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COMMITTEE

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2002

HISTORICAL INFORMATION OF THE

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

1807–2002

PREPARATION FOR A BICENTENNIAL

PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

RESOURCES

OF THE

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

NOVEMBER 2002

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah, Chairman

NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia, Ranking Democrat Member

DON YOUNG, Alaska, Vice Chairman

W.J. ``BILLY'' TAU ZIN, Louisiana

JIM SAXTON, New Jersey

ELTON GALLEGLY, California

JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee

JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado

WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland

KEN CALVERT, California

SCOTT MCINNIS, Colorado

RICHARD W. POMBO , California

BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming

GEORGE RADANOVICH, California

WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina

MAC THORNBERRY, Texas

CHRIS CANNON, Utah

JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado

JIM GIBBONS, Nevada

MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana

GREG WALDEN, Oregon

MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho

THOM AS G. TANCREDO, Colorado

J.D. HAYWO RTH, Arizona

C.L. ``BUTCH'' OTTER, Idaho

TOM OSBORNE, Nebraska

JEFF FLAKE, Arizona

DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana

GEORGE MILLER, California

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts

DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan

PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon

ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American

Samoa

NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii

SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas

FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey

CALVIN M. DOOLEY, California

ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam

ADAM SMITH, Washington

DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin

Islands

RON KIND, Wisconsin

JAY INSLEE, Washington

GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California

TOM UD ALL, New Mexico

MARK UDALL, Colorado

RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey

ANIBAL ACEVEDO-VILA, Puerto Rico

HILDA L. SOLIS, California

BRAD CARSON, Oklahoma

BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota

TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania

Timothy Stewart, Chief of Staff

Lisa Pittman, Chief Counsel

Michael S. Twinchek, Chief Clerk

James H. Zoia, Democrat Staff Director

Jeff Petrich, Democrat Chief Counsel

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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

Washington, DC

DEAR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES : The Historical

Information of the Committee on Resources and its Predecessor Committees,

1807 – 2002 is a relevant committee document prepared by the Chief Clerk of

the Committee on Resources as a catalogue of historical information. As the

committee approaches its bicentennial, it is worthwhile to look back at the history

of a Committee which has impacted the very growth of the United States.

This report is relevant to the Members of this Committee affords Members

and staff an opportunity to examine the past in the context of this committee's

jurisdictions and draw lessons from history as we prepare to help shape the

future. I hope you will take the opportunity to use this reference. And examine

the issues which have moved this country forward through the ages.

As Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America “America is a

land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change

seems an improvement. No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of

man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not attempted to

do.” This Committee has attempted to achieve what is best for the country and

I trust it will continue to do so in the next 200 years.

JAMES V. HANSEN, 

Chairman. 

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INTRODUCTION

As the Committee approaches its Bicentenial, I am pleased to present to the

Members of the Committee on Resources this staff report on the background of

the Committee on Resources and its predecessor Committees. While not a full

discussion of all events and people, this provides a quick reference of major

themes, issues, Members and jurisdictions of the Committee. 

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The Committee on Resources can trace its history back almost 200 years.

After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States face a question of how to manage

newly acquired lands which doubled the size of the country. On December 17,

1805, the House established the Committee on Public Lands with jurisdiction

over the lands of the United States.

Throughout the history of the Committee on Public Lands, the focus has

changed from: exploration settlement consumption preservation and

shared use. The changes in focus can be seen through the changes in legislative

proposals. First we explored the lands to see what resources were available, then

promoted the settlement of the lands (Homestead Acts); the consumption of the

resources (mining and timber acts); the preservation of areas of significance

(Antiquities Act, Creation of the Park system); and finally shared uses (recreation

and multiple use acts).

As the country managed it newly acquired lands, other Committees were

created to focus on specific issues. The House created the following

Committees: the Committees on Indian Affairs, Territories, Mines and Mining,

Pacific Railroads, Irrigation and Reclamation, and Insular Affairs. Although the

Committee on Pacific Railroads was abolished in 1911, the rest existed until the

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, when their jurisdictions were transferred

to the Public Lands Committee. In 1951 the Public Lands Committee's name was

changed to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, in 1993 the name was

changed to Natural Resources, and in 1995 to the Committee on Resources.

Although established for one purpose, Committees often change their

methods of handling an issue as the country itself changes its views on the issue.

For instance, the issue of Native Americans as handled by the federal

government was included in the Department of War, later it was moved into the

Bureau of Indian Affairs and finally under the Department of the Interior.

Originally the federal government view the Native Americans as warring nations

against the United States - and it was a up to the Department of War to maintain

the peace. Later, the country took the view (with the opening of the West) that

the relocation of the tribes west of the Mississippi was the best solution.

Eventually the federal government began to view the Native Americans as

citizens and began to provide for their well being.

These themes and patterns can be seen as you examine the major legislation

passed through the Committees and Congress throughout the decades. 
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While this is not an extensive list of all issues within the purview of the

Committees, it does highlight major events and actions taken by the Committees.

I hope that the information included in this brief history will be helpful to the

Members of the Committee and their staff.

Michael S. Twinchek

Chief Clerk
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ACKNOWLE DGMENTS 

I would like to thank the following peo ple for their assistence in

searching, reading, editing and finding information fo r inclusion in this history:

Paul S. Rundquist, Specialist in American National Government, Government

and Finance Division, Congressional Research Service.

R. Eric Petersen, Analyst in American National Government, Government and

Finance Division, Congressional Research Service.

Kristen Wilhelm, Archivist, Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives

and Records Administration.

Barba ra Wo lanin, Curato r, Architect of the Capitol.

From the Committee: Lisa Pittman, Ann Vogt, Nancy Laheeb, Linda Booth, and

the Subcommittee Staff Directors. I also would like to thank our Committee

intern Mike Monso n who allow ed his time her e to be used on this proje ct.

Most of all, I would like to thank Chairman Hansen for allowing me the

time and ca pacity to wor k on this pro ject.

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CONTENTS

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TRANSMITTAL LETTER

INTRODUCTION ............ ............ ............ ...... i

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................. ................. ..... iii

CONTENTS ................. ................. ................ v

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES: A JURISDICTIONAL 

SKETCH, A CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORT. ... 1

Early House Practice on Committees ................. .......... 3

The Resources Committee’s 19th Century Predecessors ............. 4

Committee on Public Lands ................. .............. 4

Committee on Private Land Claims ................. ........ 5

Committee on Indian Affairs ................. ............. 6

Committee on Territories ................. ................ 6

Committee on Mines and Mining ................. .......... 7

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands ................. ..... 7

Committee on Insular Affairs ................. ............. 7

Privileged Status and Appropriations ................. .......... 8

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ................. ........ 9

Redesignated as Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ......... 11

Military Cemetery Jurisdiction ................. .............. 11

The Interior Committee in an Era of Change ................. ... 12

Committee Reform Amendments of 1974 ................. ...... 12

The Bolling Plan on Energy and the Environment ............. 13

The Hansen Committee and Its Plan ................. ...... 13

Interior Committee Jurisdiction Changes ................. ... 14

Multiple Referrals Authorized ................. ........... 15

Creation of Ad Hoc Committees Allowed ................. . . 15

Interior Committee and Nuclear Power Jurisdiction, 1977 .......... 16

Committee Reform, 96th Congress ................. ........... 17

Redesignated as Committee on Natural Resources ............... 18

Committee Reform 104th Congress ................. .......... 19

The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress ......... 19

Revised Reform Plan, 104th Congress ................. ..... 20

New Jurisdiction from the Merchant Marine Committee ........ 20

Resources Committee Jurisdiction in House Rules ............ 21

Revisions in Subcommittee Structure ................. ..... 22

Coordination with Other House Committees ................. .... 24

Conclusion ................. ................. ............ 25

Appendix 1: Previous Committee Names & Components: .......... 26

Appendix 2: Subcommittee Jurisdictions and Subjects Retained by Full

Resources Committee, 107th Congress ................. ..... 27

Appendix 3: Examples of Inter-Committee Correspondence about
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Jurisdiction Issues, 107th Congress ................. ........ 31

FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE PROGRAMS UNDER

THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

Executive Office of The President ................. ........... 35

Department of Agriculture ................. ................. 35

Department of Commerce ................. ................. . 38

Department of Defense ................. ................. ... 40

Department of Energy ................. ................. .... 40

Department of Health and Human Services ................. .... 42

Department of Housing and Urban Development ................. 42

Department of the Interior ................. ................. . 43

Department of Justice ................. ................. .... 47

Department of Labor ................. ................. ..... 47

Department of State ................. ................. ...... 48

Department of Transportation ................. ............... 48

Environmental Protection Agency ................. ............ 49

Interagency ................. ................. ............ 50

Miscellaneous Boards, Commissions and Committees ............. 50

BRIEF JURISDICTIONS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES 

OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

Committee on Public Lands ................. ................ 57

Committee on Private Land Claims ................. ........... 62

Committee on Indian Affairs ................. ................ 63

Committee on Territories ................. ................. . 65

Committee on Pacific Railroads ................. ............. 68

Committee on Mines and Mining ................. ............ 69

Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands ................. ...... 71

Committee on Insular Affairs ................. ............... 73

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ................. ..... 75

Select Committees ................. ................. ....... 78

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION

Native American Issues ................. ................. ... 81

Reclamation and Power Issues ................. ............. 101

Energy and Mineral Issues ................. ................ 109

Land Issues ................. ................. ........... 121

Forest Issues ................. ................. .......... 133

Wildlife Issues ................. ................. ......... 143

Marine and Ocean Issues ................. ................. . 155

Territorial and Insular Issues ................. ............... 167

PROMINENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Presidents of the United States ................. ............. 185

Vice Presidents of the United States ................. ......... 189

Vice President of the Confederate States ................. ..... 194

Supreme Court Justices ................. ................. . . 195

Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives ................. . 196
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Cabinet Secretaries ................. ................. ..... 209

Other Prominent Members ................. ................ 209

CHAIRMEN OF PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

Committee on Public Lands ................. ............... 211

Committee on Private Land Claims ................. .......... 215

Committee on Indian Affairs ................. ............... 218

Committee on Territories ................. ................. 221

Committee on Pacific Railroads ................. ............ 224

Committee on Mines and Mining ................. ........... 226

Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands ................. ..... 228

Committee on Insular Affairs ................. .............. 230

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ................. .... 232

Committee on Natural Resources ................. ........... 233

Committee on Resources ................. ................. . 233

Biographies of Chairmen Since 1946 ................. ........ 235

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEES

Committee on Public Lands ................. ............... 241

Committee on Private Land Claims ................. .......... 279

Committee on Indian Affairs ................. ............... 301

Committee on Territories ................. ................. 331

Committee on Pacific Railroads ................. ............ 361

Committee on Mines and Mining ................. ........... 373

Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands ................. ..... 393

Committee on Insular Affairs ................. .............. 405

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ................. .... 421

Committee on Natural Resources ................. ........... 442

Committee on Resources ................. ................. . 443

APPENDICES

APPENDIX #1: LIST OF HEADS OF AGENCIES ................. . 447

APPENDIX #2: NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ................. .... 455

APPENDIX #3: NATIONAL PARKS BY STATE ................. . . 475

APPENDIX #4: NATIONAL FORESTS ................. ......... 487

APPENDIX #5: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES ................ 495

APPENDIX #6: WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ................. .... 507

APPENDIX #7: NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES .............. 521

APPENDIX #8: SEA GRANT PROGRAMS ................. ...... 525

APPENDIX #9: UNITES STATES COASTAL DATA ................ 535

APPENDIX #10: ADMISSION OF STATES INTO THE UNION ....... 537

APPENDIX #11: TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE

UNITED STATES ................. ................. ...... 543

APPENDIX #12: FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES ............. 553

APPENDIX #13: ART IN THE COMMITTEE ROOMS

Seth Eastman Paintings ................. ................. . . 565

Rockwell Kent Mural ................. ................. ... 577
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Member Portraits ................. ................. ....... 579

APPENDIX #14: ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON

THE COMMITTEE ................. ................. ........ 583
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THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES:

A JURISDICTIONAL SKETCH

Prepared by the Congressional Research Service 

for the House Committee on Resources

Paul S. Rundquist

Specialist in American National Government

Government and Finance Division

R. Eric Petersen

Analyst in American National Government

Government and Finance Division

May 23, 2002

Contents

Introduction ................. ................. .......... 3

Early House Practice on Committees ................. ......... 3

The Resources Committee’s 19th Century Predecessors ............ 4

Committee on Public Lands ................. ........... 4

Committee on Private Land Claims ................. ...... 5

Committee on Indian Affairs ................. ........... 6

Committee on Territories ................. ............. 6

Committee on Mines and Mining ................. ....... 7

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands ................. ... 7

Committee on Insular Affairs ................. .......... 7

Privileged Status and Appropriations ................. ......... 8

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ................. ....... 9

Redesignated as Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ........ 11

Military Cemetery Jurisdiction ................. ............. 11

The Interior Committee in an Era of Change ................. . . 12

Committee Reform Amendments of 1974 ................. .... 13

The Bolling Plan on Energy and the Environment .......... 13

The Hansen Committee and Its Plan ................. .... 14

Interior Committee Jurisdiction Changes ................. 14

Multiple Referrals Authorized ................. ......... 15

Creation of Ad Hoc Committees Allowed ................. 15

Interior Committee and Nuclear Power Jurisdiction, 1977 ......... 16

Committee Reform, 96th Congress ................. .......... 18

Redesignated as Committee on Natural Resources .............. 19

Committee Reform 104th Congress ................. ......... 19

The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress ....... 19

Revised Reform Plan, 104th Congress ................. ... 20
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New Jurisdiction from the Merchant Marine Committee ..... 21

Resources Committee Jurisdiction in House Rules .......... 21

Revisions in Subcommittee Structure ................. ... 23

Coordination with Other House Committees ................. . . 25

Conclusion ................. ................. ........... 26

Appendix 1: Previous Committee Names & Components: ......... 27

Appendix 2: Subcommittee Jurisdictions and Subjects Retained by Full

Resources Committee, 107th Congress ................. . . 28

Appendix 3: Examples of Inter-Committee Correspondence about

Jurisdiction Issues, 107th Congress ................. ..... 32
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INTRODUCTION 

The contemporary House Committee on Resources possesses legislative

and oversight authority over a broad range of subjects, including national parks

and public lands; forests created from the public domain; water resources; oceans

policy; environmental policy; energy legislation; mining policies and programs;

and governmental policy toward U.S. territories and Native American groups.

These policy areas have not always been gathered together in one committee, and

other House committees also have jurisdiction over aspects or components of

many of these policy issues. When a new policy concern was manifested in the

19th and early 20th centuries, the House typically established a new committee and

assigned it responsibility for each new policy area. By the early 20th Century, the

House had a large number of standing committees in which related subjects were

often handled by several different committees. Starting with the Legislative

Reorganization Act of 1946 and through a series of later committee system

reorganizations, the House has sought to consolidate related policy areas within

the authority of a smaller number of standing committees. 

The modern House Committee on Resources can trace its evolution

through nearly two centuries of the history of the House of Representatives. The

Louisiana Purchase of 1803 brought under the control of the federal government

an enormous amount of land. The effective and orderly development of that new

land area, in addition to the development of existing public lands areas, became

a matter of much greater concern to Congress. In 1805, the House established

a standing Committee on Public Lands. From this panel and other committees,

the Committee on Resources can trace its origins. 

The following historical sketch reviews House action in the intervening

years to adapt its committees to changing policy circumstances, and focuses

particularly on actions over the past quarter century that have led to the current

structure and jurisdiction of the modern Committee on Resources.

EARLY HOUSE PRACTICE ON COMMITTEES

During the first Congresses, before the creation of a public lands

committee, a comprehensive standing committee system did not exist in the

House of Representatives. Legislative workload was relatively light, the House

was a much smaller legislative body than it is today, and congressional rules and

structures were at a rudimentary stage of development. 

Generally, any Member was free to seek recognition from the Speaker and

urge the House to consider acting on a particular subject. If the House found the

Member’s argument persuasive, it would set a date for later debate on the subject

in the Committee of the Whole. There, interested Members would discuss the

merits of the proposal. If, ultimately, sentiment in the Committee of the Whole

favored further action on the issue, the House would order the Speaker to name

a select committee to draft a bill according to the policy preferences of the

House. 
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1

 Among the earliest standing committees were the Committee on Enrolled Bills (created 1789),

Committee on Ways and Means (initially a select committee in 1789, made a standing committee

in 1802), the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (created 1795), and the Committee on

Elections (created 1794). Only five standing committees were established before 1800. An

additional six were created between 1800 and 1810, including the Committee on Public Lands. By

1825, the House had 28 standing committees.

The select committee’s authority was limited to drafting and reporting the

ordered bill. The House, after debating (and possibly amending) a select

committee’s bill, would move to final passage. Then, the select committee would

be disbanded.

This informal manner of proceeding was possible only so long as the

legislative workload of the House remained light. Workload among the

numerous select committees was spread unevenly among House members, with

some highly regarded House Members being named to many select committees

while other House Members were rarely named to such panels. Although the

House had created a few standing committees very early in its history, 1 it began,

after 1800, to set up an increasing number of panels as standing committees.

Unlike select committees which were named for short times and limited purposes,

the standing committees would be permanent legislative units to which proposed

bills on specified subjects would automatically be referred. 

THE RESOURCES COMMITTEE’S 19TH CENTURY PREDECESSORS

The predecessors of the modern Committee on Resources were an integral

part of lawmaking, oversight, and stewardship of natural resources since the first

decade of the 19th century. As new subjects of concern arose (for example, the

orderly sale and settlement of public lands, the organization of government in

new territories, and the development of natural resources), the House often

established a new committee to review relevant legislation. 

In 1803, the purchase of the Louisiana Territory was completed, and the

land area of the United States doubled overnight; management of this vast new

domain would entail significant new responsibilities for the federal government

and for Congress in establishing policy over the new territory. During the Eighth

Congress, in January 1805, a proposal to establish a committee on public lands

was first introduced. However, as the Eighth Congress was soon to adjourn (in

March 1805), most House Members agreed to let the Ninth Congress decide on

the need for a new panel. The proposed public lands committee is the earliest

House standing committee with responsibility for subjects now within the

responsibility of the modern Resources Committee. 

Committee on Public Lands Just after the Ninth Congress convened in

December 1805, Representative William Findley (DR-PA) “suggested the

propriety of instituting a permanent committee to be charged with whatever

respects the lands of the United States.” The House approved the proposal on
5

2Annals of Congress, Ninth Congress, Dec. 16, 1805, p. 285. The DR designation represents the

Democratic-Republican Party connected with Thomas Jefferson in opposition to the Federalists.

Early 19th century party designations are imprecise and Members’ party affiliations often are not

indicated in official sources.

3U.S. Congress, House, Hinds’ Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States,

compiled by Asher C. Hinds (hereafter Hinds’ Precedents) (Washington: GPO, 1907), vol. IV, §

4194, p. 781.

4Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, Ninth Congress, Dec. 16, 1805, p. 285. It was

traditional for the size of each standing committee to be specified in the Rules of the House. From

Congress to Congress, the authorized size of the different committees might increase or decrease.

Beginning in 1975, the House deleted the size of each committee from its Rules and authorized the

majority and minority party caucuses to determine the appropriate size of each committee.

Representative Findley, the sponsor of the proposal to create the Public Lands Committee, was not

named its first chairman because Findley already chaired the Committee on Elections. 

5Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4195-4203, pp. 782-785.

6Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4273-4274, pp. 814-815.

December 17, 1805.2

 A majority agreed that House business would be facilitated

by creating a standing committee whose decisions on public lands matters would

be uniform. From their continuing work on the subject, committee members

would become more expert on public lands policy than would a select committee

having temporary membership and a short-term mandate.3 The panel, “styled a

Committee Respecting the Lands of the United States,” was initially composed

of seven members. Representative Andrew Gregg (DR-PA) was named the first

chairman of the Public Lands Committee.4 

Throughout most of the 19th century, the panel exercised legislative

jurisdiction over public lands including irrigation; the public lands of Alaska;

certain forest reserves; national parks and reservations; preservation of

prehistoric ruins; and some mineral land claims.5 During the same period, as new

policy concerns requiring a federal response emerged, the House added six

additional standing committees with jurisdiction over various aspects of natural

resources management and Native American people. These committees were the

Committee on Private Land Claims; Committee on Indian Affairs; Committee on

Territories; Committee on Mines and Mining; Committee on Irrigation of Arid

Lands; and Committee on Insular Affairs.

Committee on Private Land Claims On April 27, 1816, the creation of

a standing committee to deal with land claims by private citizens was proposed

by Representative Thomas Robertson (DR-LA), Chairman of the Committee on

Public Lands. His proposal was adopted by the House two days later.

Representative Solomon Sharp (DR-KY) was the first chairman. The committee

exercised jurisdiction over bills to establish a land court and processes for the

adjudication and settlement of private claims to land.6 The committee was
6

7U.S. Congress, House, Cannon’s Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States,

compiled by Clarence Cannon (hereafter Cannon’s Precedents), (Washington: GPO, 1935), vol. VII,

§ 1923, p. 787.

8Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4204-4206, p. 785; Cannon’s Precedents, vol. VII, §1934-1938, pp.

791-793.

9Cannon’s Precedents, vol. VII, § 1741, p. 717.

10U.S. Congress, House, Journal of the House of Representatives, 19th

 Cong., 1st sess., p. 46. The

Biographical Directory of the American Congress shows no known party designation for

Representative Strong.

abolished in 1911, when its jurisdiction was reassigned to the Committee on

Public Lands.7

Committee on Indian Affairs The Committee on Indian Affairs was

created on December 17, 1821, when the House agreed to the motion of

Representative Samuel Moore (DR-PA) to establish the committee.

Representative Moore subsequently was named the new committee’s first

chairman. The committee had broad jurisdiction over subjects relating to the

care, education, and management of American Indian tribes, including the care

and allotment of Indian lands. Additionally, the committee was responsible for

both general and special bills for claims which were paid out of Indian funds.8

The Committee on Indian Affairs remained a separate standing committee until

1946 when it was abolished and its jurisdiction assigned to the reorganized

Public Lands Committee as part of the Legislative Reorganization Act of that

year.

Between 1885 and 1920, the Committee on Indian Affairs was granted

authority to report appropriations for the support of government programs

relating to Indians. In 1920, as part of a wider legislative and executive branch

reorganization relating to federal fiscal management, appropriations jurisdiction

was once again consolidated in the Committee on Appropriations.9

Committee on Territories The Committee on Territories was established

on December 13, 1825, on the motion of Representative James Strong of New

York.10 The committee exercised jurisdiction over measures relating to the

organization and reorganization of territorial governments. Its authority extended

to measures relating to the admission of new states to the Union. This charge

included legislation relating to the general affairs of the territories, including bills

governing territorial legislatures and courts. Before the Civil War, the

Committee on Territories was also deeply involved in the question of slavery in

the territories, and whether a specific territory should be admitted to the Union

as a “free” or “slave” state. After the contiguous territories of the United States

had been admitted to statehood, the work of the committee largely focused on

measures relating to the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, including matters of

congressional representation, the review of territorial laws, and municipal matters
7

11Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4208-4212, pp. 786-788.

12Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4223-4229, pp. 796-798.

13Congressional Record, vol. 25, Aug. 18, 1893, pp. 477. 

14Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, §4307-4308, pp. 827-828.

15Cannon’s Precedents, vol. VII, §2031, p. 827.

within the territories.11 It remained a standing committee until 1946 when it was

abolished and its jurisdiction was assigned to the reorganized Committee on

Public Lands.

Committee on Mines and Mining The Mines and Mining Committee was

created on December 19, 1865, as part of a major committee system

reorganization in the House of Representatives. Representative William Higby

(R-CA) was its first chairman. The committee acted on measures authorizing an

appropriation for the Geological Survey; to procure mining statistics; creating an

executive department of mines and mining; and establishing schools of mines and

mining and mining experiment stations. It also reported the General Mining Law

of 1872 (17 Stat. 91). The committee also considered legislation on mine safety

and miner protection.12 The committee remained in existence until 1946 when

it was abolished and its jurisdiction was assigned to the reorganized Committee

on Public Lands.

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands The committee was made a

standing committee of the House on August 18, 1893, pursuant to H.Res. 3, the

resolution adopting the Rules of the House for the 53rd Congress. The resolution

was presented to the House by Representative Thomas C. Catchings (D-MS), a

member of the Rules Committee. Previously, the Irrigation Committee had been

a select committee.13 Representative William Vanever (R-CA) was named

chairman when the committee was elevated to standing committee status. The

authority of the committee was largely confined to the use of proceeds from the

sale of certain public land for the construction of irrigation projects. The

committee also considered measures on the use of materials on forest

reservations and other public lands for irrigation works, and the construction of

dams across the Yellowstone River.14 Later, in 1924, the authority of the

Irrigation of Arid Lands Committee was expanded to include general land

reclamation issues, and its name changed to the Committee on Irrigation and

Reclamation.15 In 1946, the committee was abolished and its jurisdiction was

assigned to the reorganized Public Lands Committee.

Committee on Insular Affairs The last of the Resources Committee’s

original predecessor standing committees was created December 8, 1899. On

that day, the House agreed to a resolution offered by Representative James A.

Tawney (R-MN) establishing a committee having authority over measures

concerning the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, which came to the
8

16Congressional Record, vol. 33, Dec. 8, 1899, p. 159.

17Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, § 4213-4215, pp. 788-789.

18 Hinds’ Precedents, vol. IV, §4621, pp. 950-952.

19 U.S. Congress, House, Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of

Representatives, 107th Cong., H. Doc. 106-320, 106th Cong., 2nd sess., compiled by Charles W.

Johnson, Parliamentarian (Washington: GPO, 2001), p. 446. Hinds’ and Cannon’s Precedents of

the House of Representatives, v. IV, §4621, 4633; vol. VIII, §2251. Deschler’s Precedents of the

U.S. House of Representatives, vol. 4, ch. 17, §sec. 63. Absent this right, a modern committee, such

as the Resources Committee, must now use other procedural options for obtaining floor action on

its bills, generally by obtaining a special rule from the Rules Committee, by offering a motion to

suspend the rules, or by seeking unanimous consent.

United States through the treaty ending the Spanish-American War.16

Representative Henry L. Cooper (R-WI) was the first chairman of the committee.

It exercised nearly exclusive jurisdiction over all subjects, other than revenue and

appropriations, relating to the newly acquired islands. Following extensive

debate and a vote by the House in 1906, the House confirmed that jurisdiction

over Cuba had shifted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs when a Cuban

government was formed, despite the fact that jurisdictional language in the rule

had remained unchanged.17 The committee continued until 1946 when it was

abolished and its jurisdiction was assigned to the reorganized Public Lands

Committee.

PRIVILEGED STATUS AND APPROPRIATIONS

As the legislative workload of the House grew, it became necessary for the

House to devise methods to assure chamber action on measures the House

considered essential. The practice developed in the House of granting to certain

committees the “right to report at any time,” by which the House then meant that

the reporting committee could demand immediate consideration of its bill by the

House. Initially, this right was granted to the Committee on Enrolled Bills and

the Committee on Elections. In 1885, the Committee on Public Lands was

authorized to report to the House at any time on matters relating to the “forfeiture

of land grants to railroads and other corporations, bills preventing speculation in

public lands, and bills for the reservation of the public lands for the benefit of

actual and bona fide settlers.” The Committee on Territories was, at the same

time, authorized to report to the House at any time on the admission of new states

to the Union.18

 

This right was retained under House Rules by these committees, and their

successor, the Committee on Public Lands and, later, the Committee on Interior

and Insular Affairs. In 1974, as part of the Committee Reform Amendments of

that year, the House removed from the Interior Committee (and from the Ways

and Means Committee) the right to report to the House at any time.19 

The control of federal expenditures has always been an important issue

within Congress. Until 1865, the Committee on Ways and Means had
9

20 House Rule XI, cl. 56, Rules of the House, 66th Cong., 2nd sess., 1919, House Journal, p. 543.

H.Res. 324, 66th Cong., 2nd sess. Debate on the resolution can be found in Congressional Record,

vol. 59, June 1, 1920, pp. 8110-8120.

jurisdiction over appropriations measures as well as revenue bills and banking.

In 1865, the new Appropriations Committee assumed authority over

appropriations bills. By 1885, many Members of the House had come to criticize

the fiscal restraint of the Appropriations Committees, and the lessened influence

of the standing committees, which considered authorizing legislation. Beginning

in that year, several standing committees were given authority to report

appropriations bills on specified subjects. One of the committees gaining such

power was the Committee on Indian Affairs which, for the next 35 years,

reported the appropriations bill to fund executive branch activities regarding

Indians. In 1920, the House again revised its rules and voted to consolidate once

again appropriations jurisdiction in the AppropriationsCommittee, and to remove

such authority from the half dozen committees that had previously had such

authority. The effect of the 1920 action was to once again put policy

development largely within the hands of authorizing committees, such as the

modern Resources Committee, while most decisions on competing demands for

funds among agencies and programs were to be the responsibility of the

Appropriations Committee.20

 

LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1946

Each of the predecessors to the modern Resources Committee was

established at a time when policy interest in their respective subject areas was

substantial. However, the distribution of work among the standing committees

understandably shifted over time. Granting statehood to territories in the “lower

48” eliminated much of the work of the Territories Committee. The role of the

Insular Affairs Committee declined when the United States recognized the

independence of Cuba and the Philippines. Conversely, as concern over

balancing resource development and preservation rose, the role of the Public

Lands Committee was enhanced. 

During World War II, many in Congress sought to reorganize the House

and Senate (particularly their committees) to enable Congress to exercise its

constitutional responsibilities more effectively. This concern manifested itself

with the formation in late 1944 of the Joint Committee on the Organization of the

Congress. This committee, chaired by Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.

(Progressive Republican-WI) and having as vice chairman Representative A.S.

(Mike) Monroney (D-OK), proposed a massive restructuring of the committee

systems in the House and Senate. From this proposal (the Legislative

Reorganization Act of 1946, Public Law 601, 79th Congress, 60 Stat. 812), came

the establishment of a transformed and reorganized Committee on Public Lands.
10

21Remarks of Hon. A.S. Mike Monroney, Congressional Record, 79th Cong., 2nd sess., July 15, 1945,

vol. 92, p. 10040.

Representative Monroney described the intent of joint committee members

in seeking to consolidate policy jurisdictions into a smaller number of

committees.

Ninety-five percent of all legislation that becomes law passes the Congress

in the shape that it came from our committees. Therefore, if our committee

work is sloppy, if it is bad, if it is inadequate, our legislation in 95 percent

of the cases will be bad and inadequate as well. It is on this vital point that

the keystone of reorganization rests. If you are not willing to reorganize this

overlapping crazyquilt pattern of committee structure, then just do not try

to do any reorganizing, because it is the basis and the keystone of this

reorganization bill. You cannot continue to operate in the year 1945 with

committees that just grew like Topsy from the beginning of this Nation. We

have to reorganize their functions and realine (sic) them, so that the

members of the committees will have a chance to specialize on one major

committee and have the time to devote to it.21

The Legislative Reorganization Act revolutionized the attenuated House

committee system. In 1946, there were 44 House standing committees. After the

reorganization, there were 19. The 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act sought

to assemble related subjects under one committee’s jurisdiction and also to

equalize workload across committee lines. 

The reorganized Committee on Public Lands retained the jurisdiction of the

pre-1946 Public Lands Committee and absorbed the legislative and oversight

responsibilities of the six other committees named above. In addition, the new

Public Lands Committee acquired jurisdiction for military parks and battlefields,

as well as for military cemeteries. Previously, these subjects had fallen within the

purview of the Committee on Military Affairs which, in turn, had become part of

the new Committee on Armed Services under the 1946 Act. 

Lost from one of its predecessor committees (the Committee on Mines and

Mining) was the subject of welfare of mine workers. This topic was transferred

to the Committee on Education and Labor (now called the Committee on

Education and the Workforce). For the first time, the Rules of the House

attempted a clear definition of each new committee’s legislative jurisdiction. The

responsibilities of the newly created committee were itemized in House Rule XI

of the 80th Congress, as follows: 

(a) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public domain.

(b) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien

ownership of mineral lands.

(c) Geological Survey.

(d) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for irrigation

purposes.

(e) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for reclamation
11

22Congressional Record, vol. 97, Feb. 2, 1951, pp. 883-884. The subject jurisdictions of the House

and Senate Interior Committees were nearly identical at the time. Only one area separated the two.

The House Interior Committee had authority over measures providing for “the acquisition of private

lands when necessary to complete irrigation projects.” The Senate Interior Committee had no such

formal jurisdiction, and no other Senate committee had such language within its legislative

jurisdiction. In 1977, the Senate Interior Committee was renamed the Committee on Energy and

Natural Resources as part of a major committee system reorganization discussed later in this history.

projects, and easements of public lands for irrigation projects, and

acquisition of private lands when necessary to complete irrigation projects.

(f) Measures relating to the care, education, and management of Indians,

including the care and allotment of Indian lands and general and special

measures relating to claims which are paid out of Indian funds.

(g) Measures relating generally to Hawaii, Alaska, and the insular

possessions of the United States, except those affecting the revenues and

appropriations.

(h) Military parks and battlefields, and national cemeteries.

(i) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.

(j) Mineral resources of the public lands.

(k) Mining interests generally.

(l) Mining schools and experimental stations.

(m) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the

radium supply in the United States.

(n) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public

domain.

(o) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing thereon.

(p) Relations of the United States with the Indians and the Indian tribes. 

REDESIGNATED AS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

In 1951, early in the 82nd Congress, the House voted to change the name

of the Public Lands Committee to that of the Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs. It was the view of several members that the name Public Lands, while

one of historic significance, no longer reflected the broader legislative

responsibilities of the committee. The House was also interested in having an

identical name with that of the comparable committee in the Senate. The

resolution (H.Res. 100, 82nd Congress, 1st session) providing for the name

change was unanimously endorsed both by the Public Lands Committee and by

the House Rules Committees which formally considered the proposal and

reported it to the House. The House agreed to the resolution by voice vote on

February 2, 1951.22

MILITARY CEMETERY JURISDICTION

An alteration of jurisdiction in 1967 transferred authority for some of the

military cemeteries that had come within the committee’s jurisdiction under the

1946 Legislative Reorganization Act. On October 20, 1967, the House agreed

to H.Res. 241 (90th Congress), granting to the Veterans' Affairs Committee
12

23House Resolution 241, 90th Congress, October 20, 1967. For additional information on House floor

debate and the re-referral of affected bills and resolutions, consult Deschler's Precedents, ch. 17, sec.

40-16. It should be noted that the Veterans’ Affairs Committee was established pursuant to the

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. There appears to have been no effort at that time to move

military cemeteries from the former Military Affairs Committee to the new veterans’ panel.

24 Until the passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, territorial delegates were limited

to service on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subsequent changes in party rules

enabled the Delegates and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico to serve on any standing

committee on an equal basis with voting Members of the House.

jurisdiction over "cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war

or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or abroad, except

cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior."

As Representative James H. Quillen (R-TN), a member of the Rules

Committee, noted, certain historic battlefield cemeteries (both in the United

States and abroad) were closed to future burials while a significant number of

military cemeteries remained able to accommodate future burials. Under H.Res.

241, the Veterans’ Committee would acquire jurisdiction over cemeteries open

to future burials of veterans while those which were closed were to remain within

the jurisdiction of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. Representatives

of both committees had been active in negotiations surrounding the jurisdiction

change. After the resolution was agreed to by the House, Representative Wayne

Aspinall (D-CO), chairman of the Interior Committee, obtained unanimous

consent to refer 66 bills and two resolutions concerning the burial of veterans in

military cemeteries from the Interior Committee to the Committee on Veterans'

Affairs. The division of responsibility between the two committees about

military cemeteries continues to the present day.23

THE INTERIOR COMMITTEE IN AN ERA OF CHANGE

For most of the next two decades, the Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs was predominately concerned with legislation preserving, enlarging,

maintaining, and using public lands and national parks; the development of water

resources; and territorial and Indian affairs legislation. The membership of the

Committee reflected this orientation: until the 1970's, most of the committee

members came from the western United States or from American territorial

possessions represented in Congress by non-voting Delegates.24

By the 1970s, Congress was entering a period of organizational and policy

turmoil. Two national energy crises led many Members of the House to believe

that its committees were ill-adapted to deal comprehensively with energy and

environmental matters. Concurrently, a generation of younger, reform-oriented

House Members in both parties sought to decentralize House operations and to

force a more equitable distribution of power within the committee system. The

Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and its role were greatly changed by these

forces. 
13

COMMITTEE REFORM AMENDMENTS OF 1974

In 1970, Congress passed the Legislative Reorganization Act (P.L. 91-510,

84 Stat. 1140), a measure that contained changes in House and Senate committee

procedures, but with no change in the structure and jurisdictions of House

committees. In the 93rd Congress (1973), the House established a Select

Committee on Committees (widely known as the Bolling Committee after its

chairman, Representative Richard Bolling (D-MO)). The House intended this

panel to focus on committee structure and jurisdiction. Under terms of the

resolution creating the Bolling Committee, any recommendation from the panel

would be referred to the House Rules Committee for further review. The oil

embargo of 1973, with its consequent fuel shortages and rapid price increases,

focused intense interest in any committee reform proposals that dealt with energy

policy jurisdiction. 

The Bolling Plan on Energy and the Environment The Bolling

Committee studied the existing House committee structure and recommended in

early 1974 a sweeping reorganization of the House committee system. Under the

Bolling proposal, the Interior Committee would have acquired vast new

jurisdiction over energy and environmental policy. Under its new name, the

Committee on Energy and the Environment would have had within its domain

responsibility for national environmental policy; conventional and nuclear energy

production, regulation, and conse rvation; public lands (except for forests,

farming, and grazing) and land use planning; minerals and mining, and mining

schools; water resources (including power resources, ocean dumping, coastal

zone management, and deepwater ports); and air, water, and noise pollution. 

This proposal was among the most controversial suggested by the Bolling

Committee. Under it, the Commerce Committee and the Merchant Marine and

Fisheries Committee were slated to lose important sources of legislative

jurisdiction to the new Energy and Environment Committee. The merger of

energy and environment jurisdiction into one panel raised fears among

environmental interest groups that energy production interests would dominate

the new panel and would tend to minimize the influence of environmental

advocates within Congress. The Bolling Committee understood these concerns,

but anticipated better policy coordination by linking the issues. 

The select committee believes it has created a properly balanced committee

by combining energy and the environment. Energy resources on the public

lands are vast and comprise hundreds of years of supply of coal, billions of

barrels of oil in shale, untapped resources of oil and gas on the Outer

Continental Shelf in general and the Atlantic coast in particular. The use of

these resources can adversely affect the environment and also require, for

coal and oil shale development, very large quantities of scarce water

resources. These resource questions and the major questions of
14

25U.S. Congress, House, Select Committee on Committees, Committee Reform Amendments of 1974,

H. Rept. 93-916, pt. II, 93rd Cong., 2nd sess. (Washington: GPO, 1974), pp. 36-37.

26The work of the Bolling Committee and the reorganization of the House committees ultimately

achieved through the modified Hansen plan is comprehensively reviewed in Davidson, Roger H. and

Walter J. Oleszek, Congress Against Itself (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1977).

27 These terms were not contained in House Rules until the 1974 committee reforms, but in earlier

Congresses, both the Interior Committee and the Science and Astronautics Committee (and other

committees as well, especially prior to the creation of the Science Committee in 1958) had been

involved in such issues without a formal jurisdictional mandate. Pursuant to H.Res. 988,

jurisdictional language was incorporated into House Rule X on this subject and assigned to the

reorganized Committee on Science and Technology.

environmental policy would be placed in one committee where they can be

heard and resolved.25

The Hansen Committee and Its Plan As concerns with this and other

aspects of the select committee's proposal mounted, the House Democratic

Caucus directed one of its party committees, the Committee on Organization,

Study, and Review chaired by Representative Julia Butler Hansen of Washington,

to review the Bolling proposal. The Hansen committee, in turn, drafted a

substantially less comprehensive alternative to the Bolling reorganization plan.

In October 1974, the House considered the original Bolling proposal, along

with the Hansen plan, and a third alternative offered by Representative David

Martin (R-NE), the vice chairman of the Bolling Committee. On October 8,

1974, the House adopted the less-ambitious Hansen plan with some minor

modifications. Under the Hansen plan, as agreed to, the Interior and Insular

Affairs Committee's name remained the unchanged. Many areas of energy and

environmental jurisdiction planned for transfer to the Interior Committee under

the Bolling plan remained unchanged. However, there were significant

alterations in the Interior Committee's jurisdiction.26

Interior Committee Jurisdiction Changes Under the revised jurisdiction

rules recommended by the Hansen committee which went into effect at the

beginning of the 94th Congress, the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee lost

its authority over energy and environmental research and development to the

Committee on Science and Technology.27 The Interior Committee lost legislative

jurisdiction over Indian education programs to the Committee on Education and

Labor, but retained responsibility for other Indian-related issues. Legislatively,

the Committee gained jurisdiction over parks in the District of Columbia from the

Public Works and Transportation Committee. 

The Hansen reforms established a new committee authority called “special

oversight jurisdiction.” It had been understood previously that committees were

responsible for overseeing the operations of programs and laws within their

legislative jurisdictions. However, all three reorganization plans called for

granting several House committees (including the Interior Committee) so-called

"special oversight" powers. These committees were authorized to oversee
15

28The rationale for these special oversight grants is described in Committee Reform Amendments, H.

Rept. 93-916, pt. II, p. 70. 

programs over which they did not have exclusive or even predominant legislative

jurisdiction. 

As a result of this Rule change, the Interior Committee acquired special

oversight authority over all programs affecting Indians, and non-military nuclear

energy and research and development, including disposal of nuclear waste. In

both areas, several committees shared legislative authority, but the Interior

Committee could conduct oversight on these policy areas without regard to

limitations on its legislative authority. The House, thereby, hoped to assure

systematic and comprehensive review of controversial policy areas without

regard for fragmentation of committee legislative authority over these subjects.28

Multiple Referrals Authorized The 1974 committee reforms additionally

permitted the referral of legislation to more than one committee. Under the

former House Rule, bills were referred to the committee with legislative

jurisdiction over the predominant subject of the bill. Not infrequently, portions

of a bill might come within the formal jurisdiction of another committee, which

would normally be denied the opportunity to review even that smaller section of

the bill in question. 

Under the new rule, the Speaker was given authority to refer bills

simultaneously to two or more committees for concurrent consideration or to

divide a bill into its component parts in order to refer the pieces to the

appropriate committees. Under either the joint or split referral described, all

committees considering a bill or parts thereof were required to report back to the

House before chamber consideration could be scheduled. Alternatively, the

Speaker could refer a bill first to one committee, and then when that bill was

reported, refer the measure (along with any amendments endorsed by the first

panel) to one or more additional committees to consider provisions falling within

their legislative jurisdictions. Secondary committees under such a referral could

have a time limit imposed on them by the Speaker. 

Creation of Ad Hoc Committees Allowed Finally, the Speaker was

authorized to propose to the House the creation of an ad hoc committee to

consider a particularly complex bill. Twice since 1975 the Speaker has proposed

such ad hoc committees–the Ad Hoc Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf

(1975) and the Ad Hoc Committee on Energy (1977)–and, in both instances,

members of the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee served on these important

panels. From the work of these committees came landmark legislation regulating

the development of natural resources on outer continental shelf lands and

establishing a national energy policy.

As an appendix to the 1974 committee reorganization, the House amended

its rules at the beginning of the 94th Congress in 1975 to require that all standing
16

committees having 20 members or more (except for the Committee on Budget)

establish a minimum of four subcommittees. The provision was intended to

require House committee chairmen to share responsibility with a group of

subcommittee leaders. The principal target of this Rules change was the House

Ways and Means Committee, which traditionally had not established

subcommittees. The Interior Committee was generally unaffected by this Rules

change, having established eight subcommittees in the 93rd Congress.

Interior Committee and Nuclear Power Jurisdiction, 1977

The Interior Committee received a major expansion in jurisdiction in 1977.

As a result of action taken by the Senate in reorganizing its committees, no

Senators were assigned to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) and

the newly renamed Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (the

former Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee) was directed to consider

the formal abolition of the atomic energy panel. 

The Joint Committee on Atomic Energy had been established pursuant to

the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (42 U.S.C. §225). It was charged with matters

concerning the development, use, and control of atomic energy. The joint

committee was the only joint panel in modern times to be given legislative

jurisdiction. Consequently, House and Senate bills were referred to the

committee, reviewed by it, and reported to the appropriate chamber. The

respective House or Senate delegations to the joint committee managed floor

debate in their chamber. In most cases, joint committee members also comprised

the conference committee that resolved chamber differences on legislation. In

the post-World War II environment, such control of a policy issue by such a

small number of Members was thought desirable, but by the 1970s, there was

growing concern that the views of a broader range of Members on atomic energy

issues were not able to be brought before the joint committee. As a result, efforts

were undertaken in both chambers to abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic

Energy and transfer its jurisdiction to other panels in each chamber.

The House, anticipating favorable Senate action on reorganization

proposals with regard to atomic energy jurisdiction, moved to change the

jurisdictions of its committees and to transfer legislative and oversight

jurisdiction from the joint committee and to reassign it to various House standing

committees. 

The House Democratic Caucus Committee on Organization, Study, and

Review, still chaired by Representative Julia Butler Hansen, with the assistance

of Representative Jonathan Bingham (D-NY), a member of the then House

Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, took the lead in suggesting the

relevant jurisdiction changes. When the House Democratic Caucus endorsed the

nuclear jurisdiction suggestions, they were incorporated into H.Res. 5, the

resolution adopting the Rules of the House for the 95th Congress. As a result of

this Rule change, the legislative jurisdiction of the Atomic Energy Committee
17

29Memorandum of Understanding with Respect to BinghamAmendment,CongressionalRecord, vol.

123, Jan. 3, 1977, p. 64. The terms of the memorandum guided the Speaker in 1985 in referring a

bill prescribing procedures for the meetings of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission jointly to the

Interior and Energy and Commerce (formerly the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee)

Committees; see Deschler's Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1987 Supplement, ch.

17, sec. 27, 29. 

was divided among the House Committees on Armed Services, Interstate and

Foreign Commerce, Interior and Insular Affairs, and Science and Technology.

Under this Rules change, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

acquired the authority of the Atomic Energy Committee over the “regulation of

the domestic nuclear energy industry, including regulation of research and

development reactors and nuclear regulatory research.” To clarify the intent of

the House in agreeing to these rules changes, a “memorandum of understanding”

was drafted by senior members of the affected committees amplifying their views

concerning the referral of legislation under the revised committee jurisdictions.

With regard to the Interior Committee and nuclear regulation, the memorandum

identified potential areas of jurisdiction overlap. 

Under the Rule change . . . the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on

Atomic Energy over various matters concerning the domestic nuclear power

industry is primarily vested in the Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs; these matters include regulation of research reactors and reactors

used in production of energy for commercial purposes; regulation of the

commercial production and reprocessing of nuclear fuels; regulation of

nuclear waste management at the site of federally-licensed facilities;

regulation of transportation of nuclear fuels and wastes; (sic) nuclear

regulatory research. 

The committees recognize that their jurisdictions with respect to nuclear

power may overlap to some extent and in these cases joint or sequential

referrals may be appropriate. For example, one area in which joint or

sequential referral would be appropriate would be regulation of

management and disposal of nuclear wastes. 

The intention of the proponents of the Bingham amendment, as modified,

is to give the Interior Committee primary jurisdiction with respect to

legislation that deals principally with nuclear licensing and with safety

regulation of nuclear facilities. However, as noted above, the Commerce

Committee will have concurrent jurisdiction over many of these measures,

and could request a sequential referral of these measures, including

amendments to the Price-Anderson Act and authorizations of appropriations

for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.29

The decentralization of atomic energy jurisdiction reflected the

decentralization of jurisdiction over most energy matters. The Bolling

Committee had been unable to achieve a significant consolidation of energy and

related environmental jurisdiction. The abolition of the Joint Atomic Energy

Committee further contributed to decentralized authority over energy and
18

30Statement of Understanding Concerning Certain Subparagraphs of the Bingham Substitute to

H.Res. 549. Congressional Record, v. 126, March 25, 1980, p. 6408. 

environmental issues in the House, a matter that would not be addressed in a

significant manner until 1995. 

COMMITTEE REFORM, 96TH CONGRESS

The House was unable, in 1974, to agree to the comprehensive committee

reorganization endorsed by the Bolling Committee. In 1977, the House

Commission on Administrative Review urged the House to consider

comprehensive committee reform again. This led the House in 1979 to form a

second Committee on Committees, this time chaired by Representative Jerry M.

Patterson (D-CA). A second oil embargo in November 1979, shortly after the

formation of the Patterson Committee, inevitably focused the attention of this

second committee on energy jurisdiction change. 

The Patterson Committee recommended establishing a new separate

Energy Committee which would have jurisdiction over most energy issues.

Concurrently, the Patterson Committee proposed enhancing the environmental

jurisdiction of the Interior Committee by retaining its nuclear regulatory

jurisdiction and granting it additional jurisdiction over the environmental aspects

of national energy policy. 

As before, these proposals met with substantial opposition and, as before,

the House agreed to a substantially modified alternative. Representative

Jonathan Bingham, building on his prior role coordinating nuclear energy

jurisdiction change, took the lead in crafting the substitute energy jurisdiction

realignment, which ultimately passed the House on March 25, 1980. 

The Bingham substitute enlarged the coordinating role of the Interstate and

Foreign Commerce Committee (renamed Committee on Energy and Commerce),

granted it jurisdiction over “national energy policy generally” and various other

issues with regard to commercial energy uses and to the conservation of power.

The Bingham substitute deleted the Patterson Committee’s proposal to enhance

the environmental jurisdiction of the Interior Committee, and as in 1977, a

memorandum of understanding concerning the interpretation of the affected

committees’ jurisdictions was entered into the Congressional Record to guide

subsequent bill referrals. With regard to the Interior Committee, the historic role

of the committee was reasserted. 

The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs is to remain the Committee

of primary jurisdiction over regulation of commercial nuclear power,

nuclear regulatory research, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and its

authorization bill. The memorandum of understanding relating to

separation and allocation of jurisdiction over nuclear issues is to remain in

effect as a guide for the referral of legislation.30 
19

31 Congressional Record, v. 139, January 5, 1993, p. 49. There was no opposition voiced during

debate on the rules change package about the committee name change. 

32 The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress was created by H.Con.Res. 192 of the 102nd

Congress. The final report of the House Members of the Joint Committee discusses the panel’s

actions on committee system reform, including proposals that were not agreed to. U.S. Congress,

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress: Final Report, H.Rept.

103-413, vol. 1 (Washington: GPO, 1993).

REDESIGNATED AS COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Early in the 103rd Congress, the House voted, as part of the resolution

adopting the rules for the new Congress, to change the name of the Committee

on Interior and Insular Affairs to the Committee on Natural Resources. As with

the name change from the Committee on Public Lands to the Committee on

Interior and Insular Affairs at the beginning of the 82nd Congress, many members

felt the old name did not reflect the committee’s current focus.31

COMMITTEE REFORM 104TH CONGRESS 

The Committee on Natural Resources received a major expansion in

jurisdiction in 1995. As a result of the 1994 elections, the House leadership was

organized by Republicans for the first time since 1953. A major theme of the

Republican election campaign was congressional reform. In 1993, many reform

proposals had been offered by Republican House Members serving on the Joint

Committee on the Organization of Congress, but these were rejected by the

Democratic majority on this panel.32 A substantial portion of this Republican

reform package was, however, agreed to by the House, under Republican control,

at the beginning of the 104th Congress in 1995. The jurisdiction, structure, and

even the name of the Committee on Natural Resources were changed as a result

of these Rules revisions. 

The Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress A series of

management scandals in Congress, coupled with the belief that the House and

Senate were inefficiently organized, led Congress in 1992 to establish the Joint

Committee on the Organization of Congress. In the House, Representative Lee

Hamilton (D-IN) and Representative Willis Gradison (R-OH) introduced

H.Con.Res. 192 on July 31, 1991. On the same day in the Senate, Senator David

Boren (D-OK) introduced a companion measure, S.Con.Res. 57. Both measures

called for establishing a bipartisan joint committee to study and report

recommendations on congressional organization and procedure. The House

agreed to H.Con.Res. 192 on June 18, 1992. The Senate agreed to an amended

version of the concurrent resolution on July 30, 1992, and the House agreed to

that amendment on August 6, 1992. 

The joint committee, under the co-chairmanship of Representative

Hamilton and Senator Boren, with Representative David Dreier (R-CA) and

Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) serving as vice chairmen, conducted hearings
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33 For a discussion of the committee reform proposals, see U.S. Congress, House, Organization of

the Congress: Final Report of the House Members of the Joint Committee on the Organization of

Congress, H.Rept. 103-413, vol. 1, (Washington: GPO, 1993). See also, Janet Hook and Beth

Donovan, “Reform Panel Mirrors Issues Rather than Mends Them,” Congressional Quarterly

Weekly Report, vol. 51, November 20, 1993, pp. 3171-3172, and Janet Hook, “Congressional

Reform Panel Winds Up Work in Discord,” Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, vol. 51,

November 27, 1993, pp. 3249-3250

over a period of six months on reform proposals. The House and Senate

delegations to the joint committee agreed to develop separate proposals for the

reorganization of their respective chambers. The House members of the joint

committee endorsed, after much controversy, a proposal that left House

committee jurisdictions unchanged. Instead, the House panel voted to establish

stronger limits on committee assignments (limiting Members to no more than two

assignments). Along with this proposal, the House members recommended that

the House Rules Committee consider abolishing a standing committee whose

membership fell to 50 percent of the level it had in the 103rd Congress. 

Representative Dreier thought this so-called “de minimis” reform proposal

was an abrogation of the joint committee’s responsibility to offer a

comprehensive committee reform proposal. Dreier instead offered a plan that

would have abolished the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the Post

Office and Civil Service Committee, the District of Columbia Committee, and

House Administration Committee. The Dreier proposal failed on a tie vote of the

House members of the joint committee. The less ambitious committee reform

proposal was then reported by the House members of the joint committee, but the

House took no further action on the proposal in the 103rd Congress.33

Revised Reform Plan, 104th Congress Failure of the House to act on a

committee reform plan was one of the issues stressed by Republican candidates

in the 1994 House elections. When the Republican Party won a majority of

House seats for the first time since the 1952 elections, Republican leaders moved

quickly to act on major portions of the Dreier committee reform plan. The

revised Dreier plan, not quite so comprehensive as the one rejected by the joint

committee, nevertheless continued to endorse the abolition of three House

committees (Merchant Marine, District of Columbia, and Post Office and Civil

Service). A substantial portion of the Merchant Marine Committee’s jurisdiction

was transferred to Committee on Resources, as the plan renamed the former

Natural Resources Committee.

The renamed Committee on Resources acquired significant new authority

over fisheries, endangered species legislation, and merchantshipping, all subjects

formerly within the jurisdiction of the abolished Merchant Marine Committee.

The Resources Committee also acquired jurisdiction in the rules over the TransAlaska pipeline. The committee’s former authority over the nuclear energy

industry and the environmental aspects of energy policy was transferred to the

Energy and Commerce Committee. As a result of the jurisdictional changes and
21

34 “Section-by-Section Analysis of House Rules Resolution,” Congressional Record, vol. 141, Jan.

4, 1995, p. 474. The assignment of jurisdiction over the Trans-Alaska pipeline to the Resources

Committee caused no controversy, although jurisdiction over other pipelines was shared by the

Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The justification for

assigning such responsibility to the Resources Committee was the significant portion of public land

over which the Trans-Alaska pipeline runs, as well as the legislative jurisdiction of the committee

over Native American lands and issues.

House action to impose numeric limits on subcommittees, the Resources

Committee also modified the structure and jurisdiction of its subcommittees.

New Jurisdiction from the Merchant Marine Committee Attempts to

abolish the Merchant Marine Committee and apportion its jurisdiction among

other appropriate committees had begun 20 years before, but had not been

successful until 1995. With the abolition of the Merchant Marine Committee, the

Resources Committee acquired major portions of the former committee’s

jurisdiction, particularly marine and merchant marine affairs, coastal zone

management, and endangered species legislation. A section-by-section summary

of the House reform package was prepared by the House Rules Committee, and

it contained the following description of the changes affecting the Resources

Committee and other House committees.

This section rewrites clause 1 of rule X to reflect the abolition of three

committees–District of Columbia, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Post

Office and Civil Service–the transfer of their jurisdictions, and the renaming

and jurisdictional changes in other standing committees of the House.

Specifically, from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries ... the

fisheries, marine, non-national security aspects of the merchant marine,

oceanographic affairs; and endangered species jurisdictions are transferred

to the Committee on Resources (formerly Natural Resources).

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At the same time that the Resources Committee acquired some new jurisdiction,

it relinquished some authority. Its former special oversight jurisdiction over

nuclear energy and its legislative authority over the regulation of the nuclear

energy industry was transferred to the Committee on Commerce, as the

Committee on Energy and Commerce was renamed in the 104th Congress.

Resources Committee Jurisdiction in House Rules As a result of these

Rules changes, the revised authority of the Committee on Resources was itemized

in House Rule X, effective with the adoption on January 4, 1995, of H.Res. 6, the

resolution adopting House Rules for the 104th Congress. The 1995 Rules

changes marked the most recent significant change in the Resources Committee’s

jurisdiction. Under the recodification of House Rules at the start of the 105th

Congress, several stylistic changes were made in the text of the committee’s

jurisdiction, without substantive change. The committee’s jurisdiction as it

appears in House Rules for the 107th Congress is as follows:
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(1)Fisheries and wildlife, including research, restoration, refuges, and

conservation. 

(2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the public

domain. 

(3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien

ownership of mineral lands. 

(4) Geological Survey. 

(5) International fishing agreements. 

(6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters for

irrigation purposes. 

(7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for

reclamation projects and easements of public lands for irrigation

projects; and acquisition of private lands when necessary to

complete irrigation projects. 

(8) Native Americans generally, including the care and allotment of

Native American lands and general and special measures relating to

claims that are paid out of Native American funds. 

(9) Insular possessions of the United States generally (except those

affecting the revenue and appropriations). 

(10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered

by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the District of

Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the memory of

individuals. 

(11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder. 

(12) Mineral resources of public lands. 

(13) Mining interests generally. 

(14) Mining schools and experimental stations. 

(15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management (except for

measures relating to oil and other pollution of navigable waters). 

(16) Oceanography. 

(17) Petroleum conservation on public lands and conservation of the

radium supply in the United States. 

(18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the

public domain. 

(19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, and grazing

thereon. 

(20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans and

Native American tribes. 

(21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking). 

In addition to its legislative jurisdiction under the preceding

provisions of this paragraph (and its general oversight function under

clause 2(b)(1)), the committee shall have the special oversight
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35Rules of the House of Representatives, 107th Congress. House Rule X, pp. 6-7. The full

jurisdiction statement is included here to show the formal jurisdiction of the Resources Committee

in the 107th Congress. There were some stylistic changes made in the recitation of the committee’s

jurisdiction, pursuant to the House Rules recodification at the start of the 106th Congress (H.Res. 5,

January 6, 1999). The primary stylistic change involving the Resources Committee was the change

of the word “Indian” to “Native American.” However, the codification was intended to make no

substantive change in House Rules or committee jurisdictions.

36 Changes in House Rules are not the only reason for change in the number and jurisdiction of

subcommittees. Often, the preferences and interests of committee and subcommittee leaders

contribute to such changes. In the 101st Congress (1989-1991), the last full Congress in which

Morris K. Udall (D-AZ) served as chairman, the subcommittees were as follows: Energy and the

Environment; Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources; Mining and Natural Resources;

National Parks and Public Lands; Insular and International Affairs; and General Oversight and

Investigations. Under the full committee chairmanship of George Miller (D-CA) in the 102nd

Congress (1991-1993), the subcommittees were as follows: Energy and the Environment; Water,

Power and Offshore Energy Resources; Mining and Natural Resources; National Parks and Public

Lands; Insular and International Affairs, and General Oversight and California Desert Lands. 

functions provided for in clause 3(e) with respect to all programs

affecting Indians.35

Revisions in Subcommittee Structure Other Rules changes adopted

by the House at the start of the 104th Congress altered the role of subcommittees

among all House committees. The former Rule requiring larger committees to

establish at least four subcommittees was established when the House was intent

on decentralizing the role of full committees and their chairs. By 1995, it was the

view of a majority of the House that such decentralization had resulted in too

much fragmentation of full committee authority.

Under the Rules change established pursuant to H.Res. 6 of the 104th

Congress, most House committees were to be limited to establishing no more

than five subcommittees, although a sixth subcommittee could be created if it was

an exclusively oversight subcommittee. The Rule granted specific exemptions

for the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Government Reform

(then the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight). The new

subcommittee limit, coming as it did with the addition of substantial new

legislative responsibilities for the renamed Committee on Resources, caused the

committee to revise its subcommittee structure.36

The subcommittees of the Natural Resources Committee in the 103rd (1993-

1995) Congress were as follows:

• Energy and Mineral Resources

• Insular and International Affairs

• National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands

• Native American Affairs

• Oversight and Investigations
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Two years later (104th Congress, 1995-1997), the renamed Committee on

Resources established the following subcommittees, reflecting major additions

to its legislative jurisdiction:

• Energy and Mineral Resources

• Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans

• National Parks, Forests, and Lands

• Native American and Insular Affairs

• Water and Power Resources

In the following, 105th Congress (1997-99), the Resources Committee

shifted some responsibilities among its subcommittees and emphasized other

policy areas by renaming some of its subcommittees. The revised subcommittees

were as follows:

• Energy and Mineral Resources

• Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans

• National Parks and Public Lands

• Forests and Forest Health

• Water and Power

Under this new division of responsibility, forestry issues became the area of

primary responsibility for a new subcommittee, splitting this subject off from the

authority of the subcommittee on public lands, which had previously had the

highest workload among the Resources Committee’s subcommittees. The

subjects formerly handled by the Subcommittee on Native American and Insular

Affairs were henceforth to be considered only at the full committee level. 

This subcommittee structure was unchanged in the 106th Congress, and

only a minor change was adopted by the Resources Committee at the beginning

of the 107th Congress in 2001. At that time, the parks subcommittee was formally

renamed the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands, and

language was added to its jurisdiction in committee rules, reflecting the growing

concern about the appropriate uses of national parks and public lands for

recreational purposes. The subcommittee names are listed below. The portion

of the Resources Committee’s rules assigning specific legislative responsibilities

to each subcommittee and itemizing the subjects that would be considered only

at the full committee level appear in Appendix 5.

• Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

• Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans 

• Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands

• Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health

• Subcommittee on Water and Power
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COORDINATION WITH OTHER HOUSE COMMITTEES

Committees are protective of the jurisdictions they are granted in the Rules

and by precedent. The history of the House committee system is dominated by

issues relating to the establishment, evolution, transfer, dispersal, and

consolidation of policy jurisdiction among a shifting number of committees.

When committee jurisdictions are formally altered in the Rules of the House, the

debate on the House floor about such proposals, the crafting of “memoranda of

understanding” among affected committees, and legislative reports issued by

committees proposing the jurisdictional realignments are all of great importance

in clarifying which committees will be responsible for which subjects in the

future.

Once the Rules are formally changed, however, committees take steps to

preserve their claims to jurisdiction over specific subjects. Despite attempts by

the House in the 104th Congress to refine the jurisdictions of House committees,

there are many areas in which jurisdictional overlap still exists or in which the

policy responsibilities of one committee have inherent impact on the policy areas

claimed by another. In order to minimize controversy, committee leaders,

including leaders of the Resources Committee, have long consulted one another

about provisions in a bill recommended by one committee that may affect the

jurisdictional claims of another committee. Through letters, committee leaders

may seek a ruling from the Speaker to sequentially refer a bill to another

committee in response to a valid jurisdictional claim. Such referral request

letters became common after 1974 when the House first authorized the referral

of bills to more than one committee.

Inter-committee letters are also informal ways for committees to negotiate

over the content of legislation, short of one panel officially requesting a bill

referral. For example, one committee may note its opposition (on policy grounds

or on the grounds of a jurisdiction violation) to the inclusion of a specific

provision in a bill under consideration by another committee. The latter

committee may act to remove the provision in dispute, or alternately, may suggest

ways other than through a sequential referral by which the first committee can

influence future discussions. Such alternatives may include efforts to guarantee

the right of the first committee to offer such floor amendments as it thinks

necessary, or pledges by the second committee to assure representation of the

first committee on any conference delegation. These informal communications

patterns are not new, but in recent years they have increasingly become a form

of public discussion among committees. Many House committees, including the

Committee on Resources, have begun to submit copies of these letters for

printing in the Congressional Record when the measures in question are

considered by the House. Some recent examples of such correspondence between

the House Resources Committee and other House committees during the 107th

Congress are reprinted in Appendix 6.
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CONCLUSION

For nearly two centuries, the Committee on Resources and its predecessor

committees have played a major role in the management of the public resources

of the United States. As the issues connected with the use, development, and

protection of public lands expanded, the House created new committees. The

diverse subjects of these committees were consolidated in 1946 under a

reorganized Public Lands Committee. 

Over the past half century, the work of the Public Lands Committee, the

Interior Committee, and now the Resources Committee has evolved. The

committee’s modern role in environmental and conservation policy, in the

management and preservation of land and water resources, in managing and

preserving the national park system, and in setting policy for territorial

possessions of the United States, gives it responsibility for a set of complex and

controversial issues that have both major domestic and international implications.
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APPENDIX 1: PREVIOUS COMMITTEE NAMES & COMPONENTS:

The Committee on Resources name was adopted at the beginning of the

104th Congress. The committee’s name had been changed to Committee on

Natural Resources in the 103rd Congress. Before that, the committee had, since

1951, been called the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Before 1951,

the committee was known as the Committee on Public Lands. The modern

Public Lands Committee, created by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946,

combined a number of long-extant House standing committees into a committee

with a more broadly comprehensive jurisdiction. These predecessor committees

and the years of their establishment are listed below.

Committee on Public Lands (1805) 

Committee on Private Land Claims (1816) 

Committee on Indian Affairs (1821)

Committee on Territories (1825) 

Committee on Mines and Mining (1865) 

Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (1893), later renamed

Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (1924) 

Committee on Insular Affairs (1899) 

Committee on Public Lands (1946) - this Committee absorbed all the

committees listed above under the Legislative Reorganization Act of

1946. 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (1951) - renamed, previously the

Committee on Public Lands. 

Committee on Natural Resources (1993) - renamed, previously the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. 

Committee on Resources (1995) - new name - previously the Committee

on Natural Resources; the Committee also absorbed most of the

jurisdiction of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

(1887), which was abolished by the 104th Congress. 
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37 The full text of the Resources Committee’s rules for the 107th Congress can be found at

Congressional Record (daily edition), v. 147, February 26, 2001, pp. H402-H405.

APPENDIX 2: SUBCOMMITTEE JURISDICTIONS AND SUBJECTS

RETAINED BY FULL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, 107TH CONGRESS

RULE 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUBCOMMITTEES; FULL

COMMITTEE JURISDICTION; BILL REFERRALS37 

(a) Subcommittees.--There shall be five standing Subcommittees of the

Committee, with the following jurisdiction and responsibilities: 

Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands

(1) Measures and matters related to the National Park System and its units,

including Federal reserve water rights. 

(2) The National Wilderness Preservation System, except for wilderness

created from forest reserves from the public domain. 

(3) Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems, National Trails System, national

heritage areas and other national units established for protection,

conservation, preservation or recreational development administered by the

Secretary of the Interior, other than coastal barriers. 

(4) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries administered by the

Secretary of the Interior, parks in and within the vicinity of the District of

Columbia and the erection of monuments to the memory of individuals. 

(5) Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and administration

including the Land and Water Conservation Fund, except those in public

forests. 

(6) Plans and programs concerning non-Federal outdoor recreation and

land use, including related plans and programs authorized by the Land and

Water Conservation

Fund Act of 1965 and the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963, except those

in public forests. 

(7) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on the public

domain and other historic preservation programs and activities, including

national monuments, historic sites and programs for international

cooperation in the field of historic preservation. 

(8) Matters concerning the following agencies and programs: Urban Parks

and Recreation Recovery Program, Historic American Buildings, Survey,

Historic American Engineering Record, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial. 

(9) Public lands generally, including measures or matters relating to entry,

easements, withdrawals, grazing and Federal reserved water rights. 

(10) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, including alien

ownership of mineral lands. 

(11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international

programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of
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natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. 

(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the

Subcommittee.

Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health

(1) Forest reservations, including management thereof, created from the

public domain. 

(2) Public forest lands generally, including measures or matters related to

entry, easements, withdrawals and grazing. 

(3) Federal reserved water rights on forest reserves. 

(4) Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, national

heritage areas and other national units established for protection,

conservation, preservation or recreational development administered by the

Secretary of Agriculture. 

(5) Federal and non-Federal outdoor recreation plans, programs and

administration in public forests. 

(6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international

programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of

natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. 

(7) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the

Subcommittee. 

Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans 

(1) Fisheries management and fisheries research generally, including the

management of all commercial and recreational fisheries, the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act,

interjurisdictional fisheries, international fisheries agreements, aquaculture,

seafood safety and fisheries promotion. 

(2) Wildlife resources, including research, restoration, refuges and

conservation. 

(3) All matters pertaining to the protection of coastal and marine

environments, including estuarine protection. 

(4) Coastal barriers. 

(5) Oceanography. 

(6) Ocean engineering, including materials, technology and systems. 

(7) Coastal zone management. 

(8) Marine sanctuaries. 

(9) U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. 

(10) Sea Grant programs and marine extension services. 

(11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international

programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of

natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. 
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(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the

Subcommittee. 

Subcommittee on Water and Power 

(1) Generation and marketing of electric power from Federal water

projects by Federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing

authorities. 

(2) All measures and matters concerning water resources planning

conducted pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act, water resource

research and development programs and saline water research and

development. 

(3) Compacts relating to the use and apportionment of interstate waters,

water rights and major interbasin water or power movement programs. 

(4) All measures and matters pertaining to irrigation and reclamation

projects and other water resources development and recycling programs,

including policies and procedures. 

(5) Indian water rights and settlements. 

(6) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international

programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of

natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. 

(7) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the

Subcommittee. 

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 

(1) All measures and matters concerning the U.S. Geological Survey,

except for the activities and programs of the Water Resources Division or

its successor. 

(2) All measures and matters affecting geothermal resources. 

(3) Conservation of United States uranium supply. 

(4) Mining interests generally, including all matters involving mining

regulation and enforcement, including the reclamation of mined lands, the

environmental effects of mining, and the management of mineral receipts,

mineral land laws and claims, long-range mineral programs and deep

seabed mining. 

(5) Mining schools, experimental stations and long-range mineral

programs. 

(6) Mineral resources on public lands. 

(7) Conservation and development of oil and gas resources of the Outer

Continental Shelf. 

(8) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and conservation of the

radium supply in the United States. 

(9) Measures and matters concerning the transportation of natural gas from

or within Alaska and disposition of oil transported by the trans-Alaska oil

pipeline. 
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(10) Rights of way over public lands for underground energy-related

transportation. (11) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and

improve international programs for the protection of the environment and

the conservation of natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of

the Subcommittee. 

(12) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the

Subcommittee. 

(b) Full Committee.--The Full Committee shall have the following

jurisdiction and responsibilities: 

(1) Environmental and habitat measures and matters of general

applicability. 

(2) Measures relating to the welfare of Native Americans, including

management of Indian lands in general and special measures relating to

claims which are paid out of Indian funds. 

(3) All matters regarding the relations of the United States with Native

Americans and Native American tribes, including special oversight

functions under Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

(4) All matters regarding Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians. 

(5) All matters related to the Federal trust responsibility to Native

Americans and the sovereignty of Native Americans. 

(6) All matters regarding insular areas of the United States. 

(7) All measures of matters regarding the Freely Associated States and

Antarctica. 

(8) Cooperative efforts to encourage, enhance and improve international

programs for the protection of the environment and the conservation of

natural resources otherwise within the jurisdiction of the Full Committee

under this paragraph. 

(9) All measures and matters retained by the Full Committee under

Committee rule 6(e). 

(10) General and continuing oversight and investigative authority over

activities, policies and programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee

under House Rule X. 
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38

 Congressional Record (daily edition), vol. 147, Sept. 20, 2001, p. H5783.

AP PEND I X 3: E XAMPLE S OF INTER -COMM ITTEE

CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT JURISDICTION ISSUES, 107TH

CONGRESS

CONCERNS ABOUT DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES, 

Washington, DC, August 31, 2001. 

Hon. BOB STUMP, 

Chairman, Committee on the Armed Services, Washington, DC. 

 DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN. Thank you for an opportunity to review

the text of H.R. 2586, the National Defense Authorization Act of

2002, for provisions which are within the jurisdiction of the

Committee on Resources. Among these provisions are those dealing

with benefits for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration Corps, environmental review, public lands, and

territories of the United States. 

 Because of the continued cooperation and consideration you have

afforded me and my staff in developing these provisions, I will not

seek a sequential referral of H.R. 2586 based on their inclusion in

the bill. Of course, this waiver is not intended to prejudice any future

jurisdictional claims over these provisions or similar language. I

also reserve the right to seek to have conferees named from the

Committee on Resources on these provisions, should such a

conference become necessary. 

 Once again, I appreciate working with you and your staff on these

matters, and look forward to urging my colleagues to support and

pass H.R. 2586. 

 Sincerely, 

 James V. Hansen, 

 Chairman.38
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 Congressional Record (daily edition), vol. 147, Aug. 1, 2001, p. H5149.

CONCERNS ABOUT ENERGY SECURITY ACT

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES, 

Washington, DC, July 20, 2001. 

Hon. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, 

Chairman, Committee on Science, Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC.

 DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: On July 17, 2001, the Committee on

Resources ordered favorably reported H.R. 2436, the Energy

Security Act. The bill was referred primarily to the Committee on

Resources, with an additional referral to the Committee on Energy

and Commerce. 

 H.R. 2436 is a critical part of the President's energy policy

initiative. The Leadership plans on scheduling an energy legislative

package for consideration by the full House of Representatives as

early as next week. Therefore, I ask you to not to seek a sequential

referral of the bill. 

 Of course, by allowing this to occur, the Committee on Science

does not waive its jurisdiction over H.R. 2436 or any other similar

matter. If a conference on H.R. 2436 or a similar energy legislative

package becomes necessary, I would support the Committee on

Science's request to be named to the conference. Finally, this action

should not be seen as precedent for any Committee on Resources

bills which affect the Committee on Science's jurisdiction. I would

be pleased to place this letter and your response in the report on the

bill to document this agreement. 

 Thank you for your consideration of my request. I look forward

to working with you again on the Floor. 

 Sincerely, 

 James V. Hansen, 

 Chairman.39

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FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE PROGRAMS

UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON

RESOURCES

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

Council on Environmental Quality

Established in 1969 as a part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) P.L. 91-190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.) The Council on Environmental Quality

(CEQ) was created within the Executive Office of the President with additional

responsibilities provided by the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (42

U.S.C. 4371 et. seq.) CEQ evaluates, coordinates, and mediates federal activities and

provides Congress with an annual report on environmental quality.

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Established in 1976 by the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization,

and Priorities Act of 1976 PL. 94-282, (42 U.S.C. 6611). The Office of Science and

Technology Policy (OSTP) was created to provide the President with timely policy advice

and to coordinate the science and technology investment. OSTP serves as a scientific,

engineering, and technical sources to advise the President on major policies, plans and

programs.

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Established in 1962 by the Trade Expansion Act of Initially named the Office of

the Special Trade Representative, this Agency was authorized to negotiate all trade

agreements programs under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

As part of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171), Congress established the Office as a

Cabinet-level Agency within the Executive Office of the President. The Committee on

Resources maintains oversight over areas relating to trade in fish and wildlife.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

The Department of Agriculture works to enhance the environment and to maintain

production capacity by helping landowners protect the soil, water, forests, and other

natural resources. Rural development, credit, and conservation programs are key

resources for carrying out national growth policies. Department research findings

directly or indirectly benefit all Americans. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was

created by act of May 15, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 2201).

Natural Resources and Environment

The Natural Resources and Environment Under Secretary is responsible for
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fostering sound stewardship of 75 percent of the Nation's total land area. Ecosystems are

the underpinning for the Department's operating philosophy in this area, in order to

maximize stewardship of our natural resources. This approach ensures that products,

values, services, and uses desired by people are produced in ways that sustain healthy,

productive ecosystems.

U.S. Forest Service 

A presidential proclamation in 1891, authorized the creation of the Forest Reserves

in the United States, managed by the General Land Office administered In 1905, the

Forest Service was created by the Transfer Act of February 1, 1905 (16 U.S.C. 472),

which transferred the Federal forest reserves and the responsibility for their management

from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture. The mission of the

Forest Service is to achieve quality land management under the sustainable, multiple-use

management concept to meet the diverse needs of people.

