United States Government

U. S. Permanent Representatives to the United Nations

U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York

19 Oct 1945                United Nations Charter signed.
24 Oct 1945                United Nations charter ratified.
28 Apr 1947                The U.S. Mission to the United Nations formally
                             established.

Ambassadors 
21 Dec 1945 -  3 Jun 1946  Edward Reilly Stettinius           (b. 1900 - d. 1949)
 3 Jun 1946 - 13 Jan 1947  Herschel Vespasian Johnson II      (b. 1894 - d. 1966)
                             (acting)
13 Jan 1947 - 22 Jan 1953  Warren Robinson Austin             (b. 1877 - d. 1962)
23 Jan 1953 -  3 Sep 1960  Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.             (b. 1902 - d. 1985)
 8 Sep 1960 - 21 Jan 1961  James Jeremiah Wadsworth           (b. 1905 - d. 1984)
21 Jan 1961 - 14 Jul 1965  Adlai Ewing Stevenson              (b. 1900 - d. 1965)
26 Jul 1965 - 14 May 1968  Arthur Joseph Goldberg             (b. 1908 - d. 1990)
14 May 1968 -  4 Oct 1968  George Wildman Ball                (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
 4 Oct 1968 - 20 Jan 1969  James Russell Wiggins              (b. 1903 - d. 2000)
22 Jan 1969 - 16 Feb 1971  Charles Woodruff Yost              (b. 1907 - d. 1981)
16 Feb 1971 - 18 Jan 1973  George Herbert Walker Bush         (b. 1924)
 3 Feb 1973 - 10 Jun 1975  John Alfred Scali                  (b. 1918 - d. 1995)
10 Jun 1975 -  2 Feb 1976  Daniel Patrick Moynihan            (b. 1927 - d. 2003)
15 Mar 1976 - 18 Jan 1977  William Warren Scranton            (b. 1917)
27 Jan 1977 - 23 Sep 1979  Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.          (b. 1927)
23 Sep 1979 - 20 Jan 1981  Donald Franchot McHenry            (b. 1936)
29 Jan 1981 -  1 Apr 1985  Jeane Dwayne Kirkpatrick (f)       (b. 1926 - d. 2006)
17 May 1985 -  8 Mar 1989  Vernon Anthony Walters             (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
 8 Mar 1989 -  6 Apr 1992  Thomas Reeve Pickering             (b. 1931)
 6 Apr 1992 - 27 Jan 1993  Edward Joseph Perkins              (b. 1928)
27 Jan 1993 - 21 Jan 1997  Madeleine Korbel Albright (f)      (b. 1937)
13 Fen 1997 - 11 Sep 1998  William "Bill" Blame Richardson    (b. 1947)
11 Sep 1998 - 25 Aug 1999  Albert Peter Burleigh (acting)     (b. 1942)
25 Aug 1999 - 20 Jan 2001  Richard Charles Holbrooke          (b. 1941)
20 Jan 2001 - 18 Sep 2001  James B. Cunningham (acting)       (b. 1952)
18 Sep 2001 - 25 Jun 2004  John Dimitri Negroponte            (b. 1939)
 1 Jul 2004 - 20 Jan 2005  John Claggett Danforth             (b. 1936)
20 Jan 2005 -  1 Aug 2005  Anne W. Patterson (f) (acting)     (b. 1949)
 1 Aug 2005 -  9 Dec 2006  John Bolton                        (b. 1948)
 9 Dec 2006 - 23 Apr 2007  Alejandro D. Wolff (acting)
23 Apr 2007 -              Zalmay Khalilzad                   (b. 1951)

