Joseph Stanley Kimmitt (April 15, 1918 – December 7, 2004) was the Secretary of the United States Senate and Secretary for the Majority from 1977 to 1981. Kimmitt also served in World War II and the Korean War as a United States Army lieutenant colonel. Kimmitt commanded a unit in the 8th Infantry Division in Germany from 1962 to 1964 before retiring from the Army as a colonel. He went to work under Mike Mansfield, U.S. Senator from Montana, before becoming Secretary. Upon leaving the Senate, Kimmitt then worked on the APACHE (Attack Helicopter) program. Kimmitt later founded Kimmitt, Senter, Coates, & Weinfurter, Inc. (KSC&W), a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm. Stan Kimmitt died in 2004.

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Joseph Stanley Kimmitt
22nd Secretary of the United States Senate
In office April 1, 1977 – January 4, 1981
Preceded by	Francis R. Valeo
Succeeded by	William Hildenbrand
Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate
In office 1966–1977
Preceded by	Francis R. Valeo
Succeeded by	James H. Duffy
Personal details
Born	Joseph Stanley Kimmitt (1918-04-15)April 15, 1918 Lewistown, Montana, U.S.
Died	December 7, 2004(2004-12-07) (aged 86)
Political party	Democratic

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Joseph went to the University of Montana.

Three sons went into the military, all Field Artillery, including Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Major Joseph (Jay) Kimmitt, and Major General Robert Kimmitt, who served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, both under President George W. Bush. J. Stanley Kimmitt and his wife, Eunice Kimmitt, also had three daughters, Kathleen Ross, Mary Kimmitt Laxton, and Judy Kimmitt Rainey and one other son, Thomas Patrick Kimmitt, who went to Georgetown University and then to medical school.