National Forest System

(16 U.S.C.497) The Service manages 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands,

and 8 land utilization projects on over 191 million acres in 44 States, the Virgin Islands,

and Puerto Rico under the principles of multiple-use and sustained yield. The Nation's

need for wood and paper products is balanced with the other vital, renewable resources

or benefits that the national forests and grasslands provide: recreation and natural beauty,

wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and water supplies. The guiding principle is the greatest

good to the greatest number in the long run.

The national forests provide a refuge for many species of endangered birds, animals,

and fish. Some 34.6 million acres are set aside as wilderness and 175,000 acres as

primitive areas where timber will not be harvested.

Natural Resources Conservation Service

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS), predecessor to the Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), was created on April 27, 1935, by P.L. 74-46, (C.F.R. 7,

600-601), which declared that soil erosion was a menace to the national welfare and

authorized broad powers to the new agency to attack the problem. (As part of the

Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, the name was changed to the

Natural Resources Conservation Service on 20 October 1994. The NRCS has the

national responsibility for helping America's farmers, ranchers, and other private

landowners develop and carry out voluntary efforts to conserve, protect and enhance our

natural resources.

The Committee on Resources has oversight over the following programs withing

the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Environmental Quality Incentive Program,

Forestry Incentive Program, Rural Abandoned Mine Program, Wetlands Reserve

Program, Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, Natural Resources Inventory, and the

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program.

Environmental Quality Incentive Program

The Environmental QualityIncentiveProgramassists producers with environmental

and natural resource conservation improvements on their agricultural lands. One-half of
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the available funds are for conservation activities related to livestock production.

Technical assistance, cost-share payments, incentive payments, and education focus on

priority areas and natural resource concerns identified in cooperation with State technical

committees, including such areas as nutrient management, pest management, and grazing

land management.

Forestry Incentive Program

This program helps to increase the Nation's supply of products from nonindustrial

private forest lands. This also ensures more effective use of existing forest lands and, over

time, helps to prevent shortages and price increases for forest products. The program

shares the cost incurred by landowners for tree planting and timberstand improvement.

Rural Abandoned Mine Program

The Rural Abandoned Mine Program (RAMP) is authorized by Section 406 of the

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 as amended by the

“Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 1991” as subtitled under the Budget

Reconciliation Act (PL-101-508). It is authorized for the purpose of reclaiming the soil

and water resources of rural lands adversely affected by past coal mining practices. There

were approximately 1.1 million acres of abandoned coal-mined land needing reclamation

in 1977. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation

Service (NRCS), formally the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) administers the program,

and funding is provided from money deposited in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Fund. The program provides technical and financial assistance to land users who

voluntarily enter into 5- to 10-year contracts for reclamation of up to 320 acres of eligible

abandoned coal-mined lands and waters. The land user with NRCS technical assistance

involved prepares a reclamation plan.

Wetlands Reserve Program

Congress authorized the Wetlands Reservation Program (WRP) under the Food

Security Act of 1985, as amended by the 1990 and 1996 Farm Bills. The U.S. Department

of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers

the program in consultation with other Federal agencies.

Wetlands Reservation Program is a voluntary program to restore wetlands.

Participating landowners can establish conservation easements of either a permanent or

30-year duration, or can enter into restoration cost-share agreements where no easement

is involved. Easements and restoration cost-share agreements establishwetland protection

and restoration as the primary land use for the duration of the easement or agreement. In

all instances, landowners continue to control access to their land.

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program

This program helps to increase the Nation's supply of products from nonindustrial

private forest lands. This also ensures more effective use of existing forest lands and, over

time, helps to prevent shortages and price increases for forest products. The program

shares the cost incurred by landowners for tree planting and timberstand improvement.
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Natural Resources Inventory

The National Resources Inventory covers non-federal land in the United States -

some 75 percent of the country's land base - and is conducted every five years by the

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation with Iowa State

University. It captures data from 800,000 statistically selected locations on land cover,

land use, soil erosion, prime farmland soils, wetlands, habitat diversity, selected

conservation practices, and other natural resource information. The information is

statistically reliable for national, statewide, and multi-county use. Through Rural

Development Act of 1972

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)) provides

financial and technical assistance to identify salt source areas; develop project plans to

carry out conservation practices to reduce salt loads; install conservation practices to

reduce salinity levels; carry out research, education, and demonstration activities; monitor

and evaluate activities; and decrease salt concentration and salt loading which causes

increased salinity levels within in the Colorado River and to enhance the supply and

quality of water available for use in the United States and the Republic of Mexico.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

The Department of Commerce was designated as such by act of March 4, 1913

(15 U.S.C. 1501), which reorganized the Department of Commerce and Labor, created

by act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1501)

The Department of Commerce encourages, serves, and promotes the Nation's

international trade, economic growth, and technological advancement.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was formed on

October 3, 1970, by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. app.).

 NOAA's mission entails environmental assessment, prediction, and stewardship. It is

dedicated to monitoring and assessing the state of the environment in order to make

accurate and timely forecasts to protect life, property, and natural resources, as well as to

promote the economic well-being of the United States and to enhance its environmental

security. NOAA is committed to protecting America's ocean, coastal, and living marine

resources while promoting sustainable economic development.

The Committee on Resources has oversight over the following program within

NOAA: National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service;NationalMarine

Fisheries Service; National Ocean Service; Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research;

NOAA Corps of Commissioned Officers.

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service

The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)

mission is to provide and ensure timely access to global environmental data from satellites

and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security,
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environment, and quality of life. To fulfill its responsibilities, NESDIS acquires and

manages the Nation's operational environmental satellites, provides data and information

services, and conducts related research. It also manages the largest collection of

atmospheric, geophysical, and oceanographic data in the world.

National Marine Fisheries Service

The Nation's first Federal conservation agency, initiated in 1871, was devoted to

the protection, study, management, and restoration of fish. This agency was the United

States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, which was usually just called the Fish

Commission. Later it was renamed the Bureau of Fisheries, and still later it became the

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Today it is NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service

(NMFS) (16 U.S.C. 1801). NMFS supports the management, conservation, and

sustainable development of domestic and international living marine resources. NMFS

is involved in the stock assessment of the Nation's multi-billion dollar marine fisheries,

protecting marine mammals and threatened species, habitat conservation operations, trade

and industry assistance, and fishery enforcement activities.

National Ocean Service

The National Ocean Service (NOS) develops the nationalfoundation for coastal

and ocean science, management, response, restoration, and navigation. NOS maintains

its leadership role in coastal stewardship by bridging the gap between science,

management, and public policy in the following areas: Healthy Coasts, Navigation,

Coastal and Ocean Science, and Coastal Hazards. Coastal communities rely on NOS for

information about natural hazards so they can more effectively reduce or eliminate the

destructive effects of coastal hazards. NOS assesses the damage caused by hazardous

material spills and works to restore or replace the affected coastal resources. Through

varied programs, NOS protects wetlands, water quality, beaches, and wildlife. In addition,

NOS provides a wide range of navigational products and data that help vessels move

safely through U.S. waters and provides the basic set of information that establishes the

latitude, longitude, and elevation framework necessary for the Nation's surveying,

navigation, positioning, and mapping activities.

Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research

The Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR) works in partnership with

NOAA’s National Weather Service, National Ocean Service, National Environmental

Satellite Data Information Service and National Marine Fisheries Service as the research

and development organization of the agency. OAR carries out research into such

phenomena as El Nino, global warming, ozone depletion, solar storms that can disrupt

telecommunications and electrical power systems, and coastal and Great Lakes

ecosystems. OAR conducts and directs its research programs in coastal, marine,

atmospheric, and space sciences through its own laboratories and offices, as well as

through networks of university-based programs across the country.

NOAA Corps of Commissioned Officers

NOAA Corps, are direct descendants of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

(USC&GS), the oldest scientific agency in the U.S. Federal Government. NOAA and the
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NOAA Corps can trace their lineage to 1807 when President Thomas Jefferson, among

the most scientific of our Presidents, signed a bill for the "Survey of the Coast." The

NOAA Corps serve in assignments within NOAA, officers operate ships, fly aircraft, lead

mobile field parties, manage research projects, and conduct diving operations.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers wetlands permit program

under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act) 

The legislative origins of the program are the Rivers and Harbors Acts of 1890 and

1899 (33 U.S.C. 401, et seq.). Various sections of the act establish permit requirements

to prevent unauthorized obstruction or alteration of any navigable water of the United

States. The most frequently exercised authority is contained in Section 10 (33 U.S.C. 403)

which covers construction, excavation, or deposition of materials in, over, or under such

waters, or any work which would affect the course, location, condition, or capacity of

those waters. Other permit authorities in the Act are Section 9 for dams and dikes.

In 1972, amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the “Clean Water

Act”, added what is commonly called Section 404 authority (33 U.S.C. 1344) to the

program. It is this section that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Resources.

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to issue

permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States at

specified disposal sites. Selection of such sites must be in accordance with guidelines

developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in conjunction with the

Secretary of the Army; these guidelines are known as the 404(b)(1) Guidelines.

In 1972, with the enactment of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries

Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, was authorized to

issue permits for the transportation of dredged material to be dumped in the ocean.

Disposal sites for such discharges are selected in accordance with criteria developed by

EPA in consultation with the Secretary of the Army.

Department of the Navy (Oceanographer of the Navy)

Established in 1842 as a part of the permanent building for the Navy's Depot of

Charts and Instruments as authorized by the passage of Bill No. 303 of the 27th Congress,

the Oceanographer of the Navy maintained all charts and records of Department of the

Navy. The Depot was renamed The U.S. Naval Observatory and Hydrographic Office in

1854. The Committee maintains jurisdiction over the Oceanographer of the Navy insofar

as the maintenance of charts and records.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

The Department of Energy, in partnership with its customers, is entrusted to

contribute to the welfare of the Nation by providing the technical information and the

scientific and educational foundation for the technology, policy, and institutional
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leadership necessary to achieve efficiency in energy use, diversity in energy sources, a

moreproductive and competitive economy, improved environmental quality, and a secure

national defense.

The Department of Energy (DOE) was established by the Department of Energy

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131), effective October 1, 1977, pursuant to Executive

Order 12009 of September 13, 1977. The act consolidated the major Federal energy

functions into one Cabinet-level Department.

Power Administrations

The marketing and transmission of electricity generated at federal facilities falls

under the Power Administrations

Alaska Power Administration

Established under the Flood Control Act of 1944 (Public Law 78-534) (42 U.S.C.

7152). This Act formed the basis for the later creation of the Southeastern Power

Administration (SEPA) a in 1950 to sell power produced by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers in the Southeast; and the Alaska Power Administration (APA) in 1967 to both

operate and market power from two hydroelectric plants in Alaska: the Eklutna Project

and the Snettisham Project.

Bonneville Power Administration:

Established under the Bonneville Project Act of 1937, P.L. 75-329 (16 U.S.C. 832).

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), is accountable for the transmission and

marketing of power produced at Federal dams in the Northwest, with the original purpose

of selling the power generated by the Bonneville Dam. Today, BPA supplies roughly half

of the electricity used in the Northwest. The power comes primarily from 29 federal dams,

and is the result of international development of the Columbia River for multiple

purposes. BPA is also responsible for energy conservation, renewable resource

development, and fish and wildlife enhancement under the provisions of the Pacific

Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 839 note).

Southeastern Power Administration:

Established under the Flood Control Act of 1944, P.L. 78-534. This Act formed

the basis for the later creation of the Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA) in 1950

to sell power produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Southeast1950 by the

Secretary of the Interior to carry out the functions assigned to the Secretary by the Flood

Control Act of 1944. In 1977, Southeastern was transferred to the newly created

Department of Energy. SEPA has the responsibility to market the electric power and

energy generated at reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in markets

power in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,

Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. SEPA is unique from the other

marketing authorities because it does not own any transmission lines. 

Southwestern Power Administration

Established by Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944(16 U.S.C. 831). The
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agency is responsible for marketing the hydroelectric power produced at 23 U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers multipurpose dams. By law, the power and associated energy are

marketed to publicly held entities such as rural electric cooperatives and municipal

utilities. Southwestern has over one hundred such “preference” customers which

ultimately serve over 7 million end use customers. SWPA transmits energy to the States

of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Western Power Administration

Established under the DOE Organization Act of 1977 P.L. 95-91 (42 U.S.C. 7101).

This Act transferred power marketing responsibilities and transmission assets previously

managed by the Bureau of Reclamation to Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).

WAPA's authority was extended through the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984, P.L.

98-381. WAPA sells power to cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts, private

utilities, Federal and State agencies, and irrigation districts. The wholesale power

customers, in turn, provide service to millions of retail consumers in the States of

Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,

New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

The Department of Health and Human Services is the Cabinet-level department of

the Federal executive branch most involved with the Nation's human concerns. In one

way or another, it touches the lives of more Americans than any other Federal agency. It

is literally a department of people serving people, from newborn infants to persons

requiring health services to our most elderly citizens. The Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) was created as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

on April 11, 1953 (5 U.S.C. app.).

Indian Health Service

The Indian Health Service, as part of the Public Health Service (25 U.S.C. 1621),

provides a comprehensive health services delivery system for American Indians and

Alaska Natives, with opportunity for maximum tribal involvement in developing and

managing programs to meet their health needs. It assists Native American tribes in

developing their health programs; facilitates and assists tribes in coordinating health

planning, obtaining and utilizing health resources available through Federal, State, and

local programs, operating comprehensive health programs, and evaluating health

programs; and provides comprehensive healthcare services including hospital and

ambulatory medical care, preventive and rehabilitative services, and development of

community sanitation facilities.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the principal Federal
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agency responsible for programs concerned with the Nation's housing needs, fair housing

opportunities, and improvement and development of the Nation's communities. e

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was established in the 1965 by

the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3532-3537).

Public and Indian Housing Program

The Public and Indian Housing Program makes available safe, decent and

affordable housing to Native American families, creates economic opportunities for

Tribes and Indian housing residents, assists Tribes in the formulation of plans and

strategies for community development, and assures fiscal integrity in the operation of the

programs.

Congress established the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program in

1994. The program is designed to offer home ownership, property rehabilitation, and new

construction opportunities for eligible tribes, Indian Housing Authorities and Native

American individuals and families wanting to own a home on their native lands.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

The Department of the Interior was established in 1849 by act of March 3, 1849 (43

U.S.C. 1451), which transferred to it the General Land Office, the Office of Indian

Affairs, the Pension Office, and the Patent Office. It was reorganized by Reorganization

Plan No. 3 of 1950, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.). The Department manages the Nation's

public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water

resources and upholds Federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes. It is responsible for

migratory wildlife conservation; historicpreservation; endangered species; surface-mined

lands protection and restoration; mapping; and geological, hydrological, and biological

science. Over the years, other functions have been added and removed, so that its role has

changed from that of general housekeeper for the Federal Government to that of custodian

of the Nation's natural resources.

Office of the Secretary

Special Trustee for American Indians

The Office of Special Trustee for American Indians (OST), in the Secretary of the

Interior's office, was authorized by Title III of the American Indian Trust Fund

Management Reform Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-412). OST is responsible for managing

Indian trust funds. These funds were formerly managed by the BIA, but numerous federal,

tribal, and congressional reports had shown severely inadequate management with

probable losses to Indian tribal and individual beneficiaries. OST is directed to produce

a detailed operating plan and to fund a multi-tribal trust-fund monitoring association. 

Office of Insular Affairs

The Office of Insular Affairs assists the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the

U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in

developing more efficient and effective government by providing financial and technical
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assistance, and serves as a focal point for the management of relations between the United

States and the islands by developing and promoting appropriate Federal policies.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Originally established in 1871 when Congress created the U.S. Fish Commission

to study the decrease of the nation's food fishes and recommend ways to reverse the

decline. 

In 1885, Congress created an Office of Economic Ornithology in the Department

of Agriculture. This office studied the food habits and migratory patterns of birds,

especially those that had an effect on agriculture. This office gradually grew in

responsibilities and went through several name changes until finally renamed the Bureau

of Biological Survey in 1905. In addition to studying birds and mammals, the Survey's

responsibilities included managing the nation's first wildlife refuges, controlling

predators, enforcing wildlife laws, and conserving dwindling populations of migratory

birds. 

The Bureaus of Fisheries and Biological Survey were transferred to the Department

of the Interior in 1939. In 1940, they were combined and named the Fish and Wildlife

Service (USFWS) by the Reorganization Plan III (5 U.S.C. app.). Further reorganization

came in 1956 when the Fish and Wildlife Act created the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service and established two bureaus, Sport Fish and Wildlife and Commercial Fisheries.

In 1970, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries was transferred to the Department of

Commerce and renamed the National Marine Fisheries Service. 

USFWS manages more than 93 million acres of land and water consisting of more

than 500 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands, and other special

management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fish and wildlife

management assistance offices, 64 fishery resource offices, and 78 ecological services

field stations. The Service is responsible for migratory birds, endangered species, certain

marine mammals, and inland sport fisheries. Its mission is to conserve, protect, and

enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American

people. Within this framework, the Service strives to foster an environmental stewardship

ethic based on ecological principles and scientific knowledge of wildlife; works with the

States to improve the conservation and management of the Nation's fish and wildlife

resources; and administers a national program providing opportunities to the American

public to understand, appreciate, and wisely use these resources.

National Park Service

Established in the Department of the Interior on August 25, 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1). The

National Park Service (NPS) is dedicated to conserving unimpaired the natural and

cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education,

and inspiration of this and future generations. There are more than 375 units in the

National Park System, including national parks and monuments; scenic parkways,

preserves, trails, riverways, seashores, lakeshores, and recreation areas; and historic sites

associated with important movements, events, and personalities of the American past.

U.S. Geological Survey

Established by the Act of March 3, 1879 (43 U.S.C. 31) The U.S. Geological
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Society (USGS) is responsible for classifying the public lands and examining the

geological structure, mineral resources, and products within and outside the national

domain. USGS provides relevant, objective scientific studies and information used to help

address issues and solve problems dealing with natural resources, natural hazards, and the

environmental effects on human and wildlife health.

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) (30 U.S.C.

1211) established the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) to

ensure that land mined for coal would be returned to a condition capable of supporting

its pre-mining land use. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s

primary goal is to assist States in operating a nationwide program that protects society and

the environment from the adverse effects of coal mining, while ensuring that surface coal

mining can be done without permanent damage to land and water resources. With most

coal-mining States responsible for regulating coal mining and reclamation activities

within their borders, OSM's main objectives are to oversee State mining regulatory and

abandoned mine reclamation programs, assist States in meeting the objectives of the

surface mining law, and regulate mining and reclamation activities on Federal and Indian

lands, and in those States choosing not to assume primary responsibility.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Created as part of the War Department in 1824 and transferred to the Department

of the Interior when the latter was established in 1849. The principal objectives of BIA

is to encourage and assist Indian and Alaska Native people to manage their own affairs

under the trust relationship to the Federal Government; to facilitate, with maximum

involvement of Indian and Alaska Native people, full development of their human and

natural resource potential; to mobilize all public and private aids to the advancement of

Indian and Alaska Native people for use by them; and to promote self-determination by

utilizing the skill and capabilities of Indian and Alaska Native people in the direction and

management of programs for their benefit.

In carrying out these objectives, BIA works with Indian and Alaska Native people,

tribal governments, Native American organizations, other Federal agencies, State and

local governments, and other interested groups in the development and implementation

of effective programs for their advancement.

Minerals Management Service

The Minerals Management Service was established on January 19, 1982, by

Secretarial order. The Service assesses the nature, extent, recoverability, and value of

leasable minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf. It ensures the orderly and timely

inventory and development and the efficient recovery of mineral resources; encourages

utilization of the best available and safest technology; and safeguards against fraud, waste,

and abuse.

Offshore Minerals Management

The Service is responsible for resource evaluation, environmental review, leasing
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activities (including public liaison and planning functions), lease management, and

inspection and enforcement programs for Outer Continental Shelf lands. Five-year oil and

gas leasing programs are developed for leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf in

consultation with the Congress, the 23 coastal States, local governments, environmental

groups, industry, and the public.

 The Service conducts extensive environmental studies and consultations with State

officials prior to issuing leases. Once leases have been issued, inspectors conduct frequent

inspections of offshore 

operations, and environmental studies personnel collect more data to ensure that marine

environments are kept free of pollutants.

Minerals Revenue Management 

The Service is responsible for the collection and distribution of all royalty

payments, rentals, bonus payments, fines, penalties, assessments, and other revenue due

the Federal Government and Indian lessors (tribal and allotted) as monies or

royalties-in-kind from the extraction of mineral resources from Federal and Indian lands

onshore and from the leasing and extraction of mineral resources on the Outer Continental

Shelf.

Bureau of Land Management 

Established July 16, 1946, by the consolidation of the General Land Office (created

in 1812) and the Grazing Service (formed in 1934). The Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) (43 U.S.C.) is responsible for the total management of about 270 million acres of

public lands; in addition to minerals management responsibilities on the public lands,

BLM is also responsible for subsurface resource management of an additional 300 million

acres where mineral rights are owned by the Federal Government. Bureau programs

provide for the protection (including fire suppression), orderly development, and use of

the public lands and resources under principles of multiple use and sustained yield.

Resources managed by BLM include timber, solid minerals, oil and gas, geothermal

energy, wildlife habitat, endangered plant and animal species, rangeland vegetation,

recreation and cultural values, wild and scenic rivers, designated conservation and

wilderness areas, and open space. BLM programs provide for the protection (including

fire suppression), orderly development, and use of the public lands and resources under

principles of multiple use and sustained yield. Land use plans are developed with public

involvement to provide orderly use and development while maintaining and enhancing

the quality of the environment. BLM also manages watersheds to protect soil and enhance

water quality; develops recreational opportunities on public lands; administers programs

to protect and manage wild horses and burros; and under certain conditions, makes land

available for sale to individuals, organizations, local governments, and other Federal

agencies when such transfer is in the public interest. Lands may be leased to State and

local government agencies and to nonprofit organizations for certain purposes.

BLM is also responsible for the survey of Federal lands and establishes and

maintains public land records and mining claims records. It administers a program of

payments in lieu of taxes based on the amount of federally owned lands in counties and

other units of local government.
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Bureau of Reclamation

Created within the United States Geological Survey by the Reclamation Act of 1902

(43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.). In 1907 the Reclamation Service was separated from the Survey,

and in 1923 was renamed the Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau of Reclamation is

established to manage, develop, and protect, for the public welfare, water and related

resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner. The Reclamation

program has helped to settle and develop the West by providing for sustained economic

growth, an improved environment, and an enhanced quality of life through the

development of a water storage and delivery infrastructure, which provides safe and

dependable water supplies and hydroelectric power for agricultural, municipal, and

industrial users; protects and improves water quality; provides recreational and fish and

wildlife benefits; enhances river regulations; and helps control damaging floods.With this

infrastructure largely in place, the Reclamation program is now focusing greater emphasis

on resource management and protection than on development.

The National Reclamation Act of 1902 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to

develop irrigation and hydropower projects in 17 Western States. The water projects

created by the Bureau of Reclamation led to homesteading and promoted the economic

development of the West. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and

reservoirs including Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on

the Columbia River.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Environment and Natural Resources Division

The Environment and Natural Resources Division is the Nation's environmental

lawyer. It is responsible for litigating cases ranging from protection of endangered

species, to global climate change, to cleaning up the Nation's hazardous waste sites. A key

responsibility is enforcing civil and criminal environmental laws in order to protect its

citizens' health and environment. The Division defends environmental challenges to

Government activities and programs and ensures that environmental laws are

implemented in a fair and consistent manner nationwide. It also represents the United

States in all matters concerning the protection, use, and development of the Nation's

natural resources and public lands, wildlife protection, Indian rights and claims, and the

acquisition of Federal property.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is responsible for safety and health in

the Nation's mines. (30 U.S.C. 962) The Administration develops and promulgates

mandatory safety and health standards, ensures compliance with such standards, assesses

civil penalties for violations, and investigates accidents. It cooperates with and provides

assistance to the States in the development of effective State mine safety and health
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programs; improves and expands training programs in cooperation with the States and the

mining industry; and contributes to the improvement and expansion of mine safety and

health research and development. All of these activities are aimed at preventing and

reducing mine accidents and occupational diseases in the mining industry.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Under Secretary for Global Affairs

Coordinates U.S. foreign relations on a variety of global issues, including

democracy, human rights, and labor; environment, oceans, and science; narcotics control

and law enforcement; population, refugees, and migration; and women's issues. The

Committee on Resources oversees issues relating to global climate change which fall

under this office.

Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and

Scientific Affairs

The Bureau of Oceans, and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

(OES) serves as the foreign policy focal point for international oceans, environmental,

and scientific efforts. OES projects, protects, and promotes U.S. global interests in these

areas by articulating U.S. foreign policy, encouraging international cooperation, and

negotiating treaties and other instruments of international law. The Bureau serves as the

principal adviser to the Secretary of State on international environment, science, and

technology matters and takes the lead in coordinating and brokering diverse interests in

the interagency process, where the development of international policies or the

negotiation and implementation of relevant international agreements are concerned. The

Bureau seeks to promote the peaceful exploitation of outer space, protect public health

from reemerging infectious diseases, encourage government to government scientific

cooperation, and prevent the destruction and degradation of the planet's natural resources

and the global environment.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Lands Program

The Administration manages the Federal lands highway program, the emergency

relief program for federally owned roads, and the defense access roads program. It also

provides transportation services to Federal agencies, serves as an advocate for safe public

access to Federal and Indian lands, and develops and disseminates technology relative to

transportation access to Federal and Indian lands. In addition to the national program

management of the above programs, the Administration manages the Indian reserve road

category. Field Operations FHWA's field structure is comprised of four resource centers

that support the 52 State-level division offices. The offices provide Federal-aid program

assistance to partners and customers in highway transportation and safety services
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including planning and research, preliminary engineering, technology transfer,

right-of-way, bridges, highway safety, traffic operations, environment, civilrights, design,

construction and maintenance, engineering coordination, highway beautification, and

management.

Maritime Administration

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation was established by the Saint

Lawrence Seaway Act of May 13, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 981-990) and became an operating

administration of the Department of Transportation in 1966.

The Corporation, working cooperatively with the Saint Lawrence Seaway

Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, is dedicated to operating and maintaining

a safe, reliable, and efficient deep draft waterway between the Great Lakes and the

Atlantic Ocean. It ensures the safe transit of commercial and noncommercial vessels

through the two U.S. locks and the navigation channels of the Saint Lawrence Seaway

System. The Corporation works jointly with SLSMC on all matters related to rules and

regulations, overall operations, vessel inspections, traffic control, navigation aids, safety,

operating dates, and trade development programs.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

The Environmental Protection Agency was established in the executive branch as

an independent agency pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 (5 U.S.C. app.).

In 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency became a cabinet level position. It was

created to permit coordinated and effective governmental action on behalf of the

environment. The Agency is designed to serve as the public's advocate for a livable

environment.

EPA’s mission is to control and abate pollution in the areas of air, water, solid

waste, pesticides, radiation, and toxic substances. Its mandate is to mount an integrated,

coordinated attack on environmental pollution in cooperation with State and local

governments. It was created to permit coordinated and effective governmental action on

behalf of the environment. The Agency is designed to serve as the public's advocate for

a livable environment.

Office of Water

The Office of Water (OW) is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and

Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization

Amendments of 1990, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Ocean Dumping Ban

Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Shore Protection Act, Marine

Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act, London Dumping Convention, the

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and several other

statutes. The Committee on Resources has oversight over the Office of Water on issues

relating to marine and estuarine issues and regulations affecting fish and wildlife.
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Office of Research and Development

The Officeof Research and Development is the principal scientific and research arm

of the Environmental Protection Agency. ORD conducts research and encourages the use

of science and technology in fulfilling EPA's mission. The Committee on Resources has

oversight over issues relating to marine and estuarine research and fish and wildlife

research.

Office of Federal Activities

The Office of Federal Activities coordinates EPA's review of all federal

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) prepared by other agencies under the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); maintaining a national EIS filing system and

publishing a weekly notice of EIS documents available for review; assuring that EPA's

own actions comply with NEPA and other environmental requirements; providing

technical assistance and capacity building for environmental compliance, enforcement and

impact assessment in other countries; and working with federal and state agencies,

foreign governments and international organizations in order to ensure compliance with

United States environmental laws. 

INTERAGENCY 

Joint Pipeline Office (Trans-Alaska Pipeline) 

Established in 1990, is seven State and six federal agencies sharing similar

regulatory or management responsibilities related to common carrier pipelines in Alaska,

most notably the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). People from nine of the 13

agencies are co-located and coordinate oversight of oil and gas pipelines, and issue

right-of-way leases and other permits needed for oil and gas projects. Cooperative

agreements were developed between agencies to share staff, knowledge, equipment, and

office space. This unique working environment eliminates duplication of work, is more

customer oriented, and simplifies complicated and lengthy government processes. 

MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES 

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent Federal agency

established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), is the only entity

with the legal responsibility to balance historic preservation concerns with Federal project

requirements. The Council advises the President and Congress on historic preservation

matters; administers the public review and consultation process for Federal undertakings

established by Section 106 of NHPA; and works to improve Federal policies, programs,

planning, and decisions when they affect the Nation's historic and cultural resources.

American Battle Monuments Commission 

Established in 1923, the American Battle Monuments Commission is a small

independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government. It is responsible

for commemorating the services of the American Armed Forces where they have served
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since April 6, 1917 (the date of U.S. entry into World War I) through the establishment

of suitable memorial shrines. The Commission designs, constructs, operates and

maintains permanent American military burial grounds in foreign countries.

Arctic Research Commission

Established by the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984. The Arctic Research

Commission was established to set national policy, goals and priorities to provide a

federal program plan for basic and applied scientific and engineering research in the

Arctic.

Endangered Species Committee

Consists of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior, and the Army, the Chairman of

the Council of Economic Advisors, the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency

and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a representative from the

State which has a concern about an Endangered Species listing. The committee can be

convened to resolve conflicts when all other efforts have failed, and it can grant

exceptions to the ESA

Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Established in 1984, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation supports the

conservation of native fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats by attracting diverse

investments to conservation and encouraging locally supported stewardship on private

and public lands.

Indian Arts and Crafts Board 

Established in 1990 through the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, the Indian Arts

and Crafts Board was created by to promote the economic development of American

Indians and Alaska Natives through the expansion of the Indian arts and crafts market.

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act provides criminal and civil penalties for marketing

products as "Indian-made" when such products are not made by Indians, as defined by the

Act. The Board's other activities include providing professional business advice,

information on the Act and related marketing issues, fundraising assistance, and

promotional opportunities to Native American artists, craftspeople, and cultural

organizations. As an integral part of its mission to promote contemporary Indian arts and

crafts, the Board operates three regional museums, the Sioux Indian Museum, the

Museum of the Plains Indian, and the Southern Plains Indian Museum.

Marine Mammal Commission

Established in 1972 through the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA).

The MMPA found that certain species and population stocks of marine mammals are, or

may be, in danger of extinction or depletion as a result of man's activities; such species

and population stocks should not be permitted to diminish beyond the point at which they

cease to be a significant functioning element in the ecosystem of which they are a part,

and, consistent with this major objective, they should not be permitted to diminish below

their optimum sustainable population level; measures should be taken immediately to
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replenish any species or population stock which has diminished below its optimum

sustainable level; there is inadequate knowledge of the ecology and population dynamics

of such marine mammals and of the factors which bear upon their ability to reproduce

themselves successfully; and marine mammals have proven themselves to be resources

of great international significance, aesthetic and recreational as well as economic. 

The MMPA established a moratorium, with certain exceptions, on the taking of

marine mammals in U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and on the

importing of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the United States. 

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission

Established on February 18, 1929 by the passage of the Migratory Bird

Conservation Act. It was created and authorized to consider and approve any areas of land

and/or water recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or rental by the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Act, and to fix the price or prices at which such

areas may be purchased or rented. In addition to approving purchase and rental prices, the

Commission considers the establishment of new waterfowl refuges. 

Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental

Policy Foundation

Established in 1992, the Morris K. Udall Scholarship Fund was created to develop

increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare for and pursue careers related to

the environment and to Native Americans and Alaska Natives who intend to pursue

careers in health care and tribal public policy.

National Capitol Parks Commission

Established in 1924 as the National Capital Park Commission with responsibilities

to acquire lands to complete a park, parkway, and playground system for the National

Capital. Two years later, Congress reestablished the Commission as the National Capital

Park and Planning Commission and gave it comprehensive planning responsibilities for

the National Capital and its environs. In 1952, Congress passed the National Capital

Planning Act and renamed the Commission the National Capital Planning Commission

and designated it as the central planning agency for the federal and District of Columbia

governments. The Commission was also given the responsibility to preserve the important

natural and historical features within the region. In 1973, Congress passed the District

of Columbia Self Government Reorganization Act (the Home Rule Act) that gave the

planning responsibility for the District of Columbia to the Mayor and continued the role

of the Commission as the central planning agency for the federal government in the

region. With the granting of Home Rule to the District of Columbia, comprehensive

planning responsibilities for the National Capital were realigned. The Mayor and the

Commission are charged with publishing a joint comprehensive plan.

National Forest Foundation

Established in 1990 by the United States Congress, pursuant to Public Law No.

101-593 to serve as the official non-profit partner of the USDA Forest Service.

 The National Forest Foundation undertakes activities that further the purposes for which
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the National Forest System was established; conducts educational, technical, and other

activities that support the multiple use, research, and forestry programs administered by

the Forest Service.

National Indian Gaming Commission

Established in 1985, is a non-profit organization of 168 Indian Nations with other

non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and businesses engaged

in tribal gaming enterprises from around the country. The common commitment and

purpose of NIGA is to advance the lives of Indian peoples – economically, socially and

politically. NIGA operates as a clearinghouse and educational, legislative and public

policy resource for tribes, policymakers and the public on Indian gaming issues and tribal

community development. The mission of NIGA is to protect and preserve the general

welfare of tribes striving for self-sufficiency through gaming enterprises in Indian

Country. To fulfill its mission, NIGA works with the Federal government and Congress

to develop sound policies and practices and to provide technical assistance and advocacy

on gaming-related issues. In addition, NIGA seeks to maintain and protect Indian

sovereign governmental authority in Indian Country.

National Park Foundation

Established in 1967, the National Park Foundation was created as the successor to

the National Park Trust Fund. The National Park Trust Fund was created to encourage

private gifts of real and personal property or any income therefrom or other interest

therein for the benefit of, or in connection with, the National Park Service, its activities,

or its services, and thereby to further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic,

scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources for future generations of

Americans, there is hereby established a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be

known as the National Park Foundation to accept and administer such gifts.

National Science Foundation

Established in 1950 by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C.

1861 et seq.). The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency

organized to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity,

and welfare; and to secure the national defense.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Established in 1949, the National Trust for Historic Preservation operates a

nationwide collection of National Trust Historic Sites. Demonstrates how preservation

can revitalize historic downtowns through programs such as the National Main Street

Center, and National Trust Community Partners, which uses preservation to provide

affordable housing in older residential neighborhoods; Provides technical and financial

assistance to state and local organizations; Promotes travel to historic destinations

through its National Trust Study Tours and National Trust Historic Hotels of America,

and its heritage tourism consulting program; Works on Capitol Hill and in state

legislatures and city halls on issues and initiatives to encourage the adoption of laws and

policies that support preservation; Goes to court to ensure that preservation laws are

upheld; and Teaches people about the benefits of preservation through workshops and
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other educational programs, including the nation's largest preservation conference and the

award-winning Preservation magazine.

Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

The Office of Navajo and HopiIndian Relocation (ONHIR) was established in 1974

relocation legislation P.L. 93-531, as a way to end a dispute between the Hopi and Navajo

tribes involving land originally set aside by the federal government for a reservation in

1882. Pursuant to the 1974 act, lands were partitioned between the two tribes and

members of one tribe who ended up on the other tribe's land were to be relocated. Most

relocatees are Navajo. A large majority of the estimated 3,455 Navajo families formerly

on the land partitioned to the Hopi have already relocated under the Act, but the House

Appropriations Committee in 1998 estimates that 510 families (almost all Navajo) have

yet to be relocated, including about 71 Navajo families still on Hopi partitioned land

(many of whom refuse to relocate). Negotiations had gone forward among the two tribes,

the Navajo families on Hopi partitioned land, and the federal government, especially

regarding Hopi Tribe claims against the United States. The United States and the Hopi

Tribe reached a proposed settlement agreement on December 14, 1995. Attached to the

settlement agreement was a separate accommodation agreement between the Hopi Tribe

and the Navajo families, which provided for 75-year leases for Navajo families on Hopi

partitioned land. The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996 (P.L. 104- 301)

approved the settlement agreement between the United States and the Hopi Tribe. Not all

issues have been resolved by these agreements, however, and opposition to the

agreements and the leases is strong among some of the Navajo families. Navajo families

with homesites on Hopi partitioned land faced a March 31, 1997, deadline for signing

leases. An initial Hopi report said 60 of the 80 homesites affected had signed the leases.

Northwest Power Planning Council

Established to give the citizens of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington a

stronger voice in determining the future of key resources common to all four states --

namely, the electricity generated at and fish and wildlife affected by the Columbia River

Basin hydropower dams. The Council is a unique organization that helps the Pacific

Northwest states make critical decisions that balance the multiple purposes of the

Columbia River and its tributaries. The Council is funded by wholesale power revenues

from the Bonneville Power Administration, the federal agency that markets the electricity

generated at federal dams on the Columbia River. The Council was authorized in the

Northwest Power Act of 1980 and approved by a vote of the legislatures of all four states.

The governor of each state appoints two members to serve on the Council. The Power Act

contains three principal mandates for the Council to carry out:

Small Business Administration -Office of Native American Affairs

The Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) is dedicated to create, develop and

expand small businesses held by American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native

Hawaiians. The Office also provides access to the necessary business development and

expansion tools available through the Agency's entrepreneurial development, lending and

procurement programs. Additionally, ONAA administers the Tribal Business Information

Centers project designed to offer culturally-tailored business development assistance to
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Native American entrepreneurs.

Presidio Trust

The Presidio Trust is an executive agency of the U.S. government. It is governed

by a seven-member Board of Directors. Its activities are guided by the Presidio Trust Act

P.L. 104-333 (16 U.S.C. § 460bb) and the general objectives of the General Management

Plan Amendment. The Financial Management Program outlines the Presidio Trust’s

program for achieving financial self-sufficiency by fiscal year 2013. 

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

In response to President Carter’s Commission on the Holocaust report of September

27, 1979. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was created. Chartered by a

unanimous Act of Congress in 1980 and located adjacent to the National Mall in

Washington, D.C., the Museum strives to broaden public understanding of the history of

the Holocaust through multifaceted programs: exhibitions; research and publication;

collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts relating to the Holocaust;

annual Holocaust commemorations known as the Days of Remembrance; distribution of

educational materials and teacher resources; and a variety of public programming

designed to enhance understanding of the Holocaust and related issues, including those

of contemporary significance.

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1

 U.S . Congress, Con stitution, Jefferson’s Man ual, and the Rules of the House of

Representatives of the United States.

BRIEF JURISDICTION OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES OF

THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

Committee on Public Lands

(1805 - 1951)

9

th — 51st Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Public Lands was created on December 17, 1805 by a

motion of Mr. William Findley, of Pennsylvania, proposing a standing

committee of the House with jurisdiction “respecting the lands of the United

States.” Although the Committee on Public Lands was primarily focused on the

sale and settlement of public lands, by the 20th century, the jurisdiction was

expanded to include the care, maintenance, and preservation of public lands.

Including water, minerals, irrigation, national parks, forest reserves, land

grants, and the administration of public lands. Other jurisdictional changes

included the foreign ownership of land.

In 1911, the Committee on Private Land Claims was abolished and its

jurisdiction was included into the Committee on Public Lands. This included

matters relating to the settlement of individual claims to private lands in the

States and Territories.

In 1946, as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the

Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Territories, the Committee on

Mines and Mining, the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, and the

Committee on Insular Affairs were abolished and their jurisdictions were

included into the Committee on Public Lands.1

On February 2, 1951, the name of the Committee on Public Lands was

changed to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to reflect the

expansion of the jurisdiction. (See the Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs for a further description of this Committee and subsequent changes.)

Issues discussed by the Committee

From 1886 through the early 1900s, the Committee on Public Lands

exercised preliminary jurisdiction over irrigation. After 1902, with the creation

of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, the jurisdiction moved over to

that Committee. Later, under the Legislative organization Act of 1946, the

jurisdiction moved back into the Committee on Public Lands.
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Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Lands include:

• The public domain, conservation thereof, and the granting or

forfeiture of lands therefrom, or easements thereon.

• Subjects pertaining to the school lands of a State or Territory.

• Authorizing punishments and penalties when provided for offenses

relating to the administration of the lands of the public domain.

• Providing for the appraisal, sale, lease, and conveyance of public

lands and for the disposition of such lands when abandoned.

• The care of waters on arid public lands.

• The application of mining laws to public lands, the location of

mineral claims on such lands, and the exploration and acquisition

of mines on land claims.

• The subject of irrigation.

• Forest reserves created out of the public domain.

• Public lands of Alaska, including grants to public service

corporations.

• National Parks created out of the public domain.

• The preservation of prehistoric ruins and natural objects of interest

on the public lands.

• Arkansas Hot Springs Reservation; together with the regulation of

the hotels and bath houses connected therewith.

• Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership of land have been

considered by the Public Lands Committee, although the Judiciary

Committee also has participated in the jurisdiction of certain land

questions.

• General but not exclusive jurisdiction over the public lands in

relation to the 

• minerals contained therein, and has reported bills to establish

schools of mines.

• Various classes of land claims, as related both to States and

individuals.

The Committee on Public Lands reported legislation concerning:

1885 Prohibit aliens and foreigners from acquiring or owning lands within

the United States.

Petrified Forest National Park.

1886 The Committee on the Judiciary submitted a report setting forth that the

forfeiture of lands granted to corporations was a subject belonging to the

jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Lands, and declining to take

jurisdiction.

Granting rights of way through public lands for irrigation.

Granting right of way through the public lands for irrigation purposes.

1890 Public lands of Alaska.

1891 Subject of Arkansas indebtedness.
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1892 Arkansas swamp land claims.

1894 Bills relating to forest reservations.

Creation of Yellowstone National Park.

Legislation relating to assessment work on mining claims. 

Legislation relating to mineral land laws in reservations. 

Legislation relating to Minnesota gold and silver lands.

1894 Timber on the public lands.

Relating to the establishment of schools of mines.

1896 Relating to the establishment of schools of mines.

Examination of mineral lands in California.

Surveyor-general for Alaska.

1898 Relief of homestead claimants who served in the war with Spain.

Authorizing the leasing of portions of forest reserves.

Creation of Yosemite National Park.

1899 Bills relating to forest reservations.

1900 Alaska legislation relating to homestead laws, timber and stone lands,

mining claims, and placer-mining laws.

Providing for negotiating for or bonding the groves of Sequoia

Gigantea, or big trees, in Calaveras and Tuolume counties, California.

Preservation of the prehistoric monuments and ruins on public lands.

To set aside certain lands to be known as the Petrified Forest National

Park of Arizona.

Setting aside a preserve for the American bison.

Preserving the rights of persons who have had unperfected land titles

in regions included within forest reservations.

1901 Relating to homestead laws and railroad rights of way in Alaska.

Rights of way for telephone and telegraph lines in Alaska.

To set apart certain lands in New Mexico to be known as the Cliff

Dwellers' Park.

1902 Creation of Wind Cave National Park.

Land offices in Alaska.

1903 Game animals, birds, and fish in forest reserves.

1905 Relating to aboriginal monuments and ruins.

Alaska coal-land laws.

Granting right of way through the public lands for reservoir sites.

Alaska Central Railway.

1906 Relating to the establishment of schools of mines.

Alaska Central and Alaska Short Line railways.

Allotment of homesteads to natives of Alaska.

The subject of American antiquities.

1908 The bill (H. R. 9205) making applicable certain provisions of the

statutes of the Territory of New Mexico to the school lands of that

Territory, and referred it to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Legislation to extend the provisions of the mining laws of the United

States to certain public lands; (S. 129) to validate the location of
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mineral claims heretofore made by deputy mineral surveyors during

their incumbency in office; and (H. R. 15443) to authorize the

exploration and purchase of mines within the boundaries of private land

claims, were taken from the Committee on Mines and Mining to which

they had been referred and were referred to the Committee on the Public

Lands. 

Distributing the annual message of the President referred so much of

the message as related to ``the public domain'' to the Committee on the

Public Lands.

1910 Granting a street railway company right to operate its railway across the

Hot Springs Reservation.

Establishment of the Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains.

1911 Authorizing suit for forfeiture of right of way granted to the

Washington Improvement and Development Company through the

Colville Indian Reservation in the State of Washington. Resolution

requesting information from the Secretary of the Interior and the

Secretary of Agriculture concerning the diversion of the waters of Lake

Tahoe.

1912 The Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, (Committee on Irrigation

and Reclamation), was discharged from consideration of the bill (H. R.

12826) providing for the discovery, development, and protection of

streams, springs, and water holes in desert or arid public lands of the

United States, and the bill was referred to the Committee on the Public

Lands.

1914 The bill (S. 655) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to survey

lands formerly reserved as a part of the Assiniboine Military

Reservation but now abandoned for that purpose, and which had been

referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, should have been

referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The bill (S. 533) proposing the consolidation of certain lands belonging

to the public domain in the Ochoco National Forest was taken from the

Committee on Agriculture and referred to the Committee on the Public

Lands.

Providing for reference of the President's message referred to the

Committee on the Public Lands that portion of the message relating to

“conservation.” 

1915 Establish a national park in the Territory of Hawaii (Referred initially

to the Committee on Agriculture)

1916 The reference of the bill (S. 43) relating to lands formerly part of an

Indian reservation, was transferred from the Committee on Indian

Affairs to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The Committee on Naval Affairs was discharged from the consideration

of the bill (H. R. 9045) for the restoration to the public domain of lands

reserved for naval operation and not now needed for that purpose, and

the bill was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.
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1917 Establishment of a national park in the Territory of Alaska.

Relieve the owners of mining claims who have been mustered into the

service of the United States from performing assessment work during

the term of such service.

Punish persons who make false representations to settlers and other

pertaining to the public lands of the United States.

1919 On motion of Mr. John E. Raker, of California, by unanimous consent,

the bill (H. R. 416) returning to the public domain land formerly

reserved as a bird reservation was taken from the Committee on

Agriculture and given to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Reference of the bill (S. 2789) for the consolidation of forest lands in

the Sierra National Forest to the Committee on Agriculture, and asked

unanimous consent that the reference be changed to the Committee on

the Public Lands. After brief debate the request was agreed to and the

bill was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

1920 Change the name of the Sequoia National Park to Roosevelt National

Park.

Providing for the disposition of abandoned portions of rights of way

granted to railroad companies.

Granting the right to use certain waters in Yellowstone National Park

for irrigation purposes.

1921 Authorizing the lease of lands containing deposits of minerals, oil,

oil-shale, or gas by the State of Washington for longer periods than five

years. Providing for agricultural entries on coal lands in Alaska.

Providing for the disposition of abandoned lighthouse and life-saving

stations.

Reference of the bill (H. R. 3116) validating certain homestead entries

for certain public lands in Alaska was transferred from the Committee

on the Territories to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Appraisal and sale of the Vashon Island Military Reservation in the

State of Washington.

1922 The bill (S. 490) to consolidate national forest lands.

1924 The bill (H. R. 4319) authorizing the conveyance of certain public land

to a municipality for park purposes, which had beenreferred to the

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, was taken from that

committee and referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

1925 Subjects relating to those national parks created out of the public

domain.

1926 Subjects relating to mineral lands of the public domain and the entry of

such lands for homestead and agricultural purposes. The Committee on

the Public Lands has exercised a general but not exclusive jurisdiction

over the public lands with relation to their mineral deposits.

Bills relating to the entry and conveyance of public lands.

Granting of public lands for school purposes, and for the sale of lots

owned by the Government in the District of Columbia.
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Committee on Private Land Claims

(1816 - 1911)

44th — 62nd Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Private Land Claims was created on April 29, 1816 by

a motion of Thomas B. Robertson of Louisiana. The jurisdiction was over

matters relating to the settlement of individual claims to private lands in the

States and Territories. The Committee on Private Lands was abolished in 1911

and the jurisdiction was passed onto the Committee on Public Lands.

Issues discussed by the Committee 

The Committee focused its action on the documentation and resolution of

conflicts relating to private claims to lands within the States and Territories.

The Committee on Private Land Claims reported legislation concerning:

1884 ascertaining and settling private land claims in certain States and

Territories.

1886 Relating generally to private land grants of a certain class in Arizona.

1888 To provide for ascertaining and settling private land claims in certain

States and Territories.

To establish a United States land court and to provide for a judicial

investigation and settlement of private land claims in the Territories of

Arizona and New Mexico, and in the State of Colorado.

Establishment of a Land Court to investigate and settle private land

claims in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the State of

Colorado.

1898 Creation of land courts to resolve conflicts in land claims.

1890 To establish a land court and provide for the settlement of land claims

in certain Territories.

1892 Subject of Mexican land grants.

1898 To establish a court of private land claims and to provide for the

settlement of private land claims in certain States and Territories.

1905 Land titles in the city of Mobile.
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Committee on Indian Affairs

(1821 - 1946)

17th — 79nd Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Indian Affairs was established on December 17, 1821,

by Mr. Samuel Moore, Pennsylvania. The primary jurisdiction of the

Committee was relating to “the relation of the United States with the Indians

and the Indian tribes, including appropriations therefore.”

Issues Discussed by the Committee

The Committee on Indian Affairs maintained jurisdiction over the care,

education and management of the Indians and Indian lands. Issues arising out

of the disbursement of Indian funds are held within the Committee on Indian

Affairs, not the Committee on Claims. 

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Indian Affairs include:

• Claims to be paid out of Indian funds and the adjudication of

claims arising out of Indian depredations. 

• Bills relating to the adjudication of claims of Indiana and Indian

tribes against the United States.

• Reservation, alienation, transfer, leasing, or allotment of Indian

lands.

• Taxation, improvement, irrigation, and control of Indian lands and

the construction of roads, cutting of timber, and granting of

easements thereon.

• Use, control, management, and expenditure of Indian funds.

• Business and government of the Indian tribes (excluding

appropriations).

• Care, education, and management of the Indians, including the

care and allotment of their lands.

• Claims which are paid out of Indian funds.

• Overdue bonds of certain States held in the Treasury as part of

Indian trust funds.
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The Committee on Indian Affairs reported legislation concerning:

1882 Bills for the payment of Indian depredation claims out of Indian funds

should go to the Committee on Indian Affairs and not to the Committee

on Claims.

1888 Resolutions distributing the President's message used this language

relating to the jurisdiction of the Committee on Indian Affairs, giving

to that committee so much ``as relates to the care, education, and

management of the Indians.'' This language had been used for a long

time in these resolutions; and the committee has exercised a broad

jurisdiction as to the care of Indians on the reservations, and in Indian

Territory while that reserve existed as a separate territory, and also as

to the care and preservation of Indian lands and the allotment in

severalty.

1891 Miami Indian claims.

1903 Indian depredation claims.

1908 Providing regulations pertaining to homestead entries on Indian lands.

Authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee for certain Indian lands

situated in the State of Idaho was taken from the Committee on Public

Lands and given to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

To authorize the cutting, sale, and manufacture of lumber and the

preservation of forests on certain lands reserved for Indian reservations.

1910 Bills authorizing Indian tribes to submit to the Court of Claims, various

claims against the United States, were taken from the Committee on

Claims and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

1911 the bill (H. R. 20825) to amend an act providing for the adjudication of

claims arising out of Indian depredations, and the bill was referred to

the Committee on Indian Affairs, not the Committee on Claims.

1914 To provide water for the irrigable lands of the Yakima Indian

Reservation, and the same was referred to the Committee on Indian

Affairs.

1916 Providing for the taxation of lands of the Winnebago Indians and the

Omaha Indians in the State of Nebraska.

1919 To provide for the distribution of tribal funds of the Crow tribe, and for

other purposes.

1920 Authorizing the court of Claims to hear, determine, and render

judgment on the claims of certain Indian tribes and bands against the

United States.

1923 Authorizing Indian tribes and individual Indians to submit to the Court

of Claims certain claims growing out of treaties and otherwise.

To modify the Osage fund restrictions.

1925 To provide for expenditures of tribal funds of Indians for construction,

repair, and rental of agency buildings and related purposes.

1925 Bills relative to the per capita cost of Indian Schools.
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1926 Setting aside Rice Lake and contiguous lands in Minnesota for the

exclusive use and benefit of the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.

To authorize the leasing for mining purposes of land reserved for Indian

agency and school purposes.

To provide for allotting in severalty agricultural lands within the

Tongue River or Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana.

Authorizing the court of Claims to hear, determine, and render

judgment on the claims of certain Indian tribes and bands against the

United States.

Authorize the leasing of unallotted irrigable land on Indian

reservations.

Completion of a road from Tucson to Ajo via Indian Oasis, and for the

construction of an irrigation dam on Walker River, Nevada.

Authorizing the use of the funds of any tribe of Indians for payments of

insurance premiums for protection of the property of the tribe against

fire, theft, tornado, and hail.

Authorizing the payment of tuition of Crow Indian children attending

Montana State public schools.

1929 Appropriating tribal funds of Indians residing on the Klamath

Reservation to pay expenses of the general council and business

committee of the tribe was transferred from the Committee on

Appropriations to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Committee on Territories

(1825 - 1946)

19th — 79nd Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Territories was established on December 13, 1825 to deal

with issues relating to “Territorial legislation, the revision thereof, and affecting

Territories to the admission of States”.2

As a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Committee on

Territories was abolished and its jurisdiction was included into the Committee
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on Public Lands.3

Issues Discussed by the Committee

The committee reported legislation concerning the structure, status, and

power of the Territorial governments; statehood; powers of municipalities;

boundary disputes; and on matters relating to public lands and homesteading,

railroads, public works, public buildings, highways, taxation, bond issues,

education, Indians, prohibition, and wildlife. The Committee also dealt with

issues relating to the boundaries of Territories and States.

Various issues captured the nation’s attention on issues within the

jurisdiction of the Committee on Territories. People argued wether or not a

Territory should become a State for one reason or another. 

Prominent issues included: polygamy in Utah; Indian rights and

homesteading with Oklahoma; woman's suffrage; prohibition in the Territories;

conservation of wildlife, particularly in Alaska and Hawaii; and issues relating

to the creation and establishment of roads, trails, and railroads, and the

availability of public lands for homesteading.

In relation to the Indian Territory, the Committee maintained an active

oversight over issues including settlement by non-Indians, the Dawes

Commission, boundaries, and treaties.

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Territories include:

• the general affairs of the Territories.

• the Territory of Alaska.

• Alaska both before and since the creation of the Territorial

government for that region.

• the Territory of Hawaii.

• the disposition of Government-owned land in Alaska.

• medical treatment of persons in the Territory of Hawaii 

• the general affairs of the Territories, and has even reported bills

relating to the courts.

• the district of Alaska.

• game and fish in Alaska.

• Laws relating to election of Delegate.

• Fuel and gas supply in Honolulu.

• Fund for public works in Hawaii.

• Quarantine station at Honolulu.
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The Committee on Territories reported legislation concerning:

1884 Jurisdiction of the Territorial courts.

Relating to jurisdiction of justices of the peace, and also as to courts and

judicial proceedings.

1886 Relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors within the territories.

1887 Fees of marshals and attorneys, and even as to the creation of an additional

justice for a Territorial supreme court, although in general this jurisdiction

belongs to the Judiciary Committee. 

Representation in Congress by a Delegate.

Laws of the Territory.

Construction and maintenance of roads within a Territory.

Municipal corporations.

Sale of intoxicating liquors in a Territory.

Care of the insane within the Territories. 

1887 Relating to the power of Territorial legislatures to create corporations.

1900 Hawaiian coinage.

1900 Reserving public lands in Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, which were a part of the

public domain.

1901 Subports of entry and delivery in Hawaii.

1902 Salmon fisheries in Alaska.

Amend the organic act of the Territory of Hawaii and confirming acts of the

Hawaiian legislature.

1904 A bill relating to the Arizona Asylum for the Insane.

1906 Establishing a legislative assembly in the Territory of Oklahoma.

To ratify and confirm the act of the legislative assembly of the Territory of

Oklahoma, passed in the year 1901, authorizing the board of county

commissioners of Kay County, OK, to change the course of Spring Creek; and

similar bills.

Fisheries in Alaska.

Prohibiting aliens from taking fish in the waters of Alaska.

1908 Relating to the location, construction, operation, and relief of Alaskan railways.

Authorizing the issuance of bonds by municipalities and road districts for the

construction of roads, and the installation of water and sewer systems in the

Territory of Arizona.

For the protection of game in Alaska.

Amend the organic act of the Territory of Hawaii and confirming acts of the

Hawaiian legislature.

1910 To modify and amend the mining laws in relation to the Territory of Alaska.

Relating to the location, construction, operation, and relief of Alaskan railways.

Relating to the creation, establishment, and enforcement of a miner's lien in the

Territory of Alaska.

1913 Ratifying an act of the Legislature of Hawaii.

1917 To open lands in Hawaii to homestead entry, was changed from the Committee

on Insular Affairs to the Committee on the Territories.

1919 Exchange of Government-owned lands for privately owned lands in the

Territory of Hawaii.

Relating to the location, construction, operation, and relief of Alaskan railways.
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Exchange of Government lands for privately owned lands in the Territory of

Hawaii, and the bill was referred to the Committee on the Territories.

1920 Authorizing an incorporated town in Alaska to issue bonds for the construction

of a municipal light and power plant and the erection of a public school

building.

1921 Granting a franchise for the purpose of manufacturing and supplying gas and

electric current in certain districts in the Territory of Hawaii.

1922 Authorizing the construction of roads, bridges, and trails in Alaska.

1924 Authorizing the issuance of patents to persons purchasing Government lots in

the district of Waiakea, Island of Hawaii.

The establishment of industrial schools for Alaskan native children.

1926 Exchange of Government-owned lands for privately owned lands in the

Territory of Hawaii.

Relating to the location, construction, operation, and relief of Alaskan railways.

Prescribing qualification of voters in the Territory, authorizing the designation

of an ex officio commissioner for Alaska for each of the executive departments

of the United States, and relating to the election of a Delegate to the House of

Representatives from the Territory of Alaska.

Authorizing the construction of government docks, and wharves at Alaskan

ports.

1932 To authorize the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service

to make a survey as to the existing facilities for the protection of the public

health in the care and treatment of leperous persons in the Territory of Hawaii,

from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to the Committee on

Territories.

Committee on Pacific Railroads

(1865 - 1911)

37th — 61nd Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Pacific Railroads was created as a permanent Committee

on March 2, 1865, although it was a Select Committee prior to 1865. The

jurisdiction of the Committee was not focused solely on railroads, rather the

jurisdiction was listed as relating "to the railroads and telegraph lines between

the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast."4
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Issues discussed by the Committee

The Committee’s establishment is related to the July 1, 1862 law authorizing

the construction of a transcontinental railroad between the Missouri River and

California. Construction for the railroad was to be aided by land grants and

Government loans.

The Committee focused much of its attention on the establishment of

specific railroads to various parts of the country: Northern Pacific Railroad,

Southern Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad.

The Committee granted twenty- or fifty-mile strips, alternate sections of

public land for each mile of track that was built. As a result, the public lands

of the West began to look more like a checkerboard of public/private lands.

On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific Railroad joined with the Central Pacific

at Promontory, Utah, linking the continent with the Transcontinental railroad.

The Committee archive files contain a letter dated October 1, 1867, for

George M. Pullman to furnish sleeping cars to the Union Pacific Railroad .

Primary jurisdiction was listed as issues relating to the railroads and telegraphic

lines between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast.

Committee on Mines and Mining

(1865 - 1946)

39th — 79nd Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Mines and Mining was established on December 19,

1865 to focus on mining interests.

As a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Committee on

Mines and Mining was abolished and its jurisdiction was included into the

Committee on Public Lands.

Issues Discussed by the Committee

The Committee on Mines and Mining exercised jurisdiction over the

Geological Survey, the Bureau of Mines, the establishment of mining schools

and mining experimental stations, mineral land laws, the welfare mine workers,

mineral contracts connected with war, and the mining of radium ore.

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Mines and Mining include:

• Relief in cased of mineral contract connected with the prosecution

of war.
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• Mining laws within the Territories.

• Mining of radium ore, including withdrawal from public lands, and

the conservation of supplies.

• Welfare of miners.

• Work relating to the Geological Survey.

• Fuel yards in the District of Columbia.

• Establishment of a bureau of mines and of geology.

• Establishment of schools of mines and mining experiment stations.

• Alien ownership of mineral lands.

• Mineral land, and land claims.

• Mining debris in California.

The Committee had reported to the House legislation relating to:

1882 Authorizing claimants to mines to make certain affidavits.

Authorizing an appropriation to enable the Geological Survey to

procure statistics in regard to mines and mining, and make analyses of

coal, iron, and oil.

Authorized the Geological Survey to examine mines and mining

interests including coal, iron and oil.

1886 Establish the bureau of mines and mining.

1888 Issues relating to alien ownership of mineral lands.

Mining debris in California and as to the California Debris

Commission.

Alien ownership of mineral lands.

1890 Protection of the lives of miners.

1891 Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.

1892 Proposal to establish an executive department of mines and mining.

Create an executive department of mines and mining.

Creation of California Debris Commission.

1901 Protection of the lives of miners.

Issues relating to miners in the Territories.

1904 Suits in mining claims, mineral veins withing boundaries of placer

claims.

Exploration and purchase of mines within boundaries of private land

claims.

1905 Protection of miners within the Territories. Mining debris in California.

1906 Authorizing examinations of the black sands of the Pacific coast, and

providing for investigation of the water resources of the United States.

Bureau of Geology and Mining.

Examination of black sands of the Pacific coast.

1911 granting to certain employees of the United States the right to receive

from it compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their

employment.
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Welfare of mine workers.

1914 Encourage the prospecting, mining, and treatment of radium-bearing

ores in lands belonging to the United States, for the purpose of securing

an adequate supply of radium for Government and other hospitals in the

United States.

Authorizing the President to withdraw public lands containing

carbonite, pitchblende, or other radium-bearing ores and minerals.

Regulation of mining of radium ores.

Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from entry any

public lands containing radium.

1919 Relief of contracts connected with the prosecution of war.

1921 Application of mining laws to the Territories. Government fuel yards

in the District of Columbia.

Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to purchase necessary lands for

use of the Government fuel yards, for the erection of a garage, and

payment by check by branches of the Federal Government for fuel

furnished.

Changing the period for doing work on unpatented mineral claims for

the calendar year to the fiscal year ending June 30 each year.

1924 Authorize payment of claims under provisions of the war mineral relief

act.

Suspend the requirements of annual assessment work on certain mining

claims for a period of three years.

Authorize the payment of claims under the provisions of the war

mineral relief act.

1925 Modify and amend the mining laws in their application to the Territory

of Alaska.

Sale of certain mineral lands in Pennsylvania.

Suspend annual assessment work on certain mining claims for a period

of three years.

1926 Geological Survey, and Bureau of Soils investigation of potash deposits.

Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands

(Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation)

(1893 - 1946)

53th — 79th Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

Created on August 18, 1893, as a full Committee of the House, the

Committee on Irrigation and Arid lands existed prior to that date as a Select
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Committee. In 1924, the Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands was renamed

the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.

In 1946, under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Committee

on Irrigation and Reclamation, was abolished and its jurisdictions was included

into the Committee on Public Lands.5

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands

include:

• Irrigation of arid lands.

• Reclamation in general.

• Preemption and disposition of lands in reclaimed and irrigated

projects.

• Interstate compacts relative to apportionment of waters for

irrigation purposes.

• Disposal of drainage waters from irrigation projects.

Issues discussed by the Committee

The Committee’s primary focus is the disposition of land for the purposes

of constructing irrigation and reclaiming the land for agricultural purposes.

1893 subjects relating to the irrigation of arid lands.

1902 appropriating the receipts from the disposal and sale of public lands in

certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for

the reclamation of arid lands.

Newlands Reclamation Act, also known as the National Reclamation

Act, which authorized Federal construction of irrigation projects.

Proceeds from the sale of public lands in the Western States were to

finance the construction and maintenance of the projects. 

Established the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

1904 Legislation to use “earth,, stone, and timber on forest reservations

(National Forests) and public lands for irrigation works.” Thus

allowing the natural resources on federal lands to be used for the

construction of irrigation projects.

Use of earth, stone, and timber on forest reservations and public lands

for irrigation works.

1905 Dams across the Yellowstone River.

1910 Homestead entries on lands to be irrigated under provisions of the

June 17, 1902 Act.

1912 Disposition of townsites in connection with reclamation projects.

1917 Application of the reclamation law to irrigation districts.
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1919 Disposal of certain waste and drainage water from the Yuma Project in

the State of Arizona.

1922 Provide for the application of the reclamation law to irrigation districts.

Encourage the development of the agricultural resources of the United

States through Federal and State cooperation, giving preference in the

matter of employment and the establishment of rural homes to those

who serve with the military and naval forces.

1924 Legislation pertaining to reclamation in general.

1925 Provide for aided and directed settlements on Government land in

irrigation projects; and for refunds to veterans of the World War of

certain amounts paid by them under Federal irrigation projects.

Federal-State cooperation to develop agricultural resources. Refunds

to veterans of the World War on certain amounts paid by them under

Federal irrigation projects.

1926 Authorize payments for municipal improvements n reclamation

projects.

Granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between

the States of Idaho and Wyoming with respect to the division and

apportionment of the waters of the Snake River and other streams in

which such States are jointly interested.

Examination and report on the condition and possible development and

reclamation of certain swamp lands.

Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to employ engineers for

consultation in connection with the construction of dams for irrigation.

1928 Authorized the Boulder Canyon (later renamed Hoover Dam) Project.

1930s During the Depression and the Dust Bowl, the Committee focused its

attention on creating irrigation projects and enhance agriculture.

Committee on Insular Affairs

(1 893 - 1946)

53th — 79th Congresses

History and Jurisdiction

The Committee on Insular Affairs was created in response to the Treaty of

Paris (December 10, 1898) which ended the Spanish-American War. With the

Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded control over the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico

(Purto Rico) and Guam to the United States, and relinquished her sovereignty

over Cuba.

On December 5, 1899, Mr. James A. Tawney, Minnesota, introduced a

resolution to establish the Committee on Insular Affairs, and the Committee

was established on December 8, 1899. 

On January 1, 1899, the United State through a military governor, assumed
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control of Cuba.

The jurisdiction of the Committee on Insular Affairs was over "all matters

(excepting those affecting the revenue and appropriations) pertaining to the

islands which came to the United States through the treaty of 1899 with Spain,

and to Cuba."6

 The Committee gained jurisdictional control over the islands of

Samoa through an agreement with England and Germany in 1899 granting the

United States control over the islands.

After the creation of the Republic of Cuba in 1902, the Committee on Insular

Affairs transferred jurisdiction over Cuba to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

in 1906. 

In 1916, after the Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark, the

Committee gained jurisdictional control over the Islands.

As a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Committee on

Insular Affairs was abolished and its jurisdictions was included into the

Committee on Public Lands.7

Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Insular Affairs include:

• Issues relating to the islands ceded by the treaty of 1899 (Guam and

the Philippines from Spain), except for matters of revenue and

appropriations.

• the Philippine Islands.

• legislation relating to Porto (Puerto) Rico, except for matters of

revenue and appropriations.

• relating to the Virgin Islands, except for matters of revenue and

appropriations.

• relating to Cuba (this was later given over to the Committee on

Foreign Affairs).

• certain claims in the Philippines.

Issues discussed by the Committee

1903 Philippine coinage.

Removal of persons accused of crime to and from the Philippine

Islands.
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1904 Construction of harbors and establishment of agricultural experiment

stations in Porto Rico.

Bonds for municipal improvements in the Philippines.

1906 Philippines, Batan Island military reservation.

Construction of wharves and piers in Puerto Rico.

Removal of Cuba within the Committee’s jurisdiction since Cuba

became an independent nation.

1907 Establishment of an agricultural bank in the Philippines.

1908 Increase the membership of the Philippine Commission, and to regulate

shipping in trade between the United States and the Philippine

Archipelago.

1909 authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Condado Bay on San

Juan Island, Porto Rico.

1910 Authorizing the President to convey to the people of Porto Rico certain

land and buildings not needed for purposes of the United States.

Providing for the quadrennial election of the Philippine Legislature and

Resident Commissioners to the United States.

1914 All matters pertaining to the island which came to the United States

through the treaty of 1899 with Spain be referred to the Committee on

Insular Affairs.

1921 Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to repair and rebuild customs

buildings in Porto Rico, and to pay for the same out of duties collected

in Porto Rico.

1922 Authorize the United States Shipping Board to acquire a site on the

Virgin Islands for a fuel and fuel-oil station and fresh-water reservoir

for Shipping Board and other merchant vessels, as well as United States

naval vessels.

1925 Legalizing certain taxes imposed by the Philippine Legislature.

1926 Providing for the enlargement, completion, and repair of customs

warehouses and other customs buildings in Porto Rico.

Providing for a permanent government of the Virgin Islands of the

United States.

1927 Ratify and confirm certain acts of the Philippine Legislature.

Providing for the government of the Virgin Islands, conferring United

States citizenship upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin Islands,

extending the naturalization laws thereof, and authorizing

appropriations for public highways in the Virgin Islands.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

(Committee on Natural Resources)

(Committee on Resources)
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Issues within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

include:

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• activities of employees of the Bureau of Land Management.

• financing of the Bonneville Power Administration and the

marketing of power.

• setting aside national forest lands created from the public domain

• set aside for recreational uses certain lands which have been

established as wilderness areas.

• seaward boundaries of inland waters.

• survey of inland and internal waterways by the U.S. Coast and

Geodetic Survey.

• irrigation works and power.

• reclamation protection works by the Bureau of Reclamation.

• Indian lands, including the proceeds from the sale of timber and

lumber.

• proceeds from the disposal of oil shale lands.

• land and boundary claims based on accretion or avulsion.

• acquisition of territorial lands by the Navy.

• reservation of mineral lands in the Outer Continental Shelf.

• Military Parks, including cemeteries, administered by the Secretary

of the Interior and the National Park Service.

• Oil and gas leases.

• Missouri River Basin reclamation project.

• Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic site.

• renaming reservoir projects.

Issues discussed by the Committee

1939 Add certain lands to the Cleveland National Forest in Orange County,

California, created from the public domain.

1942 Revise the boundaries of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National

Military Park in the States of Georgia and Tennessee.

1946 Authorizing the performance of necessary reclamation protection work

between the Yuma project and Boulder Dam by the Bureau of

Reclamation.

1950 Civilian Conservation Corps and use of volunteers on public domain

lands.

1951 Relating to the activities of temporary and certain other employees of

the Bureau of Land Management.

1952 Provide the basis for authorization of irrigation works in connection

with Chief Joseph Dam, to provide for financial assistance thereto from
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power revenues.

Boundaries of the inland or internal waters of the United States to be as

far seaward as is permissible under international law, and providing for

a survey of such boundaries to be made by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic

Survey.

1955 Authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band

of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber

on the Red Lake Reservation.

1957 Make certain provisions in connection with the construction of the

Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin reclamation project, by

the Secretary of the Interior.

1958 Authorize the Secretary of the Navy to acquire certain land on the

Island of Guam.

1959 Providing for the reinstatement and validation of a U.S. oil and gas

lease.

Provide for the inclusion of the Nebraska Mid-State unit in the Missouri

River Basin reclamation project.

1961 Financing of the Bonneville Power.

1963 Proposals to reserve for the use of the Department of Defense certain

areas in the Outer Continental Shelf, and to exclude them from the

mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

1965 Establish a Commission on Pennsylvania Avenue to initiate plans for

the further development of the avenue as a national historic site.

Directing the Secretary of Agriculture to set aside for recreational use

certain lands which have been established as wilderness areas pursuant

to the Wilderness Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 890).

1967 Claims by the United States to lands along the Colorado River, where

it forms the boundary between states and where the government's claim

is founded upon accretion or avulsion.

Military parks (including the cemeteries therein), administered by the

Secretary of the Interior and the National Park Service.

Providing that proceeds from the disposal of oil shale lands [other than

naval oil shale reserves] shall go to a special Treasury account,

available for disbursement by the Secretary of the Treasury for

educational purposes.

Authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to classify as wilderness,

national forest lands in the Lincoln Back Country, and parts of the

Lewis and Clark and Lolo National Forests in Montana.

1973 Directing the Secretary of the Interior to rename the Alamogordo

Reservoir in New Mexico, although that reservoir was a flood control

project.
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Special Committee on Water Power

The Special Committee on Water Power was established on January 11,

1918, and held jurisdiction over legislation involving the development and use

of water power within the United States. For several years Congress had failed

to pass legislation to authorize building of dams on navigable streams and

waterways. The Secretary of War, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of

Agriculture, cooperated in the drafting of legislation affecting their areas of

authority. In the House, the jurisdiction was split: the Committee on Interstate

and Foreign Commerce had jurisdiction over bills regarding construction of

bridges and dams over navigable waters within the States, the Committee on

Public Lands had jurisdiction over dams on public lands, and the Agriculture

Committee had jurisdiction over those on forest reserves. To prevent the

Secretaries' bill from being fragmented among committees, the special

committee was created, drawing its members from the three standing

committees. The committee was renewed in the 66th Congress (1919-21). 

Select Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources

(1934-1946) 73d-79th Congresses

On January 29, 1934, the House created the Select Committee on

Conservation of Wildlife Resources, consisting of 15 members, including the

chairmen of the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Merchant

Marine, Radio, and Fisheries, as well as the two House Members on the

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. A. Willis Robertson of Virginia

served as committee chairman throughout the committee's 13-year existence.

The committee monitored, studied, and investigated the wildlife conservation

activities of a number of Federal agencies, including the Fish and Wildlife

Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and other agencies

tangentially involved in wildlife conservation.

Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf

(94-96th Congresses )

Ad Hoc Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf

On April 22, 1975, the House created the Ad Hoc Select Committee on the

Outer Continental Shelf, consisting of 16 members. On May 6, 1975,

membership was increased to 19. Members included representatives from the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Committee on the Judiciary; and the

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, as well as any necessary

Members the Speaker may appoint. This was the first Ad Hoc Committee in the

history of Congress to have legislative authority. The ad hoc Select Committee

on the Outer Continental Shelf was authorized to consider and report back to

the House by January 31, 1976, H.R. 6218, ``a bill to establish a policy for the
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management of oil and natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf; to protect the

marine and coastal environment; to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands

Act; and for other purposes, and on any related matter on this subject within the

jurisdiction . . .'' Since the Select Committee failed to report H.R. 6218 back to

the House, the termination date was extended, first to March 31, 1976, and then

to May 4, 1976. Finally, the Select Committee was reestablished in the 95th

Congress with a deadline of the end of the first session of the 95th Congress.

The Ad Hoc Select Committee was named a Select Committee in the 96th

Congress and existed until the 96th Congress.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION PERTAINING

TO NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES

1

st - 10th Congress (1789 -1809)

ACT ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT

OF WAR

Act of August 7, 1789.

(1 Stat. 49)

An Act to establish an executive

department, to be denominated the

Department of War.

This Act established an executive war

department, within which the President of

the United States shall assign authority

relating to Indian Affairs.

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PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES WHICH

MAY ATTEND NEGOTIATIONS OR

TREATIES WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES, AND

THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS

FOR MANAGING THE SAME

Act of Aug. 20, 1789.

(1 Stat. 54)

An act providing for the expences which

may attend negotiations or treaties with

the indian tribes, and the appointment of

commissioners for managing the same.

This Act appropriated $20,000 to

defray the expenses of negotiating with the

Indian tribes.

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INDIAN TRADE AND INTERCOURSE 

ACT OF 1790

Act of July 22, 1790.

(1 Stat. 137)

An Act to regulate trade and intercourse

with the indian tribes.

This Act provided that trade or

intercourse with the Indian tribes should

be limited solely to those licenced by the

federal government. Crimes committed

against Indians by non-Indians within any

territory belonging to any nation or tribe,

would be subject to the same punishment

as if committed against non-Indian within

the same jurisdiction. This Act was only

in force for two years, “to the end of the

next session of Congress, and no longer.”

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ACT ESTABLISHING TRADING HOUSES

WITH THE INDIAN TRIBES

Act of April 18, 1796.

(1 Stat. 452)

An act for establishing trading houses

with the indian tribes.

This Act established government

trading houses with the Indians, under the

control of the President. Although

abolished in 1822 (3 Stat. 679), this Act

established basic determinations regarding

the treatment of Indians by Federal

employees. Once abolished, the

superintendent of the trading houses

became the first head of the Bureau of

Indian Affairs.

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INDIAN TRADE AND INTERCOURSE 

ACT OF 1796

Act of May 19, 1796.

(1 Stat. 469)

An Act to Regulate Trade and Intercourse

with the Indian Tribes, and to Preserve

Peace on the Frontiers.

This Act followed the previous trade
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and intercourse acts however it expanded

upon some issues: defined “Indian

Country”, provided for the prohibition of

driving cattle on Indian lands, and

required the use of passports for persons

traveling into Indian Country.

