Wilson Roosevelt Jerman (January 21, 1929 – May 16, 2020) was an American butler who served 11 different U.S. presidents in the White House.

[2] In 1955, Jerman moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as a caterer before being hired as a cleaner by the White House in 1957 during the administration of Dwight D.

[1] He continued as a butler in the White House until his retirement in 1993 during the Bill Clinton administration.

Jerman worked as a maitre d' and elevator operator for Barack Obama before his final retirement in 2012.

First Lady Michelle Obama included a picture of her and the president in an elevator with Jerman in her best-selling memoir, Becoming.