Director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office

The title was changed to "Director" when in December 2014, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law H.R.

[2] Thus, Davita Vance-Cooks was the last public printer of the United States and the first director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Benjamin Franklin served as Public Printer for several of the American colonies prior to the establishment of the United States.

The House and Senate had separate printers until 1861, when the GPO was established; its first superintendent was John D. Defrees.

The first man with the title Public Printer of the United States was Almon M.