Committee Chairmen
Thirty one have served as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. The first chair was Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. James Garfield of Ohio chaired the Committee before becoming President. Former chairs Samuel Randall of Pennsylvania, Joseph Cannon of Illinois, and Joseph Byrns of Tennessee all went on to become Speaker of the House.
CHAIRMAN |
CONGRESS |
TERM |
(Whig & Republican) |
39th - 40th, lst & 2nd
|
Dec. 1865 - Aug. 1868
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(Whig & Republican)
|
40th, 3rd Sess.
|
Dec. 1868 - Mar. 1869
|
41st |
Mar. 1869 - Mar. 1871 |
|
42nd - 43rd |
Mar. 1871 - Mar. 1875 |
|
44th, lst Sess. |
Dec. 1875 - Aug. 1876 |
|
44th, 2nd Sess. |
Dec. 1876 - Mar. 1877 |
|
45th - 46th |
Oct. 1877 - Mar. 1881 |
|
47th |
Dec. 1881 - Mar. 1883 |
|
48th - 50th |
Dec. 1883 - Mar. 1889 |
|
51st |
Dec. 1889 - Mar. 1891 |
|
52nd |
Dec. 1891 - Mar. 1893 |
|
53rd |
Aug. 1893 - Mar. 1895 |
|
54th - 57th |
Dec. 1895 - Mar. 1903 |
|
58th |
Nov. 1903 - Mar. 1905 |
|
59th - 61st |
Dec. 1905 - Mar. 1911 |
|
62nd - 65th, 1st & 2nd |
Apr. 1911 - Dec. 1917 |
|
65th, 2nd |
Jan. 1918 - Mar. 1919 |
|
66th - 67th, 1st |
May 1919 - June 1921 |
|
67th, 1st - 70th, 1st |
June 1921 - Apr. 1928 |
|
70th, 2nd |
Dec. 1928 - Mar. 1929 |
|
71st |
Apr. 1929 - Mar. 1931 |
|
72nd |
Dec. 1931 - Mar. 1933 |
|
73rd - 75th, lst |
Mar. 1933 - Feb. 1937 |
|
75th, 1st - 77th, lst |
Mar. 1937 - Sep. 1941 |
|
77th, 1st - 79th |
Sep. 1941 - Aug. 1946 |
|
John Taber, NY (R) |
80th |
Jan. 1947 - Dec. 1948 |
81st - 82nd |
Jan. 1949 - July 1952 |
|
John Taber, NY (R) |
83rd |
Jan. 1953 - Dec. 1954 |
84th - 88th, 2nd |
Jan. 1955 - May 1964 |
|
88th, 2nd - 95th |
May 1964 - Jan. 1979 |
|
96th - 102nd |
Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1993 |
|
103rd, 1st & 2nd |
Jan. 1993 - Mar. 1994 |
|
103rd, 2nd |
Mar. 1994 - Jan. 1995 |
|
104th – 105th |
Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1999 |
|
106th - 108th |
Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2005 |
|
Jerry Lewis, CA (R) |
109th |
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2007 |
110th |
Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2011 |
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112th - |
Jan. 2011 - |
(*Died in Office) |