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The position was vacant during the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration, as Carter initially left many senior White House positions unfilled (such as [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]]) and preferred a smaller corps of advisors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/15/carter-names-12-key-staff-aides/38a5c4a6-98f7-4f94-9487-11659d59bed1/|title=Carter Names 12 Key Staff Aides|first1=Edward|last1=Walsh|first2=Washington Post Staff Writer; Washington Post staff writer Robert G. Kaiser contributed to this|last2=article|date=January 15, 1977|access-date=January 24, 2018|via=www.WashingtonPost.com}}</ref>
The position was vacant during the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration, as Carter initially left many senior White House positions unfilled (such as [[White House Chief of Staff|White House chief of staff]]) and preferred a smaller corps of advisors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/15/carter-names-12-key-staff-aides/38a5c4a6-98f7-4f94-9487-11659d59bed1/|title=Carter Names 12 Key Staff Aides|first1=Edward|last1=Walsh|first2=Washington Post Staff Writer; Washington Post staff writer Robert G. Kaiser contributed to this|last2=article|date=January 15, 1977|access-date=January 24, 2018|via=www.WashingtonPost.com}}</ref>


[[Edwin Meese]] held the position during the first term of President [[Ronald Reagan]], and was highly influential inside the White House. Meese, Chief of Staff [[James Baker]] and [[Deputy White House Chief of Staff|Deputy Chief of Staff]] [[Michael Deaver]] were nicknamed "the troika" and considered the most influential advisors to the president.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/19/magazine/the-presidential-troika.html?pagewanted=all |title=The Presidential Troika |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 19, 1981 |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Meese became [[United States attorney general]] during Reagan's second term as president and the position was left vacant.
[[Edwin Meese]] held the position during the first term of President [[Ronald Reagan]], and was highly influential inside the White House. Meese, Chief of Staff [[James Baker]] and [[Deputy White House Chief of Staff|Deputy Chief of Staff]] [[Michael Deaver]] were nicknamed "the troika" and considered the most influential advisors to the president.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/19/magazine/the-presidential-troika.html?pagewanted=all |title=The Presidential Troika |work=The New York Times |date=April 19, 1981 |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> Meese became [[United States attorney general]] during Reagan's second term as president and the position was left vacant.


The position was left vacant in the first three years of President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s term. In 1992, it was filled by [[Clayton Yeutter]] following his resignation as chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]].
The position was left vacant in the first three years of President [[George H. W. Bush]]'s term. In 1992, it was filled by [[Clayton Yeutter]] following his resignation as chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]].


During the [[Bill Clinton]] administration, the post became much more focused on communications. Two of Clinton's counselors, [[David Gergen]] and [[Paul Begala]], later became [[CNN]] political analysts.
During the [[Bill Clinton]] administration, the post became much more focused on communications. Two of Clinton's counselors, [[David Gergen]] and [[Paul Begala]], later became CNN political analysts.


