Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
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| United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs |
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Seal of the United States Department of State
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Dean Acheson |
| Formation | 1944 |
| Website | Official Website |
The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State.
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs
| Name | Assumed Office | Left Office | President served under |
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| Dean Acheson | December 20, 1944 | August 15, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Ernest A. Gross | March 4, 1949 | October 13, 1949 | Harry S. Truman |
| Jack K. McFall | October 15, 1949 | September 9, 1952 | Harry S. Truman |
| Thruston Ballard Morton | January 30, 1953 | February 29, 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Robert C. Hill | March 9, 1956 | June 26, 1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| William B. Macomber, Jr. | October 21, 1957 | February 27, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Brooks Hays | February 28, 1961 | December 3, 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
| Fred Dutton | December 4, 1961[1] | July 27, 1964 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Douglas MacArthur II | March 14, 1965 | March 6, 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| William B. Macomber, Jr. | March 7, 1967 | October 2, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| David Manker Abshire | April 20, 1970 | January 8, 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| Marshall Wright | May 29, 1973 | February 2, 1974 | Richard Nixon |
| A. Linwood Holton | February 28, 1974 | January 31, 1975 | Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford |
| Robert J. McCloskey | February 21, 1975 | September 10, 1976 | Gerald Ford |
| Douglas J. Bennet | March 18, 1977 | August 2, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| J. Brian Atwood | August 3, 1979 | January 14, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Richard M. Fairbanks | March 6, 1981 | January 26, 1982 | Ronald Reagan |
| Powell A. Moore | February 8, 1982 | August 5, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
| W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. | November 17, 1983 | January 4, 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
| William L. Ball | April 2, 1985 | February 28, 1986 | Ronald Reagan |
| J. Edward Fox | June 18, 1986 | February 21, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| Janet G. Mullins | March 2, 1989 | August 23, 1992 | George H. W. Bush |
| Wendy Sherman | May 12, 1993 | March 29, 1996 | Bill Clinton |
| Barbara Mills Larkin | July 19, 1996 | January 19, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Paul Vincent Kelly | June 1, 2001 | January 24, 2005 | George W. Bush |
| Jeffrey Bergner | November 9, 2005 | July 2008 | George W. Bush |
| Matthew A. Reynolds | October 6, 2008 | January 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Richard Verma | April 2009 | April 2011 | Barack Obama |
| David S. Adams | August 4, 2011 | 2013 | Barack Obama |
| Julia Frifield | October 21, 2013 | Present | Barack Obama |
External links
- List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs by the State Department Historian
- Bureau of Legislative Affairs Website
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| Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment |
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| Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs |
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| Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
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| Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management |
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| Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights |
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| Reporting directly to the Secretary |
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- ↑ Commissioned during a Senate recess; after confirmation, he was re-commissioned on January 30, 1962.