   President's Flag Adopted 25 Oct 1945

White House website

Assistants to the President
12 Dec 1946 - 20 Jan 1953  John R. Steelman                   (b. 1900 - d. 1999)
20 Jan 1953 -  7 Oct 1958  Sherman Adams                      (b. 1899 - d. 1986)
 7 Oct 1958 - 20 Jan 1961  Wilton B. Persons                  (b. 1896 - d. 1977)
Chiefs of Staff
Jan 1969 - 30 Apr 1973     Henry Robbins Haldeman             (b. 1926 - d. 1993)
 4 May 1973 - Sep 1974     Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.          (b. 1924)
Sep 1974 - Nov 1975        Donald Henry Rumsfeld              (b. 1932)
Nov 1975 - 20 Jan 1977     Richard "Dick" Bruce Cheney        (b. 1941)
20 Jan 1977 - 18 Jul 1979  Vacant
18 Jul 1979 - Jun 1980     Hamilton Jordan                    (b. 1944)
Jun 1980 - 20 Jan 1981     Jack Watson                        (b. 1938)
20 Jan 1981 -  4 Feb 1985  James Addison Baker III (1st time) (b. 1930)
 4 Feb 1985 - 27 Feb 1987  Donald Thomas Regan                (b. 1918 - d. 2003)
27 Feb 1987 -  1 Jul 1988  Howard Henry Baker, Jr.            (b. 1925)
 1 Jul 1988 - 20 Jan 1989  Kenneth "Ken" Duberstein           (b. 1944)
20 Jan 1989 - 16 Dec 1991  John Henry Sununu                  (b. 1939)
16 Dec 1991 - 23 Aug 1992  Samuel Knox Skinner                (b. 1938)
23 Aug 1992 - 20 Jan 1993  James Addison Baker III (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 Jan 1993 - 27 Jun 1994  Mack McLarty                       (b. 1946)
27 Jun 1994 - 20 Jan 1997  Leon Edward Panetta                (b. 1938)
20 Jan 1997 - 30 Oct 1998  Erskine Bowles                     (b. 1946)
30 Oct 1998 - 20 Jan 2001  John Podesta                       (b. 1949)
20 Jan 2001 - 14 Apr 2006  Andrew "Andy" Hill Card, Jr.       (b. 1947)
14 Apr 2006 -              Joshua "Josh" Bolten               (b. 1954)

National Security Council (NSC)

23 Mar 1953                Post of Assistant to the President for National Security
                             Affairs (National Security Advisor) created.

National Security Advisors
23 Mar 1953 -  2 Apr 1955  Robert Cutler (1st time)           (b. 1895 - d. 1974)
 2 Apr 1955 -  1 Sep 1956  Dillon Anderson                    (b. 1906 - d. 1974)
 7 Jan 1957 - 24 Jun 1958  Robert Cutler (2nd time)           (s.a.)
24 Jun 1958 - 13 Jan 1961  Gordon Gray                        (b. 1909 - d. 1982)
20 Jan 1961 - 28 Feb 1966  McGeorge Bundy                     (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
 1 Apr 1966 - 20 Jan 1969  Walt W. Rostow                     (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
20 Jan 1969 -  3 Nov 1975  Henry Alfred Kissinger             (b. 1923)
 3 Nov 1975 - 20 Jan 1977  Brent Scowcroft (1st time)         (b. 1925)
20 Jan 1977 - 21 Jan 1981  Zbigniew Brzezinski                (b. 1928)
21 Jan 1981 -  4 Jan 1982  Richard V. Allen                   (b. 1936)
 4 Jan 1982 - 17 Oct 1983  William Patrick Clark              (b. 1931)
17 Oct 1983 -  4 Dec 1985  Robert "Bud" C. McFarlane          (b. 1937)
 4 Dec 1985 - 25 Nov 1986  John M. Poindexter                 (b. 1936)
 2 Dec 1986 - 23 Nov 1987  Frank Charles Carlucci III         (b. 1930)
23 Nov 1987 - 20 Jan 1989  Colin Luther Powell                (b. 1937)
20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993  Brent Scowcroft (2nd time)         (s.a.)
20 Jan 1993 - 14 Mar 1997  Anthony "Tony" Lake                (b. 1939)
14 Mar 1997 - 20 Jan 2001  Sandy Berger                       (b. 1945)
20 Jan 2001 - 26 Jan 2005  Condoleezza "Condi" Rice (f)       (b. 1954)
26 Jan 2005 -              Stephen J. Hadley                  (b. 1947) 

Office of the United States Trade Representative

11 Oct 1962                Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
15 Jan 1963                Part of the Executive Office of the President.
 7 Dec 1979                U.S. Trade Representative

Ambassadors
10 Dec 1962 - 30 Dec 1966  Christian Archibald Herter         (b. 1895 - d. 1966)
24 Mar 1967 - 20 Jan 1969  William Matson Roth                (b. 1916)
 6 Aug 1969 - 21 Sep 1971  Carl J. Gilbert
12 Nov 1971 - 24 Dec 1974  William D. Eberle                  (b. 1923)
26 Mar 1975 - 20 Jan 1977  Frederick Baily Dent               (b. 1922)
30 Mar 1977 - 17 Aug 1979  Robert S. Strauss                  (b. 1918)
 1 Oct 1979 - 31 Dec 1980  Reubin O'Donovan Askew             (b. 1928)
23 Jan 1981 - 29 Apr 1985  William Emerson Brock III          (b. 1930)
 1 Jul 1985 - 20 Jan 1989  Clayton Keith Yeutter              (b. 1930)
 6 Feb 1989 - 20 Jan 1993  Carla Anderson Hills (f)           (b. 1934)
22 Jan 1993 - 12 Apr 1996  Mickey Kantor                      (b. 1939)
12 Apr 1996 - 20 Jan 2001  Charlene Barshefsky (f)            (b. 1949)
                             (acting to 17 Mar 1997)
 7 Feb 2001 - 18 Feb 2005  Robert B. Zoellick                 (b. 1953)
18 Feb 2005 - 29 Apr 2005  Peter F. Allgeier (acting)         (b. 1947)
29 Apr 2005 -  2 Jun 2006  Rob J. Portman                     (b. 1955)
 2 Jun 2006 -              Susan C. Schwab (f)                (b. 1955)
                             (acting to 9 June 2006) 

American Battle Monuments Commission

11 Jun 1921                Battle Monuments Board, within War Department formed.
 4 Mar 1923                American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) established
                             as an independent agency.

