Elizabeth Jaffray
Elizabeth Jaffray( December 26, 1860 in Ontario, Canada – May 2, 1934 in Ontario, Canada) was an American employed as a servant at the White House in the early 20th century.
Jaffray was retained as White House head housekeeper in 1909, a position then equivalent to that of a majordomo.
Recruited from an" exclusive New York employment bureau", she became the first female chief servant in White House history.
One of Jaffray's earliest, and most controversial, moves was to order the segregation of dining among White House staff.
Prior to Jaffray, Caucasian and African- American butlers and valets would dine together, while lower- ranked servants such as maids and footmen would dine separately, though also at a racially integrated table.
Jaffrey ordered that the two dining tables be arranged by race, instead of rank.
When servants rebelled against the move she threatened mass firings, gaining their ultimate obedience.
During her time at the White House she came to be regarded by employees as" a real terror".
According to Major Archibald Butt, the aide de camp to President William Howard Taft, Jaffray claimed to have" seen and felt" the ghost of a child she believed was William Wallace Lincoln on several occasions in 1912, around the fiftieth anniversary of his death.
The same year she would fret over the corpulent Taft's eating habits, prompting him to promise to go on a diet.
Jaffray used horses as a means of transport longer than anyone else at the White House, continuing to be chauffeured in a brougham for her daily shopping excursions into the mid 1920s.
Jaffray remained at the White House for 17 years and left in 1926 during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge.
Jaffray had reportedly become disgusted by Coolidge's austere spending on White House entertaining; Coolidge, in turn, referred to Jaffray by the nickname" queenie".
Grace Coolidge expressed relief at Jaffray's departure, musing that" she has come to consider herself the permanent resident and the President and his family transients".
Following her departure Jaffray wrote" Secrets of the White House".
Published by" Cosmopolitan", the book was a tell- all about her time at the executive mansion.
She was portrayed by actress Cloris Leachman in the 1979 NBC mini-series" Backstairs at the White House".
She died May 2, 1934 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Ontario, Canada.
Gregory La Cava
Gregory La Cava( March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including" My Man Godfrey" and" Stage Door", which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best Director.
William Wallace Price
William Wallace Price (November 11, 1867 - October 24, 1931) was one of the first journalists to cover the White House on a full-time basis and the first to write a column devoted to the White House.
He was the first president of the White House Correspondents' Association.
He was responsible for the creation of the White House Press Room.
Career (1959 film)
Career is a 1959 American drama film, directed by Joseph Anthony and starring Dean Martin, Tony Franciosa, and Shirley MacLaine.
The movie is the story of actor Sam Lawson( Franciosa) who is bent on breaking into the big time at any cost, braving World War II, the Korean War and even the blacklist.
The film is based on the play written by James Lee, which premiered at the off- Broadway Seventh Avenue South Playhouse in New York City in 1957.
In turn, the play is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Phil Stong, which had been previously adapted for the screen in 1939 by Dalton Trumbo and Bert Granet.
Lee adapted his own play for the 1959 version.
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and won one Golden Globe Award.
Gabriel Over the White House
Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifically the Archangel Gabriel and the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
Eventually he takes control of the government, solves the problems of the nation, from unemployment to racketeering, and arranges for worldwide peace, before dying of a heart attack.
The movie received the financial backing and creative input of William Randolph Hearst.
It was directed by Gregory La Cava, produced by Walter Wanger and written by Carey Wilson based upon the novel "Rinehard:
A Melodrama of the Nineteen-Thirties" (1933) by Thomas Frederic Tweed.
Tweed did not receive screen credit (the film's opening credits say "based on the anonymous novel, "Gabriel Over the White House") but he was credited in the copyright information.
The supporting cast features Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, C. Henry Gordon, and David Landau.
Claudia L. Gordon
Claudia L. Gordon is the first Deaf Black female attorney in the United States.
She currently works in the U.S. Department of Labor ’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
Previously she held a position in the White House Office of Public Engagement as the Public Engagement Advisor to the Disability Community for less than a year.
She is also the first deaf person to work at the White House in an detailee capacity.
In an interview she makes a point that there was a deaf intern working in the White House before her, and that there are currently other deaf people working in less prestigious positions in the White House.
Rex Scouten
Rex Wayne Scouten (September 16, 1924 – February 20, 2013) was the White House Chief Usher from 1969 to 1986, and White House Curator from 1986 to 1997.
Born in Snover, Michigan, Scouten served in the United States Army during World War II.
He graduated from Michigan State University.
From 1947 to 1960, he served in the United States Secret Service.
From 1960 to 1969, he was an assistant White House usher.
Scouten was the White House Chief Usher from March 1969 to January 1986, and the White House Curator from 1986 to 1997.
He died in Fairfax, Virginia on February 20, 2013.
Jon Decker
Jonathan P. Decker is an American journalist and White House correspondent.
Since 1995, he has served as a member of the White House press corps, and since 2014 as the White House correspondent for Fox News Radio.
He was also previously a White House correspondent for SiriusXM's" White House Insider" program, and several other news organizations.
Thomas F. Tweed
Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Frederic Tweed( 1891 – 30 April 1940) was a British soldier and novelist.
He was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers.
He won the Military Cross in World War I and at the age of 26 was named the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army at the time.
He became a political adviser to David Lloyd George from 1927 until Tweed's death from a stroke.
Tweed was primarily famous for his novels, among which were" Blind Mouths" and" Rinehard".
The latter was turned into the successful 1933 film" Gabriel Over the White House", directed by Gregory LaCava and starring Walter Huston.
In the novel" Rinehard" and the film" Gabriel Over the White House", the character of Pendie Molloy, the President's secretary( played in the film by Karen Morley), is based on Frances Stevenson, Lloyd George's secretary and mistress, with whom Tweed also had an affair.
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony( born Joseph Deuster; May 24, 1912 – January 20, 1993) was an American playwright, actor, and director.
He made his film acting debut in the 1934 film" Hat, Coat, and Glove" and his theatrical acting debut in a 1935 production of" Mary of Scotland".
On five occasions he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction.

Question: Which film has the director born earlier, Gabriel Over The White House or Career (1959 Film)?
Answer: Gabriel Over The White House