Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs: Difference between revisions

Portrait Name Tenure SecDef(s) served under President(s) served under Special Assistant (Legal, Legislative, and Public Affairs) Marx Leva September 18, 1947 – September 11, 1949 James V. Forrestal Harry Truman Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legal and Legislative Affairs) Marx Leva September 12, 1949 – May 1, 1951 Louis A. Johnson
George C. Marshall Harry Truman Daniel K. Edwards May 3, 1951 – November 19, 1951 George C. Marshall
Robert A. Lovett Harry Truman Charles A. Coolidge November 20, 1951 – December 31, 1952 Robert A. Lovett Harry Truman Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs)

Frederick A. Seaton September 15, 1953 – February 20, 1955 Charles E. Wilson Dwight Eisenhower

Robert Tripp Ross March 15, 1955 – February 20, 1957 Charles E. Wilson Dwight Eisenhower Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) Brig. Gen. Clarence J. Hauck, Jr. April 1957 – April 1959 Charles E. Wilson
Neil H. McElroy Dwight Eisenhower George W. Vaughan April 1959 – March 1960 Neil H. McElroy
Thomas S. Gates Dwight Eisenhower

Brig. Gen. James D. Hittle March 1960 – November 1960 Thomas S. Gates Dwight Eisenhower Norman S. Paul January 25, 1961 – June 30, 1962 Robert S. McNamara John F. Kennedy

David E. McGiffert August 8, 1962 – June 30, 1965 Robert S. McNamara John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson Jack L. Stempler December 13, 1965 – January 4, 1970 Robert S. McNamara
Clark M. Clifford
Melvin R. Laird Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon Richard G. Capen, Jr. January 5, 1970 – May 1, 1971 Melvin R. Laird Richard Nixon Rady A. Johnson May 2, 1971 – March 10, 1973 Melvin R. Laird
Elliot L. Richardson Richard Nixon Col. George L.J. Dalferes (Acting) March 17, 1973 – April 17, 1973 Elliot L. Richardson Richard Nixon Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)

John O. Marsh April 17, 1973 – February 15, 1974 Elliot L. Richardson
James R. Schlesinger Richard Nixon John M. Maury April 12, 1974 – February 28, 1976 James R. Schlesinger
Donald Rumsfeld Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford William K. Brehm March 19, 1976 – January 20, 1977 Donald Rumsfeld Gerald Ford Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) Jack L. Stempler March 23, 1977 – January 19, 1981 Harold Brown Jimmy Carter Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)

Russell A. Rourke May 6, 1981 – December 8, 1985 Caspar W. Weinberger Ronald Reagan M. D. B. Carlisle August 4, 1986 – April 28, 1989 Caspar W. Weinberger
Frank C. Carlucci III
William H. Taft IV (Acting) Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush David J. Gribbin III May 22, 1989 – January 18, 1993 Richard B. Cheney George H. W. Bush Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) Sandra K. Stuart August 1, 1993 – September 15, 1994 Leslie Aspin, Jr.
William J. Perry Bill Clinton Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) Sandra K. Stuart September 15, 1994 – February 27, 1999 William J. Perry
William S. Cohen Bill Clinton John K. Veroneau March 2, 1999 – November 10, 1999 (Acting)
November 10, 1999 – February 16, 2001 William S. Cohen Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

Powell A. Moore May 4, 2001 – December 1, 2004 Donald Rumsfeld George W. Bush Daniel R. Stanley^[5] December 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 (Acting)
June 30, 2005 – January 31, 2006 Donald Rumsfeld George W. Bush

Robert Wilkie^[6] January 31, 2006 – September 29, 2006 (Acting)
September 29, 2006 – January 19, 2009 Donald Rumsfeld
Robert M. Gates George W. Bush Elizabeth L. King May 7, 2009 – January 1, 2015 Robert M. Gates
Leon Panetta
Chuck Hagel Barack Obama

Michael J. Stella (Acting) January 2, 2015 – April 1, 2015 Chuck Hagel
Ash Carter Barack Obama

Stephen C. Hedger April 1, 2015 – July 5, 2016 Ash Carter Barack Obama

Tressa S. Guenov (Acting) July 5, 2016 – January 20, 2017 Ash Carter Barack Obama

Pete Giambastiani (Acting) January 20, 2017 – August 8, 2017 James Mattis Donald Trump

Robert R. Hood August 8, 2017 – July 24, 2020^[7] James Mattis
Mark Esper Donald Trump

Ann Thomas “A.T.” Johnston (Acting) July 27, 2020 – January 20, 2021^[8] Mark Esper
Christopher C. Miller (Acting) Donald Trump Ryan Reilly (Acting) January 20, 2021 – February 9, 2021 David Norquist (Acting)
Lloyd Austin Joe Biden Louis I Lauter (Acting) February 9, 2021 – April 5, 2022 Lloyd Austin Joe Biden