Editing Stephen Early (section)

{{Short description|American journalist}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Steve Early
| image               = Portrait of Stephen T. Early.jpg
| office              = 3rd [[White House Press Secretary]]
| president           = [[Harry S. Truman]]
| termlabel           = Acting
| term_start          = December 5, 1950
| term_end            = December 18, 1950
| predecessor         = [[Charlie Ross (journalist)|Charlie Ross]]
| successor           = [[Joseph Short]]
| president1          = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| term_start1         = March 4, 1933
| term_end1           = March 29, 1945
| predecessor1        = [[Theodore Joslin]]
| successor1          = [[Jonathan W. Daniels]]
| office2             = 1st [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense]]
| president2          = [[Harry S. Truman]]
| term_start2         = May 2, 1949
| term_end2           = September 30, 1950<ref name=UnderSecretary>Served as "Under Secretary of Defense" from May 2, 1949 to August 9, 1949.</ref>
| predecessor2        = Position established
| successor2          = [[Robert A. Lovett]]
| birth_name          = Stephen Tyree Early
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1889|8|27}}
| birth_place         = [[Crozet, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1951|8|11|1889|8|27}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
}}
'''Stephen Tyree Early''' (August 27, 1889 – August 11, 1951) was an American journalist and government official. He served as the third [[White House Press Secretary|White House press secretary]] under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] from 1933 to 1945 and as the acting press secretary under President [[Harry S. Truman]] in 1950 after the sudden death of [[Charles Griffith Ross]]. Early served as press secretary longer than any other person.