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Master list

Member	In Congress	Committee	Congress	Rank
Alva B. Adams (D-CO), Done
George D. Aiken (R-VT), Done
Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI), Done
Russell A. Alger (R-MI)	1902-1907	Not listed as having any committee assignments	57	^[1]
		Coast Defenses	58-59
		Commerce	58-59
		Examination and Dispositions of Documents	58-59	Chairman (59)
		Industrial Expositions	58-59
		Military Affairs	58-59
		Pensions	58-59
		Revolutionary Claims	58-59
		Pacific Railroads	59	Chairman (59)
J. Frank Allee (R-DE)	1903-1907	Claims	58-59
		Coast and Insular Survey	58-59
		Condition of the Potomac River Front	58
		Manufactures	58-59
		Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of the Executive Departments	58-59	Chairman (58) from January 6, 1905
		Indian Depredations	58-59	Chairman (58) until January 6, 1905
		Railroads	58-59	Chairman (59)
		Transportation Routes to the Seaboard	58-
		District of Columbia	59
John B. Allen (R-WA)	1889-1889 (House) 1889-1893 (Senate)
William V. Allen (Pop-NE), Done
William B. Allison (R-IA)	1863-1871 (House) 1873-1908 (Senate)
Charles O. Andrews (D-FL)	1936-1946
Levi Ankeny (R-WA)	1903-1909
Henry B. Anthony (W/R-RI)	1859-1884
Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ)	1912-1941

^ Official Congressional Directory, 57th Congress, 2nd Session, 1st edition. 1902. Page 159

Standing Committees, chairmen only

There were 17 standing committees during the 19th Congress, with 5 members each. Committees were reconstitued with each session of congress. Some members served on the committees during both sessions, while others served only one. Chairmanships also often changed from one session to the next, and committee seniority was determined independent of a member's political party.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Nathaniel Macon (J-NC), Chairman
Nathan Sanford (A-NY), Chairman

Senate Finance Committee

Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman

Senate Commerce Committee

James Lloyd (A-MA), Chairman
Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA), Chairman

Senate Manufactures Committee

Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman

Senate Agriculture Committee

William Findlay (J-PA), Chairman
Calvin Willey (A-CT), Chairman

Senate Military Affairs Committee

William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman

Militia

John Chandler (J-ME), Chairman

Senate Naval Affairs Committee

Robert Y. Hayne (J-SC), Chairman

Senate Public Lands Committee

David Barton (A-MO), Chairman

Standing Committees

There were 17 standing committees during the 19th Congress, with 5 members each. Committees were reconstitued with each session of congress. Some members served on the committees during both sessions, while others served only one. Chairmanships also often changed from one session to the next, and committee seniority was determined independent of a member's political party.

Foreign Relations

Nathaniel Macon (J-NC), Chairman
Littleton W. Tazewell (J-VA)
John Gaillard (J-SC)
Elijah H. Mills (A-MA)
Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)

Nathan Sanford (A-NY), Chairman
Littleton W. Tazewell (J-VA)
Nathaniel Macon (J-NC)
Samuel Bell (A-NH)
Henry H. Chambers (J-AL)

Finance

Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman
John M. Berrien (J-GA)
John Holmes (A-ME)
Robert Y. Hayne (J-SC)
Levi Woodbury (J-NH)

Samuel Smith (J-MD), Chairman
John Holmes (A-ME)
Hugh Lawson White (J-TN)
William Smith (J-SC)
Dudley Chase (A-VT)

Commerce

James Lloyd (A-MA), Chairman
Nicholas Van Dyke (A-DE)
Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA)
Thomas H. Williams (J-MS)
Henry W. Edwards (J-CT)

Josiah S. Johnston (A-LA), Chairman
Nathaniel Silsbee (A-MA)
Henry W. Edwards (J-CT)
Levi Woodbury (J-NH)
John Rowan (J-KY)

Manufactures

Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman
Benjamin Ruggles (A-OH)
William Findlay (J-PA)
James Lloyd (A-MA)
Thomas Clayton (A-DE)

Mahlon Dickerson (J-NJ), Chairman
Benjamin Ruggles (A-OH)
Thomas Clayton (A-DE)
Thomas B. Reed (J-MS)
Nehemiah R. Knight (A-RI)

Agriculture

William Findlay (J-PA), Chairman
Edward Lloyd (J-MD)
John Branch (J-NC)
Levi Woodbury (J-NH), 2nd
Dominique J. Bouligny (A-LA)

Calvin Willey (A-CT), Chairman
John Branch (J-NC)
Dominique J. Bouligny (A-LA)
Ephraim Bateman (A-NJ)
Daniel Rodney (A-DE)

Military Affairs

William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman
Thomas H. Benton (J-MO)
John Chandler (J-ME)
William Hendricks (A-IN)
Richard M. Johnson (J-KY)

William Henry Harrison (A-OH), Chairman
John Chandler (J-ME)
Thomas H. Benton (J-MO)
Richard M. Johnson (J-KY)
William Marks (A-PA)

19th Congress

Note: Committees members were reassigned with each new session of Congress.