Chairmen
1921 - 1923                John McAuley Palmer                (b. 1870 - d. 1955)
1923 - 15 Jul 1948         John Joseph Pershing               (b. 1860 - d. 1948)
1949 - 16 Oct 1959         George Catlett Marshall            (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
1960 - 1969                Jacob Louis Devers                 (b. 1887 - d. 1979)
1969 - 17 Apr 1984         Mark Wayne Clark                   (b. 1896 - d. 1984)
1985 - 1990                Andrew J. Goodpaster               (b. 1915 - d. 2005)
1991 - 1994                Paul X. Kelley (1st time)          (b. 1928)
1994 - Aug 2001            Frederick F. Woerner               (b. 1933)
Aug 2001 - 2005            Paul X. Kelley (2nd time)          (s.a.)
2005 -                     Frederick "Fred" M. Franks, Jr.    (b. 1936)

CIA website

11 Jul 1941                Coordinator of Information (COI).
13 Jun 1942                Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
 1 Oct 1945                OSS disbanded.
22 Jan 1946                Central Intelligence Group (CIG).
18 Sep 1947                Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Coordinator of Information (from 13 Jun 1942, Director of Strategic Services)
11 Jul 1941 -  1 Oct 1945  William Joseph Donovan             (b. 1883 - d. 1959)
Directors of Central Intelligence
(from 21 Apr 2005, Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency)
23 Jan 1946 - 10 Jun 1946  Sidney William Souers              (b. 1892 - d. 1973)
10 Jun 1946 -  1 May 1947  Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg            (b. 1899 - d. 1954)
 1 May 1947 -  7 Oct 1950  Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter         (b. 1897 - d. 1982)
 7 Oct 1950 -  9 Feb 1953  Walter Bedell Smith                (b. 1895 - d. 1961)
 9 Feb 1953 - 29 Nov 1961  Allen Welsh Dulles                 (b. 1893 - d. 1969)
                             (acting to 26 Feb 1953)
29 Nov 1961 - 28 Apr 1965  John Alex McCone                   (b. 1902 - d. 1991)
28 Apr 1965 - 30 Jun 1966  William Francis Raborn, Jr.        (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
30 Jun 1966 -  2 Feb 1973  Richard McGarrah Helms             (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
 2 Feb 1973 -  2 Jul 1973  James Rodney Schlesinger           (b. 1929)
 2 Jul 1973 -  4 Sep 1973  Vernon Anthony Walters (acting)    (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
 4 Sep 1973 - 30 Jan 1976  William Egan Colby                 (b. 1920 - d. 1996)
30 Jan 1976 - 20 Jan 1977  George Herbert Walker Bush         (b. 1924)
20 Jan 1977 -  9 Mar 1977  E. Henry Knoche (acting)           (b. 1925)
 9 Mar 1977 - 20 Jan 1981  Stansfield Turner                  (b. 1923)
28 Jan 1981 - 29 Jan 1987  William Joseph Casey               (b. 1913 - d. 1987)
29 Jan 1987 - 26 May 1987  Robert Michael Gates (1st time)    (b. 1943)
                             (acting)
26 May 1987 - 31 Aug 1991  William Hedycook Webster           (b. 1924)
 1 Sep 1991 -  6 Nov 1991  Richard J. Kerr (acting)           (b. 1935)
 6 Nov 1991 - 20 Jan 1993  Robert Michael Gates (2nd time)    (s.a.)
21 Jan 1993 -  5 Feb 1993  William Oliver Studeman (1st time) (b. 1940)
                             (acting)
 5 Feb 1993 - 10 Jan 1995  James Woolsey                      (b. 1941)
11 Jan 1995 -  9 May 1995  William Oliver Studeman (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 9 May 1995 - 15 Dec 1996  John Deutch                        (b. 1938)
15 Dec 1996 - 11 Jul 2004  George Tenet                       (b. 1953)
                             (acting to 11 Jul 1997)
11 Jul 2004 - 24 Sep 2004  John McLaughlin (acting)           (b. 1942)
24 Sep 2004 - 30 May 2006  Porter J. Goss                     (b. 1938)
30 May 2006 -              Michael Vincent Hayden             (b. 1945)

