House Democratic Caucus
List of Caucus Chairmen
Chase G. Woodhouse (1949–1951) Edna F.

House Democratic Caucus

Section Title: List of Caucus Chairmen
Table Section Text: Chase G. Woodhouse (1949–1951) Edna F.

Officeholder	State	Congress	Term

James Thompson	Pennsylvania	31st	1849–1851

N/A	32nd	1851–1853

Edson B. Olds	Ohio	33rd	1853–1855

George Washington Jones	Tennessee	34th	1855–1857

N/A	35th	1857–1859

George S. Houston	Alabama	36th	1859–1861

N/A	37th–40th	1861–1869

William E. Niblack, Samuel J. Randall	Indiana, Pennsylvania	41st	1869–1871

N/A	42nd	1871–1873

William E. Niblack	Indiana	43rd	1873–1875

Lucius Q.C. Lamar	Mississippi	44th	1875–1877

Hiester Clymer	Pennsylvania	45th	1877–1879

John F. House	Tennessee	46th	1879–1881

N/A	47th	1881–1883

George W. Geddes	Ohio	48th	1883–1885

J. Randolph Tucker	Virginia	49th	1885–1887

Samuel S. Cox	New York	50th	1887–1889

William S. Holman	Indiana	51st–53rd	1889–1895

David B. Culberson	Texas	54th	1895–1897

James D. Richardson	Tennessee	55th	1897–1899

James Hay	Virginia	56th–58th	1899–1905

Robert L. Henry	Texas	59th	1905–1907

Henry D. Clayton	Alabama	60th–61st	1907–1911

Albert S. Burleson	Texas	62nd	1911–1913

A. Mitchell Palmer	Pennsylvania	63rd	1913–1915

Edward W. Saunders	Virginia	64th–65th	1915–1919

Arthur G. DeWalt	Pennsylvania	66th	1919–1921

Sam Rayburn	Texas	67th	1921–1923

Henry T. Rainey	Illinois	68th	1923–1925

Charles D. Carter	Oklahoma	69th	1925–1927

Arthur H. Greenwood	Indiana	70th	1927–1929

David H. Kincheloe	Kentucky	71st	1929–1930

William W. Arnold	Illinois	72nd	1931–1933

Clarence F. Lea	California	73rd	1933–1935

Edward T. Taylor	Colorado	74th	1935–1937

Robert L. Doughton	North Carolina	75th	1937–1939

John W. McCormack	Massachusetts	76th	1939–1940

Richard M. Duncan	Missouri	77th	1941–1943

Harry R. Sheppard	California	78th	1943–1945

Jere Cooper	Tennessee	79th	1945–1947

Aime J. Forand	Rhode Island	80th	1947–1949

Francis E. Walter	Pennsylvania	81st	1949–1951

Jere Cooper	Tennessee	82nd	1951–1953

Wilbur D. Mills	Arkansas	83rd	1953–1955

John J. Rooney	New York	84th	1955–1957

Melvin Price	Illinois	85th–86th	1957–1961

Francis E. Walter	Pennsylvania	87th–88th	1961–1963

Albert Thomas	Texas	88th	1964–1965

Eugene Keogh	New York	89th	1965–1967

Dan Rostenkowski	Illinois	90th–91st	1967–1971

Olin Teague	Texas	92nd–93rd	1971–1975

Phillip Burton	California	94th	1976–1977

Thomas S. Foley	Washington	95th–96th	1977–1981

Gillis W. Long	Louisiana	97th–98th	1981–1985

Richard A. Gephardt	Missouri	99th–100th	1985–1989

William H. Gray III	Pennsylvania	101st	1989

Steny H. Hoyer	Maryland	101st–103rd	1989–1995

Vic Fazio	California	104th–105th	1995–1999

Martin Frost	Texas	106th–107th	1999–2003

Bob Menendez	New Jersey	108th–109th	2003–2006

James Clyburn	South Carolina	109th	2006–2007

Rahm Emanuel	Illinois	110th	2007–2009

John B. Larson	Connecticut	111th–112th	2009–2013

Xavier Becerra	California	113th–114th	2013–2017

Joe Crowley	New York	115th	2017–2019

Hakeem Jeffries	New York	116th	2019–present

Sentence(s)

John B. Larson (Connecticut) was elected Caucus Chairman of the Democratic Caucus for the 111th Congress.
At the Democratic Caucus for the 111th Congress, John B. Larson (Connecticut) was elected as Caucus Chairman.
The Democratic Caucus John B. Larson for the 111th Congress was Caucus Chairman of Connecticut.

final_sentence: John B. Larson (Connecticut) was elected Caucus Chairman of the Democratic Caucus for the 111th Congress.
final_sentence: At the Democratic Caucus for the 111th Congress, John B. Larson (Connecticut) was elected as Caucus Chairman.
final_sentence: The Democratic Caucus John B. Larson for the 111th Congress was Caucus Chairman of Connecticut.