Party Key
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Adams (A)	Jacksonian (J)

Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Foreign Relations	Nathaniel Macon, Chairman, North Carolina Littleton W. Tazewell, Virginia John Gaillard, South Carolina Elijah H. Mills, Massachusetts Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee	Nathan Sanford, Chairman, New York Littleton W. Tazewell, Virginia Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina Samuel Bell, New Hampshire Henry H. Chambers, Alabama
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Finance	Samuel Smith, Chairman, Maryland	Samuel Smith, Chairman, Maryland
	John M. Berrien, Georgia	John Holmes, Maine
	John Holmes, Maine	Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee
	Robert Y. Hayne, South Carolina	William Smith, South Carolina
	Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire	Dudley Chase, Vermont
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Commerce	James Lloyd, Chairman, Massachusetts	Josiah S. Johnston, Chairman, Louisiana
	Nicholas Van Dyke, Delaware	Nathaniel Silsbee, Massachusetts
	Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana	Henry W. Edwards, Connecticut
	Thomas H. Williams, Mississippi	Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire)
	Henry W. Edwards, Connecticut	John Rowan, Kentucky
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Manufactures	Mahlon Dickerson, Chairman, New Jersey	Mahlon Dickerson, Chairman, New Jersey
	Benjamin Ruggles, Ohio	Benjamin Ruggles, Ohio
	William Findlay, Pennsylvania	Thomas Clayton, Delaware
	James Lloyd, Massashusetts	Thomas B. Reed, Mississippi
	Thomas Clayton, Delaware	Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Agriculture	William Findlay, Chairman, Pennsylvania	Calvin Willey, Chairman, Connecticut
	Edward Lloyd, Maryland	John Branch, North Carolina
	John Branch, North Carolina	Dominique J. Bouligny, Louisiana
	Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire	Ephraim Bateman, New Jersey
	Dominique J. Bouligny, Louisiana	Daniel Rodney, Delaware
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Military Affairs	William Henry Harrison, Chairman, Ohio	William Henry Harrison, Chairman, Ohio
	Thomas H. Benton, Missouri	John Chandler, Maine
	John Chandler, Maine	Thomas H. Benton, Missouri
	William Hendricks, Indiana	Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky
	Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky	William Marks, Pennsylvania
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Militia	John Chandler, Chairman, Maine	John Chandler Chairman, Maine
	John Branch, North Carolina	John Branch, North Carolina
	Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island	Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island
	William Henry Harrison, Ohio	William Henry Harrison, Ohio
	Samuel Bell, New Hampshire	William Findlay, Pennsylvania
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Naval Affairs	Robert Y. Hayne, Chairman, South Carolina	Robert Y. Hayne, Chairman, South Carolina
	Thomas H. Williams, Mississippi	Thomas H. Williams, Mississippi
	Horatio Seymour, Vermont	Elias K. Kane, Illinois
	Asher Robbins, Rhode Island	Asher Robbins, Rhode Island
	Elias K. Kane, Illinois	Horatio Seymour, Vermont
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Public Lands	David Barton, Chairman, Missouri	David Barton, Chairman, Missouri
	Jesse B. Thomas, Illinois	William R. D. King, Alabama
	John H. Eaton, Tennessee	John H. Eaton, Tennessee
	William R. D. King, Alabama	Jesse B. Thomas, Illinois
	Nicholas Van Dyke, Delaware	Thomas B. Reed, Mississippi
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Indian Affairs	Thomas H. Benton, Chairman, Missouri	Thomas H. Benton, Chairman, Missouri
	Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee	William R. D. King, Alabama
	William R. D. King, Alabama	Henry W. Edwards, Connecticut
	Henry W. Edwards, Connecticut	William Hendricks, Indiana
	Thomas W. Cobb, Georgia	Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Claims	Benjamin Ruggles, Chairman, Ohio	Benjamin Ruggles, Chairman, Ohio
	Samuel Bell, New Hampshire	Samuel Bell, New Hampshire
	Dudley Chase, Vermont	Thomas Clayton, Delaware
	Joseph McIlvaine, New Jersey	[Ephraim Bateman]], New Jersey
	Thomas Clayton, Delaware	Thomas W. Cobb, Georgia
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Judiciary	Martin Van Buren, Chairman, New York	Martin Van Buren, Chairman, New York
	John Holmes, Maine	John Macpherson Berrien, Georgia
	John Rowan, Kentucky	John Holmes, Maine
	John Macpherson Berrien, Georgia	Asher Robbins, Rhode Island
	Elijah H. Mills, Massachusetts	Horatio Seymour, Vermont
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Post Office and Post Roads	Richard M. Johnson, Chairman, Kentucky	Richard M. Johnson, Chairman, Kentucky
	Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana	Jesse B. Thomas, Illinois
	Jesse B. Thomas, Illinois	John Branch, North Carolina
	Joseph McIlvaine, New Jersey	Nathaniel Silsbee, Massachusetts
	Calvin Willey, Connecticut	William Findlay, Pennsylvania
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Pensions	James Noble, Chairman, Indiana	James Noble, Chairman, Indiana
	Dudley Chase, Vermont	William Marks, Pennsylvania
	William Marks, Pennsylvania	Thomas W. Cobb, Georgia
	Thomas W. Cobb, Georgia	Dudley Chase, Vermont
	Powhatan Ellis, Mississippi	Calvin Willey, Connecticut
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
District of Columbia	Edward Lloyd, Maryland	Ezekiel F. Chambers, Chairman, Maryland
	John Rowan, Kentucky	John H. Eaton, Tennessee
	James Noble, Indiana	James Noble, Indiana
	John H. Eaton, Tennessee	John Rowan, Kentucky
	Dominique J. Bouligny, Louisiana	Dominique J. Bouligny, Louisiana
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Contingent Expenses of the Senate	Horatio Seymour, Chairman, Vermont	Elias Kane, Chairman, Illinois
	Elias Kane, Illinois	William Hendricks, Indiana
	William Hendricks, Indiana	Thomas H. Williams, Mississippi
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Engrossed Bills	William Marks, Chairman, Pennsylvania	William Marks, Chairman, Pennsylvania
	Calvin Willey, Connecticut	Ephraim Bateman, New Jersey
	Powhatan Ellis, Mississippi	Daniel Rodney, Delaware
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt (Select)	Richard M. Johnson, Chairman, Kentucky	Richard M. Johnson, Chairman, Kentucky
	Robert Y. Hayne, South Carolina	Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina
	James Lloyd, Massachusetts	John M. Berrien, Georgia
	Nicholas Van Dyke, Delaware	William Henry Harrison, Ohio
	Elijah H. Mills, Massachusetts	Henry H. Chambers, Alabama
	Thomas H. Benton, Missouri	None
	John M. Berrien, Georgia	None
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Roads and Canals (Select)	William Hendricks, Chairman, Indiana	William Hendricks, Chairman, Indiana
	Dudley Chase, Vermont	William Marks, Pennsylvania
	William Marks, Pennsylvania	Jesse B. Thomas, Illinois
	Thomas Clayton, Delaware	Dudley Chase, Vermont
	William R. D. King, Alabama	William R. D. King, Alabama