                    Adopted Aug 2005

ODNI website

17 Dec 2004                Office of Director of National Intelligence created.

Directors
21 Apr 2005 - 20 Feb 2007  John Dimitri Negroponte            (b. 1939) 
20 Feb 2007 -              J. Michael "Mike" McConnell        (b. 1943)

EPA website

 2 Dec 1970                Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established.

Administrators
 4 Dec 1970 - 30 Apr 1973  William Doyle Ruckelshaus          (b. 1932)
                             (1st time)
30 Apr 1973 - 12 Sep 1973  Robert Fri (acting)                (b. 1935)
13 Sep 1973 - 20 Jan 1977  Russell E. Train                   (b. 1920)
21 Jan 1977 -  6 Mar 1977  John Quarles, Jr. (acting)         (b. 1935)
 7 Mar 1977 - 20 Jan 1981  Douglas M. Costle                  (b. 1939)
21 Jan 1981 - 25 Jan 1981  Steve D. Jellinek (acting)
26 Jan 1981 - 19 May 1981  Walter Barber, Jr. (acting)
20 May 1981 -  9 Mar 1983  Anne M. Gorsuch (f)                (b. 1942 - d. 2004)
10 Mar 1983 - 17 May 1983  Lee Verstandig (acting)            (b. 1937)
18 May 1983 -  4 Jan 1985  William Doyle Ruckelshaus          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
 4 Jan 1985 - 20 Jan 1989  Lee M. Thomas                      (b. 1944)
                             (acting to 8 Feb 1985)
21 Jan 1989 -  5 Feb 1989  John Moore (acting)
 6 Feb 1989 - 20 Jan 1993  William K. Reilly                  (b. 1940)
21 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001  Carol M. Browner (f)               (b. 1955)
20 Jan 2001 - 31 Jan 2001  W. Michael McCabe (acting)
31 Jan 2001 - 27 Jun 2003  Christie Todd Whitman (f)          (b. 1946)
28 Jun 2003 - 11 Jul 2003  Linda J. Fisher (f) (acting)       (b. 1952)
12 Jul 2003 -  6 Nov 2003  Marianne Lamont Horinko (f)        (b. 1961)
                             (acting)
 6 Nov 2003 - 26 Jan 2005  Michael "Mike" Leavitt             (b. 1951)
26 Jan 2005 -              Stephen L. Johnson                 (b. 1951)
                             (acting to 2 May 2005)

Federal Reserve Board

23 Dec 1913                Federal Reserve System created.

Governors
10 Aug 1914 -  9 Aug 1916  Charles S. Hamlin                  (b. 1861 - d. 1938)
10 Aug 1916 -  9 Aug 1922  William Proctor G. Harding         (b. 1864 - d. 1930)
 9 Aug 1922 -  1 May 1923  Edmund Platt (1st time) (acting)   (b. 1865 - d. 1939)
 1 May 1923 - 15 Sep 1927  Daniel Richard Crissinger          (b. 1860 - d. 1942)
16 Sep 1927 -  3 Oct 1927  Edmund Platt (2nd time) (acting)   (s.a.)
 4 Oct 1927 - 31 Aug 1930  Roy Archibald Young                (b. 1882 - d. 1960)
16 Sep 1930 - 10 May 1933  Eugene Isaac Meyer                 (b. 1875 - d. 1959)
19 May 1933 - 15 Aug 1934  Eugene R. Black                    (b. 1898 - d. 1992)
21 Aug 1934 - 14 Nov 1934  J.J. Thomas (acting)
15 Nov 1934 - 23 Aug 1935  Marriner Stoddard Eccles           (b. 1890 - d. 1977)
Chairmen of the Board of Governors
23 Aug 1935 - 15 Apr 1948  Marriner Stoddard Eccles           (s.a.)
15 Apr 1948 - 31 Mar 1951  Thomas B. McCabe                   (b. 1893 - d. 1982)
 2 Apr 1951 - 31 Jan 1970  William McChesney Martin           (b. 1906 - d. 1998)
 1 Feb 1970 - 31 Jan 1978  Arthur F. Burns                    (b. 1904 - d. 1987)
 1 Feb 1978 -  8 Mar 1978  Stephen S. Gardner (acting)
 8 Mar 1978 -  6 Aug 1979  G. William Miller                  (b. 1925 - d. 2006)
 6 Aug 1979 - 11 Aug 1987  Paul A. Volcker                    (b. 1927)
11 Aug 1987 - 31 Jan 2006  Alan C. Greenspan                  (b. 1926)
 1 Feb 2006 -              Benjamin "Ben" S. Bernanke         (b. 1953)

