Librarian of Congress 473498 214722564 2008-05-24T23:44:42Z 64.131.244.62 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]]