Past Chairmen

Name

State

Party

Terms in House

Terms as Chairman

Kay Granger TX Republican 1997-Present 2023-Present
Rosa DeLauro CT Democrat 1991-Present 2021-23

Nita Lowey

NY

Democrat

1989-2021

2019-21

Rodney Frelinghuysen NJ Republican 1995-2019 2017-19
Harold Rogers KY Republican 1981-Present 2011-17
David R. Obey WI Democrat 1969-2011 2007-11
Jerry Lewis CA Republican 1978-2013 2005-07
C.W. Bill Young FL Republican 1973-2013 1999-2005
Robert L. Livingston LA Republican 1977-99 1995-99
David R. Obey WI Democrat 1969-2011 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

Clarence A. Cannon

MO

Democrat

1923-64

1955-64

John Taber NY Republican 1923-63 1953-55

Clarence A. Cannon

MO

Democrat

1923-64

1949-53

John Taber NY Republican 1923-63 1947-49
Clarence A. Cannon MO Democrat 1923-64 1941-49
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 G. Cannon

IL

Republican

1873-91; 1893-1913; 1915-23

1895-1903

Joseph D. Sayers TX Democrat 1885-99 1893-95
William S. Holman IN Democrat 1859-65; 1867-77; 1881-95; 1897 1891-93

Joseph G. Cannon

IL

Republican

1873-91; 1893-1913; 1915-23

1889-91

Samuel J. Randall PA Democrat 1863-90 1883-89
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
Samuel J. Randall PA Democrat 1863-90 1875-76
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 Republican 1849-53; 1859-68 1865-68