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

23 Feb 1927                Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
19 Jun 1934                Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Chairmen
15 Mar 1927 - 24 Nov 1927  W.H.G. Bullard                     (b. 1866 - d. 1927)
31 Mar 1928 - 15 Jan 1932  Ira E. Robinson                    (b. 1869 - d. 1951)  Rep
28 Mar 1932 - 19 Jun 1934  Thad H. Brown                                           Rep
11 Jul 1934 -  8 Mar 1935  Eugene O. Sykes                    (b. 1876 - d. 1935)  Dem
 9 Mar 1935 - 23 Jul 1937  Anning S. Prall                    (b. 1870 - d. 1937)  Dem
 1 Oct 1937 - 31 Aug 1939  Frank McNinch                      (b. 1873 - d. 1950)  Dem
 1 Sep 1939 - 13 Nov 1944  James Lawrence Fly                 (b. 1898 - d. 1966)  Dem  
16 Nov 1944 - 20 Dec 1944  Ewell K. Jett (interim)                                 Ind
21 Dec 1944 - 25 Feb 1946  Paul A. Porter                                          Dem
26 Feb 1946 - 31 Oct 1947  Charles R. Denny                                        Dem
                             (acting to 4 Dec 1946)
 3 Nov 1947 - 28 Dec 1947  Paul A. Walker (1st time)(acting)                       Dem
29 Dec 1947 - 21 Feb 1952  Wayne Coy                          (b. 1903 - d. 1957)  Dem
28 Feb 1952 - 17 Apr 1953  Paul A. Walker (2nd time)                               Dem
18 Apr 1953 -  3 Oct 1954  Rosel H. Hyde (1st time)           (b. 1900 - d. 1992)  Rep
                             (acting from 19 Apr 1954)
 4 Oct 1954 - 30 Jun 1957  George McConnaughey                (b. 1896? - d. 19..) Rep
 1 Jul 1957 - 10 Mar 1960  John C. Doerfer                                         Rep
15 Mar 1960 -  1 Mar 1961  Frederick W. Ford                                       Rep
 2 Mar 1961 -  1 Jun 1963  Newton N. Minow                    (b. 1926)            Dem
 2 Jun 1962 -  1 May 1966  E. William Henry                                        Dem
 1 May 1966 - 31 Oct 1969  Rosel H. Hyde (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Rep
                             (acting to 27 Jun 1966)
31 Oct 1969 -  8 Mar 1974  Dean Burch                         (b. 1927 - d. 1991)  Rep
 8 Mar 1974 - 13 Oct 1977  Richard E. Wiley                                        Rep
17 Oct 1977 -  4 Feb 1981  Charles D. Ferris                  (b. 1933?)           Dem
 5 Feb 1981 - 18 May 1981  Robert E. Lee                      (b. 1912 - d. 1993)  Rep
                             (interim to 13 Apr 1981)
18 May 1981 - 17 Apr 1987  Mark S. Fowler                     (b. 1941)            Rep
18 Apr 1987 -  7 Aug 1989  Dennis R. Patrick                  (b. 1951)            Rep
 8 Aug 1989 - 19 Jan 1993  Alfred C. Sikes                    (b. 1939)            Rep
 5 Feb 1993 - 28 Nov 1993  James H. Quello                    (b. 1914)            Dem
29 Nov 1993 -  3 Nov 1997  Reed E. Hundt                      (b. 1948)            Dem
 3 Nov 1997 - 19 Jan 2001  William E. Kennard                 (b. 1957)            Dem
22 Jan 2001 - 17 Mar 2005  Michael K. Powell                  (b. 1963)            Rep
18 Mar 2005 -              Kevin J. Martin                    (b. 1966)            Rep

Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party; Ind = Independet; Rep = Republican Party

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

14 Feb 1903                U.S. Bureau of Corporations within the Department of Commerce
                             and Labor (from 4 Mar 1913 Deptarment of Commerce).
16 Mar 1915                Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an independent agency.