During the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|administration of George W. Bush]], the position oversaw the communications, media affairs, speechwriting, and press offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/bartlett-bio.html |title=Former Counselor to the President, Dan Bartlett's Biography |date=October 22, 2008 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
During the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|administration of George W. Bush]], the position oversaw the communications, media affairs, speechwriting, and press offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/bartlett-bio.html |title=Former Counselor to the President, Dan Bartlett's Biography |date=October 22, 2008 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[File:DanielPatrickMoynihan.jpg|100px|Pat Moynihan]]
| [[File:DanielPatrickMoynihan.jpg|100px|Pat Moynihan]]
| [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan|Pat Moynihan]]<br />(1927–2003)
| [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan|Pat Moynihan]]<br />(1927–2003)
| November 5, 1969<ref name="query.nytimes.com">[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00EEDD1E3AEF3BBC4D53DFB7678382679EDE&legacy=true–] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023054714/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00EEDD1E3AEF3BBC4D53DFB7678382679EDE&legacy=true|date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> – December 31, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/31/archives/a-white-house-farewell.html |title=White House Farewell |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 31, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
| November 5, 1969<ref name="query.nytimes.com">[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00EEDD1E3AEF3BBC4D53DFB7678382679EDE&legacy=true–] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023054714/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00EEDD1E3AEF3BBC4D53DFB7678382679EDE&legacy=true|date=October 23, 2016}}</ref> – December 31, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/31/archives/a-white-house-farewell.html |title=White House Farewell |work=The New York Times |date=December 31, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[File:Bryce Harlow.jpg|100px|Bryce Harlow]]
| [[File:Bryce Harlow.jpg|100px|Bryce Harlow]]
| [[Bryce Harlow]]<br />(1916–1987)
| [[Bryce Harlow]]<br />(1916–1987)
| November 5, 1969<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> – December 9, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/10/archives/harlow-resigns-as-aide-to-nixon-will-return-to-lobbyist-post-with.html |title=Harlow Resigns As Aide to Nixon; Will Return to Lobbyist Post |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 10, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
| November 5, 1969<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> – December 9, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/10/archives/harlow-resigns-as-aide-to-nixon-will-return-to-lobbyist-post-with.html |title=Harlow Resigns As Aide to Nixon; Will Return to Lobbyist Post |work=The New York Times |date=December 10, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Robert Finch (American politician)|Robert Finch]]<br />(1925–1995)
| [[Robert Finch (American politician)|Robert Finch]]<br />(1925–1995)
| June 23, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/10/archives/washington-finch-and-the-postwar-economy.html |title=Finch and the Postwar Economy |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 10, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Reston |first1=James }}</ref> – December 15, 1972<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1995–10–11/news/mn-55826_1_richard-nixon Los Angeles Times]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref>
| June 23, 1970<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/06/10/archives/washington-finch-and-the-postwar-economy.html |title=Finch and the Postwar Economy |work=The New York Times |date=June 10, 1970 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Reston |first1=James }}</ref> – December 15, 1972<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1995–10–11/news/mn-55826_1_richard-nixon Los Angeles Times]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref>
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| [[File:Rumsfeld Ford admin Secretary of Defense.jpg|100px|Donald Rumsfeld]]
| [[File:Rumsfeld Ford admin Secretary of Defense.jpg|100px|Donald Rumsfeld]]
| [[Donald Rumsfeld]]<br />(1932–2021)
| Donald Rumsfeld<br />(1932–2021)
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| December 11, 1970<ref name="nytimes.com">https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/16/archives/tax-aide-chosen-to-head-enforcement-of-phase–2-tax-official-is.html {{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref> – October 15, 1971<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
| December 11, 1970<ref name="nytimes.com">https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/16/archives/tax-aide-chosen-to-head-enforcement-of-phase–2-tax-official-is.html {{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref> – October 15, 1971<ref name="nytimes.com"/>
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| [[Dean Burch]]<br />(1927–1991)
| [[Dean Burch]]<br />(1927–1991)
| March 8, 1974<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/06/archives/burch-under-senate-pressure-to-step-up-fcc-departure-3-vacancies.html |title=Burch Under Senate Pressure to Step Up FCC Departure 3 Vacancies |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 6, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Brown |first1=Les }}</ref> – August 9, 1974<ref name="Burch Resigning as White House Advi">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/03/archives/burch-resigning-as-white-house-adviser-notes-on-people.html |title=Burch Resigning as White House Adviser Notes on People |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 3, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Krebs |first1=Albin }}</ref>
