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Congress and the Nation is the most authoritative reference on congressional trends, actions, and political and policy controversies. This award-winning series documents the most fiercely debated issues in recent American politics, providing a unique retrospective analysis of the policies the U.S. Congress. Organized by policy area, each chapter contains summaries of legislative activity, including bills passed, defeated, or postponed. No other authoritative source guides readers seamlessly through the policy output of the national legislature with the breadth, depth, and authority of Congress and the Nation.
Congress and the Nation is the most authoritative reference on congressional trends, actions, and political and policy controversies. This award-winning series documents the most fiercely debated issues in recent American politics, providing a unique retrospective analysis of the policies the U.S. Congress. Organized by policy area, each chapter contains summaries of legislative activity, including bills passed, defeated, or postponed. No other authoritative source guides readers seamlessly through the policy output of the national legislature with the breadth, depth, and authority of Congress and the Nation.
CHAIRMEN OF SENATE, HOUSE, JOINT COMMITTEES, 1947-69
Following are the names and dates of terms of chairmen of standing committees of Congress from 1947 to 1969. Certain subcommittees and special committees are included because of their past importance or interest. The evolution of some committees also is indicated, such as the first one listed, the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, which originally was the Special Committee on Space and Astronautics.
SENATE
Special Committee on Space and Astronautics
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D Texas-1957-1958)
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D Texas-1958-1961)
- Robert S. Kerr (D Okla.-1961-1963)
- Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.-1963- )
Agriculture and Forestry
- Arthur Capper (R Kan.-1947-1949)
- Elmer Thomas (D Okla.-1949-1951)
- Allen J. Ellender (D La.-1951-1953)
- George D. Aiken (R Vt.-1953-1955)
- Allen J. Ellender (D La.-1955- )
Appropriations
- Styles Bridges (R N.H.-1947-1949)
- Kenneth McKellar (D Tenn.-1949-1953)
- Styles Bridges (R N.H.-1953-1955)
- Carl Hayden (D Ariz.-1955-1969)
- Richard B. Russell (D Ga.-1969- )
Armed Services
- Chan Gurney (R S.D.-1947-1949)
- Millard E. Tydings (D Md.-1949-1951)
- Richard B. Russell (D Ga.-1951-1953)
- Leverett Saltonstall (R Mass. -1953-1955)
- Richard B. Russell (D Ga.-1955-1969)
- John C. Stennis (D Miss.-1969- )
Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D Texas-1950-1953)
- (Seven special subcommittees were appointed by committee chairman Leverett Saltonstall (R Mass.) to investigate specific problems, 1953-1955.)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D Texas-1955-1961)
- John Stennis (D Miss.-1961- )
Banking and Currency
- Charles W. Tobey (R N.H.-1947-1949)
- Burnet R. Maybank (D S.C.-1949-1953)
- Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.-1953-1955)
- J.W. Fulbright (D Ark.-1955-1959)
- A. Willis Robertson (D Va.-1959-1967)
- John J. Sparkman (D Ala.-1967- )
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Wallace H. White (R Maine-1947-1949)
- Edwin C. Johnson (D Colo.-1949-1953)
- Charles W. Tobey (R N.H.-1953)
- John W. Bricker (R Ohio-1953-1955)
- Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.-1955-1961)
Commerce (renamed)
- Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.-1961- )
District of Columbia
- C. Douglass Buck (R Del.-1947-1949)
- J. Howard McGrath (D R.I.-1949-1951)
- Matthew M. Neely (D W. Va.-1951-1953)
