White House Director of Speechwriting

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!colspan=2 |President

|{{sortname|Stephen|Harmelin}}{{cite web |url=https://news.usc.edu/77602/reporting-from-hot-spots-where-no-one-wants-to-be |title=This Just In: Alumna Reports from Global Hotspots |publisher=University of Southern California |first=Susan |last=Bell |accessdate=November 28, 2020}}

|{{sort|1964|1964}}

|{{sort|1965|1965}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Lyndon|Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
(1963–1969)

|{{sortname|Harry|McPherson}}

|{{sort|1967-10-26|October 26, 1967}}

|{{sort|1969-01-20|January 20, 1969}}

|{{sortname|Jim|Keogh|James Keogh (speechwriter)}}{{cite web |date=May 15, 2006 |title=James Keogh, 89; Nixon Speechwriter, Former Time Editor |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-15-me-passings15.2-story.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-james-keogh-accepting-his-resignation-special-assistant-the-president |title=Letter to James Keogh Accepting His Resignation as Special Assistant to the President |first=Richard |last=Nizon |date=December 16, 1970 |language=en-US |work=University of California, Santa Barbara |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}

|{{sort|1969-01-20|January 20, 1969}}

|{{sort|1970-12-31|December 31, 1970}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
(1969–1974)

|{{sortname|Ray|Price|dab=speechwriter}}{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=February 14, 2019 |title=Raymond K. Price Jr., 88, a Key Nixon Speechwriter, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/obituaries/raymond-k-price-jr-dead.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/07/archives/4-on-writing-staff-promoted-by-nixon-the-washington-starnews.html |title=4 on Writing Staff Promoted by Nixon |date=February 6, 1973 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/02/archives/president-appoints-macgregor-congressional-affairs-counsel.html |title=President Appoints MacGregor Congressional Affairs Counsel |date=December 2, 1970 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}

|{{sort|1970-12-31|December 31, 1970}}

|{{sort|1973-02-06|February 6, 1973}}

|{{nowrap|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/gergendfiles.asp |title=David R. Gergen Files, 1974–77 |publisher=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/finding-aids/david-r-gergen-white-house-special-files-staff-member-and-office-files |title=David R. Gergen (White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files) |publisher=Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/magazine/david-gergen-master-of-the-game.html |title=David Gergen, Master of the Game |date=October 31, 1993 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |first=Michael |last=Kelly |accessdate=July 20, 2021}}

|{{sort|1973-02-06|February 6, 1973}}

|{{sort|1974-08-09|August 9, 1974}}

|{{sortname|Bob|Hartmann|Robert T. Hartmann}}{{cite web |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Interviews: All |url=https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/research/transition-interviews/staff.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |language=en-US}}

|{{sort|1974-08-09|August 9, 1974}}

|{{sort|1977-01-20|January 20, 1977}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}
(1974–1977)

|{{sortname|Jim|Fallows|James Fallows}}{{cite web |date=November 25, 1978 |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |accessdate=November 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

|{{sort|1977-01-20|January 20, 1977}}

|{{sort|1978-11-23|November 24, 1978}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}
(1977–1981)

|{{sortname|Bernie|Aronson|Bernard W. Aronson}}

|{{sort|1978-11-23|November 24, 1978}}

|{{sort|1981-01-20|January 20, 1981}}

|{{sortname|Ken|Khachigian}}
(Chief Speechwriter){{cite web |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/archives/textual/smof/khachigi.pdf |title=Khachigian, Kenneth L.: Files, 1981 |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=1981 |publisher=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library |language=en-US}}

|{{sort|1981-01-20|January 20, 1981}}

|{{sort|1981-05|May 3, 1981}}

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
(1981–1989)

|{{sortname|Tony|Dolan|Anthony R. Dolan}}
(Chief Speechwriter){{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-anthony-r-dolan-special-assistant-the-president-and-chief-speechwriter |title=Appointment of Anthony R. Dolan as Special Assistant to the President and Chief Speechwriter |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=November 17, 1981 |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}

|{{sort|1981-05|May 3, 1981}}
{{small|Acting: May 3, 1981 – November 17, 1981}}

|{{sort|1989-01-20|January 20, 1989}}

|{{sortname|Aram|Bakshian}}
(Director){{cite web |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/nominations-appointments-november-17-1981 |title=Nominations & Appointments, November 17, 1981 |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |publisher=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library |date=November 17, 1991 |language=en-US}}

