Stephen Early
| Stephen Early | |
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| 3rd White House Press Secretary | |
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In office December 5, 1950 – December 18, 1950 Acting |
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| President | Harry Truman |
| Preceded by | Charlie Ross |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Short |
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In office March 4, 1933 – March 29, 1945 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Theodore Joslin |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan W. Daniels |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
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In office May 2, 1949 – September 30, 1950 |
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| President | Harry Truman |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Lovett |
| Personal details | |
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Stephen Tyree Early August 27, 1889 Crozet, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 1951 (aged 61) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Stephen Tyree Early (August 27, 1889 – August 11, 1951) was a U.S. journalist and government official. He served as White House Press Secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 and again under President Harry S. Truman in 1950 after the sudden death of Charles Griffith Ross. Early served as press secretary longer than any other person.
Early met Franklin D. Roosevelt while covering the 1912 Democratic National Convention as a reporter for the United Press. From 1913 to 1917 Early was the Associated Press correspondent covering the Navy Department, during which time his acquaintance with Roosevelt and Louis Howe grew.
After serving in World War I with an Infantry Regiment and the Stars and Stripes he returned to the United States and was asked by Roosevelt to be the advance man for the 1920 Vice Presidential campaign. After the election, Early returned to the Associated Press, and in 1927 became the Washington representative of Paramount News, a newsreel company at the time.
After the election of 1932, Franklin Roosevelt asked him to serve as one of the three White House Secretaries, responsible for press relations. Early held that post throughout the Roosevelt years. As press secretary, he served as spokesman and troubleshooter for the president and maintained an open-door policy with White House correspondents. Having been a reporter, he understood the news business and did his best to accommodate it. Early also helped persuade the White House Correspondents Association to issue press credentials to Harry McAlpin of the National Negro Publishers Association. In 1944 McAlpin became the first African American reporter to attend presidential press conferences.
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