Librarian of Congress
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The '''Librarian of Congress''' is the head of the [[Library of Congress]], appointed by the [[President of the United States|president]] with the advice and consent of the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. He serves as the chief librarian of all the sections of the Library of Congress.
''' Librarians of Congress'''
#[[John James Beckley]] (1802–1807)
#[[Patrick Magruder]] (1807–1815)
#[[George Watterston]] (1815–1829)
#[[John Silva Meehan]] (1829–1861)
#[[John Gould Stephenson]] (1861–1864)
#[[Ainsworth Rand Spofford]] (1864–1897)
#[[John Russell Young]] (1897–1899)
#[[Herbert Putnam]] (1899–1939)
#[[Archibald MacLeish]] (1939–1944) (and Pulitzer Prize poet)
#[[Luther H. Evans]] (1945–1953)
#[[Lawrence Quincy Mumford]] (1954–1974)
#[[Daniel J. Boorstin]] (1975–1987)
#[[James H. Billington]] (1987–)
One of the responsibilities of the Librarian of Congress is to appoint the U.S. [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|Poet Laureate]].
==See also==
*[[List of librarians]]
[[Category:Librarians of Congress| ]]
[[Category:Library of Congress]]
[[Category:Lists of office-holders|Librarians]]
[[Category:Lists of librarians|Librarian of Congress]]
[[Category:American librarians|Librarian of Congress]]