|{{sort|1981-11-17|November 17, 1981}}

|{{sort|1983-10-19|October 19, 1983}}

|{{sortname|Ben|Elliott|Ben T. Elliott}}
(Director){{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-bently-t-elliott-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-speechwriting |title=Appointment of Bently T. Elliott as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=October 19, 1983 |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/10/us/reagan-s-speechwriter-says-he-was-dismissed-in-dispute.html |title=Reagan's Speechwriter Says He Was Dismissed in Dispute |accessdate=July 20, 2021 |date=June 10, 1986 |work=The New York Times}}

|{{sort|1983-10-19|October 19, 1983}}

|{{sort|1986-06-06|June 6, 1986}}

|{{sortname|Chriss|Winston}}

|{{sort|1989-01-20|January 20, 1989}}

|{{sort|1991-02-19|February 19, 1991}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}
(1989–1993)

|{{sortname|Tony|Snow}}{{cite web |title=Appointment of Robert A. Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications and Director of Speechwriting |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-robert-snow-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-communications-and-director |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=February 19, 1991 |publisher=George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum}}{{cite web |title=Appointment of Robert Anthony Snow as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-robert-anthony-snow-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-media-affairs |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |date=January 20, 1992 |publisher=George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum}}

|{{sort|1991-02-19|February 19, 1991}}

|{{sort|1993-01-20|January 20, 1993}}

|{{sortname|David|Kusnet}}{{cite web |title=David Kusnet |url=https://prospect.org/topics/david-kusnet |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |work=The American Prospect |language=en-us}}

|{{sort|1993-01-20|January 20, 1993}}

|{{sort|1994-03-09|March 9, 1994}}

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}
(1993–2001)

|{{sortname|Don|Baer|Donald A. Baer}}{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-speechwriting-and-research |title=Appointment of Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Research |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara |date=March 9, 1994 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}

|{{sort|1994-03-09|March 9, 1994}}

|{{sort|1995-08-14|August 14, 1995}}

|{{sortname|Michael|Waldman}}{{cite web |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PPP-1995-book2/html/PPP-1995-book2-app-pg1939.htm |title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II) |publisher=Government Publishing Office |date=December 22, 1995 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}

|{{sort|1995-12-22|December 22, 1995}}

|{{sort|1999-08-09|August 9, 1999}}

|{{sortname|Terry|Edmonds}}{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/08/09/cheryl-mills-rejects-clinton-offer-to-become-white-house-counsel/021912d7-d41a-40e0-829a-42a5016e8d59/ |title=Cheryl Mills Rejects Clinton Offer to Become White House Counsel |work=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1999 |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |first=John F. |last=Harris}}

|{{sort|1999-08-09|August 9, 1999}}

|{{sort|2001-01-20|January 20, 2001}}

|{{sortname|Mike|Gerson|Michael Gerson}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/15/usa.oliverburkeman |title=Bush Speechwriter Resigns |work=The Guardian |date=June 15, 2006 |accessdate=July 19, 2021 |first=Oliver |last=Burkeman}}

|{{sort|2001-01-20|January 20, 2001}}

|{{sort|2006-06-14|June 14, 2006}}

|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
(2001–2009)

|{{sortname|Bill|McGurn|William McGurn}}{{cite web |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-resignation-william-mcgurn-and-the-appointment-marc-thiessen-assistant-the |title=Statement on the Resignation of William McGurn and the Appointment of Marc Thiessen as Assistant to the President for Speechwriting |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara |date=December 14, 2007 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}

|{{sort|2006-06-14|June 14, 2006}}

|{{nowrap|{{sort|2007-12-14|December 14, 2007}}}}

|{{sortname|Marc|Thiessen}}

|{{sort|2007-12-14|December 14, 2007}}

|{{sort|2009-01-20|January 20, 2009}}

|{{sortname|Jon|Favreau|dab=speechwriter}}

|{{sort|2009-01-20|January 20, 2009}}

|{{sort|2013-03-01|March 1, 2013}}

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
(2009–2017)

|{{sortname|Cody|Keenan}}

|{{sort|2013-03-01|March 1, 2013}}

|{{sort|2017-01-20|January 20, 2017}}

|{{sortname|Stephen|Miller|dab=political advisor}}

|{{sort|2017-01-20|January 20, 2017}}

|{{sort|2021-01-20|January 20, 2021}}

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
(2017–2021)

|{{sortname|Vinay|Reddy}}

|{{sort|2021-01-20|January 20, 2021}}

|{{sort|2025-01-20|January 20, 2025}}

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
(2021–2025)

|{{sortname|Ross|Worthington}}

|{{sort|2025-01-20|January 20, 2025}}

|Incumbent

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
(2025–present)