20th Congress

Party Key
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Adams (A)	Jacksonian (J)

21st Congress

Party Key
Anti-Jacksonian (AJ)	Jacksonian (J)

Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Foreign Relations	Littleton W. Tazewell, Chairman, Virginia
	Nathan Sanford, New York
	Hugh Lawson White, Tennessee
	Samuel Bell, New Hampshire
	William R. D. King, Alabama
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Finance	Samuel Smith, Chairman, Maryland
	William Smith, South Carolina
	Nathaniel Silsbee, Massachusetts
	William R. D. King, Alabama
	Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Commerce	Levi Woodbury, Chairman, New Hampshire
	Josiah S. Johnston, Louisiana
	Nathaniel Silsbee, Massachusetts
	Nathan Sanford, New York
	John Forsyth, Georgia
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Manufactures	Mahlon Dickerson, Chairman, New Jersey
	Benjamin Ruggles, Ohio
	Nehemiah R. Knight, Rhode Island
	Horatio Seymour, Vermont
	George M. Bibb, Kentucky
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Agriculture	William Marks, Chairman, Pennsylvania
	Calvin Willey, Connecticut
	James Noble, Indiana
	John McLean, Illinois	Bedford Brown, North Carolina
	Horatio Seymour, Vermont
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Military Affairs	Thomas H. Benton, Chairman, Missouri
	Isaac D. Barnard, Pennsylvania
	George M. Troup, Georgia
	William Hendricks, Indiana	Arnold Naudain, Delaware
	Edward Livingston, Louisiana	James Iredell, North Carolina
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Militia	Isaac D. Barnard, Chairman, Pennsylvania
	John Tyler, Virginia	Theodore Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
	John M. Clayton, Delaware
	Charles E. Dudley, New York	James Noble, Indiana
	James Noble, Indiana	George M. Bibb, Georgia
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Naval Affairs	Robert Y. Hayne, Chairman, South Carolina
	Littleton W. Tazewell, Virginia
	Asher Robbins, Rhode Island
	Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire	Edward Livingston, Louisiana
	Daniel Webster, Massachusetts
Committee	Members
Committee	1st Session	2nd Session
Public Lands	David Barton, Chairman, Missouri
	Edward Livingston, Louisiana	John McKinley, Alabama
	Elias Kane, Illinois
	Powhatan Ellis, Mississippi
	John McKinley, Alabama	Peleg Sprague, Maine