- Francis Case (R S.D.-1953-1955)
- Matthew M. Neely (D W. Va.-1955-1959)
- Alan Bible (D Nev.-1959-1969)
- Joseph D. Tydings (D Md.-1969- )
Finance
- Eugene D. Milikin (R Colo.-1947-1949)
- Walter F. George (D Ga.-1949-1953)
- Eugene D. Millikin (R Colo.-1953-1955)
- Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1955-1965)
- Russell B. Long (D La.-1965- )
Foreign Relations
- Arthur H. Vandenberg (R Mich.-1947-1949)
- Tom Connally (D Texas-1949-1953)
- Alexander Wiley (R Wis.-1953-1955)
- Walter F. George (D Ga.-1955-1957)
- Theodore Francis Green (D R.I.-1957-1959)
- J.W. Fulbright (D Ark.-1959- )
Expenditures in the Executive Departments
- George D. Aiken (R Vt.-1947-1949)
- John L. McClellan (D Ark.-1949-1952)
Government Operations (renamed)
- John L. McClellan (D Ark.-1952-1953)
- Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.-1953-1955)
- John L. McClellan (D Ark.-1955- )
Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program 1947-1948
- Owen Brewster (R Maine-1947-1948)
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
- Homer Ferguson (R Mich.-1948-1949)
- Clyde R. Hoey (D N.C.-1949-1953)
- Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.-1953-1955)
- John L. McClellan (D Ark.-1955- )
Interior and Insular Affairs
- Hugh Butler (R Neb.-1947-1949)
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D Wyo.-1949-1953)
- Hugh Butler (R Neb.-1953-1954)
- Guy Cordon (R Ore.-1954-1955)
- James E. Murray (D Mont.-1955-1961)
- Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.-1961-1963)
- Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.-1963- )
Judiciary
- Alexander Wiley (R Wis.-1947-1949)
- Pat McCarran (D Nev.-1949-1953)
- William Langer (R N.D.-1953-1955)
- Harley M. Kilgore (D W.Va.-1955-1956)
- James O. Eastland (D Miss.-1956- )
Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
- Herbert R. O'Conor (D Md.-1951-1953)
- William Langer (R N.D.-1953-1955)
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D Wyo.-1955-1957)
- Estes Kefauver (D Tenn.-1957-1963)
- Philip A. Hart (D Mich.-1963- )
Internal Security Subcommittee
- Pat McCarran (D Nev.-1950-1953)
- William E. Jenner (R Ind.-1953-1955)
- James O. Eastland (D Miss.-1955- )
Labor and Public Welfare
- Robert A. Taft (R Ohio-1947-1949)
- Elbert D. Thomas (D Utah-1949-1951)
- James E. Murray (D Mont.-1951-1953)
- H. Alexander Smith (R N.J.-1953-1955)
- Lister Hill (D Ala.-1955-1969)
- Ralph W. Yarborough (D Texas-1969- )
Post Office and Civil Service
- William Langer (R N.D.-1947-1949)
- Olin D. Johnston (D S.C.-1949-1953)
- Frank Carlson (R Kan.-1953-1955)
- Olin D. Johnston (D S.C.-1955-1965)
- A.S. Mike Monroney (D Okla.-1965-1969)
- Gale W. McGee (D Wyo.-1969- )
Public Works
- Chapman Revercomb (R W.Va.-1947-1949)
- Dennis Chavez (D N.M.-1949-1953)
- Edward Martin (R Pa.-1953-1955)
- Dennis Chavez (D N.M.-1955-1962)
- Pat McNamara (D Mich.-1963-1966)
- Jennings Randolph (D W.Va.-1966- )
Rules and Administration
- C. Wayland Brooks (R Ill.-1947-1949)
- Carl Hayden (D Ariz.-1949-1953)
- William E. Jenner (R Ind.-1953-1955)
- Theodore Francis Green (D R.I.-1955-1957)
- Thomas C. Hennings (D Mo.-1957-1960)
- Mike Mansfield (D Mont.-1961-1963)
- B. Everett Jordan (D N.C.-1963- )
Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business
- Kenneth S. Wherry (R Neb.-1947-1949. The special committee expired Jan. 30, 1949)
Select Committee on Small Business
- John J. Sparkman (D Ala.-1950-1953)
- Edward J. Thye (R Minn.-1953-1955)
- John J. Sparkman (D Ala.-1955-1967)
- George A. Smathers (D Fla.-1967-1969)
- Alan Bible (D Nev.-1969- )
Subcommittee on the Aged and Aging of Senate Labor and Public Welfare
- Lister Hill (D Ala.-1959-1960)
Special Committee on Aging
- Pat McNamara (D Mich.-1960-1963)
- George A. Smathers (D Fla.-1963-1967)
- Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D N.J.-1967- )
Democratic Policy and Steering Committees
- Alben W. Barkley (D Ky.-1947-1949)
- Scott W. Lucas (D Ill.-1949-1951)
- Ernest W. McFarland (D Ariz.-1951-1953)
- Lyndon B. Johnson (D Texas-1953-1961)
- Mike Mansfield (D Mont.-1961- )
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
- Scott W. Lucas (D Ill.-1947-1949)
- Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.-1949-1951)
- Earle C. Clements (D Ky.-1951-1957)
- George A. Smathers (D Fla.-1957-1961)
- Vance Hartke (D Ind.-1961-1963)
- Warren G. Magnuson (D Wash.-1963-1967)
- Edmund S. Muskie (D Maine-1967-1969)
- Daniel K. Inouye (D Hawaii-1969- )
Republican Policy Committee
- Robert A. Taft (R Ohio-1947-1953)
- William F. Knowland (R Calif.-1953)
- Homer Ferguson (R Mich.-1953-1955)
- Styles Bridges (R N.H.-1955-61)
- Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R Iowa-1962-1969)
- Gordon Allott (R Colo.-1969- )
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
- John G. Townsend (Former Republican Sen. from Delaware, 1929-1941, Campaign Committee chairman, 1947-1949)
- Owen Brewster (R Maine-1949-1951)
- Everett McKinley Dirksen (R Ill.-1951-1955)
- Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.-1955-1956)
- Andrew F. Schoeppel (R Kan.-1956-1959)
- Barry Goldwater (R Ariz.-1959-1963)
- Thruston B. Morton (R Ky.-1963-1969)
- George Murphy (R Calif.-1967-1969)
- John G. Tower (R Texas-1969- )
Republican Committee on Committees
- Edward B. Robertson (R Wyo.-1947-1949)
- Hugh A. Butler (R Neb.-1949-1954)
- John W. Bricker (R Ohio-1954-1959)
- Andrew F. Schoeppel (R Kan.-1959-1962)
- Frank Carlson (R Kan.-1962-1969)
- John J. Williams (R Del.-1969- )
Republican Personnel Committee
- Harlan J. Bushfield (R S.D.-1947-1949)
- Styles Bridges (R N.H.-1949-1953)
- Edward Martin (R Pa.-1953-1959)
- Margaret Chase Smith (R Maine-1959-1963)
- Norris Cotton (R N.H.-1963- )
HOUSE
Agriculture
- Clifford R. Hope (R Kan.-1947-1949)
- Harold D. Cooley (D N.C.-1949-1953)
- Clifford R. Hope (R Kan.-1953-1955)
- Harold D. Cooley (D N.C.-1955-1967)
- W.R. Poage (D Texas-1967- )
Appropriations
- John Taber (R N.Y.-1947-1949)
- Clarence Cannon (D Mo.-1949-1953)
- John Taber (R N.Y.-1953-1955)
- Clarence Cannon (D Mo.-1955-1964)
- George H. Mahon (D Texas-1964- )
Armed Services
- Walter G. Andrews (R N.Y.-1947-1949)
- Carl Vinson (D Ga.-1949-1953)
- Dewey Short (R Mo.-1953-1955)
- Carl Vinson (D Ga.-1955-1965)
- L. Mendel Rivers (D S.C.-1965- )
Special Investigations Subcommittee
- F. Edward Hebert (D La.-1951-1953)
- William E. Hess (R Ohio-1953-1955)
- F. Edward Hebert (D La.-1955-1963)
- Porter Hardy (D Va.-1963-1969)
Armed Services Investigations (renamed)
- L. Mendel Rivers (D S.C.-1969- )
Banking and Currency
- Jesse P. Wolcott (R Mich.-1947-1949)
- Brent Spence (D Ky.-1949-1953)
- Jesse P. Wolcott (R Mich.-1953-1955)
- Brent Spence (D Ky.-1955-1963)
- Wright Patman (D Texas-1963- )
District of Columbia
- Everett M. Dirksen (R Ill.-1947-1949)
- John L. McMillan (D S.C.-1949-1953)
- Sid Simpson (R Ill.-1953-1955)
- John L. McMillan (D S.C.-1955- )
Education and Labor
- Fred A. Hartley (R N.J.-1947-1949)
- John Lesinski (D Mich.-1949-1950)
- Graham A. Barden (D N.C.-1950-1953)
- Samuel K. McConnell (R Pa.-1953-1955)
- Graham A. Barden (D N.C.-1955-1961)
- Adam C. Powell (D N.Y.-1961-1967)
- Carl D. Perkins (D Ky.-1967- )
Foreign Affairs
- Charles A. Eaton (R N.J.-1947-1949)
- John Kee (D W. Va.)-1949-1951)
- James P. Richards (D S.C.-1951-1953)
- Robert B. Chiperfield (R Ill.-1953-1955)
- James P. Richards (D S.C.-1955-1957)
- Thomas S. Gordon (D Ill.-1957-1959)
- Thomas E. Morgan (D Pa.-1959- )
Expenditures in the Executive Departments
- Clare E. Hoffman (R Mich.-1947-1949)