Commissioners of Corporations
1903 - 1907                James Rudolph Garfield             (b. 1865 – d. 1950)
1907 - 18 Jul 1912         Herbert Knox Smith
 7 Aug 1912 – 15 Apr 1913  Luther Conant, Jr.  
27 May 1913 – 16 Mar 1915  Joseph E. Davies                   (b. 1876 – d. 1958)
Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission
16 Mar 1915 – 30 Jun 1916  Joseph E. Davies                   (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jul 1916 – 31 Jan 1917  Edward N. Hurley                   (b. 1864 – d. 1933)  Dem
 1 Feb 1917 -  6 May 1918  William J. Harris                                       Dem
 7 May 1918 - 30 Jun 1919  William B. Colver                                       Dem
 1 Jul 1919 – 30 Nov 1919  John. R. Fort                      (b. 1852 - d. 1920)  Rep
 1 Dec 1919 – 30 Nov 1920  Victor Murdock (1st time)          (b. 1871 – d. 1945)  Prog
 1 Dec 1920 – 30 Nov 1921  Huston Thompson (1st time)                              Dem
 1 Dec 1921 - 30 Nov 1922  Nelson B. Gaskill                                       Rep
 1 Dec 1922 – 30 Nov 1923  Victor Murdock (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Prog
 1 Dec 1923 – 30 Nov 1924  Huston Thompson (2nd  time)                             Dem
 1 Dec 1924 - 30 Nov 1925  Vernon W. Van Fleet                (b. 1866 - d. 19..)  Rep
 1 Dec 1925 – 30 Nov 1926  John F. Nugent                     (b. 1868 - d. 1931)  Dem
 1 Dec 1926 – 30 Nov 1927  Charles W. Hunt (1st time)                              Rep
 1 Dec 1927 – 30 Nov 1928  William E. Humphrey (1st time)     (b. 1862 – d. 1934?) Rep
 1 Dec 1928 – 15 Jan 1929  Abram F. Myers                                          Rep
18 Jan 1929 – 30 Nov 1929  Edgar A. McCulloch                                      Dem
 1 Jan 1930 – 30 Dec 1930  Garland S. Ferguson, Jr. (1st time)(b. 1878? - d. 19..) Dem
 1 Jan 1931 – 31 Dec 1931  Charles W. Hunt (2nd time)                              Rep
 1 Feb 1932 – 31 Dec 1932  William E. Humphrey (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1933 – 31 Dec 1933  Charles H. March (1st time)        (b. 1871? - d. 19..) Rep
 1 Jan 1934 – 31 Dec 1934  Garland S. Ferguson, Jr. (2nd time)(s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1935 – 31 Dec 1935  Ewin L. Davis (1st time)           (b. 1876 – d. 1949)  Dem
 1 Jan 1936 – 31 Dec 1936  Charles H. March (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1937 – 31 Dec 1937  William A. Ayres (1st time)        (b. 1867 - d. 1952)  Dem
 1 Jan 1938 – 31 Dec 1938  Garland S. Ferguson, Jr. (3rd time)(s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1939 – 31 Dec 1939  Robert E. Freer (1st time)         (b. 1896? - d. 19..) Rep
 1 Jan 1940 – 31 Dec 1940  Ewin L. Davis (2nd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1941 – 31 Dec 1941  Charles H. March (3rd time)        (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1942 – 31 Dec 1942  William A. Ayres (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1943 – 31 Dec 1943  Garland S. Ferguson, Jr. (4th time)(s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1944 – 31 Dec 1944  Robert E. Freer (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1945 – 31 Dec 1945  Ewin L. Davis (3rd time)           (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1946 – 31 Dec 1946  William A. Ayres (3rd time)        (s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1947 – 31 Dec 1947  Garland S. Ferguson, Jr. (5th time)(s.a.)               Dem
 1 Jan 1948 – 31 Dec 1948  Robert E. Freer (3rd time)         (s.a.)               Rep
 1 Jan 1949 – 23 May 1950  Lowell B. Mason                                         Rep
24 May 1950 – 31 Mar 1953  James M. Mead                      (b. 1885 – d. 1964)  Dem
 1 Apr 1953 – 12 Sep 1955  Edward F. Howrey                   (b. 1903 - d. 1996)  Rep
12 Sep 1955 – 31 May 1959  John W. Gwynne                     (b. 1889 – d. 1972)  Rep
11 Jun 1959 – 20 Mar 1961  Earl W. Kinter                                          Rep
21 Mar 1961 – 31 Dec 1969  Paul Rand Dixon (1st time)                              Dem
 1 Jan 1970 -  6 Aug 1970  Caspar W. Weinberger               (b. 1917 – d. 2006)  Rep
 8 Aug 1970 – 14 Sep 1970  Everette MacIntyre (acting)                             Dem
15 Sep 1970 – 20 Feb 1973  Miles W. Kirkpatrick               (b. 1919? - d. 1998) Rep
21 Feb 1973 - 31 Dec 1975  Lewis A. Engman                    (b. 1936? - d. 1995) Rep
 1 Jan 1976 – 25 Mar 1976  Paul Rand Dixon (2nd time)(acting)                      Dem
25 Mar 1976 – 20 Apr 1977  Calvin J. Collier                                       Rep
21 Apr 1977 -  3 Mar 1981  Michael Pertschuk                  (b. 1933)            Dem
 4 Mar 1981 – 25 Sep 1981  David A. Clanton (acting)                               Rep
26 Sep 1981 -  4 Oct 1985  James C. Miller III                (b. 1942)            Rep
 7 Oct 1985 – 20 Apr 1986  Terry Calvani (acting)             (b. 1947)            Rep
21 Apr 1986 – 10 Aug 1989  Daniel Oliver                      (b. 1939?)           Rep
11 Aug 1989 – 11 Apr 1995  Janet Dempsey Steiger (f)          (b. 1939 - d. 2004)  Rep
12 Apr 1995 – 31 May 2001  Robert F. Pitofsky                 (b. 1929)            Dem
 4 Jun 2001 – 15 Aug 2004  Timothy J. Muris                   (b. 1949)            Rep
16 Aug 2004 -              Deborah Platt Majoras (f)          (b. 1963)            Rep

Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party; Prog = Progressive Party; Rep = Republican Party

NASA website

 1 Oct 1958                National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
                             established.