This Act also provided for the first

time, for the punishment of a crime

committed by an Indian in any State or

territory not belonging to the tribe.

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ACT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE

WITH THE INDIANS TRIBES

Act of January 17, 1800.

(2 Stat. 6)

An Act for the Preservation of Peace with

the Indian Tribes

This Act was an attempt to prevent

people from inciting the Indians to make

attacks on the United States. This Act,

repealed on May 21, 1934.

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PERMANENT TRADE AND INTERCOURSE

ACT OF 1802

Act of March 30, 1802.

(2 Stat. 139) 

An Act to Revive and Continue in Force,

An Act entitled "An Act for Establishing

Trading Houses with the Indian Tribes.

This Act created a permanent trade

and intercourse act. The Act also

contained a provision relating to federal

interaction to prevent the distribution of

spiritous liquor.

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ACT ESTABLISHING OFFICE OF

SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN TRADE

UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR

Act of April 21, 1806.

(2 Stat. 402)

An Act for Establishing Trading Houses

with the Indian Tribes.

This Act established the Office of

Superintendent of Trade to place some

controls on the practice of trading with

Indians.

11th - 20th Congress (1810 -1829) 

ACT PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL

JURISDICTION OVER INDIAN

TERRITORY

Act of March 3, 1817.

(3 Stat. 383)

An Act to provide for the punishment of

crimes and offences committed within the

Indian boundaries.

This Act established a criminal

justice system applicable to Native and

non-Natives within Indian country. It

provided for an equal punishment for

crimes committed within any Federal

land, under the jurisdiction of the federal

courts. Section 2 of the Act confirmed

that this law should not been seen as

either affecting conflicts between tribes

as a breach of any treaty.

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ACT ESTABLISHING CIVILIZATION

FUND

Act of March 3, 1819.

(3 Stat. 516)

An Act making provision for the

civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining
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the frontier settlements.

This Act provided $10,000 to

provide against “the further decline and

final extinction of the Indian tribes,

adjoining the frontier settlements of the

United States, and for introducing among

them the habits and arts of civilization.”

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CREATION OF THE HOUSE

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

The Committee on Indian Affairs

was established as a standing committee

on December 17, 1821 by a resolution

moved by Mr. Samuel Moore, of

Pennsylvania, who became its first

chairman.

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ACT TO ABOLISH THE U.S. TRADING

ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE INDIANS

TRIBES AND THE SUPERINTENDENCY

OF INDIAN TRADE

Act of May 6, 1822.

(3 Stat. 679)

An Act to abolish the United States’

trading establishment with the Indian

tribes.

Through this Act, the trading houses

were abolished. In lieu of the trading

houses, the Congress established in a

second Act (8 Stat. 682). Under which

licensed traders were allowed to operated.

The Act also provided that in disputes

over property between Indian and nonIndian, the burden of proof lies with the

non-Indian in establishing previous

possession or ownership.

21st - 30th Congress (1830 -1849)

INDIAN REMOVAL ACT

Act of May 28, 1830.

(4 Stat. 411)

An Act to provide for an exchange of

lands with the Indians residing in any of

the states or territories and for their

removal west of the river Mississippi.

This Act provided that in exchange

for federal lands west of the Mississippi,

the government would claim lands held

by Indian tribes. The Act provided that

such exchanges would be voluntary,

payment would be made fo r

improvements to the land, and permanent

guarantees to new lands for suitable

housing.

The area established by the federal

government was then known as "Indian

Territory" (Oklahoma). Although it was

supposed to be voluntary, removal

became mandatory whenever the federal

government felt it necessary.

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ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMMISSIONER

OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Act of July 9, 1832.

(4 Stat. 564)

An Act to provide for the appointment of

a commissioner of Indian Affairs; and for

other purposes.

This provided for the first

authorization for the Commissioner of

Indian Affairs, whose job was to manage

and direct all Indian affairs.

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INDIAN TRADE AND INTERCOURSE ACT

Act of June 30, 1834.

(4 Stat. 729) 
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An Act to regulate trade and intercourse

with the Indian tribes, and to preserve

peace on the frontiers.

This Act re-established the previous

trade and intercourse acts with changes,

including: a stricter control over traders

and dealers to place the traders and

Indians on a more equal footing; and

eased the requirement to possess

passports when traveling through Indian

lands. This Act also allowed for the

commissioner to “control or remove all

white persons who may attempt to

prevent or impede the negotiations (of

treaties).” Officials of the Indian

Department are allowed to make arrests.

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ACT PROVIDING FOR THE

ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF

INDIAN AFFAIRS.

Act of June 30, 1834.

(4 Stat. 735)

An Act to provide for the organization of

the department of Indian Affairs.

This Act provided for a

comprehensive organization of the Indian

Department. The Committee determined

that the department at that time was

“expensive, inefficient, and irresponsible”

(Committee Report). The Act was an

attempt to reorganize the Indian

Department, provide sufficient legal

authority to enact the laws, and restore

tribal rights. To achieve this, the Act

provided for: annuity payments directly

to the chiefs; the hiring of Indians to staff

the Indian Service; and the ability of the

Indian Service to enforce the laws. One

provision prohibited employees of the

Indian Department from having any

interest in trade with Indians, except for

the United States.

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ACT REGULATING DISPOSITION OF

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS FOR CEDED

LANDS

Act of January 9, 1837.

(5 Stat.135)

An Act to regulate, in certain cases, the

disposition of the proceeds of lands

ceded by Indian tribes to the United

States.

This Act provided that the proceeds

of lands ceded to the United States from

the Indian tribes were to be deposited

into the U.S. Treasury to be invested to

provide for the Indians.

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AMENDMENTS OF 1834 ACTS,

AUTHORIZING TREATY PAYMENTS TO

INDIVIDUAL INDIANS

Act of March 3, 1847.

(9 Stat. 203)

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act

to provide for the better organization of

the Department of Indian Affairs,” and

an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Trade

and intercourse with the Indian Tribes,

and to preserve peace on the Frontiers,”

approved June 30, 1834, and for other

purposes. 

This Act authorized payments to the

Tribes to the heads of households, not the

tribal officers. The Act viewed the tribe

as an individual not a collective group.

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ACT ESTABLISHING THE 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Act of March 3, 1849.

(9 Stat. 395)

An Act to establish the Home

Department, and to provide for the

Treasury Department an Assistant

Secretary of the Treasury, and a
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Commissioner of the Customs.

This Act established a new

Department of the Interior. The powers

of the Secretary of the War Department

relating to the Commissioner of Indian

Affairs are moved to the Department of

the Interior. 

31st - 40th Congress (1850 -1869)

ACT PROVIDING FOR TRIBAL

JURISDICTION OVER INDIAN CRIMES

AGAINST OTHER INDIANS ON INDIAN

LANDS

Act of March 27, 1854.

(10 Stat. 269)

An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act

to Divide the State of Arkansas into Two

Judicial Districts,” approved March the

third, 1851.”

This Act removed Indians

committing various offenses against nonIndians from federal court jurisdiction to

the local tribal law.

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APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1865

Act of March 3, 1865.

(13 Stat. 572)

A Resolution directing Inquiry into the

Condition of the Indian tribes, and their

treatment by the Civil and Military

Authorities.

The Appropriations resolution

included provisions which made it a

felony to remove “cattle, horses, or other

stock from the Indian Territory for the

purpose of trade or commerce”. This

resolution also directed an inquiry into

the treatment of the Indian tribes.

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ACT ESTABLISHING "INDIAN PEACE

COMMISSION"

Act of July 20, 1867.

(15 Stat. 17)

An Act to establish peace with certain

hostile Indian Tribes.

This Act provided for the

establishment of a Peace Commission to

establish peace with certain hostile Indian

tribes," were authorized by said act to call

together the chiefs and headmen of such

bands of Indians as were then waging

war, for the purpose of ascertaining their

reasons for hostility, and, if thought

advisable, to make treaties with them. 

The policy called for more distinct

reservation lines, provisions for

education, annuities, land allotments, and

food, until Indian communities could

become self-supporting through

agriculture and raising cattle. 

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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD OF

INDIAN COMMISSIONS

Act of April 10, 1869.

(16 Stat. 13)

An Act making Appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department, and for fulfilling

Treaty Stipulations with various Indian

tribes for the year ending June 30, 1870.

This Act authorized the Board of

Indian Commissions to act as a watchdog

to put to an end the corruption and the

mistreatment of the Indian tribes.

Composed of 10 men, the board was to

correct the mismanagement and handling

of Indian supplies.
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The Board was abolished on May

25, 1933, by Executive Order 6145,

which transferred all control over to the

Department of the Interior.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1871

Act of March 3, 1871.

(16 Stat. 544)

An Act making Appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department, and for fulfilling

Treaty Stipulations with various Indian

tribes for the year ending June 30, 1872.

This Act ended the practice of

treating Indian tribes as sovereign nations

by directing that all Indians be treated as

individuals and legally designated

"wards" of the federal government.

41st - 50th Congress (1869 -1889) 

INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1878

Act of May 27, 1878.

(20 Stat. 63)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department, and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1870,

and for other purposes.

This Act contained a provision

establishing Indian-manned police forces

to supervise the reservation system. The

Act allowed American Indians to police

themselves rather than submit to federal

occupation troops. 

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SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

ACT

Act of March 3, 1883.

(22 Stat. 582)

An Act making appropriations to supply

deficiencies in the appropriations for the

fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and for

prior years, and for those certified as due

by the accounting officers of the

Treasury, in accordance with section four

of the act of June 14, 1878, heretofore

paid from permanent appropriations, and

for other purposes.

This Act included a section

regulating the disposition of Indian

non-land resources and monies. The

proceeds of the sale of any timber, coal or

other product (excluding products from

the five civilized tribes) from those

resources belonged to the United States

and was properly deposited into the

Treasury of the United States

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INDIAN MAJOR CRIMES ACT

Act of March 3, 1885.

(23 Stat. 362, 385)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1886,

and for other purposes.

This Act created federal court

jurisdiction for certain offenses

committed by Indians in Indian country;

most of these are felonies. The Act

provided for the Secretary of the Interior

to investigate depredation claims.

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GENERAL ALLOTMENT ACT 

(DAWES SEVERALTY ACT)

Act of February 8, 1887.

(24 Stat. 388) 

An Act to Provide for the Allotment of

Lands in Severalty to Indians on the

Various Reservations.

This Act authorized the President to

allocate tribal lands to reservation

Indians. The Act provided for the

granting of land holdings to individual

Indians, replacing the communal tribal

holdings.

The Act also attempted to Anglicize

the Indian culture and have them adopt

non-native names for purposes of

allocating the lands. 

51st - 60th Congress (1889 -1909) 

AMENDMENT TO GENERAL

ALLOTMENT ACT

Act of February 28, 1891.

(26 Stat. 794)

 An Act to amend and further extend

the benefits of the act approved

February eighth, eighteen hundred and

eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to

provide for the allotment of land in

severalty to Indians on the various

reservations and to extend the

protection of the laws of the United

States over the Indians, and for other

purposes." 

This Act modified the Dawes

Severalty Act to allow individuals to

receive 80 acres of agricultural land or

60 acres of grazing land.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF

1893

Act of March 3, 1893.

(27 Stat. 612)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes, for the year ending June 30,

1894.

This Act established the Dawes

Commission, to treat the Five Civilized

Tribes separately and to procure from

these tribes agreements for allotment of

severalty lands and the subsequent

dissolution of tribal government to

prepare for Oklahoma statehood.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF

1894

Act of August 15, 1894.

(28 Stat. 286)

An Act to make appropriations for

current and contingent expenses of

BIA, for fulfilling treaty stipulations

with various Indian tribes, and for

other purposes.

This Act contained a provision

which authorized the leasing of surplus

lands of any tribe for farming purposes.

Directed the Bureau of Indian Affairs

to employ Indians wherever possible in

all positions. Authorized suits to be

brought against the United Sates, in its

circuit courts, 'involving the right of

any person, in whole or in part of

Indian blood or descent' (with certain

exceptions), to any allotment of lands

under any law or treaty.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF

1898

Act of June 7, 1897.

(30 Stat. 62) 

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes for the fiscal year ending June

30, 1898, and for other purposes.

This Act extended the Oklahoma

Indian special court jurisdiction to all

"irrespective of race."

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CURTIS ACT

Act of June 28, 1898.

(30 Stat. 495)

An Act for the protection of the people

of the Indian Territory, and for other

purposes.

This Act attempted to replace the

tribal government and social structure

with Indian "towns," complete with

individually owned lands, the abolition

of tribal courts and tribal laws, and the

replacement of tribal paymentsfrom the

U.S. with annual payments to

individual Indians.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATION ACT OF

1905

Act of April 21, 1904.

(33 Stat. 189)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes for the fiscal year ending June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five,

and for other purposes. 

This Act contained a provision

which removed restrictions from most

allotted lands of the Five Civilized

Tribes.

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ACT EXTENDING OKLAHOMA

TERRITORY JURISDICTION TO ALL

PERSONS

Act of April 28, 1904.

(33 Stat. 573)

An Act to provide for additional United

States judges in the Indian Territory,

and for other purposes.

This Act appointed additional

judges to the federal court in the Indian

Territory. The Act also set the

Arkansas law of descent and

distribution as the established law

applied to “all persons and estates in

said Territory, whether Indian,

freedmen, or otherwise.”

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF

1906

Act of March 3, 1905.

(33 Stat. 1048)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Indian Department and for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes for the fiscal year ending June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and

for other purposes.

TheAct abolished the Commission

to the Five Civilized Tribes "Dawes

Commission", established a

Commissioner to the Five Civilized

Tribes, and exempting Pueblo

Reservations from land taxes.

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BURKE ACT

Act of May 8, 1906.

(34 Stat. 182) 

An Act to amend section six of an act

approved February eighth, eighteen

hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An

Act to provide for the allotment of

lands in severalty to Indians on the

various reservations, and to extend the

protection of the laws of the United

States and the Territories over the

Indians, and for other purposes." 

The Burke Act amended the

General Allotment Act, giving the

Secretary of the Interior authority to

remove restrictions on allotted Indian

lands.

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OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD ACT

Act of June 16, 1906.

(34 Stat. 267)

An Act to enable the people of

Oklahoma and of the Indian Territory

to form a constitution and State

government and be admitted into the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States; and to enable the

people of New Mexico and of Arizona

to form a constitution and State

government and be admitted into the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States.

The enabling act for the Oklahoma

Territory to take steps to become a

State provided that Oklahoma would be

on an equal footing with the original

States, “conditioned on its disclaimer of

all right and title to lands 'owned or

held by any Indian, tribe, or nation.” 

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PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOTMENT

AND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN

TRIBAL FUNDS

Act of March 2, 1907.

(34 Stat. 1221)

An Act providing for the allotment and

distribution of Indian tribal funds.

This Act authorized the Secretary

of the Interior to designate Indians

deemed capable to designate a share of

tribal funds upon application of the

Indian. The act also authorized

payment, under the direction of the

Secretary of the Interior to any Indian

who is mentally or physically incapable

of managing his or her own affairs a

pro rata share of tribal funds.

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929) 

INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1910

Act of April 4, 1910.

(36 Stat. 269)

An Act making appropriations for the

current and contingent expenses of the

Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling

treaty stipulations with various Indian

tribes, and for other purposes, for the

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen

hundred and eleven.

This Act included provisions relating

to Bureau of Indian Affairs health

services; and affecting irrigation projects

on Indian Reservations.

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NEW MEXICO ENABLING ACT

Act of June 20, 1910.

(36 Stat. 557)

An Act to enable the people of New

Mexico to form a constitution and state

government and be admitted into the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States; and to enable the people

of Arizona to form a constitution and

state government and be admitted into

the Union on an equal footing with the

original States.

This Act was the Enabling Act which

authorized the territory to call a

constitutional convention in preparation

for being admitted as a State.

The Act also required that any of the

lands contained within Indian

reservations or allotments in said

proposed State shall be allotted, sold,

reserved, or otherwise disposed of, they

shall be subject for a period of

twenty-five years after such allotment,

sale, reservation, or other disposal to all

the laws of the United States prohibiting

the introduction of liquor into the Indian

country; and the terms “Indian” and

“Indian country” shall include the Pueblo

Indians of New Mexico and the lands

now owned or occupied by them.

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OMNIBUS ACT OF 1910

Act of June 25, 1910.

(36 Stat. 855) 

An Act to provide for determining the

heirs of deceased Indians, for the

disposition and sale of allotments of

deceased Indians, for the leasing of

allotments, and for other purposes.

This Act revised the General

Allotment Act to allow the Secretary of

the Interior to: administer estates; permit

the relinquishment of allotments in favor

of unallotted children; and authorize the

sale of timber on unalloteed lands.

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INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1914

Act of August 1, 1914.

(38 Stat. 582)

This Act contained a provision

abolishing the Commissioner of the Five

Civilized Tribes. Authorized the

quarantine of Indians afflicted with

contagious diseases.

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SNYDER ACT

Act of November 2, 1921.

(42 Stat. 208)

An Act authorizing appropriations and

expenditures for the administration of

Indian affairs, and for other purposes.

Authorizes Congress to appropriate

funds for the ‘relief of distress and

conservation of health for the

employment of physicians’ for Indians.

The Snyder Act was the first legislation

enacted by Congress providing

permanen t authorizati on fo r

appropriations in the area of Indian health

care.

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CITIZENSHIP ACT

Act of June 2, 1924.

(43 Stat 253)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to issue certificates of citizenship

to Indians. 

This Act admitted Native Americans

to full United States citizenship. Though

the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in

1870, granted all United States citizens

the right to vote regardless of race, this

Act specified the inclusion of Native
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Americans. 

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PUEBLO, LANDS ACT

Act of June 7, 1924.

(43 Stat. 636)

An Act to quiet the title to lands within

Pueblo Indian land grants, and for other

purposes. 

This Act established the Pueblo

Lands Board to investigate title disputes

concerning lands of the Pueblo Indians in

New Mexico. 

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ACT AUTHORIZING OIL AND GAS

MINING LEASES

Act of March 3,1927.

(44 Stat. 1347)

An Act to authorize oil and gas mining

leases upon unalloted lands within

Executive order Indian reservations.

Opened Indian lands to mineral

discovery under laws governing minerals

within the public domain.

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948) 

LEAVITT ACT

Act of July 1, 1932.

(47 Stat. 564)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to adjust reimbursable debts of

Indians and tribes of Indians.

Authorized the Secretary of the

Interior to adjust or eliminate

reimbursable debts against individual

Indians or tribes of Indians in an

equitable and just manner.

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JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT

Act of April 16, 1934.

(48 Stat. 596)

An Act authorizing the Secretary of the

Interior to arrange with States or

Territories for the education, medical

attention, relief of distress, and social

welfare of Indians, and for other

purposes. 

Provides supplemental funds to

support education programs for Indian

students attending public schools.

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INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT OF

1934

(WHEELER- HOWARD ACT)

Act of June 18, 1934.

(48 Stat. 984)

An Act to conserve and develop Indian

lands and resources; to extend to Indians

the right to form business and other

organizations; to establish a credit

system for Indians; to grant certain rights

of home rule to Indians; to provide for

vocational education for Indians; and for

other purposes.

Reversed the policy favoring Indian

assimilation and recognized the right of

self determination for Native Americans.

The law reduced the land allotment

system, permits tribes to establish formal

governments with limited powers, and

allows the formation of corporations to

manage tribal resources. Funds are
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authorized for educational assistance and

to assist tribes in purchasing tribal lands.

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INDIAN ARTS, AND CRAFTS BOARD

ACT

Act of August 27, 1935.

(49 Stat. 891)

An Act to promote the development of

Indian arts and crafts and to create a

board to assist therein, and for other

purposes.

Creates an Arts and Crafts board

within the Department of the Interior to

promote the economic development of

American Indians and Alaska Natives

through the expansion of the Indian arts

and crafts market.

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ALASKA ACT

Act of May 1, 1936.

(49 Stat.1250)

An Act to extend certain provisions of the

Act approved June 18, 1934, commonly

known as the Wheeler-Howard Act

(Public Law Numbe red 383,

Seventy-third Congress, 48 Stat. 984), to

the Territory of Alaska, to provide for the

designation of Indian reservations in

Alaska, and for other purposes. 

Amended the Indian Reorganization

Act of 1934 to provide for the

organization of Indian tribes within

Alaska.

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OKLAHOMA INDIAN WELFARE ACT OF

1936 (THOMAS-ROGERS ACT)

Act of June 26, 1936.

(49 Stat. 1967)

An Act to promote the general welfare of

the Indians in the State of Oklahoma, and

for other purposes.

Amended the Indian Reorganization

Act of 1934 to provided for the

organization of Indian tribes within the

State of Oklahoma.

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INDIAN MINERAL LEASING ACT OF

1938

Act of May 11, 1938.

(52 Stat. 347)

An Act to regulate the leasing of certain

Indian lands for mining purposes.

Granted the Indian council or

government, subject to approval by the

Secretary of the Interior, the authority to

establish a system of mineral leasing on

Indian lands.

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DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN

TRUST FUNDS

 Act of June 24, 1938.

(52 Stat. 1037)

An Act to authorize the deposit and

investment of Indian funds.

Requires that funds held for Indians

and/or Indian tribes be deposited in

banks, bonds or other place where

interest will be earned, and which meet

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

regulations. 

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INDIAN CLAIMS COMMISSION ACT

Act of August 13, 1946.

(60 Stat. 1049)

An Act to create an Indian Claims

Commission, to provide for the powers,
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duties, and functions thereof, and for

other purposes.

Established as an independent

agency, the Indian Claims Commission

heard and determined claims against the

United States on behalf of any tribe,

band, or other identifiable group of

American Indians residing in the United

States. The Commission was abolished

on September 30, 1978, by an act of

October 8, 1976 (90 Stat. 1990). 

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968)

NAVAJO-HOPI REHABILITATION ACT

Act of April 19, 1950.

(64 Stat. 44) 

An Act to promote the rehabilitation of

the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians

and a better utilization of the resources

of the Navajo and Hopi Indian

Reservations, and for other purposes. 

Established a program of basic

improvements for the conservation and

development of the resources of the

Navajo and Hopi Indians, and supplying

a of means of rehabilitation. The Act

appropriated funds toward the

construction of more schools and

provisions for trailer schools to

accommodate the Indians scattered

throughout the reservations and set aside

monies for road construction.

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Although it did not become law, the

House passed H.J. Res. 81 on July 1,

1952, which authorized the Committee

on Interior and Insular Affairs to

investigate the Bureau of Indian Affairs

and its methods of determining Indian

Tribes’ qualifications to determined their

own affairs.

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RESOLUTION STATING TERMINATION

POLICY

Resolution of August 1, 1953.

(67 Stat. B132)

Congress adopted House Concurrent

Resolution 108 to "make the Indians

within the territorial limits of the United

States subject to the same laws and

entitled to the same privileges and

responsibilities as are applicable to other

citizens of the United States, [and ] to

end their status as wards of the United

States"

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STATE JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL

AND CIVIL OFFENSES

(PUBLIC LAW 280)

Act of August 15, 1953.

(67 Stat. 588)

An Act to confer jurisdiction on the States

of California, Minnesota, Nebraska,

Oregon, and Wisconsin, with respect to

criminal offenses and civil causes of

action committed or arising on Indian

reservations within such States, and for

other purposes. 

The Act permitted Indians to become

full and equal citizens of their respective

States and to terminate wardship of

Federal government over their affairs.

The Act also granted jurisdiction over

private civil litigation involving

reservation Indians in State court to the

State.

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MENOMINEE TERMINATION ACT

Act of June 17,1954.

(68 Stat. 250)

An Act to provide for a per capita

distribution of Menominee tribal funds

and authorize the withdrawal of the

Menominee Tribe from Federal

jurisdiction. 

This Act removed federally

recognized statusof the Menominee tribe.

The act was to abolish Indian reservations

and move the Indians to cities. The

Menominee tribe was restored to

Federally recognized status by the Act of

1973. Repealed by the Act of December

22, 1973 (87 Stat. 770 ).

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INDIAN HEALTH TRANSFER ACT

Act of Aug. 5, 1954.

(68 Stat. 674)

An Act to transfer the maintenance and

operation of hospital and health facilities

for Indians to the Public Health Service,

and for other purposes.

The Act transferred all

responsibilities of Indian health and

healthcare to the Department of Health

and Human Services.

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ALASKA STATEHOOD ACT OF 1958

Act of July 7, 1958.

(72 Stat. 339)

P.L. 85-508

To provide for the admission of the State

of Alaska into the Union.

This Act authorized the newly

established State to select, over time, 104

million acres from the total land area of

375 million acres as an economic base for

the new State.

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CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION

OVER INDIAN COUNTRY IN ALASKA

Act of August 8, 1958.

(72 Stat. 545)

An Act to amend the law with respect to

civil and criminal jurisdiction over

Indian country in Alaska.

This Act gave the State of Alaska the

jurisdiction over criminal offenses

committed by or against Indians in

accordance with P.L. 280 (67 Stat. 588).

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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF

1964

Act of August 20, 1964.

(78 Stat. 508, 520)

An Act to mobilize the human and

financial resources of the Nation to

combat poverty in the United States.

This Act established adult education

programs were in cities, on Indian

reservations and in isolated regions of

Alaska

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ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

EDUCATION ACT

Act of April 11, 1965.

(79 Stat. 27)

An Act to strengthen and improve

educational quality and educational

opportunities in the Nation's elementary

and secondary schools. 

This Act provided educational grants

to Indian tribes and provide support for

schools through State educational

agencies to improve the teaching and

learning of children who are at risk of not

meeting challenging academic standards
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and who reside in areas with high

concentrations of children from

lower-income families.

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INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Act of April 11, 1968.

(82 Stat. 78, Title IV)

An Act to establish standards for the

placement of Indian children in foster or

adoptive homes, to prevent the breakup

of Indian families, and other purposes.

This Act gave Indian tribes exclusive

jurisdiction over Indian child custody

proceedings. In the adoptive placement of

an Indian child, preference will be given

to a member of the child’s extended

family, other families of the child’s tribe,

or other Indian families.

91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988)

ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS

SETTLEMENT

Act of December 18, 1971.

(85 Stat. 688)

An Act to provide for the settlement of

certain land claims of Alaska Natives,

and for other purposes.

The Act establishes an extensive

system for settling Alaska Native land

claims through transfer of public lands

and funds, and includes protection for

lands designated for the national parks,

wildlife refuges, forests and wild and

scenic rivers systems. 

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INDIAN EDUCATION ACT

(Title IV of Higher Education Act)

Act of June 23, 1972.

(86 Stat. 334) 

An Act to amend the Higher Education

Act of 1965, the Vocational Education

Act of 1963, the General Education

Provisions Act (creating a National

Foundation for Postsecondary Education

and a National Institute of Education),

the Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965, Public Law 874, Eighty-first

Congress, and related Acts, and for other

purposes. 

The Act is established to support the

efforts of local educational agencies,

Indian tribes and organizations, post

secondary institutions, and other entities

to meet the special academic, cultural,

and linguistic needs of American Indian

students so that they can attain the same

challenging content and performance

standards expected of all students.

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INDIAN JUDGMENT FUNDS

DISTRIBUTION

Act of October 19, 1973.

(87 Stat. 466)

An Act to provide a more democratic and

effective method for the distribution of

funds appropriated by the Congress to

pay certain judgements of the Indian

Claims Commission and the Court of

Claims. 

This Act provides that all

distributions of funds appropriated by the

Congress to pay in favor of Indian tribes,

bands, groups, pueblos, or communities

judgments of the Indian Claims

Commission and of the Court of Claims

shall be made pursuant to this Act. States

that, within six months after the vote of

the appropriation of funds by Congress to

pay each Indian judgment, unless an
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extension is granted, the Secretary of the

Interior shall prepare and submit to the

Congress a recommended plan for the

distribution of such funds.

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MENOMINEE RESTORATION ACT

Act of December 22, 1973.

(87 Stat. 770)

An Act to repeal the act terminating

Federal supervision over the property

and members of the Menominee Indian

Tribe of Wisconsin as a federally

recognized, sovereign Indian tribe; and

to restore to the Menominee Tribe of

Wisconsin those Federal services

furnished to American Indians because of

their status as American Indians. 

Restored federal recognition of the

Menominee tribe and for the resumption

of Menominee assets by repealing the Act

of June 17, 1954.

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INDIAN FINANCING ACT OF 1974

Act of April 12, 1974.

(88 Stat. 77)

An Act to provide financing for the

economic development of Indians and

Indian organizations.

This Act provides capital on a

reimbursable basis to help develop and

utilize Indian resources, both physical

and human, to a point where the Indians

will fully exercise responsibility for the

utilization and management of their own

resources and where they will enjoy a

standard of living from their own

productive efforts comparable to that

enjoyed by non-Indians in neighboring

communities.

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NAVAJO-HOPI SETTLEMENT ACT

Act of December 22, 1974.

(88 Stat. 1712)

An Act to authorize the separation of the

interests of the Hopi and Navajo Tribes

in certain lands set aside by the Executive

Order of December 16, 1882, and to

confirm to the Hopi Tribe exclusive rights

in certain lands located within the

exterior boundaries of the Navajo

Reservation in Arizona as defined by

Congress in 1934. 

This Act established the

Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation

Commission which moved both Hopi and

Navajo people from the reservation lands

of each other's tribe and directed that

range restoration be undertaken. 

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AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY REVIEW

COMMISSION

Act of January 2, 1975.

(88 Stat. 1910)

An Act to provide for the establishment of

the American Indian Policy Review

Commission.

This Act establishes the American

Indian Policy Review Commission tp

study the legal aspects, policies, and

procedures with respect to the

relationship between the Federal

Government and Indian Tribes. The

Commission should consider methods to

strengthen tribal governments while

preserving individual rights.

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INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND

EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT

Act of January 4, 1975.

(88 Stat. 2203)

An Act to promote maximum Indian
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participation in the government and

education of the Indian people; to

provide for the full participation of

Indian tribes in certain programs and

services conducted by the Federal

Government for Indians and to

encourage the development of the human

resources of the Indian people; to

establish and carry out a national Indian

education program; to encourage the

establishment of local Indian school

control; to train professionals in Indian

education; and to establish an Indian

youth intern program. 

This Act recognizes the obligation of

the United States to provide for

maximum participation by Native

Americans in Federal programs and

services to Indian communities, including

education. It establishes a goal to provide

education and services to permit Indian

children to compete and achieve

self-determination.

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NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS ACT

Act of January 4, 1975.

(88 Stat. 2324)

An Act to provide for the mobilization of

community development and assistance

services and to establish a Community

Action Administration in the Department

of Health, Education, and Welfare to

administer such programs. 

This Act promotes self-sufficiency

and self-determination by encouraging

tribes, villages, and other native

communities to develop and plan local

strategies in economic and social

development. The program is designed to

build greater capacity at the tribal level

for better governance, more vibrant and

diversified economies, and social

development. 

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INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT

ACT

Act of September 30, 1976.

(90 Stat. 1400)

An Act to implement the Federal

responsibility for the care and education

of the Indian people by improving the

services and facilities of Federal Indian

health programs and encouraging

maximumparticipation of Indians in such

programs, and for other purposes. 

This Act declared that it was this

Nation’s policy to elevate the health

status of the Indian population to a level

at parity with the general U.S. population.

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AMERICAN INDIAN RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM

Act of August 11, 1978.

(92 Stat. 469)

An Act relating to American Indian

religious freedom.

This Act makes it a policy to protect

and preserve for American Indians,

Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians

their inherent right of freedom to believe,

express, and exercise their traditional

religions. The act allows them access to

sites, use and possession of sacred

objects, and freedom to worship through

ceremonial and traditional rights.

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INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT

Act of November 8, 1978.

(92 Stat. 3069.)

An Act to establish standards for the

placement of Indian children in foster or

adoptive homes, to prevent the break-up

of Indian families, and for other

purposes. 
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The Act was established to protect

the best interests of Indian children and

to promote the stability and security of

Indian tribes and families by the

establishment of minimum Federal

standards for the removal of Indian

children from their families and the

placement of such children in foster or

adoptive homes which will reflect the

unique values of Indian culture, and by

providing for assistance to Indian tribes

in the operation of child and family

service programs.

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NATIVE HAWAIIANS STUDY

COMMISSION

Act of December 22, 1980.

(94 Stat. 3324)

An Act to establish the Kalaupapa

National Historical Park in the State of

Hawaii, and for other purposes.

This Act creates a native Hawaiian

commission to study the culture, needs

and concerns of the Native Hawaiians.

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INDIAN MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT

Act of December 22, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1938)

An Act to permit Indian tribes to enter

into certain agreements for the

disposition of tribal mineral resources,

and for other purposes. 

This Act empowers tribal

governments to enter into joint venture,

operating, production sharing, service,

managerial, lease or other agreement, or

any amendment, supplement or other

modification.

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INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT

Act of January 12, 1983.

(96 Stat. 2517)

An Ac to authorize the purchase, sale and

exchange of lands by the Indian tribes

and by the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the

Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North

Dakota specifically, and for other

purposes.

This Act authorized the buying,

selling, and trading of fractional land

interests which were created as a result of

the division of allotted lands and the

partition between the heirs.

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INDIAN ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE

ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

ACT

Act of October 27, 1986.

(100 Stat. 3207)

An Act to develop a comprehensive,

coordinated attack upon the illegal

narcotics traffic in Indian country and

the deleterious impact of alcohol and

substance abuse upon Indian tribes and

their members; provide direction and

guidance to program managers; modify

or supplement existing programs;

provide authority and opportunity for

tribal participation in program

management.

This Act created a Bureau of Indian

Affairs and Department of Health and

Human Services joint venture to provide

effective alcohol and substance abuse

treatment and guidance.

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INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT

Act of October 17, 1988.

(102 Stat. 2468)

An Act to regulate gaming on Indian
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lands. 

This Act provides for the operation

of gaming by Indian tribes as a means of

promoting economic development, and

self-sufficiency. The Act provides for the

regulation of gaming to shield it from

organized crime and other corrupting

influences so that tribe is the primary

beneficiary as a means of generating

tribal revenue.

101st - 107th Congress (1989 - ) 

INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM

ACT

Act of August 18, 1990.

(104 Stat. 473)

An Act to clarify and strengthen the

authority for certain Department of the

Interior law enforcement services,

activities, and officers in Indian country,

and for other purposes. 

This Act reforms the Department of

the Interior law enforcement services and

to clarify and strengthen the authority for

certain activities, and officers in Indian

country.

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NATIONAL INDIAN FOREST

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of November 28, 1990.

(104 Stat. 4532-4544)

An Act to authorize the Rumsey Indian

Rancheria to convey a certain parcel of

land. 

This Act requires the Secretary of the

Interior to undertake management

activities on Indian forest lands, in

furtherance of the U.S. trust

responsibility for these lands. These

activities must incorporate the principles

of sustained yield and multiple use, and

include tribal participation. 

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NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES

PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT

Act of November 16, 1990.

(104 Stat. 3042)

An Act to provide for the protection of

Native American graves, and for other

purposes.

This act assigns ownership and

control of Native American cultural

items, human remains, and associated

funerary objects to Native Americans. It

also establishes requirements for the

treatment of Native American human

remains and sacred or cultural objects

found on Federal land. This act further

provides for the protection, inventory,

and repatriation of Native American

cultural items, human remains, and

associated funerary objects. 

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INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND

RELATED SERVICES DEMONSTRATION

ACT

Act of October 23, 1992.

(106 Stat. 2302)

An Act to authorize the integration of

employment, training, and related

services provided by Indian tribal

governments. 

This Act integrates employment,

training and related services to reduce

joblessness in Indian communities and

serve tribally-determinedgoals consistent
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with the policy of self-determination.

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INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE ACT

Act of December 21, 1993.

(107 Stat. 2004)

An Act to assist the development of tribal

judicial systems, and for other purposes.

This Act determines the resources

and funding needed to provide for the

administration of tribal justice systems

and Courts of Indian Offenses.

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AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST FUND

MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT

Act of October 25, 1994.

(108 Stat. 4239).

An Act to reform the management of

Indian Trust Funds, and for other

purposes.

This Act requires the Secretary of the

Interior to invest Indian trust funds in

debt obligations issued or guaranteed by

the United States. The Act requires

interest to be paid to the appropriate

Indian tribe or individual Indian. 
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR ISSUES PERTAINING TO

RECLAMATION AND POWER ISSUES

41st - 50th Congress (1869 -1889) 

DESERT LAND ACT

Act of March 3, 1877.

(19 Stat. 377)

An Act to provide for the sale of

desert-lands in certain States and

territories. 

This Act encouraged and promoted

the economic development of the arid and

semiarid public lands of the Western

United States. Through the Act,

individuals could apply for a desert-land

entry to reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate

arid and semiarid public lands at a cost of

$1.25 per acre.

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OFFICE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

ESTABLISHED

Act of March 3, 1879.

(20 Stat. 377)

An Act making appropriations for sundry

civil expenses of the government for the

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

hundred and eighty, and for other

purposes.

This Act, under 20 Stat. 394,

provided for"the classification of the

public lands and examination of the

geological structure, mineral resources,

and products of the national domain."

The Office of Geological Survey was

established to classify all lands available

for use and their potential for such use.

51st - 60th Congress (1889 -1909) 

CAREY ACT

Act of August 18, 1894.

(28 Stat. 422)

An Act making appropriations for sundry

civil expenses of the Government for the

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

hundred and ninety-five, and for other

purposes.

This Act provided Federal aid to

irrigation projects and turned over

millions of acres of arid Federal lands to

the States for reclamation and settlement.

By the turn of the century, irrigation

projects constituted a major effort in the

settlement of the state and the

development of its agricultural resources.

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RECLAMATION ACT OF 1902

Act of June 17,1902.

(32 Stat. 388)

An Act appropriating the receipts from

the sale and disposal of public lands in

certain States and Territories to the

construction of irrigation works for the

reclamation of arid lauds.

This act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to develop irrigation and

hydropower projects in 17 Western

States.

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TOWN SITES AND POWER

DEVELOPMENT

Act of April 16, 1906.
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(34 Stat. 116)

An Act providing for the withdrawal from

public entry of lands needed for town-site

purposes in connection with irrigation

projects under the reclamation act of

June 17, 1902, and for other purposes.

This Act authorized Secretary of the

Interior to lease surplus power or power

privileges

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929) 

FEDERAL WATER POWER ACT

Act of June 10, 1920.

(41 Stat. 1063)

To create a Federal Power Commission;

to provide for the improvement of

navigation; the development of water

power; the use of the public lands in

relation thereto, and to repeal section 18

of the River and Harbor Appropriation

Act, approved August 8, 1917, and for

other purposes.

This Act created a Federal Power

Commission, consisting of the Secretary

of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and

the Secretary of Agriculture, with

extensive authority over waterways and

the construction and use of water power

projects.

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BOULDER CANYON PROJECT ACT

Act of December 21, 1928.

(45 Stat. 1057)

An Act to provide for the construction of

works for the protection and development

of the Colorado River Basin, for the

approval of the Colorado River compact,

and for other purposes. 

This Act authorized construction of

Boulder (Hoover) Dam on the Colorado

River.

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948)

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

Act of March 31, 1933.

(50 Stat. 319)

An Act to establish a Civilian

Conservation Corps, and for other

purposes. 

The Act was to put 500,000

unemployed youths to work in forests,

parks and range lands. The Departments

of Interior and Agriculture would be

responsible for work projects and provide

the personnel to manage them.

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TAYLOR GRAZING ACT

Act of June 28, 1934.

(48 Stat. 1269)

An Act to stop injury to the public

grazing lands by preventing overgrazing

and soil deterioration, to provide for

their orderly use, improvement, and

development, to stabilize the livestock

industry dependent upon the public

range, and for other purposes. 

This Act establishes grazing districts

and uses a permitting system to manage

livestock grazing in the districts. The Act

provided a way to regulate the occupancy
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and use of the public land, preserve the

land from destruction or unnecessary

injury, and provide for orderly use,

improvement, and development. 

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THE EMERGENCY RELIEF

APPROPRIATIONS

Resolution of April 8, 1935.

(49 Stat. 115) 

Joint Resolution making appropriations

for relief purposes. 

This Act authorized expenditures of

funds for various types of public works

projects, including water conservation

and irrigation. The Central Valley

Project, a series of dams, reservoirs and

canals in the San Joaquin Valley of

California.

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PARKER AND GRAND COULEE DAMS 

Act of August 30,1935.

(49 Stat. 1028)

An Act authorizing the construction,

repair, and preservation of certain public

works on rivers and harbors, and for

other purposes.

This Act authorized the creation of

the Parker Dam on the Colorado River

and the Grand Coulee Damn in on the

Columbia River. The dams were to be

built to control floods, improve

navigation, regulate the flow of the

streams of the United States, provide for

storage and for the delivery of the stored

waters, for the reclamation of public

lands and Indian reservations, and for the

generation of electric energy.

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COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN PROJECT

Act of May 27, 1937.

(50 Stat. 208)

An Act to amend the Act approved May

27, 1937 (ch. 269, 50 Stat. 208), by

providing substitute and additional

authority for the prevention of

speculation in lands of the Columbia

Basin project, and substitute and

additional authority related to the

settlement and development of the

project, and for other purposes. 

The Act reauthorizes the Columbia

Basin project, formerly known as the

Grand Coulee Dam project in the State of

Washington. The Act governs the

construction, operation and maintenance

of the works constructed as a part of the

project, and the repayment of

expenditures for the project. The project

is established to assist in the permanent

settlement of farm families, protect

project land and facilitate project

development.

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BONNEVILLE PROJECT

Act of Aug. 20, 1937.

(50 Stat. 731)

An Act to authorize the completion,

maintenance, and operation of

Bonneville project for navigation, and for

other purposes.

This Act created the Bonneville

Power Administration.

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RECLAMATION PROJECT ACT

Act of May 10, 1939.

(53 Stat. 685)

An Act making appropriations for the

Department of the Interior for the fiscal

year ending June 30, 1940, and for other
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purposes. 

This Act extended the contract term

to 40 years for sale of power or lease of

power privileges, giving preference to

public entities.

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BOULDER CITY ACT

Act of June 18, 1940.

(54 Stat. 437)

This Act provided for the disposal of

certain Federal property in Boulder City

for purposes of establishment of a

municipal corporationincorporated under

laws of Nevada Boulder City was

established by the Federal government by

employees who worked in the erecting of

the Boulder (Hoover) Dam.

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FLOOD CONTROL ACT OF 1944

Act of December 22, 1944.

(58 Stat. 887)

An Act authorizing the construction of

certain public works on rivers and

harbors for flood control, and for other

purposes. 

Authorizesthe Corps of Engineers to

construct, maintain and operate public

park and recreational facilities at water

resource developments. Reclamation

operates some of the projects developed

by the Corps.

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

REHABILITATION AND BETTERMENT

ACT

Act of October 7, 1949.

(63 Stat. 724)

An Act to provide for the return of

rehabilitation and betterment costs of

Federal reclamation projects. 

This Act provided for the

expenditure of funds for the rehabilitation

and betterment of any irrigation project

governed by the Federal reclamation

laws.

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COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT

Act of April 11, 1956.

(70 Stat. 105)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to construct, operate, and

maintain the Colorado River storage

project and participating projects, and

for other purposes. 

The Act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to construct a variety of dams,

reservoirs, powerplants, transmission

facilities and related works in the Upper

Colorado River Basin in the States of

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

and Wyoming. The Act also authorizes

and directs the Secretary to investigate,

plan, construct and operate facilities to

mitigate losses of, and improve

conditions for, fish and wildlife and

public recreational facilities. The Act

provides authority to acquire lands and to

lease and convey lands and facilities to

state and other agencies. 

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SALINE WATER DEMONSTRATION

PROJECTS

Act of September 2, 1958.

(72 Stat. 1706)
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Joint Resolution providing for the

construction of demonstration plants for

the production, from saline or brackish

waters, of water suitable for agricultural,

industrial, municipal, and other

beneficial consumptive uses. 

This Act provided for the

construction of desalination projects for

the reclamation of land for agricultural

and other uses.

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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT

Act of July 17, 1964.

(78 Stat. 329)

An Act to establish water resources

research centers, to promote a more

adequate national program of water

research, and for other purposes. 

This Act provides for the resources

to research and provide the hydrologic

information needed by to help manage

the Nation's water resources. 

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FEDERAL WATER PROJECT

RECREATION ACT

Act of July 9, 1965.

(79 Stat. 213)

An Act to provide uniform policies with

respect to recreation and fish and wildlife

benefits and costs of Federal

multiple-purpose water resource

projects, and for other purposes. 

This Act requires that recreation and

fish and wildlife enhancement be given

full consideration in the development of

federal water projects. The Act authorizes

the use of federal water project funds for

land acquisition in order to establish

refuges for migratory waterfowl and

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to

provide facilities for outdoor recreation

and fish and wildlife at all reservoirs

under the Secretary's control, except

those within national wildlife refuges. 

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NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION ACT

Act of July 22, 1965.

(79 Stat. 244)

An Act to provide for the optimum

development of the Nation's natural

resources through the coordinated

planning of water and related land

resources, through the establishment of a

water resources council and river basin

commissions, and by providing financial

assistance to the States in order to

increase State participation in such

planning.

This Act is established to encourage

the conservation, development, and

utilization of water and related land

resources of the United States on a

comprehensive and coordinated basis by

the Federal Government, States,

localities, and private enterprise with the

cooperation of all affected Federal

agencies, States, local governments,

individuals, corporations, business

enterprises, and others concerned.

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WATER RESOURCES PLANNING ACT

Act of July 22, 1965.

(79 Stat. 244)

An Act to provide for the optimum

development of the Nation's natural

resources through the coordinated

planning of water and related land

resources, through the establishment of a

water resources council and river basin

commissions, and by providing financial

assistance to the States in order to

increase State participation in such

planning. 
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The act provides for a plan to

formulate and evaluate water and related

land resources projects, This act ensures

proper and consistent planning by Federal

agencies.

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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT

Act of August 1, 1968.

(82 Stat. 572)

An Act to assist in the provision of

housing for low and moderate income

families, and to extend and amend laws

relating to housing and urban

development. 

This Act provided for federally

subsidized flood insurance to be made

available to owners of flood-prone

property in participating communities. 

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COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT

Act of September 30, 1968.

(82 Stat. 885)

An Act to authorize the construction,

operation, and maintenance of the

Colorado River Basin project, and for

other purposes. 

The Act provides a program for the

comprehensive development of the water

resources of the Colorado River Basin

and establishes a Central Arizona Project

for the supply of water in Arizona and

New Mexico and the conservation of fish

and wildlife, among other purposes. 

The purpose of the program includes

the regulation of the flow of the Colorado

River to control floods and improving

navigation; providing for the storage and

delivery of Colorado River water for

reclamation of lands; improving water

quality; providing public outdoor

recreation facilities;improvingconditions

for fish and wildlife; and the generating

and selling of electrical power. 

91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY

CONTROL

Act of June 24, 1974.

(88 Stat. 266 )

An Act to authorize the construction,

operation, and maintenance of certain

works in the Colorado River Basin to

control the salinity of water delivered to

users in the United States and Mexico.

This Act provides for construction of

facilities to control the salinity of the

Colorado River and authorizes activities

for mitigation of fish and wildlife loss. 

The Act directs the Secretary of the

Interior to protect the water quality of the

Colorado River, in compliance with the

obligations of a 1973 agreement with

Mexico, including the construction and

operation of a desalinization complex.

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RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS ACT

Act of November 2, 1978.

(92 Stat. 2471)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to construct, restore, operate,

and maintain new or modified features at

existing Federal reclamation dams for

safety of dams purposes.

This Act established the Dam Safety

Program which focused on evaluating

and implementing actions to resolve

safety concerns at Reclamation dams.
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The program also performs site

evaluations to identify potential safety

deficiencies on Reclamation and other

Interior bureaus' dams.

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC

POWER PLANNING AND

CONSERVATION

Act of December 5, 1980.

(94 Stat. 2697)

An Act to assist the electrical consumers

of the Pacific Northwest through use of

the Federal Columbia River Power

System to achieve cost-effective energy

conservation, to encourage the

development of renewable energy

resources, to establish a representative

regional power planning process, to

assure the region of an efficient and

adequate power supply, and for other

purposes. 

This Act authorized the

establishment and operation of thePacific

Northwest Electric Power and

Conservation Planning Council, and

provided that two persons from the States

of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and

Washington be appointed to the Council.

The Council is responsible for preparing

a regional conservation and electric

power plan as well as a fish and wildlife

protection, mitigation, and enhancement

program to deal with the operation of

hydroelectric facilities on the Columbia

River and its tributaries. The statute

defines the priorities to be addressed and

the procedures to be followed for both the

electric power plan and the fish and

wildlife program. 

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RECLAMATION REFORM ACT

Act of October 12, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1263)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to construct, operate, and

maintain modifications of the existing

Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir,

Shoshone project, Pick-Sloan Missouri

Basin program, Wyoming, and for other

purposes. 

This Act reformed the acreage

limitation provisions to encourages the

full consideration and incorporation of

prudent and responsible water

conservation measures in the operations

of non-Federal recipients of irrigation

water.

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GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT

REFORMULATION ACT

Act of May 12, 1986.

(100 Stat. 418)

An Act to implement certain

recommendations made pursuant to

Public Law 98-360. 

This Act implements certain

recommendations of the Garrison

Diversion Unit Commission report

concerning the water needs of the State of

North Dakota and related matters.

101st - 107th Congress (1989 - )

RECLAMATION PROJECTS AND

AUTHORIZATION AND ADJUSTMENT

ACT

Act of October 30, 1992.

(106 Stat. 4600)

An Act to authorize additional

appropriations for the construction of the
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Buffalo Bill Dam and Reservoir,

Shoshone Project, Pick-Sloan Missouri

Basin Program, Wyoming.

Thi s Act reauthorized

appropriations for various reclamation

projects, amends the conditions of several

projects, and authorizes new projects

throughout the West. It includes

numerous provisions including: Central

Utah Project Construction; Utah

Reclamation Mitigation andConservation

Account; Ute Indian Rights Settlement;

Salton Sea Research Project, California;

Vermejo Project San Luis Valley

Protection, Colorado; Reclamation

Wastewater and Groundwater Studies;

Grand Canyon Protection; Mid-Dakota

Rural Water System, South Dakota;

Western Water Policy Review; High

Plains ground water program;

reclamation recreation management act;

and the Central Valley Project

Improvement Act.

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RECLAMATION RECYCLING AND

WATER CONSERVATION ACT

Act of October 9, 1996.

(110 STAT. 3290)

An Act to make amendments to the

Reclamation Wastewater and

Groundwater Study and Facilities Act,

and for other purposes.

This Act authorized the Secretary of

the Interior to reclaim and reuse

agricultural, domestic, municipal, and

industrial wastewater and naturally

impaired ground and surface waters.
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION

PERTAINING TO ENERGY AND MINERAL ISSUES

1

st - 10th Congress (1789 -1809) 

LEAD MINES RESERVED

Act of March 3, 1807.

(2 Stat. 448)

An Act making provision for the disposal

of the public lands situated between the

United States military tract and the

Connecticut reserve, and for other

purposes.

This Act reserved lead mines and

sections contiguous thereto for future

disposal. Lead mines discovered

hereafter may be leased for limited terms.

11th - 20th Congress (1810 -1829) 

SETTLERS ON THE PUBLIC LANDS

Act of March 25, 1816.

(3 Stat. 260)

An Act relating to settlers on the lands of

the United States.

This Act provided that lead mines

and salt springs on lands ceded to the

United States would be reserved from use

except under presidential authority.

21st - 30th Congress (1830 -1849)

SALE OF MINERAL LANDS

Act of July 11, 1846.

(9 Stat. 37)

An Act to authorize the President of the

United States to sell the reserved mineral

lands in the States of Illinois, Arkansas,

Wisconsin and Iowa supposed to contain

lead ore.

The Act proved for the selling of

reserved lead mines within the States of

Illinois, Arkansas, Wisconsin and Iowa.

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LAND OFFICE AND SALE OF MINERAL

LANDS

Act of March 1, 1847.

(9 Stat. 146)

An Act to establish a land office in the

Northern part of Michigan, and to

provide for the sale of mineral lands in

the State of Michigan.

This Act established a land office in

the State of Michigan to conduct

geological surveys and identify lands

containing valuable ores. Such lands are

to be sold under the supervision of the

Secretary of the Treasury.

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WISCONSIN MINERAL LANDS

Act of March 3, 1847.

(9 Stat. 179)

An Act to create an additional land

district in the Territory of Wisconsin ,

and for other purposes.
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This Act authorized some of the

mineral lands in the Territory of

Wisconsin may be sold.

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SALT SPRING LANDS

Act of March 3, 1847.

(9 Stat. 181)

An Act to give the consent of Congress to

the sale of certain salt spring lands

heretofore granted to the States of

Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas.

This Act provided for the sale of salt

spring lands within the State of Michigan,

Illinois, and Arkansas.

31st - 40th Congress (1850 -1869)

Act of September 26, 1850.

(9 Stat. 472)

An Act to reduce the minimum price of

the mineral lands in the Lake Superior

District in Michigan, and in the

Chippewa District in Wisconsin.

This Act provided for the sale of

mineral lands in Michigan and the

Chippewa District of Wisconsin. The

1846-1850 statutes were a recognition

that previous laws reserving mineral

lands stifled development or were often

ignored on the frontier. 

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GUANO ISLANDS ACT

Act of August 18, 1856.

(11 Stat. 119)

An Act to authorize protection be given to

citizens of the United States who may

discover deposits of guano.

This Act allowed for the United

States to take possession of any

uninhabited island covered with guano,

which was used to make fertilizer and

gun-powder during the 19th century. The

discoverer of such deposits is awarded

exclusive rights to mine them for sale at

a price not to exceed $4 per ton.

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MINERAL LEASING ACT

Act of July 4, 1866.

(14 Stat. 86)

An Act concerning certain lands granted

to the State of Nevada. 

This Act, originally limited solely to

the State of Nevada, maintained existing

mining claims and contained the

declaration that the minerals on public

land were open to exploration by all

citizens of the United States. 

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LODE ACT

Act of July 26, 1866.

(14 Stat. 251)

An Act granting the right of way to ditch

and canal owners over the public lands

and for other purposes.

This Act declared that all mineral

lands of the public domain are open to

exploration and occupation. Upon a

showing of an expenditure of not less

than $1,000 in improvements upon such

lode, a patent may be purchased for $5

per acre. No locator may hold more than

one claim on each lode and each such

claim is limited to 200 feet along the lode

or vein.
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41st - 50th Congress (1869 -1889) 

PLACER ACT

Act of July 9, 1870.

(16 Stat. 217)

An Act to amend "An Act granting the

right of way to ditch and canal owners,

over the public lands, and for other

purposes." 

This Act amended the 1866 law to

provide a method of patenting placer

claims. The Act allowed miners to patent

up to 160 acres and to purchase the

claims for $2.50 an acre. 

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MINING LAW OF 1872

Act of May 10, 1872.

(17 Stat. 91)

An Act to promote the development of the

mining resources of the United States. 

This Act - commonly known as the

General Mining Law - authorizes and

governs prospecting and mining for

the"hardrock" minerals, such as gold,

silver, copper, lead, zinc, and many nonmetallic minerals as well, found on public

lands. This Act merged and recodified

earlier enactments (the 1866 Lode Act

and the 1870 Placer Act) governing

disposition of non-coal minerals from

public domain lands. 

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MINERAL LAND FREE TIMBER ACT

Act of June 3, 1878.

(20 Stat. 88)

An Act authorizing the citizens of

Colorado, Nevada, and the Territories to

fell and remove timber on the public

domain for mining and domestic

purposes.

This Act granted residents of nine

western States (Colorado, Nevada, New

Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, North

Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, or

Montana,) the right to cut timber on

public domain mineral claims for

building, agriculture, mining, or other

domestic purposes.

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OFFICE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

ESTABLISHED

Act of March 3, 1879.

(20 Stat. 394)

An Act making appropriations for sundry

civil expenses of the government for the

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

hundred and eighty, and for other

purposes.

This Act established the Office of the

Director of the Geological Survey with

duties including mineral resource studies

and the classification of the public lands.

51st - 60th Congress (1889 -1909) 

INSPECTION OF MINE

Act of March 3, 1891.

(26 Stat. 1104)

An Act for the protection of the lives of

miners in the Territories. 

This Act authorized the President to

appoint a mine inspector for each

territory of the U.S. for the purpose of
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mine safety.

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BUILDING STONE PLACER ACT

Act of August 4, 1892.

(27 Stat. 348)

An Act to authorize the entry of lands

chiefly valuable for building stone under

the placer mining laws. 

This Act allows for lands chiefly

valuable for building stone to be located

as placer mining claims.

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CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION

Act of March 1, 1893.

(27 Stat. 507)

An Act to create the California Debris

Commission and regulate hydraulic

mining in the State of California. 

This Act established a federal

regulatory agency, the California Debris

Commission, to enforce restrictions

against hydraulic mining.

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OIL PLACER ACT

Act of February 11, 1897.

(29 Stat. 526)

An Act to authorize the entry and

patenting of lands containing petroleum

and other mineral oils under the

placer-mining laws of the United States.

This Act affirmed a judicial decision

stating the applicability of the placer

provisions of the Mining Law of 1872 to

petroleum-bearing lands.

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ALASKA RIGHT OF WAY ACT 

Act of May 14, 1898.

(30 Stat. 409)

An Act extending the homestead laws and

providing for right of way for railroads

in the District of Alaska, and for other

purposes. 

This Act provides procedures for

location of mining claims in Alaska. The

Act also provided for reciprocal mining

rights to Canadians as are granted U.S.

citizens in the Dominion of Canada.

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929)

BUREAU OF MINES ORGANIC ACT

Act of May 16, 1910.

(36 Stat. 369)

An Act to establish in the Department of

the Interior a Bureau of Mines. 

This Act created and establish a

Bureau of Mines within the Department

of the Interior to investigate and monitor

mines and mine safety issues.

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STOCK-RAISING HOMESTEAD ACT

Act of February 19, 1909 .

(35 Stat. 639)

An Act to provide for an enlarged

homestead. 

This Act provided for the reservation

of mineral and nonmineral land to the

United States of all minerals in every

patent under this

Act. 

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POTASH ACT

Act of October 2, 1917.

(40 Stat. 297)

An Act to authorize exploration for and

disposition of potassium. 

This Act was passed to stimulate

exploration for potash, a component of

munitions, because Germany held most of

the world's known reserves at the

beginning of World War One.

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MINERAL LEASING ACT OF 1920

Act of February 25, 1920.

(41 Stat. 437)

An Act to promote the mining of coal,

phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas, and sodium

on the public domain. 

This Act authorized and governs

leasing of public lands for development

of deposits of coal, oil, gas and other

hydrocarbons, sulphur, phosphate,

potassium, and sodium. Section 185 of

this title contains provisions regarding

rights-of-ways over Federal lands for

pipelines. 

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SULPHUR DEPOSITS IN LOUISIANA AND

NEW MEXICO

Act of April 17, 1926.

(44 Stat. 301)

An Act to promote the production of

sulphur upon the public domain within

the State of Louisiana. 

This Act amended the 1920 Mineral

Leasing Act provisions to sulphur

deposits on public lands in Louisiana and

New Mexico.

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POTASH MINING

Act of February 7, 1927.

(44 Stat. 1057)

An Act to promote the mining of potash

on the public domain. 

This Act amended the 1920 Mineral

Leasing Act provisions to potash

deposits.

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948) 

STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL

MATERIALS

Act of June 7, 1939.

(53 Stat. 811)

An Act to provide for the common

defense by acquiring stocks of strategic

and critical materials essential to the

needs of industry for the manufacture of

supplies for the armed forces and the

civilian population in time of a national

emergency, and to encourage, as far as

possible, the further development of

strategic and critical materials within the

United States for common defense. 

This Act authorizes the President to

stockpile strategic and critical minerals

and the Secretary of the Interior is to

investigate and develop new sources of

such minerals.

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ATOMIC ENERGY ACT

Act of August 1, 1946.

(60 Stat. 755)

An Act for the development and control

of atomic energy. 

This Act was established to assure

the proper management of source, special

nuclear, and byproduct material. The Act

applies to both civilian and the military

uses of nuclear materials. The Act

regulates the uses of nuclear materials

and facilities in the United States. The

Act requires that civilian uses of nuclear

materials and facilities be licensed.

Uranium deposits and other fissionable

materials are removed from the operation

of the General Mining Law and such

deposits are to be prospected for by the

Atomic Energy Commission.

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MATERIALS SALES ACT

Act of July 31, 1947.

(61 Stat. 681)

An Act to provide for the disposal of

materials on the public lands of the

United States. 

This Act authorized the Secretary of

the Interior and Agriculture to sell surface

mineral and vegetal resources not

otherwise so authorized, including sand,

gravel, pumice, and other common

surficial deposits.

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MINERAL LEASING ACT FOR

ACQUIRED LANDS

Act of August 7, 1947.

(61 Stat. 913)

An Act to promote the mining of coal,

phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil

shale, gas, and sulfur on lands acquired

by the United States.

This Act extended the provisions of

the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act to the

similar mineral deposits (e.g., coal, oil,

gas, sodium, potash, phosphate, oil shale)

on lands acquired by the United States.

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS

Act of August 7, 1953.

(67 Stat. 462)

An Act to provide for the jurisdiction of

the United States over the submerged

lands of the outer Continental Shelf, and

to authorize the Secretary of the Interior

to lease such lands for certain purposes.

This Act regulates offshore oil, gas

and mineral leasing beneath the waters of

the outer continental shelves of the U.S.,

generally three statute miles or more

distant from the shoreline. Requires

compliance with natural resource

protection programs from damages

associated with oil, gas and mineral

development activities. 

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MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT

ACT

Act of August 13, 1954.

(68 Stat. 708)

An Act to amend the mineral leasing laws

and the mining laws to provide for

multiple mineral development ofthe same

tracts of the public lands, and for other

purposes. 
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This Act allowed simultaneous use

of public land for mining under the

mining laws and for lease operation under

the mineral leasing laws. The Act

subjected mining claims located after its

effective date to "multiple use," thereby

imposing restrictions on the miner's use

of the surface. The Act also reserved to

the United States leasable minerals and,

in areas where such minerals are known

to exist in commercial quantities,

required them to be excepted from

patents issued pursuant to the mining

laws.

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MULTIPLE SURFACE USE ACT

Act of July 23, 1955.

(69 Stat. 367)

An Act to amend the Act of July 31, 1947

(61 Stat. 681) and the mining laws to

provide for multiple use of the surface of

the same tracts of the public lands, and

for other purposes. 

The Act requires a claimant to file a

verified statement on mining claims

located prior to July 23, 1955. The act

prevented mining claims from being

either staked or used for nonmining

purposes; it also prevented timber waste

on unpatented mining claims. Under this

act, the federal government could acquire

rights to surface resources by means of

legal procedure.

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COMMON VARIETIES ACT

Act of July 23, 1955.

(69 Stat. 367)

An Act to amend the Act of July 31, 1947

(61 Stat. 681) and the mining laws to

provide for multiple use of the surface of

the same tracts of the public lands, and

for other purposes. 

This Act regulated mineral material

disposal by removing from the purview of

the Mining Law those common varieties

of minerals identified in the 1947 Act,

and made their development exclusively

subject to the latter Act. This Act also

prohibited surface use of pre-1955

unpatented claims for purposes not

reasonably incident to mining, and made

the surface and surface resources subject

to federal management, prior to patent.

The surface may also be subject to rights

of access by "permittees and licensees" of

the United States, and even the general

public, to reach adjoining lands or engage

in recreational activities.

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PRICE ANDERSON ACT

Act of September 2, 1957.

(71 Stat. 576)

An Act to amend the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended, and for other

purposes. 

This Act limits the amount of

liability for bodily injury, sickness,

disease or death, or loss of or damage to

property, or for loss of use of property

caused outside the United States by a

nuclear incident occurring within the

United States.

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PATENTS TO PLACER CLAIMS ON

NONMINERAL LANDS 

Act of March 18, 1960 (74 Stat. 7)

An Act to amend the mining laws of the

United States to provide for the inclusion

of certain nonmineral lands in patents to

placer claims.

This Act provided for the location

and patenting of millsite claims in

association with placer mining claims.
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91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT

Act of December 30, 1969.

(83 Stat. 742)

An Act to provide for the protection of

the health and safety of persons working

in the coal mining industry of the United

States, and for other purposes. 

This Act removed jurisdiction over

mine safety from the U.S. Bureau of

Mines and established the Mine

Enforcement Safety Administration, also

within the Department of the Interior.

Nine years later MESA became the Mine

Safety & Health Administration within

the Department of Labor.

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MINING AND MINERALS POLICY ACT

Act of December 31, 1970.

(84 Stat. 1876)

An Act to establish a national mining and

minerals policy.

The Act established a national

mining and minerals policy to be

administered by the Secretary of the

Interior requiring an annual report to

Congress on the state of the domestic

mining and minerals processing

industries.

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GEOTHERMAL STEAM ACT

Act of December 24, 1970.

(84 Stat. 1566) 

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to make disposition of

geothermal steam and associated

geothermal resources, and for other

purposes. 

This Act authorizes and governs the

lease of geothermal steam and related

resources on public lands in a manner

similar to the Mineral Leasing Act,

including the payment of royalties.

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TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

AUTHORIZATION

Act of November 16, 1973.

(87 Stat. 576)

An Act to amend section 28 of the

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and to

authorize a trans-Alaska oil pipeline, and

for other purposes. 

This Act granted the right-of-way

and otherwise authorized the construction

of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline from

Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska. Within

a few years, nearly one-fourth of all U.S.

crude oil production flowed thru the

pipeline annually.

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FEDERAL NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Act of December 31, 1974.

(88 Stat. 1878)

An Act to establish a national program

for research and development in

nonnuclear energy sources. 

This Act authorized the Department

of Energy to advance energy

conservation technologies, including

garbage, sewage, agricultural waste, and

industrial waste heat. This includes

demonstrations of practical applications

of all potentially beneficial energy

sources and utilization technologies.

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FEDERAL COAL LEASING

AMENDMENTS ACT

Act of August 4, 1976.

(90 Stat. 1083)

An Act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act

of 1920, and for other purposes. 

This Act required that all public

lands available for coal leasing be leased

competitively.

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MINING IN NATIONAL PARKS

Act of September 28, 1976.

(90 Stat. 1342)

An Act to provide for the regulation of

mining activity within, and to repeal the

application of mining laws to areas of the

National Park System, and for other

purposes.

This Act concerns mining operations

on National Park System lands,

authorizing the Secretary of the Interior

to promulgate regulations governing

activities resulting from the exercise of

valid existing rights to mining claims

within the National Park System.

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FEDERAL COAL LEASING

AMENDMENTS ACT

Act of August 4, 1976.

(90 Stat. 1083)

An Act to amend the Mineral Leasing Act

of 1920, and for other purposes. 

This Act required that all public

lands available for coal leasing be leased

competitively by the Secretary of the

Interior and also requires the payment of

royalties thereon at not less than 12 and

1⁄2 percent (surface-mined) or 8 percent

(underground mined) of the value of the

coal, rather than a fixed cents per ton as

had been charged previously.

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SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND

RECLAMATION ACT

Act of August 3, 1977.

(91 Stat. 445)

To provide for the cooperation between

the Secretary of the Interior and the

States with respect to the regulation of

surface coal mining operations, and the

acquisition and reclamation of

abandoned mines, and for other

purposes.

This Act established a program for

the regulation of surface mining activities

and the reclamation of coal-mined lands,

under the administration of the Office of

Surface Mining, Reclamation and

Enforcement, within the Department of

the Interior. The Act sets uniform

requirements for all coal surface mining

on Federal and State lands, including

exploration activities and the surface

effects of underground mining including

restoration and environmental activity.

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ENERGY REORGANIZATION ACT

Act of August 4, 1977.

(91 Stat. 565)

An Act to establish a Department of

Energy in the executive branch by the

reorganizationof energy functions within

the Federal Government in order to

secure effective management to assure a

coordinated national energy policy, and

for other purposes. 

This Act established the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission. The Act of 1974

split these functions, assigning to one

agency, now the Department of Energy,

the responsibility for the development

and production of nuclear weapons,
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promotion of nuclear power, and other

energy-related work, and assigning to the

NRC the regulatory work, which does not

include regulation of defense nuclear

facilities. The Act of 1974 gave the

Commission its collegial structure and

established its major offices. The later

amendment to the Act also provided

protections for employees who raise

nuclear safety concerns.

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC

ENERGY ABOLISHED

Act of September 20, 1977.

(91 Stat. 884)

An Act to abolish the Joint Committee on

Atomic Energy and to reassign certain

functions and authorities thereof and for

other purposes. 

This Act abolished the Joint

Committee on Atomic Energy, the

jurisdiction of the Committee is moved

primarily into the Committee in Energy

and Commerce.

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SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND

RECLAMATION 

Act of August 3, 1977.

(91 Stat. 445)

An Act to provide for the cooperation

between the Secretary of the Interior and

the States with respect to the regulation

of surface coal mining operations and the

acquisition and reclamation of

abandoned mines, and for other

purposes. 

This Act required the Secretary of

the Interior acting thru the Director of the

Office of Surface Mining to regulate all

surface coal mining activites irrespective

of the ownership of the coal resource

(i.e., private coal rights as well as state or

federal leases) and was enacted to

provide a nation-wide coal mining and

reclamation regulatory standard. This Act

also authorizes the levy of an abandoned

mined land reclamation fee by the

Secretary to be placed into a trust account

for future appropriation by Congress for

reclamation by the States of pre-1977

disturbed lands.

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URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION

CONTROL 

Act of November 8, 1978.

(92 Stat. 3021)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of

Energy to enter into cooperative

agreements with certain Statesrespecting

residual radioactive material at existing

sites, to provide for the regulation of

uranium mill tailings under the Atomic

Energy Act of 1954, and for other

purposes. 

This Act governs the environmental

restoration of uranium production sites

including mill tailings. The U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

establishes environmental standards and

guidelines Regulatory responsibility

remains with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

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NATIONAL MATERIALS AND

MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Act of October 1, 1980.

(94 Stat. 2305)

An Act to provide for a national policy

for materials and to strengthen the

materials research, development,

production capability, and performance

of the United States, and for other

purposes. 
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This Act encouraged private

enterprise to develop domestic mineral

resources and that Federal agencies are to

facilitate availability and development of

domestic resources. It also emphasizes

prompt reclamation of disturbed lands.

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DEEP SEABED HARD MINERALS

RESOURCES ACT 

Act of June 28, 1980.

(94 Stat. 553 )

An Act to establish an interim procedure

for the orderly development of hard

mineral resources in the deep seabed,

pending adoption of an international

regime relating thereto, and for other

purposes. 

This Act establishes a licensing

regime that ensures protection of the

marine environment, safety of life and

property at sea, prevention of

unreasonable interference with other uses

of the high seas, and conservation of

mineral resources.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

AUTHORIZATION ACT

Act of June 30, 1980.

(94 Stat. 780)

An Act to o authorize appropriations to

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in

accordance with section 261 of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended,

and section 305 of the Energy

Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended,

and for other purposes.

Among other things, this Act

developed emergency evacuation plans in

the event of a nuclear disaster.

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LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE

POLICY ACT

Act of December 22, 1980.

(94 Stat. 3347)

An Act to set forth a Federal policy for

the disposal of low-level radioactive

wastes, and for other purposes. 

This Act gives States the

responsibility to provide for the disposal

of commercial low-level radioactive

waste and encourages States to form

interstate compacts, to cooperatively

implement the law. The federal

legislation of 1980, and the subsequent

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy

Amendments Act of 1985, were endorsed

by the Governors of the 50 States.

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FEDERAL OIL AND GAS ROYALTY

MANAGEMENT

Act of January 12, 1983.

(96 Stat. 2447)

An Act to ensure that all oil and gas

originated on the public lands and on the

Outer Continental Shelf are properly

accounted for under the direction of the

Secretary of the Interior, and for other

purposes.

This Act mandated the Secretary of

the Interior be accountable for all oil and

gas originating from, or allocated to,

public or Indian lands. Under this Act,

oil and gas lessees are required to pay

interest on royalty underpayments. The

Minerals Management Service of the

Department of the Interior was

established (via appropriations law) to

serve this function (formerly the

jurisdiction of the Conservation Division

of the Geological Survey) in 1982 after

reports of flagrant abuses in royalty

collection and accounting were

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MINING CLAIMS ON STOCK RAISING

HOMESTEAD ACT LANDS

Act of April 16, 1993.

(107 Stat. 60)

An Act to amend the Stock Raising

Homestead Act to resolve certain

problems regarding subsurface estates,

and for other purposes.

This Act amended the Stockraising

Homestead Act of 1910 governing the

disposition of locatable mineral deposits

reserved to the U.S. in SRHA surface

patents. The Act requires mining

claimants upon such lands to meet certain

mining and reclamation practices similar

to those on public lands and to provide a

bond for such activities to the surface

owner or the Secretary of the Interior.

101sr - 107th Congress (1989 - )

JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES

January 1995.

House Committee on Rules

transferred jurisdiction over the Nuclear

Waste Policy Act and Low-Level Nuclear

Waste Act to Energy and Commerce

Committee by the rules enacted for the

104th and subsequent Congresses. 

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FEDERAL OIL AND GAS ROYALTY

SIMPLIFICATION AND FAIRNESS ACT

Act of August 13, 1996.

(110 Stat. 1700)

An Act to improve the management of

royalties from Federal and Outer

Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, and

for other purposes. 

This Act clarified when the statute of

limitations begins to run on the

underpayment of federal royalties,

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to

pay interest on overpaid mineral lease

royalties and changes the responsibility

for royalty payments from the payor on

federal leases to the actual lessee of such

lease.

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HELIUM PRIVATIZATION ACT

Act of October 9,1996.

(110 Stat. 3315)

To amend the Helium Act to authorize the

Secretary to enter into agreements with

private parties for the recovery and

disposal of helium on Federal lands, and

for other purposes.

The Act authorized activities to

provide sufficient helium to meet the

current and foreseeable future needs of

essential government activities, and

provides for the privatization of the

program and its over a time certain.
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION PERTAINING

TO LAND ISSUES

1

st - 10th Congress (1789 -1809) 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Act of February 27, 1801.

(2 Stat. 245)

An Act concerning the District of

Columbia.

This Act established the District of

Columbia as the seat of the United States

federal government. Provides for the

creation of the District out of land from

Virginia and Maryland.

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AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO

CLAIM THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY

Act of October 31, 1803.

(2 Stat. 245)

An Act to enable the President of the

United States to take possession of the

territories ceded by France to the United

States, by the treaty concluded at Paris,

on the thirtieth of April last, and for the

temporary government thereof.

This Act authorized the President of

the united States to purchase the

Louisiana Territory from France for $15

million. It extended from the Mississippi

River to the Rocky Mountains. and from

the Gulf of Mexico to British America

(Canada). The purchase doubled the land

area of the U.S.

11th - 20th Congress (1810 -1829) 

MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820

Act of March 6, 1820.

(3 Stat. 545)

An Act to authorize the people of the

Missouri territory to form a constitution

and state government, and for the

admission of such state into the Union on

an equal footing with the original states,

and to prohibit slavery in certain

territories.

This Act, as the Missouri Enabling

act, provided for the establishment of the

state of Missouri as a compromise for the

admission of new States as either “free”

or “slave”.

21st - 30th Congress (1830 -1849)

PRESERVATION ACT

Act of April 20, 1832.

(4 Stat. 505)

An Act authorizing the governor of the

territory of Arkansas to lease the sale

springs, in said territory, and for other

purposes.

This Act provided for the future
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disposal of hot springs within the

Arkansas Territoryfor preservation by the

United States. 

31st - 40th Congress (1850 -1869)

SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF NEW

MEXICO, KANSAS, AND NEBRASKA

Act of July 22, 1854.

(10 Stat. 308)

An Act to establish the offices of

Surveyor-General of New Mexico,

Kansas, and Nebraska, to grant

Donations to actual settlers therein, and

for other purposes.

This Act provided for the donation

of public lands to every white male

citizen, or to every white male over 21,

who has declared his intention and is

residing in the territory from 1853 to

1858. The land shall consist of onequarter section or 160 acres, provided

that the land be cultivated for 4 years.

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HOMESTEAD ACT

Act of May 20, 1862.

(12 Stat. 392)

An Act to secure Homesteads to actual

Settlers on the Public Domain.

This Act offered 160 acres of land

free to any head of family or person over

21 years of age who was a citizen of the

United States or who had filed a

declaration of intent to become a citizen

in exchange for simply residing on the

land for five years and improving it.

Quarter sections of land were distributed

free, provided the property was lived on

and worked for five years. There was also

an option to purchase the land after six

months of residency for $1.25 per acre. 

41st - 50th Congress (1869 -1889) 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

ESTABLISHED

Act of March 1, 1872.

(17 Stat. 32)

An Act to set apart a certain Tract of

Land lying near the Head-waters of the

Yellowstone River as a public Park. 

This Act provided for the

establishment of Yellowstone National

Park, the first national park.

