White House Director of Speechwriting: Difference between revisions

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>

|{{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>

|{{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>

|{{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>

|{{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>

|{{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>

|{{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>