# United States Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage the presidential inaugurations. Such committee has been formed every four years since the 1901 inauguration of William McKinley.
The members are sitting U.S. senators and representatives. Typically, the House members include the speaker of the House as well as the House majority and minority leaders. The Senate members are drawn from the leadership of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (previously known by other names). A senator acts as chair, and is therefore drawn from the majority party of the Senate. Membership in the committee gives its members the opportunity to control tickets to the inauguration ceremonies as well as other electoral-related ceremonies.

## 1901 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Mark Hanna, Ohio, Chair John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin | James Kimbrough Jones, Arkansas |
| House members | Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois John Dalzell, Pennsylvania | Thomas Chipman McRae, Arkansas |

## 1905 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin, Chair Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island | Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia |
| House members | John Dalzell, Pennsylvania Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana | John Sharp Williams, Mississippi |

## 1909 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts | Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia |
| House members | James F. Burke, Pennsylvania Olin Young, Michigan | John W. Gaines, Tennessee |

## 1913 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Winthrop M. Crane, Massachusetts, Chair | Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina |
| House members | William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee | William B. McKinley, Illinois |

## 1917 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina, Chair M. Hoke Smith, Georgia | Francis E. Warren, Wyoming |
| House members | William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee | William B. McKinley, Illinois |

## 1921 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Knute Nelson, Minnesota | Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina |
| House members | Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois Frank Reavis, Nebraska | William W. Rucker, Missouri (Resigned) Charles Manly Stedman, North Carolina |

## 1925 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Charles Curtis, Kansas, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine | Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina |
| House members | William Walton Griest, Pennsylvania Lindley H. Hadley, Washington | Arthur B. Rouse, Kentucky |

## 1929 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | George H. Moses, New Hampshire, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine | Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina |
| House members | Bertrand Snell, New York Leonidas C. Dyer, Missouri | Edward W. Pou, North Carolina |

## 1933 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas, Chair | George H. Moses, New Hampshire Frederick Hale, Maine |
| House members | Edward W. Pou, North Carolina Henry Rainey, Illinois | Bertrand Snell, New York |

## 1937 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas | Frederick Hale, Maine |
| House members | John O'Connor, New York Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina | Bertrand Snell, New York |

## 1941 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky | Charles L. McNary, Oregon |
| House members | Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina | Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts |

## 1945 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Harry F. Byrd, Virginia, Chair Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee | Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan |
| House members | Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina | Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts |

## 1949 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Chair (Resigned to become Vice President) Carl Hayden, Arizona, Chair J. Howard McGrath, Rhode Island (Replaced Brooks) | Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Charles W. Brooks, Illinois (lost reelection) |
| House members | Harry R. Sheppard, California (Replaced Arends) John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | Charles A. Halleck, Indiana Leslie C. Arends, Illinois (Resigned) |

## 1953 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair Margaret Chase Smith, Maine (Replaced McFarland, lost reelection) Herman Welker, Idaho | Carl Hayden, Arizona Ernest McFarland, Arizona (lost reelection) |
| House members | Leslie C. Arends, Illinois (Replaced McCormack) Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts | Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts (Resigned) |

## 1957 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair | John Sparkman, Alabama Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island |
| House members | Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts | Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts |

## 1961 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | John Sparkman, Alabama, Chair Thomas C. Hennings Jr., Missouri (Deceased September 13, 1960) Carl Hayden, Arizona | Styles Bridges, New Hampshire |
| House members | Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts | Charles A. Halleck, Indiana |

## 1965 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair John Sparkman, Alabama | Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts |
| House members | John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma | Charles A. Halleck, Indiana |

## 1969 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Everett Dirksen, Illinois, Chair | B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina Mike Mansfield, Montana |
| House members | Gerald Ford, Michigan | John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma |

## 1973 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair (defeated in 1972 Senate primary) Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Mike Mansfield, Montana | Marlow Cook, Kentucky |
| House members | Carl Albert, Oklahoma Hale Boggs, Louisiana (Deceased October 16, 1972) Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts | Gerald Ford, Michigan |

## 1977 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia | Mark Hatfield, Oregon |
| House members | Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas | John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona |

## 1981 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Mark Hatfield, Oregon, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee | Robert Byrd, West Virginia Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island |
| House members | Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas | John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona Robert H. Michel, Illinois |

## 1985 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Charles Mathias, Maryland, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee (until January 3, 1985) Bob Dole, Kansas (from January 3, 1985) | Wendell Ford, Kentucky |
| House members | Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas | Robert H. Michel, Illinois |

## 1989 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia | Ted Stevens, Alaska |
| House members | Jim Wright, Texas Tom Foley, Washington | Robert H. Michel, Illinois |

## 1993 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair George J. Mitchell, Maine | Ted Stevens, Alaska |
| House members | Tom Foley, Washington Dick Gephardt, Missouri | Robert H. Michel, Illinois |

## 1997 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | John Warner, Virginia, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi | Wendell Ford, Kentucky |
| House members | Newt Gingrich, Georgia Dick Armey, Texas | Dick Gephardt, Missouri |

## 2001 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi | Chris Dodd, Connecticut |
| House members | Dennis Hastert, Illinois Dick Armey, Texas | Dick Gephardt, Missouri |

## 2005 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Trent Lott, Mississippi, Chair Bill Frist, Tennessee | Chris Dodd, Connecticut |
| House members | Dennis Hastert, Illinois Tom DeLay, Texas | Nancy Pelosi, California |

## 2009 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada | Bob Bennett, Utah |
| House members | Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland | John Boehner, Ohio |

## 2013 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada | Lamar Alexander, Tennessee |
| House members | John Boehner, Ohio Eric Cantor, Virginia | Nancy Pelosi, California |

## 2017 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky | Chuck Schumer, New York |
| House members | Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Kevin McCarthy, California | Nancy Pelosi, California |

## 2021 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota |
| House members | Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland | Kevin McCarthy, California |

## 2025 committee

| | Majority | Minority |
| Senate members | Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Chuck Schumer, New York | Deb Fischer, Nebraska |
| House members | Mike Johnson, Louisiana Steve Scalise, Louisiana | Hakeem Jeffries, New York |