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TIMBER CULTURE ACT

Act of March 3, 1873.

(17 Stat. 605)

An Act to encourage the growth of timber

on western prairies. 

This Act encouraged homesteading

and the planting of trees in the west. If a

settler planted 40 acres of timber

(reduced to 10 acres in 1878) and

fostered their growth for 10 years, the

individual was entitled to that quarter

section of land. The Act also permitted

homesteaders who occupied their land for
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three years, with one acre of trees under

cultivation for two of those three years, to

receive a patent to the land. 

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929) 

REPEAL OF THE TIMBER CULTURE

ACT

Act of March 3, 1891.

(26 Stat. 1095)

To repeal timber-culture laws, and for

other purposes.

This Act repeals the Timber Culture

Act of 1873, and authorizes the President

to "set apart and reserve... as public

reservations" forested portions of the

public lands in any State or Territory.

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

PROTECTION

Act of May 7, 1894.

(28 Stat. 73)

An Act to protect the birds and animals

in Yellowstone National Park, and to

punish crimes in said park, and for other

purposes. 

This Act provided that hunting and

poaching within the boundaries of the

park are prohibited except in certain

circumstances or within certain seasons.

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ANTIQUITIES ACT

Act of June 8, 1906.

(34 Stat. 225)

An Act for the preservation of American

antiquities.

This Act authorized the President to

declare federal lands as national

monuments for the purpose of protecting

sites and objects of antiquity.

The President is authorized to issue

presidential proclamations declaring as

national monuments historic landmarks,

historic and prehistoric structures, and

other objects of historic or scientific

interest that are situated upon the lands

owned or controlled by the U.S. This may

include reservation of land, limited to the

smallest area compatible with the proper

care and management of the objects to be

protected. When the objects are on land

that is privately owned or has an

unperfected claim of ownership, the

portion of the land necessary for care and

management of the object may be

relinquished to the federal government.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized

to accept the relinquishment of such land.

Only Congress may authorize any further

extension or establishment of national

monuments in State of Wyoming.

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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ORGANIC

ACT

Act of August 25, 1916.

(39 Stat. 535)

An Act to establish a National Park

Service, and for other purposes.

This Act creates a National Park

Service within the Department of the

Interior, to promote the use of the Federal

areas known as national parks,

monuments, and reservations. The

purpose is to conserve the scenery and

the natural and historic objects and the

wild life for the enjoyment of future

generations. Timber cutting and the

killing of animals or plants in national
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parks is permitted to combat disease or

depredation, and livestock grazing is

permitted when it is not deemed

detrimental, except in Yellowstone,

where it is forbidden.

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GRAND CANYON

Act of February 26, 1919.

(40 Stat. 1175)

An Act to establish the Grand Canyon

National Park.

This Act expanded and upgraded

Grand Canyon National Monument to a

national park, creating Grand Canyon

National Park.

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948) 

TAYLOR GRAZING ACT OF 1934

Act of June 28, 1934.

(48 Stat. 1269)

An Act to stop injury to the public

grazing lands by preventing overgrazing

and soil deterioration, to provide for

their orderly use, improvement, and

development, to stabilize the livestock

industry dependent upon the public

range, and for other purposes. 

This Act established grazing districts

and uses a permitting system to manage

livestock grazing in the districts. The Act

provided a way to regulate the occupancy

and use of the public land, preserve the

land from destruction or unnecessary

injury, and provide for orderly use,

improvement, and development. The

President may reserve by proclamation

and place under national-forest

administration unappropriated public

lands lying within watersheds forming a

part of the national forests which are best

administered with the national forests. 

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HISTORIC SITES ACT OF 1935

Act of August 21, 1935.

(49 Stat. 666)

An Act to provide for the preservation of

historic American sites, buildings,

objects, and antiquities of national

significance, and for other purposes. 

This Act declared a national policy

to preserve historic sites, buildings,

antiquities, and objects of national

significance, including those located on

refuges. Provides procedures for

designation, acquisition, administration,

and protection of such sites.

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OUTDOOR RECREATION

Act of June 23, 1936.

(49 Stat. 1894)

An Act to authorize a study of the park,

parkway, and recreational-area

programs in the United States, and for

other purposes. 

This Act authorized the Secretary of

the Interior to sponsor, engage in, and

assist in research relating to outdoor

recreation, directly or by contract or

cooperative agreements, and make

payments for such purposes; undertake

studies and assemble information

concerning outdoor recreation; and

cooperate with educational institutions

and others in order to assist in

establishing education programs and

activities and to encourage public use and

benefits from outdoor recreation.
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81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

MUSEUM MANAGEMENT

Act of July 1, 1955.

(69 Stat. 242)

An Act to increase the public benefits

from the National Park System by

facilitating the management of museum

properties relating thereto, and for other

purposes. 

This Act provided for the creation of

and maintenance of museums within the

National Park system as a means of

maintaining the Service’s collections and

educating the public. 

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OUTDOOR RECREATION RESOURCES

REVIEW COMMISSION

Act of June 28, 1958.

(72 Stat. 238)

An Act for the establishment of a

National Outdoor Recreation Resources

Review Commission to study the outdoor

recreation resources of the public lands

and other land and water areas of the

United States, and for other purposes.

This Act provided for the creation of

an Outdoor Recreation Resources

Commission to examine the recreational

uses of national lands.

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RESERVOIR SALVAGE ACT

Act of June 27, 1960.

(74 Stat. 220)

An Act to provide for the preservation of

historical and archeological data

(including relics and specimens) which

might otherwise be lost as the result of

the construction of a dam.

The act requires Federal agencies

building or permitting the building of

reservoirs to notify the Secretary of the

Interior when such activities might

destroy important archaeologic, historic,

or scientific data. The Secretary of the

Interior is authorized to conduct

appropriate investigations to protect those

data. The act also authorizes agencies to

spend up to 1 percent of their

construction funds on the protection of

historic and archaeological resources. 

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OUTDOOR RECREATION ACT

Act of May 28, 1963.

(77 Stat. 49)

An Act to promote the coordination and

development of effective programs

relating to outdoor recreation, and for

other purposes.

This Act provided for the Secretary

of the Interior to examine and report to

Congress proposals to enhance outdoor

recreational uses of federal lands.

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WILDERNESS ACT

Act of September 3, 1964.

(78 Stat. 890)

An Act to establish a National Wilderness

Preservation System for the permanent

good of the whole people, and for other

purposes. 

The Wilderness Act established the

National Wilderness Preservation

System. The Secretary of the Interior was

directed to review every roadless area of

5,000 acres or more and every roadless

island within the national wildlife refuge

and national park systems for possible

inclusion in the System. The Act also

included some national forest lands in the
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System and directed the Secretary of

Agriculture to recommend others.

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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION

Act of September 3, 1964.

(78 Stat. 897)

An Act to establish a land and water

conservation fund to assist the States and

Federal agencies in meeting present and

future outdoor recreation demands and

needs of the American people, and for

other purposes. 

This Act used federal and State

funds to create parks and open spaces,

protect wilderness, wetlands, and refuges,

preserve wildlife habitat, and enhance

recreational opportunities.

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PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW

COMMISSION

Act of September 19, 1964.

(78 Stat. 982)

An Act for the establishment of a Public

Land Law Review Commission to study

existing laws and procedures relating to

the administration of the public lands of

the United States, and for other purposes.

This Act provided for the creation of

the Public Land Law Review

Commission to make recommendations

on how the public lands should be

managed.

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NATIONAL HISTORICAL

PRESERVATION ACT

Act of October 15, 1966.

(80 Stat. 915)

An Act to establish a program for the

preservation of additional historic

properties throughout the Nation, and for

other purposes. 

This Act declared Federal policy to

protect historic sites and values in

cooperation with other nations, states,

and local governments. It establishes a

program of grants-in-aid to States for

historic preservation activities.

Subsequent amendments designated the

State Historic Preservation Officer

(SHPO) as the individual responsible for

administering programs in the States.

The act also creates the President's

Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation. Federal agencies are

required to consider the effects of their

undertakings on historic resources and to

give the Advisory Council a reasonable

opportunity to comment on those

undertakings.

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NATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM ACT OF

1968

Act of October 2, 1968 .

(82 Stat. 919)

An Act to establish a national trails

system, and for other purposes.

This Act provided for the creation of

a national trail system comprised of

National Recreation Trails, National

Scenic Trails and National Historic Trails

to provide for outdoor recreation needs,

promote the enjoyment, appreciation, and

preservation of open-air, outdoor areas

and historic resources, and encourage

public access and citizen involvement.

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WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT

Act of October 2, 1968.

(82 Stat. 906)

An Act to provide for a National Wild

and Scenic Rivers System, and for other

purposes.

This Act established a National Wild

and Scenic Rivers System for the

protection of rivers with important scenic,

recreational, fish and wildlife, and other

values. Rivers are classified as wild,

scenic or recreational. The Act designates

specific rivers for inclusion in the System

and prescribes the methods and standards

by which additional rivers may be added.

The Act contains procedures and

limitations for control of lands in

federally administered components of the

System and for disposition of lands and

minerals under federal ownership.

Hunting and fishing are permitted in

components of the System under

applicable federal and State laws. 

91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

VOLUNTEERS IN THE PARKS ACT OF

1969

Act of July 29, 1970.

(84 Stat. 472)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to establish a volunteers in the

park program, and for other purposes.

This Act provided a method through

which the National Park Service can

accept and utilize voluntary help and

services from the public. The major

objective of the program is to utilize this

voluntary help in such a way that is

mutually beneficial to the National Park

Service and the volunteer.

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YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS ACT

OF 1970

Act of August 13, 1970.

(84 Stat. 794)

An Act to establish a pilot program in the

Departments of the Interior and

Agriculture designated as the Youth

Conservation Corps, and for other

purposes. 

This Act established a permanent

Youth Conservation Corps for

employment of young adults in

maintaining federal parks and other lands,

and authorizes grants to states for similar

employment on state public lands. The

Act establishes in the Department of

Agriculture and the Department of the

Interior a Youth Conservation Corps,

consisting of youth aged 15-18 who are

permanent residents of the U.S. Either

department Secretary may employ these

individuals to develop, preserve or

maintain U.S. lands and waters, for a

maximum of 90 days per year.

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WILD HORSES AND BURROS ACT

Act of December 15, 1971.

(85 Stat. 649)

An Act to require the protection,

management, and control of wild

free-roaming horses and burros on

public lands.

This Act provided for the protection

of wild, free-roaming horses and burros.

It directs the Bureau of Land

Management of the Department
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of the Interior and Forest Service of the

Department of Agriculture to manage

such animals on public lands under their

jurisdiction. 

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EASTERN WILDERNESS ACT 1975

Act of January 3, 1975.

(88 Stat. 2096)

An Act to further the purposes of the

Wilderness Act by designating certain

acquired lands for inclusion in the

National Wilderness Preservation

System, to provide for study of certain

additional lands for such inclusion, and

for other purposes.

This Act provided for the addition of

16 wilderness areas in the East with

wilderness character and potential to be

included in the National Wilderness

Preservation System.

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(NON) MINING IN PARKS ACT

Act of September , 28, 1976.

(90 Stat. 1342)

An Act to provide for the regulation of

mining activity within, and to repeal the

application of mining laws to areas of the

National Park System, and for other

purposes. 

This Act closed natural areas under

the National Park Service jurisdiction to

further mining entry or location of mining

claims.

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FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND

MANAGEMENT

Act of October 21, 1976.

(90 Stat. 2744)

An Act to establish public land policy; to

establish guidelines f or its

administration; to provide for the

management, protection, development,

and enhancement of the public lands;

and for other purposes. 

This Act established public land

policy and guidelines for its

administration and provides for the

management, protection, development,

and enhancement of the public lands

under a land use planning process that is

based on multiple use and sustained yield

principles.

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NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION

ACT

Act of November 10, 1978.

(92 Stat. 3467)

An Act to authorize additional

appropriations for the acquisition of

lands and interests in lands within the

Sawtooth National Recreation Area in

Idaho. 

This Act required all National Park

units to have management plans that

provide for: the preservation of resources;

the type and intensity of development for

public enjoyment; visitor carrying

capacity and implementatio n

commitments; and proposed boundary

modifications with explanations as to

why they are required. The act further

requires the Secretary of the Interior to

submit annual detailed programs for the

development of facilities, structures, or

buildings for each unit of the system

consistent with management plans. 

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REDWOODS ACT

Act of March 27, 1978.

(92 Stat. 163)

An Act to amend the Act of October 2,
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1968, An Act to establish a Redwood

National Park in the State of California,

and for other purposes. 

This Act reasserted the standard of

protection established by Congress in the

original Organic Act. To protect land for

the common benefit of all the people of

the United States.

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

PROTECTION ACT

Act of October 31, 1979.

(93 Stat. 721)

An Act to protect archeological resources

on public lands and Indian lands, and for

other purposes. 

This Act made it illegal to excavate

or remove from Federal or Indian lands

any archeological resources without a

permit from the land manager. Permits

may be issued only to educational or

scientific institutions and only if the

resulting activities will increase

knowledge about archeological resources.

Those excavated from Indian lands

remain the property of the Indian or

Indian tribe having rights of ownership

over such resources.

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ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS

CONSERVATION ACT

Act of December 2, 1980.

(94 Stat. 2371)

An Act to provide for the designation and

conservation of certain public lands in

the State of Alaska including the

designation of units of the National Park,

National Wildlife Refuge, National

Forest National Wild and Scenic Rivers,

and National Wilderness Preservation

Systems, and for other purposes. 

This Act designated certain public

lands in Alaska as units of the National

Park System, National Wildlife Refuge

System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers

System, National Wilderness

Preservation System and National Forest

System. The Act also provides for

comprehensive land management for all

Alaska federal lands including potential

oil and gas resources

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INDIAN MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT

Act of December 22, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1938)

An Act to permit Indian tribes to enter

into certain agreements for the

disposition of tribal mineral resources,

and for other purposes. 

This Act empowers tribal

governments to enter into joint venture,

operating, production sharing, service,

managerial, lease or other agreement for

development of their energy and mineral

resources

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FEDERAL LAND EXCHANGE

FACILITATION

Act of August 20, 1989.

(102 Stat. 1086)

An Act entitled the "Federal Land

Exchange Facilitation Act of 1988". 

This Act authorized the Secretary of

the Interior to dispose of land. State and

local governments get priority in

purchase of available land for public

purposes under the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act. This Act maintains that

rights of way are granted in perpetuity. 

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FEDERAL CAVE RESOURCES

PROTECTION

Act of November 18, 1988.

(102 Stat. 4546)

An Act to protect cave resources on

Federal lands, and for other purposes.

This Act intended to protect

significant caves on federal lands by

identifying their location, regulating their

use, requiring permits for removal of their

resources, and prohibiting destructive

acts. The Act requires that caves be

considered in the preparation and

implementation of land management

plans, and allows for cave location to be

kept confidential.

101st - 107th Congress (1989 - ) 

NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES

PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT

Act of November 16, 1990.

(104 Stat. 3048)

An Act to provide for the protection of

Native American graves, and for other

purposes. 

This Act assigned ownership and

control of Native American cultural

items, human remains, and associated

funerary objects to Native Americans. It

also establishes requirements for the

treatment of Native American human

remains and sacred or cultural objects

found on Federal land. This act further

provides for the protection, inventory,

and repatriation of Native American

cultural items, human remains, and

associated funerary objects. 

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CALIFORNIA DESERT PROTECTION

ACT

Act of October 31, 1994.

(108 Stat. 4471)

An Act to designate certain lands in the

California Desert as wilderness, to

establish the Death Valley and Joshua

Tree National Parks, to establish the

Mojave National Preserve, and for other

purposes. 

This Act established the Death

Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks

and the Mojave National Preserve in the

California desert.

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OMNIBUS PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS

MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of November 12, 1996.

(110 STAT. 4093)

An Act to provide for the administration

of certain Presidio properties at minimal

cost to the Federal taxpayer, and for

other purposes.

This Act, as enacted, included the

provisions of many bills affecting land

management including: The Presidio of

San Francisco; California Bay Delta

Environmental Enhancement; National

Coal Heritage Area; Tennessee Civil War

Heritage Area; Augusta Canal National

Heritage Area; Steel Industry Heritage

Project; Essex National Heritage Area;

South Carolina National Heritage

Corridor;America'sAgricultural Heritage

Partnership; Ohio & Erie Canal National

Heritage Corridor; and the Hudson River

Valley National Heritage Area.

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NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS

MANAGEMENT

Act of November 13, 1998.

(112 Stat. 3497)

An Act to provide for improved

management and i ncrease d

accountability for certain National Park

Service programs, and for other

purposes. 

This Act required the Secretary of

the Interior to continually improve the

ability of the National Park Service to

provide state-of-the-art management,

protection, and interpretation of, and

research on, the National Park System

resources. 

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FEDERAL LAND TRANSACTION

FACILITATION ACT

Act of July 25, 2000.

(114 Stat. 613)

An Act to authorize the acquisition of the

Vales Caldera, to provide for an effective

land and wildlife management program

for this resource within the Department

of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

This Act directs the Secretaries of

the Interior and Agriculture to establish a

procedure to identify, by State, infolding

within federally designated areas in

Alaska and the 11 contiguous western

States for which the landowner has

indicated a desire to sell the land or an

interest in land to the United States and to

prioritize the acquisition of infolding.

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NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS

MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1998

Act of November 13, 1998 (112 STAT.

3497)

An Act to provide for improved

manag ement and increase d

accountability for certain National Park

Service programs, and for other

purposes.

This Act required the Secretary of

the Interior to continually improve the

ability of the National Park Service to

provide state-of-the-art management,

protection, and interpretation of, and

research on, the National Park System

resources. 

The Act also directs the Secretary to

utilize concessions contracts to authorize

persons, corporations, or other entities to

provide accommodations, facilities and

services to visitors to National Park

System units. Requires concessions

contracts to be awarded to the entity

submitting the best proposal as

determined by the Secretary through a

competitive selection process. 

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31st - 40th Congress (1850 -1869)

TIMBER PROTECTION

Act of March 3, 1859.

(11 Stat. 408)

An Act to protect the Timber growing

upon Lands of the United States reserved

for Military and other purposes.

This Act made it a criminal offence

to unlawfully cut or destroy timber

standing with a fine not exceeding $500

and 12 months in prison.

41st - 50th Congress (1869 -1889)

TIMBER CULTURE ACT

Act of March 3, 1873.

(17 Stat. 605)

An Act to encourage the growth of timber

on western prairies.

This Act encouraged homesteading

and the planting of trees in the west. If a

settler planted 40 acres of timber

(reduced to 10 acres in 1878) and

fostered their growth for 10 years, the

individual was entitled to that quarter

section of land. The Act also permitted

homesteaders who occupied their land for

three years, with one acre of trees under

cultivation for two of those three years, to

receive a patent to the land.

(This Act was repealed in 1891)

51st - 60th Congress (1889 -1909) 

MINERAL LAND FREE TIMBER ACT

Act of June 3, 1878.

(20 Stat. 88)

An Act authorizing the citizens of

Colorado, Nevada, and the Territories to

fell and remove timber on the public

domain for mining and domestic

purposes.

This Act granted residents of nine

western States (Colorado, Nevada, New

Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, North

Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, or

Montana,) the right to cut timber on

public domain mineral claims for

building, agriculture, mining, or other

domestic purposes.

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TIMBER AND STONE ACT

Act of June 3, 1878.

(20 Stat. 89)

An Act for the sale of timber lands in the

States of California, Oregon, Nevada,

and in Washington Territory. 

This Act permits the cutting of

timber on public lands to increase the

cleared acreage for farmers; timber lands
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are sold for as little as $2.50 an acre.

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CREATIVE ACT

FOREST RESERVE ACT

Act of March 3, 1891.

(26 Stat. 1095)

An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and

for other purposes. 

This Act repealed the Timber

Culture Act of 1873, and authorizes the

President to "set apart and reserve... as

public reservations" forested portions of

the public lands in any State or Territory.

The Act also granted the President the

authority to set aside forest lands from

lands within the public domain.

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ORGANIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

Act of June 4, 1897.

(30 Stat. 11)

An Act making appropriations for sundry

civil expenses of the Government for the

fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

hundred and ninety-eight, and for other

purposes.

This Act is the original organic act

governing the administration of national

forest lands. The Act provided that the

Forest Reserves, later to be called

National Forests, were established to

improve and protect the forest, to secure

favorable conditions of water flow, and to

furnish a continuous supply of timber.

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TRANSFER ACT OF 1905

Act of February 1, 1905.

(33 Stat. 628)

An Act providing for the transfer of forest

reserves from the Department of the

Interior to the Department ofAgriculture.

This Act transferred the

administration of the Forest Reserves

from the United States Department of the

Interior to the United States Department

of Agriculture.

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TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT FUND ACT

Act of May 23, 1908.

(35 Stat. 251)

An Act making appropriations for the

Department of Agriculture for the fiscal

year ending June thirtieth, nineteen

hundred and nine. 

This Act established the procedure

for paying States twenty-five percent of

the monies received from national forest

timber sales to benefit public schools and

public roads in counties where national

forests are located. These payments are

made in lieu of taxes.

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929) 

WEEKS ACT

Act of March 1, 1911.

(36 Stat. 961)

An Act to enable any State to cooperate

with any other State or States, or with the

United States, for the protection of the

watersheds of navigable streams, and to

appoint a commission for the acquisition

of lands for the purpose of conserving the

navigability of navigable rivers.

This Act authorized purchasing and

adding to the National Forest System
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forested, cut-over, or denuded lands

within the watersheds of navigable

streams which are necessary to regulate

the flow of navigable streams or to

produce timber. The Act appropriated $9

million dollars to purchase 6 million

acres of land in the eastern United States

for the purpose of establishing national

forests.

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CLARKE-MCNAIR ACT

 Act of June 7, 1924.

(43 Stat. 653)

An Act to provide for the protection of

forest lands, for the reforestation of

denuded areas, for the extension of

national forests, and for other purposes,

in order to promote the continuous

production of timber on lands chiefly

suitable therefor.

This Act established the transfer of

the National Forests to State and private

lands. This Act also increase the desire

for fire suppression as a purpose of the

Forest Service.

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MCSWEENEY-MCNAIR ACT 

Act of May 22, 1928.

(45 Stat. 699)

An Act to insure adequate supplies of

timber and other forest products for the

people of the United States, to promote

the full use for timber growing, and other

purposes, of forest lands in the United

States, including farm wood lots and

those abandoned areas not suitable for

agricultural production, and to secure

the correlation and the most economical

conduct of forest research in the

Department of Agriculture, through

research in reforestation, timber

growing, protection, utilization, forest

economics, and related subjects, and for

other purposes. 

This Act authorized a comprehensive

Forest Service research program. The

Act also offered federal aid to the States

for the prevention and suppression of

forest fires.

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948)

KNUTSON-VANDERBERG ACT

Act of June 9, 1930.

(46 Stat. 527)

An Act authorizing the Secretary of

Agriculture to enlarge treeplanting

operations on national forests, and for

other purposes.

This act authorized the U.S. Forest

Service to charge purchasers of timber a

premium, over and above the price of the

trees, to cover the cost of replanting,

removing unwanted brush within the

particular timber sale area from which the

funds are collected.

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TAYLOR GRAZING ACT OF 1934

Act of June 28, 1934.

(48 Stat. 1269)

An Act to stop injury to the public

grazing lands by preventing overgrazing

and soil deterioration, to provide for

their orderly use, improvement, and

development, to stabilize the livestock

industry dependent upon the public

range, and for other purposes. 

ThisAct established grazing districts
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and uses a permitting system to manage

livestock grazing in the districts. The Act

provided a way to regulate the occupancy

and use of the public land, preserve the

land from destruction or unnecessary

injury, and provide for orderly use,

improvement, and development. The

President may reserve by proclamation

and place under national-forest

administration unappropriated public

lands lying within watersheds forming a

part of the national forests which are best

administered with the national forests. 

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BANKHEAD-JONES FARM TENANT ACT

Act of July 22, 1937.

(50 Stat. 522)

An Act to create the Farmers’ Home

Corporation, to promote more secure

occupancy of farms and farm homes, to

correct the economic instability resulting

from some present forms of farm tenancy,

and for other purposes.

The Act required the Secretary of

Agriculture to develop a program of land

conservation and utilization to correct

maladjustments in land use and assist in

such things as reforestation and the

protection of fish and wildlife and natural

resources.

The Secretary must develop a

program of land conservation and

utilization, to correct maladjustments in

land use, and assist in: controlling soil

erosion; reforestation; preserving natural

resources; protecting fish and wildlife;

developing and protecting recreational

facilities; mitigating floods; preventing

impairment of dams and reservoirs;

developing energy resources; conserving

surface and subsurface moisture;

protecting the watersheds of navigable

streams; protecting the public lands,

health, safety and welfare.

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

ANDERSON-MANSFIELD

REFORESTATION AND REVEGITATION

ACT

Resolution of October 11, 1949.

(63 Stat. 762)

A Joint Resolution to provide for the

reforestation and revegetation of the

forest and range lands of the national

forests, and for other purposes. 

This Act provided for more rapid

reforestation and revegetation of forest

and range lands in the National Forests.

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GRANGER-THYE ACT

Act of April 24, 1950.

(64 Stat. 85)

An Act to facilitate and simplify the work

of the Forest Service, and for other

purposes.

This Act provided authority to the

Forest Service to provide funding for

cooperative research. The Act 

authorized the Forest Service toissue

grazing permits for terms up to 10 years;

authorized to the Forest Service to

participate in funding cooperative

forestry and rangeland resource

improvements; established grazing

advisory boards; and, authorized the

Forest Service to assist with work on

private forestlands. 
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SMOKEY BEAR ACT

Act of May 23, 1952.

(66 Stat. 92)

An Act prohibiting the manufacture or

use of the character "Smokey Bear" by

unauthorized persons.

This Act gave the Secretary of

Agriculture, after consultation with the

Association of State Foresters and the

Advertising Council the authority to grant

permission for the manufacture,

reproduction, and other use of the

Smokey Bear character.

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MULTIPLE-USE SUSTAINABLE-YIELD

ACT

Act of June 12, 1960.

(74 Stat. 215)

An Act to authorize and direct that the

national forests be managed under

principles of multiple use and to produce

a sustained yield of products and

services, and for other purposes.

This Act established a policy of

multiple use, sustained yieldmanagement

for the renewable resources of the

National Forest System. Multiple use was

defined as management that will best

meet the needs of the American people,

with consideration being given to the

relative values of the various resources.

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SIKES ACT

Act of September 15, 1960.

(74 Stat. 1052)

An Act to promote effectual planning,

development, maintenance, and

coordination of wildlife, fish, and game

conservation and rehabilitation in

military reservations. 

This Act provided for cooperation by

the Departments of the Interior and

Defense with State agencies in planning,

development and maintenance of fish and

wildlife resources on militaryreservations

throughout the United States.

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MCINTYRE-STENNIS ACT OF 1962

Act of October 10, 1962.

(76 Stat. 806)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of

Agriculture to encourage and assist the

several States in carrying on a program

of forestry research, and for other

purposes. 

This Act established a cooperative

forestry research program for State

land-grant colleges and universities. The

program is established to conduct

fore stry, natural resource, and

environmental research.

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PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW

COMMISSION

Act of September 19, 1964.

(78 Stat. 982)

An Act for the establishment of a Public

Land Law Review Commission to study

existing laws and procedures relating to

the administration of the public lands of

the United States, and for other purposes.

The Act established a Public Land

Law review commission which was

charged to make a comprehensive review

of the public land laws and the rules,

regulations, policies and practices of

Federal, State and local governments and

agencies; recommend any necessary

modifications and prepare a final report.
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VOLUNTEERS IN THE NATIONAL

FOREST

Act of May 18, 1972.

(86 Stat. 147)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of

Agriculture to establish a volunteers in

the national forests program, and for

other purposes.

This Act provides the Forest Service

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture a

program to recruit, train, and accept

without regard to the Civil Service

classification laws, rules, or regulations,

the services of individuals to serve

without compensation. Volunteers may

assist in any Forest Service program or

activity, except law enforcement.

91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE

RESOURCES PLANNING ACT

Act of August 17, 1974.

(88 Stat. 475)

An Act to provide for the Forest Service,

Department of Agriculture, to protect,

develop, and enhance the productivity

and other values of certain of the

Nation’s lands and resources, and for

other purposes.

This Act authorized the Secretary of

Agriculture to conduct renewable

resources research activities on national

forest and rangelands, including research

relating to fish and wildlife and their

habitats.

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WOODSY OWL/SMOKEY BEAR ACT

Act of June 22, 1974.

(88 Stat. 244)

An Act to prevent the unauthorized

manufacture and use of the character

"Woodsy Owl", and for other purposes.

This Act established the Woodsy

Owl and Smokey Bear characters in

promoting the forestry slogan of“Give a

Hoot, Don’t Pollute” and for fire

prevention.

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NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT

ACT 

Act of August 17, 1974.

( 88 Stat. 476)

An Act to amend the Forest and

Rangeland Renewable Resources

Planning Act of 1974, and for other

purposes.

This Act reorganized, expanded and

otherwise amended the Forest and

Rangeland Renewable Resources

Planning Act of 1974, which called for

the management of renewable resources

on national forest lands. The Act requires

the Secretary of Agriculture to assess

forest lands, develop a management

program based on multiple-use,

sustained-yield principles, and implement

a resource management plan for each unit

of the National Forest System. It is the

primary statute governing the

administration of national forests.

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FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND

MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of October 21, 1976.

(90 Stat. 2767)

An Act to establish public land policy; to

establish guidelines f or its

administration; to provide for the

management, protection, development,

and enhancement of the public lands;

and for other purposes.

This Act established a national

policy to improve the conditions of

public rangelands and requires a national

inventory and consistent federal

management policies, and provides for

range improvement policies.

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RENEWABLE RESOURCES EXTENSION

ACT

Act of June 30, 1978.

(92 Stat. 349)

An Act to provide for an expanded and

comprehensive extension program for

forest and rangeland renewable

resources.

This Act authorized the Secretary of

Agriculture to provide cooperative

educational programs with institutions of

higher education and State extension

services on national forest and rangeland

renewable resources.

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COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE

ACT

Act of July 1, 1978.

(92 Stat. 365)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of

Agriculture to provide cooperative

forestry assistance to States and others,

and for other purposes.

The Act authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture to establish a variety of

cooperative programs to protect and

manage nonfederal forest lands. The

Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to

assist in establishing a cooperative

Federal, State and local forest

stewardship program for management of

nonfederal forest lands and achieving a

number of goals for the use and

protection of forest lands. Congress

declared that it is in the national interest

for the Secretary to cooperate with State

officials, nongovernmental organizations

and the private sector in implementing

federal programs affecting nonfederal

forest lands.

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PUBLIC RANGELANDS IMPROVEMENT

ACT

Act of October 25, 1978.

(92 Stat. 1806)

An Act to establish public land policy; to

establish guidelines for its

administration; to provide for the

management, protection, development,

and enhancement of the public lands;

and for other purposes.

This Act establishes a national policy

and commitment to improve the

conditions on public rangelands, requires

a national inventory and consistent

federal management policies, and

provides funds for range improvement

projects.

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FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE

RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT

Act of June 30, 1978.

(92 Stat. 353)

An Act to direct the Secretary of

Agriculture to carry out forest and
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rangeland renewable resources research,

and for other purposes.

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture to conduct renewable

resources research activities on national

forest and rangelands, including research

relating to fish and wildlife and their

habitats. The purpose of the Act is to

authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to

implement a comprehensive program of

forest and rangeland renewable resources

research and to disseminate the findings

of that research. The Act authorizes the

Secretary to expand research activities to

encompass international forestry and

natural resource issues on a global scale.

101st - 107th Congress (1989 - )

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

PREVENTION 

Act of November 28, 1990.

(104 Stat. 4058)

An Act to extend and revise agricultural

price support and related programs, to

provide for agricultural export, resource

conservation, farm credit, and

agricultural research and related

programs, to ensure consumers an

abundance of food and fiber at

reasonable prices, and for other

purposes. 

Enacted as title XXIV of the Food,

Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act

of 1990 (Public Law 101–624), this Act

authorizes and directs the Secretary of

Agriculture to take steps towards

researching climate change, including the

establishment of an Office of

International Forestry; urban forestry

demonstration projects; and biomass

energy demonstration projects. The

Secretary is also directed to study the

effects of global climate change on

agriculture and forestry, and the

interactionbetween forest greenhouse gas

emissions and climate change.

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FOREST RESOURCES CONSERVATION

AND SHORTAGE RELIEF ACT

Act of August 20, 1990.

(104 Stat. 714)

An Act to make miscellaneous and

technical changes to various trade laws.

Title IV of this Act prohibits

exporting from the U.S. unprocessed

timber originating from Federal lands

west of the 100th meridian in the 48

contiguous States. It also directs the

Secretary of Commerce to issue orders

containing a similar prohibition for State

and other public lands. The Act also

provides for a study on eastern

hardwoods.

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EMERGENCY SALVAGE TIMBER SALE

PROGRAM

Act of July 27, 1995.

(110 Stat. 4093)

An Act to provide for the administration

of certain Presidio properties at minimal

cost to the Federal taxpayer, and for

other purposes. 

This Act requires the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Secretary of the

Interior to award contracts for salvage

timber sales on Federal lands under an

emergency program ending on September

30, 1997. The Secretaries must use

specified expedited procedures that are to

be deemed to satisfy the requirements of
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all federal environmental and natural

resources laws. 

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SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND

COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION

ACT

Act of October 30, 2000.

(114 Stat. 1607)

 An Act to restore stability and

predictability to the annual payments

made to States and counties containing

National Forest System lands and public

domain lands managed by the Bureau of

Land Management for use by the counties

for the benefit of public schools, roads,

and other purposes.

This Act provides counties with the

option of continuing to receive payments

under the 25 percent fund or electing to

receive their share of the average of the

three highest 25 percent payments during

the period of 1986 through 1999, called

the full payment option. Twenty-five

percent payments were based on timber

receipts.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION 

PERTAINING TO WILDLIFE ISSUES

51st - 60th Congress (1889 -1909)

LACEY ACT

Act of May 25, 1900.

(31 Stat. 187)

An Act to enlarge the powers of the

Department of Agriculture, prohibit the

transportation by interstate commerce of

game killed in violation of local laws,

and for other purposes.

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to adopt measures to aid in

restoring game and other birds in parts of

the U.S. where they have become scarce

or extinct and to regulate the introduction

of birds and animals in areas where they

had not existed.

61st - 70th Congress (1909 -1929) 

MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT

Act of July 3, 1918.

(40 Stat. 703)

An Act to give effect to the convention

between the United States and Great

Britain for the protection of migratory

birds concluded at Washington, August

sixteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen,

and for other purposes.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

implements various treaties and

conventions between the U.S. and

Canada, Japan, Mexico and the former

Soviet Union for the protection of

migratory birds. Under the Act, taking,

killing or possessing migratory birds is

unlawful. Unless permitted by

regulations, the Act provides that it is

unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture or

kill; attempt to take, capture or kill;

possess, offer to or sell, barter, purchase,

deliver or cause to be shipped, exported,

imported, transported, carried or received

any migratory bird, part, nest, egg or

product, manufactured or not.

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MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

ACT 

Act of February 18, 1929.

(45 Stat. 1222)

An Act to more effectively meet the

obligations of the United States under the

migratory bird treaty with Great Britain

by lessening the dangers threatening

migratory game birds from drainage and

other causes, by the acquisition of areas

of land and of water to furnish in

perpetuity reservations for the adequate

protection of such birds, and authorizing

appropriations for the establishment of

such areas, their maintenance and

improvement, and for other purposes. 

This Act establishes a Migratory

Bird Conservation Commission to

approve areas of land or water

recommended by the Secretary of the

Interior for acquisition as reservations for

migratory birds. Consultation with state

and local government is required prior to

acquisition.

This Act also established the

Migratory Bird Conser vation

Commission.
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71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948) 

FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION

ACT

Act of March 10, 1934.

(48 Stat. 401)

An Act to promote the conservation of

wild life, fish, and game, and for other

purposes.

The Act provides that whenever the

waters or channel of a body of water are

modified by a department or agency of

the U.S., the department or agency first

shall consult with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service and with the head of the

agency exercising administration over the

wildlife resources of the State where

construction will occur, with a view to

the conservation of wildlife resources.

The Act provides that land, water and

interests may be acquired by federal

construction agencies for wildlife

conservation and development. In

addition, real property under jurisdiction

or control of a federal agency and no

longer required by that agency can be

utilized for wildlife conservation by the

state agency exercising administration

over wildlife resources upon that

property.

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MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND

CONSERVATION STAMP ACT

Act of March 13, 1934.

(48 Stat. 451)

An Act to supplement and support the

Migratory Bird Conservation Act by

providing funds for the acquisition of

areas for use as migratory-bird

sanctuaries, refuges, and breeding

grounds, for developing and

administering such areas, for the

protection of certain migratory birds, for

the enforcement of the Migratory Bird

Treaty Act and regulations thereunder,

and for other purposes. 

Commonly known as the Duck

Stamp Act, this Act requires use of a

migratory bird stamp for hunting, and

raises funds for the conservation of

migratory waterfowl by the 1916

migratory bird treaty between the U.S.

and Canada.

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REFUGE REVENUE SHARING ACT

Act of January 15, 1935.

(49 Stat. 383)

An Act to amend the Migratory Bird

Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934,

and certain other Acts relating to game

and other wildlife, administered by the

Department of Agriculture, and for other

purposes. 

This Act requires the Secretary of the

Interior to distribute funds from revenues

received for the sale or disposition of

animals, salmonoid carcasses, timber,

hay, grass or soil products, or from leases

for public accommodations or facilities,

on areas of the National Wildlife Refuge

System, National Fish Hatcheries or other

areas administered by the Secretary

through the Service. to counties to offset

loss of property tax revenues. 

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FEDERAL AID IN WILDLIFE

RESTORATION

PITTMAN-ROBINSON ACT

Act of September 2, 1937.

(50 Stat. 917)

An Act to provide that the United States

shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration

projects, and for other purposes. 

This Act provides Federal aid to the
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States for the management and restoration

of wildlife. The aid, funded through an

excise tax on sporting arms and

ammunition, may be used to support a

variety of wildlife projects, including

acquisition and improvement of wildlife

habitat. 

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BALD EAGLE PROTECTION ACT OF

1940

Act of June 8, 1940.

(54 Stat. 250)

An Act for the protection of the bald

eagle. 

This Act prohibits the taking or

possession of and commerce in bald and

golden eagles, with limited exceptions.

Bald eagles may not be taken for any

purpose unless the Secretary issues a

permit prior to the taking.

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH

RESTORATION

Act of August 9, 1950.

(64 Stat. 430)

An Act to provide that the United States

shall aid the States in fish restoration

and management projects, and for other

purposes. 

This Act patterned after the PittmanRobertson Act was designed to aid

respective State fish and wildlife game

departments to restore and manage sport

fish resources. The act is financed by a

ten percent tax on fishing rods, reels and

artificial lures, bait and flies. 

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FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT

Act of August 8, 1956.

(70 Stat. 1119)

An Act to establish a sound and

comprehensive national policy with

respect to fish and wildlife; to strengthen

the fish and wildlife segments of the

national economy; to establish within the

Department of the Interior the position of

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife;

to establish a United States Fish and

Wildlife Service; and for other purposes.

This Act directs the Secretary of the

Interior to develop the policies and

procedures necessary for carrying out fish

and wildlife laws and to research and

report on fish and wildlife matters. The

Act establishes the Fish and Wildlife

Service within the Department of the

Interior, as well as the positions of

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife

and Director of the Service. 

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SIKES ACT

Act of September 15, 1960.

(74 Stat. 1052)

An Act to promote effectual planning,

development, maintenance, and

coordination of wildlife, fish, and game

conservation and rehabilitation in

military reservations.

This Act provides the statutory

authority to manage fish and wildlife

populations on federal lands under the

jurisdiction of the Department of

Defense. The Department controls nearly

25 million acres of valuable fish and
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wildlife habitat at approximately 900

military installations nationwide. The

Act requires integrated natural resource

management plans for all military

installations with significant fish, wildlife

or natural resources. The Department of

the Interior and the states were given a

meaningful consultative role in the

development of all integrated natural

resource management plans.

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GOLDEN EAGLE PROTECTION ACT

Act of October 24, 1962.

(76 Stat. 1246)

A Joint Resolution to provide protection

for the golden eagle. 

This Act adds the Golden Eagle to

the protections given to the Bald Eagle.

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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

ADMINISTRATION ACT

Act of October 15, 1966.

(80 Stat. 927)

An Act to provide for the conservation,

protection, and propagation of native

species of fish and wildlife, including

migratory birds, that are threatened with

extinction, to consolidate the authorities

relating to the administration by the

Secretary of the Interior of the National

Wildlife Refuge System; and for other

purposes. 

The Act provides for the

administration and management of the

national wildlife refuge system, including

wildlife refuges, areas for the protection

and conservation of fish and wildlife

threatened with extinction, wildlife

ranges, game ranges, wildlife

management areas and waterfowl

production areas. The Act identifies

areas to be designated as the National

Wildlife Refuge System and administered

by the Secretary of the Interior through

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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FUR SEAL ACT 

Act of November 2, 1966.

(80 Stat. 1091)

An Act to protect and conserve the North

Pacific fur seals, to provide for the

administration of the Pribilof Islands, to

conserve the fur seals and other wildlife

on the Pribilof Islands, and to protect sea

otters on the high seas. 

The Act generally prohibits the

taking of fur seals. An exception is

provided for Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos

who dwell on the coasts of the North

Pacific Ocean. The Act codifies the

obligations of the U.S. as agreed to at the

Interim Convention on the Conservation

of North Pacific Fur Seals.

91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973

Act of December 28, 1973.

(87 Stat. 884)

An Act to provide for the conservation of

endangered and threatened species of

fish, wildlife, and plants, and for other

purposes. 

The Endangered Species Act

provides broad protection for species of

fish, wildlife and plants that are listed as

threatened or endangered in the U.S. or

elsewhere. Provisions are made for listing
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species, as well as for recovery plans and

the designation of critical habitat for

listed species. The Act outlines

procedures for federal agencies to follow

when taking actions that may jeopardize

listed species, and contains exceptions

and exemptions. The Endangered

Species Act also is the enabling

legislation for the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,

commonly known as CITES. Criminal

and civil penalties are provided for

violations of the Act and the Convention.

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ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION ACT OF

1978

Act of October 28, 1978.

(92 Stat. 2048 )

An Act to implement the Agreed

Measures for the Conservation of

Antarctic Fauna and Flora, and for

other purposes.

The Act provides for the

conservation and protection of the fauna

and flora of Antarctica and the

ecosystem. The Act prohibits, with

exceptions, disposing of any waste in

Antarctica except as authorized by the

Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships;

introducing into Antarctica any

nonnative species; entering or engaging

in activities within any Antarctic

Specially Protected Area; engaging in

any taking or harmful interference in

Antarctica; receiving, acquiring,

transporting, offering for sale, selling,

purchasing, importing, exporting, or

having custody, control or possession of

any native bird, mammal or plant.

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FISH AND WILDLIFE IMPROVEMENT

ACT

Act of November 8, 1978.

(92 Stat. 3110)

An Act to improve the administration of

fish and wildlife programs, and for other

purposes. 

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior and the Secretary of

Commerce to assist in training of State

fish and wildlife enforcement personnel to

cooperate with other Federal or State

agencies for enforcement of fish and

wildlife laws and to use appropriations to

pay for rewards and undercover

operations. 

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FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

ACT

Act of September 29, 1980.

(94 Stat. 1322)

An Act to assist the States in developing

fish and wildlife conservation plans and

actions, and for other purposes. 

This Act, commonly known as the

Nongame Act, encourages States to

develop conservation plans for nongame

fish and wildlife of ecological,

educational, aesthetic, cultural,

recreational, economic or scientific value.

States may be reimbursed for a percentage

of the costs of developing, revising or

implementing conservation plans

approved by the Secretary of the Interior.

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LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS

Act of November 16, 1981.

(95 Stat. 1073)

An Act to provide for the control of

illegally taken fish and wildlife. 

This Act replaces the Black Bass Act

of 1926 and most of the original Lacey

Act. The Lacey Act Amendments make it
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unlawful to import, export, transport,

buy or sell fish, wildlife and plants taken

or possessed in violation of federal, state

or tribal law. Interstate or foreign

commerce in fish and wildlife taken or

possessed in violation of foreign law also

is illegal. The Act requires that packages

containing fish or wildlife be plainly

marked. Enforcement measures include

civil and criminal penalties, cancellation

of hunting and fishing licenses, and

forfeiture. 

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COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT

Act of October 18, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1653)

An Act to protect and conserve fish and

wildlife resources, and for other

purposes. 

This Act protects undeveloped

coastal barriers and related areas by

prohibiting direct or indirect federal

funding of various projects in these areas

that might support development. Limited

exceptions are allowed, such as funding

for fish and wildlife research. 

The Act establishes a Coastal

Barrier Resources System, consisting of

undeveloped coastal barriers and other

areas on the coastal U.S. as identified on

maps on file with the Secretary of the

Interior.

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NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE

FOUNDATION ESTABLISHMENT ACT

Act of March 26, 1984.

(98 Stat. 107)

An Act to establish a National Fish and

Wildlife Foundation. 

This Act established the National

Fish and Wildlife Foundation to

encourage, accept and administer private

gifts of property for the benefit of or in

connection with the activities of the U. S.

Fish and Wildlife Service and conduct

activities for the conservation and

management of the fish, wildlife and plant

resources of the United States.

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ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY ACT

Act of July 31, 1984.

(98 Stat. 1242)

An Act to provide for a comprehensive

national policy dealing with national

research needs and objectives in the

Arctic, for a National Critical Materials

Council, for development of a continuing

and comprehensive national materials

policy, for programs necessary to carry

out that policy, including Federal

programs of advanced materials research

and technology, and for innovation in

basic materials industries, and for other

purposes.

This Act establishes national policy,

priorities, and goals and to provide a

Federal program plan for basic and

applied scientific research with respect to

the Arctic, including natural resources and

materials, physical, biological and health

sciences, and social and behavioral

sciences. The Act establishes the Arctic

Research Commission to promote Arctic

research and to recommend Arctic

research policy and the Interagency Arctic

Research Policy Committee to develop a

national Arctic research policy and a five

year plan to implement that policy.

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EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESOURCES

ACT

November 10, 1986.

(100 Stat. 3582)

An Act to promote the conservation of

migratory waterfowl and to offset or
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prevent the serious loss of wetlands by

the acquisition of wetlands and other

essential habitat and for other purposes.

The purpose of the Act is to

promote wetlands conservation for the

public benefit and to help fulfill

international obligations in various

migratory bird treaties and conventions.

The Act authorizes the purchase of

wetlands from Land and Water

Conservation Fund monies. The Act also

requires the Secretary of the Interior to

establish a National Wetlands Priority

Conservation Plan, requires the states to

include wetlands in their Comprehensive

Outdoor Recreation Plans, and transfers

funds from import duties on arms and

ammunition to the Migratory Bird

Conservation Fund. 

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AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION

ACT

Act of October 7, 1988.

(102 Stat. 2315)

An Act to authorize appropriations to

carry out the Endangered Species Act of

1973 during fiscal years 1988, 1989,

1990, 1991, and 1992, and for other

purposes. 

The purpose of the Act is to

perpetuate healthy populations of

African elephants. The Act authorizes

financial assistance for African elephant

conservation programs; requires review

of these programs and establishment of

moratoria on ivory import if specific

criteria are not met; requires annual

reports to Congress; creates criminal and

civil penalties for illegal ivory import or

export; exempts sport-hunted elephant

trophies; and allows for payment of

rewards. 

The policy of the U.S. is to assist in

the conservation and protection of the

African elephant by supporting and

providing financial resources for the

conservation programs of African

countries and the CITES Secretariat.

101st - 107th Congress (1989 - ) 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS

CONSERVATION

Act of December 13, 1989.

(103 Stat. 1968)

An Act to conserve North American

wetland ecosystems and waterfowl and

the other migratory birds and fish and

wildlife that depend upon such habitats.

This Act provides funding and

administrat ive direction f o r

implementation of the North American

Waterfowl Management Plan and the

Tripartite Agreement on wetlands

between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. It

establishes a North American Wetlands

Conservation Council, which is to

recommend wetlands conservation

projects to the Migratory Bird

Conservation Commission. Federal funds

may be expended for payment of no more

than half of the U.S. share of the cost of

wetlands conservation projects in

Canada, Mexico or the U.S. 

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COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING,

PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

Act of November 29, 1990.

(104 Stat. 4778)

An Act to prevent and control infestations

of the coastal inland waters of the United

States by the zebra mussel and other
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nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species,

to reauthorize the National Sea Grant

College Program, and for other

purposes. 

This Act supports and funds coastal

wetlands restoration and conservation

projects. The Act allows for the purchase

of land for restoration, management or

enhancement of coastal wetlands

ecosystems, for the long-term

conservation of the lands, waters,

hydrology, water quality, and dependent

fish and wildlife.

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WILD BIRD CONSERVATION ACT

Act of October 22, 1992.

(106 Stat. 2224)

An Act to promote the conservation of

wild exotic birds, to provide for the Great

Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank, to

reauthorize the Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Act of 1980, to reauthorize

the African Elephant Conservation Act,

and for other purposes. 

This Act provides a series of

measures to conserve exotic birds and

fulfill the obligations of the U.S. under

the Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES). The Act includes

provisions to limit or prohibit U.S.

imports of exotic bird species covered by

the Convention and authorizes moratoria

on the importation of species not covered

by the Convention. It also sets standards

for qualifying bird breeding facilities and

establishes the Exotic Bird Conservation

Fund. 

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PARTNERSHIPS FOR WILDLIFE ACT 

Act of November 4, 1992.

(106 Stat. 5094)

An Act to provide Congressional

approval of a Governing International

Fishery Agreement, and for other

purposes. 

This Act establishes a program to

encourage partnerships among Federal

and State governments and private

entities to carry out wildlife conservation

and appreciation projects. This Act

established the establish a Wildlife

Conservation and Appreciation Fund to

make funds available to States for

wildlife conservation.

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RHINOCEROS AND TIGER

CONSERVATION ACT

Act of October 22, 1994.

(108 Stat. 4094)

An Act to assist in the conservation of

rhinoceros and tigers by supporting and

providing financial resources for the

conservation programs of nations whose

activities directly or indirectly affect

rhinoceros and tiger populations, and of

the CITES Secretariat. 

This Act assists in the conservation

of rhinoceros and tigers by supporting the

conservation programs of Nations whose

activities affect rhinoceros and tiger

populations, as well as those of the

Secretariat of the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

(CITES). The Act also provides financial

resources for those programs. 

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JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONSERVATION

AND DESIGN PROGRAM ACT

Act of October 6, 1994.

(108 Stat. 3119)

An Act to authorize appropriations to

expand implementation of the Junior
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Duck Stamp Conservation Program

conducted by the United States Fish and

Wildlife Service.

This Act stipulated that the Secretary

of the Interior may carry out in

accordance with this Act a program to be

known as the “Junior Duck Stamp

Conservation and Design Program” The

goals of the program are to provide

school children environmental education

opportunities relating to the conservation

and management of migratory birds and

increase the capacity for schools, States

and other educational programs to

conduct conservation and education

programs.

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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1997

Act of October 9, 1997.

(111 Stat. 1252)

P. L. 105-57

An Act to amend the National Wildlife

Refuge System Administration Act of

1966 to improve the management of the

National Wildlife Refuge System, and for

other purposes.

This Act established for the first time

a framework or organic law for our

national wildlife refuge system. The law

statutorily defined the term “compatible

use”; established and defined the term

“wildlife-dependent recreation”;

stipulated that it is the policy of the

United States that compatible wildlifedependent recreation is a legitimate and

appropriate general public use of the

system; established for the first time a

“conservation mission”; required the U.

S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a

determination, prior to a land acquisition,

whether an existing wildlife-dependent

use may continue during the

implementation of a management plan

and mandates the completion of a

conservation plan for each of our nation’s

wildlife refuges within fifteen years. 

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ASIAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT

Act of November 19, 1997.

(111 Stat. 2150)

An Ac to assist in the conservation of

Asian elephants by supporting and

providing financial resources for the

conservation programs of nations within

the range of Asian elephants and projects

of persons with demonstrated expertise

in the conservation of Asian elephants.

This Act created an Asian Elephant

Conservation Fund that was authorized to

receive up to $5 million dollars that could

be utilized by the Secretary of the Interior

to finance conservation projects to assist

in the conservation of endangered Asian

elephants living in the wild in 13

countries in South and Southeast Asia.

The Secretary of the Interior is required

to evaluate the merits of each proposed

grant application, to select those projects

that best enhance the future of the Asian

elephant and to give priority to those

projects whose sponsors demonstrate the

ability to match some portion of the

federal funds received.

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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY

PARTNERSHIP ENHANCEMENT ACT

Act of October 5, 1998 (112 Stat. 1574)

An Act to amend the Fish and Wildlife

Act of 1956 to promote volunteer

programs and community partnerships

for the benefit of national wildlife

refuges, and for other purposes.

This Act was designed to improve

the volunteer program in our National

Wildlife Refuge System by establishing
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up to 20 pilot projects for the purpose of

hiring full-time volunteer coordinators.

The act also made it easier for interested

individuals and groups to donate money

or services to refuges and allows refuge

managers to enter into cooperative

agreements with local conservation

groups to conduct projects on refuges.

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DISABLED SPORTSMEN’S ACCESS ACT 

Act of October 17, 1998.

(112 Stat. 1920)

An Act to authorize appropriations for

fiscal year 1999 for military activities of

the Department of Defense, for military

construction, and for defense activities

of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

personnel strengths for such fiscal year

for the Armed Forces, and for other

purposes.

As a part of authorization for

Department of Defense, this Act

encourages the Department of Defense to

provide improved access for disabled

individuals, where appropriate andwithin

the military mission. It also allows the

Department to accept donations of private

money, material and volunteers for the

construction of facilities accessible to

sportsmen with disabilities. The

fundamental goal is to increase access to

military installations for hunting, fishing,

boating and other outdoor activities for

the disabled. 

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MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND

CONSERVATION STAMP PROMOTION

ACT

Act of October 19,1998.

(112 Stat. 2381)

An Act to authorize the use of receipts

from the sale of the Migratory Bird

Hunting and Conservation Stamps to

promote additional stamp purchases.

This Act allows the Secretary of the

Interior to spend proceeds collected from

the sale of migratory bird hunting and

conservation stamps to create a

promotional program to increase the sale

of duck stamps. In addition, the Federal

Duck Stamp Office is directed to develop

and seek approval from the Migratory

Bird Conservation Commission for any

marketing plans to sell additional duck

stamps.

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NUTRIA ERADICATION AND CONTROL

PILOT PROGRAM

Act of October 30, 1998.

(112 Stat. 3027)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to provide financial assistance to

the State of Maryland for a pilot program

to develop measures to eradicate or

control nutria and restore marshland

damaged by nutria.

This Act authorized the Secretary of

the Interior to provide financial assistance

to the State of Maryland for a three year

pilot program to develop methods to

eradicate or control nutria and to restore

marsh and wetlands damaged by nonnative rodents known as nutria.

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ARCTIC TUNDRA HABITAT

CONSERVATION

Act of November 24, 1999.

(113 Stat. 1491)

An Act to assure the long-term

conservation of mid-continent light geese

and the biological diversity of the

ecosystem upon which many North

American migratory birds depend, by

directing the Secretary of the Interior to

implement rules to reduce the
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o verabundant popul ation o f

mid-continent light geese.

This Act allowed the U. S. Fish and

Wildlife Service to take steps to reduce

the exploding population of MidContinent light geese. These geese have

been systematically destroying the fragile

Arctic tundra in the Hudson Bay lowland

salt marsh in Canada. These wetlands are

critical to the survival of not only light

geese but hundreds of other migratory

species including brants, black ducks,

mallards and dozens of songbirds. 

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NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD

CONSERVATION ACT

Act of July 20, 2000 (114 Stat. 593)

An Act to require the Secretary of the

Interior to establish a program toprovide

assistance in the conservation of

neotropical migratory birds.

This Act created a Neotropical

Migratory Bird Conservation Account.

This account was authorized to receive up

to $5 million per year in federal

appropriations until September 30, 2004.

The Secretary of the Interior is charged

with the responsibility for evaluating and

selecting meritorious projects. In

addition, the proposal required the

Secretary of the Interior to submit a

report to Congress on the effectiveness of

the act and to suggest ways to improve

the operation of the account in the future.

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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

CENTENNIAL ACT

Act of November 1, 2000 (114 Stat.

1782)

An Act to amend the Pittman-Robertson

Wildlife Restoration Act and the

Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration

Act to enhance the funds available for

grants to States for fish and wildlife

conservation projects, to reauthorize and

amend the National Fish and Wildlife

Foundation Establishment Act, to

commemorate the centennial of the

establishment of the first national wildlife

refuge in the United States on March 14,

1903, and for other purposes.

This Act directed the Secretary of the

Interior to establish a commission to

promote the awareness of the National

Wildlife Refuge System as it celebrates

its 100th Anniversary in 2003. This

measure also directed the Commission to

develop a long-term plan to meet the

priority operations, maintenance and

construction needs of the system and to

improve the public use programs and

facilities for all visitors.

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GREAT APE CONSERVATION ACT 

Act of November 1, 2000 (114 Stat.

1789)

An Act to assist in the conservation of

great apes by supporting and providing

financial resources for the conservation

programs of countries within the range of

great apes and projects of persons with

demonstrated expertise in the

conservation of great apes.

This Act established a Great Ape

Conservation Fund to assist in the

conservation of great apes by supporting

and providing financial resources for

projects within the range states. Great

apes are defined as gorillas, orangutans,

chimpanzees, bonobos and gibbons. This

measure authorizes up to $5 million

dollars a year until September 30, 2004 to

be used by the Secretary of the Interior to

assist worthwhile conservation projects.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION PERTAINING

TO MARINE AND OCEAN ISSUES

71st - 80th Congress (1929 -1948) 

FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION

ACT

Act of March 10, 1934.

(48 Stat. 401)

An Act to promote the conservation of

wild life, fish, and game, and for other

purposes.

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Secretary of

Commerce to provide assistance to and

cooperate with Federal and State agencies

to protect, rear, stock, and increase the

supply of game and fur-bearing animals,

as well as to study the effects of domestic

sewage, trade wastes, and other polluting

substances on wildlife.

The Act also directs the Bureau of

Fisheries to use impounded waters for

fish-culture stations and migratory-bird

resting and nesting areas and requires

consultation with the Bureau of Fisheries

prior to the construction of any new dams

to provide for fish migration. In addition,

this Act authorizes the preparation of

plans to protect wildlife resources, the

completion of wildlife surveys on public

lands, and the acceptance by the Federal

agencies of funds or lands for related

purposes provided that land donations

received the consent of the State in which

they are located.

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MITCHELL ACT

Act of May 11, 1938.

(52 Stat. 345)

An Act to provide for the conservation of

the fishery resources of the Columbia

River, establishment, operation, and

maintenance of one or more stations in

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and for

the conduct of necessary investigations,

surveys, stream improvements, and

stocking operations for these purposes.

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to carry on activities for

conservation of fishery resources in the

Columbia River Basin. The Act

specifically directs establishment of

salmon hatcheries, conduct of

engineering and biological surveys and

experiments, and installing fish protective

devices. It also authorizes agreements

with State fishery agencies and

construction of facilities on State-owned

lands.

81st - 90th Congress (1949 -1968) 

WHALING CONVENTION ACT

Act of August 9, 1950.

(64 Stat. 421)

An Act to authorize the regulation of

whaling and to give effect to the

International Convention for the

Regulation of Whaling signed at

Washington under date of December 2,

1946, by the United States of America

and certain other governments, and for

other purposes. 

This Act provides the framework for
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meeting United States obligations arising

from the 1946 International Convention

for the Regulation of Whaling. It

provides for a U.S. Commissioner to the

International Whaling Commission and

authorizes the Secretary of State to

present objections to that Commission's

regulations. It establishes as unlawful

whaling, transporting whales or selling

whales, in violation of the Convention. It

sets up a whaling licensing framework,

with fines and imprisonment for

violations.

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TUNA CONVENTION ACT

Act of August 9, 1950.

(64 Stat. 430)

An Act to provide that the United States

shall aid the States in fish restoration

and management projects, and for other

purposes.

This Act implements the Convention

for the Establishment of an International

Commission for the Scientific

Investigation of Tuna (now terminated)

and the Convention for the Establishment

of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna

Commission. 

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FEDERAL AID IN SPORT FISH

RESTORATION

“DINGELL-JOHNSON ACT”

August 9, 1950.

(50 Stat. 917)

An Act to provide that the United States

shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration

projects, and for other purposes. 

This Act, commonly called the

Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration

Act, authorizes the Secretary of the

Interior to provide financial assistance for

state fish restoration and management

plans and projects. The Act directs the

Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with

state fish and game departments in fish

restoration and management projects.

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SALTONSTALL-KENNEDY ACT

Act of July 1, 1954.

(68 Stat. 376)

An Act to further encourage the

distribution of fishery products, and for

other purposes.

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

Commerce to promote domestically

produced fishery products. The

Secretaryprovidesfinancial assistance for

fisheries research and development

programs. 

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FISHERMEN’S PROTECTIVE ACT

Act of August 27, 1954.

(68 Stat. 883)

An Act to protect the rights of vessels of

the United States on the high seas and in

territorial waters of foreign countries. 

The Pelly Amendment to this Act

authorizes the President to prohibit the

importation of products from countries

that allow fishing operations that

diminish the effectiveness of an

international fishery conservation

program or that engage in trade or taking

that diminishes the effectiveness of an

international program for endangered or

threatened species. While the Pelly

Amendment is the most noteworthy

section of the Act for wildlife

conservation purposes, the Act also

provides for federal reimbursement of

money paid by owners to secure the

release of fishing vessels improperly

seized by foreign countries. In addition,

the Act sets up a fund to compensate
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owners for damage to or destruction of

their fishing vessel or gear.

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GREAT LAKES FISHERY ACT

Act of June 4, 1956.

(70 Stat. 242)

An Act to give effect to the Convention on

Great Lakes Fisheries signed at

Washington September 10, 1954, and for

other purposes.

The Act sets forth procedures for

carrying out programs under the 1954

Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries. 

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ANADROMOUS FISH CONSERVATION

ACT

Act of October 30, 1965.

(79 Stat. 1125)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to initiate with the several States

a cooperative program for the

conservation, development, and

enhancement of the Nation'sanadromous

fish, and for other purposes. 

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to enter into agreements with

states and other non-federal interests to

conserve, develop and enhance the

anadromous fish resources of the U.S. 

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NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE

PROGRAM

Act of October 15, 1966.

(80 Stat. 998)

An Act to amend the Marine Resources

and Engineering Development Act of

1966 to authorize the establishment and

operation of sea grant colleges and

programs by initiating and supporting

programs of education and research in

the various fields relating to the

development of marine resources, and for

other purposes.

The National Sea Grant is a

partnership between government,

academia, industry, scientists, and private

citizens to help Americans understand

and sustainably use our precious Great

Lakes and ocean waters for long-term

economic growth. The Act unites 30

State Sea Grant programs, over 200

universities, and millions of people. 

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ESTUARINE AREAS ACT

Act of August 3, 1968.

(82 Stat. 625)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior, in cooperation with the States,

to conduct an inventory and study of the

Nation's estuaries and their natural

resources, and for other purposes. 

This Act provides for a federal study

and inventory of estuaries, authorizes

their management and development

through federal and State agreements, and

requires consideration of these areas in

federal projects and State requests for

federal financial assistance. 
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91st - 100th Congress (1969 -1988) 

CENTRAL, WESTERN AND SOUTH

PACIFIC FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT

ACT

Act of September 29, 1972.

(86 Stat. 744)

An Act to authorize a program for the

development of tuna and other latent

fisheries resources in the Central,

Western, and South Pacific Ocean. 

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

Commerce to carry out a program to

develop tuna and other latent fisheries of

the Central, Western and South Pacific

Ocean, defined as the area of the Pacific

Ocean between latitudes 30 degrees north

to 30 degrees south and from longitudes

120 degrees east to 130 degrees west.

The Act provides for the development of

exploration for, and stock assessment of,

tuna and other fish; improvement of

harvesting techniques; gear development;

biological resource monitoring; an

economic evaluation of the potential for

tuna and other fisheries in the area.

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MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT

Act of October 21, 1972.

(86 Stat. 1027)

An Act o protect marine mammals; to

establish a Marine Mammal

Commission; and for other purposes. 

The Act establishes a federal

responsibility to conserve marine

mammals, with management vested in the

Department of Commerce for cetaceans

and pinnipeds other than walrus. The

Department of the Interior is responsible

for all other marine mammals, including

sea otter, walrus, polar bear, dugong and

manatee. The Act generally assigns

identical responsibilities to the

Secretaries of the two departments. 

Congress found that certain species

and population stocks of marine

mammals are or may be in danger of

extinction or depletion due to human

activities; these mammals should not be

permitted to diminish below their

optimum sustainable population;

measures should be taken immediately to

replenish any of these mammals that have

diminished below that level, and efforts

should be made to protect essential

habitats; there is inadequate knowledge

of the ecology and population dynamics

of these mammals; negotiations should be

undertaken immediately to encourage

international arrangements for research

and conservation of these mammals. 

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MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH AND

SANCTUARIES ACT

Act of October 23, 1974.

(86 Stat. 1052)

An Act to regulate the transportation for

dumping, and the dumping, of material

into ocean waters, and for other

purposes. 

This Act authorizes the Secretary of

Commerce to designate and manage

national marine sanctuaries based on

specific standards. It provides for

supervision by the Secretary over any

permitted private or federal action that is

likely to destroy or injure a sanctuary

resource, and requires periodic evaluation

of implementation of management plans

and goals for each sanctuary. The Act

also specifies prohibited activities,

penalties and enforcement. 

This Act prohibits transporting any

material from the U.S. for the purpose of

dumping it into ocean waters, or dumping

any material into ocean waters, except as

authorized by permit. The Act also

provides for the establishment of
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monitoring and research programs on the

effects of dumping into ocean waters,

including the possible long-term effects

of pollution, overfishing and

human-induced changes in ocean

ecosystems. 

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COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of October 27, 1972.

(86 Stat. 1280)

An Act to establish a national policy and

develop a national program for the

management, beneficial use, protection,

and development of the land and water

resources of the Nation's coastal zones,

and for other purposes. 

This Act establishes a federal grant

program within the Department of

Commerce to encourage coastal States to

develop and implement coastal zone

management programs. The Act also

establishes a national estuarine reserve

system.

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ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVENTION ACT

Act of August 5, 1975.

(89 Stat. 385)

An Act to give effect to the International

Convention for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas, signed at Rio de Janeiro,

May 14, 1966, by the United States of

America and other countries, and for

other purposes.

The Act addresses the conservation

of Atlantic tunas and codifies the

obligations of the U.S. in the

International Convention for the

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, signed in

Rio de Janeiro on May 14, 1966. Among

other things, the Act requires fishermen

to obtain permits and report catch

quantities for regulated species; require

observers on fishing vessels to obtain

scientific data; impose otherrequirements

to implement any Convention

recommendation or to obtain scientific

data necessary to achieve the purposes of

the Convention.

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FISHERY CONSERVATION AND

MANAGEMENT

Act of April 13, 1976.

(90 Stat. 331)

An Act to provide for the conservation

and management of the fisheries, and for

other purposes. 

This Act established a 200-mile

fishery conservation zone, effective

March 1, 1977, and established Regional

FisheryManagement Councils comprised

of Federal and State officials. The Act

provides for regulation of foreign fishing

in the management zone under GIFA's

(governing international fishing

agreements) and vessel fishing permits.

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NATIONAL AQUICULTURE ACT

Act of September 26, 1980.

(94 Stat. 1198)

An Act to provide for the development of

aquaculture in the United States, and for

other purposes. 

This Act establishes a national

aquaculture policy and development plan

and requires federal coordination of

aquaculture activities. With the purpose

of increasing the development of

aquaculture.

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LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981

Act of November 16, 1981.

(95 Stat. 1073)

An Act to provide for the control of

illegally taken fish and wildlife. 

This Act makes it unlawful to

import, export, transport, buy or sell fish,

wildlife and plants taken or possessed in

violation of Federal, State or tribal law.

The Act requiresthat packages containing

fish or wildlife be clearly marked.

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ATLANTIC SALMON CONVENTION ACT

Act of December 29, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1951)

An Act to amend the Commercial

Fisheries Research and Development Act

of 1964. 

This Act legislates U.S.

responsibilities as a signatory to the

Convention for the Conservation of

Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean,

March 2, 1982, in Reykjavik, Iceland,

and entered into force on October 1,

1983. 

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NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT ACT OF

1982

Act of May 17, 1982.

(96 Stat. 78)

An Act to give effect to the Protocol

Amending the Convention for the

Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the

Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,

signed at Washington, March 29, 1979.

This Act implements the 1953

Convention between the U.S. and Canada

for the Preservation of the Halibut

Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean

and the Bering Sea, as well as its 1979

Protocol. The Act establishes the

procedures for the appointment of

commissioners and the responsibilities of

the Department of Commerce.

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COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT

Act of October 18, 1982.

(96 Stat. 1653)

An Act to protect and conserve fish and

wildlife resources, and for other

purposes. 

The Act protects undeveloped

coastal barriers and related areas by

prohibiting direct or indirect Federal

funding of various projects in these areas

that might support development Limited

exceptions are allowed, such as funding

for fish and wildlife research. 

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TRINITY RIVER BASIN FISH AND

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of October 24, 1984.

(98 Stat. 2721)

An Act to provide for the restoration of

the fish and wildlife in the Trinity River

Basin California and for other purposes.

This Act provides for the creation of

a Trinity River Basin Task Force. The

Act requires the development and

implementation of a program to restore

fish and wildlife to levels existing before

the construction of the Trinity River

division of the Central Valley Project.

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ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING

RESOURCES CONVENTION ACT

Act of November 8, 1984.

(98 Stat. 3398)

An Act to approve governing
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international fishery agreements with

Iceland and the EEC; to establish

national standards for artificial reefs; to

implement the Convention on the

Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living

Resources and for other purposes.

This Act provides the legislative

authority to implement the Convention on

the Conservation of Antarctic Marine

Living Resources. The Act prohibits

harvesting of Antarctic marine living

resources in violation of the Convention.

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ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS

CONSERVATION

Act of October 31, 1984.

(98 Stat. 3185)

An Act to provide for the conservation

and management of Atlantic striped bass,

and for other purposes. 

This Act establishes a consistent

management scheme for the conservation

of Atlantic Striped Bass. Coastal States,

listed as Pennsylvania; States bordering

the Atlantic north of South Carolina;

District of Columbia; and Potomac River

Fisheries Commission, that fail to adhere

to the required management plan are

subject to a striped bass fishing

moratorium. The Act also requires an

annual survey of striped bass fisheries in

the coastal States. 

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EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA LICENSING

ACT

Act of October 4, 1984.

(98 Stat. 1715) 

An Act to implement the Eastern Pacific

Ocean Tuna Fishing Agreement, signed

in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 15, 1983.

This Act implements the Eastern

Pacific Ocean Tuna Fishing Agreement,

signed in San Jose, Costa Rica on March

15, 1983. Makes it illegal to fish

designated tuna - yellowfin tuna, bigeye

tuna, albacore tuna, northernbluefin tuna,

southern bluefin tuna, skipjack tuna,

black skipjack, kawakawa, bullet tuna,

frigate tuna, eastern Pacific bonito and

Indo-Pacific bonito.

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PACIFIC SALMON TREATY ACT

Act of March 15, 1985.

(99 Stat. 7)

An Act to give effect to the Treaty

Between the Government of the United

States of America and the Government of

Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon,

signed at Ottawa January 28, 1985. 

This Act was passed in fulfillment of

obligations under the Pacific Salmon

Treaty between the U.S. and Canada,

signed at Ottawa, January 28, 1985. It

establishes the U.S. contingent to the

treaty's commission and to the three

regional panels created by the treaty. The

Act also addresses such matters as federal

jurisdiction, the adoption of regulations

and enforcement. 

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INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT

Act of November 14, 1986.

(100 Stat. 3731)

An Act to amend certain provisions of the

law regarding the fisheries of the United

States, and for other purposes.

The Act provides for assistance by

the Secretary of Commerce to States for

management of interjurisdictional

commercial fishery resources. 

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SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA ACT

Act of June 7, 1988.

(102 Stat. 591)

An Act to implement the Treaty on

Fisheries Between the Governments of

Certain Pacific Island States and the

Government of the United States of

America. 

This Act regulates tuna harvest by

U.S. vessels within the Exclusive

Economic Zones of Pacific Island Parties.

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ANTARCTIC PROTECTION

Act of November 16, 1990.

(104 Stat. 2975)

An Act to protect and conserve the

continent of Antarctica, and for other

purposes. 

This Act makes it unlawful for a

person under U.S. jurisdiction to engage

in, finance, or otherwise knowingly

provide assistance to an Antarctic mineral

resource activity. 

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GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE

RESTORATION

Act of November 8, 1990.

(104 Stat. 2370)

An Act to authorize a study of the fishery

resources of the Great Lakes, and for

other purposes. 

The Act provides for a

comprehensive study of the status and the

assessment, management and restoration

needs of the fishery resources of the

Great Lakes Basin. Develop proposals to

implement recommendations resulting

from the study; provide assistance to the

Great Lakes Fisheries Commission,

states, Indian tribes and other interested

entities to encourage cooperative

conservation, restoration, and

management of Great Lakes Basin fish

and wildlife resources and their habitat.

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NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES RESOURCES

RESTORATION

Act of November 16, 1990.

(104 Stat. 2960)

An Act to direct the Secretary of the

Interior to convey all interest of the

United States in a fish hatchery to the

State of South Carolina, and for other

purposes. 

The Act provides for the

implementation of programs to restore

and maintain nationally significant,

interjurisdictional fisheries originating in

New England river systems.

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NORTH PACIFIC ANADROMOUS

STOCKS CONVENTION

Act of October 29, 1992.

(106 Stat. 5098)

An Act to provide Congressional

approval of a Governing International

Fishery Agreement, and for other

purposes. 

This Act implements the Convention

for the Conservation of Anadromous

Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean, signed

at Moscow, February 11, 1992. It

establishes the U.S. representation on the

Commission provided for in the

Convention, prohibits takinganadromous
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fish in the Convention area of the North

Pacific Ocean and provides for

enforcement and penalties.

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ALIEN SPECIES PREVENTION AND

ENFORCEMENT

Act of October 6, 1992.

(106 Stat. 1729)

An Act making appropriations for the

Treasury Department, the United States

Postal Service, the Executive Office of the

President, and certain Independent

Agencies for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1993, and for other

purposes. 

This Act defines nonmailable plant

and animal matter, and establishes a

program to prevent the introduction of

prohibited plants, plant pests and

injurious animals into Hawaii through the

mail. 

The Act requires the Secretary of

Agriculture (Secretary) to operate a

program to protect Hawaii from the

introduction by mail of prohibited plants,

plant pests and injurious animals and

enter into a memorandum of

understanding with the Secretary of the

Interior relating to prohibited plants,

plant pests and injurious animals under

the jurisdiction of the Department of

Interior. If mail is found to contain

prohibited material, the Secretary must: 

take action to prevent the introduction of

the prohibited material into Hawaii;

determine whether the facts and

circumstances warrant seeking

prosecution under a law prohibiting such

conveyance.

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ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES

COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT ACT

Act of December 20, 1993.

(107 Stat. 2447)

An Act to authorize appropriations for

fiscal year 1994 for the United States

Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 

The Act requires the development,

implementation and enforcement of

coastal fishery management plans to

promote interstate conservation and

management of Atlantic coastal fishery

resources.

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HIGH SEAS FISHING COMPLIANCE Act

HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHING

MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT

Act of November 3, 1995.

(109 Stat. 367)

An Act to amend the Fishermen's

Protective Act.

The Act implements the Agreement

to Promote Compliance with

International Conservation and

Management Measures by Fishing

Vessels on the High Seas and establishes

a system of permitting, reporting and

regulating U.S. vessels that fish on the

high seas.

This Act also addresses the United

Nations resolutions and decisions

establishing and reaffirming a global

moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing

on the high seas. It prohibits the U.S.

from entering into international

agreements that would prevent the full

implementation of the moratorium. 

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NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES

PRESERVATION ACT 

Act of October 11, 1996.

(110 Stat. 3363)

An Act to reauthorize the National

Marine Sanctuaries Act, and for other

purposes.
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This Act establishes a program to

identify and designate as national marine

sanctuaries areas of the marine

environment which are of special national

significance.

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SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ACT

Act of October 11, 1996.

(110 Stat. 3559)

An Act to amend the Magnuson Fishery

Conservation and Management Act to

authorize appropriations, to provide for

sustainable fisheries, and for other

purposes.

This Act requiring science,

management and conservation action by

the National Marine Fisheries Service.

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INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN

CONSERVATION PROGRAM ACT

Act of August 15, 1997.

