# United States Copyright Office chair

entity: /record/us-copyright-office.md  
predicate: chair  
page: /record/us-copyright-office/chair  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, United States Copyright Office's chair on the AsOf record is Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020, from a primary source (copyright.gov) and one further source (news.bloomberglaw.com). The record holds 5 claims on United States Copyright Office's chair, 1 still open and 4 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current chair

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Shira Perlmutter | valid 2020-10-26 to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_B5EFA6EDDA34](/claim/clm_B5EFA6EDDA34.md)
  sources: https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2020/857.html, https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/high-court-lets-stand-order-restoring-copyright-registers-job

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Marybeth Peters | valid 1994-08-07 to 2010-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_64BC612F0DE1](/claim/clm_64BC612F0DE1.md) | [clm_C256B6785668](/claim/clm_C256B6785668.md)
  sources: https://www.copyright.gov/about/registers/peters/peters.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058
- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Maria A. Pallante | valid 2011-06-01 to 2016-10-21 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_BCB642C0B71F](/claim/clm_BCB642C0B71F.md) | [clm_64BC612F0DE1](/claim/clm_64BC612F0DE1.md)
  sources: https://www.copyright.gov/about/registers/pallante/pallante.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058, https://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2016/638.html, https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-189/
- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Karyn A. Temple | valid 2016-10-21 to 2019-03-27 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_8AB6BA52D057](/claim/clm_8AB6BA52D057.md) | [clm_BCB642C0B71F](/claim/clm_BCB642C0B71F.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058, https://www.copyright.gov/about/leadership/karyn-temple.html, https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-189/
- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Karyn A. Temple | valid 2019-03-27 to 2020-01-03 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_B5EFA6EDDA34](/claim/clm_B5EFA6EDDA34.md) | [clm_8AB6BA52D057](/claim/clm_8AB6BA52D057.md)
  sources: https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2019/791.html, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058, https://www.copyright.gov/about/leadership/karyn-temple.html
- [United States Copyright Office](/record/us-copyright-office.md) | chair | Shira Perlmutter | valid 2020-10-26 to present | conf 0.60 | valid | [clm_B5EFA6EDDA34](/claim/clm_B5EFA6EDDA34.md)
  sources: https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2020/857.html, https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/high-court-lets-stand-order-restoring-copyright-registers-job

## What replaced what

- Marybeth Peters (1994-08-07 to 2010-12-31, [clm_C256B6785668](/claim/clm_C256B6785668.md)) was replaced by Maria A. Pallante from 2011-06-01 ([clm_64BC612F0DE1](/claim/clm_64BC612F0DE1.md))
- Maria A. Pallante (2011-06-01 to 2016-10-21, [clm_64BC612F0DE1](/claim/clm_64BC612F0DE1.md)) was replaced by Karyn A. Temple from 2016-10-21 ([clm_BCB642C0B71F](/claim/clm_BCB642C0B71F.md))
- Karyn A. Temple (2016-10-21 to 2019-03-27, [clm_BCB642C0B71F](/claim/clm_BCB642C0B71F.md)) was replaced by Karyn A. Temple from 2019-03-27 ([clm_8AB6BA52D057](/claim/clm_8AB6BA52D057.md))
- Karyn A. Temple (2019-03-27 to 2020-01-03, [clm_8AB6BA52D057](/claim/clm_8AB6BA52D057.md)) was replaced by Shira Perlmutter from 2020-10-26 ([clm_B5EFA6EDDA34](/claim/clm_B5EFA6EDDA34.md))

## Questions this record answers

### What is United States Copyright Office's current chair?

Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020, from a primary source (copyright.gov) and one further source (news.bloomberglaw.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.60).

### When did United States Copyright Office's chair last change?

The latest value on the record is Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020; before it the record holds Karyn A. Temple, dated March 27, 2019 and closed on January 3, 2020.

### What was United States Copyright Office's chair before Shira Perlmutter?

Karyn A. Temple, valid from March 27, 2019 to January 3, 2020 (status superseded), from a primary source (copyright.gov).


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