Administrator of Veterans Affairs

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.

No.	Name	Term of Offices	President(s) served under
1	Frank T. Hines	1930–1945	Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
2	Omar Bradley	1945–1948	Harry S. Truman
3	Carl R. Gray, Jr.	1948–1953	Harry S. Truman
4	Harvey V. Higley	1953–1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
5	Sumner G. Whittier	1957–1964	Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson
6	John S. Gleason	1964–1965	Lyndon B. Johnson
7	William J. Driver	1965–1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
8	Donald E. Johnson	1969–1974	Richard Nixon
9	Richard L. Roudebush	1974–1977	Gerald Ford
10	Max Cleland	1977–1981	Jimmy Carter
11	Bob Nimmo	1981–1982	Ronald Reagan
12	Harry N. Walters	1982–1986	Ronald Reagan
13	Thomas K. Turnage	1986–1989	Ronald Reagan
14	Ed Derwinski	1989	George H. W. Bush

Derwinski went on to become the first Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Directors of Veterans Bureau

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.

No.	Name	Term of Offices	President(s) served under
1	Charles R. Forbes	1922–1923	Warren G. Harding
2	Frank T. Hines	1923–1930	Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover

External links

• List of all VA heads

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