List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission
The following is a list of the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission.

List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission.

Commissioner	Party	Home state	Start	End	Notes

Eugene Sykes	Democrat	Mississippi	July 11, 1934	March 8, 1935

Anning S. Prall	Democrat	New York	March 9, 1935	July 23, 1937

Frank McNinch	Democrat	North Carolina	October 1, 1937	August 31, 1939

Larry Fly	Democrat	Texas	September 1, 1939	November 13, 1944

Ewell K. Jett	Independent	Maryland	November 16, 1944	December 20, 1944	Acting

Paul A. Porter	Democrat	Kentucky	December 21, 1944	February 25, 1946

Charles R. Denny	Democrat	District of Columbia	February 26, 1946	October 31, 1947	Acting until December 3, 1946

Paul A. Walker	Democrat	Oklahoma	November 3, 1947	December 28, 1947	Acting

Wayne Coy	Democrat	Indiana	December 29, 1947	February 21, 1952

Paul Walker	Democrat	Oklahoma	February 28, 1952	April 17, 1953

Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	April 18, 1953	October 3, 1954

George McConnaughey	Republican	Ohio	October 4, 1954	June 30, 1957

John C. Doerfer	Republican	Wisconsin	July 1, 1957	March 10, 1960

Frederick W. Ford	Republican	West Virginia	March 15, 1960	March 1, 1961

Newton N. Minow	Democrat	Illinois	March 2, 1961	June 1, 1963

E. William Henry	Democrat	Tennessee	June 2, 1963	May 1, 1966

Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	May 1, 1966	October 31, 1969	Acting until June 27, 1966

Dean Burch	Republican	Arizona	October 31, 1969	March 8, 1974

Richard E. Wiley	Republican	Illinois	March 8, 1974	October 13, 1977

Charles D. Ferris	Democrat	Massachusetts	October 17, 1977	February 4, 1981

Robert Lee	Republican	Illinois	February 5, 1981	May 18, 1981	Acting until April 13, 1981

Mark S. Fowler	Republican	Canada	May 18, 1981	April 17, 1987

Dennis R. Patrick	Republican	California	April 18, 1987	August 7, 1989

Alfred C. Sikes	Republican	Missouri	August 8, 1989	January 19, 1993

James H. Quello	Democrat	Michigan	February 5, 1993	November 28, 1993

Reed Hundt	Democrat	Maryland	November 29, 1993	November 3, 1997

William Kennard	Democrat	California	November 3, 1997	January 19, 2001

Michael Powell	Republican	Virginia	January 22, 2001	March 17, 2005

Kevin J. Martin	Republican	North Carolina	March 18, 2005	January 19, 2009

Michael Copps	Democrat	Wisconsin	January 22, 2009	June 28, 2009	Acting

Julius Genachowski	Democrat	Washington, D.C.	June 29, 2009	May 17, 2013

Mignon Clyburn	Democrat	South Carolina	May 20, 2013	November 4, 2013	Acting

Tom Wheeler	Democrat	California	November 4, 2013	January 20, 2017

Ajit Pai	Republican	Kansas	January 23, 2017	present	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Eugene Octave Sykes served as the first Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1934 to 1935.

final_sentence: Eugene Octave Sykes served as the first Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1934 to 1935.