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 It was during Buchanan's term at the White House in 1857 that the [[United States Congress]] created a definite office named the "Private Secretary at the White House" and appropriated for its incumbent a salary of $2,500. The first man to hold such office officially and to be paid by the government instead of by the president, was Buchanan's nephew [[James Buchanan Henry|J. B. Henry]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.oldandsold.com/articles31n/white-house-history-11.shtml|title=White House – Secretaries To The Presidents|year=1908|publisher=Old and Sold Antiques Digest|access-date=2009-09-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081026204715/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles31n/white-house-history-11.shtml |archive-date = October 26, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> By [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s presidency, the White House staff had grown to three.<ref name="Administration">{{cite web|url=http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/policy/whitehouse|title=Administration of the White House|last=Burke|first=John P.|publisher=[[Miller Center of Public Affairs]]|access-date=2008-11-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117160520/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/policy/whitehouse|archive-date=2010-11-17}}</ref>
-By 1900, the office had grown in such stature that Congress elevated the position to "Secretary to the President", in addition to including on the White House staff two assistant secretaries, two executive clerks, a [[stenographer]], and seven other office personnel. The first man to hold the office of Secretary to the President was [[John Addison Porter (Secretary to the President)|John Addison Porter]] whose failing health meant he was soon succeeded by [[George B. Cortelyou]].<ref name="history"/> Radio and the advent of media coverage soon meant that [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Woodrow Wilson]] too expanded the duties of their respective secretaries to dealing with reporters and giving daily press briefings.<ref>{{cite book| last = Watson| first = Robert P.| title = Life in the White House| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FDjeFogvUy4C&pg=PA87| access-date = 2009-05-18| year = 2004| publisher = [[SUNY Press]]| isbn = 978-0-7914-6098-6| page = 87| chapter = 4 }}</ref>
+By 1900, the office had grown in such stature that Congress elevated the position to "Secretary to the President", in addition to including on the White House staff two assistant secretaries, two executive clerks, a [[stenographer]], and seven other office personnel. The first man to hold the office of Secretary to the President was [[John Addison Porter (Secretary to the President)|John Addison Porter]] whose failing health meant he was soon succeeded by [[George B. Cortelyou]].<ref name="history"/> Radio and the advent of media coverage soon meant that Theodore Roosevelt and [[Woodrow Wilson]] too expanded the duties of their respective secretaries to dealing with reporters and giving daily press briefings.<ref>{{cite book| last = Watson| first = Robert P.| title = Life in the White House| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FDjeFogvUy4C&pg=PA87| access-date = 2009-05-18| year = 2004| publisher = [[SUNY Press]]| isbn = 978-0-7914-6098-6| page = 87| chapter = 4 }}</ref>
 At the time of its peak the Secretary to the President was a much admired government office held by men of high ability and considered as worthy as a cabinet rank;<ref>{{cite book| last = Herring| first = Pendleton| title = Presidential Leadership| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0jBJvRLMGToC&pg=PA102| access-date = 2009-05-18| year = 2006| publisher = [[Transaction Publishers]]| isbn = 978-1-4128-0556-8| page = 101| chapter = 5 }}</ref> it even merited an oath of office.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744272,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027051328/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744272,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|title=The Presidency: Ted for Ted.|date=1932-05-09|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref> Three private secretaries were later appointed to the Cabinet: [[George B. Cortelyou]], [[John Hay]] and [[Daniel S. Lamont]].
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