Stephen T. Early

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American government official United States Deputy Secretary of Defense human journalist press secretary

Stephen T. Early was a prominent American government official and longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later became the first U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American government official → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → human → journalist → press secretary →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1889-08-27 →
dateOfDeath	1951-08-11 →
educatedAt	Virginia Military Institute →
employer	Democratic National Committee → The Associated Press → United States federal government →
familyName	Early →
fullName	Stephen Tyree Early →
givenName	Stephen →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
notableFor	being a longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt → being the first United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → shaping presidential press relations in the 1930s and 1940s →
notableWork	management of presidential communications during World War II → management of presidential communications during the New Deal → organization of the modern White House press operation →
officeAssumed	United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in 1949 → White House Press Secretary under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 →
officeSucceededBy	Charles G. Ross NERFINISHED → William C. Foster as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense →
placeOfBirth	Virginia, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs → Assistant to the President → Press Secretary to the President of the United States → Under Secretary of Defense → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → Vice President of Pullman Company → White House Press Secretary →
precededBy	position created as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense →
residence	Washington, D.C., United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Helen Walsh Early →
workedFor	Franklin D. Roosevelt → Harry S. Truman →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense →	inauguralHolder