List of Committee Chairpersons

  • Committee on Agriculture
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Agriculture

  • Committee on Appropriations
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Appropriations

  • Committee on Armed Services
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Armed Services
    *The Committee on Armed Services was established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Its name remained unchanged until the 104th Congress when it was renamed as the Committee on National Security. Its original name was again adopted for the 106th Congress.

  • Committee on Budget
    93rd Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Budget

  • Committee on District of Columbia
    80th Congress - 103rd Congress
    Committee Chairmen of District of Columbia

  • Committee on Education and Labor
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Education and Labor
    * The Committee on Education and Labor was established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Its name remained unchanged until 104th Congress when it became the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. One term later its name was changed to Education and the Workforce which it retained through the 109th Congress. In the 110th Congress, its name was changed back to Education and Labor.

  • Committee on Energy and Commerce
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Energy and Commerce
    *This committee was originally the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This name was changed effective for the 97th Congress to "Energy and Commerce. The committee’s name was changed for the 104th Congress to Commerce, but was changed back to Energy and Commerce for the 107th Congress.

  • Committee on Financial Services
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Financial Services
    * The Committee on Financial Services was originally titled Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs in the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. It kept this name through the 103rd Congress. In the 104th Congress, the committee was renamed Banking and Financial Services. In the 107th Congress, the committee was again renamed Financial Services, and it has held this title to the present.

  • Committee on Foreign Affairs
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Foreign Affairs
    *The Committee on Foreign Affairs was given its name under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Its name was changed for the 94th Congress to the Committee on International Relations. However, it was changed back to “Foreign Affairs” for the 96th Congress. Its name was again changed to “International Relations” for the 104th – 109th Congresses, after which its original name was again restored in the 110th Congress.

  • Committee on Homeland Security
    109th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Homeland Security

  • Committee on House Administration
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of House Administration
    *The Committee on House Administration was established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Its name remained unchanged until the 104th Congress when it was renamed the Committee on House Oversight. In the 106th Congress, the original name was again adopted.

  • Committee on Internal Security
    80th Congress - 93rd Congress
    Committee Chairmen of Internal Security
    *This committee was originally established as the Committee on Un-American Activities under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Its name was changed to the Committee on Internal Security for the 92nd Congress which it retained until its termination following the 93rd Congress.

  • Committee on Judiciary
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Judiciary

  • Committee on Merchant and Marine Fisheries
    80th Congress - 103rd Congress
    Committee Chairmen of Merchant and Marine Fisheries

  • Committee on Natural Resources
    80th Congress-Present
    Committee Chairmen of Merchant and Marine Fisheries
    * The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 originally established this committee as the Committee on Public Lands. Its name was changed to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs which it maintained until the 104th Congress when its name was changed to the Committee on Resources through the 109th Congress. In the 110th Congress, its name was changed to the Committee on Natural Resources.

  • Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
    90th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Standards of Official Conduct

  • Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    80th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Oversight and Government Reform
    * This committee was originally established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 as the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. Its name was changed to the Committee on Government Operations for the 83rd Congress which it retained until the 104th Congress when it was changed to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Its name was changed to the Committee on Government Reform for the 106th Congress. It was changed again to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the 110th Congress.

  • Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
    80th Congress - 103rd Congress
    Committee Chairmen of Standards of Official Conduct

  • Committee on Rules
    80th Congress - present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Rules

  • Committee on Science and Technology
    86th Congress - Present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Science and Technology
    * The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 established the Committee on Science and Astronautics. This name was continued through the 93rd Congress, after which the committee was renamed as the Committee on Science and Technology. The committee's name was changed again for the 100th Congress to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Another changed occurred in the 104th Congress, changing the name to the Committee on Science. This name was adopted until the 110th Congress when it was again renamed the Committee on Science and Technology.

  • Committee on Small Business
    94th Congress - present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Small Business

  • Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
    80th Congress - present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Small Business
    * This committee was established under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 as the Committee on Public Works. This name was changed to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation for the 94th Congress until the 104th Congress when it was changed to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  • Committee on Veterans' Affairs
    80th Congress - present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  • Committee on Ways and Means
    80th Congress - present
    Committee Chairmen of Committee on Ways and Means