22nd through 24th Congress

Party Key Senate
Anti-Jacksonian (AJ)	Jacksonian (J)	Nullifier (N)

Party Key House
Anti-Jacksonian (AJ)	Jacksonian (J)
Anti Masonic (AM)	Nullifier (N)

25th-26th Congress

Party Key Senate
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)

Party Key House
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)
Anti Masonic (AM)	Nullifier (N)

26th Congress

Party Key House
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)
Anti Masonic (AM)	Conservative (C)

27th Congress

Party Key Senate
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)

Party Key House
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)	Independent Democrat (ID)/Independent (I)

28th Congress

Party Key House
Democratic (D)	Whig (W)	Law and Order (LO)
Independent Democrat (ID) Independent (I) Independent Whig (IW)

108th Congress

Party Key
Republican (R)	Democratic (D)

Committee	Members
Committee	Majority	Minority
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry	Thad Cochran, Chairman, Mississippi Dick Lugar, Indiana Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Pat Roberts, Kansas Peter Fitzgerald, Illinois Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Norm Coleman, Minnesota Mike Crapo, Idaho Jim Talent, Missouri Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina Chuck Grassley, Iowa	Tom Harkin, Ranking Member, Iowa Pat Leahy, Vermont Kent Conrad, North Dakota Tom Daschle, South Dakota Max Baucus, Montana Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Zell Miller, Georgia Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Ben Nelson, Nebraska Mark Dayton, Minnesota
Committee	Members
Committee	Majority	Minority
Appropriations	Ted Stevens, Chairman, Alaska Thad Cochran, Mississippi Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Pete Domenici, New Mexico Kit Bond, Missouri Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Conrad Burns, Montana Richard Shelby, Alabama Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Robert Bennett, Utah Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado Larry Craig, Idaho Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Mike DeWine, Ohio Sam Brownback, Kansas	Robert Byrd, Ranking Member, West Virginia Daniel Inouye, Hawaii Fritz Hollings, South Carolina Patrick Leahy, Vermont Tom Harkin, Iowa Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Harry Reid, Nevada Herb Kohl, Wisconsin Patty Murray, Washington Byron Dorgan, North Dakota Dianne Feinstein, California Richard Durbin, Illinois Tim Johnson, South Dakota Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Committee	Members
Committee	Majority	Minority
Armed Services	John Warner, Chairman, Virginia John McCain, Arizona James Inhofe, Oklahoma Pat Roberts, Kansas Wayne Allard, Colorado Jeff Sessions, Alabama Susan Collins, Maine John Ensign, Nevada Jim Talent, Missouri Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina John Cornyn, Texas	Carl Levin, Ranking Member, Michigan Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts Robert Byrd, West Virginia Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut Jack Reed, Rhode Island Daniel Akaka, Hawaii Bill Nelson, Florida Ben Nelson, Nebraska Mark Dayton, Minnesota Evan Bayh, Indiana Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Mark Pryor
Committee	Members
Committee	Majority	Minority
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs	Richard Shelby, Chairman, Alabama Bob Bennett, Utah Wayne Allard, Colorado Mike Enzi, Wyoming Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Jim Bunning, Kentucky Mike Crapo, Idaho John E. Sununu, New Hampshire Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island	Paul Sarbanes, Ranking Member, Maryland Christopher Dodd, Connecticut Tim Johnson, South Dakota Jack Reed, Rhode Island Chuck Schumer, New York Evan Bayh, Indiana Zell Miller, Georgia Tom Carper, Delaware Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Jon Corzine, New Jersey
Committee	Members
Committee	Majority	Minority
Budget	Don Nickles, Chairman, Oklahoma Pete Domenici, New Mexico Charles Grassley, Iowa Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Wayne Allard, Colorado Conrad Burns, Montana Michael Enzi, Wyoming Jeff Sessions, Alabama Jim Bunning, Kentucky Mike Crapo, Idaho John Ensign, Nevada John Cornyn, Texas	Kent Conrad, Ranking Member, North Dakota Fritz Hollings, South Carolina Paul Sarbanes, Maryland Patty Murray, Washington Ron Wyden, Oregon Russ Feingold, Wisconsin Tim Johnson, South Dakota Robert Byrd, West Virginia Bill Nelson, Florida Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Jon Corzine, New Jersey

[1] Official Congressional Directory, 57th Congress, 2nd Session, 1st edition. 1902. Page 159

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