Administrator of Veterans Affairs

Head of the VA before it was a department

The administrator of veterans affairs was the head of the Veterans Administration, a United States government agency responsible for military veterans benefits. The administrator was appointed by the president. In 1989, the Veterans Administration was replaced by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, with the secretary of veterans affairs (a member of the cabinet) as its head. The last VA administrator, Derwinski, went on to become the first secretary of veterans affairs.

## List of officeholders

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### Directors of Veterans Bureau

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Before the VA was established on July 21, 1930, its functions were carried out by the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The director of the Veterans' Bureau corresponds somewhat with the later position of administrator.

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| Charles Forbes | August 9, 1921 | February 28, 1923 |  | Warren G. Harding
(1921–1923)
| Frank Hines | March 2, 1923 | July 21, 1930
| Calvin Coolidge
(1923–1929)
| Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)

### Administrators of Veterans Affairs

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Image  | Name  | Start  | End  | President(s)

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| Frank Hines | July 21, 1930 | August 15, 1945 |  | Herbert Hoover
(1929–1933)
| Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1933–1945)
| Harry S. Truman
(1945–1953)
| Omar Bradley | August 15, 1945 | November 30, 1947
| Carl Gray | January 1, 1948 | June 30, 1953
| Harvey Higley | July 22, 1953 | November 13, 1957 |  | Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953–1961)
| Sumner Whittier | December 18, 1957 | January 20, 1961
| John Gleason | January 30, 1961 | January 1, 1965 |  | John F. Kennedy
(1961–1963)
| Lyndon B. Johnson
(1963–1969)
| William Driver | January 1, 1965 | May 31, 1969
| Richard Nixon
(1969–1974)
| Donald Johnson | June 23, 1969 | October 12, 1974
| Gerald Ford
(1974–1977)
| Richard Roudebush | October 12, 1974 | January 20, 1977
| Max Cleland | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 |  | Jimmy Carter
(1977–1981)
| Bob Nimmo | July 15, 1981 | January 5, 1983 |  | Ronald Reagan
(1981–1989)
| Harry Walters | January 5, 1983 | March 21, 1986
| Thomas Turnage | March 21, 1986 | January 20, 1989
| Ed Derwinski | January 21, 1989 | March 15, 1989 |  | George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)

## External links

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* List of all VA heads

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Administrators of veterans affairs (1930–1989)

* Hines
* Bradley
* Gray
* Higley
* Whittier
* Gleason
* Driver
* Johnson
* Roudebush
* Cleland
* Nimmo
* Walters
* Turnage
* Derwinski

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Warren G. Harding

* 29th President of the United States (1921–1923)
* 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (1904–1906)

Life|

* Harding Home
* Harding Tomb
* The Marion Star
* Electoral history of Warren G. Harding
* 1914 United States Senate election in Ohio
* 1920 United States presidential election
* Front porch campaign
* transition
* 1920 Republican National Convention

Presidency
(timeline)|

* Inauguration of Warren G. Harding
* Washington Naval Conference
* Recession of 1920–1921
* Halibut Treaty
* Agricultural Appropriation Act of 1923
* Budget and Accounting Act
* Bureau of the Budget
* General Accounting Office
* Cable Act
* Capper–Volstead Act
* Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill
* Emergency Quota Act
* Emergency Tariff of 1921
* Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921
* Future Trading Act
* Fordney–McCumber Tariff
* Grain Futures Act
* Great Railroad Strike of 1922
* Knox–Porter Resolution
* Revenue Act of 1921
* Sheppard–Towner Act
* Veterans Administration
* Willis Graham Act
* Executive actions
* Federal judges appointed
* Supreme Court candidates
* Harding Railroad Car
* Voyage of Understanding
* Teapot Dome scandal

Public image|

* The President's Daughter
* Cultural depictions of Warren G. Harding
* List of memorials to Warren G. Harding
* Warren G. Harding Presidential Center
* Historical reputation of Warren G. Harding

Family|

* Florence Harding (wife)
* Elizabeth Ann Blaesing (daughter)
* George Tryon Harding (father)
* Carolyn Harding Votaw (sister)
* Nan Britton (mistress)
* Laddie Boy (pet dog)

Related|

* The Superb railway car
* The President tree

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