- William L. Dawson (D Ill.-1949-1952)
Government Operations (renamed)
- William L. Dawson (D Ill.-1952-1953)
- Clare E. Hoffman (R Mich.-1953-1955)
- William L. Dawson (D Ill.-1955- )
House Administration
- Karl M. LeCompte (R Iowa-1947-1949)
- Mary T. Norton (D N.J.-1949-1951)
- Thomas B. Stanley (D Va.-1951-1953)
- Karl M. LeCompte (R Iowa-1953-1955)
- Omar Burleson (D Texas-1955-1968)
- Samuel N. Friedel (D Md.-1968- )
Public Lands
- Richard J. Welch (R Calif.-1947-1949)
- Andrew L. Somers (D N.Y.-1949)
- J. Hardin Peterson (D Fla.-1949-1951)
Interior and Insular Affairs (renamed)
- John R. Murdock (D Ariz.-1951-1953)
- A.L. Miller (R Neb.-1953-1955)
- Clair Engle (D Calif.-1955-1959)
- Wayne N. Aspinall (D Colo. 1959- )
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Charles A. Wolverton (R N.J.-1947-1949)
- Robert Crosser (D Ohio-1949-1953)
- Charles A. Wolverton (R N.J.-1953-1955)
- J. Percy Priest (D Tenn.-1955-1957)
- Oren Harris (D Ark.-1957-1966)
- Harley O. Staggers (D W. Va.-1966- )
Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight 1957-1961
- Morgan M. Moulder (D Mo.-1957-1958)
- Oren Harris (D Ark.-1958-1961)
Special Subcommittee on Regulatory Agencies
- Oren Harris (D Ark.-1961-1963)
Special Subcommittee on Investigations
- Oren Harris (D Ark.-1963-1966)
- Harley O. Staggers (D W. Va.-1966- )
Judiciary
- Earl C. Michener (R Mich.-1947-1949)
- Emanuel Celler (D N.Y.-1949-1953)
- Chauncey W. Reed (R Ill.-1953-1955)
- Emanuel Celler (D N.Y.-1955- )
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Fred Bradley (R Mich.-1947)
- Alvin F. Weichel (R Ohio-1947-1949)
- Schuyler Otis Bland (D Va.-1949-1950)
- Edward J. Hart (D N.J.-1950-1953)
- Alvin F. Weichel (R Ohio-1953-1955)
- Herbert C. Bonner (D N.C.-1955-1966)
- Edward A. Garmatz (D Md.-1966- )
Post Office and Civil Service
- Edward H. Rees (R Kan.-1947-1949)
- Tom Murray (D Tenn.-1949-1953)
- Edward H. Rees (R Kan.-1953-1955)
- Tom Murray (D Tenn.-1955-1967)
- Thaddeus J. Dulski (D N.Y.-1967- )
Public Works
- George A. Dondero (R Mich.-1947-1949)
- William M. Whittington (D Miss.-1949-1951)
- Charles A. Buckley (D N.Y.-1951-1953)
- George A. Dondero (R Mich.-1953-1955)
- Charles A. Buckley (D N.Y.-1955-1965)
- George H. Fallon (D Md.-1965- )
Rules
- Leo E. Allen (R Ill.-1947-1949)
- Adolph J. Sabath (D Ill.-1949-1953)
- Leo E. Allen (R Ill.-1953-1955)
- Howard W. Smith (D Va.-1955-1967)
- William M. Colmer (D Miss.-1967- )
Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration 1958
- John W. McCormack (D Mass.-1958)
Science and Astronautics
- Overton Brooks (D La.-1959-1961)
- George P. Miller (D Calif.-1961- )
Un-American Activities
- J. Parnell Thomas (R N.J.-1947-1949)
- John S. Wood (D Ga.-1949-1953)
- Harold H. Velde (R Ill.-1953-1955)
- Francis E. Walter (D Pa.-1955-1963)
- Edwin E. Willis (D La.-1963-1969)
Internal Security (renamed)
- Richard H. Ichord (D Mo.-1969- )
Veterans' Affairs
- Edith Nourse Rogers (R Mass,-1947-1949)
- John E. Rankin (D Miss.-1949-1953)
- Edith Nourse Rogers (R Mass.-1953-1955)
- Olin E. Teague (D Texas-1955- )
Ways and Means
- (Democratic members serve as the Democratic Committee on Committees in the House)
- Harold Knutson (R Minn.-1947-1949)
- Robert L. Doughton (D N.C.-1949-1953)
- Daniel A. Reed (R N.Y.-1953-1955)
- Jere Cooper (D Tenn.-1955-1957)
- Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark.-1958- )
Select Small Business
- Walter C. Ploeser (R Mo.-1947-1949)
- Wright Patman (D Texas-1949-1953)
- William S. Hill (R Colo.-1953-1955)
- Wright Patman (D Texas-1955-1963)
- Joe L. Evins (D Tenn.-1963- )
Democratic National Congressional Committee
- Michael J. Kirwan (D Ohio-1947- )
Democratic Patronage Committee
- Francis E. Walter (D Pa.-1949-1953, 1955-1963)
- Harry R. Sheppard (D Calif.-1963-1965)
