-1991240155-story.html |title=Obituary: Arthur J. Sohmer |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=1991-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620234654/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-08-28-1991240155-story.html |access-date=2018-09-20 |archive-date=June 20, 2023 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|1969–1973

|Spiro Agnew

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|Robert T. Hartmann{{cite news |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/us/politics/19hartmann.html |title=Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk |work=The New York Times |date=2008-04-19 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1973–1974

|Gerald Ford

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|Ann C. Whitman{{cite news |first=Bruce |last=Lambert |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/17/us/ann-c-whitman-is-dead-at-83-eisenhower-and-rockefeller-aide.html |title=Ann C. Whitman Is Dead at 83, Eisenhower and Rockefeller Aide |work=The New York Times |date=1991-10-17 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1974–1977

|Nelson Rockefeller

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|Richard Moe{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Kennicott |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110302278.html |title=Richard Moe, president of National Trust for Historic Preservation, to retire |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2009-11-03 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1977–1981

|Walter Mondale

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|Daniel J. Murphy{{cite news|author=ERIC PACE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/27/us/adm-daniel-j-murphy-79-served-in-wars-and-government.html |title=Adm. Daniel J. Murphy, 79; Served in Wars and Government |work=The New York Times |date=2001-09-27 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1981–1985

| rowspan="2" |George H. W. Bush

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|Craig L. Fuller{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Mufson |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1992/08/02/the-privatization-of-craig-fuller/f910e860-076c-487d-9bc0-d9a0db5d9850/ |title=The Privatization Of Craig Fuller |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1992-08-02 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1985–1989

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|Bill Kristol{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/kristol-bio.html |title=Columnist Biography: William Kristol |work=The New York Times |date=2008-03-12 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1989–1993

|Dan Quayle

|Roy Neel{{cite web|url=http://www.harrywalker.com/speakers/roy-neel |title=Book Roy Neel for Public Speaking |publisher=Harry Walker Agency |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1993

| rowspan="4" |Al Gore

|Jack Quinn{{Cite web |url=https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1993/07/1993-07-02-vice-president-gore-names-jack-quinn-as-chief-of-staff.html |title=Vice President Gore Names Jack Quinn Chief of Staff |access-date=2016-10-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200922204814/https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1993/07/1993-07-02-vice-president-gore-names-jack-quinn-as-chief-of-staff.html|archive-date= September 22, 2020|url-status=live |website=WhiteHouse.gov |via=National Archives and Records Administration }}

| style="text-align:center;"|1993–1995

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|Ron Klain{{cite web|last=Malley |first=Robert |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2008/11/klain-accepts-job-as-biden-chief-of-staff-015576 |title=Klain accepts job as Biden chief of staff |work=Politico |date=2008-11-13 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1995–1999

|Charles Burson{{cite press release |date=April 2009 |url=https://law.wustl.edu/news/pages.aspx?id=7143 |first=Ann |last=Nicholson |title=Burson Named Senior Professor of Practice |website=Washington University School of Law |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603083545/https://law.wustl.edu/news/pages.aspx?id=7143 |access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=June 3, 2010 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|1999–2001

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|Lewis Libby{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9837835 |url-status=live |title=Top Cheney aide Libby indicted, quits post |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press |date=2005-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925093422/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9837835 |access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=September 25, 2021 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|2001–2005

| rowspan="2" |Dick Cheney

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|David Addington{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/10/print/20051031-2.html |title=Personnel Announcement |publisher=Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov |date=31 October 2005 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2005–2009

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|Ron Klain

| style="text-align:center;"|2009–2011

| rowspan="3" |Joe Biden

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|Bruce Reed{{cite web |first=Jake |last=Tapper |first2=Karen |last2=Travers |url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/vp-biden-names-bruce-reed-as-new-chief-of-staff.html |title=VP Biden Names Bruce Reed as New Chief of Staff |website=blogs.abcnews.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |date=14 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117034009/http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/01/vp-biden-names-bruce-reed-as-new-chief-of-staff.html |archive-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2011–2013

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|Steve Ricchetti{{cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/11/cleveland_native_becomes_chief.html |first=Stephen |last=Koff |url-status=live |title=Westlake native becomes chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden |work=Cleveland.com |date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115212624/https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/11/cleveland_native_becomes_chief.html |access-date=2018-09-20|archive-date=January 15, 2021 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|2013–2017

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|Josh Pitcock

| style="text-align:center;"|2017

| rowspan="3" |Mike Pence

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|Nick Ayers

| style="text-align:center;"|2017–2019

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|Marc Short{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/VP/status/1097896017498914816|title=I am pleased to announce that Marc Short will be returning to the White House to serve as my chief of staff. Marc will be joining the Office of the Vice President in March and we look forward to welcoming him to our great @VP Team!|last=Pence|first=Vice President Mike|date=2019-02-19|website=@VP|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2019–2021

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|Hartina Flournoy{{Cite news |title=Vice President-elect Kamala Harris picks Tina Flournoy as her chief of staff |first1=Jamie |last1=Gangel |first2=Caroline |last2=Kelly |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/tina-flournoy-kamala-harris-chief-of-staff/index.html |access-date=2020-12-03 |website=CNN |date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2021–2022

|rowspan="2" |Kamala Harris

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|Lorraine Voles

| style="text-align:center;"|2022–2025

|Jacob Reses

| style="text-align:center;"|2025–

|rowspan="2" |JD Vance

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