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The White House chief usher is the head of household staff and operations at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States of America. The position has been vacant since January 20, 2021, with the firing of Timothy Harleth, who had been appointed chief usher by President Donald Trump on June 23, 2017 and was fired shortly before President Joe Biden took office. It is not clear if the firing was at the request of the Bidens or the Trumps.

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Howell Gardner Crim was an American civil servant best known for being the Chief Usher of the White House in Washington, D.C., from 1938 to 1957.

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William Dubois was an American civil servant who served as Chief Usher of the White House in Washington, D.C., from June 1896 to January 1901. He was the first person to formally receive the title Chief Usher, although in previous years it had been used unofficially and in press reports.

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Irwin Hood Hoover also known as "Ike," served as the White House Chief Usher from 1909 to 1933. He served in the White House for 42 years and as Usher for 29 years, and both records remain unbroken as of 2021.

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Raymond Douglas Muir was an American civil servant who served as Chief Usher in the White House from 1933 to 1938, and Deputy Chief of Protocol for the United States Department of State from 1951 until his death in 1954.

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Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon is the former director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher. He was the first African-American White House Chief Usher. Admiral Rochon served his last day on active duty with the Coast Guard on March 9, 2007, and began his service at the White House on March 12. Admiral Rochon succeeded Gary J. Walters, who retired in January 2007 after 20 years as White House Chief Usher. He resigned as chief usher in 2011 to work in the United States Department of Homeland Security and was replaced as chief usher by Angella Reid on October 5, 2011.

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Rex Wayne Scouten was the White House Chief Usher from 1969 to 1986, and White House Curator from 1986 to 1997.

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Thomas E. Stone was an American civil servant who served as Chief Usher of the White House in Washington, D.C., from 1901 and 1909. Beginning in 1912, Stone worked as an Internal Revenue agent for the United States Department of the Treasury, where he won national acclaim for breaking major crime rings and capturing individuals who had fled from justice. He helped set up enforcement of Prohibition in several states in 1920, and helped break the largest illegal alcohol production ring in the United States in 1925. He served in a wide variety of positions with the Bureau of Prohibition, including chief of the 7th District from 1929 until his retirement in 1934.

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Gary J. Walters is a former White House Chief Usher, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and serving until 2007, serving under four US Presidents.

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James Bernard West, known as J. B. West, was the 6th Chief Usher of the White House serving from 1957 to 1969. His best-selling book, Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies, documents his time in the executive mansion and is considered a good source of material on the First Families he served.