Archivist of the United States

The Archivist of the United States is the chief official in charge of the National Archives and Records Administration. The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established as an independent federal agency by Congress.

Duties
The Archivist is appointed by the President and is responsible for safeguarding and making available for study all the permanently valuable records of the federal government, including the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights, which are displayed in the Archives' main building in Washington, D.C.

Archivists of the United States
The following is a list of Archivists of the United States

 No. Picture Archivist Start of Term End of Term President(s)1  Robert Digges Wimberly Connor October 10, 1934 September 15, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt2 120px Solon J. Buck September 18, 1941 May 31, 1948 Franklin D. Roosevelt  Harry S. Truman3  Wayne C. Grover June 2, 1948 November 6, 1965 Harry S. Truman  Dwight D. Eisenhower  John F. Kennedy  Lyndon B. Johnson4  Robert H. Bahmer* November 7, 1965 March 9, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson5 120px James B. Rhoads** March 10, 1968 1979 Lyndon B. Johnson  Richard Nixon  Gerald Ford  Jimmy Carter -  James E. O'Neill 1979 July 1980 Jimmy Carter6 100px Robert M. Warner July 1980 April 15, 1985 Jimmy Carter  Ronald Reagan - Frank G. Burke April 16, 1985 December 4, 1987 Ronald Reagan7  Don W. Wilson December 4, 1987 March 24, 1993 Ronald Reagan  George H. W. Bush  Bill Clinton -  Trudy Huskamp Peterson March 25, 1993 May 29, 1995 Bill Clinton8 100px John W. Carlin May 30, 1995 February 15, 2005 Bill Clinton  George W. Bush9 100px Allen Weinstein February 16, 2005 December 19, 2008 George W. Bush - 100px Adrienne Thomas December 19, 2008 November 5, 2009 George W. Bush  Barack Obama10 100px David Ferriero November 6, 2009NARA Press Release, November 13, 2009, "David S. Ferriero Sworn in as 10th Archivist of the United States." -- Barack Obama

*Served first as Acting Archivist of the United States from Nov. 7, 1965, until his appointment as Archivist of the United States on January 16, 1966.

**Served first as Acting Archivist of the United States from March 10, 1968, until his appointment as Archivist of the United States on May 2, 1968.

References

Other websites
 Official website
 AOTUS Blog - from the "Collector in Chief"
 Archivists of the United States, 1934 – present

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