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Historical Data

Black Americans Who Have Chaired Congressional Committees, 1870–Present

Black-American Congressional Committee Chairs
Congress/Year Member’s Name House Committee
111th (2009–2011) John Conyers, Jr.Judiciary
 Charles B. RangelWays and Means
 Charles B. RangelJoint Committee on Taxation
 Bennie ThompsonHomeland Security
 Edolphus TownsOversight and Government Reform
110th (2007–2009) John Conyers, Jr.Judiciary
 Stephanie Tubbs Jones 1Standards of Official Conduct
 Juanita Millender-McDonald 2House Administration
 Charles B. RangelWays and Means
 Bennie ThompsonHomeland Security
109th (2005–2007) N/A
108th (2003–2005) N/A
107th (2001–2003) N/A
106th (1999–2001) N/A
105th (1997–1999) N/A
104th (1995–1997) N/A
103rd (1993–1995) William Lacy (Bill) Clay, Sr.Post Office and Civil Service
 John Conyers, Jr.Government Operations
 Ronald V. DellumsArmed Services
102nd (1991–1993) William Lacy (Bill) Clay, Sr.Post Office and Civil Service
 John Conyers, Jr.Government Operations
 Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Charles B. Rangel Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
 Louis StokesStandards of Official Conduct
101st (1989–1991) John Conyers, Jr.Government Operations
 Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Julian Carey DixonStandards of Official Conduct
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsEducation and Labor
 George Thomas (Mickey) Leland Hunger (Select)
 Charles B. Rangel Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
100th (1987–1989) Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Julian Carey DixonStandards of Official Conduct
 William Herbert Gray IIIBudget
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsEducation and Labor
 George Thomas (Mickey) Leland Hunger (Select)
 Charles B. Rangel Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
 Louis Stokes Intelligence (Permanent Select)
99th (1985–1987) Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Julian Carey DixonStandards of Official Conduct
 William Herbert Gray IIIBudget
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsEducation and Labor
 George Thomas (Mickey) Leland Hunger (Select)
 Parren James MitchellSmall Business
 Charles B. Rangel Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
98th (1983–1985) Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsEducation and Labor
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsHouse Administration
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsJoint Committee on Printing
 George Thomas (Mickey) Leland Hunger (Select)
 Parren James MitchellSmall Business
 Charles B. Rangel Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
 Louis StokesStandards of Official Conduct
97th (1981–1983) Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsHouse Administration
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsJoint Committee on the Library
 Parren James MitchellSmall Business
 Louis StokesStandards of Official Conduct
96th (1979–1981) Ronald V. DellumsDistrict of Columbia
 Augustus Freeman (Gus) HawkinsJoint Committee on Printing
95th (1977–1979) Yvonne Brathwaite Burke House Beauty Shop (Select)
 Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.District of Columbia
 Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr.Post Office and Civil Service
 Louis Stokes Assassinations (Select)
94th (1975–1977) Yvonne Brathwaite Burke House Beauty Shop (Select)
 Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.District of Columbia
93rd (1973–1975) Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.District of Columbia
92nd (1971–1973) N/A
91st (1969–1971) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
90th (1967–1969) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
89th (1965–1967) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.Education and Labor
88th (1963–1965) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.Education and Labor
87th (1961–1963) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.Education and Labor
86th (1959–1961) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
85th (1957–1959) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
84th (1955–1957) William Levi DawsonGovernment Operations
83rd (1953–1955) N/A
82nd (1951–1953) William Levi DawsonExpenditures in Executive Departments
81st (1949–1951) William Levi DawsonExpenditures in Executive Departments
Black-American Congressional Committee Chairs
Congress/Year Member’s Name Senate Committee
46th (1879–1881) Blanche Kelso Bruce Investigate the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company (Select)
45th (1877–1879) Blanche Kelso Bruce Levees of the Mississippi River (Select)

Footnotes

  1. Stephanie Tubb Jones died on August 20, 2008.
  2. Juanita Millender-McDonald died on April 22, 2007.