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The 'Librarian of Congress' is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.
' 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.

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★ List of librarians