- Joel L. Evins (D Tenn.-1965- )
Republican Policy Committee
- Joseph W. Martin (R Mass.-1947-1959)
- John W. Byrnes (R Wis.-1959-1965)
- John J. Rhodes (R Ariz.-1965- )
Republican Committee on Committees
- Joseph W. Martin (R Mass.-1947-1953)
- Charles A. Halleck (R Ind.-1953-1955)
- Joseph W. Martin (R Mass.-1955-1959)
- Charles A. Halleck (R Ind.-1959-1965)
- Gerald R. Ford (R Mich.-1965- )
National Republican Congressional Committee
- Leonard W. Hall (R N.Y.-1947-1953)
- Richard M. Simpson (R Pa.-1953-1960)
- William E. Miller (R N.Y.-1960-1961)
- Bob Wilson (R Calif.-1961- )
Republican Patronage Committee
- Leo E. Allen (R Ill.-1947-1949, 1953-1955)
JOINT COMMITTEES
Atomic Energy
- Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R Iowa-1947-1949)
- Sen. Brien McMahon (D Conn.-1949-1953)
- Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R N.Y.-1953-1955)
- Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.-1955-1957)
- Rep. Carl T. Durham (D N.C.-1957-1959)
- Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.-1959-1961)
- Rep. Chet Holifield (D Calif.-1961-1963)
- Sen. John O. Pastore (D R.I.-1963-1965)
- Rep. Chet Holifield (D Calif.-1965-1967)
- Sen. John O. Pastore (D R.I.-1967-1969)
- Rep. Chet Holifield (D Calif.-1969- )
Defense Production
- Sen. Burnet R. Maybank (D S.C.-1950-1953)
- Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R Ind.-1953-1955)
- Rep. Paul Brown (D Ga.-1955-1957)
- Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D Va.-1957-1959)
- Rep. Paul Brown (D Ga.-1959-1961)
- Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D Va.-1961-1963)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1963-1965)
- Sen. A. Willis Robertson (D Va.-1965-1967)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1967-1969)
- Sen. John J. Sparkman (D Ala.-1969- )
Economic
- Sen. Robert A. Taft (R Ohio-1947-1949)
- Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D Wyo.-1949-1953)
- Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott (R Mich.-1953-1955)
- Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D Ill.-1955-1957)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1957-1959)
- Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D Ill.-1959-1961)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1961-1963)
- Sen. Paul H. Douglas (D Ill.-1963-1965)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1965-1967)
- Sen. William Proxmire (D Wis.-1967-1969)
- Rep. Wright Patman (D Texas-1969- )
Internal Revenue Taxation
- Rep. Harold Knutson (R Minn.-1947-1948)
- Sen. Eugene D. Millikin (R Colo.-1948-1949)
- Rep. Robert L. Doughton (D N.C.-1949-1950)
- Sen. Walter F. George (D Ga.-1950-1951)
- Rep. Robert L. Doughton (D N.C.-1951-1952)
- Sen. Walter F. George (D Ga.-1952-1953)
- Rep. Daniel A. Reed (R N.Y.-1953-1954)
- Sen. Eugene D. Millikin (R Colo.-1954-1955)
- Rep. Jere Cooper (D Tenn.-1955-1956)
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1956-1957)
- Rep. Jere Cooper (D Tenn.-1957-1958)
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1958-1959)
- Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark.-1959-1960)
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1960-1961)
- Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark.-1961-1962)
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1962-1963)
- Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark.-1963-1965)
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1965- )
- Sen. Russell B. Long (D La.-1965-1967)
- Rep. Wilbur D. Mills (D Ark.-1967-1969)
- Sen. Russell B. Long (D La.-1969- )
Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
- Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D Va.-1947-1965)
- Rep. George H. Mahon (D Texas-1965- )
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