Name

State

Party

Terms in House

Terms as Chairman

Jerry Lewis

CA

Republican

1979-

2005-2006

C.W. Bill Young

FL

Republican

1973-

1999-2005

Robert L. Livingston

LA

Republican

1977-99

1995-98

David R. Obey

WI

Democrat

1969-

1994-95

William H. Natcher

KY

Democrat

1953-94

1993-94

Jamie L. Whitten

MS

Democrat

1941-95

1979-93

George H. Mahon

TX

Democrat

1935-79

1964-79

John Taber

NY

Republican

1923-63

1947-48; 1953-54

Clarence Cannon

MO

Democrat

1923-64

1941-46; 1949-52; 1955-64

Edward T. Taylor

CO

Democrat

1909-41

1937-41

James P. Buchanan

TX

Democrat

1913-37

1933-37

Joseph W. Byrns

TN

Democrat

1909-36

1931-33

William R. Wood

IN

Republican

1915-31

1929-31

Daniel R. Anthony, Jr.

KS

Republican

1907-29

1928-29

Martin B. Madden

IL

Republican

1905-28

1921-28

James W. Good

IA

Republican

1909-21

1919-21

J. Swager Sherley

KY

Democrat

1903-19

1918-19

John J. Fitzgerald

NY

Democrat

1899-1917

1911-17

James A. Tawney

MN

Republican

1893-1911

1905-11

James A. Hemenway

IN

Republican

1895-1905

1903-05

Joseph D. Sayers

TX

Democrat

1885-99

1893-95

Joseph G. Cannon

IL

Republican

1873-91; 1893-13; 1915-23

1889-91; 1895-1903

Frank Hiscock

NY

Republican

1877-87

1881-83

John D.C. Atkins

TN

Democrat

1857-59; 1873-83

1877-81

William S. Holman

IN

Democrat

1859-65; 1867-77; 1881-95; 1897

1876-77; 1891-93

Samuel J Randall

PA

Democrat

1863-90

1875-76; 1883-89

James A. Garfield

OH

Republican

1863-80

1871-75

Henry L. Dawes

MA

Republican

1857-75

1869-71

Elihu B. Washburne

IL

Whig & Republican

1853-69

1868-69

Thaddeus Stevens

PA

1849-53; 1859-68

1865-68