Administrators
 1 Oct 1958 - 20 Jan 1961  Thomas Keith Glennan               (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
20 Jan 1961 - 14 Feb 1961  Hugh Latimer Dryden (acting)       (b. 1898 - d. 1965)
14 Feb 1961 -  7 Oct 1968  James Edwin Webb                   (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
 7 Oct 1968 - 15 Sep 1970  Thomas O. Paine                    (b. 1921 - d. 1992)
                             (acting to 21 Mar 1969)
15 Sep 1970 - 27 Apr 1971  George Michael Low (acting)        (b. 1926 - d. 1984)
27 Apr 1971 -  1 May 1977  James C. Fletcher (1st time)       (b. 1919 - d. 1991)
 1 May 1977 - 21 Jun 1977  Alan M. Lovelace (1st time)(acting)(b. 1929)
21 Jun 1977 - 20 Jan 1981  Robert A. Frosch                   (b. 1928)
20 Jan 1981 - 10 Jul 1981  Alan M. Lovelace (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
10 Jul 1981 -  4 Dec 1985  James M. Beggs                     (b. 1926)
 4 Dec 1985 - 12 May 1986  William R. Graham (acting)         (b. 1937)
12 May 1986 -  8 Apr 1989  James C. Fletcher (2nd time)       (s.a.)
 8 Apr 1989 - 13 May 1989  Dale D. Myers (acting)             (b. 1922)
14 May 1989 - 31 Mar 1992  Richard H. Truly                   (b. 1937)
 1 Apr 1992 - 17 Nov 2001  Daniel S. Goldin                   (b. 1940)
19 Nov 2001 - 21 Dec 2001  Daniel R. Mulville (acting)
21 Dec 2001 - 18 Feb 2005  Sean O'Keefe                       (b. 1956)
18 Feb 2005 - 14 Apr 2005  Frederick D. Gregory (acting)      (b. 1941)
14 Apr 2005 -              Michael D. Griffin                 (b. 1949) 

NARA website

1884                       American Historical Association founded
                             (incorporated by Congress 4 Jan 1889).
19 Jun 1934                National Archives Establishment set up.
30 Jun 1949 -  1 Apr 1985  Part of the General Services Administration (GSA).
 1 Dec 1949                National Archives and Records Service (NARS).
 1 Apr 1985                National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Presidents of the American Historical Association
1884 - 1885                Andrew Dickinson White             (b. 1832 - d. 1918)
1885 - 1886                George Bancroft                    (b. 1800 - d. 1891)
1886 - 1887                Justin Winsor                      (b. 1831 - d. 1897)
1887 - 1888                William Frederick Poole            (b. 1821 - d. 1894)
1889                       Charles Kendall Adams              (b. 1835 - d. 1902)
1890                       John Jay                           (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
1891                       William Wirth Henry                (b. 1831 - d. 1900)
1892                       James B. Angell                    (b. 1829 - d. 1916)
1893 - 1894                Henry Adams                        (b. 1838 - d. 1918)
1895                       George Fisbee Hoar                 (b. 1826 - d. 1904)
1896                       Richard Salter Storrs              (b. 1821 - d. 1900)
1897                       James Schouler                     (b. 1839 - d. 1920)
1898                       George Park Fisher                 (b. 1827 - d. 1909)
1899                       James Frod Rhodes                  (b. 1848 - d. 1927)
1900                       Edward Eggleston                   (b. 1837 - d. 1902)
1901                       Charles Francis Adams              (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
1902                       Alfred Thayer Mahan                (b. 1840 - d. 1914)
1903                       Henry Charles Lea                  (b. 1825 - d. 1909)
1904                       Goldwin Smith                      (b. 1823 - d. 1910)
1905                       John Bach McMaster                 (b. 1852 - d. 1932)
1906                       Simeon Eben Baldwin                (b. 1840 - d. 1927)
1907                       John Franklin Jameson              (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
1908                       George Burton Adams                (b. 1851 - d. 1925)
1909                       Albert Burton Hart                 (b. 1854 - d. 1943)
1910                       Frederick Jackson Turner           (b. 1861 - d. 1932)
1911                       William Milligan Sloane            (b. 1850 - d. 1928)
1912                       Theodore Roosevelt                 (b. 1858 - d. 1919)
1913                       William Archibald Dunning          (b. 1857 - d. 1922)
1914                       Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin       (b. 1861 - d. 1947)
1915                       Henry Morse Stephens               (b. 1857 - d. 1919)
1916                       George Lincoln Burr                (b. 1857 - d. 1938)
1917                       Worthington Chauncey Ford          (b. 1858 - d. 1941)
1918 - 1919                William Roscoe Thayer              (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
1920                       Edward Channing                    (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
1921                       Jean Jules Jusserand               (b. 1855 - d. 1932)
1922                       Charles Homer Haskins              (b. 1870 - d. 1937)
1923                       Edward Potts Cheyney               (b. 1861 - d. 1947)
1924 -  3 Feb 1924         Woodrow Wilson                     (b. 1856 - d. 1924)
1924 - 1925                Charles Maclean Andrews            (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
1926                       Dana Carleton Munro                (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
1927                       Henry Osborn Taylor                (b. 1856 - d. 1941)
1928                       James Henry Breasted               (b. 1865 - d. 1935)
1929                       James Harvey Robinson              (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
1930                       Evarts Boutell Greene              (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
1931                       Carl Lotus Becker                  (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
1932                       Herbert Eugene Bolton              (b. 1870 - d. 1953)
1933                       Charles Austin Beard               (b. 1874 - d. 1948)
1934                       William Edward Dodd                (b. 1869 - d. 1940)
Archivists of the United States
10 Oct 1934 - 15 Sep 1941  Robert Diggs Wimberley Connor      (b. 1878 - d. 1950)
18 Sep 1941 - 31 May 1948  Solon Justus Buck                  (b. 1884 - d. 1962)
 2 Jun 1948 -  6 Nov 1965  Wayne Grover                       (b. 1906 - d. 1970)
 7 Nov 1965 -  9 Mar 1968  Robert H. Bahmer                   (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
                             (acting to 16 Jan 1966)
10 Mar 1968 - 1979         James B. Rhoads                    (b. 1928)
                             (acting to 2 May 1968)
1979 - Jul 1980            James O'Neill (acting)
Jul 1980 - 15 Apr 1985     Robert M. Warner                   (b. 1927)
16 Apr 1985 -  4 Dec 1987  Frank Burke (acting)
 4 Dec 1987 - 24 Mar 1993  Don Wilson
25 Mar 1993 - 29 May 1995  Trudy Huskamp Peterson (f)         (b. 1945)
                             (acting)
30 May 1995 - 16 Feb 2005  John W. Carlin                     (b. 1940)
16 Feb 2005 -              Allen Weinstein                    (b. 1937)

National Endowment for the Arts

29 Sep 1965                National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) created.

Chairmen
29 Sep 1965 - 11 Mar 1969  Roger L. Stevens                   (b. 1910 - d. 1998)
 6 Oct 1969 -  2 Oct 1977  Nancy Hanks (f)                    (b. 1927 - d. 1983)
 7 Nov 1977 - Nov 1981     Livingston L. Biddle, Jr.          (b. 1918 - d. 2002)
Nov 1981 - Feb 1989        Frank Hodsoll                      (b. 1938)
Feb 1989 - Jul 1989        Hugh Southern (acting)             (b. 1932)
Jul 1989 -  1 May 1992     John E. Frohnmayer                 (b. 1942)
 1 May 1992 - Oct 1993     Anne-Imelda Radice (f)(acting)     (b. 1948)
Oct 1993 - Oct 1997        Jane Alexander (f)                 (b. 1939)
Oct 1997 - 28 May 1998     Scott Shanklin-Peterson (acting)
28 May 1998 - 30 Sep 2001  Bill Ivey                          (b. 1944)
30 Sep 2001 - 22 Jan 2002  Robert Sidney Martin (acting)
22 Jan 2002 - 29 Jan 2002  Michael P. Hammond                 (b. 1932 - d. 2002)
30 Jan 2002 - 13 Feb 2003  Eileen Mason (f) (acting)          (b. 1943)
13 Feb 2003 -              Dana Gioia                         (b. 1950)

Peace Corps

 1 Mar 1961                Peace Corps established, within the State Department.
30 Jun 1971 - 19 May 1979  Subordinated to National Voluntary Action Program Directors.
19 May 1979                Made an independent agency.

Directors
22 Mar 1961 - 28 Feb 1966  R. Sargent Shriver                 (b. 1915)
 1 Mar 1966 - 30 Apr 1969  Jack H. Vaughn                     (b. 1920)
 1 May 1969 -  1 Jul 1971  Joseph H. Blatchford               (b. 1934)