| March 8, 1974<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/06/archives/burch-under-senate-pressure-to-step-up-fcc-departure-3-vacancies.html |title=Burch Under Senate Pressure to Step Up FCC Departure 3 Vacancies |work=The New York Times |date=March 6, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Brown |first1=Les }}</ref> – August 9, 1974<ref name="Burch Resigning as White House Advi">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/03/archives/burch-resigning-as-white-house-adviser-notes-on-people.html |title=Burch Resigning as White House Adviser Notes on People |work=The New York Times |date=December 3, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016|last1=Krebs |first1=Albin }}</ref>
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| [[File:Kenneth-Rush-1977.jpg|100px|Kenneth Rush]]
| [[Kenneth Rush]]<br />(1910–1994)
| [[Kenneth Rush]]<br />(1910–1994)
| May 29, 1974<ref name="Rush Sworn as Counselor to Presiden">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/30/archives/rush-sworn-as-counselor-to-president-on-economy.html |title=Rush Sworn as Counselor to President on Economy|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 30, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – August 9, 1974<ref name="History.state.gov">{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rush-kenneth |title=Kenneth Rush – People – Department History – Office of the Historian |publisher=History.state.gov |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
| May 29, 1974<ref name="Rush Sworn as Counselor to Presiden">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/30/archives/rush-sworn-as-counselor-to-president-on-economy.html |title=Rush Sworn as Counselor to President on Economy|work=The New York Times |date=May 30, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – August 9, 1974<ref name="History.state.gov">{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rush-kenneth |title=Kenneth Rush – People – Department History – Office of the Historian |publisher=History.state.gov |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[File:Robert T. Hartmann.png|100px]]
| [[File:Robert T. Hartmann.png|100px]]
| [[Robert T. Hartmann]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/us/politics/19hartmann.html?_r=0 |title=Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><br />(1917–2008)
| [[Robert T. Hartmann]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Dennis Hevesi |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/us/politics/19hartmann.html?_r=0 |title=Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk |work=The New York Times |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref><br />(1917–2008)
| August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
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| [[File:Marsh, John O 2.jpg|100px|John O. Marsh]]
| [[John Otho Marsh Jr.|John Marsh]]<br />(1926–2019)
| [[John Otho Marsh Jr.|John Marsh]]<br />(1926–2019)
| August 9, 1974<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/11/archives/ford-bids-cabinet-and-agency-heads-remain-in-posts-indefinite-stays.html |title=Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Post Indefinite Stays|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 11, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – January 20, 1977<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |title=Ford Making Plans For Handing Over Controls to Carter |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023060500/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |archive-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| August 9, 1974<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/11/archives/ford-bids-cabinet-and-agency-heads-remain-in-posts-indefinite-stays.html |title=Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Post Indefinite Stays|work=The New York Times |date=August 11, 1974 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – January 20, 1977<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |title=Ford Making Plans For Handing Over Controls to Carter |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023060500/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED6173DE034BC4D53DFB767838D669EDE&legacy=true |archive-date=October 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| July 17, 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-28-mn-9582-story.html |title=Panetta Named Chief of Staff in Major White House Shake-Up : Presidency: Clinton's friend McLarty will step aside and become the counselor to the President. Gergen will move to State Dept. and Rivlin will be a budget director in effort to add 'strength, vitality.' |last=NELSON |first=JACK |date=1994-06-28|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> – June 30, 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/us/president-s-friend-is-leaving-white-house-for-private-life.html |title=President's Friend Is Leaving White House for Private Life |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=1998-04-25 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| July 17, 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-28-mn-9582-story.html |title=Panetta Named Chief of Staff in Major White House Shake-Up : Presidency: Clinton's friend McLarty will step aside and become the counselor to the President. Gergen will move to State Dept. and Rivlin will be a budget director in effort to add 'strength, vitality.' |last=NELSON |first=JACK |date=1994-06-28|work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> – June 30, 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/25/us/president-s-friend-is-leaving-white-house-for-private-life.html |title=President's Friend Is Leaving White House for Private Life |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=1998-04-25 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-11-15 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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| [[File:PaulBegala.JPG|100px|Paul Begala]]
| [[Paul Begala]]<br />(born 1961)
| [[Paul Begala]]<br />(born 1961)
| August 17, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/nyregion/news-summary-667552.html |title=News Summary |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 17, 1997 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – March 10, 1999
| August 17, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/nyregion/news-summary-667552.html |title=News Summary |work=The New York Times |date=August 17, 1997 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> – March 10, 1999
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