Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs

Bureau of Legislative Affairs

The Bureau of Legislative Affairs is the office of the United States Department of State that coordinates legislative activity for the Department of State and communications between the State Department and Congress...

within the United States Department of State

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President President of the United States The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.... served under
Dean Acheson Dean Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War...	December 20, 1944	August 15, 1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
Ernest A. Gross Ernest A. Gross Ernest A. Gross was a United States diplomat and lawyer who headed the U.S. delegation to the United Nations in the lead-up to the Korean War.-Biography:...	March 4, 1949	October 13, 1949	Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
Jack K. McFall Jack K. McFall Jack Kirkham McFall was a United States diplomat.-Biography:Jack K. McFall was born in Tacoma, Washington on September 28, 1905. He was raised in Denver, Colorado and Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from Northeast High School. He then moved to Gary, Indiana and worked in a bank...	October 15, 1949	September 9, 1952	Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton Thruston Ballard Morton , a Republican, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was born in Louisville and received a B.A. with the Yale Class of 1929....	January 30, 1953	February 29, 1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
Robert C. Hill Robert C. Hill Robert Charles Hill was a United States diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to several Latin American countries and Spain throughout his career...	March 9, 1956	June 26, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
William B. Macomber, Jr. William B. Macomber, Jr. William Butts Macomber, Jr. was an official in the United States Department of State and a United States diplomat who later became the first full-time president of the Museum of Modern Art.- Early life :...	October 21, 1957	February 27, 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
Brooks Hays Brooks Hays Lawrence Brooks Hays was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Arkansas....	February 28, 1961	December 3, 1961	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
Fred Dutton Fred Dutton Frederick Gary "Fred" Dutton was a lawyer and Democratic Party power broker who served as campaign manager and Chief of Staff for California Governor Pat Brown, Special Assistant to U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and went on to manage Robert F...	December 4, 1961	July 27, 1964	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... and Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
Douglas MacArthur II Douglas MacArthur II Douglas MacArthur II was an American diplomat.MacArthur was the son of Captain Arthur MacArthur III and Mary McCalla MacArthur, and was named for his uncle, General Douglas MacArthur. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He married Laura Louise Barkley on August 21, 1934, the daughter of future...	March 14, 1965	March 6, 1967	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
William B. Macomber, Jr. William B. Macomber, Jr. William Butts Macomber, Jr. was an official in the United States Department of State and a United States diplomat who later became the first full-time president of the Museum of Modern Art.- Early life :...	March 7, 1967	October 2, 1969	Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
David Manker Abshire David Manker Abshire David Manker Abshire has served as a Special Counselor to President Reagan and was the U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1983-1987. Currently David M. Abshire presides over the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. In July 2002, he was elected President of the Richard Lounsbery...	April 20, 1970	January 8, 1973	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
Marshall Wright Marshall Wright (diplomat) Marshall Wright was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from May 29, 1973 until February 2, 1974.-References:*...	May 29, 1973	February 2, 1974	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
A. Linwood Holton	February 28, 1974	January 31, 1975	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... and Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
Robert J. McCloskey Robert J. McCloskey Robert James McCloskey was born November 25, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – son of Thomas McCloskey and Anna Wallace; died November 28, 1996 in Chevy Chase, Maryland...	February 21, 1975	September 10, 1976	Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
Douglas J. Bennet Douglas J. Bennet Douglas Joseph “Doug” Bennet, Jr. is a former national political official and college president. He was the fifteenth president of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007...	March 18, 1977	August 2, 1979	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
J. Brian Atwood J. Brian Atwood John Brian Atwood is a diplomat and former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. From 2002 to 2010, he was dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota...	August 3, 1979	January 14, 1981	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
Richard M. Fairbanks Richard M. Fairbanks Richard Monroe Fairbanks III is a United States lawyer, diplomat, and businessman.-Biography:An Indianapolis native, Richard M. Fairbanks was educated at Yale University, receiving an A.B. After college, he served in the United States Navy as a Regular Officer...	March 6, 1981	January 26, 1982	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Powell A. Moore Powell A. Moore Powell Allen Moore was an official in the United States Department of State and the United States Department of Defense.-Biography:...	February 8, 1982	August 5, 1983	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.	November 17, 1983	January 4, 1985	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
William L. Ball William L. Ball William L. Ball III is an American former government service worker and political appointee. He held senior posts in the Reagan Administration, beginning as an Assistant Secretary of State under George Shultz in 1985 . He moved to the White House staff in 1986 as President Reagan’s chief lobbyist...	April 2, 1985	February 28, 1986	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
J. Edward Fox J. Edward Fox J. Edward Fox is a United States official who has served in the United States Department of State and the United States Department of Homeland Security.-Biography:J. Edward Fox was born in Columbus, Ohio...	June 18, 1986	February 21, 1989	Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
Janet G. Mullins Janet G. Mullins Grissom Janet Gardner Mullins Grissom is a United States lobbyist who formerly worked in the United States Department of State and in the White House under George H. W. Bush.-Biography:...	March 2, 1989	August 23, 1992	George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
Wendy Sherman Wendy Sherman Wendy Ruth Sherman is a United States diplomat, government official, non-profit manager, and adviser to politicians and business. During the Clinton Administration, she served as Counselor of the United States Department of State and Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State and...	May 12, 1993	March 29, 1996	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Barbara Mills Larkin	July 19, 1996	January 19, 2001	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Paul Vincent Kelly	June 1, 2001	January 24, 2005	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Jeffrey Bergner Jeffrey Bergner Jeffrey Bergner is President and Managing Financial Partner of Bergner Bockorny, Inc. He is an adjunct professor at the National Security Studies Program at Georgetown University....	November 9, 2005	July 2008	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Matthew A. Reynolds Matthew A. Reynolds Matthew A. Reynolds served as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from to . Prior to this appointment he served as the bureau's Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and intermittently as Acting Assistant Secretary beginning in March 2005....	October 6, 2008	January 2009	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
Richard Verma Richard Verma Richard Verma was the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, at the U.S. Department of State until March 2011. He was nominated by President Obama in 2009....	April 2009	Present	Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

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