Assistant Secretary of Defense For Legislative Affairs - Office Holders

Office Holders

The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.

Assistant Secretaries of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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 H. Rumsfeld
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
William K. Brehm March 19, 1976 - January 20, 1977 Donald H. 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
William Clinton
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
Sandra K. Stuart September 15, 1994 - February 27, 1999 William J. Perry
William S. Cohen
William Clinton
John K. Veroneau March 2, 1999 - November 10, 1999 (Acting)
November 10, 1999 - February 16, 2001
William S. Cohen William Clinton
George W. Bush
Powell A. Moore May 4, 2001 - December 2004 Donald H. Rumsfeld George W. Bush
Daniel B. Stanley December 2004 - June 30, 2005 (Acting)
June 30, 2005 - January 2006
Donald H. Rumsfeld George W. Bush
Robert L. Wilkie January 31, 2006 - September 29, 2006 (Acting)
September 29, 2006 - January 2009
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Robert M. Gates
George W. Bush
Elizabeth L. King May 7, 2009 - Robert M. Gates Barack Obama


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