(111 Stat. 1122)

An Act to amend the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972 to support the

International Dolphin Conservation

Program in the eastern tropical Pacific

Ocean, and for other purposes.

This Act authorizes the incidental

taking of marine mammals during

commercial purse seine yellowfin tuna

fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific

Ocean. Removes provisions requiring

that, for purse seine yellowfin fishing, the

goal of reducing incidental kill or serious

injury to insignificant levels approaching

zero be satisfied by the best safety

techniques and equipment economically

and technologically practicable. 

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GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE

RESTORATION

Act of October 19, 1998.

(112 Stat. 2358)

An Act to amend the Great Lakes Fish

and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to

provide for implementation of

recommendations of the United States

Fish and Wildlife Service contained in

the Great Lakes Fishery Resources.

This Act ensures that proposals

resulting from recommendations of the

Great Lakes fishery resources restoration

study are developed and implemented.

The Act requires the Great Lakes Fishery

Commission to retain authority and

responsibility for formulation and

implementation of a comprehensive

program for eradicating or minimizing

sea lamprey populations in the Basin. 

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HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES

IMPROVEMENT

Act of November 13, 1998.

(112 Stat. 3454)

An Act to approve a governing

international fishery agreement between

the United States and the Republic of

Poland, and for other purposes. 

This Act sets forth the

responsibilities of the Administrator of

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) regarding

hydrographic data, services, and

standards and maintenance of a national

hydrographic database. Authorizes

related procurement, leasing, and

contracts.

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OCEANS ACT

Act of August 7, 2000.

(114 Stat. 644)

An Act to establish a Commission on

Ocean Policy, and for other purposes.

This Act establishes the Commission

on Ocean Policy to promote a

coordinated, comprehensive, and long

range national policy for the responsible

use and stewardship of ocean and coastal

resources.

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ESTUARIES AND CLEAN WATERS ACT

Act of November 7, 2000.

(114 Stat. 1957)

An Act to encourage the restoration of

estuary habitat through more efficient

project financing and enhanced

coordination of Federal and non-Federal

restoration programs, and for other

purposes.

This Act establishes the Estuary

Habitat Restoration Collaborative

Council. The Act directs the Council to

develop an estuary habitat restoration

strategy to ensure a comprehensive

approach to the selection and

prioritization of estuary habitat

restoration projects and the coordination

of Federal and non-Federal activities

related to such restoration. 

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FISHERIES RESTORATION AND

IRRIGATION MITIGATION ACT

Act of November 13, 2000.

(114 Stat. 2294)

An Act to authorize the Secretary of the

Interior to establish a program to plan,

design, and construct fish screens, fish

passage devices, and related features to

mitigate impacts on fisheries associated

with irrigation system water diversions

by local governmental entities in the

Pacific Ocean drainage of the States of

Oregon, Washington, Montana, and

Idaho.

This Act establishes within the

Department of the Interior the Irrigation

Mitigation and Restoration Partnership

Program. Directs the Secretary of the

Interior, under such Program, to develop

and implement projects to mitigate

impacts to fisheries resulting from the

construction and operation of water

diversions by local governmental entities

in the Pacific Ocean drainage area (areas

of Oregon, Washington, Montana, and

Idaho from which water drains into the

Pacific Ocean).

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STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION,

ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERIES

MANAGEMENT, AND MARINE

MAMMAL RESCUE ASSISTANCE

Act of December 21, 2000.

(114 Stat. 2767)

To reauthorize the Striped Bass

Conservation Act, and for other

purposes.

This Act amends the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct

the Secretary of Commerce to establish

the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal

Rescue Assistance Grant Program to

provide assistance to eligible stranding

network participants for marine mammal

recovery and treatment; data collection

from living or dead marine mammals; and

facilities operation.

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SHARK FINNING PROHIBITION ACT

Act of December 21, 2000.

(114 Stat. 2772)

An Act to amend the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act to eliminate the wasteful and

unsportsmanlike practice of shark

finning.

This Ac t amends th e

Magnuson-StevensFishery Conservation

and Management Act to make it unlawful

to remove any of the fins of a shark,

including the tail, and discard the carcass

of the shark at sea; have control or

possession of such a fin aboard a fishing

vessel without the corresponding carcass;

or land such a fin without the

corresponding carcass.
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MAJOR LEGISLATION PERTAINING

 TO TERRITORIAL AND INSULAR ISSUES

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

July 12, 1787

An Ordinance for the government of the

Territory of the United States northwest

of the River Ohio.

Established a means and precedence by

which the United States could expand

westward. Established the process by

which States could be admitted to the

Union.

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NORTHWEST TERRITORY

Act of August 7, 1789.

(1 Stat. 8)

An Act to provide for the Government of

the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio.

This Act provided for the

establishment of the territories which

would later become the States of Ohio,

Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

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AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO

CLAIM THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY

Act of October 31, 1803.

(2 Stat. 245)

An Act to enable the President of the

United States to take possession of the

territories ceded by France to the United

States, by the treaty concluded at Paris,

on the thirtieth of April last, and for the

temporary government thereof.

The Territory purchased by the

United States from France in 1803, for

$15 million. It extended from the

Mississippi River to the Rocky

Mountains. and from the Gulf of Mexico

to British America (Canada). The

purchase doubled the land area of the

U.S.

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OHIO TERRITORY

Act of April 30, 1802.

(2 Stat. 173)

An Act to enable the people of the

Eastern division of the territory

northwest of the river Ohio to form a

constitution and state government, and

for the admission of such state into the

Union, on an equal footing with the

original States, and for other purposes. 

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ILLINOIS TERRITORY ESTABLISHED

Act of February 3, 1809.

(2 Stat. 514)

An Act for dividing the Indiana Territory

into two separate governments.

The Act approved separating Illinois

from the Indiana Territory. The President

of the United States appointed a

Governor and three territorial judges,

who acted as a unicameral legislature

named the Council of Revision.
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ORLEANS TERRITORY

Act of February 20, 1811.

(2 Stat. 641)

An Act to enable the people of the

Territory of Orleans to form a

constitution and state government, and

for the admission of such state into the

Union, on an equal footing with the

original states, and for other purposes.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

LOUISIANA

Act of April 8, 1812.

(2 Stat. 701)

An Act for the admission of the State of

Louisiana, into the Union and to extend

the laws of the United States to said state.

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MISSOURI TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of June 4, 1812.

(2 Stat. 743)

An Act providing for the government of

the territory of Missouri.

This Act established the government

of the Territory of Missouri. The

Territory of Missouri was created out of

the Louisiana territory.

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INDIANA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of April 19, 1816.

(3 Stat. 289)

An Act to enable the people of Indiana

territory to form a constitution and state

government, and for the admission of

such State into the Union on an equal

footing with the original states.

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MISSISSIPPI TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 1, 1817.

(3 Stat. 348)

An Act to enable the people of the

western part of the Mississippi territory

to form a constitution and state

government, and for the admission of

such state into the union, on an equal

footing with the original state.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA

Resolution of December 11, 1816.

(3 Stat. 399)

A resolution for admitting the state of

Indiana into the Union.

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ALABAMA TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 3, 1817.

(3 Stat. 371)

An Act to establish a separate territorial

government for the eastern part of the

Mississippi territory.

This Act sets out the boundaries of

the new Alabama territory formed from

the Louisiana territory and provides for

the establishment of a government.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

MISSISSIPPI

Resolution of December 10, 1817.

(3 Stat. 472)

A Resolution for the admission of the

State of Mississippi into the Union.
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ILLINOIS TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of April 18, 1818.

(3 Stat. 428)

An Act to enable the people of Illinois

territory to form a constitution and state

government, and for the admission of

such State to the Union on an equal

footing with the original States.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

Resolution of December 3, 1818.

(3 Stat. 536)

A resolution declaring the admission of

the state of Illinois into the Union.

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ALABAMA TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 2, 1819.

(3 Stat. 489)

An Act to enable to people of the

Alabama territory to form a constitution

and state government, and for the

admission of such state into the Union on

an equal footing with the original states.

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ARKANSAS TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 2, 1819.

(3 Stat. 493)

An Act establishing a separate territorial

government in the southern part of the

territory of Missouri.

This Act established a new territory

from the Missouri territory called the

Arkansaw territory.

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EAST AND WEST FLORIDA

TERRITORIES

Act of March 2, 1819.

(3 Stat. 523)

An Act to authorize the President of the

United States to take possession of East

and West Florida, and establish a

temporary government therein.

This Act authorized the President to

take possession of the East and West

Florida which were ceded to the United

States from Spain under the Treaty of

Havana, February 23, 1819.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

ALABAMA

Resolution of December 14, 1819.

(3 Stat. 608)

A resolution declaring the admission of

the state of Alabama into the Union.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF MAINE

Act of March 3, 1820.

(3 Stat. 544)

An Act for the admission of the state of

Maine into the Union.

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MISSOURI TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 6, 1820.

(3 Stat. 545)

An Act to authorize the people of the

Missouri territory to form a constitution

and state government, and for the

admission of such state into the Union on

an equal footing with the original states,

and to prohibit slavery in certain
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territories.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

MISSOURI

Resolution of March 2, 1821.

(3 Stat. 645)

A resolution providing for the admission

of the state of Missouri into the Union, on

a certain condition.

This Act as a part of the Second

Missouri Compromise, allowed for the

admission of the State of Missouri into

the Union while the State legislature

promised not to deny any citizen of the

State the privileges enjoyed under the

Constitution.

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FLORIDA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 30, 1822.

(3 Stat. 654)

An Act for the establishment of a

territorial government in Florida.

This Act joined East and West

Florida into a single territory of Florida

and provided for the establishment of a

government.

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DIPLOMATICE RECOGNITION OF THE

KINGDOM OF HAWAII

Treaty of 1826, U.S. extends full

diplomatic recognition to the Kingdom of

Hawaii and enters treaty and conventions

with Hawaii.

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WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of April 20, 1836.

(5 Stat. 10)

An Act establishing the Territorial

Government of Wisconsin. 

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

MICHIGAN

Act of June 15, 1836.

(5 Stat. 49)

An Act to establish the northern

boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to

provide for the admission of the State of

Michigan into the Union upon the

conditions therein expressed.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

ARKANSAS

Act of June 15, 1836.

(5 Stat. 50)

An Act for the admission of the State of

Arkansas into the Union, and to provide

for the due execution of the laws of the

United States, within the same, and for

other purposes.

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IOWA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of June 12, 1838.

(5 Stat. 235)

An Act to divide the Territory of

Wisconsin, and to establish the Territorial

Government of Iowa.

This Act provided for the creation of

the Territory of Iowa and its government
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from the Territory of Wisconsin.

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ANNEXATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF

TEXAS

Resolution of March 1, 1845.

(5 Stat. 797)

A Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to

the United States.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE IOWA AND

THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Act of March 3, 1845.

(5 Stat. 742)

An Act for the admission of the states of

Iowa and Florida into the Union.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

Resolution of December 29, 1845.

(9 Stat. 108)

A Joint Resolution for the admission of

the State of Texas into the Union.

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FEDERAL LAWS WITHIN THE STATE OF

TEXAS

Act of December 29, 1845.

(9 Stat. 1)

An Act to extend the laws of the United

States to the State of Texas, and for other

purposes.

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WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of August 6, 1846.

(9 Stat. 56)

An Act to enable the people of Wisconsin

Territory to form a constitution and State

government, and for the admission of such

State into the Union.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF IOWA

Act of December 28, 1846.

(9 Stat. 117)

An Act for the admission of the State of

Iowa into the Union.

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TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGO

Act of February 2, 1848.

(9 Stat. 922)

There shall be firm and universal peace

between the United States of America and

the Mexican republic, and between their

respective countries, territories, cities,

towns, and people, without exception of

places or persons.

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CHARTER OF WASHINGTON CITY

Act of May 17, 1848.

(9 Stat. 223)

An Act to continue, alter and amend the

Charter of the City of Washington.

This Act provided for the election of a

Board of Assessors to assist the Mayor in

the control of the city.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

WISCONSIN

Act of May 29, 1848.

(9 Stat. 233)

An Act for the Admission of the State of

Wisconsin into the Union.

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OREGON TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of August 14, 1848.

(9 Stat. 323)

An Act to establish the Territorial

Government of Oregon.

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MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 3, 1849.

(9 Stat. 403)

An Act to establish the Territorial

Government of Minnesota.

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NEW MEXICO TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of September 9, 1850.

(9 Stat. 446)

An Act proposing to the State of Texas

the Establishment of her Northern and

Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment

by the said State of all Territory claimed

by her exterior to said Boundaries, and

of all her Claims upon the United States,

and to establish a territorial Government

for New Mexico.

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CALIFORNIA STATEHOOD

Act of September 9, 1850.

(9 Stat. 452)

An Act for the Admission of the State of

California into the Union.

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UTAH TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of September 9, 1850.

(9 Stat. 453)

An Act to establish a Territorial

Government for Utah.

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WASHINGTON TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of March 2, 1853.

(10 Stat. 172)

An Act to establish the Territorial

Government of Washington. 

This Act established the Washington

Territory out of the Oregon Territory

lands.

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NEBRASKA AND KANSAS TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENTS

Act of May 30, 1854 (10 Stat. 277)

An Act to Organize the Territories of

Nebraska and Kansas.

This Act, also known as the

“Kansas-Nebraska Act”, repealed the

Missouri Compromise and established the

ideal of popular sovereignty in the newly

established states, provided that Nebraska

would be free and Kansas a slave State.

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RATIFYING GADSDEN PURCHASE OF

1853

Act of June 29, 1854.

(10 Stat. 301)

An Act to enable the President of the

United States to fulfil the third article of

the Treaty between the United States and

the Mexican Republic, of the thirtieth of

December, one thousand eight hundred
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and fifty-three, as amended by the Senate

 of the United States.

This Act authorized the exchange of

$10,000,000 for the land known as the

Gadsden Purchase from the Mexican

Republic.

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GUANO ISLANDS ACT

Act of August 18, 1856.

(11 Stat. 119)

An Act to authorize protection be given to

citizens of the United States who may

discover deposits of guano.

This Act allowed for the United

States to take possession of any

uninhabited island covered with guano,

which was used to make fertilizer and

gun-powder during the 19th century. The

discoverer of such deposits is awarded

exclusive rights to mine them for sale at

a price not to exceed $4 per ton.

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MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of February 26, 1857.

(11 Stat. 166)

An Act to authorize the People of the

Territory of Minnesota to form a

Constitution and State Government,

preparatory to their Admission in the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States.

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MINNESOTA STATEHOOD

Act of May 11, 1858.

(11 Stat. 285)

An Act for the Admission of the State of

Minnesota into the Union.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF OREGON

Act of February 14, 1859.

(11 Stat. 30)

An Act for the Admission of Oregon into

the Union.

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JEFFERSON TERRITORY

From 1859 to the establishment of the

Territory of Colorado in 1876, the

Jefferson Territory was an attempt by

local citizens to establish themselves as a

territory separate from the Kansas

Territory. The proposed territory,

roughly the present-day State of

Colorado, but extending 2 farther south

and 1 farther north, was never given

congressional approval.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

Act of January 29, 1861.

(12 Stat. 20)

An Act for the Admission of Kansas into

the Union.

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COLORADO TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of February 28, 1861.

(12 Stat. 172)

An Act to provide a temporary

Government for the Territory of

Colorado. 

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NEVADA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 2, 1861.

(12 Stat. 209)
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An Act to organize the Territory of

Nevada.

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DAKOTA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 2, 1861.

(12 Stat. 239)

An Act to provide a temporary

Government for the Territory of Dakota,

and to create the Office of Surveyor

General therein.

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ARIZONA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of February 24, 1863.

(12 Stat. 664)

An Act to provide a temporary

Government for the Territory of Arizona,

and for other Purposes.

This Act created the Territory of

Arizona out of the Territory of New

Mexico.

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IDAHO TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 3, 1862.

(12 Stat. 808)

An Act to provide a temporary

Government for the Territory of Idaho.

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BIGAMY IN TERRITORIES

Act of July 6, 1862.

(12 Stat. 126)

An Act to punish and prevent the practice

of polygamy in the territories of the

United States and other places, and

disapproving and annulling certain acts

of the legislative assembly of the territory

of Utah.

This Act stalled the admission of the

territory of Utah into the Union until the

question of bigamy was resolved.

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MORRILL ACT

Act of July 2, 1862.

(12 Stat. 130)

An Act donating Public Lands to the

several States and Territories which may

provide Colleges for the Benefit of

Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

This Act provided land grants to

States to found agricultural schools.

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ARIZONA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of February 24, 1863.

(12 Stat. 56)

An Act to provide a temporary

government for the Territory of Arizona,

and for other purposes.

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IDAHO TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 3, 1863.

(12 Stat. 117)

An Act to provide a temporary

government for the Territory of Idaho,

and for other purposes.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF WEST

VIRGINIA

Act of December 31, 1862.

(12 Stat. 633)

An Act for the admission of the State of

“West Virginia” into the Union, and for

other Purposes.

This Act recognized the State
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Convention requesting the establishment

of the State of West Virginia. The Act

although signed into law would not take

effect until proclaimed by the President.

President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed

the admission of the State of West

Virginia on April 10, 1863.

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MONTANA TERRITORIAL

GOVERNMENT

Act of May 26, 1864.

(13 Stat. 85-92)

An Act to provide for a temporary

Government for the Territory of

Montana.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Act of March 21, 1864.

(13 Stat. 30)

An Act to enable the people of Nevada to

form a constitution and state government,

and for the admission of such state into

the union on an equal footing with the

original states. 

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

COLORADO

Act of March 21, 1864.

(13 Stat. 32)

An Act to enable the people of Colorado

to form a constitution and state

government, and for the admission of

such state into the union on an equal

footing with the original states. 

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

NEBRASKA

Act of February 9, 1867.

(14 Stat. 391)

An Act for the admission of the State of

Nebraska into the Union.

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ALASKA PURCHASED FROM RUSSIA

Act of March 30, 1867.

(15 Stat. 539)

Treaty concerning the Cession of the

Russian Possessions in North America by

His Majesty the Emperor of all the

Russias to the United States of America.

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WYOMING TERRITORY

Act of July 25, 1868.

(15 Stat. 178)

An Act to provide a temporary

Government for the Territory of

Wyoming.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Act of February 21, 1871.

(15 Stat. 539)

An Act to provide a Government for the

District of Columbia.

This Act created a territorial

government for the District of Columbia.

The executive branch of the territory was

placed in a governor and secretary

appointed by the President. With the

establishment of a house of delegates and

council. The Act also provided for the

election of a delegate to Congress.

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR CONTROL

OVER THE TERRITORIES

Act of March 1, 1873 (17 Stat. 484).

An Act to transfer the Control of certain

Powers and Duties in Relation to the

Territories to the Department of the

Interior.

This Act moves control and authority

over the Territories from the Department

of State to the Department of the Interior.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 Act of June 20, 1874.

(16 Stat. 116) 

This Act abolished the territorial

functions of the District of Columbia and

established a three member Board of

Commissioners.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

COLORADO

Act of March 3, 1875.

(18 Stat. 474)

An Act to enable the people of Colorado

to form a constitution and State

government, and for the admission of the

said State into the Union on an equal

footing with the original States.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

COLORADO

Act of March 3, 1876.

(19 Stat. 5)

An Act to amend the act entitled "An Act

to enable the people of Colorado to form

a constitution and State government, and

for the admission of said State into the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States," approved March 3,

1875. 

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DISTRICT OF ALASKA

Act of May 17, 1884.

(23 Stat. 24)

An Act providing a civil government for

Alaska.

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UTAH ENABLING ACT

Act of July 16, 1884.

(28 Stat. 107)

An Act to enable the people of Utah to

form a constitution and State government

and to be admitted into the Union on an

equal footing with the original States. 

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ANNEXATION OF THE HAWAIIAN

ISLANDS

Resolution of July 7, 1888.

(30 Stat. 750)

Joint Resolution to provide for annexing

the Hawaiian Islands to the United

States. 
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NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA,

MONTANA AND WASHINGTON

ENABLING ACT

Act of February 22, 1889.

(25 Stat. 180)

To provide for the division of Dakota

into two States and to enable the

people of North Dakota, South

Dakota, Montana, and Washington to

form constitutions and State

governments and to be admitted into

the Union on an equal footing with

the original States, and to make

donations of public lands to such

States. 

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OMNIBUS STATEHOOD ACT

ADMISSION OF 

THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

THE STATE OF MONTANA

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

Act of February 22, 1889.

(25 Stat. 676)

An Act to provide for the division of

Dakota into two States and to enable the

people of North Dakota, South Dakota,

Montana, and Washington to form

constitutions and State governments and

to be admitted into the Union on an equal

footing with the original States, and to

make donations of public lands to such

States.

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OKLAHOMA TERRITORY

Act of May 2, 1890.

(26 Stat. 81)

An Act to provide a temporary

government for the Territory of

Oklahoma, to enlarge the jurisdiction of

the United States Court in the Indian

Territory, and for other purposes.

This Act established the Oklahoma

territory out of the Indian Territory and

the “portion of the United States known

as the Public Land Strip”.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Act of July 3, 1890.

(26 Stat. 215)

An Act to provide for the admission of the

State of Idaho into the Union. 

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WYOMING STATEHOOD

Act of July 10, 1890.

(26 Stat. 222)

An Act to provide for the admission of the

State of Wyoming into the Union, and for

other purposes.

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TREATY OF PARIS

Act of August 12, 1898.

(30 Stat. 1742)

Protocol of agreement between the

United States and Spain, embodying the

establishment of peace between the two

countries.

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TREATY OF PARIS 1899

Treaty of April 11, 1899.

(30 Stat. 1754) 

Treaty of peace between the United State

of American and the Kingdom of Spain. 

This Treaty provided for the
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acquisition of the Philippines, Puerto

Rico, and Guam from the Kingdom of

Spain. The territory ceded to the United

States in accordance with the provisions

of the Treaty of Peace between the United

States and Spain, signed at Paris,

December 10, 1898, and proclaimed

April 11, 1899, and known as the island

of Guam in the Marianas Islands, shall

continue to be known as Guam.

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FORAKER ACT 

Act of April 12, 1900.

(31 Stat. 77)

An Act temporarily to provide revenues

and a civil government for Porto Rico,

and for other purposes.

This Act established the first form of

civil administration of local government

affairs in Porto Rico (Puerto Rico). The

Act provided that the citizens of Puerto

Rico were within the sovereign territory

and national protection of the United

States, but were not deemed citizens.

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HAWAII TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of April 30, 1900.

(31 Stat. 141)

An Act to provide a government for the

Territory of Hawaii.

This Act created the Territory of

Hawaii and established a territorial

government.

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Act of March 8, 1902.

An Act temporarily to provide revenue

for the Philippine Islands, and for other

purposes.

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COMMISSION

Act of July 1, 1902.

An Act temporarily to provide for the

admission of the affairs of the civil

government in the Philippine Islands,

and for other purposes.

This Act authorized the Philippine

Commission to, under the authority fo the

President of the United States, exercise

the powers of government.

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OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, AND

ARIZONA ENABLING ACT

Act of June 16, 1906.

(34 Stat. 267)

An Act to enable the people of Oklahoma

and of the Indian Territory to form a

constitution and State government and be

admitted into the Union on an equal

footing with the original States; and to

enable the people of New Mexico and of

Arizona to form a constitution and State

government and be admitted into the

Union on an equal footing with the

original States.

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NEW MEXICO ENABLING ACT

Act of June 20, 1910.

(36 Stat. 557)

An Act to enable the people of New

Mexico to form a constitution and state

government and be admitted into the

Union on an equal footing with the
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original States; and to enable the people

of Arizona to form a constitution and

state government and be admitted into

the Union on an equal footing with the

original States.

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ALASKA TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

Act of August 24, 1912.

(37 Stat. 512)

An Act to create a legislative assembly in

the Territory of Alaska, to confer

legislative power thereon, and for other

purposes. 

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PURCHASE OF THE DANISH WEST

INDIES (VIRGIN ISLANDS)

Act of January 17, 1917.

(39 Stat. 1706)

Convention between the United States

and Denmark for cession of the Danish

West Indies.

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VIRGIN ISLANDS (DANISH WEST

INDIAN ISLANDS) CIVIL GOVERNMENT

Act of March 3, 1917.

(39 Stat. 1132) 

An Act to provide a temporary

government for the West Indian Islands

acquired by the United States from

Denmark by the convention entered into

between said countries on the fourth day

of August, nineteen hundred and sixteen

and ratified by the Senate of the United

States on the seventh day of September,

nineteen hundred and sixteen, and for

other purposes. 

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JONES ACT

Act of March 2, 1917.

(39 Stat. 951)

An Act to provide a civil government for

Porto Rico, and for other purposes. 

This Act extended U.S. citizenship

to the people of Puerto Rico and granted

further self-government as to the civil

affairs of the territory.

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CITIZENSHIP FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Act of February 25, 1927.

(44 Stat. 1234)

An Act to confer United States citizenship

upon certain inhabitants of the Virgin

Islands and to extend the naturalization

laws thereto. 

This act extended U.S. citizenship to

the people of the Virgin Islands.

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PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE ACT

Act of January 17, 1933.

(47 Stat. 761)

An Act to enable the people of the

Philippine Islands to adopt a constitution

and form a government for the Philippine

Islands, to provide for the independence

of the same, and for other purposes. 

This Act provided for the

independence of the Philippines, 10 years

from the enactment of the legislation.

Independence was postponed until July 4,

1946 due to World War II.
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VIRGIN ISLANDS CIVIL GOVERNMENT

 Act of June 22, 1936.

(49 Stat. 1807) 

An Act to provide a civil government for

the Virgin Islands of the United States.

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TRUST TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION

Act of July 18, 1947 .

(61 Stat. 3301)

Agreement approved by the Security

Council of the United Nations April 2,

1947, respecting trusteeship of the former

Japanese mandated islands.

This provided for the administration

of the Trust Territories of the Pacific.

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GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO

August 5, 1947.

(61 Stat. 770)

An Act to amend the Organic Act of

Puerto Rico. 

This Act allowed the citizens of Puerto

Rico to elect a governor.

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TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT FOR THE

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Resolution of July 18, 1947.

(61 Stat. 397) 

Joint Resolution authorizing the

President to approve the trusteeship

agreement for the Territory of the Pacific

Islands. 

This Resolution authorized approval

of the Trusteeship Agreement for the

Trust Territories of the Pacific.

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GUAM ORGANIC ACT

Act if August 1, 1950.

(64 Stat. 384)

An Act to provide a civil government for

Guam, and for other purposes. 

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O’MAHONEY-BUTLER ACT

Act of June 30, 1950.

(64 Stat. 319)

An Act to provide for the organization of

a constitutional government by the

people of Puerto Rico. 

This Act provided for the

organization of a Puerto Rico

Constitutional Government (Estado

Libre Ascoiado de Puerto Rico).

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COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

CONSTITUTION

Act of July 3, 1952.

(66 Stat. 327)

Joint Resolution approving the

constitution of the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico which was adopted by the

people of Puerto Rico on March 3, 1952.

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REVISED ORGANIC ACT OF THE

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Act of July, 22, 1954.

(68 Stat. 497)

An Act to revise the Organic Act of the

Virgin Islands of the United States. 

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ALASKA STATEHOOD ACT

Act of July 7, 1958.

(72 Stat. 339)

An Act to provide for the admission of the

State of Alaska to the Union.

This Act declared that Statehood was

a compact between the United States and

the people of the State of Alaska, as voted

on and approved by them in a special

election. The people would quitclaim

right and title to lands not granted to the

State, and the United States would grant

to Alaska selected land and property.

Second, Alaska was granted entitlement

to 103.5 million acres of land, the largest

land grant ever given to a new State. This

included the subsurface mineral estate,

provided the State did not subsequently

convey, transfer or grant the subsurface

rights to a third party, which would result

in forfeiture back to the United States.

Third, Congress granted fisheries and

wildlife management responsibilities and

income on federal as well as state lands

subject to approval of the Secretary of

Interior, and seventy-five percent of the

proceeds from the Pribilof Islands fur seal

industry. Fourth, ninety percent of

mineral receipts from development on

federal lands (public lands) would be

transferred to the state. Finally, many

other provisions served administrative

housekeeping purposes, such as transfer

of cases from Territorial to State judicial

systems, providing for a Congressional

State delegation, allowing the laws of the

Territory to continue as the laws of the

State, and providing for prior federal land

withdrawals from State entitlement

selection.

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

Act of March 16, 1959.

(73 Stat. 74).

An Act to Provide for the Admission of

the State of Hawaii into the Union 

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GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

AND GUAM

August 23, 1968.

(82 Stat. 837)

An Act to provide for the popular election

of the Governor of the Virgin Islands,

and for other purposes. 

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VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION

Act of June 30, 1949.

(63 Stat. 350) 

An Act to incorporate the Virgin Islands

Corporation, and for other purposes. 

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GUAM ORGANIC ACT

Act of August 1, 1950.

(64 Stat. 384)

An Act to provide a civil government for

Guam, and for other purposes. 

This Act declares Guam as an

unincorporated territory of the United

States. The territory ceded to the United

States in accordance with the provisions

of the Treaty of Peace between the United

States and Spain, signed at Paris,

December 10, 1898, and proclaimed

April 11, 1899, and known as the island

of Guam in the Marianas Islands, shall

continue to be known as Guam. 
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REVISED ORGANIC ACT OF THE

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Act of July 22, 1954.

(68 Stat. 497)

An Act to revise the Organic Act of the

Virgin Islands of the United States. 

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ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

Act of March 18, 1959.

(73 Stat. 4)

An Act to provide for the admission of the

State of Hawaii into the Union. 

This Act Admitted Hawaii as the

50th State of the Union and

establishes a public trust for the

betterment of the conditions of Native

Hawaiians.

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GOVERNOR FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Act of August 23, 1968.

(82 Stat. 837)

An Act to provide for the popular election

of the Governor of the Virgin Islands,

and for other purposes. 

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GOVERNOR FOR GUAM

Act of September 11, 1968.

(82 Stat. 842)

An Act to provide for the popular election

of the Governor of Guam, and for other

purposes. 

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DELEGATE FROM THE TERRITORIES

OF GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 

Act of April 10, 1972.

(86 Stat. 118) 

An Act to provide that the

unincorporated territories of Guam and

the Virgin Islands shall each be

represented in Congress by a Delegate to

the House of Representatives. 

This Act provides for a non-voting

Delegate to the U.S. House of

Representatives from the Territory of

Guam. 

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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Act of March 24, 1976.

(90 Stat. 263)

An Act to approve the "Covenant to

Establish a Commonwealth of Northern

Mariana Islands in Political Union With

the United States of America".

This Act provides that, subject to the

approval by the United States, the

Mariana Islands District Legislature, and

the people of the Northern Mariana

Islands, this covenant shall establish the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands. States that the Commonwealth

shall be in political union with, and under

the sovereignty of, the United States of

America. The people of the Northern

Mariana Islands will formulate and

approve a Constitution, subject to United

States approval. Requires that the

Constitution provide for a republican

form of government with separate

executive, legislative and judicial

branches, and that it contain a bill of

rights. 

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OMNIBUS TERRITORIES ACT

Act of August 18, 1978.

(92 Stat. 487)

An Act to authorize appropriations for

certain insular areas of the United States,

and for other purposes.

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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

WITH THE FEDERATED STATES OF

MICRONESIA AND THE MARSHALL

ISLANDS

Resolution of January 14, 1986.

(99 Stat. 1770)

Joint Resolution to approve the

"Compact of Free Association", and for

other purposes. 

This resolution approved the

Micronesian Compact of Free

Association. 

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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU

Act of October 15, 1986.

(100 Stat. 3672)

Joint Resolution to approve the

"Compact of Free Association" between

the United States and the Government of

Palau, and for other purposes. 

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VIRGIN ISLANDS CONSTITUTION

Act of Oct. 21, 1976.

(90 Stat. 2899)

An Act to provide for the establishment of

a constitution for the Virgin Islands. 

This Act authorizes the people of the

Virgin Islands and Guam to organize

governments pursuant to a constitution of

their own adoption. Authorizes the

legislatures of the Virgin Islands and

Guam to call constitutional conventions

to draft constitutions for local selfgovernment. 

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CONSTITUTION FOR THE TERRITORIES

OF THE VIRGIN ISLAND AND GUAM

Act of October 31, 1978.

(90 Stat. 2899)

An Act to provide for the establishment of

constitutions for the Virgin Islands and

Guam. 

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DELEGATE FROM THE TERRITORY OF

AMERICAN SAMOA

Act of December 8, 1983.

(92 Stat. 2078)

An Act to provide that the Territory of

American Samoa be represented by a

nonvoting Delegate to the United States

House of Representatives, and for other

purposes. 

This Act provides that any future

changes to the constitution of American

Samoa may be made only by an act of

Congress.

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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION FOR

THE FEDERATED STATES OF

MICRONESIA AND THE MARSHALL

ISLANDS

Act of January 14, 1986.

(99 Stat. 1770)

An Act to approve the "Compact of Free

Association", and for other purposes. 

This Act grants Congressional

approval of the Compact of Free

Association between the United States,

the Federated States of Micronesia, and
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the Marshall Islands.

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PALAU COMPACT OF FREE

ASSOCIATION

Act of November 14, 1986.

(100 Stat. 3672)

An Act to approve the "Compact of Free

Association" between the United States

and the Government of Palau, and for

other purposes.

This Act grants Congressional

approval to the Compact of Free

Association between the United States

and the Government of Palau. 

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REVISED ORGANIC ACT FOR VIRGIN

ISLANDS

August 27, 1986.

(100 Stat. 837)

An Act to amend the Revised Organic Act

of the Virgin Islands, to amend the

Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, to

provide for the governance of the insular

areas of the United States, and for other

purposes. 

This Act amends the Revised

Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to grant

the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands the

power of initiative, referendum, and

recall.

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COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.

Act of November 22, 1989.

(103 Stat. 1870)

An Act to authorize entry into force of the

Compact of Free Association between the

United States and the Government of

Palau, and for other purposes. 

This Act authorizes the entry into

force of the Compact of Free Association

between the United States and Palau,

subject to its approval by referendum and

freedom from legal challenge.

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PUBLIC LANDS CORPS ACT OF 1993

Act of September 21, 1993.

(107 Stat. 785)

An Act to amend the National and

Community Service Act of 1990 to

establish a Corporation for National

Service, enhance opportunities for

national service, and provide national

service educational awards to persons

participating in such service, and for

other purposes.

The Act establishes within the

Department of Agriculture and the

Department of the Interior a Public Lands

Corps, consisting of individuals aged

16-25 to work on conservation projects

on federal, Indian and Hawaiian home

lands in exchange for living expenses and

educational benefits.
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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

WHO SERVED ON THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES OF THE

COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

AD AM S, JOHN QUINCY, (Whig, Massachusetts) Served as Chairman of the

Committee on Indian Affairs in the 27th Congress.

(July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848);(son of John

Adams and father of Charles Francis Adams), a

Senator and a Representative from Massachusetts

and 6th President of the United States; born in

Braintree, Massachusetts, July 11, 1767; acquired

his early education in Europe at the University of

Leyden; was graduated from Harvard University in

1787; studied law; was admitted to the bar and

commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; appointed

Minister to Netherlands 1794, Minister to Portugal

1796, Minister to Prussia 1797, and served until

1801; commissioned to make a commercial treaty

with Sweden in 1798; elected to the Massachusetts

State senate in 1802; unsuccessful candidate for

election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1802; elected as a Federalist to

the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1803, until June 8, 1808,

when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams

broke with the Federalist party; Minister to Russia 1809-1814; member of the

commission which negotiated the Treaty of Ghent in 1814; Minister to England

1815-1817, assisted in concluding the convention of commerce with Great

Britain; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James Monroe 1817-1825;

decision in the 1824 election of the President of the United States fell, according

to the Constitution of the United States, upon the House of Representatives, as

none of the candidates had secured a majority of the electors chosen by the

States, and Adams, who stood second to Andrew Jackson in the electoral vote,

was chosen and served from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829; elected as a

Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Twenty-second and to

the eight succeeding Congresses, becoming a Whig in 1834; served from March

4, 1831, until his death; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-second

through Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses),

Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress), Committee on Foreign

Affairs (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for Governor of

Massachusetts in 1834; died in the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.,

February 23, 1848; interment in the family burial ground at Quincy, Mass.;

subsequently reinterred in United First Parish Church
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GARFIELD, JAM ES ABRAM (Republican, Ohio) Served on the Committee on

Pacific Railroads in the 44th Congress. A

Representative from Ohio and 20th President of

the United States; born in Orange, Cuyahoga

County, Ohio, November 19, 1831; attended

district school; at the age of seventeen was driver

and helmsman on the Ohio Canal; entered Geauga

Seminary, Chester, Ohio, in March 1849, and at

the close of the fall term taught a district school;

attended the Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio,

1851-1854; was graduated from Williams College,

Williamstown, Mass., in 1858; professor of ancient

languages and literature in Hiram College, Hiram,

Ohio; president of Hiram College 1857-1861;

member of the State senate in 1859; studied law

and was admitted to the bar in 1860; during the

Civil War entered the Union Army; commissioned lieutenant colonel of the

Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 21, 1861, and

promoted through the ranks to major general; resigned December 5, 1863;

elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the eight succeeding

Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until November 8, 1880, when he

resigned, having been elected President of the United States; appointed a member

of the Electoral Commission created by act of Congress approved January 29,

1877, to decide the contests in various States in the presidential election of 1876;

elected to the United States Senate on January 13, 1880, for the term beginning

March 4, 1881, but declined to accept on December 23, 1880, having been

elected President of the United States on November 4, 1880, to which office he

had been nominated on June 8, 1880, in the Republican National Convention;

was inaugurated March 4, 1881; on the morning of July 2, 1881, while passing

through the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Washington, D.C., was shot by

Charles J. Guiteau; died from the effects of the wound, in Elberon, N.J.,

September 19, 1881; interment in Lake View

Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. 

HA RRISON, WIL LIAM HENRY (Adams / Whig,

Ohio) Served on the Committee on Public Lands

in the 14th Congress. Charles County, Virginia;

(February 9, 1773 - April 4, 1841);(son of

Benjamin Harrison [1726-1791] father of John

Scott Harrison, brother of Carter Bassett Harrison,

grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, and

great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison

(1896-1990), a Delegate from the Territory

Northwest of the River Ohio, a Representative and

a Senator from Ohio, and 9th President of the
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United States; born on ‘Berkeley Plantation,’ Charles City County, Va., February

9, 1773; pursued classical studies; attended Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia;

studied medicine; entered the Army in 1798 as an ensign in the First Infantry,

served in the Indian wars, and rose to the rank of lieutenant; resigning from the

Army in 1798, was appointed secretary of the Northwest Territory 1798-1799;

elected as a Delegate from the Northwest Territory to the Sixth Congress and

served from March 4, 1799, to May 14, 1800, when he resigned to become

Territorial Governor of Indiana 1801-1813 and also Indian commissioner;

defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe in November 1811; major general in the

United States Army in the War of 1812; resigned from the Army in 1814; head

commissioner to treat with the Indians; elected to the Fourteenth Congress to fill

the vacancy caused by the resignation of John McLean; reelected to the Fifteenth

Congress and served from October 8, 1816, to March 3, 1819; member, State

senate 1819-1821; elected to the United States Senate and served from March

4, 1825, to May 20, 1828, when he resigned to become Minister to Colombia

1828-1829; chairman, Committee on M ilitary Affairs (Nineteenth and Twentieth

Congresses); unsuccessful Whig candidate for president in 1836; elected

President of the United States and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in

Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841; interment in William Henry Harrison

Memorial State Park, opposite Congress Green Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio. 

HAYES,RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD, (Republican, Ohio) Served on the Committee

on Private Land Claims in the 39th Congress. 

Delaware, Ohio; (October 4, 1822 - January 17,

1893); a Representative from Ohio and 19th

President of the United States; born in Delaware,

Delaware County, Ohio, October 4, 1822; attended

the common schools, the Methodist Academy in

Norwalk, Ohio, and the Webb Preparatory School

in Middletown, Conn.; was graduated from Kenyon

College, Gambier, Ohio, in August 1842 and from

the Harvard Law School in January 1845; was

admitted to the bar May 10, 1845, and commenced

practice in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont); moved

to Cincinnati in 1849 and resumed the practice of

law; city solicitor 1857-1859; commissioned major

of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer

Infantry, June 27, 1861; lieutenant colonel October 24, 1861; colonel October

24, 1862; brigadier general of Volunteers October 9, 1864; brevetted major

general of Volunteers March 3, 1865; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth

and Fortieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to July 20, 1867, when

he resigned, having been nominated for Governor of Ohio; Governor

1868-1872; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Forty-third Congress; again

elected Governor and served from January 1876 to March 2, 1877, when he

resigned, having been elected President of the United States; was inaugurated
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March 5, 1877, and served until March 3, 1881; died in Fremont, Sandusky

County, Ohio, January 17, 1893; interment in Oakwood Cemetery; following the

gift of his home to the State of Ohio for the Spiegel Grove State Park was

reinterred there in 1915. 

JOHNSON, ANDREW, (Democrat, Tennessee) Served on the Committee on

Private Land Claims in the 29th and 30th Congresses.

Raleigh, North Carolina; (December 29, 1808 - July

31, 187 5);(father-in-law of David Trotter

Patterson), a Representative and a Senator from

Tennessee and a Vice President and 17th President

of the United States; born in Raleigh, N.C., on

December 29, 1808; self-educated; at the age of 13

was apprenticed to a tailor; moved to Tennessee in

1826; employed as a tailor; alderman of

Greeneville, Tenn., 1828-1830; mayor of

Greeneville 1834-1838; member, State house of

representatives 1835-1837, 1839-1841; elected to

the State senate in 1841; elected as a Democrat to

the Twenty-eighth and to the four succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1853);

chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty-second

Congresses); did not seek renomination, having become a gubernatorial

candidate; Governor of Tennessee 1853-1857; elected as a Democrat to the

United States Senate and served from October 8, 1857, to March 4, 1862, when

he resigned; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense

(Thirty-sixth Congress); appointed by President Abraham Lincoln Military

Governor of Tennessee in 1862; elected Vice President of the United States on

the Republican ticket headed by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and was inaugurated

March 4, 1865; became President of the United States April 15, 1865, upon the

death of Abraham Lincoln; wide differences arising between the President and

the Congress, a resolution for his impeachment passed the House of

Representatives February 24, 1868; eleven articles were set out in the resolution

and the trial before the Senate lasted three months, at the conclusion of which

he was acquitted (May 26, 1868) by a vote of thirty-five for conviction to

nineteen for acquittal, the necessary two-thirds vote for impeachment not having

been obtained; retired to his home in Tennessee upon the expiration of the

presidential term, March 3, 1869; unsuccessful candidate for election to the

United States Senate in 1869 and to the House of Representatives in 1872;

elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4,

1875, until his death near Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., July 31, 1875;

interment in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene

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VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

WHO SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES OR ITS

PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

CHENEY, RICHARD BRUCE, (Republican, Wyoming); Lincoln, Nebraska;

(January 30, 1941 -); a Representative from Wyoming and a Vice President;

born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., January 30, 1941; attended public

schools in Lincoln and Casper, Wyo.; attended Yale University, 1959 -1960;

Casper College, Casper, Wyo., 1963; B.A., University of Wyoming, Laramie,

1965; M.A., University of Wyoming, 1966; Ph.D. candidate, University of

Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1968; congressional fellow, 1968-1969; special

assistant to the Director of OEO, 1969-1970; White House staff assistant, 1971;

assistant director, Cost of Living Council, 1971-1973; vice president, Bradley,

Woods & Co., 1973-1974; Deputy Assistant to the President, 1974-1975; White

House Chief of Staff, 1975-1977; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and

to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1979, until his

resignation on March 17, 1989, to accept appointment by President George Bush

as secretary of defense; minority whip (One Hundred First Congress); Secretary

of Defense, 1989-1993;senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1993-1995;

chairman and chief executive office of the Halliburton Company, 1993-2000;

vice president of the United States, 2001-. 

COLFAX,SCHUYLER, (Republican, Indiana); New York City, New York; (March

23, 1823 - January 13, 1855); a

Representative from Indiana and a Vice

President of the United States; born in

New York City March 23, 1823; attended

the common schools; in 1836 moved with

his parents to New Carlisle, Ind.;

appointed deputy auditor of Joseph

County 1841; became a legislative

correspondent for the Indiana State

Journal; purchased an interest in the South

Bend Free Press and changed its name in

1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the

Whig organ of northern Indiana; member

of the State constitutional convention in

1850; unsuccessful Whig candidate for

election to the Thirty-second Congress;

elected as a Republican to the

Thirty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3,

1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868, having become the

Republican nominee for Vice President; Speaker of the House of

Representatives (Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses); elected
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Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by Gen.

Ulysses Grant in 1868, was inaugurated March 4, 1869, and served until March

3, 1873; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872, owing to charges of

corruption in connection with the Credit Mobilier of America scandal; lecturer;

died in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., January 13, 1885; interment in City

Cemetery, South Bend, Ind. 

CUR TIS, CHARLES, (Republican, Kansas); Topeka, Kansas; (January 25, 1860

- February 8, 1936); a Representative and

a Senator from Kansas and a Vice

President of the United States; born in

Topeka, Kans., January 25, 1860; attended

the common schools; studied law; was

admitted to the bar in 1881 and

commenc ed practice in Top eka;

prosecuting attorney of Shawnee County

1885-1889; elected as a Republican to the

Fifty-third and to the six succeeding

Congresses and served from March 4,

1893, until January 28, 1907, when he

resigned, having been elected Senator;

chairman, Committee on Expenditures in

the Department of the Interior(Fifty-fourth

through Fifty-seventh Congresses); had

been reelected to the Sixtieth Congress,

but on January 23, 1907, was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican

to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1907, caused by the resignation

of Joseph R. Burton, and on the same day was elected for the full Senate term

commencing March 4, 1907, and served from January 29, 1907, to March 3,

1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912; served as President pro

tempore of the Senate during the Sixty-second Congress; chairman, Committee

on Indian Depredations (1905-11), Committee on Coast Defenses (1911-13),

Republican Conference (1924-1929); again elected to the United States Senate

for the term commencing March 4, 1915; reelected in 1920 and 1926 and served

from March 4, 1915, until his resignation on March 3, 1929, having been elected

Vice President of the United States; Republican whip 1915-1924; majority

leader 1925-1929; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican

ticket headed by Herbert Hoover in 1928, was inaugurated on March 4, 1929,

and served until March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932

for Vice President; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he

died on February 8, 1936; interment in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kans. 
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JOHNSON, ANDREW , (Democrat, Tennessee); Raleigh, North Carolina;

(December 29, 1808 - July 31,

1875);(father-in-law of David Trotter

Patterson), a Representative and a Senator

from Tennessee and a Vice President and

17th President of the United States; born

in Raleigh, N.C., on December 29, 1808;

self-educated; at the age of 13 was

apprenticed to a tailor; moved to

Tennessee in 1826; employed as a tailor;

alderman of G reene ville, T enn.,

1828-1830; mayor of Greeneville

1834-1838; member, State house of

representatives 1835-1837, 1839-1841;

elected to the State senate in 1841;

elected as a De moc rat to the

Twenty-eighth and to the four succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3,

1853); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and

Thirty-second Congresses); did not seek renomination, having become a

gubernatorial candidate; Governor of Tennessee 1853-1857; elected as a

Democrat to the United States Senate and served from October 8, 1857, to

March 4, 1862, when he resigned; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the

Contingent Expense (Thirty-sixth Congress); appointed by President Abraham

Lincoln Military Governor of Tennessee in 1862; elected Vice President of the

United States on the Republican ticket headed by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and

was inaugurated March 4, 1865; became President of the United States April 15,

1865, upon the death of Abraham Lincoln; wide differences arising between the

President and the Congress, a resolution for his impeachment passed the House

of Representatives February 24, 1868; eleven articles were set out in the

resolution and the trial before the Senate lasted three months, at the conclusion

of which he was acquitted (May 26, 1868) by a vote of thirty-five for conviction

to nineteen for acquittal, the necessary two-thirds vote for impeachment not

having been obtained; retired to his home in Tennessee upon the expiration of

the presidential term, March 3, 1869; unsuccessful candidate for election to the

United States Senate in 1869 and to the House of Representatives in 1872;

elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4,

1875, until his death near Elizabethton, Carter County, Tenn., July 31, 1875;

interment in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene

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KING, WILLIAM RUFUS DE VANE, (Democrat, North Carolina); (April 7, 1786

- April 18, 1853); a Representative from

North Carolina, a Senator from Alabama,

and a Vice President of the United States;

born in Sampson County, N.C., April 7,

1786; attended private schools; graduated

from the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill in 1803; studied law; was

admitted to the bar in 1806 and

commenced practice in Clinton, N.C.;

member, State house of commons

1807-1809; city solicitor of Wilmington,

N.C., 1810; elected to the Twelfth,

Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses

and served from March 4, 1811, until

November 4, 1816, when he resigned;

secretary of the legation at Naples and

later at St. Petersburg; returned to the

United States in 1818 and located in Cahaba, Ala.; planter; delegate to the

convention which organized the State government; upon the admission of

Alabama as a State into the Union in 1819 was elected as a Republican to the

United States Senate; reelected as a Republican and as a Jacksonian in 1822,

1828, 1834, and 1841, and served from December 14, 1819, until April 15, 1844,

when he resigned; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the

Twenty-fourth through Twenty-seventh Congresses; chairman, Committee on

Public Lands (Twenty-second Congress), Committee on Commerce

(Twenty-second, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses); Minister to France

1844-1846; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United

States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur P. Bagby

and served from July 1, 1848, until his resignation on December 20, 1852 due

to poor health; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the

Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses; chairman, Committee on Foreign

Relations (Thirty-first Congress),Committee on Pensions (Thirty-first Congress);

elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with

Franklin Pierce in 1852 and took the oath of office March 4, 1853, in Havana,

Cuba, where he had gone for his health, which was a privilege extended by

special act of Congress; returned to his plantation, ‘King’s Bend,’ Alabama, and

died there April 18, 1853; interment in a vault on his plantation; reinterment in

Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Dallas County, Ala. 

SHERMAN, JAM ES SCHOOLCRAFT, (Republican, New York); Utica, New York;

(October 24, 1855 - October 30, 1912); a Representative from New York and a

Vice President of the United States; born in Utica, N.Y., October 24, 1855;

attended the public schools; pursued academic and collegiate courses and
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graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1878; studied law; was

admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; president

of the Utica Trust & Deposit Co. and of the New Hartford Canning Co.; mayor

of Utica 1884; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses

(March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890

to the Fifty-second Congress; elected to the Fifty-third and to the seven

succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for

reelection, having been nominated as the Republican candidate for Vice

President on the ticket with William Taft; elected Vice President of the United

States in 1908 and served from March 4, 1909, until his death; had been

renominated for Vice President in June 1912; died in Utica, Oneida County,

N.Y., October 30, 1912; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. Stevenson, Adlai E.;

(D., IL); Christian County, Kentucky; (October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914); Vice

President - 1893-1897; (great-grandfather of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III). 

STEVENSON, ADLAI EWING, (great-grandfather of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III),

a Representative from Illinois and a Vice President of the United States; born in

Christian County, Ky., October 23, 1835; moved with his parents to

Bloomington,Ill., in 1852; attended Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington

and Centre College, Danville, Ky., studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1858

and commenced practice in Metamora, Woodford County, Ill.; master in

chancery 1860-1864; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1864;

district attorney 1865-1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress

(March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876

to the Forty-fifth Congress; elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4,

1879-March 3, 1881); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the

Forty-seventh Congress; First Assistant Postmaster General 1885-1889; elected

Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by Grover

Cleveland in 1892; was inaugurated March 4, 1893, and served until March 3,

1897; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President of the

United States in 1900 and for governor of

Illinois in 1908; retired from public and

political activities and resided in

Bloomington, Ill.; died in Chicago, Ill.,

June 14, 1914; interment in Bloomington

Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. 

W HEELER , W I L L I AM A LMON ,

(Republican, New York); (June 30, 1819

- June 4, 1887); a Representative from

New York and a Vice President of the

United States; born in Malone, Franklin

County, N.Y., June 30, 1819; completed

preparatory studies; attended the Franklin
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Academy at Malone and the University of Vermont at Burlington; studied law;

was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced in Malone, N.Y.; district attorney

for Franklin County, N.Y., 1846-1849; member, State assembly 1850-1851;

member, State senate 1858-1860; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh

Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); delegate to the State constitutional

conventions in 1867 and 1868; elected to the Forty-first and to the three

succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for

reelection, having been nominated in 1876 as the Republican candidate for Vice

President; elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket

with Rutherford Hayes in 1876; inaugurated in March 1877 and served until

March 1881; retired from public life and active business pursuits because of ill

health; died in Malone, N.Y., June 4, 1887; interment in Morningside Cemetery.

VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES

WHO SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES OR ITS

PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

STEPHEN S, ALEXANDER HAM ILTON, (Whig / Democ rat, Georgia)

(great-great-uncle of Robert Grier Stephens, Jr.), a Representative from Georgia;

born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga., on February 11, 1812; attended

private and public schools; was graduated from the University of Georgia at

Athens in 1832; taught school eighteen months; studied law; was admitted to the

bar in Crawfordville in 1834; membe r of the State house of representatives

1836-1841; served in the State senate in 1842; elected as a Whig to the

Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mark A.

Cooper; reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth through Thirty-first Congresses,

as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress, as a Whig to the Thirty-third

Congress and as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses and

served from October 2, 1843, to March 3, 1859; chairman, Committee on

Territories (Thirty-fifth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858;

member of the secession convention of Georgia in 1861, which elected him to the

Confederate Congress, and was chosen by that Congress as Vice President of the

provisional government; elected Vice President of the Confederacy; one of the

commissioners representing the Confederacy at the Hampton Roads conference

in February 1865; after the Civil War was imprisoned in Fort Warren, Boston

Harbor, for five months, until October 1865; elected to the United States Senate

in 1866 by the first legislature convened under the new State constitution, but did

not present his credentials, as the State had not been readmitted to representation;

elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by

the death of Ambrose R. Wright; reelected to the Forty-fourth and to the three

succeeding Congresses and served from December 1, 1873, until his resignation

November 4, 1882; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures
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(Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses); elected Governor of Georgia in

1882 and served until his death in Atlanta, Ga., March 4, 1883; interment in a

vault in Oakland Cemetery; reinterment on his estate, “Liberty Hall,” near

Crawfordville, Ga. 

SUPREME COURT JUSTICES

WHO HAVE SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES OR

ITS PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

BYRNES, JAM ES FRA NC IS, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina;

born in Charleston, S.C., May 2, 1882; attended the public schools; official court

reporter for the second circuit of South Carolina 1900-1908; editor of the Journal

and Review, Aiken, S.C., 1903-1907; studied law; was admitted to the bar in

1903 and commenced practice in Aiken, S.C.; solicitor for the second circuit of

South Carolina 1908-1910; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress,

reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1925); was

not a candidate for renomination in 1924, but was an unsuccessful candidate for

United States Senator; resumed the practice of law in Spartanburg, S.C.; elected

as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 4, 1930; reelected in

1936 and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation on July 8, 1941,

having been appointed to the Supreme Court; chairman, Committee to Audit and

Control the Contingent Expense (Seventy-third through Seventy-seventh

Congresses); Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from July

1941 until his resignation on October 3, 1942, to head the wartime Office of

Economic Stabilization until May 1943; director of the Office of War

Mobilization, May 1943 until his resignation in April 1945; Secretary of State in

the Cabinet of President Harry Truman 1945-1947; resumed the practice of law

in Washington, D.C.; Governor of South Carolina 1951-1955; retired and

resided in Columbia, S.C., where he died April 9, 1972; interment in Trinity

Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery. 

VINSON, FREDERICK MOORE, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Louisa,

Lawrence County, Ky., January 22, 1890; attended the public schools; was

graduated from the law department of Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1911;

was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Louisa; city

attorney of Louisa in 1914 and 1915; served in the United States Army during

the First World War; Commonwealth attorney for the thirty-second judicial

district of Kentucky 1921-1924; elected as a Democra t to the Sixty-eighth

Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William J. Fields;

reelected to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses and served from January

12, 1924, to March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the
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Seventy-first Congress; resumed the practice of law in Kentucky; again elected

to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from

March 4, 1931, to May 12, 1938, when he resigned, having been appointed by

President Franklin D. Roosevelt an associate justice of the United States Court

of Appeals for the District of Columbia and subsequently designated by Chief

Justice Stone on March 2, 1942, as chief judge of the United States Emergency

Court of Appeals; served in each capacity until his resignation May 27, 1943, to

become Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, in which capacity he

served until March 5, 1945; Federal Loan Administrator from March 6 to April

3, 1945; director of War Mobilization and Reconversion from April 4 to July 22,

1945; appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Harry S. Truman and

served from July 23, 1945, to June 23, 1946; appointed and took the oath of

office as Chief Justice of the United States on June 24, 1946, and served until

his death in Washington, D.C., September 8, 1953; interment in Pinehill

Cemetery, Louisa, Ky. 

SPEAKERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WHO HAVE SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES OR

ITS PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

BANKHEAD, WIL LIAM B ROCKMAN ,

(Democrat, Alabama); Moscow, Alabama;

(April 12, 1874 - September 15, 1940)

(son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of

John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of

Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative

from Alabama; born in Moscow, Lamar

County, Alabama on April 12, 1874;

attended the country schools. Graduated

from the University of Alabama at

Tuscaloosa in 1893 and from the

Georgetown University Law School at

Washington, D.C., in 1895. Admitted to

the bar the same year and commenced

practice in Huntsville, Alabama; member

of the State house of representatives in

1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville

1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker

County, Alabama, in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the

fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for
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Nathaniel P. Banks, Photograph courtesy of

the Architect of the Capitol.

nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the

Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,

1917, until his death; chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress);

majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), Speaker of the House of

Representatives (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the

Democratic National Convention in 1940; died in Washington, D.C., September

15, 1940; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives;

interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Alabama. 

B ANKS , N A THANIEL P R ENTIC E ,

(Republican, Massachusetts); Waltham,

Massachusetts; (January 30, 1816 -

September 1, 1894) a Representative from

Massachusetts; bor n in W altham,

Massachusetts, January 30, 1816; attended

the common schools; a machinist by trade;

editor of a weekly paper in Waltham,

Mass.; clerk in the customhouse in Boston,

Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the

Suffolk County bar and commenced

practice in Boston; member of the State

house of representatives 1849-1852, for

two years serving as speaker; member of

the State constitutional convention of

1853; elected as a Democrat to the

Thirty-third Congress, as the candidate of

the American Party to the Thirty-fourth

Congress, and as a Republican to the

Thirty-fifth Congress and served from

March 4, 1853, until he resigned

December 24, 1857, to become Governor;

Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-fourth Congress); Governor of

Massachusetts from January 1858, until January 1861; moved to Chicago, Ill.;

vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad; entered the Union Army as a major

general of Volunteers May 16, 1861; honorably mustered out August 24, 1865;

returned to Massachusetts; elected as a Union Republican to the Thirty-ninth

Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel W. Gooch;

reelected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second

Congresses and served from December 4, 1865, to March 3, 1873; chairman,

Committee on Foreign Affairs (Thirty-ninth through Forty-second Congresses);

unsuccessful Liberal and Democratic candidate for reelection in 1872 to the

Forty-third Congress; member of the State senate in 1874; elected as an

Independent to the Forty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Forty-fifth

Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for

renomination in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; appointed United States
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John Bell. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

marshal on March 11, 1879, and served until April 23, 1888; elected as a

Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); chairman,

Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fifty-first

Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second

Congress; died in Waltham, Middlesex County, Mass., September 1, 1894;

interment in Grove Hill Cemetery. 

BEL L, JOHN , (Whig, Tennessee);

Nashville, Tennessee; (February 15, 1797

- September 10, 1869); a Representative

and a Senator from Tennessee; born near

Nashville, Tenn., February 15, 1797; was

graduated from the University of Nashville

in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the

bar in 1816 and commenced practice in

Franklin, Tenn.; member, State senate

1817; declined to be a candidate for

reelection and moved to Nashville; elected

to the Twentieth, and to the six succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3,

1841); Speaker of the House of

Representatives (Twenty-third Congress);

chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs

(Twe nty-first through T wenty-sixth

Congresses, except for Twenty-third),

Committee on Judiciary (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses);

appointed by President William Henry Harrison as Secretary of War March 5,

1841, and served until September 12, 1841, when he resigned; member, State

house of representatives in 1847; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate

in 1847; reelected in 1853, and served from November 22, 1847, to March 3,

1859; unsuccessful candidate in 1860 for President of the United States on the

Constitutional Union ticket; investor in ironworks at Cumberland Furnace in

Chattanooga, Tenn.; died at his home on the banks of the Cumberland River, near

Cumberland Furnace, September 10, 1869; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery,

near Nashville, Tenn. 
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Linn Boyd. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

Joseph W. Byrns, Photograph

courtesy of the Architect of the

Capitol.

BOYD, LINN, (Democrat, Kentucky);

Nashville, Tennessee; (November 22,

1800 - December 17, 1859 ); a

Representative from Kentucky; born in

Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1800;

pursued preparatory studies; moved with

his parents to New Design, Trigg County,

Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits in

Calloway County; member of the State

house of representatives 1827-1832;

returned to Trigg County in 1834; elected

as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth

Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837);

unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected

as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and to

the seven succeeding Congresses (March

4, 1839-March 3, 1855); chairman,

Committee on Accounts (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Territories

(Thirty-first Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-second

and Thirty-third Congresses); moved to Paducah, Ky., in 1852; elected

Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1859, but when the senate convened was too

ill to preside over its deliberations; died in Paducah, Ky., December 17, 1859;

interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. 

B YRNS , J OSEPH W ELLI NGTON ,

(Democrat, Tennessee); Cedar Hill,

Tennessee; (July 20, 1869 - June 4, 1936);

(father of Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr.), a

Representative from Tennessee; born near

Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tenn., July

20, 1869; attended the common schools;

was graduated from Nashville High

School in 1887 and from the law

department of Vanderbilt University,

Nashville, Tenn., in 1890; was admitted to

the bar in 1890 and commenced the

practice of law in Nashville; member of

the State house of representatives,

1895-1901; member of the State senate in

1901-1903; unsuccessful candidate for

district attorney general of Davidson

County in 1902; elected as a Democrat to

the Sixty-first and to the thirteen
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Joseph G. Cannon. Photograph

courtesy of the Architect of the

Capitol.

succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death;

chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Seventy-second Congress); majority

leader (Seventy-third Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives

(Seventy-fourth Congress); chairman of the Democratic National Congressional

Campaign Committee 1928-1930; was a nominee for reelection to the

Seventy-fifth Congress at the time of his death; died in Washington, D.C., on

June 4, 1936; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of

Representatives; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. 

CANNON, JOSEPH GURNEY, (Republican,

Illinois); Guilford, North Carolina; (May

7, 1836 - November 12, 1926); a

Representative from Illinois; born in

Guilford, Guilford County, N.C., May 7,

1836; moved with his parents to

Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840; completed

preparatory studies; studied law at the

Cincinnati Law School; was admitted to

the bar in 1858 and commenced practice

in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1858; moved to

Tuscola, Ill., in 1859; State’s attorney for

the twenty-seventh judicial district of

Illinois from March 1861 to December

1868; elected as a Republican to the

Forty-third and to the eight succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3,

1891); chairman, Comm ittee on

Expenditures in the Post Office

Department (Forty-seventh Congress),

Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-first

Congress); moved to Danville, Ill., in

1878; unsuccessful candidate forreelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress;

elected to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4,

1893-March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-fourth

through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Rules (Fifty-eighth through

Sixty-first Congresses); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fifty-eighth

through Sixty-first Congresses); received fifty-eight votes for the presidential

nomination at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908;

unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; again

elected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,

1915-March 3, 1923); declined renomination for Congress at the end of the

Sixty-seventh Congress; retired from public life; died in Danville, Vermilion

County, Ill., November 12, 1926; interment in Spring Hill Cemetery. 
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Schuyler Colfax. Photograph

courtesy of the Architect of the

Capitol.

COBB, HOWELL,(Democrat, Georgia);

Jefferson County, Georgia; (September 7,

1815 - October 9, 1868) (nephew of

H o well Cob b [1772-1 8 18] ), a

Representative from Georgia; born at

“Cherry Hill,” Jefferson County, Ga.,

September 7, 1815; moved with his father

to Athens, Ga., in childhood; was

graduated from Franklin College (then a

part of the University of Georgia), at

Athens in 1834; studied law; was admitted

to the bar and commenced practice in

Athens, Ga., in 1836; solicitor general of

the western judicial circuit of Georgia

1837-1841; elected as a Democrat to the

Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Mileage

(Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-first

Congress); Governor of Georgia 1851-1853; elected to the Thirty-fourth

Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); Secretary of the Treasury in the

Cabinet of President Buchanan and served from March 6, 1857, to December 10,

1860, when he resigned; chairman of the convention of delegates from the

seceded States which assembled in

Montgomery, Ala., on February 24, 1861,

to form a Confederate Government;

appointed a brigadier general in the

Confederate Army February 13, 1862, and

promoted to major general September 9,

1863; surrendered at Macon, Ga., April

20, 1864; died in New York City October

9, 1868; interment in Oconee Cemetery,

Athens, Clarke County, Ga. 

COLF A X , SCHUYLER , (Republican,

Indiana); New York City, New York;

(March 23, 1823 - January 13, 1855); a

Representative from Indiana and a Vice

President of the United States; born in

New York City March 23, 1823; attended
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John W. Davis. Photograph courtesy

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the common schools; in 1836 moved with his parents to New Carlisle, Ind.;

appointed deputy auditor of Joseph County 1841; became a legislative

correspondent for the Indiana State Journal; purchased an interest in the South

Bend Free Press and changed its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register,

the Whig organ of northern Indiana; member of the State constitutional

convention in 1850; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the

Thirty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth and to the

six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate

for renomination in 1868, having become the Republican nominee for Vice

President; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth,

and Fortieth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the

Republican ticket headed by Gen. Ulysses Grant in 1868, was inaugurated March

4, 1869, and served until March 3, 1873; unsuccessful candidate for

renomination in 1872, owing to charges of corruption in connection with the

Credit Mobilier of America scandal; lecturer; died in Mankato, Blue Earth

County, Minn., January 13, 1885; interment in City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.

DAV IS, JOHN WESLEY, (Democrat,

Indiana); New Holland, Pennsylvania;

(August 16, 1799 - August 22, 1859); a

Representative from Indiana; born in New

Holland, Lancaster County, Pa., April 16,

1799; moved to Cumberland County, Pa.,

with his parents, who settled near

Shippensburg; completed preparatory

studies; studied medicine; was graduated

from the Baltimore Medical College in

1821; moved to Carlisle, Ind., in 1823 and

practiced medicine; surrogate of Sullivan

County 1829-1831; member of the State

house of representatives 1831-1833 and

served as speaker in 1831; commissioner

to negotiate an Indian treaty in 1834;

elected as a Ja ckso nian to the

Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4,

1835-March 3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836

because of ill health; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March

4, 1839-March 3, 1841); unsuccessful candidate for reelec tion in 1840 to the

Twenty-seventh Congress; again a member of the State house of representatives

1841-1843 and served as speaker in 1841; elected as a Democ rat to the

Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847);

chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-eighth Congress); Speaker of the

House of Representatives (Twenty-ninth Congress); was not a candidate for

renomination in 1846; appointed by President Polk United States Commissioner
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to China and served from 1848 to 1851, when his successor was appointed;

member of the State house of representatives in 1851, 1852, and again in 1857;

delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852; appointed by President

Pierce as Governor of Oregon Territory and served in 1853 and 1854; member

of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in

1858; died in Carlisle, Sullivan County, Ind., August 22, 1859; interment in the

City Cemetery. 

FOLEY, THOM AS STEPHEN, (Democrat,

Washington); Spokane, Washington;

(March 6, 1929 - ); a Representative from

Washington; born in Spokane, Wash.,

March 6, 1929; graduated from Gonzaga

High School in 1946; graduated,

University of Washington, A.B., 1951;

graduated, University of Washington Law

School, J.D., 1957; was admitted to the

bar in 1957 and began the practice of law

in Spokane, Wash.; appointed deputy

prosecuting attorney, Spokane County, in

1958; instructor in constitutional law,

Gonzaga University Law School,

1958-1959; appointed assistant attorney

general, State of Washington, in 1960;

assistant chief clerk and special counsel of

the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Senate,

1961-1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the fourteen

succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful

candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; chairman,

Committee on Agriculture (Ninety-fourth through Ninety-sixth Congresses);

majority whip (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses); majority leader

(One Hundredth and One Hundred First Congresses); Speaker of the House of

Representatives (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses);

appointed Ambassador to Japan in 1997. 
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Galusha A. Grow. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

Robert M. T. Hunter. Photograph courtesy of

the Architect of the Capitol.

GROW, GA LUSHA AARON, (Democrat /

Republican, Pen nsylv ania) ;

Ashford/Eastford, Connecticut; (August 3,

1833 - March 31, 1907); a Representative

from Pennsylvania; born in Ashford (now

Eastford), Windham County, Conn.,

August 31, 1823; moved to Glenwood,

Susquehanna County, Pa., in May 1834;

attended the common schools and Franklin

Academy, Susquehanna County; graduated

from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., in

1844; studied law; was admitted to the bar

of Susquehanna County in 1847 and

practiced; elected as a Democrat to the

T hirty-second, Thirty-third, a nd

Thirty-fourth Congresses and as a

Republican to th e Thirt y-fifth,

Th irty-sixth , and Thirty-seventh

Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Territories

(Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful Republican nominee

for Speaker in 1857; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-seventh

Congress); delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1884, and

1892; president of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Co. of Texas

1871-1876; returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in lumber, oil, and soft-coal

pursuits; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy

caused by the death of William Lilly; reelected to the Fifty-fourth and to the three

succeeding Congresses and served from February 26, 1894, to March 3, 1903;

chairman, Committee on Education (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh

Congresses); declined a renomination in

1902; died in Glenwood, near Scranton,

Pa., March 31, 1907; interment in Harford

Cemetery, Harford, Pa.

H UNTER , R OBERT M E R C E R

TALIAFERRO, (Democrat, Virginia);

Loretto, Virginia; (April 21, 1809 - June

18, 1887); a Representative and a Senator

from Virginia; was born at ‘Mount

Pleasant,’ near Loretto, Essex County,

Va., April 21, 1809; tutored at home;

graduated from the University of Virginia

at Charlottesville in 1828; studied law;

was admitted to the bar in 1830 and

commenced practice at Lloyds; member,
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Michael C. Kerr. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

State general assembly 1834-1837; elected as a States-Rights Whig to the

Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4,

1837-March 3, 1843); Speaker of the House of Representatives in the

Twenty-sixth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the

Twenty-eighth Congress; elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4,

1845-March 3, 1847); chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia

(Twenty-ninth Congress); elected to the United States Senate in 1846; reelected

in 1852 and 1858 and served from March 4, 1847, to March 28, 1861, when he

withdrew; expelled from the Senate in 1861 for support of the rebellion;

chairman, Committee on Public Buildings (Thirtieth through Thirty-second

Congresses), Committee on Finance (Thirty-first through Thirty-sixth

Congresses); delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provincial Congress at

Richmond; Confederate Secretary of State 1861-1862; served in the Confederate

Senate from Virginia in the First and Second Congresses 1862-1865 and was

President pro tempore on various occasions; was one of the peace commissioners

that met with President Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Roads in February 1865;

briefly imprisoned at the end of the Civil War; State treasurer of Virginia

1874-1880; collector for the port of Tappahannock, Va. 1885; died on his estate

‘Fonthill,’ near Lloyds, Va., on July 18, 1887; interment in ‘Elmwood,’ the

family burial ground, near Loretto, Va. 

KERR,MICHAEL CRAWFORD, (Democrat,

Indiana); Titusville, Pennsylvania; (March

15, 1827 - August 19, 1876); a

Representative from Indiana; born in

Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., March

15, 1827; attended the common schools

and Erie Academy; was graduated from

the law department of Louisville (Ky.)

University in 1851; was admitted to the

bar and commenced practice in New

Albany, Ind., in 1852; city attorney in

1854; prosecuting attorney of Floyd

County in 1855; member of the State

house of representatives in 1856 and 1857;

reporter of the supreme court of Indiana

1862-1865; elected as a Democrat to the

Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3,

1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress;

elected to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1875, until his

death; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Forty-fourth Congress); died at

Rockbridge Alum Springs, Rockbridge County, Va., on August 19, 1876;

interment in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Ind. 
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John W. McCormack. Photograph courtesy

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James L. Orr. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

M C C ORMACK , J OHN W I L L I A M ,

(Democ rat, Massachusetts); Boston,

Massachusetts; (December 21, 1891 -

November 22, 1980); a Representative

from Massachusetts; born in Boston,

Suffolk County, Mass., December 21,

1891; attended the public schools; studied

law in a private law office; was admitted

to the bar in 1913 and began practice in

Boston, Mass.; member of the State

constitutional convention in 1917 and

1918; during the First World War served

in the United States Army in 1917 and

1918; served in the State house of

representatives, 1920-1922; member of the

State senate, 1923-1926, serving as

Democratic floor leader in 1925 and 1926;

deleg ate to all Democratic State

conventions since 1920; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in

1932, 1940, 1944, and 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress

to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Gallivan and on the same day

was elected to the Seventy-first Congress; reelected to the Seventy-second and

to the nineteen succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1928, to

January 3, 1971; chairman, Committee on Territories (Seventieth Congress),

Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration (Eighty-fifth

Congress); majority leader (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first,

Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses), minority

whip (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses), Speaker of the House of

Representatives (Eighty-seventh through

Ninety-first Congresses); was not a

candidate for renomination in 1970 to the

Ninety-second Congress; resided in

Boston, Mass., until his death in Dedham,

Mass., November 22, 1980; interment in

Saint Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury,

Mass. 

ORR, JAM ES LAWRENCE, (Democrat,

South Carolina); Craytonville, South

Carolina; (May 12, 1822 - May 5, 1873);

a Representative from South Carolina;

born in Craytonville, Anderson County,

S.C., May 12, 1822; attended the public

schools, and was graduated from the
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Henry T. Rainey. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1842; studied law; was admitted to the

bar and commenced practice in Anderson, S.C., in 1843; engaged in newspaper

work; member of the State house of representatives 1844-1847; elected as a

Democrat to the Thirty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,

1849-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-third

Congress); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-fifth Congress); was

not a candidate for renomination in 1858; resumed the practice of law at

Craytonville; member of the southern rights convention held in Charleston, S.C.,

in 1851; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Charleston in 1860;

member of the secession convention in 1860; one of three commissioners sent to

Washington, D.C., to treat with the Federal Government for the surrender of the

forts in Charleston Harbor; Member of the Confederate Senate in 1861; served

in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; special commissioner sent to

President Johnson to negotiate the establishment of provisional government for

the State of South Carolina in 1865; member of the State constitutional

convention in 1865; elected Governor of South Carolina as a Republican in 1866;

president of the State convention at Columbia in July 1866; delegate to the Union

National Convention at Philadelphia in August 1866; judge of the eighth judicial

circuit 1868-1870; member of the Republican State convention in August 1872;

delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872; appointed by President

Grant as Minister to Russia in December 1872; died in St. Petersburg, Russia,

May 5, 1873; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Anderson, S.C. 

RAINEY, HENRY THOMAS, (Democrat,

Illinois); Carrollton, Illinois; (August 20,

1860 - August 19, 1934); a Representative

from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene

County, Ill., on August 20, 1860; attended

the public schools and Knox Academy and

Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.; was

graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College

in 1883 and from the Union College of

Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1885; was admitted

to the bar in 1885 and commenced

practice in Carrollton, Ill.; master in

chancery for Greene County, Ill., from

1887 to 1895, when he resigned; elected

as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to

the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4,

1903-March 3, 1921); unsuccessfully

contested the election of Guy L. Shaw to

the Sixty-seventh Congress; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to the

Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,

1923, until his death; majority leader (Seventy-second Congress), Speaker of the
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Thomas B. Reed. Photograph courtesy of the

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John White. Photograph courtesy of the

Architect of the Capitol.

House of Representatives (Seventy-third Congress); died in St. Louis, Mo., on

August 19, 1934; interment in the Carrollton Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill. 

REED,THOM AS BRACKETT, (Republican,

Maine; Portland, Maine; (October 18,

1839 - Dec emb er 7, 1 902 ); a

Representative from Maine; born in

Portland, Cumberland County, Maine,

October 18, 1839; attended the public

schools; was graduated from Bowdoin

College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1860;

studied law; acting assistant paymaster,

United States Navy, from April 19, 1864,

to November 4, 1865; was admitted to the

bar in 1865 and commenced practice in

Portland, Maine; member of the State

house of representatives in 1868 and 1869;

served in the State senate in 1870; attorney

general of Maine 1870-1872; city solicitor

of Portland 1874-1877; elected as a

Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the

eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, to September 4,

1899, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-seventh

Congress), Committee on Rules (Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth

Congresses); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth,

and Fifty-fifth Congresses); moved to New York City and engaged in the practice

of his profession; died in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1902; interment in

Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. 

WHITE, JOHN, (Whig, Kentucky);

Cumberland Gap (Middlesboro),

Kentucky; (February 14, 1802 - September

22, 1845); (cousin of Addison White and

uncle of John Daugherty White), a

Representative from Kentucky; born near

Cumberland Gap (now Middlesboro), Ky.,

February 14, 1802; received a limited

schooling; studied law; was admitted to

the bar and commenced practice in

Richmond, Madison County, Ky.; member

of the State house of representatives in

1832; elected as a Whig to the

Twenty-fourth and to the four succeeding

Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3,
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1845); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Twenty-seventh Congress);

appointed judge of the nineteenth judicial district of Kentucky and served from

February 8, 1845, until his death in Richmond, Ky., September 22, 1845;

interment in the State Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. 

CABINET SECRETARIES

Byrnes, James F.; (D., SC); Charleston, South Carolina; (May 2, 1879 - April 9,

1972); Secretary of State - 1945-1947; (President Harry S Truman). 

Cheney, Richard B.; (R., WY); Lincoln, Nebraska; (January 30, 1941 - );

Secretary of Defense - 1989-1993 for President George H.W. Bush; Vice

President (2001 - ). 

Cobb, Howell; (D., GA); Jefferson County, Georgia; (September 7, 1815 -

October 9, 1868); Secretary of the Treasury - March 6, 1857, to December 10,

1860; (President James Buchanan). Chairman of the convention of delegates

from the seceded States which assembled in Montgomery, Ala., on February 24,

1861, to form a Confederate Government; Major General, Army of the

Confederate States of America. 

Herter, Christian A.; (R., MA); Paris, France; (March 28, 1895 - December 30,

1966); Secretary of State - April 22, 1959, to January 20, 1961; (President

Dwight D. Eisenhower). 

Lujan, Manuel, Jr.; (R., NM); San Idlefonso, New Mexico; (May 12, 1928 - );

Secretary of the Interior - 1989-1993; (President George H.W. Bush). 

Morton, Rogers C.B.; (R., MD); Louisville, Kentucky; (September 9, 1914 -

April 19, 1979); Secretary of the Interior - 1971-1975, Secretary of Commerce

- 1975-1976; (Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford). 

Udall, Stewart L.; (D., AZ); St. Johns, Arizona; (January 31, 1920 - ); Secretary

of the Interior - 1961-1969; (Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson).

OTHER PROMINENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

Douglas, Stephen A.; (D., IL); Brandon, Vermont; (April 23, 1813 - June 3,

1861); Opposed Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency in 1860 "Lincoln-Douglas

Debates". 

Greeley, Horace; (Whig, NY); Amherst, New Hampshire; (February 3, 1811 -
210

November 29, 1872); Newspaper Publisher who said "Go West, young man".

Hearst, William Randolph; (D., NY); San Francisco, California; (April 29, 1863

- August 14, 1951); Newspaper Publisher who backed the Spanish-American

War. 

La Follette, Robert M.; (R., WI); Primrose, Wisconsin; (June 14, 1855 - June 18,

1925); Senator from Wisconsin. One of the founders of the National Progressive

Republican League and several times unsuccessfully sought the Republican and

Progressive Party presidential nominations. Honored with a statue in the National

Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol.

La Guardia, Fiorello H.; (R., NY); New York City, New York; (December 11,

1882 - September 20, 1947); Also served as Mayor of New York City. 

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.; (D., NY); New Haven, Connecticut; (November 29,

1908 - April 4, 1972); Convicted of income tax evasion and excluded from the

House, but re-elected in a special election to fill the congressional seat. 

Rankin, Jeannette; (R., MT); Missoula, Montana; (June 11, 1880 - May 18,

1973); First woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives/Congress;

Elected to the 65th Congress -- March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919 -- and assumed

office prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution

("The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged

by the United States or by any State on account of sex.") which was completed

on August 18, 1920. Honored with a statue in the National Statuary Hall

Collection in the U.S. Capitol.

Simpson, Jerry; (Populist, KS); Prince Edward Island, Canada; (March 31, 1842

- October 23, 1905); Populist. 

Stephens, Alexander H.; (D., GA); Crawfordville, Georgia; (February 11, 1812

- March 4, 1883); Vice President of the Confederate States of America -

1861-1865. 

Volstead, Andrew; (R., MN); Kenyon, Minnesota; (October 31, 1860 - January

20, 1947 ); Sponsor of the Volstead Act (Prohibition) - the Eighteenth

Amendment to the Constitution. 
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CHAIRMEN OF PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES OF 

THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

The following is a list of Members who served as chair of each preceding

Committees by Congresses.

CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS

9

th 1805-1807 Andrew Gregg Republican Pennsylvania

December 17, 1805 — December 1, 1806 

John Boyle Republican Kentucky

December 1, 1806 — February 17, 1807

Andrew Gregg Republican Pennsylvania

February 17, 1807 — March 3, 1807

10th 1807-1809 John Boyle Republican Kentucky

October 28, 1807 — April 9, 1808

Jeremiah Morrow Republican Ohio

October 28, 1807 — March 3, 1809

11th 1809-1811 Jeremiah Morrow Republican Ohio

May 22, 1909 — March 3, 1811

12th 1811-1813 Jeremiah Morrow Republican Ohio

November 4, 1811 — March 3, 1813

13th 1813-1815 Samuel McKee Republican Kentucky

May 24, 1813 — March 3, 1815

14th 1815-1817 Thomas B. Robertson Republican Louisiana

December 4, 1815 — March 3, 1817

15th 1817-1819 Thomas B. Robertson Republican Louisiana

December 3, 1817 — April 20, 1818

George Poindexter Anti-Jacksonian Mississippi

November 17, 1818 — March 3, 1819

16th 1819-1821 Richard C. Anderson, Jr. Republican Kentucky 

December 6, 1819 — March 3, 1821

17th 1821-1823 Christopher Rankin Democrat Mississippi

December 3, 1821 — March 3, 1823

18th 1823-1825 Christopher Rankin Democrat Mississippi

December 1, 1823 — March 3, 1825

19th 1825-1827 Christopher Rankin Democrat Mississippi

December 7, 1825 — March 14, 1826

John Scott — Missouri

March 14, 1826 — March 3, 1820

20th 1827-1829 Jacob C. Isacks Jacksonian Tennessee

December 3, 1827 — March 3, 1829 

21st 1829-1831 Jacob C. Isacks Jacksonian Tennessee

December 10, 1829 — December 9, 1830

Charles A. Wickliffe Jacksonian Kentucky

December 9, 1830 — March 3, 1831

22nd 1831-1833 Charles A. Wickliffe Jacksonian Kentucky

December 5, 1831 — March 2, 1833
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23rd 1833-1835 Clement C. Clay Democrat Alabama

December 2, 1833 — March 3, 1835

24th 1835-1837 Ratliff Boon Jacksonian Indiana

December 7, 1835 — March 3, 1837

25th 1837-1839 Ratliff Boon Democrat Indiana

September 11, 1837 — July 9, 1838

Zadoc Casey Democrat Illinois 

December 7, 1839 — March 3, 1839

26th 1839-1841 Thomas Corwin Whig Ohio

December 27, 1839 — May 14, 1840 

Samson Mason Whig Ohio

May 14, 1840 — July 21, 1840

Jeremiah Morrow Whig Ohio

December 10, 1840 - March 3, 1841

27th 1841-1843 William C. Johnson Whig Maryland

June 7, 1841 - December 13, 1841 

Jeremiah Morrow Whig Ohio

December 13, 1841 — March 2, 1842

Reuben Chapman Democrat Alabama

March 2, 1842 — December 12, 1842

Jeremiah Morrow Whig Ohio

December 12, 1842 — March 2, 1843

28th 1843-1845 John W. Davis Democrat Indiana

December 4, 1843 — March 3, 1845

29th 1845-1847 John A. McClernand Democrat Illinois

December 1, 1845 — March 3, 1847

30th 1847-1849 Jacob Collamer Whig Vermont

December 6, 1847 — March 3, 1849

31st 1849-1851 James B. Bowlin Democrat Missouri

December 3, 1849 — March 3, 1851

32nd 1851-1853 Willard P. Hall Democrat Missouri

December 1, 1851 — March 3, 1853

33rd 1853-1855 David T. Disney Democrat Ohio

December 5, 1853 — March 3, 1855

34th 1855-1857 Henry Bennett Whig New York

December 3, 1855 — March 3, 1857

35th 1857-1859 Williamson R. W. Cobb Democrat Alabama

December 7, 1857 — March 3, 1859

36th 1859-1861 Eli Thayer Republican Massachusetts

December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861

37th 1861-1863 John F. Potter Republican Wisconsin

July 4, 1861 — March 3, 1863

38th 1863-1865 George W. Julian Republican Indiana

December 7, 1863 — March 3, 1865

39th 1865-1867 George W. Julian Republican Indiana

December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1867

40th 1867-1869 George W. Julian Republican Indiana

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 George W. Julian Republican Indiana

March 4, 1869 — March 3, 1871
213

42nd 1871-1873 John H. Ketcham Republican New York

March 4, 1871 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 Washington Townsed Republican Pennsylvania

December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Milton Sayler Democrat Ohio

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 William R. Morrison Democrat Illinois

October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 George L. Converse Democrat Ohio

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 Thaddeus C. Pound Republican Wisconsin

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 Thomas R. Cobb Democrat Indiana

December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 Thomas R. Cobb Democrat Indiana

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 Williams S. Holman Democrat Indiana

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 Lewis E. Payson Republican Illinois

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 Thomas C. McRae Democrat Arkansas

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

53rd 1893-1895 Thomas C. McRae Democrat Arkansas

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1899-1901 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 John F. Lacey Republican Iowa

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 Frank W. Mondell Republican Wyoming

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Frank W. Mondell Republican Wyoming

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 Joseph T. Robinson Democrat Arkansas

April 11, 1911 — December 12, 1912

Scott Ferris Democrat Oklahoma

December 12, 1912 — March 3, 1913

63rd 1913-1915 Scott Ferris Democrat Oklahoma

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 Scott Ferris Democrat Oklahoma

December 6, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 Scott Ferris Democrat Oklahoma

April 2, 1917 — March 3, 1919
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66th 1919-1921 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican Oregon

May 19, 1919 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican Oregon

April 11, 1921 — March 3, 1923

69th 1925-1927 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican Oregon

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

68th 1923-1925 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican Oregon

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925

70th 1927-1929 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican Oregon

December 12, 1927 — May 31, 1928

Dan B. Colton Republican Vermont

May 31, 1928 — March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 Dan B. Colton Republican Vermont

April 15, 1929 — March 3, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 John M. Evans Democrat Montana

December 7, 1931 — March 3, 1933

73rd 1933-1935 René L. De Rouen Democrat Louisiana

March 9, 1933 — June 18, 1934

74th 1935-1937 René L. De Rouen Democrat Louisiana

January 3, 1935 — June 20, 1936

75th 1937-1939 René L. De Rouen Democrat Louisiana

January 5, 1937 - June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 René L. De Rouen Democrat Louisiana

January 13, 1939 — September 24, 1940

James W. Robinson Democrat Utah

September 24, 1940 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 James W. Robinson Democrat Utah

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 J. Hardin Peterson, Jr. Democrat Florida

January 6, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 J. Hardin Peterson, Jr. Democrat Florida

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946

80th 1947-1948 Richard J. Welch Republican California

January 3, 1947 — December 31, 1948

81st 1949-1950 Andrew L. Somers Democrat New York

January 18, 1949 — April 6, 1949

J. Hardin Peterson Democrat Florida

April 13, 1949 — January 3, 1951
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS

14th 1815-1817 Solomon P. Sharp Republican Kentucky

December 4, 1815 — March 3, 1817

15th 1817-1819 Samuel Herrick Republican Ohio

December 3, 1817 — April 20, 1818

George Robertson Republican Kentucky

November 17, 1818 — March 3, 1819

16th 1819-1821 John W. Campbell Republican Ohio

December 6, 1819 — March 3, 1821

17th 1821-1823 John W. Campbell Republican Ohio

December 3, 1821 — March 3, 1823

18th 1823-1825 John W. Campbell Republican Ohio

December 1, 1823 — March 3, 1825

19th 1825-1827 John W. Campbell Republican Ohio

December 7, 1825 — May 22, 1826

Richard A. Buckner Republican Kentucky

December 6, 1826 — March 2, 1827

20th 1827-1829 Richard A. Buckner Republican Kentucky

December 3, 1827 — March 3, 1829

21st 1829-1831 Henry H. Gurley — Louisiana

December 10, 1829 — February 4, 1830

Phillip Dodderidge — Virginia

February 2, 1830 — May 31, 1830

John B. Steriege Jacksonian Pennsylvania

December 9, 1830 — March 3, 1831

22nd 1831-1833 Cave Johnson Jacksonian Tennessee

December 5, 1831 — March 2, 1833

23rd 1833-1835 Cave Johnson Jacksonian Tennessee

December 2, 1833 — March 3, 1835

24th 1835-1837 John Carr Jacksonian Indiana

December 7, 1835 — March 3, 1837

25th 1837-1839 William L. May Democrat Illinois

September 4, 1837 — March 3, 1839

26th 1839-1841 Zadoc Casey Democrat Illinois

December 21, 1839 — May 14, 1848

William B. Calhoun Whig Massachusetts

December 10, 1840 — March 3, 1841

27th 1841-1843 John Moore Whig Louisiana

May 31, 1841 — March 3, 1843

28th 1843-1845 Edward Cross Democrat Arkansas

December 11, 1843 — June 17, 1844

John Slidell Democrat Louisiana

December 5, 1844 — November 10, 1845

29th 1845-1847 James B. Bowlin Democrat Missouri

December 1, 1845 — March 3, 1847

30th 1847-1849 John Gayle Whig Alabama

December 6, 1847 — March 3, 1849

31st 1849-1851 Isaac E. Morse Democrat Louisiana
216

December 17, 1849 — August 30, 1850

William P. Hall Democrat Maryland

December 5, 1850 — March 3, 1850

32nd 1851-1853 Timothy Jenkins Democrat New York

December 1, 1851 — March 3, 1853

33rd 1853-1855 Junius Hillyer Democrat Georgia

December 5, 1853 — March 3, 1855

34th 1855-1857 Gilchrist Porter Whig Missouri

December 3, 1855 — March 3, 1857

35th 1857-1859 John M. Sandidge Democrat Louisiana

December 7, 1857 — March 3, 1859

36th 1859-1861 Cadwallder C. Washburn Republican Wisconsin

December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861

37th 1861-1863 Samuel S. Blair Republican Pennsylvania

July 4, 1861 — March 3, 1863

38th 1863-1865 Martin Russell Thayer Republican Pennsylvania

December 7, 1863 — March 3, 1865

39th 1865-1867 Martin Russell Thayer Republican Pennsylvania

December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1857

40th 1867-1869 Godlove S. Orth Republican Indiana

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 Austin Blair Republican Michigan

March 15, 1869 — March 16, 1869

Godlove S. Orth Republican Indiana

March 16, 1869 — March 3, 1871

42nd 1871-1873 Ulysses Mercur Republican Pennsylvania

December 4, 1871 — December 2, 1872

William H. Upson Republican Ohio

December 2, 1872 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 Leonard Myers Republican Pennsylvania

December 5, 1873 — December 19, 1873

Jasper Packard Republican Indiana

December 19, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat Arkansas

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat Arkansas

October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat Arkansas

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 Romauldo Paceco Republican California

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 Harry L. Muldrow Democrat Mississippi

December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 John E. Halsell Democrat Kentucky

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 James B. McCreary Democrat Kentucky

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 Lucien B. Caswell Republican Wisconsin

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 Ashbel P. Fitch Democrat New York

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893
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53rd 1893-1895 John O. Pendleton Democrat West Virginia

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1889-1901 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 George W. Smith Republican Illinois

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 Thomas F. Marshall Republican North Dakota

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Ernest W. Roberts Republican Massachusetts

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911
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INDIAN AFFAIRS

17th 1821-1823 Samuel Moore Republican Pennsylvania

December 17, 1821 - December 19, 1821 

Charles Fenton Mercer Federalist

December 19, 1821 — August 18, 1822

Thomas Metcalf Whig Kentucky

 December 19, 1822 — March 3, 1823

18th 1823-1825 John A. Cocke — Tennessee

December 1, 1823 — March 3, 1825

19th 1825-1827 John A. Cocke — Tennessee

December 5, 1825 — March 3, 1827

20th 1827-1829 William McLean — Ohio

December 3, 1827 — March 3, 1829

21st 1829-1831 John Bell Whig Tennessee

December 7, 1829 — March 3, 1831

22nd 1831-1833 John Bell Whig Tennessee

December 8, 1831 — July 16, 1832

Dixon H. Lewis States Rights Democrat Alabama

December 6, 1832 — March 2, 1833

23rd 1833-1835 Dixon H. Lewis States Rights Democrat Alabama

December 5, 1833 — June 30, 1834

George R. Gilmer Jacksonian Georgia

December 4, 1834 — March 3, 1835

24th 1835-1837 John Bell Whig Tennessee

December 7, 1835 — March 3, 1837

25th 1837-1839 John Bell Whig Tennessee

September 4, 1837 — March 3, 1839

26th 1839-1841 John Bell Whig Tennessee

December 2, 1839 — March 3, 1841

27th 1841-1843 John Quincy Adams Whig Massachusetts

June 7, 1841 — June 18, 1841

Victory Birdseye Whig New York

June 18, 1841 — September 13, 1841

James Cooper Whig Pennsylvania

December 13, 1841 — March 3, 1843

28th 1843-1845 Cave Johnson Democrat Tennessee

December 4, 1843 — March 3, 1845

29th 1845-1847 Jacob Thompson Democrat Mississippi

December 1, 1845 — March 3, 1847

30th 1847-1849 Meredith P. Gentry Whig Tennessee

December 8, 1847 — August 14, 1848

Daniel M. Barringer Whig North Carolina

December 7, 1848 — March 3, 1849

31st 1849-1851 Robert W. Johnson Democrat Arkansas

December 3, 1849 — March 3, 1851

32nd 1851-1853 Robert W. Johnson Democrat Arkansas

December 1, 1851 — March 3, 1853
219

33rd 1853-1855 James L. Orr Democrat South Carolina

December 5, 1853 — March 3, 1855

34th 1855-1857 Benjamin Pringle Whig New York

December 3, 1855 — March 3, 1857

35th 1857-1859 Alfred B. Greenwood Democrat Arkansas

December 7, 1857 — March 3, 1859

36th 1859-1861 Emerson Etheridge Opposition Party Tennessee

December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861

37th 1861-1863 Cyrus Aldrich Republican Minnesota

July 4, 1861 — March 3, 1863

38th 1863-1865 William Windom Republican Minnesota

December 7, 1863 — March 3, 1865

39th 1865-1867 William Windom Republican Minnesota

December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1867

40th 1867-1869 William Windom Republican Minnesota

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 Sidney Clarke Republican Kansas

March 4, 1869 — March 3, 1871

42nd 1871-1873 John P.C. Shanks Republican Indiana

March 4, 1871 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 John T. Averill Republican Minnesota

December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Alfred M. Scales Democrat North Carolina

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 Alfred M. Scales Democrat North Carolina

October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 Alfred M. Scales Democrat North Carolina

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 Dudley C. Haskell Republican Kansas

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 Olin Wellborn Democrat Texas

December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 Olin Wellborn Democrat Texas

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 Samuel W. Peel Democrat Arkansas

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 Bishop W. Perkins Republican Kansas

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 Samuel W. Peel Democrat Arkansas

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

53rd 1893-1895 William S. Holman Democrat Indiana

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 James S. Sherman Republican New York

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 James S. Sherman Republican New York

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1889-1901 James S. Sherman Republican New York

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 James S. Sherman Republican New York

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 James S. Sherman Republican New York
220

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 James S. Sherman Republican New York

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 James S. Sherman Republican New York

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Charles H. Burke Republican South Dakota

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 John H. Stephens Democrat Texas

April 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913

63rd 1913-1915 John H. Stephens Democrat Texas

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 John H. Stephens Democrat Texas

December 6, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 Charles D. Carter Democrat Oklahoma

April 2, 1917 — March 3, 1919

66th 1919-1921 Homer P. Snyder Republican New York

May 19, 1919 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Homer P. Snyder Republican New York

April 11, 1921 — March 3, 1923

68th 1923-1925 Homer P. Snyder Republican New York

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925

69th 1925-1927 Scott Leavitt Republican Montana

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

70th 1927-1929 Scott Leavitt Republican Montana

December 5, 1927 — March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 Scott Leavitt Republican Montana

April 15, 1929 — March 3, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 Edgar Howard Democrat Nebraska

December 7, 1931 — March 3, 1933

73rd 1933-1935 Edgar Howard Democrat Nebraska

March 9, 1933 — June 18, 1934

74th 1935-1937 Will Rogers Democrat Oklahoma

January 3, 1935 — June 20, 1936

75th 1937-1939 Will Rogers Democrat Oklahoma

January 5, 1937 — June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 Will Rogers Democrat Oklahoma

January 3, 1939 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 Will Rogers Democrat Oklahoma

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 James F. O'Connor Democrat Montana

January 6, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 Henry M. Jackson Democrat Washington

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES

19th 1825-1827 James Strong — New York

December 5, 1825 — March 3, 1827

20th 1827-1829 James Strong — New York

December 6, 1827 — May 26, 1828

James Clark Republican Kentucky

December 10, 1828 — March 3, 1829

21st 1829-1831 James Clark Republican Kentucky

December 7, 1829 — March 3, 1831

22nd 1831-1833 John L. Kerr Whig Maryland

December 5, 1831 — March 2, 1833

23rd 1833-1835 Lewis Williams Whig North Carolina

December 5, 1833 — June 30, 1834

Clinton Allan Anti-Jacksonian Kentucky

December 4, 1834 — March 3, 1835

24th 1835-1837 John M. Patton Democrat Virginia

December 7, 1835 — March 3, 1837

25th 1837-1839 John M. Patton Democrat Virginia

September 11, 1837 - October 16, 1837

Issac Bronson Democrat New York

December 7, 1837 — March 3, 1839

26th 1839-1841 John Pope Whig Kentucky

December 2, 1839 — March 3, 1841

27th 1841-1843 Garrett Davis Whig Kentucky

June 7, 1841 — September 13, 1841

John Pope Whig Kentucky

December 13, 1841 — March 3, 1843

28th 1843-1845 Aaron V. Brown Democrat Tennessee

December 4, 1843 — March 3, 1845

29th 1845-1847 Stephen A. Douglas Democrat

December 1, 1845 — March 3, 1847

30th 1847-1849 Caleb B. Smith Whig Indiana

December 6, 1847 — March 3, 1849

31st 1849-1851 Linn Boyd Democrat Kentucky

December 3, 1849 — March 3, 1851

32nd 1851-1853 William A. Richardson Democrat Illinois

December 1, 1851 — March 3, 1853

33rd 1852-1855 William A. Richardson Democrat Illinois

December 5, 1853 — March 3, 1855

34th 1855-1859 Galusha A. Grow Republican Pennsylvania

December 3, 1855 — March 3, 1857

35th 1857-1859 Alexander H. Stephens Democrat Georgia

December 7, 1857 — March 3, 1859

36th 1859-1861 Galvsha A. Grow Republican Pennsylvania

December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861

37th 1861-1863 James M. Ashley Republican Ohio

July 4, 1861 — March 3, 1863

38th 1863-1865 James M. Ashley Republican Ohio
222

December 7, 1863 — March 3, 1865

39th 1865-1867 James M. Ashley Republican Ohio

December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1867

40th 1867-1869 James M. Ashley Republican Ohio

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 Shelby M. Cullom Republican Illinois

March 4, 1869 — March 3, 1871

42nd 1871-1873 John Taffe Republican Nebraska

March 4, 1871 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 George C. McKee Republican Mississippi

December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Milton I. Southard Democrat Ohio

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 Benjamin J. Franklin Democrat Missouri

October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 Henry L. Muldrow Democrat Mississippi

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 Julius C. Burrows Republican Michigan

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 John M. Evens Democrat South Carolina

December 3, 1883 — October 20, 1884

Luke Pryor Democrat Alabama

October 20, 1884 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 William D. Hill Democrat

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 William M. Springer Democrat Illinois

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 Isaac S. Struble Republican Iowa

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 Joseph E. Washington Democrat Tennessee

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

53rd 1893-1895 Joseph Wheeler Democrat Alabama

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 Joseph A. Scranton Republican Pennsylvania

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 William S. Knox Republican Massachusetts

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1899-1901 William S. Knox Republican Massachusetts

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 William S. Knox Republican Massachusetts

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 Edward L. Hamilton Republican Michigan

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 Edward L. Hamilton Republican Michigan

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 Edward L. Hamilton Republican Michigan

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Edward L. Hamilton Republican Michigan

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 Henry D. Flood Democrat Virginia

April 4, 1911— March 3, 1913
223

63rd 1913-1915 William C. Houston Democrat Tennessee

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 William C. Houston Democrat Tennessee

December 6, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 William C. Houston Democrat Tennessee

April 2, 1917 — March 3, 1919

66th 1919-1921 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

May 19, 1919 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

April 11, 1921 — March 3, 1923

68th 1923-1925 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925

69th 1925-1927 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

70th 1927-1929 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

December 5, 1927 — March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 Charles F. Curry Republican Louisiana

April 15, 1829 — October 10, 1930

Ernest W. Gibson Republican Vermont

October 10, 1930 — March 3, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 Guinn Williams Democrat Texas

April 15, 1929 — March 3, 1931

73rd 1933-1935 Bolivar E. Kemp Democrat Louisiana

March 9, 1933 — June 19, 1933

Robert Alex Green Democrat Florida

June 19, 1933 — January, 31, 1934

74th 1939-1937 Robert A. Green Democrat Florida

January 3, 1935 — June 20, 1936

75th 1937-1939 Robert A. Green Democrat Florida

January 5, 1937 — June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 Robert A. Green Democrat Florida

January 3, 1939 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 Robert A. Green Democrat Florida

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 Robert A. Green Democrat Florida

January 6, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 Hugh Peterson, Jr. Democrat Georgia

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

PACIFIC RAILROADS

37th 1861-1863 Samuel R. Curtis Republican Iowa

June 12, 1861 — August 4, 1861

James H. Campbell Republican Pennsylvania

August 4, 1861 — March 3, 1863

38th 1863-1865 Thaddeus Stevens Republican Pennsylvania

December 7, 1863 — March 3, 1865

39th 1865-1867 Hiram Price Republican Iowa

December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1867

40th 1867-1869 Hiram Price Republican Iowa

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 John A. Logan Republican Illinois

March 4, 1869 — March 3, 1871

42nd 1871-1873 William A. Wheeler Republican New York

March 4, 1871 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 Philetus Sawyer Republican Wisconsin

December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Lucisus Q. C. Lamar Democrat Mississippi

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 Clarkson N. Potter Democrat New York

October 29, 1877 — December 11, 1 877

James W. Throckmorton Democrat Texas

December 11, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 Robert M. McLane Democrat Maryland

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 George C. Hazelton Republican Wisconsin

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 George W. Cassidy Democrat Nevada

December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 James W. Throckmorton Democrat Texas

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 Joseph H. Outhwaite Democrat Ohio

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 John Dazell Republican Pennsylvania

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 James B. Reilly Democrat Pennsylvania

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

53rd 1893-1895 James B. Reilly Democrat Pennsylvania

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 H. Henry Powers Republican Vermont

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 H. Henry Powers Republican Vermont

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1899-1901 H. Henry Powers Republican Vermont

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 William Alden Smith Republican Michigan

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 William Alden Smith Republican Michigan
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November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 Thomas S. Butler Republican Pennsylvania

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 Thomas S. Butler Republican Pennsylvania

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Thomas S. Butler Republican Pennsylvania

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

MINES AND MINING

39th 1865-1867 William Higby Republican California

 December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1867

40th 1867-1869 William Higby Republican California

March 4, 1867 — March 3, 1869

41st 1869-1871 Orange Ferriss Republican New York

March 4, 1869 — March 3, 1871

42nd 1871-1873 Henry Waldron Republican Michigan

March 4, 1871 — March 3, 1873

43rd 1873-1875 David P. Lowe Republican Kansas

December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875

44th 1875-1877 Richard P. Bland Democrat Maryland

December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877

45th 1877-1879 George M. Beebe Democrat New York

October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879

46th 1879-1881 Adlai E. Stevenson Democrat Illinois

March 18, 1879 — March 3, 1881

47th 1881-1883 John Van Voorhis Republican New York

December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883

48th 1883-1885 Richard Warner Democrat Tennessee

December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885

49th 1885-1887 Martin L. Clardy Democrat Missouri

December 7, 1885 — March 3, 1887

50th 1887-1889 Charles T. O'Ferrell Democrat Virginia

December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889

51st 1889-1891 Thomas H. Carter Republican Montana

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 William H.H. Cowles Democrat North Carolina

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

53rd 1893-1895 Thomas A.E. Weadock Democrat Michigan

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 David D. Aitken Republican Michigan

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 Charles H. Grosvenor Republican Ohio

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1899-1901 Rousseau O. Crump Republican Michigan

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 Frank M. Eddy Republican Minnesota

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 Webster E. Brown Republican Wisconsin

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 Webster E. Brown Republican Wisconsin

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 George F. Huff Republican Pennsylvania

December 6, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 George F. Huff Republican Pennsylvania

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 Martin D. Foster Democrat Illinois
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April 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913

63rd 1913-1915 Martin D. Foster Democrat Illinois

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 Martin D. Foster Democrat Illinois

December 6, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 Martin D. Foster Democrat Illinois

April 2, 1917 — March 3, 1919

66th 1919-1921 Mahlon M. Garland Republican Pennsylvania

May 19, 1919 — November 19, 1920

Marion E. Rhodes Republican Missouri

November 19, 1920 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Marion E. Rhodes Republican Missouri

April 11, 1921 — March 3, 1923

68th 1923-1925 John M. Robsion Republican Kentucky

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925

69th 1925-1927 John M. Robison Republican Kentucky

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

70th 1927-1929 John M. Robsion Republican Kentucky

December 5, 1927 - March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 John M. Robison Republican Kentucky

April 15, 1929 — January 10, 1930

William H. Sproul Republican Kansas

January 10, 1930 — January 5, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

December 7, 1931 — March 3, 1933

73rd 1933-1935 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

March 9, 1933 — June 18, 1934

74th 1935-1937 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

January 3, 1935 — June 20, 1936

75th 1937-1939 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

January 5, 1937 — June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

January 3, 1939 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 Joseph L. Smith Democrat West Virginia

January 6, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 Andrew L. Somers Democrat New York

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946
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Select Committee on Arid Lands

51st 1889-1891 William Vandever Republican California

December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891

52nd 1891-1893 Samuel W. T. Lanham Democrat Texas

December 7, 1891 — March 3, 1893

CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

ARID LANDS

53rd 1893-1895 George W. Cooper Democrat Indiana

August 7, 1893 — March 3, 1895

54th 1895-1897 Binger Hermann Republican Oregon

December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897

55th 1897-1899 William R. Ellis Republican Oregon

March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899

56th 1899-1901 Thomas H. Tongue Republican Oregon

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 Thomas H. Tongue Republican Oregon

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 Frank W. Mondell Republican Wyoming

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 Frank W. Mondell Republican Wyoming

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 William A. Reeder Republican Kansas

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 William A. Reeder Republican Kansas

March 15, 1901 — March 9, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 William Robert Smith Democrat Texas

April 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913

63rd 1913-1915 William Robert Smith Democrat Texas

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 William Robert Smith Democrat Texas

December 16, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 Edward T. Taylor Democrat Colorado

April 2, 1917 — March 3, 1919

66th 1919-1921 Moses P. Kinkaid Republican Nebraska

May 19, 1919 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Moses P. Kinkaid Republican Nebraska

April 11, 1921 — April 6, 1922

Addison T. Smith Republican Idaho

April 6, 1922 — March 3, 1923

68th 1923-1925 Addison T. Smith Republican Idaho

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

69th 1925-1927 Addison T. Smith Republican Idaho

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

70th 1927-1929 Addison T. Smith Republican Idaho

December 5, 1927 — March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 Addison T. Smith Republican Idaho

April 15, 1929 — March 3, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 Robert S. Hall Democrat Idaho

December 7, 1931 — March 3, 1933

73rd 1933-1935 Dennis Chavez Democrat New Mexico

March 9, 1933 — June 18, 1934

74th 1935-1937 Compton I. White Democrat Idaho

January 3, 1935 — June 20, 1936

75th 1937-1939 Compton I. White Democrat Idaho

January 5, 1937 — June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 Compton I. White Democrat Idaho

January 3, 1939 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 Compton I. White Democrat Idaho

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 Compton I. White Democrat Idaho

January 6, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 John R. Murdock Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

INSULAR AFFAIRS

56th 1899-1901 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin

December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901

57th 1901-1903 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin

December 2, 1901 — March 3, 1903

58th 1903-1905 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin

November 9, 1903 — March 3, 1905

59th 1905-1907 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin

December 4, 1905 — March 3, 1907

60th 1907-1909 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin

December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909

61st 1909-1911 Marlin E. Olmshead Republican Pennsylvania

March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911

62nd 1911-1913 William A. Jones Democrat Virginia

April 4, 1911 — March 3, 1913

63rd 1913-1915 William A. Jones Democrat Virginia

April 7, 1913 — March 3, 1915

64th 1915-1917 William A. Jones Democrat Virginia

December 6, 1915 — March 3, 1917

65th 1917-1919 William A. Jones Democrat Virginia

April 2, 1917 — April 17, 1918

Finis J. Garrett Democrat Tennessee

April 17, 1918 - March 3, 1919

66th 1919-1921 Horace M. Towner Republican Iowa

May 19, 1919 — March 3, 1921

67th 1921-1923 Horace M. Towner Republican Iowa

April 11, 1921 — March 3, 1923

68th 1923-1925 Louis W. Fairfield Republican Indiana

December 3, 1923 — March 3, 1925

69th 1925-1927 Edgar R. Kiess Republican Pennsylvania

December 7, 1925 — March 4, 1927

70th 1927-1929 Edgar R. Kiess Republican Pennsylvania

December 5, 1927 — March 3, 1929

71st 1929-1931 Edgar R. Kiess Republican Pennsylvania

April 15, 1929 — June 20, 1930

Harold Knutson Republican Minnesota

June 20, 1930 — January 5, 1931

72nd 1931-1933 Butler B. Hare Democrat South Carolina

December 7, 1931 — March 3, 1933

73rd 1933-1935 John McDuffie Democrat Alabama

March 9, 1933 — June 18, 1934

74th 1935-1937 John McDuffie Democrat Alabama

January 11, 1935 — March 2, 1935

Leo Kocialkowski Democrat Illinois

March 2, 1935 — January 3, 1937

75th 1937-1939 Leo Kocialkowski Democrat Illinois

January 5, 1937 — June 16, 1938

76th 1939-1941 Leo Kocialkowski Democrat Illinois
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January 3, 1939 — January 3, 1941

77th 1941-1943 Leo Kocialkowski Democrat Illinois

January 3, 1941 — December 16, 1942

78th 1943-1945 C. Jasper Bell Democrat Missouri

January 16, 1943 — December 19, 1944

79th 1945-1947 C. Jasper Bell Democrat Missouri

January 3, 1945 — August 2, 1946
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CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON 

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

(82rd — Present Congresses)

82nd 1951-1952 John R. Murdock Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1951 — July 7, 1952

83rd 1953-1954 Arthur Lewis Miller Democrat Nebraska

January 3, 1953 — December 2, 1954

84th 1955-1956 Clair Engle Democrat California

January 5, 1955 — July 27, 1956

85th 1957-1958 Clair Engle Democrat California

January 3, 1957 — August 24, 1958

86th 1959-1960 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 7, 1959 — September 1, 1960

87th 1961-1962 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 3, 1961 — October 13, 1962

88th 1963-1964 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 9, 1963 — October 3, 1964

89th 1965-1966 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 4, 1965 — October 22, 1966

90th 1967-1968 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 10, 1967 — October 14, 1968

91st 1969-1970 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 3, 1969 — January 2, 1971

92nd 1971-1972 Wayne Norviel Aspinall Democrat Colorado

January 21, 1971 — October 18, 1972

93rd 1973-1974 James A. Haley Democrat Florida

January 3, 1973 — December 20, 1974

94th 1975-1976 James A. Haley Democrat Florida

January 14, 1875 — October 1, 1976

95th 1977-1978 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 4, 1977 — October 15, 1978

96th 1979-1980 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 15, 1979 — December 16, 1980

97th 1981-1982 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 5, 1981 — December 23, 1982

98th 1983-1984 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1983 — October 12, 1984

99th 1985-1986 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1985 — October 18, 1986

100th 1987-1988 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 6, 1987 — October 22, 1988

101st 1989-1990 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1989 — October 28, 1990

102nd 1991-1992 Morris K. Udall Democrat Arizona

January 3, 1991 to May 9, 1991

George Miller Democrat California

May 9, 1991 to January 4, 1993
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In the 103rd Congress, the name of the Committee was changed to the Committee on

Natural Resources.

CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

NATURAL RESOURCES

103rd 1993-1994 George Miller Democrat California

January 5, 1993 — December 1, 1994

At the beginning of the 104th Congress, the name of the Committee was changed to the

Committee on Resources and jurisdictional changes were made.

CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON

RESOURCES

104th 1995-1996 Don Young Republican Alaska

January 4, 1995 — October 4, 1996

105th 1997-1998 Don Young Republican Alaska

January 7, 1997 — December 19, 1998

106th 1999-2000 Don Young Republican Alaska

January 6, 1999 — December 15, 2000

107th 2001-2002 James V. Hansen Republican Utah

January 3, 2002 — 

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CHAIRMEN SINCE 1946 (80TH CONGRESS)

Listed in the Order of their Chairmanship

Biography from Bibliographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774

to Present

WELCH, RICHARD JOSEPH, (R., CA); 80th Congress. a Representative from

California; born in Monroe County, N.Y., February 13, 1869; educated in the

public schools; moved to California in early boyhood and settled in San

Francisco; served in the State senate 1901-1913; harbor master for the port of

San Francisco 1903-1907; supervisor of the city and county of San Francisco

from 1916 until September 30, 1926, when he resigned, having been elected to

Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy

caused by the death of Lawrence J. Flaherty; reelected to the Seventieth and to

the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from August 31, 1926, until his

death in a hospital in Needles, Calif., September 10, 1949; chairman, Committee

on Labor (Seventy-first Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Eightieth

Congress); interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif. 

SOMERS, ANDREW LAWRENCE, (D., NY); 81st Congress (Jan. 1, 1949-April 4,

1949). a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 21,

1895; attended St. Teresa’s Academy in Brooklyn, Brooklyn College

Preparatory School, Manhattan College, and New York University in New York

City; engaged in dry color and chemical business; during the First World W ar

enlisted on July 18, 1917, as a hospital apprentice, second class, United States

Naval Reserve Force; subsequently served as ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying

Corps and was then appointed a naval aviator on September 17, 1918; proceeded

to foreign service on September 30, 1918, and served until honorably discharged

March 4, 1919; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928; elected

as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and

served from March 4, 1925, until his death in St. Albans, Long Island, N.Y.,

April 6, 1949; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures

(Seventy-second through Seventy-eighth Congresses), Committee on Mines and

Mining (Seventy-ninth Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Eighty-first

Congress); interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

PETERSON, JAM ES HAR DIN , (D., FL); 81st Congress. a Representative from

Florida; born in Batesburg, Lexington County, S.C., February 11, 1894; moved

to Lakeland, Fla., in 1903; attended the public schools; was graduated from the

law department of the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1914; admitted to

the Florida bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Lakeland in 1915; law clerk

in United States General Land Office in 1914; city attorney of Lakeland, Fla., in

1916, 1917, and 1919-1932, of Frostproof, Fla., 1918-1929, of Lake Wales, Fla.,
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1920-1930, and of Eagle Lake, Fla., 1923-1933; during the First World War

served as a chief yeoman in the United States Navy 1917-1919; prosecuting

attorney and county solicitor of Polk County, Fla., 1921-1932; special counsel

for the State department of agriculture 1930-1932; elected as a Democrat to the

Seventy-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January

3, 1951); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth,

and Eighty-first Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1950 to the

Eighty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in Lakeland, Fla.; special

counsel for the Territorial Government of Guam; chairman of Commission on

Federal Application of Laws to Guam; served as chairman and vice chairman of

the board of directors, First State Bank of Lakeland; resided in Lakeland, Fla.,

where he died March 28, 1978; interment in Roselawn Cemetery. 

MURDOC K, JOHN ROBERT, (D., AZ); 82nd Congress. a Representative from

Arizona; born in Homestead near Lewistown, Lewis County, Mo., April 20,

1885; attended the public schools; was graduated from State Teachers’ College,

Kirksville, Mo., in 1912 and from the State University of Iowa at Iowa City in

1925; took graduate work at the University of Arizona at Tucson and at the

University of California at Berkeley; taught elementary school in Missouri

1904-1908; served as principal of the high school at Lewistown, Mo., 1908-1910

and at Ridgeway, Mo., 1912-1914; instructor in the Normal School at Tempe,

Ariz., 1914-1932; dean of the Arizona State Teachers’ College at Tempe

1933-1937; author of textbooks on history and government; elected as a

Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January

3, 1937-January 3, 1953); chairman, Committee on Memorials (Seventy-eighth

Congress), Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-ninth Congress),

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Eighty-second Congress); was an

unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress;

retired and resided in Scottsdale, Ariz.; died in Phoenix, Ariz., February 14,

1972; interment in Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz. 

MILLER, ARTHUR LEW IS, (R., NE); 83rd Congress. a Representative from

Nebraska; born on a farm near Plainview, Pierce County, Nebr., May 24, 1892;

attended the public schools; was graduated from the high school at Plainview,

Nebr., in 1911 and from Loyola Medical School, Chicago, Ill., in 1918; taught

in a rural school at Plainview, Nebr., 1911-1913; member of the United States

Medical Reserve Corps 1917-1919; practiced medicine and surgery in Kimball,

Nebr., 1919-1942 and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; mayor of Kimball

in 1933 and 1934; member of the Nebraska legislature 1937-1941; unsuccessful

candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1940; State health

director in 1941 and 1942; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to

the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959); chairman,

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Eighty-third Congress); unsuccessful

candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; director, Office of

Saline Water, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., from February 1959
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to January 1961; died in Chevy Chase, Md., March 16, 1967; interment in

Parklawn Cemetery, Rockville, Md. 

ENGLE, CLAIR, D., CA); 84th-85th Congresses. a Representative and a Senator

from California; born in Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif., September 21, 1911;

attended the public schools; was graduated from Chico (Calif.) State College in

1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933; was

admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Corning, Calif.; district

attorney of Tehama County, Calif., 1934-1942; member, State senate 1943;

elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused

by the death of Harry L. Englebright; reelected to the Seventy-ninth and to the six

succeeding Congresses (August 31, 1943-January 3, 1959); chairman, Committee

on War Claims (Seventy-ninth Congress), Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses); was not a candidate for

renomination in 1958, having become a candidate for United States Senator;

elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958 and served from

January 3, 1959, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 30, 1964; interment

in Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Calif. 

ASPINALL,WAYNE NORVIEL, (D., CO); 86th-91st Congresses. a Representative

from Colorado; born in Middleburg, Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1896; moved

with his parents to Palisade, Mesa County, Colo., in 1904; attended the public

schools; studied at the University of Denver until the First World War, then

enlisted in the Air Service of the Signal Corps and served as a corporal and staff

sergeant until discharged as a flying cadet; returned to the University of Denver

and graduated in 1919; taught school in Palisade, Colo., 1919-1921; president of

the Mount Lincoln School District School Board 1920-1922; graduated from the

Denver Law School in 1925; was admitted to the bar the same year and

commenced practice in Palisade, Colo.; also engaged in the peach-orchard

industry; again taught school 1925-1933; member of Palisade Board of Trustees

1926-1934; district counsel of the Home Owners Loan Corporation in western

Colorado in 1933 and 1934; member of the State house of representatives

1931-1934 and in 1937 and 1938, serving as Democratic whip in 1933, and as

speaker in 1937 and 1938; served in the State senate 1939-1948 and was

Democratic whip in 1939, majority floor leader in 1941, and minority floor leader

1943-1947; during the Second World War was commissioned a captain in

Military Government in 1943, serving overseas as a legal expert with the

American and English forces; participated in the Normandy drive with the

English Second Army; was discharged on December 14, 1944; elected as a

Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January

3, 1949-January 3, 1973); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

(Eighty-sixth through Ninety-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for

renomination in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; resumed the practice of law;

was a resident of Palisade, Colo., until his death there October 9, 1983; cremated;
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ashes interred at Orchard Mesa Municipal Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo. 

HALEY, JAM ES ANDREW , (D. FL); 93rd-94th Congresses. a Representative from

Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended

the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World W ar

enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas;

accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate

1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and

director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla.,

1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing

business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County

1935-1952; member of the State house of representatives 1949-1952; delegate to

the Democratic National Conventions in 1952 and 1960; elected as a Democrat

to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3,

1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

(Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection

in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; resided in Sarasota, Fla., where he died

August 6, 1981; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla. 

UDALL, MORRIS KING, D., AZ); St. Johns, Arizona; 95th-102nd Congresses

(Jan., 1977-May 3, 1991). (brother of Stewart Lee Udall; father of Mark Udall;

uncle of Tom Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative from

Arizona; born in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., June 15, 1922; attended the

public schools; graduated from high school, 1940; attended the University of

Arizona before enlisting as a private in the United States Army in 1942;

discharged, 1946, as a captain in the United States Army Air Corps, with service

in the Twentieth Air Force in the Pacific Theater; J.D., University of Arizona,

1949; played professional basketball, 1948-1949; partner, law firm, Udall and

Udall, Tucson, Ariz., 1949-1961; county attorney, Pima County, Ariz.,

1953-1954; lecturer on labor law, University of Arizona College of Law,

1956-1957; cofounder of the Bank of Tucson and the Catalina Savings and Loan

Association; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special

election, May 2, 1961, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his

brother, Stewart Lee Udall; reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (May

2, 1961-May 4, 1991); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

(Ninety-fifth through One Hundred Second Congresses); presented Presidential

Medal of Freedom by President William J. Clinton, 1996; died in Washington,

D.C., December 12, 1998. 

MILLER, GEORGE, (D., CA); 102nd-103rd Congresses (May 9, 1991-January 3,

1995). a Representative from California; born in Richmond, Contra Costa

County, Calif., May 17, 1945; A.A., Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, Calif.,
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1965; A.B., San Francisco State University, 1968; J.D., University of California

Law School, Davis, Calif., 1972; admitted to the California bar, 1972; legislative

assistant to senate majority leader, California state legislature, 1969-1974;

elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the thirteen succeeding

Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 2003); chairman, Select Committee on

Children, Youth, and Families (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred First

Congresses); Committee on Natural Resources (One Hundred Second and One

Hundred Third Congresses). 

YOUNG, DONALD EDW IN, (R., AK); 104th -106th Congresses (January 3,

1995-January 2, 2001). a Representative from Alaska; born in Meridian, Sutter

County, Calif., June 9, 1933; attended the public schools of Sutter, Calif.; B.A.,

Chico (Calif.) State College, 1958; teacher; mayor of Fort Yukon, Alaska,

1960-1968; riverboat captain, 1968-1972; member, city council, Fort Yukon,

1960-1968; member, Alaska house of representatives, 1966-1970; member,

Alaska senate, 1970-1973; delegate, Alaska State Republican conventions, 1964,

1966, 1968, and 1972; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress, by

special election, March 6, 1973, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nick

Begich; reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (March 6, 1973, to

January 3, 2003); chairman, Committee on Resources (One Hundred Fourth

through One Hundred Sixth Congresses); chairman, Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure (One Hundred Seventh Congress).

HANSEN, JAM ES VEAR, (R., UT) 107th - Congress (January 2001 - Present). a

Representative from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah,

August 14, 1932; graduated from East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1951;

B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1961; United States Navy,

1951-1955; real estate agent; insurance agent; member of the Farmington, Utah,

city council, 1960-1972; member of the Utah state house of representatives,

1973-1980, speaker, 1979-1980; business owner; business executive; elected as

a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses

(January 3, 1981-January 3, 2003); chairman, Committee on Standards of

Official Conduct (One Hundred Fifth Congress); chairman, Committee on

Resources (One Hundred Seventh Congress). 

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Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 17, 1805

Andrew Gregg, Pennsylvania

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

John Boyle, Kentucky

George Clinton, Jr., New York

William Helms, New Jersey

Matthew Clay, Virginia

Joseph Bryan, Georgia

On March 26, 1806, William Blackledge, North Carolina was appointed in place of John Boyle, Kentuck y, who w ent

on leave from the service of this House.

Second Session - December 1, 1806

John Boyle, Kentucky

(December 1, 1806 - February 17, 1807)

Andrew Gregg, Pennsylvania

(February 17, 1807 - March 3, 1807)

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

Ezra Darby, New Jersey

Burwell Bassett, Virginia

John Russell, New York

George W. Campbell, Tennessee

Seth Hastings, Massachusetts

On Februa ry 17, 1 807 , And rew Gre gg, Pen nsylvania w as ap pointed to Committee place of John Bo yle, Kentucky,

who was absent on leave.
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Tenth Congress

(1807-1809)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - October 28, 1807

John Boyle, Kentucky

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

Peterson Goodwyn, Virginia

John Russell, New York

Ezra Darby, New Jersey

William Ely, Massachusetts

Dennis Smelt, Georgia

On February , 1808, George Clinton, Jr., New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.

On February 5, 1808, George Clinton, Jr., New Y ork, was excused from the Committee.

Second Session - October 28, 1808

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

Peterson Goodwyn, Ohio

John Russell, New York

John Boyle, Kentucky

William Ely, Massachusetts

William W. Bibb, Georgia

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

On April 9, 1809, Benjamin Howard, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee in the place of John Boyle,

Kentucky, who obtained leave of absence.

Eleventh Congress

(1810-1811)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

First Session - May 23, 1809

Peterson Goodwyn, Virginia

William Ely, Massachusetts

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

Benjamin Howard, Kentucky

Thomas R. Gold, New York

Howell Cobb, Georgia

Second Session - May 23, 1809

Peterson Goodwyn, Virginia

William W. Bibb, California

William Ely, Massachusetts

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

Benjamin Howard, Kentucky

Thomas Sammons, New York

Third Session - November 28, 1809

Peterson Goodwyn, Virginia

William Ely, Massachusetts

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

Benjamin Howard, Kentucky

Thomas R. Gold, New York

Howell Cobb, Georgia

On December 6, 1810, Benjamin Howard, Kentucky, was excused from the Committee and Samuel McK ee,

Kentucky was appointed in his place.
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Twelfth Congress

(1811-1813)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

First Session - November 8, 1811

Samuel McKee, Kentucky

Thomas R. Gold, New York

James Breckenridge, Virginia

William Blackledge, North Carolina

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

George Smith, Pennsylvania

Second Session - November 5, 1812

William Blackledge, North Carolina

Abner Lacock, Pennsylvania

Thomas Wilson, Virginia

Stephen Ormsby, Kentucky

Adam Boyd, New Jersey

Abijah Bigelow, Massachusetts

Thirteenth Congress

(1813-1815)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Samuel McKee, Kentucky

First Session - May 26, 1813

Thomas B. Robertson, Louisiana

James Breckenridge, Virginia

Abijah Bigelow, Massachusetts

John McLean, Ohio

William R. King, North Carolina

John Conard, Pennsylvania

Second Session - December 7, 1813

Thomas B. Robertson, Louisiana

Parry W. Humphreys, Tennessee

Jonathon O. Moseley, Connecticut

Jared Irwin, Pennsylvania

Timothy Pickering, Massachusetts

William McCoy, Virginia

On Dec ember 15 , 1813, Thomas P ickering, Massa chusetts, was excused from the Committee, and John M cClean,

Pennsylvania, was appointed in his place.

Third Session - September 21, 1814

Parry W. Humphreys, Tennessee

Thomas Montgomery, Kentucky

Jonathon Moseley, Connecticut

James Geddes, New York

Jared Irwin, Pennsylvania

William McCoy, Virginia
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Fourteenth Congress

(1815-1817)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Thomas B. Robertson, Louisiana

First Session - December 6, 1815

William Creighton, Jr., Ohio

James Clark, Kentucky

Bolling Hall, Georgia

Cyrus King, Massachusetts

William McCoy, Virginia

Lewis B. Sturges, Connecticut

Second Session - December 3, 1816

Alney McLean, Kentucky

Cyrus King, Massachusetts

Lewis B. Sturges, Connecticut

William Henry Harrison, Ohio

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

William Hendricks, Indiana

Fifteenth Congress

(1817-1819)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 3, 1817

Thomas B. Robertson, Louisiana

(December 3, 1817-April 20, 1818)

Richard C. Anderson, Jr., Kentucky

Charles F. Mercer, Virginia

John W. Campbell, Ohio

William Hendricks, Indiana

Nathaniel Terry, Connecticut

George W.L. Marr, Tennessee

Second Session - November 17, 1818

George Poindexter, Mississippi

(November 17, 1818 - March 3, 1819)

Charles F. Mercer, Virginia

John W. Campbell, Ohio

William Hendricks, Indiana

Nathaniel Terry, Connecticut

Francis Jones, Tennessee

Thomas Butler, Louisiana
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Sixteenth Congress

(1819-1821)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Richard C. Anderson, Jr., Kentucky

First Session - December 8, 1819

William Hendricks, Indiana

Francis Jones, Tennessee

Hugh Nelson, Virginia

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois

Ballard Smith, Virginia

James Stevens, Connecticut

Second Session - November 15, 1820

William Hendricks, Indiana

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois

Ballard Smith, Virginia

James Stevens, Connecticut

Robert Monell, New York

Henry Brush, Ohio

Seventeenth Congress

(1821-1823)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Christopher Rankin, Mississippi

First Session - December 5, 1821

John Scott, Missouri

William Hendricks, Indiana

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois

Andrew Stewart, Pennsylvania

Newton Cannon, Tennessee

Micah Sterling, New York

Second Session - December 3, 1822

John Scott, Missouri

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois

Newton Cannon, Tennessee

Micah Sterling, New York

Burwell Bassett, Virginia

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana
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Eighteenth Congress

(1823-1825)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Christopher Rankin, Mississippi

John Scott, Missouri

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

James Strong, New York

Samiel F. Vinton, Ohio

William C. Bradley, Vermont

On De cember 12 , 182 3, W illiam C. Brad ley, Ve rmont w as exc used and T homa s W hipple, Jr., New H ampshire, was

appointed in his place.

On M ay 27, 1824, Daniel P. Cook, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On December 7, 1824, Henry H. Gurley, Louisiana, was appointed to fill the vacancy of Daniel P. Cook.

Nineteenth Congress

(1825-1827)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 7, 1825

Christopher Rankin, Mississippi

(December 7, 1825 - March 14, 1826)

John Scott, Missouri

(March 14, 1826 - May 22, 1826)

John Scott, Missouri

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

Jones Strong, New York

Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

Thomas Whipple, Jr., New Hampshire

Benjamin Estil, Virginia

On M arch 1 4, 1826, C hairman Rankin, Mississippi, died in office, and John Scott, Missouri, was appointed

Chairman in his place.

Second Session - December 6, 1826

John Scott, Missouri

(December 6, 1826 - March 3, 1827)

Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

Jones Strong, New York

Thomas Whipple, Jr., New Hampshire

Henry H. Gurley, Louisiana

George E. Wales, Vermont
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Twentieth Congress

(1827-1829)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Jacob C. Isacks, Tennessee

First Session - December 6, 1827

Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

Thomas Whipple, Jr., New Hampshire

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

William Haile, Mississippi

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Warren R. Davis, South Carolina

Second Session - December 3, 1828

Samuel F. Vinton, Ohio

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Augustine Sheppard, North Carolina

Jonathan Hunt, Vermont

Henry H. Gurley, Louisiana

Twenty-First Congress

(1829-1831)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Jacob C. Isacks, Tennessee

 (December 10, 1829- December 9, 1830)

Charles A. Wickliffe, Kentucky

(December 9, 1830 - March 3, 1831)

Jonathan Jennings, Indiana

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Jonathan Hunt, Vermont

Robert Potter, North Carolina

William W. Irvin, Ohio

Clement C. Clay, Alabama

On December 9 1830, Charles A. Wickliffe, Kentucky was appointed as Chairman of the Committee.
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Twenty-Second Congress

(1831-1833)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Charles A. Wickliffe, Kentucky,

First Session - December 8, 1831

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Jonathan Hunt, Vermont

William W. Irvin, Ohio

Clement C. Clay, Alabama

Ratliff Boon, Indiana

Franklin E. Plummer, Mississippi

On M ay 15, 1832, Jonathan Hunt, Ohio, died in office.

On M ay 17, 1832, Rufus Choate, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

Second Session - December 6, 1832

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Clement C. Clay, Alabama

William W. Irvin, Ohio

Ratliff Boon, Indiana

Franklin E. Plummer, Mississippi

John Y. Mason, Virginia

Twenty-Third Congress

(1833-1835)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Clement. C. Clay, Alabama

First Session - December 5, 1833

Joseph Duncan, Illinois

Ratliff Boon, Indiana

John Y. Mason, Virginia

Augustine S. Clayton, Georgia

William Slade, Vermont

Humphery H. Leavitt, Ohio

William H. Ashley, Missouri

William M. Inge, Tennessee

Second Session - December 4, 1834

Ratliff Boon, Indiana

Clement C. Clayton, Georgia

William Slade, Vermont

William H. Ashley, Missouri

William M. Inge, Tennessee

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Zadoc Casey, Illinois
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Twenty-Fourth Congress

(1835-1837)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Ratliff Boon, Indiana, Chairman

First Session - December 10, 1835

William Slade, Vermont

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

William Kennon, Sr., Ohio

William C. Dunlap, Tennessee

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Albert G. Harrison, Missouri

Second Session - December 8, 1836

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

William Kennon, Sr., Ohio

William C. Dunlap, Tennessee

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Albert G. Harrison, Missouri

Archibald Yell, Arkansas

Twenty-Fifth Congress

(1837-1839)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Ratcliff Boon, Indiana,

(September 11, 1837 - July 9, 1838)

First Session - September 11, 1837

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Albert G. Harrison, Missouri

Hugh J. Anderson, Maine

Alexander Duncan, Ohio

Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee

Second Session - December 7, 1837

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Zadoc Casey, Illinois 

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Albert G. Harrison, Missouri

Archibald Yell, Arkansas

Ebenezer J. Shields, Tennessee

Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi

On February 5, 1838, Samuel J. Gholson, Mississippi was excused from the Committee.

On February 8, 1838, Henry Johnson, Louisiana, was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Committee.

Third Session - December 7, 1838

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

(December 7, 1838 - March 3, 1839)

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Ebenezer J. Shields, Tennessee

Arphaxed Loomis, New York

John L. Murray, Kentucky

Alexander Duncan, Ohio

Thomas J. Word, Mississippi
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Twenty-Sixth Congress

(1839-1841)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - December 27, 1839

Thomas Corwin, Ohio

(December 27, 1839 - May 14, 1840)

Samson Mason, Ohio

(May 14, 1840 - July 21, 1840)

John Reynolds, Illinois

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Issac E. Crary, Michigan

John White, Kentucky

Charles Fisher, North Carolina

James Garland, Virginia

David Hubbard, Alabama

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

On May 14, 1840, T homa s Corw in, Ohio, was excused from the Committee, and Samson Mason, Ohio, was

appointed to fill the vacancy.

Second Session - December 10, 1840

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

(December 10, 1840 - March 3, 1841)

Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts

Issac E. Crary, Michigan

John White, Kentucky

Charles Fisher, North Carolina

James Garland, Virginia

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi 

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

Reuben Chapman, Alabama
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Twenty-Seventh Congress

(1841-1843)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - June 7, 1841

William Cost Johnson, Maryland

(June 7, 1841 - December 13, 1841)

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Truman Smith, Connecticut

Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee

David Bronson, Maine

Jacob M. Howard, Michigan

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Cave Johnson, Tennessee

Second Session - December 13, 1841

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

(December 13, 1841 - March 2, 1842)

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

(March 2, 1842 - December 12, 1842)

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Truman Smith, Connecticut

Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee

David Bronson, Maine

Jacob M. Howard, Michigan

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

David P. Brewster, New York

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

On February 23, 1843, Lewis Williams, North Carolina, died in office.

On March 2, 1842 , Joseph L. W hite, Indiana, was appo inted to the Committee to fill the vac ancy c aused by the d eath

of Lewis Williams, North Carolina.

On March 2, 1842, Jeremiah M orrow, O hio, at his request, was excus ed from the Co mmittee; and Re uben Chapman,

Alabama, was appointed in his place.

Third Session - December 12, 1842

Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio

(December 12, 1842 - March 3, 1843)

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

Truman Smith, Connecticut

Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee

David Bronson, Maine

Jacob M. Howard, Michigan

David P. Brewster, New York

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi
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Twenty-Eighth Congress

(1843-1845)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John W. Davis, Indiana

First Session - December 11, 1843

Linn Boyd, Kentucky

Jacob Collamer, Vermont

Edmund W. Hubard, Virginia

George S. Houston, Alabama

Kenneth Rayner, North Carolina

John Jameson, Missouri

John A. McClernand, Illinois

Thomas J. Patterson, New York

Second Session - December 5, 1844

Linn Boyd, Kentucky

Washington Hunt, New York

Edmund W. Hubard, Virginia

George S. Houston, Alabama

Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina

John Jameson, Missouri

John A. McClernand, Illinois

Thomas J. Paterson, New York. 

Twenty-Ninth Congress

(1845-1847)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John A. McClernand, Illinois

First Session - December 4, 1845

Thomas Smith, Indiana

Jacob Collamer, Vermont

James B. Hunt, Michigan

William A. Moseley, New York

Joseph Morris, Ohio

James H. Relfe, Missouri

John Blanchard, Pennsylvania

George Ashmun, Massachusetts

Second Session - December 10, 1846

Thomas Smith, Indiana

Jacob Collamer, Vermont

James B. Hunt, Michigan

William A. Mosely, New York

Joseph Morris, Ohio

James H. Relfe, Missouri

James G. Hampton, New Jersey

John Blanchard, Pennsylvania
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Thirtieth Congress

(1847-1849)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

Jacob Collamer, Vermont

First Session - December 9, 1847

Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia

John A. McClernand, Illinois

William G. Duncan, Kentucky

Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania

Harvey Putnam, New York

John Jamieson, Missouri

Alexander Evans, Maryland

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama.

Second Session - December 7, 1847

William G. Duncan, Kentucky

Augustine Shepperd, North Carolina

Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania

Harvey Putnam, New York

Willard P. Hall, Missouri

Alexander Evans, Maryland

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

Horace Greeley, New York

Thirty-First Congress

(1849-1851)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

James B. Bowlin, Missouri

First Session - December 27, 1849

John H. Harmanson, Louisiana

Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina

Nathaniel Albertson, Indiana

Edward D. Baker, Illinois

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

James Brooks, New York

Moses Hoagland, Ohio

William Henry, Vermont

On July 30, 1850, J ohn H. H armanson Lo uisiana, was excus ed from the Committee, and Shepherd Leffler, Iowa, was

appointed to fill the vacancy.

Second Session - December 5, 1850

Nathaniel Albertson, Indiana

Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

Timothy R. Young, Illinois

John R. Thurman, New York

Moses Hoagland, Ohio

William Henry, Vermont

George W. Wright, California
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Thirty-Second Congress

(1851-1853)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Willard P. Hall, Missouri

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

Henry Bennett, New York

James L. Orr, South Carolina

Albert G. Watkins, Tennessee

John D. Freeman, Mississippi

Henry D. Moore, Pennsylvania

Bernhart Henn, Iowa

Joseph W. McCorkle, California

Thirty-Third Congress

(1853-1855)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

David T. Disney, Ohio

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

Henry Bennett, New York

Bernhart Henn, Iowa

Milton S. Latham, California

Isaac E. Hiester, Pennsylvania

Hestor L. Stevens, Michigan

Samuel Caruthers, Missouri

Edward A. Warren, Arkansas

Thirty-Fourth Congress

(1855-1857)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

During this Congress it took 133 votes to select the Speaker of the House. As a result, Committees

were not appointed until February 13, 1856.

Henry Bennett, New York

Aaron Harlan, Ohio

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

James J. Lindley, Missouri

Elisha D. Cullen, Deleware

David S. Walbridge, Michigan

Samuel Brenton, Indiana

Augustus E. Maxwell, Florida

James Thorington, Iowa
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Thirty-Fifth Congress

(1857-1859)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

John McQueen, South Carolina

Henry Bennett, New York

John G. Davis, Indiana

David S. Walbridge, Michigan

Thomas Ruffin, North Carolina

Joshua Hill, Georgia

William Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Joseph C. McKibbin, California

On December 9, 1858, Davis S. Walbridge, Michigan, was excused from the Committee and Muscoe R. H. Ga rnett,

Virginia, was appointed in his place.

Thirty-Sixth Congress

(1859-1861)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Eli Thayer, Massachusetts

Owen Lovejoy, Illinois

Williamson R. W. Cobb, Alabama

John Covode, Pennsylvania

John G. Davis, Indiana

Carey A. Trimble, Ohio

William Vandever, Iowa

William Windom, Minnesota

John Richard Barrett, Missouri

On June 9, 186 0, Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri, was ap pointed to the Committee in the place of John Richa rd Barre tt,

M isso uri.

On June 25, 18 60, John R . Barrett, Missouri, wa s appo inted to the Committee in the place of Francis P . Blair, Jr.,

M isso uri.

Thirty-Seventh Congress

(1861-1863)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat 

John F. Potter, Wisconsin

John Covode, Pennsylvania

Clement L. Vallandigham, Ohio

George W. Julian, Indiana

Carey A. Trimble, Ohio

William Vandever, Iowa

Francis W. Kellogg, Michigan

John W. Crisfield, Maryland

George C. Woodruff, Connecticut. 
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Thirty-Eighth Congress

(1863-1865)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Julian, Indiana

James E. English, Connecticut

William Higby, California

William B. Allison, Iowa

William H. Wadsworth, Kentucky

Ithamar C. Sloan, Wisconsin

Fernando Wood, New York

John F. Driggs, Michigan

Samuel F. Miller, New York. 

Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Julian, Indiana

John F. Driggs, Michigan

Adam J. Glossbrenner, Pennsylvania

Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota

Ephraim R. Eckley, Ohio

Sidney T. Holmes, New York

Donald C. McRuer, California

George W. Anderson, Missouri

Stephen Taber, New York

Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Julian, Indiana

John F. Driggs, Michigan

Adam J. Glossbrenner, Pennsylvania

Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota

Ephraim R. Eckley, Ohio

George W. Anderson, Missouri

Delos R. Ashley, Nevada

Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin

Stephen Taber, New York
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Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Julian, Indiana

John H. Ketcham, New York

Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania

Thomas Fitch, Nevada

John B. Hawley, Illinois

James J. Winans, Ohio

William Smyth, Iowa

Eugene M. Wilson, Minnesota

James R. McCormick, Missouri

On September 30, 1870, William Smyth, Iowa, died in office.

On December 12, 1870, Randolph Strickland, Michigan, was appointed to Committee.

Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John H. Ketcham, New York

Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania

John B. Hawley, Illinois

Stephen W. Kellogg, Connecticut

Mark H. Dunnell, Minnesota

Jeremiah M. Rusk, Wisconsin

James R. McCormick, Missouri

John Ritchie, Maryland

James H. Slater, Oregon

On December 12, 1871, Stephen W. Kellogg, Connecticut, was excused from the Committee, and Job E. Stevenson,

Ohio, was appointed in his place.

Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Washington Towsend, Pennsylvania

Mark H. Dunhill, Minnesota

Jackson Orr, Iowa

Hezekiah S. Bundy, Ohio

Frank Morey, Louisiana

Charles St. John, New York

William A. Phillips, Kansas

Nathan A. Bradley, Michigan

Frank Hereford, West Virginia

William S. Herndon, Texas

Hiester Clymer, Pennsylvania
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are italicized.

Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Milton Sayler, Ohio

John R. Goodin, Kansas

Benoni S. Fuller, Indiana

William McFarlan d, Tennessee

Ansel T. Walling, Ohio

Lucien C. Gause, Arkansas

LaFayette Lane, Oregon

Henry H. Hathorn, New York

James W. McDill, Iowa

Frank Morey, Louisiana

Larenzo Crounse, Nebraska

On March 30, 18 76, the Speaker appointed Jefferson Parish Kidder, Delegate from the Territor y of Dak ota, to the

Committee.

On June 8, 1876, Frank Morey, Louisiana, resigned from Congress.

On January 16, 1877, John Turner Wait, Connecticut was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William R. Morrison, Illinois

Benoni S. Fuller, Indiana

Lucien C. Gause, Arkansas

John B. Clark, Jr., Missouri

Hendrick B. Wright, Pennsylvania

Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Alabama

William E. Smith, Georgia

John H. Ketcham, New York

Romualdo Pacheco, California

William F. Sapp, Iowa

Frank Welch, Nebraska

Jefferson P. Kidder, Dakota Territory

On February 8, 1878, Peter D. Wigginton, California was appointed to the Committee

On February 14, 187 8, John B. Clark, Jr., Missouri was e xcused from the Comm ittee, and Thomas M . Patterson,

Colorado was appointed in his place.

On March 7, 187 8, Romualdo Pac heco, California, resigned from the House of Representatives after his election was

contested.

On Sep tember 4, 18 78, Frank W elch, Nebra ska, died in office. 

On December 10, 1878, Thomas J. Majors, Nebraska, was appointed to the fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Frank Welch, Nebraska.
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Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George L. Converse, Ohio

Hendrick B. Wright, Pennsylvania

Walter L. Steele, North Carolina

James A. McKenzie, Kentucky

Thomas Williams, Alabama

Nobel A. Hull, Florida

John H. Ketcham, New York

Thomas Ryan, Kansas

William F. Sapp, Iowa

William D. Washburn, Minnesota

G.G. Bennett, Dakota Territory

On December 19, 1879, Walter L. Steele, North Carolina and Nob el A. Hull, Florida, were excused from the

Committee. On tha t same da te C ampb ell P. Be rry, Ca lifornia and Po indexter D unn, Ark ansas, we re app ointed to

the Committee.

Forty-Seventh Congress

 (1881-1883)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thaddeus C. Pound, Wisconsin

James B. Beldford, Colorado

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

Jeremiah W. Dwight, New York

Lewis F. Watson, Pennsylvania

Horace S. Strait, Minnesota

Theron M. Rice, Missouri

Thomas R. Cobb, Indiana

Jordan E. Cravens, Arkansas

Elijah C. Phister, Kentucky

William Mutchler, Pennsylvania

Thomas H. Brents, Washington Territory

Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas R. Cobb, Indiana

Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina

William C. Oats, Alabama

Aaron Shaw, Illinois

Edward T. Lewis, Louisiana

Barclay Henley, California

Henry S. Van Eaton, Mississippi

James B. Belford, Colorado

Horace B. Strait, Minnesota

John A. Anderson, Kansas

Lewis E. Payson, Illinois

Thomas H. Brents, Washington Territory

On December 24, 1884, Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina was excused from the Committee and James E. C ampb ell,

Ohio was appointed in his place.
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Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas R. Cobb, Indiana

Barclay Henley, California

Henry S. Van Eaton, Mississippi

Martin A. Foran, Ohio

Polk Laffoon, Kentucky

William J. Stone, Missouri

Silas Z. Landes, Illinois

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

Charles S. Voorhees, Washington Territory

Horace B. Strait, Minnesota

John A. Anderson, Kansas

Lewis E. Payson, Illinois

Isaac Stephenson, Wisconsin

Oscar L. Jackson, Pennsylvania

Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William S. Holman, Indiana

Polk Laffoon, Kentucky

William J. Stone, Missouri

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

Joseph Wheeler, Alabama

Joseph E. Washington, Tennessee

Thomas R. Sockdale, Mississippi

John L. MacDonald, Minnesota

Charles S. Vorhees, Washington Territory

Lewis E. Payson, Illinois

Oscar L. Jackson, Pennsylvania

Joseph McKenna, California

Binger Hermann, Oregon

Erastus J. Turner, Kansas

Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Lewis E. Payson, Illinois

Erastus J. Turner, Kansas

Lewis F. Watson, Pennsylvania

Darwin S. Hall, Minnesota

John F. Lacey, Iowa

John J. De Haven, California

John A. Pickler, South Dakota

Hosea Townsend, Colorado

William S. Holman, Indiana

William J. Stone, Missouri

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

Thomas R. Stockdale, Mississippi

John Quinn, New York

Joseph M. Carey, Wyoming Territory

On August 25, 1890, Lewis F. Watson, Pennsylvania died in office.

On October 1, 1890, John J. DeHaven, California resigned from the House of Representatives.

On December 23, 1890, Myron B. Wright, Pennsylvania was appointed to the Committee.
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Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

John O. Pendleton, West Virginia

Henry St. G. Tucker, Virginia

Lemuel Amerman, Pennsylvania

Joseph W. Bailey, Texas

David A. DeArmond, Missouri

John J. Seerley, Iowa

Darius D. Hare, Ohio

Byron G. Stout, Michigan

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

John A. Pickler, South Dakota

Hosea Townsend, Colorado

Willis Sweet, Idaho

Clarence D. Clark, Wyoming

Jospeh M. Carey, Wyoming Territory

Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

Darius D. Hare, Ohio

Thomas F. Magner, New York

George F. Kribbs, Pennsylvania

Osee M. Hall, Minnesota

William T. Crawford, North Carolina

Walter Gresham, Texas

Peter J. Somers, Wisconsin

Asbury C. Latimer, South Carolina

John Davis, Kansas

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Irving P. Wanger, Pennsylvania

John W. Moon, Michigan

George D. Meiklejohn, Nebraska

William R. Ellis, Oregon

On February 27, 1894, Walter Gresham, Texas, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 5, 1894, Robert Neill, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On February 11, 1895, Peter J. Some rs, W isco nsin, was exc use d from the Committe e and A ntho ny C aminetti,

California, was appointed to the Committee in his place.
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Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Samuel M. Stephenson, Michigan

George D. Meiklejohn, Nebraska

William W. Bowers, California

William R. Ellis, Oregon

Samual S. Barney, Wisconsin

Charles Curtis, Kansas

Edgar Wilson, Idaho

Monroe H. Kulp, Pennsylvania

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas

Ashbury C. Latimer, South Carolina

Finis E. Downing, Illinois

Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama

William A. Jones, Virginia

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

On June 6, 1896, Finis E. Downing, Illinois and Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama were excused from the Committee

and John C. Bell, Colorado, and Rudolph Kleberg, Texas were appointed to the Committee.

On November 5, 1896, Charles Curtis, Kansas, was excused from the Committee and Clarence E. Allen, Utah was

appointed in his place.

Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

William R. Ellis, Oregon

Samuel S. Barney, Wisconsin

Monroe H. Kulp, Pennsylvania

Frederick C. Stevens, Minnesota

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Daniel W. Mills, Illinois

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

John F. Shaforth, Colorado

Rudolph Kleberg, Texas

James H. Lewis, Washington

James R. Campbell, Illinois

Marion DeVries, California

David Meekison, Ohio

Francis M. Griffith, Indiana

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory
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Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

James M. Miller, Kansas

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Wesley L. Jones, Washington

Elmer J. Burkett, Nebraska

John J. Esch, Wisconsin

Malcom A. Moody, Oregon

James C. Needham, California

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Rudolph Kleberg, Texas

Marion De Vries, California

David Meekison, Ohio

Francis M. Griffith, Indiana

Edgar Wilson, Idaho

Stephen Brundidge, Jr., Arkansas

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

On August 20, 1900, Marion De Vries, California, was excused from the Committee.

On December 5, 1900, Francis R. Lassiter, Virginia was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

James M. Miller, Kansas

Wesley L. Jones, Washington

John J. Esch, Wisconsin

Malcom A. Moody, Oregon

James C. Needham, California

Eben W. Martin, South Dakota

Arthur S. Tompkins, New York

Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Rudolph Kleberg, Texas

Francis M. Griffith, Indiana

Stephen Brundidge, Jr., Arkansas

Francis R. Lassiter, Virginia

John L. Burnett, Alabama

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

On December 6, 1902, Carter Glass, Virginia, was appointed to the Committee.
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Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

James M. Miller, Kansas

James C. Needham, California

Eben W. Martin, South Dakota

Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan

Andrew J. Volstead, Minnesota

Joseph M. Dixon, Montana

Philip Knopf, Illinois

Gorge Shiras, III, Pennsylvania

John J. McCarthy, Nebraska

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Francis M. Griffith, Indiana

John L. Burnett, Alabama

George P. Foster, Illinois

William W. Rucker, Missouri

Carter Glass, Virginia

Bernard S. Rodey, New Mexico Territory

On February 15, 1904, John F. Shafroth, Colorad o re signed from the Ho use of Rep res ent ative s, a nd d ec lare d his

opponent had been duly elected to Congress.

On February 27, 1904, Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., Mississippi, was appointed to the Committee.

On April 1, 1904, Carter Glass, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

On April 11, 1904, John Lind, Minnesota, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John F. Lacey, Iowa

James M. Miller, Kansas

Eben W. Martin, South Dakota

Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan

Andrew J. Volstead, Minnesota

Joseph M. Dixon, Montana

Philip Knopf, Illinois

John J. McCarthy, Nebraska

Burton L. French, Idaho

Sylvester C. Smith, California

Asle J. Gronna, North Dakota

William T. Tyndall, Missouri

John L. Burnett, Alabama

William W. Rucker, Missouri

John Wesley Gaines, Tennessee

Adam M. Byrd, Mississippi

Clarence D. Van Duzer, Nevada

Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On December 13, 1905, Fra nk W . M iller, K ans as, was exc use d from the Committe e and F rank W . M ond ell,

Wyoming was appointed in his place, before Eb en W . Ma rtin.
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Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Andrew J. Volstead, Minnesota

Philip Knopf, Illinois

Burton L. French, Idaho

Sylvester C. Smith, California

Asle J. Gronna, North Dakota

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Herbert Parsons, New York

Charles N. Pray, Montana

L. Paul Howland, Ohio

John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania

Philo Hall, South Dakota

John W. Gaines, Tennessee

Adam M. Byrd, Mississippi

Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas

Daniel W. Hamilton, Iowa

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

William B. Craig, Alabama

Winfield S. Hammond, Minnesota

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Andrew J. Volstead, Minnesota

Sylvester C. Smith, California

Asle J. Gronna, North Dakota

Herbert Parsons, New York

Charles N. Pray, Montana

John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania

Eben W. Martin, South Dakota

Charles A. Crow, Missouri

Thomas R. Hamer, Idaho

Dick T. Morgan, Oklahoma

Charles E. Pickett, Iowa

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

Adam M. Byrd, Mississippi

Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

William B. Craig, Alabama

George W. Rauch, Indiana

Dudley M. Hughes, Georgia

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

On December 17, 1909, Eben W. M artin, South Dakota, was excused from the Committee and William W.

McC redie, Washington was appointed in his place.

On January 17, 1911, John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania, resigned from the House of Representatives.
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Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas

(April 11, 1911 - December 12, 1912)

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma, Chairman

(December 12, 1912 - March 3, 1913)

James M. Graham, Illinois

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

James A. Beall, Texas

Albert Estopinal, Louisiana

Stanley H. Dent, Jr., Alabama

John E. Raker, California

Hannibal L . Godwin, North Carolina

Horatio C. Claypool, Ohio

William F. Murray, Massachusetts

James P. Maher, New York

Thomas L. Rubey, Missouri

Henry George, Jr., New York

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Andrew J. Volstead, Minnesota

Sylvester C. Smith, California

Charles N. Pray, Montana

Dick T. Morgan, Oklahoma

Charles E. Pickett, Iowa

Peter M. Speer, Pennsylvania

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

On December 12, 1912, Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, resigned from the House of Representatives. Scott Ferris,

Oklahoma, replaced him as Chairman of the Committee.

On J anuary 7 , 191 2, William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory, resigned from the House of Representatives, as

a result of New M exico being granted Statehood.

On February 2, 1912, Hannibal L . Godwin, North Carolina, was excused from the Committee.

On February 8, 1912, Harvey B. Fergusson, New M exico, was appointed to the Committee.

On July 13, 1912, James A. Beall, Texas, was excused from the Committee.

On July 25, 1912, Frank W. M ondell, Wyoming, was excused from the Committee.

On July 25, 1912, Elmer A. Morse, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 26, 1913, Sylvester C. Smith, California, died in office.
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Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

James M. Graham, Illinois

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California 

Horatio C. Claypool, Ohio

Harvey B. Fergusson, New Mexico

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Samuel M. Taylor, Arkansas

Lathrop Brown, New York

Tom Stout, Montana

Perl D. Decker, Missouri

Andrew R. Brodbeck, Pennsylvania

Denver S. Church, New York

Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin

Burton L. French, Idaho

William L. La Follette, Washington

William Kent, California

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Jacob Johnson, Utah

Charles M. Thomson, Illinois

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

On August 12, 1913, Perl D. Decker, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

On December 6, 1913, Horatio C. Claypool, Ohio, was excused from the Committee.

On December 12, 913, Jacob A. Cantor, New York and M atthew M . Neely, W est Virginia were app ointed to the

Committee.

On M ay 13, 1914, Christopher C. Harris, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Tom Stout, Montana

Denver S. Church, California

Clarence C. Dill, Washington 

James H. Mays, Utah

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Atkins J. McLemore, Texas

James V. McClintic, Oklahoma

Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin

William L. La Follette, Washington

William Kent, California

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Louis C. Cramton, Michigan

Charles B. Timberlake, Colorado

Richard P. Freeman, Connecticut

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory
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Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Alabama

Denver S. Church, California

C. Clarence Dill, Washington

James H. Mays, Utah

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Atkins J. McLemore, Texas

James V. McClintic, Oklahoma 

William B. Walton, New Mexico

Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory

Irvine L. Lenroot, Wisconsin 

William L. LaFollette, Washington

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Louis C. Cramton, Michigan

Charles B. Timberlake, Colorado

George C. Scott, Iowa

John A. Elston, California

Jeanette Rankin, Montana

Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

John A. Elston, California

Bertrand H. Snell, New York

William J. Graham, Illinois

John M. Baer, North Dakota

Benigno C. Hernandez, New Mexico

Hays B. White, Kansas

William N. Vaile, Colorado

Henry E. Barbour, California

John S. Benham, Indiana

John W. Summers, Washington

Charles A. Nichols, Michigan

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

James H. Mays, Utah

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Hugh S. Hersman, California

Paul B. Johnson, Mississippi

Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory

On A pril 28, 19 19, Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory, died in office.

On April 25, 1920, Charles A. Nichols, Michigan, died in office.

On November 20, 1920, Charles Swindall, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee.
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Sixty-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Hays B. White, Kansas

William N. Vaile, Colorado

Henry E. Barbour, California

John S. Benham, Indiana

John W. Summers, Washington

Don B. Colton, Utah

Nestor Montoya, New Mexico

Olger B. Burtness, North Dakota

William M. Morgan, Ohio

Lon A. Scott, Tennessee

Washington J. McCormick, Montana

Charles L Faust, Missouri

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina

William W. Larsen, Georgia

Patrick Henry Drewry, Virginia

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Ross A. Collins, Mississippi

On August 11, 1921, Patrick Henry Drewy, Virginia, was exused from the Committee and Lamar Jeffers,

Alabama was appointed in his place.

Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Hays B. White, Kansas

William N. Vaile, Colorado

Don B. Colton, Utah

Charles L. Faust, Missouri

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Scott Leavitt, Montana

John D. Fredericks, California

Arthur B. Williams, Michigan

Frederick G. Fleetwood, Vermont

John E. Raker, California

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Lamar Jeffers, Alabama

Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina

John M. Evans, Montana

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

J.W. Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma

Charles L. Richards, Nevada

John Morrow, New Mexico

William P. Jarrett, Hawaii Territory

On February 1, 1924, Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina, was excused from the Committee.

On February 22, 1924, Frederick M. Vinson, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 16, 1924, Victor L. Berger, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.
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Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1925-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Don B. Colton, Utah

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Phillip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Lawrence J. Flaherty, California

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Frederick M. Davenport, New York

Victor L. Berger, Wisconsin

Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New York

John E. Raker, California

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina

John M. Evans, Montana

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

J.W. Elmer Thomas, Oklahoma

John Morrow, New Mexico

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

William P. Jarrett, Hawaii Territory

On Janua ry 9, 1926, Frederick M. Davenport, New York, was excused from the Committee and Charles L. Gifford,

Massachusetts was appointed in his place.

On June 13, 1926, Lawrence J. Flaherty, California, died in office.

On December 15, 1926, Harry L. Englebright, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 22, 1926, John E. Raker, California died in office.

Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

(December 12, 1927 - May 31, 1928)

Don B. Colton, Utah

(May 31, 1928 - March 3, 1929)

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Don B. Colton, Utah

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Phillip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Charles L. Gifford, Massachusetts

Harry L. Engelbright, California

Robert G. Bushong, Pennsylvania

Victor L. Berger, Wisconsin

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

John M. Evans, Montana

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

John Morrow, New Mexico

Lewis W. Douglas, Arizona

Tom A. Yon, Florida

Jed J. Johnson, Oklahoma

John N. Norton, Nebraska

S. Harrison White, Colorado

On M ay 31, 1928, Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon, was excused from the Committee, and Don B. Colton, Utah, was

appointed C hairman.

On December 19, 1928, Rueben R. Butler, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee.
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Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Don B. Colton, Utah

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Phillip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Charles L. Gifford, Massachusetts

Harry L. Engelbright, California

Robert R. Butler, Oregon

Albert G. Simms, New Mexico

John W. Palmer, Missouri

William R. Eaton, Colorado

William I. Nolan, Minnesota

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

John M. Evans, Montana

Tom A. Yon, Florida

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

René L. DeRouen, Louisiana

Claude A. Fuller, Arkansas

On De cember 8, 1 930 , Edga r How ard, Ne bra ska, w as exc used from the C ommittee and H inton James, N orth

Carolina, was appointed in his place.

Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John M. Evans, Montana

Thomas A. Yon, Florida

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

René L. DeRouen, Louisiana

Claude A. Fuller, Arkansas

Fritz G. Lanham, Texas

Fletcher B. Swank, Oklahoma

Kent E. Keller, Illinois

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

Bernhard M. Jacobsen, Iowa

Paul J. Kvale, Minnesota

Don B. Colton, Utah

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Philip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Harry L. Engelbright, California

Robert R. Butler, Oregon

William R. Eaton, Colorado

William I. Nolan, Minnesota

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory
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Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

René L. DeRouen, Louisiana

Claude A. Fuller, Arkansas

Fletcher B. Swank, Oklahoma

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

Fritz G. Lanham, Texas

James W. Robinson, Utah

George R. Durgan, Indiana

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Knute Hill, Washington

Claude E. Cady, Michigan

Otha D. Wearin, Iowa

Fred H. Hildebrandt, South Dakota

Compton I. White, Idaho

Henry E. Stubbs, California

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Linclon L. McCandless, Hawaii Territory

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

George W. Edmonds, Pennsylvania

James W. Wadsworth, Jr, New York

James W. Mott, Oregon

William Lemke, North Dakota

On January 15, 1934, Robert F. Rich, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 19, 1934, Claude A. Fuller, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

On January 20, 19 34, Isabella S. G reenwa y, Arizona, w as ap po inted to the Committee in the place of Claude A.

Fuller, Arizona.

Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

René L. DeRouen, Louisiana

James W. Robinson, Utah

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Knute Hill, Washington

Otha D. Wearin, Iowa

Compton I. White, Idaho

Henry E. Stubbs, California

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Isabella S. Greenway, Arizona

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

Samuel C. Massingale, Oklahoma

Paul R. Geever, Wyoming

John S. McGroarty, California

Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota

Anthony J.Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., New York

James W. Mott, Oregon

William Lemke, North Dakota

Robert F. Rich, Pennsylvania

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory
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Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

René L. DeRouen, Louisina

James W. Robinson, Utah

Knute Hill, Washington

Compton I. White, Idaho

Henry E. Stubbs, California

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

Sam C. Massingale, Oklahoma

Paul R. Greever, Wyoming

John L. McClellan, Arkansas

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Henry G. Teigan, Minnesota

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

James W Wadsworth, Jr., New York

James W. Mott, Oregon

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Fred J. Douglas, New York

William Lemke, North Dakota

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On February 28, 1937, Henry E. Stubbs, California, died in office.

On M arch 10, 1937, Horace J. Voorhis, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On J une 10 , 193 7, Alfred J. Elliot, California, was ap pointed to the Committee after James F. O ’Co nnor.

On December 1, 1937, Sam C. Massingale, Oklahoma, was excused from the Committee.

On January 7, 1938, Gomer G., Smith, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee.
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Seventy-Sixth Congress

(1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

René L. DeRouen, Louisiana

(January 13, 1939 - September 24, 1940)

James W. Robinson, Utah

(September 24, 1940 - January 3, 1941)

James W. Robinson, Utah

Knute Hill, Washington

Compton I. White, Idaho

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Horace J. Voorhis, California

Alfred J. Elliot, California

Clyde T. Ellis, Arkansas

Vito Marcanonio, New York

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., New York

James W. Mott, Oregon

Fred J. Douglas, New York

Jacob L. Thorkelson, Montana

Frank O. Horton, Wyoming

Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho

Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On M arch 16, 1939, Thomas V. Smith, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee after Clyde T. Ellis, Arkansas.

On June 5, 1939, Clyde T. Ellis, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

On February 28, 1940, Morris M. Elderstein, New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.

On September 24, 1940, René L. DeR ouen, Louisiana, wa s excused from the Committee, and James W . Robinson,

Utah, was appointed Chairman in his place.

Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James W. Robinson, Utah

Compton I. White, Idaho

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Horace J. Voorhis, California

Alfred J. Elliott, California

Samuel A. Weiss, Pennsylvania

John S. Gibson, Georgia

Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico

Vance Plauché, Louisiana

Vito Marcantonio, New York

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

James W. Mott, Oregon

Fred J. Douglas, New York

Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho

Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa

Jeanette Rankin, Montana

Edgar J. Chenoweth, Colorado

Charles R. Robertson, North Dakota

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On January 15, 1942, Samuel A. Weiss, Pennsylvania, was excused frmm the Committee.
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Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

James W. Robinson, Utah

Compton I. White, Idaho

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Alfred J. Elliott, California

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

Daniel K. Hoch, Pennsylvania

George E. Outland, California

James H. Morrison, Louisiana

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Engelbright, California

James W. Mott, Oregon

Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa

Edgar J. Chenoweth, Colorado

William Lemke, North Dakota

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Otis H. Holmes, Washington

Walter E. Brehm, Ohio

Matthew H. Ellsworth, Oregon

On M ay 13, 1943, Harry L. Engelbright, California, died in office.

On November 15, 1943, Clair Engle, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 10, 1943, Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado, was appointed to the Committee.

On F ebrua ry 17, 1 944 , Da niel K. Ho ch, Pe nnsylvania, w as exc used from the C ommittee. 

On M arch 22, 1944, George E. Outland, California, was excused from the Committee.

On November 21, 1944, Walter E. Brehm, Ohio, was excused from the Committee.

Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

James W. Robinson, Utah

Compton I. White, Idaho

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Alfred J. Elliott, California

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

Clair Engle, California

Mike J. Mansfield, Montana

Charles R. Savage, Washington

Berkley L. Bunker, Nevada

William A. Barrett, Pennsylvania

Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa

Edgar J. Chenoweth, Colorado

William Lemke, North Dakota

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Otis H. Holmes, Washington

Matthew H. Ellsworth, Oregon

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

Lowell Stockman, Oregon

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana

On October 2, 1945, Mike Mansfield, Montana, was excused from the Committee.

On Janua ry 31, 194 6, M atthew H . Ellsworth, Oregon, w as excuse d from the Committee, a nd Albin W. No rblad, Jr.,

Oregon, was appointed in his place.

On M arch 27, 1946, Arthur G. Klein, New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.
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Eightieth Congress

(1947-1949)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Richard J. Welch, California

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Karl M. LeCompte, Iowa

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

William Lemke, North Dakota

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Dean P. Taylor, New York

Jay Le Fevre, New York

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana

Norris C. Poulson, California

Charles H. Russell, Nevada

John C. Sanborn, Idaho

Edward H. Jenison, Illinois

William A. Dawson, Utah

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

Andrew L. Somers, New York

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Charles Jasper Bell, Missouri

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

Clair Engle, California

Erland H. Hedrick, West Virginia

Preston E. Peden, Oklahoma

Monroe M. Redden, North Carolina

John A. Carroll, Colorado

Edward L. Bartlett, Alaska Territory

On M ay 12, 1948, Preston E. Peden, Oklahoma, resigned from the Committee.

On M ay 25, 29 48, Tob y M orris, Oklahoma, w as appo inted to the Comm ittee to fill the vacancy.
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Eighty-First Congress

(1949-1951)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Andrew L. Somers, New York, Chairman

(January 18, 1949-April 6, 1949)

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida, Chairman

(April 13, 1949-January 3, 1951)

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Clair Engle, California

Monroe M. Redden, North Carolina

Toby Morris, Oklahoma

Kenneth M. Regan, Texas

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Texas

Compton I. White, Idaho

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Reva Z.B. Bosone, Utah

Fred Marshall, Minnesota

Harry P. O’Neill, Pennsylvania

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

John E. Miles, New Mexico

Edward L. Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Welch, California

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

William Lemke, North Dakota

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Dean P. Taylor, New York

Jay LeFevre, New York

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana

Norris C. Poulson, California

John C. Sanborn, Idaho

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

On April 6, 1949, Andrew L. Somers, New York, died in office.

On A pril 13, 1949, J. Ha rdin Peterson, Florida was a ppointed Chiarman.

On June 24 , 19 49 , Lo uis B. Heller, New York , was a ppointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the

death of Andrew L. Somers.

On September 10, 1949, Richard J. Welch, California, died in office.

On October 17, 1949, John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy caused by

the death of Richard J. Welch, California.

On M ay 30, 1950, William Lemke, North Dakota, died in office.

On June 30, 1950, Edward H. Jenison, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee to the vacancy cause d by the death

of William Lemke.

On December 31, 1950, Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming, resigned from the Committee.

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14th - 62nd Congresses (1815 - 1913)

Fourteenth Congress

(1815-1817)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Solomon P. Sharp, Kentucky

James W. Clark, North Carolina

Thomas Telfair, Georgia

Charles Atherton, New Hampshire

Benjamin Hurger, South Carolina

Fifteenth Congress

(1817-1819)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 3, 1817

Samuel Herrick, Ohio

(December 3, 1817 - April 20, 1818)

George Poindexter, Mississippi

Thomas Claiborne, Tennessee

Samuel Hogg, Tennessee

Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania

James Pindall, Tennessee

Caleb Tomkins, New York

Ballard Smith, Virginia

Second Session - November 17, 1818

George Robertson, Kentucky

(November 17, 1818 - March 3, 1819)

Samuel Hogg, Tennessee

Thomas H. Hubbard, New York

Thomas Bayly, Maryland

James Pindall, Tennessee

Robert Moore, Pennsylvania
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Sixteenth Congress

(1819-1821)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John W. Campbell, Ohio

First Session - December 8, 1819

Christopher Rankin, Mississippi

Henry H. Bryan, Tennessee

Albert H. Tracy, New York

Samuel Eddy, Rhode Island

James Pindall, Tennessee

Robert Moore, Pennsylvania

Second Session - November 15, 1820

Samuel Eddy, Rhode Island

Nathaniel Pitcher, New York

Edward B. Jackson, Virginia

John Crowell, Alabama

Thomas Butler, Louisiana

Robert Moore, Pannyslvania

Seventeenth Congress

(1821-1823)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John W. Campbell, Ohio

Gabriel Moore, Alabama

Nathaniel Upham, New Hampshire

Ansel Sterling, Connecticut

Alfred Conkling, New York

Ezekiel Whitman, Maine

Josiah Crudup, North Carolina

On De cember 3, 1 822 , Steph en V an Rensse lar, New Y ork, w as ap pointed to the Committee, in the place of Ezekiel

Whitman, Maine, excused.

Eighteenth Congress

(1823-1825)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John W. Campbell, Ohio

Gabriel Moore, Alabama

Ansel Sterling, Connecticut

William Prince, Indiana

Daniel Garrison, New Jersey

John Locke, Massachusetts

Isaac Williams, Jr., New York

On M ay 27, 1824, William Prince, Indiana, died in office.

On December 7, 1824, Philip S. Markley, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.
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Nineteenth Congress

(1825-1827)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John W. Campbell, Ohio

(December 7, 1825 - May 22, 1826)

Richard A. Buckner, Kentucky

(December 6, 1826 - March 3, 1827)

Gabriel Moore, Alabama

Daniel Garrison, New Jersey

William Armstrong, Virginia

John Locke, Massachusetts 

John Test, Indiana

Nicoll Fosdick, New York

On M arch M ay 22 , 182 6, Joh n W . Campbell, Ohio, and Nicoll Fosdick, N ew Y ork, we re excused from the

Committee

On December 6, 1826, Richard A. Bucker, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee as Chairman; and H enry

Markell, New York, was appointed to the Committee.

Twentieth Congress

(1827-1829)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

Richard A. Buckner, Kentucky

Gabriel Moore, Alabama

Jonas Earll, Jr., New York

Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina

John B. Sterigere, Pennsylvania

William S. Armstrong, Virginia

Edward Bates, Missouri

On May 26, 1828, William S. Armstrong, Virginia, and Augustine H. Shepperd, North Carolina, were excused from

the Committee.

On December 3, 1828, Thomas H. Blake, Indiana, and William T. Nuckolls, South Carolina, were a ppointed to the

Committee.
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Twenty-First Congress

(1829-1831)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Henry H. Gurley, Louisiana

(December 10, 1829 - February 4, 1830)

Philip Doddridge, Virginia

(February 4, 1830 - May 31, 1830)

John B. Sterigere, Pennsylvania

(December 9, 1830 - March 3, 1831)

John B. Sterigere, Pennsylvania

William T. Nuckolls, South Carolina

Spencer D. Pettis, Missouri

John Test, Indiana

Robert E.B. Baylor , Alabama

Thomas F. Foster, Georgia

 Harmar Denny, Pennsylvania

Joseph Draper, Virginia

On February 4, 183 0, Henry H . Gurley, Louisiana, was e xcused from the C ommittee, and Philip Doddridge,

Virginia, was appo inted Chairman.

On M ay 31, 1830, Philip Doddridge, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

On December 9, 1830, John B. Sterigere, Pennsylvania, was appointed Chairman of the Committee, and Edward B.

Dudley, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

Twenty-Second Congress

(1831-1833)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Cave Johnson, Tennessee

Richard Coke, Jr., Virginia

William Stanbery, Ohio

Samuel W. Mardis, Alabama

John Carr, Indiana

Thomas A. Marshall, Kentucky

Henry A. Bullard, Louisiana

On July 16, 1832, Thomas A. Marshall, Kentucky, was excused from the Committee.

On December 6, 1823, William H. Ashley, Missouri, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 9, 1830, Edward B. Dudley, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.
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Twenty-Third Congress

(1833-1835)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Cave Johnson, Tennessee

Samuel W. Mardis, Alabama

John Carr, Indiana

John Galbraith, Pennsylvania

Abijah Mann, Jr., New York

Harry Cage, Mississippi

John M. Felder, South Carolina

Zadoc Casey, Illinois

John Bull, Missouri

On June 30, 1834, Harry Cage, Mississippi, John Felder, South Carolina, and Zadoc Casey, Illinois, were excused

from the Committee and Ge orge Chambers, Pe nnsylvania, William L. M ay, Illinois, and Amo s Da vis, Kentucky,

were appointed in their place.

Twenty-Fourth Congress

(1835-1837)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John Carr, Indiana

John Galbraith, Pennsylvania

William Patterson, Ohio

George Chambers, Illinois

William L. May, Illinois

Rice Garland, Louisiana

James H. Hammond, South Carolina

Adam Huntsman, Tennessee

Joab Lawler, Alabama

William Slade, Vermont

On February 26, 1835, James H. Hammond, South Carolina, died in office.
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Twenty-Fifth Congress

(1837-1839)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

William L. May, Illinois

First Session - September 11, 1837

William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts

James Harlan, Kentucky

Francis Mallory, Virginia

James Rariden, Indiana

Daniel P. Leadbetter, Ohio

Rice Garland, Louisiana

Andrew D.W. Bruyn, New York

William Beatty, Pennsylvania

Second Session - December 7, 1837

William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts

Jaob Lawler, Alabama

James Harlan, Kentucky

James Rariden, Indiana

Richard Cheatham, Tennessee

Rice Garland, Louisiana

William Beatty , Pennsylvania

Daniel P. Leadbetter, Ohio

Alphaxed Loomis, New York

Third Session - December 7, 1838

William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts

James Harlan, Kentucky

James Rariden, Indiana

George W. Crabb, Alabama

Rice Garland, Louisiana

William Beatty, Pennsylvania

Richard Fletcher, Massachusetts

Twenty-Sixth Congress

(1839-1841)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - December 27, 1839

Zadoc Casey , Illinois

(December 27, 1839 - May 14, 1840)

Rice Garland, Louisiana

William B. Calhoun, Massachusetts

James Dellet, Alabama

William O. Butler, Louisiana

Edward D. White, Louisiana

William W. Wick, Indiana

William S. Hastings, Massachusetts

John Jameson, Missouri

On M ay 18, 1840, John Moore, Louisiana, and Eugenuius A. Nisbet, Georgia, were appointed to the Committee.

Second Session - December10 , 1840

William B. Callhoun, Massachusetts

(December 10, 1840 - March 3, 1841)

James Dellett, Alabama

Lott Warren, Georgia

William W. Boardman, Connecticut 

Peter D. Vroom, New Jersey

William W. Wick, Indiana

William S. Hastings, Massachusetts

John Jameson, Missouri

Edward Cross, Arkansas

On January 3, 1841, William S. Hastings, Massachusetts, was excused from the Committee.
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Twenty-Seventh Congress

(1841-1843)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

John Moore, Louisiana

First Session - June 7, 1841

Richard D. Davis, New York

Victory Birdseye, New York

Alexander H.H. Stuart, Virginia

Edward Cross, Arkansas

Roger L. Gamble, Georgia

John B. Dawson, Louisiana

Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee

Samuel Gordon, New York 

Second Session - December 13, 1841

Alexander H.H. Stuart, Virginia

William Cost Johnson, Maryland

Edward Cross, Arkansas

Hopkins L. Turney, Tennessee

Richard D. Davis, New York

William W. Payne, Alabama

Charles Brown, Pennsylvania

On April 6, 1842, Christopher Morgan, New York was appointed to the Committee.

On August 31, 1842, Christopher Morgan, New York, was excused from the Committee.

Third Session - December 12, 1842

John Young, New York

William Cost Johnson, Maryland

Victory Birdseye, New York

Edward Cross, Arkansas

Cave Johnson, Tennessee

Richard D. Davis, New York

William W. Payne, Alabama

William A. Harris, Virginia
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Twenty-Eighth Congress

(1843-1845)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

First Session - December 11, 1843

Edward Cross, Arkansas

(December 11, 1843 - June 17, 1844)

Johhn Slidell, Louisiana

William J. Brown, Indiana

Jeremiah E. Cary, New York

Elisha R. Potter, Rhode Island

James Dellett, Alabama 

James A. Black, South Carolina

Luther Severence, Maine

Charles Rogers, New York

Second Session - December 5, 1844

John Slidell, Louisiana

(December 5, 1844 - November 10, 1845)

George S. Catlin, Connecticut

Jeremiah E. Cary, New York

Elisha R. Potter, Rhode Island

William L. Yancey, Alabama

James Dellet, Alabama

William J. Brown, Indiana

Luther Severance, Maine

Charles Rogers, New York

On November 10, 1845, John Slidell, Louisiana, resigned from the House of Representatives.

Twenty-Ninth Congress

(1845-1847)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

James B. Bowlin, Missouri

William L. Yancey, Alabama

William W. Wick, Indiana

Andrew Johnson, Tennessee

Stephen Adams, Mississippi

Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana

Albert Smith, New York

Edward H.C. Long, Maryland

Robert Toombs, Georgia

On December 10, 1846, William L. Yancey, Alabama, was excused from the Committee and Alexander H. Stephens,

Georgia, was appointed in his place; Albert Smith, New Y ork, was excused from the Committee and Henry J.

Seama n, New Y ork, w as ap pointed in his place; an d Robe rt Toombs, Georgia, was excused from the Committee and

James L. Cottrell, Alabama, was appointed.
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Thirtieth Congress

(1847-1849)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

John Gayle, Alabama

Jasper E. Brady, Pennsylvania

David Rumsey, New York

Patrick W. Tomkins, Mississippi

Richard S. Canby, Ohio

James B. Bowlin, Missouri

William W. Wick, Indiana

John Harmanson, Louisiana

Andrew Johnson, Tennessee

On Au gust 14 , 18 48 , Jame s B. Bo wlin, Missouri, was excused from the Committee and M ason C. Darling,

Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

Thirty-First Congress

(1849-1851)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana

(December 17, 1849 - August 30, 1850)

Willard P. Hall, Missouri

(December 5, 1850 - March 3, 1851)

William J. Brown, Indiana

Alfred Gilmore, Pennsylvania

Thomas L. Harris, Illinois

William A. Whittlesey, Ohio

David Rumsey, New York

Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio

Humphrey Marshall, Kentucky

Josiah M. Anderson, Tennessee

On December 5, 1850, Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee and W illard P. H all, M isso uri,

w as appointed C hiarman. Also on that date, W illiam J. Brow n, Indiana, was exc used from the Committee and

George W. W right, California, was appointed in his place.

Thirty-Second Congress

(1851-1853)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Timothy Jenkins, New York

George W. Thompson, Virginia

John L. Dawson, Pennsylvania

Benjamin D. Nabers, Mississippi

William W. Snow, New York

James Abercrombie, Alabama

Lewis D. Campbell, Ohio

Joseph Aristide Landry, Louisiana

John G. Miller, Missouri

On March 3, 1853, George W. Thompson, Virginia, was excused and Sherrard Clemens, Virginia, was appointed

to the Committee in his place.
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Thirty-Third Congress

(1853-1855)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Junius Hillyer, Georgia

James H. Lane, Indiana

Henry A. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania

Samuel A. Smith, Tennessee

Matthias H. Nichols, Ohio 

Theodoric R. Westbrook, New York

James Abercrombie, Alabama 

Theodore G. Hunt, Louisiana

Charles Hughes, New York

On January 9, 1854, Henry A. Muhlenberg, was excused from the Committee.

On January 16, 1854, Peter H. Bell, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.

On August 7, 1854, Theodore G. Hunt, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On December 5, 1854, Roland Jones, Louisiana, was appointed to the Committee.

Thirty-Fourth Congress

(1855-1857)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

During this Congress it took 133 votes to select the Speaker of the House. As a result, Committees

were not appointed until February 13, 1856.

Gilchrist Porter, Missouri

Valentine B. Hurton, Ohio

James Thorington, Iowa

Emerson Etherridge, Tennessee

David F. Robison, Pennsylvania

Thomas R. Horton, New York

Thomas F. Bowie, Maryland

John M. Sandige, Louisiana

Philemon T. Herbert, California

Thirty-Fifth Congress

(1857-1859)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John M. Sandidge, Louisiana

Joseph C. McKibbin, California

George S. Hawkins, Florida

Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri

William T. Avery, Tennessee

Charles J. Gilman, Maine

Aaron Harlan, Ohio

Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin

Reuben E. Fenton, New York
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Thirty-Sixth Congress

(1859-1861)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Cadwaller C. Washburn, Wisconsin

Clark B. Cochrane, New York

William S. Kenyon, New York

Thomas L. Anderson, Missouri

John E. Bouligny, Louisiana

Samuel S. Blair, Pennsylvania

William T. Avery, Tennessee

George S. Hawkins, Florida

Andrew J. Hamilton, Texas

On Feb ruary 9, 1860, A ndrew J. Hamilton, Missouri, wa s excused from the Committee and Thomas C. H indman,

Arkansas, was appointed in his place.

On February 20, 1860, Thomas L. Anderson, Missouri, died in office, and John W. Noell, Missouri, was appointed

to the Committee.

On January 21, 1861, George S. Hawkins, Florida, was excused from the Committee.

Thirty-Seventh Congress

(1861-1863)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat 

Samuel S. Blair, Pennsylvania

Sidney Edgerton, Ohio

Luther Hanchett, Wisconsin

Burt Van Horn, New York

John P.C. Shanks, Indiana

Charles W. Walton, Maine

Samuel Shellabarger, Ohio

John W. Noell. Missouri

Jesse Lazear, Pennsylvania

On November 24, 1862, Luther Hanchett, Wisconsin, died in office.

On December 8, 1862, Charles W. Walton, Maine, was excused from the Committee and Thomas A.D. Feddend en,

Maine, and Amasa Walker, Massachusetts, were appointed to the Committee.

Thirty-Eighth Congress

(1863-1865)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Martin Russell Thayer, Pennsylvania

Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York

Daniel W. Gooch, Massachusetts

Ephraim R. Eckley, Ohio

Anthony L. Knapp, Illinois

John O’Neill, Ohio

Charles H. Winfield, New York

Lorenzo D.M. Sweat, Maine

Henry W. Harrington, Missouri

On Janua ry 2 2, 1 86 4, D anie l W. Goo ch, M assachuse tts, was excus ed from the Committee a nd Fran cis P. Blair, Jr.,

Missouri, was appointed to the Committee in his place.

On June 10, 1864, Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri, died in office.
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Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Martin Russell Thayer, Pennsylvania

Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York

Jehu Baker, Illinois

Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio

Thomas E. Noell, Missouri

George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts

Frederick E. Woodbridge, Vermont

Charles Goodyear, New York

Michael C. Kerr, Indiana

On December 21, 1865, George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 13, 1866, Benjamin G. Harris, Maryland, was appointed to the Committee.

Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Godlove S. Orth, Indiana

William Loughridge, Iowa

Frederick E. Woodbridge, Vermont

John Trimble, Tennessee

Alexander H. Bailey, New York

Jacob Benton, New Hampshire

Cornelius S. Hamilton, Ohio

George W. Woodward, Pennsylvania

Frederick Stone, Maryland

On December 22, 1867, Cornelius S. Hamilton, Ohio, died in office.

On January 14, 1868, James R. McC ormick, Missouri, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Austin Blair, Michigan

(March 15, 1869 - March 16, 1869)

Godlove S. Orth, Indiana

(March 16, 1869 - March 3, 1871)

Charles O’Neill, Pennsylvania

Nathan F. Dixon, Rhode ISland

Martin Welker, Ohio

Horace Maynard, Tennessee

Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin

Thomas Swann, Michigan

James Proctor Knott, Kentucky

Clarkson N. Potter, New York

Stephen L. Mayham, New York

On March 16, 1869, Austin Blair, Michigan, was excused from the Committee, and Godlove S. Orth, Indian,was

appointed Chairman of the Committee.

On December 8, 1869, Horace Maynard, Tennessee, was excused from the Committee.

Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania

(December 4, 1871 - December 2, 1872)

William H. Upson, Ohio

(December 2, 1872 - March 3, 1873)

William H. Upson, Ohio

James C. McGrew, West Virginia

Horace Boardman Smith, New York

John M. Coghlan, New York

J. Allen Barber, Wisconsin

Richard J. Haldeman, Tennessee

Samuel N. Bell, New Hampshire

John M. Bright, Tennessee

On December 2, 1872, Ulysses Mercer, Pennsylvania, resigned from the House of Representatives, and William H.

Upson, Ohio, was appointed Chairman in his place.

on December 11, 1872, DeW itt C. Giddings, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Leonard Myers, Pennsylvania

(December 5, 1873 - December 19, 1873)

Jasper Packard, Indiana

(December 19, 1873 - March 3, 1875)

Benjamin T. Eames, Rhode Island

Walter L. Sessions, New York

Granville Barrere, Illinois

Henry O. Pratt, Iowa

George W. Hendee, Vermont

James C. Freeman, Georgia

John M. Bright, Tennessee

Milton Sayler, Ohio

David M. DeWitt, New York

Aylett H. Buckner, Missouri

On December 19, 1873, Leonard M yers, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee, and Jasper Packard,

Indiana, was a ppointed to the Committee, and ap pointed as Chairman.

Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas M. Gunter, Arkansas

Aylett H. Buckner, Missouri

Edward Y. Parsons, Kentucky

Joseph Powell, Pennsylvania

Milton A. Cander, Georgia

William M. Levy, Louisiana

Lucien L. Ainsworth, Iowa

Winthrop W. Ketchum, Pennsylvania

Charles H. Joyce, Vermont

Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois

Elbridge G. Lapham, New York

On July 8, 1876, Edward Y. Parsons, Kentucky, died in office.

On July 19, 1876, Winthrop W. Ketchum, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

On December 13, 1876, Nathan T. Carr, Indiana, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas M. Gunter, Arkansas

William P. Caldwell, Tennessee

James Williams, Deleware

DeWitt C. Giddings, Texas

Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin

Richard W. Townsend, Illinois

Thomas Turner, Kentucky

Dudley C. Denison, Vermont

John H. Starin, New York 

Jonas J. McGowan, Michigan

Richard H. Cain, South Carolina

On Dec embe r 11 , 18 77 , DeW itt C. Giddings, Te sxa s, w as exc use d from the Committe e and G eo rge A. Bic kne ll,

Indiana, was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas M. Gunter, Arkansas

Benjamin F. Martin, West Virginia

John W. Caldwell, Kentucky

Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois

William R. Myers, Indiana

Alfred M. Lay, Missouri

John I . Mitchell, Pennsylvania

Amasa Norcross, Massachusetts

Julius C. Burrows, Michigan

Charles H. Voorhis, New Jersey

On December 8, 1879, Alfred M. Lay, Missouri, died in office.

On December 191879, Romualdo Pacheco, California, was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Seventh Congress

 (1881-1883)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Romualdo Pacheco, California

Amasa Norcross, Massachusetts

Henry L. Muldrow, Mississippi

Thomas Williams, Alabama

Nicholas Ford, Missouri

John W. Shackelford, North Carolina

John B. Hoge, West Virginia

George C. Hazelton, Wisconsin

Thomas Cornell, New York

Henry L. Morey, Ohio

Marsena E. Cutts , Iowa

On April 19, 1882, John B. Hoge, West Virginia, was excused from the Committee, and John Hardy, New Y ork,

was appointed to the Committee.

On January 18, 1883, John W. Shackelford, North Carolina, died in office.

On January 29, 1883, Joseph D. Taylor, Ohio, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Henry L. Muldrow, Mississippi

William Muchler, Pennsylvania

Thomas Williams, Alabama

John E. Halsell, Kentucky

John Cosgrove, Missouri

Nathaniel B. Eldredge, Michigan

Robert Lowry, Indiana

Lewis E. Payson, Illinois

Abraham X. Parker, New York

Robert M. Mayo, Virginia

Archibald J. Weaver, Nebraska

On M arch 20, 1884, Robert M. Mayo, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John E. Halsell, Kentucky

Ethelbert Barksdale, Mississippi

Louis St. Martin, Louisiana

Nathaniel B. Eldredge, Michigan

Thomas W. Sadler, Alabama

Thomas Croxton, Virginia

Benton J. Hall, Iowa

Robert S. Green, New Jersey

Edwin S. Osborn, Pennsylvania

Frederick D. Ely, Massachusetts

Ormsby B. Thomas, Wisconsin

George W.E. Dorsey, Nebraska

Albert C. Thompson, Ohio

On January 17, 1887, Robert S. Green, New Jersey, was excused from the Committee.

Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James B. McCreary, Kentucky

James B. Weaver, Iowa

John M. Glover, Missouri

William H. Perry, South Carolina

Joseph D. Sayers, Texas

Joseph E. Washington, Tennessee

W. Bourke Cockran, New York

Louis C. Lathhan, North Carolina

George W. E. Dorsey, Nebraska

Ormsby B. Thomas, Wisconsin

Henry Bowen, Virginia

Charles P. Wickham, Ohio

William H. Gest, Illinois
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Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Lucien B. Caswell, Wisconsin

George W.E. Dorsey, Nebraska

Charles P. Wickman, Ohio

John H. Gear, Iowa

Edward H. Funston, Kansas

Marriott Brosius, Pennsylvania

Frederick Lansing, New York 

Hamilton G. Ewart, North Carolina

William Mutchler, Pennsylvania

John D. Alderson, West Virginia

Alexander B. Montgomery, Kentucky

Rice A. Pierce, Tennessee

David B. Brunner, Pennsylvania

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Ashbel P. Fitch, New York

John D. Alderson, West Virginia

David B. Brunner, Pennsylvania

Clinton Babbitt, Wisconsin

George Van Horn, New York 

Thomas E. Winn, Georgia

Marshall Arnold, Missouri

William T. Crawford, North Carolina

Allen Bushnell, Wisconsin

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

John T. Caine, Utah Territory

Hary H. Bingham, Pennsylvania

Jon Lind, Minnesota

Bellamy Storer, Ohio

John G. Otis, Kansas
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Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John O. Pendleton, West Virginia

William T. Crawford, North Carolina

Paul C. Edmunds, Virginia

George W. Fithian, Illinois

Jeremiah V. Cockrell, Texas

Charles G. Conn, Indiana

Thomas D. English, New Jersey

Joseph L. Rawlins, Utah Territory

John C. Bell, Colorado

Edward H. Funston, Kansas

Francis Marvin, New YOrk

Wiliam V. Lucas, South Dakota

George B. Shaw, Wisconsin

Thomas J. Hudson, Kansas

On August 2, 1894, Edward H. Funston, Kansas, was excused from the Committee.

On August 27, 1894, George B. Shaw, Wisconsin, died in office.

On December 6, 1894, M ichael D. Harter, O hio, and Charles E. C offin, Ma ryland, were ap pointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

William E. Andrews, Nebraska

Richard Bartholdt, Missouri

Roswell P. Bishop, Michigan

Frank S. Black, New York

Samuel A. Cook, Wisconsin

Ebenezer J. Hill, Connecticut

Benjamin F. Howell, New Jersey

Alva L. Hager, Iowa

Thomas B. Catron, New Mexico Territory

William A. Jones, Virgina

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr., Arkansas

Joshua W. Miles, Maryland

William C. Owens, Kentucky
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Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

Richard Barholdt, Missouri

Roswell P. Bishop, Michigan

Alva L. Hager, Iowa

Charles W. Stone, Pennsylvania

Aaron V.S. Cochrane, New York

William W. McIntire, Maryland

Robert W. Taylor, Ohio

James Y. Callahan, Oklahoma Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr., Arkansas

Roderick D. Sutherland, Nebraska

William W. Kitchin, North Carolina

John W. Cranford, Texas

Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

Roswell P. Bishop, Michigan

Aaron V.S. Cochrane, New York

Archibald Lybrand, Ohio

Horace B. Packer, Pennsylvania

James E. Watson, Indiana

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

James M.E. O’Grady, New York

Pedro Perea, New Mexico Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr., Arkansas

Mitchell May, New York

David E. Johnston, West Virginia

George G. Gilbert, Kentucky

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

James E. Watson, Indiana

H. Burd Cassel, Pennsylvania

Alvin Evans, Pennsylvania

Charles Q. Hildebrant, Ohio

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

George Sutherland, Utah

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

Robert W. Wilcox, Territory of Hawaii

William A. Jones, Virginia

Phillip D. McCulloch, Jr., Arkansas

George G. Gilbert, Kenyucky

Asbury F. Lever, South Carolina

Dudley G. Wooten, Texas
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Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

Alvin Evans, Pennsylvania

Charles Q. Hildebrant, Ohio

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

George J. Smith, New York

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

George G. Gilbert, Kentucky

William Robert Smith, Texas

Robert M. Wallace, Arkansas

Wyatt Aiken, South Dakota

Charles H. Weisse, Wisconsin

On M arch 28, 19 04, G eorge A. C astor, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the C ommittee after Geo rge J. Smith.

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George W. Smith, Illinois

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

George A. Castor, Pennsylvania

Martin L. Smyser, Ohio

William S. Bennet, New York

Marion E. Rhodes, Missouri

Jonah Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

George G. Gilbert, Kentucky

William Robert Smith, Texas

Robert M. Wallace, Arkansas

Charles H. Weisse, Wisconsin

Thomas A. Smith, Maryland

On Feburary 19, 1906, George A Castor, Pennsylvania, died in office.

On December 17, 1906, Charles N. Brumm, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

William S. Bennet, New York 

Charles N. Brumm, Pennsylvania

John F. Boyd, Nebraska

Campbell Bascom Slemp, Virginia

Jonah Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

William Robert Smith, Texas

Robert M. Wallace, Arkansas

Charles H. Weisse, Wisconsin

Eugene W. Leake, New Jersey

Joseph J. Russell, Missouri

On January 4, 1909, Charles N. Brumm , Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.
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Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Ernest W. Roberts, Massachusetts

George W. Norris, Nebraska

Cyrus Durey, New York

Elmer A. Morse, Wisconsin

Charles H. Morgan, Missouri

John K. Tener, Pennsylvania

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Jonah Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

William A. Jones, Virginia

William Robert Smith, Texas

Robert M. Wallace, Arkansas

Charles H. Weisse, Wisconsin

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

Dannitte E. Mays, Florida

On November 6, 1911, John K. Tenor, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

On D ecemb er 8, 1910 , William Rob ert Smith, Texas, w as excuse d from the Committee, and Ro bert M . Lively,

Texas, was appointed in his place.

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MEMBERS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

17th - 79th Congresses (1821 - 1946) 

The Committee on Indian Affairs was established on December 17, 1821, by a resolution of 

Samuel Moore and existed through the 79th Congress.

Seventeenth Congress

(1821-1823)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 5, 1821

Samuel Moore, Pennsylvania

(December 3, 1821 - December 19, 1821)

Charles Fenton Mercer, Virginia

(December 19, 18221 - August 18, 1822)

Thomas Metcalfe, Kentucky

Thomas Bayly, Maryland

Elijah Spencer, New York

James S. Mitchell, Pennsylvania

Lewis Bigelow, Massachusetts 

On December 17, 1821, Thomas H. Hall, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 19, 1821, Samuel Moore, Pennsylvanica, was excus ed from the Committee and C harles F. M ercer,

Virginia was appointed as Chairman in his place.

On M ay 8, 1822, Thomas H. Hall, North Carolina, was excused from the Committee.

Second Session - December 3, 1822

 Thomas Metcalfe, Kentucky

(December 2, 1822 - March 3, 1823)

Lewis Bigelow, Massachusetts

James S. Mitchell, Pennsylvania

Charles Fenton Mercer, Virginia

Richard McCarty, New York

William D. Williamson, Maine 

Jared Williams, Virginia

Eighteenth Congress

(1823-1824)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John Alexander Cocke, Tennessee

James S. Mitchell, Pennsylvania

Jared Williams, Virginia

John McKee, Alabama

William McLean, Ohio

Egbert Ten Eyck, New York

Alfred M. Gatlin, North Carolina
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Nineteenth Congress

(1825-1827)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

John Alexander Cocke, Tennessee

First Session - December 7, 1825

John McKee, Alabama

William McLean, Ohio

Richard Aylett Buckner, Kentucky

John Taliaferro, Virginia 

William McManus, New York

Charles Miner, Pennsylvania

Second Session - December 6, 1826

John McKee, Alabama

William McLean, Ohio

Charles Miner, Pennsylvania

Daniel Greene Garnsey, New York

William Singleton Young, Kentucky

Samuel Swan, New Jersey

Twentieth Congress

(1827-1829)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

William McLean, Ohio

John McKee, Alabama

Samuel P. Carson, North Carolina

Henry Daniel, Kentucky

Samuel Swan, New Jersey

Wilson Lumpkin, Georgia

Oliver Hampton Smith, Indiana

Twenty First Congress

(1829 - 1831)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John Bell, Tennessee

Wilson Lumpkin, Georgia

Thomas Hinds, Mississippi

William Lucius Storrs, Connecticut

Henry Hubbard, New Hampshire

Nathan Gaither, Kentucky

Dixon Hall Lewis, Alabama
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Twenty-Second Congress

(1831-1833)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

First Session - December 8, 1831

John Bell, Tennessee

(December 8, 1831 - July 16, 1832)

Dixon Hall Lewis, Alabama

Wiley Thompson, Georgia

William G. Angel, New York

William Lucius Storrs, Connecticut

John Young Mason, Virginia

Joseph Lecompte, Kentucky

Second Session - December 6, 1832

Dixon Hall Lewis, Alabama

(December 6, 1832 - March 2, 1833)

Wiley Thompson, Georgia

William G. Angel, New York

William L. Storrs, Connecticut

Joseph Lecompte, Kentucky

William Kennon, Sr., Ohio 

Micajah T. Hawkins, North Carolina

Twenty-Third Congress

(1833-1834)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

First Session - December 5, 1833

Dixon Hall Lewis, Alabama

(December 5, 1833 - June 30, 1834)

George R. Gilmer, Georgia

Johnathan McCarty, Indiana

Horace Everett, Vermont

James Graham, North Carolina

William Allen, Ohio

David W. Dickinson, Tennessee

Edward Howell, New York 

James Love, Kentucky 

Second Congress - December 4, 1834

George Rockingham Gilmer, Georgia

(December 4, 1834 - March 3, 1835)

Johnathan McCarty, Indiana

Horace Everett, Vermont

James Graham, North Carolina 

William Allen, Ohio

David W. Dickinson, Tennessee 

Edward Howell, New York 

James Love, Kentucky 

George Grennell, Jr., Massachusetts
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Twenty Fourth Congress

(1835-1837)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John Bell, Ohio 

First Session - December 10, 1835

Johnathan McCarty, Indiana

Horace Everett, Vermont

James Graham, North Carolina

William Henry Ashley, Missouri

Charles Eaton Haynes, Georgia

Francis Strother Lyon, Alabama 

Albert G. Hawes, Kentucky 

John Chaney, Ohio

On April 2, 18 36, W illiam M ontgomery, N orth Carolina, w as ap pointed to fill the vac ancy o f James Gra ham, N orth

Carolina, who was excused from the Committee.

Second Session - December 8, 1836

Johnathan McCarty, Indiana

Horace Everett, of Vermont

William Henry Ashley, Missouri 

Charles Eaton Haynes, Georgia

Albert G. Hawes, Kentucky 

John Chaney, Ohio

William Montgomery, North Carolina

James Garland, Virginia 

Twenty-Fifth Congress

(1837-1839)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John Bell, Ohio, Whig 

First Session - September 11, 1837

Horace Everett, Vermont

Charles Eaton Haynes, Georgia

John Chaney, Ohio

William Montgomery, North Carolina

Amasa Junius Parker, New York

John Campbell, South Carolina 

John L. Murray, Kentucky 

Samuel W. Morris, Pennsylvania

Second Session - December 7, 1837

Horace Everett, Vermont 

John Chaney, Ohio 

Amasa Junius Parker, New York 

John Campbell, South Carolina

John L. Murray, Kentucky 

James Graham, North Carolina

Isaac Edmond Crary, Michigan

Isaac Samuel Pennybacker, Virginia 

Third Session - December 6, 1838

Horace Everett, Vermont 

John Chaney, Ohio 

Amasa Junius Parker, New York

David Petrikin, Pennsylvania

James Graham, North Carolina 

Dixon Hall Lewis, Alabama 

Linn Banks, Virginia 

Virgil Delphini Parris, Maine
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Twenty-Sixth Congress

(1839-1841)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

John Bell, Ohio 

First Session - December 27, 1839

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Julius Caesar Alford, Georgia

Edward Cross, Arkansas

Thomas Withers Chinn, Louisiana

Charles B. Shepard, North Carolina

William Lucas, Virginia 

Hiram Paine Hunt, New York

John Wesley Davis, Indiana

On May 16, 1840, John W. Davis, Indiana, was excused from the Committee, and Peter Dumont Vroom, New

Jersey, was appointed in his place.

Second Session - December 10, 1840 

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Julius Caesar Alford, Georgia

Thomas Withers Chinn, Louisiana

William Lucas, Virginia

Hiram Paine Hunt, New York

John Wesley Davis, Indiana

Issac Parrish, Ohio

Daniel Bailey Ryall, New Jersey
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Twenty-Seventh Congress

(1841-1843)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - June 7, 1841

John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts

(June 7, 1841 - June 18, 1841)

Victory Birdseye, New York

(June 18, 1841 - September 13, 1841)

James Cooper, Pennsylvania

Richard W. Barton, Virginia

William B. Campbell, Tennessee

James A. Meriwether, Georgia 

Thomas C. Chittenden, New York 

Augustine Sheppard, North Carolina

William Butler, South Carolina

Benjamin A. Bidlack, Pennsylvania

On June 18, 1841, John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, was excused from further service on the Committee,

and Victory Birdseye, New Y ork, was appointed as Chairman in his place.

Second Session - December 13, 1841

James Cooper, Pennsylvania

(December 13, 1841 - March 3, 1843)

Robert L. Caruthers, Tennessee

Thomas C. Chittenden, New York

Augustus Rhodes Sollers, Maryland

William Butler, South Carolina

Harvey M. Watterson, Tennessee

William Alexander Harris, Virginia 

John B. Weller, Ohio

John Cummins Edwards, Missouri

Third Session - December 12, 1842 

Thomas C. Chittenden, New York

William Butler, South Carolina

Abraham Rencher, North Carolina

Joseph Livingston White, Indiana

Harvey M. Watterson, Tennessee

John B. Weller, Ohio

John Cummins Edwards, Missouri

William M. Gwin, Mississippi

On December 15, 1842, William Alexander Harris, Virginia, was appointed of the Committee on Indian Affairs,

in the place of William McK endree G win, M ississippi, who has not app eared in the Hous e at the present session.
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Twenty-Eighth Congress

(1843-1845)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Cave Johnson, Tennessee

First Session - December 11, 1843 

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

Solomon Foot, Vermont

James B. Hunt, Michigan

Benjamin A. Bidlack, Pennsylvania

Washington Hunt, New York

Charles S. Benton, New York

James M. Hughes, Missouri

John I. Vanmeter, Ohio

Second Session - December 5, 1844 

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

Solomon Foot, Vermont

Benjamin A. Bidlack, Pennsylvania

James B. Hunt, Michigan

Osmyn Baker, Massachusetts

Charles S. Benton, New York

James M. Hughes, Missouri

John I. Vanmeter, Ohio

Twenty-Ninth Congress

(1845-1847)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

First Session - December 4, 1845

Charles S. Benton, New York

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Archibald Yell, Arkansas

Solomon Foot, Vermont

Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina

William Sawyer, Ohio

James G. Hampton, New Jersey

Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana. 

Second Session - December 10, 1846 

Reuben Chapman, Alabama

Charles S. Benton, New York

Linn Boyd, Kentucky

Solomon Foot, Vermont

Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina

William Sawyer, Ohio 

George Ashmun, Massachusetts

Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana.
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Thirtieth Congress

(1847-1849)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - December 9, 1847

Meredith P. Gentry, Tennessee

(December 8, 1847 - August 14, 1848)

Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina

(December 7, 1848 - March 3, 1848)

Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina

Jacob Thompson, Mississippi

Abraham R. McIlvaine, Pennsylvania

Charles W. Cathcart, Indiana

Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio

Lucius B. Peck, Vermont

Aylett Buckner, Kentucky

Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas

On December 7, 1848, Daniel M. Barringer, North Carolina was appointed Chairman of the Committee.

Thirty-First Congress

(1849-1851)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas

First Session - December 27, 1849

Willard P. Hall, Missouri

John Crowell, Ohio

James X. McLanahan, Pennsylvania 

David Outlaw, North Carolina

Thomas C. Hackett, Georgia

David A. Bokee, New York

Volney E. Howard, Texas

William Sprague, Michigan.

On July 3, 1850, Thomas C. Hackett, Georgia, was excused from the Committee, and Joseph W. Jackson, Georgia,

was appointed in his place.

Second Session - December 5, 1850 

James X. McLanahan, Pennsylvania

John Crowell, Ohio

William H. Bissell, Illinois

David Outlaw, North Carolina

Joseph W. Jackson, Georgia

Charles E. Clarke, New York

Isham G. Harris, Tennessee

William Sprague, Michigan. 
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Thirty-Second Congress

(1851-1853)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas

Volney E. Howard, Texas

George Briggs, New York

Joseph W. Jackson, Georgia

James L. Conger, Michigan

Graham N. Fitch, Indiana

Joseph P. Caldwell, North Carolina

Edward C. Marshall, California

Charles Durkee, Wisconsin

Thirty-Third Congress

(1853-1855)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

James L. Orr, South Carolina

Ben C. Eastman, Wisconsin

Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania

Edward Ball, Ohio

Augustus E. Maxwell, Florida

Daniel B. Wright, Mississippi

Alfred B. Greenwood, Arkansas

Benjamin Pringle, New York

Milton S. Latham, California

Thirty-Fourth Congress

(1855-1857)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Benjamin Pringle, New York

James L. Orr, South Carolina

Charles Billinghurst, Wisconsin

Alfred B. Greenwood, Arkansas

Benjamin F. Leiter, Ohio

Robert B. Hall, Massachusetts

Lemuel Todd, Pennsylvania

Samuel Caruthers, Missouri

Philemon T. Herbert, California
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Thirty-Fifth Congress

(1857-1859)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Alfred B. Greenwood, Arkansas

First Session - December 14, 1857 

Charles L. Scott, California

Benjamin F. Leiter, Ohio

John H. Reagan, Texas

Samuel H. Woodson, Missouri

Eli S. Shorter, Alabama

Silas M. Burroughs, New York

Schuyler Colfax, Indiana

William F. Russell, New York

Second Session - December 9, 1858

Eli S. Shorter, Alabama

Benjamin F. Leiter, Ohio

Samuel H. Woodson, Missouri

Schuyler Colfax, Indiana

William F. Russell, New York

Charles L. Scott, California

Silas M. Burroughs, New York

Guy M. Bryan, Texas

Thirty-Sixth Congress

(1859-1861)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Emerson Etheridge, Tennessee

Silas M. Burroughs, New York

Samuel H. Woodson, Missouri

John F. Farnsworth, Illinois

Horace F. Clark, New York

Charles L. Scott, California

DeWitt C. Leach, Michigan

Thomas M. Edwards, New Hampshire

Cyrus Aldrich, Minnesota

On F ebrua ry 9, 1860, John F. Farnsworth, Illinois, was excused from the Committee and John H. Reagan, Texas,

was appointed to fill the vacancy.

On June 3, 1860, Silas M. Burroughs, New York, died in office.

On June 11, 1860, The Speaker appointed Charles L. Beale, New York, to the Committee to fill the vacancy of Silas

M. Burroughs, New York.
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Thirty-Seventh Congress

(1861-1863)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Cyrus Aldrich, Minnesota

Thomas M. Edwards, New Hampshire

Robert Mallory, Kentucky

Martin F. Conway, Kansas

William Mitchell, Indiana

Moses F. Odell, New York

William E. Lansing, New York

John Patton, Pennsylvania

Andrew J. Thayer, Oregon

On July 10, 1861, Robert Mallory, Kentucky, was excused from further service on the Committee, and William

D. Kelley, Pennsylvania, was appointed in his place.

On July 30, 1861, Andrew J. Thayer, Oregon, was excused from further service in the House of Representatives.

On December 5, 1861, Timothy G. Phelps, California, was appointed to the Committee in the place of Andrew

J. Tha yer, O regon, w ho w as de clared n ot entitled to a seat.

Thirty-Eighth Congress

(1863-1865)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Windom, Minnesota

Walter D. McIndoe, Wisconsin

John R. McBride, Oregon

Abel Carter Wilder, Kansas

Sempronius H. Boyd, Missouri

Thomas B. Shannon, California

James C. Allen, Illinois

Homer A. Nelson, New York

Charles Denison, Pennsylvania

Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Windom, Minnesota

Walter D. McIndoe, Wisconsin

Asahel W. Hubbard, Iowa

Sidney Clarke, Kansas

Roswell Hart, New York 

James H. D. Henderson, Oregon

Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri

Charles Denison, Pennsylvania

Lewis W. Ross, Illinois
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Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Windom, Minnesota

Asahel W. Hubbard, Iowa

Sidney Clarke, Kansas

Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri

Glenni W. Scofield, Pennsylvania

John P. C. Shanks, Indiana

John Taffe, Nebraska

Lewis W. Ross, Illinois

William Mungen, Ohio

Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Sidney Clarke, Kansas

Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri

John P. C. Shanks, Indiana

John Taffe, Nebraska

Alexander H. Bailey, New York

John T. Deweese, North Carolina

William H. Armstrong, Pennsylvania

William Mungen, Ohio

Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky

On February 2, 1870, Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky, was excused from further service on the Committee.

On F ebrua ry 28, 1 870 , John T . Dewe ese, N orth Carolina, w as exc used from the C ommittee. 

On March 7, 1870, George M. Adams, Ken tucky; Jo seph S. Smith, Orego n; and C harles H . Va n W yck, N ew Yo rk

were appointed to the Committee.

On April 7, 1870, Edward Degener, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John P. C. Shanks, Indiana

Samuel S. Burdett, Missouri

John A. Smith, Ohio

John T. Averill, Minnesota

John V. Creely, Pennsylvania

John Edwards, Arkansas

George M. Adams, Kentucky

Alexander Mitchell, Wisconsin

William Williams, New York

On Februa ry 18, 1872, Thomas Boles, Arkansas, was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Committee occasioned by

John E dw ards, A rkans as, be ing declare d not e ntitled to his sea t.
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Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John T. Averill, Minnesota

David P. Lowe, Kansas

Roderick R. Butler, Tennessee

Joseph H. Rainey, South Carolina

Hiram L. Richmond, Pennsylvania

John McNulta, Illinois

John D. Lawson, New York

Benjamin W. Harris, Massachusetts

George M. Adams, Kentucky

Abram Comingo, Missouri

DeWitt C. Giddlings, Texas

On December 19, 1873, John P.C. Shanks, Indiana was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat 

Minority: Republican

Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina

William W. Wilshire, Arkansas

Andrew R. Boone, Kentucky

William A.J. Sparks, Illinois

Charles E. Hooker, Mississippi

Charles H. Morgan, Missouri

LaFayette Lane, Oregon

Julius H. Seelye, Massachusetts

Horace F. Page, California

Nelson H. Van Vorhes, Ohio

John Q. Tufts, Iowa

On M arch 3 0, 1876 , W il li am Rand olph S teele , Delegate from the Wyoming Territory, was a ppointed to the

Committee.

Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina

Alfred R. Boone, Kentucky

Charles E. Hooker, Mississippi

Charles H. Morgan, Missouri

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

Thomas M. Gunter, Arkansas

George M. Beebe, New York

Horace F. Page, California

Nelson M. Van Vorhes, New York

Martin I. Townsend, New York

Jacob H. Stewart, Minnesota
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Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina

Charles E. Hooker, Mississippi

Thomas M. Gunter, Arkansas

James R. Waddill, Missouri

Henry Poehler, Minnesota

John Whiteaker, Oregon

Olin Wellborn, Texas

Russell Errett, Pennsylvania

Nathaniel C. Deering, Iowa

Thadeus C. Pound, Wisconsin

Dudley C. Haskell, Kansas

George Ainslee, Idaho Territorry

Forty-Seventh Congress

(1881-1883)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Dudley C. Haskell, Kansas

Nathaniel C. Deering, Iowa

W.W. Rice, Massachusetts

Joseph Mason, New York

Oliver L. Spaulding, Michigan

John R. Buck, Connecticut

David P. Richardson, New York

Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina

Charles E. Hooker, Mississippi

Olin Wellborn, Texas

Newton C. Blanchard, Louisiana

George Ainslie, Idaho Territory

On February 1, 1882, Alfred M. Scales, North Carolina was excused from the Committee, and James K. Jones,

Arkansas was appointed in his place.

Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Olin Wllborn, Texas

Alexander Graves, Missouri

Robert S. Stevens, New York

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

Rice A. Pierce, Tennessee

John F. Finerty, Illinois

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

A. Herr Smith, Pennsylvania

Melvin C. George, Oregon

Bishop W. Perkins, Kansas

Knute Nelson, Minnesota

Granville H. Oury, Arizona Territory
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Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Olin Wellborn, Texas

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

John B. Storm, Pennsylvania

Felix Campbell, New York

John B. Hale, Missouri

John M. Allen, Mississippi

James H. Ward, Illinois

Bishop W. Perkins, Kansas

Knute Nelson, Minnesota

Walter L. Sessions, New York

Charles H. Allen, Massachusetts

Robert M. LaFollette, Wisconsin

John Hailey, Idaho Territory

Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

John M. Allen, Mississippi

Benjamin F. Shively, Indiana

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

William H. Perry, South Carolina

Thomas R. Hudd, Wisconsin

John A. McShane, Nebraska

James E. Cobb, Alabama

Silas Hare, Texas

Bishop W. Perkins, Kansas

Knute Nelson, Minnesota

Robert M. LaFollette, Wisconsin

Smedley Darlington, Pennsylvania

Edward P. Allen, Michigan

Oscar S. Gifford, Dakota Territory

Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Bishop W. Perkins, Kansas

Oscar S. Gifford, South Dakota

Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsylvania

Warren O. Arnold, Rhode Island

Melvin M. Boothman, Ohio

Darwin S. Hall, Minnesota

Myron H. McCord, Wisconsin 

John L. Wilson, Washington

Fred T. Dubois, Idaho Territory

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

John M. Allen, Mississippi

Benjamin F. Shively, Indiana

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

Silas Hare, Texas
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Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

John M. Allen, Mississippi

Louis W. Turpin, Alabama

Hosea H. Rockwell, New York

William H. Brawley, South Carolina

Thomas Lynch, Wisconsin

Thomas D. English, New Jersey

Omer M. Kem, Nebraska 

Benjamin H. Clover, Kansas

John L. Wilson, washington

Joseph McKenna, California

Warren B. Hooker, New York

Albert C. Hopkins, Pennsylvania 

David A. Harvey, Oklahoma Territory

On M arch 28, 1892, Joseph McKenna, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 30, 1892, John A. Pickler, South Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William S. Holman, Indiana

John M. Allen, Mississippi

Louis W. Turpin, Alabama

Thomas Lynch, Wisconsin

Osee M. Hall, Minnesota

John W. Maddox, Georgia

Andrew J. Hunter, Illinois

George C. Pendleton, Texas

William H. Bower, North Carolina

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

John L. Wilson, Washington

Albert C. Hopkins, Pennsylvania

John A. Pickler, South Dakota

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

On August 21, 1893, Omer M. Kem, Nebraska, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 4, 1894, Osee M . Hall, Minnesota, was excused form the Committee.

On December 6, 1894, John S. Little, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee in the place of Osee M . Ha ll,

M innesota

On February 18, 1895, John L. Wilson, Washington, resigned from the House of Representatives.
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Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

George W. Wilson, Ohio

George D. Meiklejohn, Nebraska

Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota

William H. Doolittle, Washington

Israel F. Fisher, New York

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin

George E. White, Illinois

Samuel C. Hyde, Washington

James E. Watson, Indiana

John M. Allen, Missippi

John W. Maddox, Georgia

George C. Pendleton, Texas

John S. Little, Arkansas

William C. Owens, Kentucky

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

Israel F. Fisher, New York

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Horace G. Snover, Michigan

Charles B. Landis, Indiana

Samuel H. Barrows, Massachusetts

Horace B. Packer, Pennsylvania

Charles W. Pearce, Missouri

John S. Little, Arkansas

William A. Jones, Virginia

Elijah B. Lewis, Georgia

John H. Stephens, Texas

William T. Zenor, Indiana

Maecenas E. Benton, Missouri
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Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Horace B. Packer, Pennsylvania

Charles E. Pearce, Missouri

Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Joseph J. Gill, Ohio

John S. Little, Arkansas

John H. Stephens, Texas

William T. Zenor, Indiana

Stanyarne Wilson, South Carolina

John R. Thayer, Massachusetts

John J. Fitzgerald, New York

John Dougherty, Missouri

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Stephen Morgan, Ohio

Malcom A. Moody, Oregon

James C. Needham, California

John S. Little, Arkansas

John H. Stephens, Texas

William T. Zenor, Indiana

John J. Fitzgerald, New York

John Dougherty, Missouri

James McAndrews, Illinois

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory
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Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Charles L. Knapp, New York

Binger Hermann, Oregon

Clarence B. Buckman, Minnesota

Edmund H. Hinshaw, Nebraska

Herschel M. Hogg, Colorado

John H. Stephens, Texas

William T. Zenor, Indiana

John J. Fitzgerald, New York

John Dougherty, Missouri

James McAndrews, Illinois

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

Bernard S. Rodey, New Mexico Territory

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Charles Curtis, Kansas

John F. Lacey, Iowa

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Charles L. Knapp, New York

Binger Hermann, Oregon

Clarence B. Buckman, Minnesota

Edmund H. Hinshaw, Nebraska

Herschel M. Hogg, Colorado

Harry C. Woodyard, West Virginia

John H. Stephens, Texas

William T. Zenor, Indiana

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

Claude Kitchin, North Carolina

Wyatt Aiken, South Carolina

Clarence D. Van Duzer, Nevada

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma Territory

On January 28, 1907, Charles Curtis, Kansas, died in office.

On F ebrua ry 13, 1 907 , Jose ph M . Dixon , M ontana , wa s app ointed to th e Committee. 
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Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James S. Sherman, New York

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Charles L. Knapp, New York

Edmund H. Hinshaw, Nebraska

Amos L. Allen, Maine

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Joseph Howell, Utah

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Charles A. Lindbergh, Minnesota

Elmer A. Morse, Wisconsin

William H. Parker, South Dakota

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

John H. Stephens, Texas

Claude Kitchin, North Carolina

Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska

Edward W. Saunders, Virginia

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

W. Ben Cravens, Arkansas

Thomas Hackney, Missouri

On June 26, 1908, William H. Parker, South Dakota, was excused from the Committee.

On December 14, 1908, Claude Kitchein, North Carolina was excused from the Committee and Eben W . Ma rtin,

South Dakota, was appointed in his place.

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Amos L. Allen, Maine

Charles F. Barclay, Pennsylvania

Edmund H. Hinshaw, Nebraska

Arthur P. Murphy, Missouri

Richard Young, New York

Louis B. Hanna, North Dakota

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Nathan E. Kendall, Iowa

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

John H. Stephens, Texas

Edward W. Saunders, Virginia

Joseph W. Byrns, Tennessee

Carl C. Anderson, Ohio

James P. Latta, Nebraska

William D. Jamieson, Iowa

James M. Graham, Illinois
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Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John H. Stephens, Texas

James P. Latta, Nebraska

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

James M. Gudger, Jr., North Carolina

Atterson W. Rucker, Colorado

Joseph J. Russell, Missouri

Thomas F. Konop, Wisconsin

Charles B. Smith, New York

Henderson M. Jacoway, Arkansas

James D. Post, Ohio

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Charles E. Patton, Pennsylvania

Fred S. Jackson, Kansas

Stanton Warburton, Washington

Henry T. Helgesen, North Dakota

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

On September 11, 1911, James P. Latta, Nebraska, died in office.

On January 8, 1912, Dan V. Stephens, Nebraska, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 9, 1912, Lewis L. Morgan, Louisiana, was appointed to the C ommittee in the place of James P. Latta,

Nebraska.

On March 4, 1912, Carl T. Hayden, Arizona, was appointed to th e Committe e a fter A rizo na b ec ame a Sta te in

Februa ry of that yea r.

Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John H. Stephens, Texas

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

James M. Gudger, Jr.. North Carolina

Thomas F. Konop, Wisconsin

James D. Post, Ohio

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Lewis L. Morgan, Louisiana

Dorsey W. Shackleford, Missouri

Robert P. Hill, Illinois

Allan B. Walsh, New Jersey

John R. Clancy, New York

John M. Evans, Montana

William H. D. Murray, Oklahoma

Denver S. Church, California

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Charles M. Hamilton, New York

Patrick D. Norton, North Dakota

Arthur R. Rupley, Pennsylvania

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory
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Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John H. Stephens, Texas

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

Thomas F. Konop, Wisconsin

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Lewis L. Morgan, Louisiana

William H. D. Murry, Oklahoma

Denver S. Church, California

Charles M. Steadman, North Carolina

William J. Sears, Florida

Clarence C. Dill, Washington

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Patrick D. Norton, North Dakota

Samuel H. Miller, Pennsylvania

S. Wallace Dempsey, New York

Home P. Snyder, New York

Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota

Franklin F. Ellsworth, Minnesota

Benigno C. Hernandez, New Mexico

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

On Februa ry 9, 19 16, W illiam W . Ve nable, M ississippi, w as ap pointed to the Committee after Ha rry L. Gandy, S outh

Dakota.

On Februa ry 22, 1 917 , William H. D. Mur ry , Oklahoma, was excused from the Committee, and William W.

Hastings, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee in his place.

Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Denver S. Church, California

William J. Sears, Florida

Clarence C. Dill, Washington

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

William W. Hastings, Oklahoma

Joe H. Eagle, Texas

William B. Walton, New Mexico

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Patrick D. Norton, North Dakota

Homer P. Snyder, New York

Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota

Burton L. French, Idaho

David G. Classon, Wisconsin

Thomas A. Chandler, Oklahoma

Archie D. Sanders, New York

Franklin F. Ellsworth, Minnesota

Jerome F. Donovon, New York
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Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Homer P. Snyder, New York

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota

John A. Elston, California

Frederick W. Dallinger, Massachusetts

Benigno C. Hernandez, New Mexico

Marion E. Rhodes, Missouri

James H. Sinclair, North Dakota

Clifford E. Randall, Wisconsin

Albert W. Jefferis, Nebraska

R. Clint Cole, Ohio

John Reber, Pennsylvania

M. Clyde Kelly, Pennsylvania

Charles D. Carter, Oklahoma 

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

William J. Sears, Florida

John N. Tillman, Arkansas

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

William W. Hastings, Oklahoma

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

Richard F. McKiniry, New York

Sixty-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Homer P. Snyder, New York 

Phillip P. Campbell, Kansas

Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota

Frederick W. Dallinger, Massachusetts

Albert W. Jefferis, Nebraska

R. Clint Cole, Ohio

John Reber, Pennsylvania

Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah

Nestor Montoya, New Mexico

Lorraine M. Gensman, Oklahoma

Sidney C. Roach, Missouri

Washington J. McCormick, Montana

Olger B. Burtness, North Dakota

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

William J. Sears, Florida

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

Fletcher B. Swank, Oklahoma

Ross A. Collins, Mississippi

Hampton P. Fulmer, South Carolina

Morgan G. Sanders, Texas
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Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Homer P. Snyder, New York

Royal C. Johnson, South Dakota

Frederick W. Dallinger, Massachusetts

R. Clint Cole, Ohio

Sidney C. Roach, Missouri

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Milton C. Garber, Oklahoma

William H. Sproul, Kansas

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Grant M. Hudson, Michigan

Gale H. Stalker, New York

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona 

William J. Sears, Florida

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

John M. Evans, Montana

William W. Hastings, Oklahoma

Everette B. Howard, Oklahoma

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

John Morrow, New Mexico

On January 16, 1924, Harold Knutson, Minnesota, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1928-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Scott Leavitt, Montana

William H. Sproul, Kansas

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Grant M. Hudson, Michigan

Gale H. Stalker, New York

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

William Williamson, South Dakota

Thaddeus C. Sweet, New York

Harry I. Thayer, Massachusetts

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Samuel J. Mongomery, Oklahoma

Elbert S. Brigham, Vermont

James A. Frear, Wisconsin

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona 

William J. Sears, Florida

John M. Evans, Montana

William W. Hastings, Oklahoma

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

John Morrow, New Mexico

Chauncey B. Little, Kansas
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Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Scott Leavitt, Montana

William H. Sproul, Kansas

Gale H. Stalker, New York

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

William Williamson, South Dakota

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Elbert S. Brigham, Vermont

Hubert H. Peavey, Wisconsin

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

William T. Fitzgerald, Ohio

Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts

Harry L. Englebright, California

Cyrus M. Palmer, Pennsylvania

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

William J. Sears, Florida

John M. Evans, Montana

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

John Morrow, New Mexico

Thomas L. Blanton, Texas

Everette B. Howard, Oklahoma

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Scott Leavitt, Montana

William H. Sproul, Kansas

Gale H. Stalker, New York

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

William Williamson, South Dakota

Frederick D. Letts, Iowa

Hurbert H. Peavey, Wisconsin

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Harry L. Englebright, California

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Oscar S. DePriest, Illinois

Thomas J. Halsey, Missouri

Edmond F. Cooke, New York

Charles O’Connor, Oklahoma

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

John M. Evans, Montana

Edgar Howard, Nebraska\

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

James T. Igoe, Illinois

William F. Brunner, New York

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia 

Joseph A. Gavagan, New York

On February 18, 1930, Joseph A. Gavagan, New York, was excused from the Committee and William H Granfield,

Massachusetts was appointed to the Committee in his place.
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Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

John M. Evans, Montana

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

William P. Connery, Jr., Massachusetts

Samuel Dickstein, New York

William I. Sirovich, New York

Bernhard M. Jacobsen, Iowa

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

Edward A. Kelly, Illinois

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Robert S. Hall, Mississippi

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Harold D. Knutson, Minnesota

William Williamson, South Dakota

Hurbert H. Peavy, Wisconsin

Oscar S. DePriest, Illinois

Edmond F. Cooke, New York

George A. Welsh, Pennsylvania

Frederick C. Loofbourow, Utah

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

On M ay 31, 1932, George A. Welsh, Pennsylvania, resigned from the House of Representatives.

Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Edgar Howard, Nebraska

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Thomas D.P. O’Malley, Wisconsin

Henry E. Stubbs, California

William R. Carpenter, Kansas

Knute Hill, Washington

Orrice A. Murdock, Jr., Utah

Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota

Frank H. Lee, Missouri

Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Hubert H. Peavey, Wisconsin

Oscar S. DePriest, Illinois

Fred C. Gilchrist, Iowa

Samuel L. Collins, California 

Theodore Christianson, Minnesota

On M arch 27, 1933,Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota, was excused from the Committee.

On January 20, 1934, William R. Carpenter, Kansas, was excused from the Committee.

On February 7, 1934, Isabella S. Greenway, Arizona, was appointed to the Committee.
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Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Thomas D.P. O’Malley, Wisconsin

Henry E. Stubbs, California

Knute Hill, Washington

Orrice Abe Murdock, Jr., Utah

Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota

Isabella S. Greenway, Arizona

William R.Carpenter, Kansas

John S. McGroarty, California

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

Bernard J. Gehrmann, Wisconsin 

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

Samuel L. Collins, California 

Isaac H. Doutrich, Pennsylvania

Fred L . Crawford, Michigan

John George Stewart, Delaware

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L . Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

Thomas D.P. O’Malley, Wisconsin

Henry E. Stubbs, California

Knute Hill, Washington

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Nan W. Honeyman, Oregon

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Harry R. Sheppard, California

Bernard J. Gehrmann, Wisconsin

Dewey W. Johnson, Minnesota

Richard T. Buckler, Minnesota

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

Fred L . Crawford, Michigan

Francis H. Case, South Dakota

Fred J. Douglas, New York

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

On January 4, 1937, Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota, was excused from the Committee.

On February 2, 1937, Henry E. Stubbs, died in office.

On November 24, 1937, Bruce Barton, New York, was appointed to the Committee.
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Seventy-Sixth Congress

 (1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L . Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

Knute Hill, Washington

James F. O’Connor, Montana

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Harry R. Sheppard, California

Lindley Beckworth, Texas

Bernard J. Gehrmann, Wisconsin 

Richard T. Buckler, Minnesota

Compton I, White, Idaho

Martin F. Smith, Washington

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Fred J. Douglas, New York

John C. Schafer, Wisconsin

Frederick C. Smith, Ohio

Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota

Frederick V. Bradley, Minnesota

Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska

On February 8, 1939, Lindley Beckworth, Texas, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 29, 1939, Harry R. Sheppard, California, was excused from the Committee.

On April 12, 1939, La nsdale G. S assler, Maryland, was a ppointed to the Committee after Ma rtin F. Smith,

Washington.

On November 3, 1939, Frederick V. Bradley, Minnesota, was excused from the Committee.

On January 22, 1940, Carl T. Curtis, Nebraska, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 7, 1940, Francis P. Bolton, Ohio, was appointed to the Committee.

On M ay 1, 1 940 , John H yde S we et, Nebras ka, w as ap pointed to the Committee. 

Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Joseph L . Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

James F. O’Connor, Montana

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Compton I. White, Idaho

Martin F. Smith, Washington

Walter K. Granger, Utah

Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico

John J. McIntyre, Wyoming

Bernard J. Gehrmann, Wisconsin

RichardT. Buckler, Minnesota

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Fred J. Douglas, New York

Richard P. Gale, Minnesota

William S. Hill, Colorado

Philip A. Bennett, Missouri

Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

On October 17, 1941, William S. Hill, Colorado, was excused from the Committee.

On December 17, 1941, Wilson D. Gillette, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 7, 1942, Philip A. Bennett, Missouri, died in office.
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Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat 

Minority: Republican

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Joseph L . Smith, West Virginia

Samuel Dickstein, New York

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Compton I. White, Idaho

Robert A. Green, Florida

Nat Patton, Texas

Henry M. Jackson, Washington

George E. Outland, California

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

W. Arthur Winstead, Mississippi

Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin 

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Fred C. Gilchrest, Iowa

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Fred J. Douglas, New York

Richard P. Gale, Minnesota

Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota

Wilson D. Gillette, Pennsylvania

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

Otis H. Holmes, Washington

Samuel W. Arnold, Missouri

On M arch 22, 1944, George E. Outland, California, was excused form the Committee.

On April 18, 1944, William G. Stigler, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee.

On April 22, 1944, Robert Alex Green, Florida, was excused from the Committee.

Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Henry M. Jackson, Washington

Samuel Dickstein, New York

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Compton I. White, Idaho

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

William G. Stigler, Oklahoma

Mike J. Mansfield, Montana

Ellis E. Patterson, California

William J. Greene, Jr., Pennsylvania

Cleveland M. Bailey, West Virginia

Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York

William J. Gallagher, Minnesota

Berkeley L. Bunker, Nevada

Edward L. Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

Otis H. Holmes, Washington

Samuel W. Arnold, Missouri

Charles R. Robertson, North Dakota

Edgar A. Sharp, New York

George B. Schwabe, Oklahoma

O n June 25, 1945, Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana, was appointed to the Committee after George B. Schwabe,

Oklahoma.

On October 2, 1945, Mike J. Mansfield, Montana, was excused from the Committee.

On December 30, 1945, Samuel Dickstein, New York, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On April 16, 1946, George B. Schwabe, Oklahoma, was excused from the Committee.

On June 14, 1946, Carl H. Hoffman, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

On August 13, 1946, William J. Gallagher, Minnesota, died in office.

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MEMBERS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES

19th -79th Congresses (1825 - 1946)

Nineteenth Congress

(1825-1827)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

James Strong, New York

First Session - December 7, 1825

Charles F. Mercer, Virginia

Joseph Vance, Ohio

Gideon Tomlinson, Connecticut

William Drayton, South Carolina

Daniel P. Cook, Illinois 

John McKee, Alabama

Second Session - December 6, 1826

Francis Baylies, Massacusetts

Lemuel Sawyer, North Carolina

Jermus Johnson, New York

Samuel Edwards, Pennsylvania

Danuel L. Barringer, North Carolina

Thomas Shannon, Ohio

Twentieth Congress

(1827-1829)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Federalist

First Session - December 6, 1827

James Strong, New York

(December 6, 1827 - May 26, 1828)

James Clark, Kentucky

Lemuel Sawyer, North Carolina

John C. Wright, Ohio

Ralph L. Bunner, New York

Pryor Lea, Tennessee

Richard Coulter, Pennsylvania

Second Session - December 10, 1828

James Clark, Kentucky

(December 10, 1828 - March 3, 1829)

John C. Wright, Ohio

William Creighton, Jr., Ohio

Innis Green, Pennsylvania

Nathaniel Garrow, New York

William S. Armstrong, Virginia

Tomlinson Fort, Georgia
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Twenty-First Congress

(1829-1831)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

James Clark, Kentucky

James Strong, New York

William Creighton, Jr., Ohio

William Armstrong, Virginia 

William G. Angel, New York

Henry B. Cowles, New York

William B. Shepard, North Carolina

On May 3, 1831, James Strong, New York, was excused from the Committee.

On May 31, 1830, Innis Green, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

Twenty-Second Congress

(1831-1833)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John L. Kerr, Maryland

First Session - December 8, 1831

William Creighton, Jr., Ohio

William B. Sheperd, North Carolina

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut

Chilton Allen, Kentucky

John J. Roane, Virginia

Second Session - December 6, 1832

William Creighton, Jr., Ohio

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

Jabez W. Huntington, Connecticut

Chilton Allen, Kentucky

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

John King, New York
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Twenty-Third Congress

(1833-1835)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

First Session - December 5, 1833

Lewis Williams, North Carolina

(December 5, 1833 - June 30, 1834)

Chilton Allan, Kentucky

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

Noadiah Johnson, New York

Joseph B. Anthony, Pennsylvannia

Edgar C. Wilson, Virginia

Benjamin Jones, Ohio

John Ewing, Ohio

Roger L. Gamble, Georgia

Second Session - December 4, 1834

Chilton Allan, Kentucky

(December 4, 1834 - March 3, 1835)

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

Noahdiah Johnson, New York

Edgar C. Wilson, Virginia

Benjamin Jones, Ohio

John Ewin, Indiana

Roger L. Gamble, Georgia

Harry Cage, Mississippi

Joseph Trumbull, Connecticut

Twenty-Fourth Congress

(1835-1837)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

John M. Patton, Virginia

First Session - December 10, 1835 

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

John W. Brown, New York

Samuel Fowler, New Jersey

Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina

William Sprague, Rhode Island

James A. Pearce, Maryland

Nathaniel Borden, Massachusetts

Rutger B. Miller, New York

Second Session - December 8, 1836

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvania

John W. Brown, New York

Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina

James A. Pearce, Maryland

Joseph Hall, Maine

Joseph Johnson, Virginia

Lynn Boyd, Kentucky

William Montgomery, North Carolina
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Twenty-Fifth Congress

(1837-1839)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

First Session - September 11, 1837

John M. Patton, Virginia

(September 11, 1937 - October 16, 1837)

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

Francis W. Pickens, South Carolina

James A. Pearce, Maryland

Nathaniel B. Borden, Massachusetts

William J. Graves, Kentucky

Thomas Davee, Maine

Nathaniel Jones, New York

James Farrington, New Hampshire

Second Session - December 7, 1837

Issac H. Bronson, New York

(December 7, 1837 - March 3, 1839)

David Potts, Jr., Pennsylvannia

James A. Pearce, Maryland

Nathaniel B. Borden, Massachusetts

Nathaniel Jones, New York

James Farrington, New Hampshire

John White, Kentucky

Robert H. Hammond, Pennsylvannia

Charles B. Shepard, North Carolina

Twenty-Sixth Congress

(1839-1841)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

John Pope, Kentucky

First Session - December 27, 1839

Daniel Jenifer, Maryland

William S. Ramsey, Pennsylvannia

William B. Campbell, Tennessee

John T. Stuart, Illinois

David P. Brewster, New York

Garrett Davis, Kentucky

James De La Montanya , New York

John Fine, New York

Second Session - December 10, 1840

Daniel Jenifer, Maryland

William B. Campbell, Tennessee

John T. Stuart, Illinois

David P. Brewster, New York

Garrett Davis, Kentucky

James Cooper, Pennsylvania

Christopher Morgan, New York

Amasa Dana, New York
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Twenty-Seventh Congress

(1841-1843)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

First Session - June 7, 1841

Garrett Davis, Kentucky

(June 7, 1841 - September 13, 1841)

Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee

Augustus R. Sollers, Maryland

John Maynard, New York

Samuel L. Hays, Virginia

Seth M. Gates, New York

Greene W. Caldwell, North Carolina

John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina

Ezra Dean, Ohio

John Pope, Kentucky

(December 13, 1841 - March 3, 1843)

Second Session - December 13, 1841

Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee

Garrett Davis, Kentucky

Augustus R. Sollers, Maryland

Seth M. Gates, New York

Greene W. Caldwell, North Carolina

Samuel L. Hays, Virginia

Ezra Dean, Ohio

Charles A. Floyd, New York. 

Third Session - Decmber12, 1842

Christopher H. Williams, Tennessee

Seth M. Gates, New York

Isaac D. Jones, Maryland

Greene W. Caldwell, North Carolina

Samuel L. Hays, of Virginia

Ezra Dean, Ohio

Charles A. Floyd, New York

Edward J. Black, Georgia

Twenty-Eighth Congress

(1843-1845)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Aaron V. Brown, Tennessee

First Session - December 11, 1843

Alexander Duncan, Ohio

Edward J. Morris, Pennsylvania

John R. J. Daniel, North Carolina

George S. Houston, Alabama

Asher Tyler, New York

John W. Tibbatts, Kentucky

John Wentworth, Illinois

Milton Brown, Tennessee

Second Session - December 5, 1844

Alexander Duncan, Ohio

William L. Goggin, Virginia

John R.J. Daniel, North Carolina

William W. Payne, Alabama

Asher Tyler, New York

John Wentworth, Illinois

Edward J. Black, Georgia

James Pollock, Pennsylvania
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Twenty-Ninth Congress

(1845-1847)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois

First Session - December 4, 1845

Linn Boyd, Kentucky

James Graham,North Carolina

Paul Dillingham, Jr., Vermont

George W. Jones, Tennessee

Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts

James Thompson, Pennsylvania

Sterling Price, Missouri

Bryan R. Young, Kentucky

On June 8, 1846, Lynn Boyd, Kentucky, was excused from the Committee and David S. Kaufman, Texas, was

appointed in his place.

Second Session - December 1, 1846

Robert M. T. Hunter, Virginia

Paul Dillingham, Jr., Vermont

Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts

George W. Jones, Tennessee

Abner Lewis, New York

George W. B. Towns, Georgia

Bryan R. Young, Kentucky

Timothy Pilsbury, Texas

Thirtieth Congress

(1847-1849)

Majority: Whig

Minority: Democrat

Caleb B. Smith, Indiana

Robert B. Cranston, Rhode Island

Howell Cobb, Georgia

Julius Rockwell, Massachusetts

James Thompson, Pennsylvania

Daniel Gott, New York

Isaac E. Morse, Louisiana

Nathan Evans, Ohio

Timothy Pilsbury, Texas
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Thirty-First Congress

(1849-1851)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

Linn Boyd, Kentucky

William A. Richardson, Illinois

Julius A. Rockwell, Massachusetts

James A. Seddon, Virginia

Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina

David S. Kaufman, Texas

Daniel Gott, New York

Graham N. Fitch, Indiana

Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio

Thirty-Second Congress

(1851-1853)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

William A. Richardson, Illinois

Alexander R. Holladay, Virginia

Thomas L. Clingman, North Carolina

James W. Stone, Kentucky

Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio

David J. Bailey, Georgia

Zeno Scudder, Massachusetts

Charles E. Stuart, Michigan

James Lockhart, Indiana

Thirty-Third Congress

(1853-1855)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Whig

William A. Richardson, Illinois

First Session - December 12, 1853

John McQueen, South Carolina

John L. Taylor, Ohio

David J. Bailey, Georgia

William Smith, Virginia

Ephrim Wilder Farley, Maine

William H. English, Indiana

Philip Phillips, Alabama

Alfred W. Lamb, Missouri

On Dec ember 19 , 1853, W illiam Smith, Virginia wa s excused from the Committee, and Geo rge W. Smyth, Texas,

was appointed to the Committee.
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Thirty-Fourth Congress

(1835-1857)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania

First Session - February 13, 1856

Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio

Samuel A. Purviance, Pennsylvania

William A. Richardson, Illinois

George S. Houston, Alabama

Amos P. Granger, New York

Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

Justin S. Morrill, Vermont

John J. Perry, Maine

Second Session - December 4, 1856 

Joshua R. Giddings, Ohio

Samuel A. Purviance, Pennsylvania

George S. Houston, Alabama

Amos P. Granger, New York

Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

William Smith, Virginia

Justin S. Morrill, Vermont

John J. Perry, Maine

Thirty-Fifth Congress

(1857-1859)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia

First Session - December 14, 1857

William Smith, Virginia

Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania

Lawrence O. Branch, North Carolina

Amos P. Granger, New York

James Hughes, Indiana

Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

Chauncey L. Knapp, Massachusetts

John B. Clark, Missouri

Second Session - December 9, 1858

William Smith, Virginia

Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania

James Hughes, Indiana

Felix K. Zollicoffer, Tennessee

Amos P. Granger, New York

John B. Clark, Missouri

Chauncey L. Knapp, Massachusetts

Clement L. Vallandigham, Ohio

Thirty-Sixth Congress
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(1859-1861)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Galusha A. Grow, Pennsylvania

John J. Perry, Maine

William Smith, Virginia

Daniel W. Gooch, Massachusetts

Henry Waldron, Michigan

John B. Clark, Missouri

Charles Case, Indiana

Clement L. Vallandigham, Ohio

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Thirty-Seventh Congress

(1861-1863)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Charles H. Van Wyck, New York

James A. Cravens, Indiana

William Kellogg, Illinois

Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan

John W. Reid, Missouri

A. Scott Sloan, Wisconsin

Goldsmith F. Bailey, Massachusetts

Aaron Harding, Kentucky

On July 15, 1861, Charles H. Van Wyck, New Y ork, was excused from the C ommittee, and W illiam A. W heeler,

New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.

On July 19, 1861, William Kellogg, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On July 24, 1861, Owen Lovejoy, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 2, 1861, John W. Reid, Missouri, was expelled from the House of Representatives.

On December 5, 18 61 , Geo rge K. Shiel, O regon, was ap po inted in the place of John W. Reid, Missouri, expelled.

On Ap ril 24, 1862, Goldsmith F. Bailey, Massachusetts, was excused from the Committee, on account of protracted

ill health.

On May 2, 1862, The Speaker appointed Samuel S. Blair, Penn sylvania, to the Committee in the p lace of G oldsmith

F. Bailey, Massachusetts, excused.

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Thirty-Eighth Congress

(1863-1865)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan

James A. Cravens, Indiana

Owen Lovejoy, Illinois

John H. Rice, Maine

Henry Grider, Kentucky

James M. Marvin, New York

Joseph W. McClurg, Missouri

Philip Johnson, Pennsylvania

On M arch 25, 1864, Owen Lovejoy, Illinois, died in office.

On M arch 29, 1864, Josiah B. Grinnell, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee.

On Jun e 2 1, 1 86 4, J osiah B. Grinne ll, Illinois, was excused from the Committee , and Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois, was

appointed in his place.
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Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan

John H. Rice, Maine

James M. Marvin, New York

Ralph Hill, Indiana

Samuel W. Moulton, Illinois

John F. Starr, New Jersey

Henry Grider, Kentucky 

Myer Strouse, Pennsylvania

On September 7, 1866, Henry Grider, Kentucky, died in office.

On December 10, 1866, Edmund Cooper, Tennessee, was appointed to the Committee.

Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois

James M. Marvin, New York

Morton C. Hunter, Indiana

Caleb N. Taylor, Pennsylvania 

James Mullins, Tennessee

John Taffe, Nebraska

Fernando Wood, New York

Julius Hotchkiss, Connecticut

Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Shelby M. Collum, Illinois

Hamilton Ward, New York

John Taffe, Nebraska

David P. Dyer, Missouri

Charles Pomeroy, Iowa

Eliakim H. Moore, Ohio

Isaac H. Duval, West Virginia

Samuel Hambleton, Maryland

Orestes Cleveland, New Jersey

On December 16, 1869, Charles W. Buckley, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John Taffe, Nebraska

George C. McKee, Mississippi

Elizur H. Prindle, New York

Isaac C. Parker, Missouri

David P. Lowe, Kansas

Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Pennsylvania

William H. Barnum, Connecticut

William W. Vaughan, Tennessee

Frank Hereford, West Virginia

Jerome B. Chaffee, Delegate from the Colorado Territory, was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican 

Minority: Democrat

George C. McKee, Mississippi

Carlton B. Curtis, Pennsylvania

William Williams, Indiana

Harrison E. Havens, Missouri

George G. Hoskins, New York

Lorenzo Crounse, Nebraska

Greenbury L. Fort, Ilinois

William J. Hynes, Arkansas

John G. Shumaker, New York

John Young Brown, Kentucky

Roger Q. Mills, Texas

On Dec ember 9, 1 873, The Speaker appointed Jerome B. Chaffee, Delegate from the Territory of Colorado to the

Committee.

Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Milton I. Southard, Ohio

William P. Caldwell, Tennessee

William Mutchler, Pennsylvania

Benjamin J. Franklin, Missouri

Edwin R. Mead, New York

David B. Culberson, Texas

Peter D. Wigginton, California

Greenbury L. Fort, Illinois

Edmund W. M. Mackey, South Carolina

Chapman, Freeman, Pennsylvania

George A. Bagley, New York

Thomas M. Patterson, Colorado

On July 25, 1876, Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee in the place of Edm und W .M .

Mackey, South Carolina, unseated by a vote of the House.
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Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Banjamin J. Franklin, Missouri

Haywood Y. Riddle, Tennessee

Roger Q. Mills, Texas

Jacob Turney, Pennsylvania

James Taylor Jones, Alabama

Henry L. Muldrow, Mississippi

Leopold Morse, Massachusetts

Martin Maginnis, Montana Territory

George A. Bagley, New York

William Aldrich, Illinois

Thomas B. Reed, Maine

Henry S. Neal, Ohio

On December 11, 1877, Roger Q. Mills, Texas, was excused from the Committee and Jordan E. Cravens, Arkansas,

was appointed in his place.

Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Henry L. Muldrow, Mississippi

Jordan E. Cravens, Arkansas

Gabriel Bouck, Wisconsin

Nicholas Muller, New York

Benjamin F. Martin, West Virginia

Richard Grahm Frost, Missouri

Martin Maginnis, Montana Territory

Reuben K. Bachman, Pennsylvania

Herman L. Humphrey, Wisconsin

William Aldrich, Illinois

Thomas L. Young, Ohio

Samuel B. Dick, Pennsylvania

Forty-Seventh Congress

(1881-1883)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Julius C. Burrows, Michigan

William Aldrich, Illinois

John Van Voorhis, New York

Samuel H. Miller, Pennsylvania

Rufus Dawes, Ohio

Richard Crowley, New York

Richard F. Pettigrew, Dakota Territory

William W. Grout, Vermont

Roger Q. Mills, Texas

John S. Richardson, South Carolina

Phillip H. Dugro, New York

John P. Leedom, Ohio
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Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John H. Evins, South Carolina

(December 3, 1883 - October 20, 1884)

Luke Pryor, Alabama

(October 20, 1884 - March 3, 1885)

Luke Pryor, Alabama

John Arnot, Jr., New York

Thomas Hardeman, Georgia

Samuel W.T. Lanham, Texas

Armstead M. Alexander, Missouri

Ezra C. Carlton, Michigan

Martin A. Foran, Ohio 

Morton E. Post, Wyoming Territory

Joseph D. Taylor, Ohio

William P. Kellogg, Louisiana

Frederick A. Johnson, New York

George V. Lawrence, Pennsylvania

Isaac S. Struble, Iowa

On D ecem ber 24 , 188 4, W illiam D . Hill, Ohio w as ap pointed to the Committee. 

On Oc tober 2 0, 18 84, Jo hn H. E vins, Sou th Ca rolina, Cha irman of the C ommittee, died in office an d Luk e Pryo r,

Alabama, was appointed Chairman of the Committee in his place.

Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William D. Hill, Ohio

Wiliam M. Springer, Illinois

J. Thomas Spriggs, New York

Charles E. Boyle, Pennsylvania

George T. Barnes, Georgia

Thomas W. Sadler, Alabama

William H. Perry, South Carolina

William Dawson, Missouri

Anthonio Joseph, New Mexico Territory

Isaac S. Struble, Iowa

Charles S. Baker, New York

William C. Cooper, Ohio

Binger Herman, Oregon

George G. Symes, Colorado
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Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William M. Springer, Illinois

Samuel S. Cox, New York

George T. Barnes, Georgia

William Elliott, South Carolina

Walter I. Hayes, Iowa

Constantine B. Kilgore, Texas

Charles H. Mansur, Missouri

Melbourne H. Ford, Michigan

Anthonio Joseph, New Mexico Territory

Isaac S. Struble, Iowa

Charles S. Baker, New York

George G. Symes, Colorado

George W.E. Dorsey, Nebraska

William Warner, Missouri

On February 14, 1888, Samuel S. Cox, New York , was excused from the Committee, and William P. Taulbee,

Kentucky, was appointed in his place.

Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Isaac S. Struble, Iowa

Charles S. Baker, New York

George W.E. Dorsey, Nebraska

Henry L. Morey, Ohio

John W. Rife, Pennsylvania

Bishop W. Perkins, Kansas

Alonzo Nute, New Hampshire

George W. Smith, Illinois

Fred T. Dubois, Idaho Territory

William M. Springer, Illinois

George T. Barnes, Georgia

Constantine B. Kilgore, Texas

Charles H. Mansur, Missouri

Joseph E. Washington, Tennessee
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Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph E. Washington, Tennessee

Constantine B. Klelgore, Texas

Charles H. Mansur, Missouri

Timothy J. Campbell, New York

William F. Parrett, Indiana

William A. B. Branch, North Carolina

William L. Terry, Arkansas

Dennis D. Donovan, Ohio

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Antonio Joseph, New Mexico Territory

John W. Rife, Pennsylvania

George W. Smith, Illinois

George D. Perkins, Iowa

James O’Donnell, Michigan

Jeremiah Simpson, Kansas

Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph Wheeler, Alabama

Constantine B. Kilgore, Texas

William A. B. Branch, North Carolina

Dennis D. Donovan, Ohio

George F. Kribbs, Pennsylvania

Marshall Arnold, Missouri

Andrew J. Hunter, Illinois

Jeremiah Simpson, Kansas

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Antonio Joseph, New Mexico Territory

Haldor E. Boen, Minnesota

George D. Perkins, Iowa

Joseph A. Scranton, Pennsylvania

Jacob Le Fever, New York

John Avery, Michigan
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Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Joseph A. Scranton, Pennsylvania

George D. Perkins, Iowa

Jacob LeFever, New York

John Avery, Michigan

Stephen R. Harris, Ohio

William F.L. Hadley, Illinois

William S. Knox, Massachusetts

Charles P. Taft, Ohio

Phillip B. Low, New York

Thomas B. Catron, New Mexico Territory

Nathan O. Murphy, Arizona Territory

George P. Harrison, Alabama

Smith S. Turner, Virginia

William C. Owens, Kentucky

Samuel B. Cooper, Texas

On June 6, 1896 , Samuel B. Cooper, Te xas, wa s excused from the Committee, and Truman H. Aldrich, Alabama,

was appointed in his place.

Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William S. Knox, Massachusetts

Phillip B. Low, New York

Case Broderick, Kansas

Loren Fletcher, Minnesota

Michael Griffin, Wisconsin

Wallace J. Foote, Jr., New York

James A. Hemenway, Indiana

William S. Mesick, Michigan

William McAleer Pennsylvania

Andrew J. Hunter, Illinois

John A. Moon, Tennessee

John W. Cranford, Texas

James M. Griggs, Georgia

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On Dec ember 15 , 1892, James M . Griggs, Geo rgia, was excuse d from the Committee and Rob ert L. Henry, Texas,

was appointed in his place.
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Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William S. Knox, Massachusetts

Loren Fletcher, Minnesota

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan 

Burleigh F. Spalding, North Dakota

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

Joseph R. Lane, Iowa

William H. Graham, Pennsylvania

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

Vincent Boreing, Kentucky

Pedro Perea, New Mexico Territory

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

William McAleer, Pennsylvania

John A. Moon, Tennessee

Reese C. DeGraffenreid, Texas

John A. McDowell, Ohio

David E. Finley, South Carolina

Sydney P. Epes, Virginia

On March 3, 1900, Sydney P. Epes, Virginia, died in office.

On March 15, 1900, William Elza Williams, Illinois, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William S. Knox, Massachusetts

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan 

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

William H. Graham, Pennsylvania

Francis W. Cushman, Washington

Vincent Boreing, Kentucky

George N. Southwick, New York

Llewellyn Powers, Maine

William H. Jackson, Maryland

Dennis T. Flynn, Oklahoma Territory

John A. Moon, Tennessee

Reese C. De Graffenreid, Texas

David E. Finley, South Carolina

James T. Lloyd, Missouri

James M. Robinson, Indiana

John R. Thayer, Massachusetts

Mark A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On August 29, 1902, Reese C. De Graffenreid, Texas, died in office.

On De cember 6, 1 902 , Go rdon J. Russell, Texa s, was ap pointed to the Committee in the place of Reese C. De

Graffenreid, Texas.
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Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island

George N. Southwick, New York

Llewellyn Powers, Maine

William H. Jackson, Maryland

Burleigh F. Spalding, North Dakota

George L. Lilley, Connecticut

John A. Sterling, Illinois

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma Territory

John A. Moon, Tennessee

James T. Lloyd, Missouri

James M. Robinson, Indiana

John R. Thayer, Massachusetts

Gordon I. Russell, Texas

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

John F. Wilson, Arizona Territory

On D ecem ber 9, 1 903 , Bernard S. Rodey, New Mexico Territory, was appointed to the Committee.

On D ecem ber 14 , 190 3, Jonah Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island

George N. Southwick, New York

Llewellyn Powers, Maine

James McKinney, Illinois

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

Edwin W. Higgins, Connecticut

John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania

Frank B. Klepper, Missouri

Bird S McGuire, Oklahoma Territory

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

John A. Moon, Tennessee

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

James T. Lloyd, Missouri

James A. Beall, Texas

Edwin Y. Webb, North Carolina

Augustus O. Stanley, Kentucky

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On December 18, 1906, John A. Moon, Tennessee, was excused from the C ommittee and W illiam W . Ove rstreet,

Georgia, was appointed in his place.
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Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Abraham L. Brick, Indiana

Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island

George N. Southwick, New York

Llewellyn Powers, Maine

James McKinney, Illinois

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

Edwin W. Higgins, Connecticut

John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania

William H. Draper, New York

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

James T. Lloyd, Missouri

Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., Mississippi

William C. Houston, Tennessee

William P. Kimball, Kentucky

James S. Davenport, Oklahoma

John T. Lenahan, Pennsylvania

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On April 7, 1908, Abraham L. Brick, Indiana, died in office.

On July 28, 1908, Llewellyn Powers, Maine, died in office.

On December 14, 1908, James E. Watson, Indiana, and Frank E. Gurnsey, Maine, were appointed to the Committee

before William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory.

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island

George N. Southwick, New York

James McKinney, Illinois

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania

William H. Draper, New York

Frank E. Guernsey, Maine

John N. Langham, Pennsylvania

James W. Good, Iowa

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

James T. Lloyd, Missouri

Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., Mississippi

William C. Houston, Tennessee

Benjamin G. Humphreys, Mississippi

Michael F. Conry, New York

Daniel A. Driscoll, New York

On January 1 8, 1910 , Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island, w as excuse d from the Committee and W illiam J. M oxley,

Illinois, was appointed in his place.

On January 17, 1911, John M. Reynolds, Pennsylvania, was resigned from the House of Representatives.

On M arch 2, 1911, George W. Fairchild, New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.
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Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Henry D. Flood, Virginia

William C. Houston, Tennessee

Benjamin G. Humphreys, Mississippi

George S. Legare, South Carolina

Charles F. Booher, Missouri

Rufus Hardey, Texas

John A. Martin, Colorado

James S. Davenport, Oklahoma

Edward E. Holland, Virginia

Richard E. Connell, New York

William H. Draper, New York

Frank E. Guernesy, Maine

John N. Langham, Pennsylvania

William W. Wedemyer, Michigan

Frank B. Willis, Ohio

Isacc D. Young, Kansas

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

On Janua ry 7, 19 12, William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory, was exc use d from the Committee, as his term

expired, the Territory of New M exico having been admitted as a State.

On October 30, 1912, Richard E. Connell, New York, died in office.

On January 2, 1913, William W. W edemyer, Michigan, died in office.

On January 31, 1913, George S. Legare, South Carolina, died in office.

Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William C. Houston, Tennessee

James S. Davenport, Oklahoma

John T. Watkins, Louisiana

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Augustine Lonergan, Connecticut

James H. O’Brien, New York

Stephen A. Hoxworth, Illinois

Woodson R. Oglesby, New York

Walter A. Watson, Virginia

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Frank E. Guernesy, Maine

John N. Langham, Pennsylvania

Bird S. McGuire, Oklahoma

Albert Johnson, Washington

Charles F. Curry, California

Charles M. Hamilton, New York

Jacob A. Falconer, Washington

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory
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Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William C. Houston, Tennessee

James S. Davenport, Oklahoma

John T. Watkins, Louisiana

Scott Feris, Oklahoma

Woodson R. Oglesby, New York

Walter A. Watson, Virginia

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Courtney W. Hamlin, Missouri

Joseph V. Flynn, New York

Atkins J. McLemore, Texas

Frank F. Guernsey, Maine

Albert Johnson, Washington

Charles F. Curry, California

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Solomon T. North, Pennsylvania

Charles C. Kearns, Ohio

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William C. Houston, Tennessee

John T. Watkins, Louisiana

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Walter A. Watson, Virginia

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Courtney W. Hamlin, Missouri

Atkins J. McLemore, Texas

James W. Overstreet, Georgia

James W. Kehoe, Florida

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

Albert Johnson, Washington

Charles F. Curry, California

Casius C. Darrell, Iowa

Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota

Edward Voigt, Wisconsin

Daniel W. Comstock, Indiana

Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

On December 15, 1917, Schulyer Merritt, Connecticut, and John M . Baer, N orth Dako ta, were ap pointed to the

Committee.

On M arch 1, 1919, Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina, was excused from the Committee.
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Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Louis T. McFadden, Pennsylvania

John M. Baer, North Dakota

John R. Ramsey, New Jersey

John C. Kleczka, Wisconsin

Edward S. Brooks, Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

John T. Watkins, Louisiana

Scott Ferris, Oklahoma

Walter A. Watson, Virginia

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Martin L. Davey, Ohio

Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory

On February 19, 1919, Benjamin G. Humphreys, Mississippi, was appointed to the Committee.

On A pril 28, 19 19, Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory, died in office.

On July 16, 1919, John C. Kleczka, Wisconsin, was excused from the Committee.

On July 24, 1919, James G. Monahan, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 15, 1920, Edward B. Almon, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.

On J une 3, 1 920 , George B. Grigsby, Alaska Territory, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 1 , 192 1, George B. Grigsby, Alaska Territory, was excused from the House when his election was

contested.

On December 24, 1919, Walter A. Watson, Virginia, died in office.

Sixth-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden, Pennsylvania

Edward S. Brooks, Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Joseph McLaughlin, Pennsylvania

Allen F. Moore, Ilinois

Charles L. Knight, Ohio

Albert B. Rossdale, New York

George P. Codd, Michigan

J. Kuhio Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Edward B. Almon, Alabama

Patrick Henry Drewry, Virginia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

William J. Driver, Arkansas

On December 17, 1821, George P. Codd, Michigan, was excused from the Committee.

On J anuary 7 , 192 2, J. Kuhio Kalanianaole, Hawaii Territory, died in office.

On M ay 4, 1 922 , Henry A. Baldwin, Hawaii Territory, was appointed to the Committee.

On August 23, 1922, Patrick Henry Drewry, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

On November 23, 1922, Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 11, 1922, Roy H. Thorpe, Nebraska, was appointed to the Committee, in the place of George P. Codd.
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Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden, Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Allen F. Moore, Ilinois

Richard N. Elliott, Indiana

Edward M. Beers, Pennsylvania

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Edward E. Miller, Illinois

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina

William C. Lankford, Georgia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina

Millard E. Tydings, Maryland

Herbert W. Cummings, Pennsylvania

William P. Jarrett, Hawaii Territory

Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1925-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden, Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Richard N. Elliott, Indiana

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Anderson H. Walters, Pennsylvania

Edward M. Irwin, Illinois

Florian Lampert, Wisconsin

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

William C. Lankford, Georgia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Charles L. Abernathy, North Carolina

Millard E. Tydings, Maryland

Guinn Williams, Texas

T. Brooks Fletcher, Ohio

William P. Jarrett, Hawaii Territory
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Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Richard N. Elliott, Indiana

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Edward M. Irwin, Illinois

Florian Lampert, Wisconsin

Bird J. Vincent, Michigan

Harry L. Englebright, California

Louis Monsat, Rhode Island

J. Russell Leech, Pennsylvania

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

William C. Lankford, Georgia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

Guinn Williams, Texas

T. Brooks Fletcher, Ohio

Heartsill Ragon, Arkansas

Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana

Everett Kent, Pennsylvania

Jed Johnson, Oklahoma

Ole J. Kvale, Minnesota

On December 13, 1927, Everett Kent, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

On December 10, 1928, Hearsill Ragon, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

On D ecem ber 12 , 192 8, Joh n W . M cCorma ck, M assa chuse tts, wa s app ointed to th e Committee. 

On December 19, 1928, J. Russell Leech, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.
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Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles F. Curry, California

(April 15, 1929 - October 10, 1930)

Earnest W. Gibson, Vermont

(October 10, 1930 - March 3, 1931 )

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden Pennsylvania

James G. Strong, Kansas

Richard N. Elliott, Indiana

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Edward M. Irwin, Illinois

Florian Lampert, Wisconsin

Bird J. Vincent, Michigan

Harry L. Englebright, California

Edward H. Campbell, Iowa

Vincent M. Carter, Wyoming

Ole J. Kvale, Minnesota

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

William C. Lankford, Georgia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

Guinn Williams, Texas

Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana

John W. McCormack, Massachusetts

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

Robert Q. Lee, Texas.

On September 11, 1929, Ole J. Kvale, Minnesota, died in office.

On October 16, 1929, Paul J. Kvale, Minnesota, was appointed to the Committee.

On April 18, 1930, Robert Q. Lee, Texas, died in office.

On July 18, 1930, Florian Lampert, Wisconsin, died in office.

On October 10, 1930, Charles F. Curry, Ca lifornia , die d in o ffice, and Ea rne st W . Gibso n, V ermont, succ eede d him

as Cha irman.

On De cember 8, 1 930 , John L. Do rsey, Jr., K entuck y, wa s app ointed to th e Committee in the place of Ro bert Q. Lee.
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Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Guinn Williams, Texas

William C. Lankford, Georgia

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana 

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

John McDuffie, Alabama

William J. Driver, Arkansas

Robert A. Green, Florida

John J. Douglass, Massachusetts

Eugene B. Crowe, Indiana

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

Paul J. Kvale, Minnesota

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Albert Johnson, Washington

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden, Pennsylvania

Harry L. Engelbright, California

Edward H. Campbell, Iowa

Charles Finley, Kentucky

Charles F. Curry, Jr., California

Jesse P. Wolcott, Michigan

Victor S.K. Houston, Hawaii Territory

On February 11, 1932, Paul J. Kvale, Minnesota, was excused from the Committee.

On December 15, 1932, William J. Driver, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana

 (March 9, 1933 - June 19, 1933)

Robert A. Green, Florida

(June 19, 1933 - June 18, 1934)

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

John McDuffie, Alabama

Robert A. Green, Florida

John J. Douglass, Massachusetts

Eugene B. Crowe, Indiana

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

Raymond J. Cannon, Wisconsin

Charles V. Truax, Ohio

Fred H. Hildebrandt, South Dakota

John Fitzgibbons, New York

Sterling P. Strong, Texas

J. Twing Brooks, Pennsylvania

Carl M. Weideman, Michigan

Lincoln L. McCandless, Hawaii Territory

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Louis T. McFadden Pennsylvania

Harry L. Englebright, California

Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois

James W. Mott, Oregon

______

Henry Arens, Minnesota

On October 19, 1933, Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont, was excused from the Committee.

On June 19, 1933, Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana, died in office; Robert A. Green, Florida, was appointed Chairman;

and Clark W. T hompso n, Texas, w as appo inted to fill the vacancy.
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Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert A. Green, Florida

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

Eugene B. Crowe, Indiana

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

Raymond J. Cannon, Wisconsin

Thomas D.P. O’Malley, Wisconsin

Charles R. Eckert, Pennsylvania

Charles G. Binderup, Nebraska

C. Elmer Dieterich, Pennsylvania

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

John C. Nichols, Oklahoma

Nat Patton, Texas

Joseph L. Pfeifer, New York

Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

James W. Mott, Oregon

Walter G. Andrews, New York

Vito Marcantinio, New York

William W. Blackney, Michigan

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert A. Green, Florida

John E. Rankin, Mississippi

Eugene B. Crowe, Indiana

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

Raymond J. Cannon, Wisconsin

Thomas D.P. O’Malley, Wisconsin

Charles R. Eckert, Pennsylvania

Charles G. Binderup, Nebraska

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

John C. Nichols, Oklahoma

Nat Patton, Texas

Guy J. Swope, Pennsylvania

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

Elmer H. Wene, New Jersey

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Harry L. Englebright, California

Walter G. Andrews, New York

Robert L. Bacon, New York

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Lewis K. Rockefeller, New York

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory
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Seventy-Sixth Congress

(1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert A. Green, Florida

Eugene B. Crowe, Indiana

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

John C. Nichols, Oklahoma

Nat Patton, Texas

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

James W. Robinson, Utah

Joseph R. Bryson, South Carolina

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

Clyde T. Ellis, Arkansas

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa

Lewis K. Rockefeller, New York

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Robert F. Jones, Ohio

Jacob Thorkelson, Montana

George H. Heinke, Nebraska

Joshua L. Johns, Wisconsin

Fred C. Gartner, Pennsylvania

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On June 5, 1939, Clyde T. Ellis, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

On S eptem ber 28 , 193 9, W . Fadjo Cra vens, A rkans as, w as ap pointed to the Committee. 

On D ecem ber 5, 1 939 , Santiago Iglesias, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, died in office.

On D ecem ber 26 , 193 9, Bolívar Pa an, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was appointed to the Committee.

On January 2, 1940, George H. Heinke, Nebraska, died in office.

On January 17, 1940, Joshua L. Johns, Wisconsin, was excused from the Committee.

On February 4, 1940, Cassius C. Dowell, Iowa, died in office.

On February 7, 1940, John E. Sheridan, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee after W. Fadjo Cravens.

On February 26, 1940, Clarence E. Kilburn, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 7, 1940, J. Harry McGregor, Ohio, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 12, 1940, Robert K. Goodwin, Iowa, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 14, 1940, Fred C. Gartner, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.
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Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert A. Green, Florida

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

Nat Patton, Texas

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

James W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Stephen M. Young, Ohio

John E. Fogarty, Rhode Island

Phillip A. Traynor, Delaware

John B. Sullivan, Missouri

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania

John S. Gibson, Georgia

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory 

Bolívar Pa an, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Lewis K. Rockefeller, New York

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Clarence E. Kilburn, New York

Homer D. Angell, Oregon

James V. Heidinger, Illinois

Paul H. Cunningham, Iowa

Walter C. Ploeser, Missouri

Oren S. Copeland, Nebraska

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On November 16, 1942, John B. Sullivan, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert A. Green, Florida

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

Nat Patton, Texas

James W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania

John S. Gibson, Georgia

Louis J. Capozzoli, New York

Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Louisiana

George E. Outland, California

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Bolívar Pa an, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Usher L. Burdick, North Dakota

Clarence E. Kilburn, New York

Homer D. Angell, Oregon

James V. Heidinger, Illinois

Paul Cunningham, Iowa

Earle D. Willey, Delaware

John B. Bennett, Michigan

Walter F. Horan, Washington

Dean P. Taylor, New York

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

On October 14, 1943, John B. Bennett, Michigan, was excused from the Committee.

On January 24, 1944, James V. Heidinger, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On January 27, 1944, D. Em mett Brumbaugh, P ennsylvania, was ap pointed to the Committee in the place of John

B. Benne tt, Michigan.

On February 10, 1944, Joseph M. Pratt, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the C omm ittee in the place of James V.

Heifinger.

On M arch 2 2, 19 44, G eorge E. O utland, California, was excus ed from the Committee. 
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Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Hugh Peterson, Jr., Georgia

James W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania

John S. Gibson, Georgia

Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Louisiana

Mike J. Mansfield, Montana

James J. Delaney, New York

George P. Miller, California

James P. Geelan, Connecticut

Alexander J. Resa, Illinois

Albert S.J. Carnahan, Missouri

Edward L. Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Jesús T. Piñero, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Homer D. Angell, Oregon

Paul H. Cunningham, Iowa

Dean P. Taylor, New York

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Marion T. Bennett, Missouri

Harold C. Hagen, Minnesota

Charles R. Robertson, North Dakota

Gordon L. McDonough, California

Henry J. Latham, New York

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

On October 2, 1945, Mike Mansfield, Montana, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 1, 1946, Thomas A. Pickett, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 14, 1946, Albert S.J. Carnahan, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

On June 5, 1946, Eliza Jane Pratt, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.
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37th - 61st Congresses (1865-1911)

Thirty-Seventh Congress

(1861-1863)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Samuel R. Curtis, Iowa

(June 12, 1861 - August 4, 1861)

James H. Campbell, Pennsylvania

(August 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863)

James H. Campbell, Pennsylvania

John B. Alley, Massachusetts

Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri

Samuel S. Cox, Ohio

Edwin H. Webster, Maryland

Richard Franchot, New York

Isaac N. Arnold, Illinois

Andrew J. Thayer, Oregon

On August 4, 1861, Samuel R. Curtis, Iowa, resigned from the House of Representatives, and James H. Ca mp be ll,

Pennsylvania, was a ppointed Chairman.

On July 30, 1861, Andrew J. Thayer, Oregon, was excused from the Committee.

On D ecem ber 5, 1 861 , Aaro n A. S argent, C alifornia, was app ointed to th e Committee. 

On December 23, 1862, George K. Shiel, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 4 , 186 2, Samuel S. Cox, Ohio, was excused from the Committee and William A. Hall, Missouri, was

appointed in his place.

On July 30, 1862, Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

On December 8, 1862, Cyrus Aldrich, Minnesota, was appointed to the C ommittee in the place o f Francis P. B lair,

Jr., Missouri, resigned.

Thirty-Eighth Congress

(1863-1865)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania

A. Carter Wilder, Kansas

Hiram Price, Iowa

Cornelius Cole, California

Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota

John R. McBride, Oregon

Joseph W. McClurg, Missouri

Oakes Ames, Massachusetts

George H. Yeaman, Kentucky

John B. Steele, New York

Warren P. Noble, Ohio

William G. Steele, New Jersey

Lorenzo D.M. Sweat, Maine
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Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Hiram Price, Iowa

Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania

Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota

Oakes Ames, Massachusetts

Benjamin F. Loan, Missouri

Sidney Clarke, Kansas

John Bidwell, California

James H.D. Henderson, Oregon

James Brooks, Ne York

On April 7, 1866, James Brooks, New York, was excused from the Committee.

On April 9, 1866, William Radford, New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.

On Ap til 10 , 18 66 , Jo hn A . Nicho lson , Delaware , an d Edw in Hubbell, New York, were appointed to the Committee.

Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Hiram Price, Iowa

William Higby, California

Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota

Sidney Clarke, Kansas

Rufus Mallory, Oregon

Oakes Ames, Massachusetts

John Covode, Pennsylvania

John V.L. Pruyn, New York

Philadelph VanTrump, Ohio

On J une 28 , 186 8, Joh n V.L. Pruyn, N ew Yo rk, w as exc used from the C ommittee. 

On December 10, 1868, Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John A. Logan, Illinois

Daniel J. Morrell, Pennsylvania

Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri

Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin

James Buffington, Massachusetts

John Lynch, Maine

Francis W. Palmer, Iowa

Logan H. Roots, Arkansas

Philadelph VanTrump, Ohio

Daniel W. Voorhees, Indiana

Samuel B. Axtell, California

Eugene M. Wilson, Minnesota

On October 16, 1869, Alfred E. Buck, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.

On Dec embe r 16 , 18 69 , W illiam H . Ba rnum , Conn ec ticut, an d J. Hale Syphe r, Lo uisiana, were ap po inted to the

Committee. 

On January 1, 1870, Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin, died in office,

On M arch 7, 1870, David Atwood, W isconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

On April 20, 1870, Philadelph VanTrump, Ohio, was excused from the Committee and Lawrence S. Trimble,

Kentucky, was appointed in his place.

Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Willam A. Wheeler, New York

James Buffington, Massachusetts

John Lynch, Maine

J. Hale Sypher, Louisiana

John W. Killinger, Pennsylvania

John L. Beveridge, Illinois

Sherman O. Houghton, California

John T. Averill, Minnesota

Erastus Wells, Missouri

John F. McKenny, Ohio

Smith Ely, Jr., , New York 

James C. Harper, North Carolina

Henry D. McHenry, Kentucky

On December 6, 1871, John Lynch, Maine, was excused from the Committee.

On D ecem ber 12 , 187 1, Step hen W . Kellogg, C onnec ticut, wa s app ointed to th e Committee. 

On January 4, 1873, John L. Beveridge, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.
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Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin

J. Hale Sypher, Louisiana

John W. Killinger, Pennsylvania

Sherman O. Houghton, California

Alvah Crocker, Massachusetts

William B. Williams, Michigan

Franklin Corwin, Illinois

James W. McDill, Iowa

Erastus Wells, Missouri

William H. Barnum, Connecticut

Elisha D. Standiford, Kentucky

Thomas J. Creamer, New York

Lawence T. Neal, Ohio

On December 26, 1864, Alvah Crocker, Massachusetts, died in office.

Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Mississippi

John D. W. C. Atkins, Tennessee

John K. Luttrell, California

Gilbert C. Walker, Virginia

William P. Lynde, Wisconsin

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

Phillip F. Thomas, Maryland

John F. Philips, Missouri

James A Garfield, Ohio

John A. Kasson, Iowa

Thomas C. Platt, New York

Charles O’Neill, Pennsylvania

Henry W. Blair, New Hampshire
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Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Clarkson N. Potter, New York

(October 29, 1877 - December 11, 1877)

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

(December 11, 1877 - March 3, 1879)

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

William R. Morrison, Illinois

John F. House, Tennessee

John K. Luttrell, California

George M. Landers, Connecticut

James R. Chalmers, Mississippi

Joseph B. Elam, Louisiana

Charles O’Neill, Pennsyylvania

Henry W. Blair, New Hampshire

Lucien B. Caswell, Wisconsin

W.W. Rice, Massachusetts

Nathan Cole, Missouri

On Dec embe r 11 , 18 77 , Clark son N . Po tter, New York was remove d from the Committee and James W .

Throckmorton, Texas was appointed Chairman of the Committee. Also on that date, Abram S. Hewitt, New Y ork,

was appointed to the Committee in the place of Clarkson N. Potter, New Y ork.

Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert M. McLane, Maryland

J.R. Chalmers, Mississippi

Archibald M. Bliss, New York

John B. Clarke, Jr., Missouri

Henry L. Dickey, Ohio

E. John Ellis, Louisiana

Benjamin F. Martin, West Virgina

Olin Wellborn, Texas

Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsylvania

James B. Belford, Colorado

John S. Newberry, Michigan

John M. Bailey, New York

Benjamin Butterworth, Ohio
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Forty-Seventh Congress

(1881-1883)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George C. Hazelton, Wisconsin

Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Butterworth, Ohio

James S. Robinson, Ohio

John Hammond, New York

John Paul, Virginia

C.B. Darrell, Louisiana

Charles B. Farwell, Illinois

James A. McKenzie, Kentucky

Archibald M. Bliss, New York

John F. House, Tennessee

Michael N. Nolan, New York

Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George W. Cassidy, Nevada

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

George C. Cabell, Virginia

Phillip B. Thompson, Jr., Kentucky

Issac M. Jordan, Ohio

Charles F. Crisp, Georgia

George A. Post, Pennsylvania

James Wilson, Iowa

Stephen C. Millard, New York

Ransom W. Dunham, Illinois

Lewis Hanback, Kansas

Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James W. Throckmorton, Texas

Charles F. Crisp, Georgia

George C. Cabell, Virginia

Poindexter Dunn, Arkansas

Archibald M. Bliss, New York

George D. Tillman, South Carolina

Joseph H. Outhwaite, Ohio 

James D. Richardson, Tennessee

Lewis Hanback, Kansas

Adoniram J. Holmes, Iowa

James B. Everhart, Pennsylvania

Edward D. Hayden, Massachusetts

John B. Weber, New York
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Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph H. Outhwaite, Ohio

Wiliam H. Crain, Texas

James D. Richardson, Tennessee

George T. Barnes, Georgia

Patrick A. Collins, Massachusetts

Asher G. Caruth, Kentucky

Charles Tracey, New York

Miles T. Granger, Connecticut

John B. Weber, New York

Adoniram J. Holmes, Iowa

John Dalzell, Pennsylvania

Alvin P. Hovey, Indiana

William E. Mason, Illinois

On J anuary 1 7, 18 89, A lvin P. Hov ey, Indiana , wa s excu sed from the Ho use o f Rep resenta tives. 

Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John Dalzell, Pennsylvania

William E. Mason, Illinois

Frederick Miles, Connecticut

Henry L. Morey, Ohio

John Raines, New York

Orren C. Moore, New Hampshire

Rodney Wallace, Massachusetts

James P. Flick, Iowa

William H. Crain, Texas

Marion Biggs, California

George W. Cooper, Indiana

Joseph H. O’Nell, Massachusetts

James B. Reilly, Pennsylvania

Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James B. Reilly, Pennsylvania

Samuel W.T. Lanham, Texas

Edward Lane, Illinois

Jason B. Brown, Indiana

William T. Ellis, Kentucky

James W. Covert, New York

James N. Castle, Minnesota

Frederick S. Coolidge, Massachusetts

Henry C. Snodgrass, Tennessee

John T. Caine, Utah Territory

John Raines, New York

James P. Flick, Iowa

John Lind, Minnesota
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Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James B. Reilly, Pennsylvania

Henry C. Snodgrass, Tennessee

Charles J. Boatner, Louisiana

Asher G. Caruth, Kentucky

John C. Kyle, Mississippi

Daniel N. Lockwood, New York

Thomas A.E. Weadock, Michigan

Charles K. Bell, Texas

Joseph C. Hendrix, New York

William A. Harris, Kansas

Henry W. Blair, New Hampshire

George W. Smith, Illinois

H. Henry Powers, Vermont

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

Henry A. Cooper, Wisconsin

Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

H. Henry Powers, Vermont

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

Ashley B. Wright, Massachusetts

David K. Watson, Ohio

Frank S. Black, New York

William C. Arnold, Pennsylvania

Grove L. Johnson, California

Joel D. Hubbard, Missouri

George W. Faris, Indiana

Charles J. Boatner, Louisiana

John C. Kyle, Mississippi

Charles K. Bell, Texas

George P. Harrison, Alabama

Josiah Patterson, Tennessee

William Sulzer, New York

On M arch 20, 1896, Charles J. Boatner, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On June 6, 1896, John I. Rinaker, Illinois, was appointed.

On January 7, 1897, Frank S. Black, New York, was excused from the House of Representatives.
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Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

H. Henry Powers, Vermont

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

Ashley B. Wright, Massachusetts

William C. Arnold, Pennsylvania

George W. Faris, Indiana

William S. Kirkpatrick, Pennsylvania

Denis M. Hurley, New York

Frank G. Clarke, New Hampshire

William B. Shattuc, Ohio

James G. Maguire, California

Edward W. Carmack, Tennessee

William H. Fleming, Georgia

James L. Slayden, Texas

William V.A. Sullivan, Mississippi

James Cooney, Missouri

On August 14, 1897, Ashley B. Wright, Mississisppi, died in office.

On Dec embe r 18 , 18 97 , W illiam S . Kirkp atric k, P enn sylvania , was exc use d fo rm the Committee and James H.

Codding, Pennsylvania, was appointed in his place.

On M ay 31, 1898, William V. Sullivan, Mississippi, was excused.

On July 1, 1898, Robert T. Thorpe, Virginia, was appointed.

On February 26, 1899, Denis M. Hurley, New York, died in office.

Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

H. Henry Powers, Vermont

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

George W. Faris, Indiana

William B. Shattuc, Ohio

William Alden Smith, Michigan

Samuel A. Davenport, Pennsylvania

Seth W. Brown, Ohio

George E. Foss, Illinois

Joseph E. Thropp, Pennsylvania

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

James L. Slayden, Texas

Julian M. Quarles, Virginia

John L. Sheppard, Texas

David E. Finley, South Carolina

Edward T. Noonan, Illinois
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Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Alden Smith, Michigan

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

William B. Shattuc, Ohio

George E Foss, Illinois

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

Henry W. Palmer, Pennsylvania

Wiliam H. Jackson, Maryland

Frederick Storm, New York

Charles B. Landis, Indiana

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

James L. Slayden, Texas

John L. Sheppard, Texas

David E. Finley, South Carolina

Thomas J. Creamer, New York

John J. Feely, Illinois

On October 11, 1902, John L. Sheppard, Texas, died in office.

On December 6, 1902, Carter Glass, Virginia, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Alden Smith, Michigan

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

William H. Jackson, Maryland

Stephen R. Morgan, Ohio

Theobold Otjen, Wisconsin

Henry W. Palmer, Pennsylvania

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Sydney E. Mudd, Maryland

Milton J. Daniels, California

William J. Wynn, California

James L. Slayden, Texas

David E. Finley, South Carolina

Robert Baker, New York

Henry T. Rainey, Illinois

John Lind, Minnesota
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Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas S. Butler, Pennsylvania

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

Theobold Otjen, Wisconsin

Henry W. Palmer, Pennsylvania

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Sydney E. Mudd, Maryland

William B. McKinley, Illinois

Albert F. Dawson, Iowa 

James L. Slayden, Texas

David E. Finley, South Carolina

Henry T. Rainey, Illinois

William C. Houston, Tennessee

John S. Little, Akansas

William B. Lamar, Florida

On December 17, 1906, John M. Nelson, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 14, 1907, John S. Little, Arkansas, was excused from the Committee.

Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas S. Butler, Pennsylvania

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Sydney E. Mudd, Maryland

John M. Nelson, Wisconsin

Beman G. Dawes, Ohio

Edgar C. Ellis, Missouri

Sylvester C. Smith, California

James L. Slayden, Texas

Henry T. Rainey, illinois

William B. Lamar, Florida

Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska

George A. Bartlett, Nevada

On November 16, 1907, Elmer L. Fulton, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee after Oklahoma was admitted

as a State.

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas S. Butler, Pennsylvania

Michael E. Driscoll, New York

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Sydney E. Mudd, Maryland

John M. Nelson, Wisconsin

James Kennedy, Ohio

Alfred B. Garner, Pennsylvania

Frank P. Woods, Iowa

Miles Poindexter, Washington

James L. Slayden, Texas

George A. Bartlett, Nevada

William D. Jamieson, Iowa

R.Y. Thomas, Jr., Kentucky

Martin A. Morrison, Indiana

John A. Martin, Colorado

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39th - 79th Congresses (1865-1946)

Thirty-Ninth Congress

(1865-1867)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Higby, California

Delos R. Ashley, Nevada

Amasa Cobb, Wisconsin

John F. Driggs, Michigan

James M. Ashley, Ohio

J. H. D. Henderson, Oregon

Thomas E. Noell, Missouri

Myer Strouse, Pennsylvania

William B. Allison, Iowa

On December 6, 1866, William B. Allison, Iowa, was excused from further service on the Committee.

On December 10, 1866, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Tenessee, was appointed to the Committee.

Fortieth Congress

(1867-1869)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William Higby, California

Delos R. Ashley, Nevada

John F. Driggs, Michigan

James M. Ashley, Ohio

Orange Ferriss, New York

 Morton C. Hunter, Indiana

Rufus Mallory, Oregon

George W. Woodward, Pennsylvania

Charles Sitgreaves, New Jersey

On December 9, 1867, Charles Sitgreaves, New Jersey, was excused from further service on the Committee.

On D ecemb er 10, 186 7, James P. Knott, Kentuck y, was a ppointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy.
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Forty-First Congress

(1869-1871)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Orange Ferriss, New York

Aaron A. Sargeant, California

Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee

Randolph Strickland, Michigan

Charles Pomeroy, Iowa

Isaac H. Duval West Virginia

Logan H. Roots, Arkansas

Edward F. Dickinson, Ohio

Benjamin T. Biggs, Delaware

On December 14, 1870, John Manning, Jr., North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

Forty-Second Congress

(1871-1873)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Waldron, Michigan

Aaron A. Sargent, California

Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts

Worthington C. Smith, Vermont

James S. Negley, Pennsylvania

Walter L. Sessions, New York

Francis E. Shober, North Carolina

Pierce M. B. Young, Georgia

Charles W. Kendall, Nevada

Forty-Third Congress

(1873-1875)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

David P. Lowe, Kansas

James S. Negley, Pennsylvania

James Buffunton, Massachusetts

Jeremiah M. Rusk, Wisconsin

Jay A. Hubbell, Michigan

Horace F. Page, California

C. Christopher Sheats, Alabama

John R. Lynch, Mississippi

Charles W. Kendall, Nevada

Milton I. Southard, Ohio

Henry R. Harris, Georgia
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Forty-Fourth Congress

(1875-1877)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Richard P. Bland, Missouri

Jacob Turney, Pennsylvania

Milton J. Durham, Kentucky

Allen Potter, Michigan

N. Holmes Odell, New York

Randall L. Gibson, Louisiana

Alexander Campbell, Illinois

James L. Evans, Indiana

William Woodburn, Nevada

Lucien B. Caswell, Wisconsin

John R. Lynch, Mississippi

On March 30, 1876, the Speaker appointed Martin Maginnis, Delegate from the Montana Territory, to the

Committee.

Forty-Fifth Congress

(1877-1879)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George M. Beebe, New York

Joseph J. Davis, North Carolina

William H. Felton, Georgia

Francis D. Collins, Pennsylvania

Andrew R. Boone, Kentucky

David Rea, Missouri 

James Taylor Jones, Alabama

Thomas Wren, Nevada

James H. Randolph, Tennessee

William S. Shallenberger, Pennsylvania

John W. Stone, Michigan

Hiram S. Stevens, Arizona Territory

Forty-Sixth Congress

(1879-1881)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois

Joseph H. Acklen, Louisiana

Robert F. Armfield, North Carolina

Gibson Atherton, Ohio

James R. Waddill, Missouri

Robert Klotz, Pennsylvania

John G. Campbell, Arizona Territory

George B. Loring, Massachusetts

John I. Mitchell, Pennsylvania

Milton G. Urner, Maryland

Edwin Einstein, New York

On April 23, 1979, G ibson Atherton, O hio, and Geo rge B. Loring, Massachusetts, were excused from the Committee

and Adoniram J. Warner, Ohio, and George M. Robeson, New Jersey, were appointed to the Committee.

On De cember 19 , 187 9, Campbell P. Berry, California; William G. Thompson, Iowa; and James B. Belford,

Colorado, were appointed to the Committee.
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Forty-Seventh Congress

(1881-1883)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John Van Voorhis, New York

George R. Davis, Illinois

Henry H. Bingham, Pennsylvania

Abram Fulkerson, Virginia

Orlando Hubbs, North Carolina

William H. Calkins, Indiana 

Thomas L. Young, Ohio

George W. Cassidy, Nevada

Campbell P. Berry, California

Benjamin Wood, New York

Charles N. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Granville H. Oury, Arizona Territory

On January 29, 1883, William H. Calkins, Indiana, was excused from the Committee, and Charles T. Doxey, Indiana,

was appointed in his place.

Forty-Eighth Congress

(1883-1885)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Richard Warner, Tennessee

George W. Cassidy, Nevada

Armstead M. Alexander, Missouri

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

James F. Miller, Texas

Thomas J. Wood, Indiana

Robert S. Stevens, New York

Theodore F. Singiser, Idaho Territory

Milo White, Minnesota

Edward Breitung, Michigan

William W. Culbertson, Kentucky

James E. O’Hara, North Carolina

Forty-Ninth Congress

(1885-1887)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Martin L. Clardy, Missouri

Charles T. O’Ferrall, Virginia

William D. Hill, Ohio

Thomas G. Skinner, North Carolina

James H. Jones, Texas

John R. Neal, Tennessee

Edward J. Gay, Louisiana

Frederick G. Barry, Mississippi

Milo White, Minnesota

William Woodburn, Nevada

James G. Lindsley, New York

George G. Symes, Colorado

Joseph McKenna, California

Curtis C. Bean, Arizona Territory
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Fiftieth Congress

(1887-1889)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Charles T. O’Ferrall, Virginia

Martin A. Foran, Ohio

Allen D. Candler, Georgia

John R. Neal, Tennessee

Edward W. Greenman, New York

Justin R. Whiting, Michigan

John Lynch, Pennsylvania 

Marion Biggs, California

James Gunn, Idaho

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

William Woodburn, Nevada

Welty McCullogh, Pennsylvania

William H. Gest, Illinois

Thomas S. Flood, New York

John Nichols, North Carolina

Fifty-First Congress

(1889-1891)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas H. Carter, Montana

William Vandever, California

William H. Gest, Illinois

Hosea Townsend, Colorado

William M. Kinsey, Missouri

Samuel M. Stephenson, Michigan

Henry Stockbridge, Jr., Maryland 

Myron H. McCord, Wisconsin

Alfred Rowland, North Carolina

Justin R. Whiting, Michigan

James B. Reilly, Pennsylvania

George W. Cooper, Indiana

Edward C. Venable, Virginia

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On September 23, 1890, Edward C. Venable, Virginia, resigned from the House, after his election was contested.
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Fifty-Second Congress

(1891-1893)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William H.H. Cowels, North Carolina

George W. Cooper, Indiana

Samuel W. Peel, Arkansas

Timothy J. Campbell, New York

John O. Pendleton, West Virginia

Anthony Caminetti, California

Marshall Arnold, Missouri

Thomas Bowman, Iowa

Lucas M. Miller, Wisconsin

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Hosea Townsend, Colorado

Samuel M. Stephenson, Michigan

Philip S. Post, Illinois

George F. Huff, Pennsylvania

Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Thomas A. E. Weadock, Michigan

William A. Sipe, Pennsylvania

George P. Ikirt, Ohio

George F. Richardson, Michigan

John J. McDannold, Illinois

Jeremiah V. Cockrell, Texas 

William Baker, Kansas

Francis G. Newlands, Nevada

Joseph L. Rawlins, Utah Territory

Samuel M. Stephenson, Michigan

George B. Shaw, Wisconsin

Robert G. Cousins, Iowa

William Lilly, Pennsylvania

On December 1, 1893, William Lilly, Pennsylvania, died in office.

On December 18, 1893, Hezekiah S. Bundy, Ohio was appointed to the Committee.

On August 27, 1894, George B. Shaw, Wisconsin, died in office.
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Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

David D. Aitken, Michigan

Robert G. Cousins, Iowa

Charles S. Hartman, Montana

John Leisenring, Pennsylvania

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Rosseau O. Crump, Michigan

Joseph V. Graff, Illinois

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

Nathan O. Murphy, Arizona Territory

Alexander M. Hardy, Indiana

Jeremiah V. Cockrell, Texas

Robert Neill, Arkansas

Joseph M. Kendall, Kentucky

Jethro A. Hatch, Indiana

On December 27, 1895, Joseph V. Graff, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio

Rosseau O. Crump, Michigan

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

William L. Ward, New York

William Connell, Pennsylvania

Morgan B. Williams, Pennsylvania

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Charles S. Hartman, Montana

James Gunn, Idaho

Freeman T. Knowles, South Dakota 

Farish Carter Tate, Georgia

Albert M. Todd, Michugan

Marcus A. Smith, Arizona Territory

Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Rousseau O. Crump, Michigan

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

William Connell, Pennsylvania

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota

William C. Lovering, Massachusetts

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Malcom A. Moody, Oregon

Farish Carter Tate, Georgia

James W. Ryan, Pennsylvania

Edgar Wilson, Idaho

Albert J. Campbell, Montana

James K.P. Hall, Pennsylvania

John F. Wilson, Arizona Territory
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota

William Connell, Pennsylvania

Carlos D. Sheldon, Michigan

Malcom A. Moody, Oregon

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

George R. Patterson, Pennsylvania

Charles F. Scott, Kansas

Charles H. Burke, South Dakota

Farish Carter Tate, Georgia

James K.P. Hall, Pennsylvania

Thomas L. Glenn, Idaho

Caldwell Edwards, Montana

John Wesley Gaines, Tennessee

Mark A. Smith, Arizona Territory

On November 29, 1902, James K.P. Hall, Pennsylvania, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On December 6, 1902, Alexander Billmeyer, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

George R. Patterson, Pennsylvania

Charles F. Scott, Kansas

George F. Huff, Pennsylvania

Joseph M. Dixon, Montana

John N. Williamson, Oregon

Joseph Howell, Utah

Farish Carter Tate, Georgia

John Dougherty, Missouri

George Howell, Pennsylvania

Augustus O. Stanley, Kentucky

Francis E. Shober, New York

John F. Wilson, Arizona Territory

On F ebrua ry 10, 1 904 , Ge orge H ow ell, Pennsylva nia, wa s excu sed fo rm the C ommittee. 

On February 27, 1904, Robert W. Bonynge, Colorado, was appointed to the Committee,

On December 12, 1904, James T. Heflin, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 3, 1905, John Dougherty, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.
381

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Webster E. Brown, Wisconsin

Thomas H. Dale, Pennsylvania

Charles F. Scott, Kansas

George F. Huff, Pennsylvania

Joseph M. Dixon, Montana

John N. Williamson, Oregon

Joseph Howell, Utah

Robert W. Bonynge, Colorado

Cassius M. Shartel, Missouri

William H. Andrews, New Mexico Territory

Augustus O. Stanley, Kentucky

J. Thomas Heflin, Alabama

Gordon Lee, Georgia

John T. Hunt, Missouri

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

On Januray 4, 1907, John N. Williamson, Oregon, was excused from the Committee and W illiam F. En glebright,

California, was appointed in his place.

On December 1`8, 1906, Edward N. Sanders was appointed to the Committee.

Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George F. Huff, Pennsylvania

Joseph Howell, Utah

Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan

Burton L. French, Idaho

William F. Englebright, California

Joseph G. Beale, Pennsylvania

Albert Douglas, Ohio

Philo Hall, South Dakota

Charles N. Pray, Montana

Gordon Lee, Georgia

George A. Bartlett, Nevada

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

Thomas D. Nicholls, Pennsylvania

Daniel W. Hamilton, Iowa

Winfield S. Hammond, Minnesota

Thomas Cale, Alaska Territory
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

George F. Huff, Pennsylvania

Joseph Howell, Utah

William F. Englebright, California

Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan

Albert Douglas, Ohio

Charles N. Pray, Montana

Politte Elvins, Missouri

Charles E. Creager, Oklahoma

Alfred B. Garner, Pennsylvania

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

George A. Bartlett, Nevada

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

Thomas D. Nicholls, Pennsylvania

Winfield S. Hammond, Minnesota

Cyrus Cline, Indiana

John A. Maguire, Nebraska

Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

William B. Wilson, Pennsylvania

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

Ralph W. Moss, Indiana

George White, Ohio

William J. Fields, Kentucky

Curtis H. Gregg, Pennsylvania

James A. Daugherty, Missouri

Adam B. Littlepage, West Virginia

Joseph Howell, Utah

Charles N. Pray, Montana

Campbell Bascom Slemp, Virginia

Robert M. Switzer, Ohio

Charles C. Bowman, Pennsylvania

Ralph H. Cameron, Arizona Territory

On December 11, 1912, Curtis H. Gregg, Pennsylvania, weas excused from the Committee.

On J anuary 9 , 191 3, Joh n R. Farr, Pen nsylvania, w as ap pointed to the Committee. 
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

Courtney W. Hamlin, Missouri

James F. Byrnes, South Carolina

Samuel M. Taylor, Arkansas

Perl D. Decker, Missouri

John M. Evans, Montana

Peter J. Dooling, New York

John J. Casey, Pennsylvania

Joseph Howell, Utah

Robert M. Switzer, Ohio

Richard W. Austin, Tennessee

Edwin E. Roberts, Nevada

Howard Sutherland, West Virginia

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

Courtney W. Hamlin, Missouri

Ralph W. Moss, Indiana

William G. Brown, Jr., West Virginia

Emmett Wilson, Florida

Carl C. Van Dyke, Minnesota

Meyer London, New York

Mahon M. Garland, Pennsylvania

Edward E. Denison, Illinois

Edward Cooper, West Virginia

William Frank James, Michigan

William H. Coleman, Pennsylvania

Edwin D. Ricketts, Ohio

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

On M arch 9, 1916, William G. Brown, Jr., West Virginia, died in office.

On December 22, 1916, Otis T. Wingo, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.
384

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Martin D. Foster, Illinois

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

Courtney W. Hamlin, Missouri

Carl C. Van Dyke, Minnesota

Otis T. Wingo, Arkansas

Meyer London, New York

Andrew R. Brodbeck, Pennsylvania

Milton H. Welling, Utah

Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska Territory

Manyon M. Garland, Pennsylvania

Edward E. Denison, Illinois

Edward Cooper, West Virginia

William F. James, Michigan

Everett Sanders, Indiana

Nathan L. Strong, Pennsylvania

Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Mahlon M. Garland, Pennsylvania

(May 19, 1919 - November 19, 1920)

Marion E. Rhodes, Missouri

(November 19, 1920 - March 3, 1921)

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Marion E. Rhodes, Missouri

James G. Monahan, Wisconsin

Leonard S. Echols, West Virginia

John M. Robison, Kentucky

Edwin B. Brooks, Illinois

William J. Burke, Pennsylvania

Oscar R. Luhring, Indiana

Otis T. Wingo, Arkansas

Milton H. Wlling, Utah

Peter J. Dooling, New York

Lucian W. Parrish, Texas

Everette B. Howard, Oklahoma

On No vemb er 19, 1 920 , M ahlon M . Ga rland, Pe nnsylvania, d ied in office and M arion E. R hodes, Missouri, was

appointed C hairman.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixth-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Marion E. Rhodes, Missouri

Leonard S. Echols, West Virginia

John M. Robison, Kentucky

Edwin B. Brooks, Illinois

Oscar R. Luhring, Indiana

Charles R. Connell, Pennsylvania

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

William Williamson, South Dakota

Don B. Colton, Utah

Mayer London, New York

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Otis T. Wingo, Arkansas

Lilius B. Rainey, Alabama

George K. Favrot, Louisiana

Fletcher B. Swank, Oklahoma

On September 26, 1922, Charles R. Connell, Pennsylvania, died in office.

On December 11, 1922, James G. MacLafferty, California, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John M. Robison, Kentucky

William Williamson, South Dakota

Don B. Coulton, Utah

James G. MacLafferty, California

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

William H. Sproul, Kansas

Scott Leavett, Montana

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Joe J. Manlove, Missouri

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

George K. Favrot, Louisiana

Arthur H. Greenwood, Indiana

Herbert W. Cummings, Pennsylvania

Thomas J. Lilly, West Virginia

Charles L. Richards, Nevada

Mel G. Underwood, Ohio
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1925-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John M. Robison, Kentucky

William Williamson, South Dakota

Don B. Colton, Utah

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

William H. Sproul, Kansas

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Joe J. Manlove, Missouri

Arthur M. Free, California

Edmond N. Carpenter, Pennsylvania

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Arthur H. Geenwood, Indiana

Mell G. Underwood, Ohio

Joseph Whitehead, Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Virgil M. Chapman, Kentucky

On J anuary 5 , 192 6, Samuel S. A rentz, N evad a, was ap pointed to the Committee after Edmond N. C arpen ter.

On August 31, 1926, Arthur M . Free, C alifornia, was excus ed from the Committee and H arry L. Engelbright,

California, was appointed in his place.

Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John M. Robison, Kentucky

William Williamson, South Dakota

Don B. Colton, Utah

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

William H. Sproul, Kansas

Joe J. Manlove, Missouri

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Harry L. Englebright, California

Charles L. Gifford, Massachusetts

J. Russell Leech, Pennsylvania

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Arthur H. Geenwood, Indiana

Mell G. Underwood, Ohio

Joseph Whitehead, Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Everett Kent, Pennsylvania

On December 19, 1928, J. Russell Leech, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

John M. Robison, Kentucky

(April 15, 1929 - January 10, 1930)

William H. Sproul, Kansas

(January 10, 1930 - January 5, 1931)

Don B. Colton, Utah

Joe J. Manlove, Missouri

William H. Sproul, Kansas

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Harry L. Englebright, California

Charles E. Kiefner, Missouri

Hugh Ike Shott, West Virginia

Charles M. Turpin, Pennsylvania

Frank M. Ramey, Illinois

Dan A. Sutherland, Alaska Territory

Arthur H. Geenwood, Indiana

Mell G. Underwood, Ohio

Joseph Whitehead, Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

On Janua ry 10, 193 0, John M . Robns on, Kentucky, resigned from the House a nd William H. Sproul, Kansas, was

appointed Chairman in his place.

On M arch 3, 1930, Charles Finley, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 8, 1930, Butler B. Hare, South Carolina, was excused from the Committee and Claude V. Parsons,

Illinois, was appointed in his place.

On December 15, 1930, Federick C. Loofbourow, Utah, was appointed to the Committee.

Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Mell G. Underwood, Ohio

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

Claude V. Parsons, Illinois

John M. Evans, Montana

William P. Cole, Jr., Maryland

John W. Boehne, Jr., Indiana

Kent E. Keller, Illinois

Lynn S. Hornor, West Virginia

James Wickersham, Alaska Territory

Joe J. Manlove, Missouri

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Harry L. Englebright, California

Hugh Ike Shott, West Virginia

Charles M. Turpin, Pennsylvania

Charles Finley, Kentucky

Harold C. McGugin, Kansas
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat 

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

Lynn S. Hornor, West Virginia

W. Ben Cravens, Arkansas

Virginia E. Jenckes, Indiana

Finley Hamilton, Kentucky

Orrice Abe Murdock, Jr. Utah

Frank H. Lee, Missouri

William M. Berlin, Pennsylvania

James Frank Gillespie, Illinois

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

William R. Thom, Ohio

Alfred F. Beiter, New York

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

Charles M. Turpin, Pennsylvania

Harold C. McGugin, Kansas

Leroy T. Marshall, Ohio

On M arch 30, 1933, James Frank Gillespie, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On A pril 3, 193 3, W alter Ne sbit, Illinois, was a ppo inted to the C ommittee. 

On M ay 8, 1 933 , Albert C . Willford, Iow a, was ap pointed to the Committee after W alter Ne sbit.

On September 23, 1933, Lynn S. Horner, West Virginia, died in office.

On January 15, 1934, Ray P. Chase, Minnesota, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 20, 1934, Robert T. Secrest, Ohio, was appointed to the Committee.

Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

W. