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{{Short description|Senior advisor to the President of the United States and chief speechwriter to the president}}
{{Infobox US Cabinet
|post           = White House Director of Speechwriting
|image          = Vinay Reddy, EOP.png
|incumbent      = [[Vinay Reddy]]
|appointer      = [[President of the United States]]
|department     = [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]]<br>[[White House Office]]
|insignia       = US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
|incumbentsince = January 20, 2021
}}
The '''White House Director of Speechwriting''' is a role within the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States]]. The officeholder serves as senior advisor and chief speechwriter to the [[president of the United States]]. They are also responsible for managing the Office of Speechwriting within the Office of Communications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department Descriptions |url=https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/internship/dept.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What They Learned in the White House: A Conversation with the Chief Speechwriters for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama |url=https://ragantraining.com/video/what-they-learned-white-house-conversation-chief-speechwriters-president-barack-obama-and |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=Ragan Training}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Translating Presidential Ideas into Words: Speechwriters in the White House |url=https://millercenter.org/prezfest2019/prezfest-videos/whitehouse-speechwriters |first=Anna Katherine |last=Clay |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Miller Center of Public Affairs]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Office of Speechwriting |url=https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/collections/show/29 |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |publisher=[[Clinton Presidential Center]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Katie |date=February 3, 2020 |title=The State of the Union Is Trump's Biggest Speech. Who Writes It? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/us/politics/trump-state-of-the-union.html |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== List ==
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!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |President
|-
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|{{sortname|Stephen|Harmelin}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1964|1964}}
|{{sort|1965|1965}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Lyndon|Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
|-
|[[File:McPherson DLA Piper.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Harry|McPherson}}
|{{sort|1967-10-26|October 26, 1967}}
|{{sort|1969-01-20|January 20, 1969}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Jim|Keogh|James Keogh (speechwriter)}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Ray|Price|dab=speechwriter}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1970-12-31|December 31, 1970}}
|{{sort|1973-02-06|February 6, 1973}}
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg|70px]]
|{{nowrap|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1973-02-06|February 6, 1973}}
|{{sort|1974-08-09|August 9, 1974}}
|-
|[[File:Robert T. Hartmann.png|70px]]
|{{sortname|Bob|Hartmann|Robert T. Hartmann}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:James Fallows - NARA - 178392.tif|70px]]
|{{sortname|Jim|Fallows|James Fallows}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:Bernard Aronson in 2016.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Bernie|Aronson|Bernard W. Aronson}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/25/archives/white-house-appoints-new-chief-speechwriter.html |title=White House Appoints New Chief Speechwriter |work=The New York Times |date=November 25, 1978 |accessdate=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
|{{sort|1978-11-23|November 24, 1978}}
|{{sort|1981-01-20|January 20, 1981}}
|-
|[[File:Ken Khachigian (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Ken|Khachigian}}<br>(Chief Speechwriter)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:President Ronald Reagan with Tony Dolan (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Tony|Dolan|Anthony R. Dolan}}<br>(Chief Speechwriter)<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
|{{sort|1981-05|May 3, 1981}}<br>{{small|Acting: May 3, 1981 – November 17, 1981}}
|{{sort|1989-01-20|January 20, 1989}}
|-
|[[File:Aram Bakshian 1981.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Aram|Bakshian}}<br>(Director)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1981-11-17|November 17, 1981}}
|{{sort|1983-10-19|October 19, 1983}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Ben|Elliott|Ben T. Elliott}}<br>(Director)<ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1983-10-19|October 19, 1983}}
|{{sort|1986-06-06|June 6, 1986}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:Tony Snow -- White House.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Tony|Snow}}<ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
|{{sort|1991-02-19|February 19, 1991}}
|{{sort|1993-01-20|January 20, 1993}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|David|Kusnet}}<ref>{{cite web |title=David Kusnet |url=https://prospect.org/topics/david-kusnet |accessdate=November 17, 2020 |work=[[The American Prospect]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Don|Baer|Donald A. Baer}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1994-03-09|March 9, 1994}}
|{{sort|1995-08-14|August 14, 1995}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Waldman}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1995-12-22|December 22, 1995}}
|{{sort|1999-08-09|August 9, 1999}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Terry|Edmonds}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|1999-08-09|August 9, 1999}}
|{{sort|2001-01-20|January 20, 2001}}
|-
|[[File:Michael Gerson.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Mike|Gerson|Michael Gerson}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:William McGurn 1.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Bill|McGurn|William McGurn}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|{{sort|2006-06-14|June 14, 2006}}
|{{nowrap|{{sort|2007-12-14|December 14, 2007}}}}
|-
|[[File:Marc Thiessen in 2007.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Marc|Thiessen}}
|{{sort|2007-12-14|December 14, 2007}}
|{{sort|2009-01-20|January 20, 2009}}
|-
|[[File:Jon Favreau (Crooked Media) @ SXSW 2017 (33547023995) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:Cody Keenan.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Cody|Keenan}}
|{{sort|2013-03-01|March 1, 2013}}
|{{sort|2017-01-20|January 20, 2017}}
|-
|[[File:Stephen miller june 2016 cropped corrected.jpg|70px]]
|{{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}}
|-
|[[File:Vinay Reddy, EOP.png|70px]]
|{{sortname|Vinay|Reddy}}
|{{sort|2021-01-20|January 20, 2021}}
|present
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}
|}

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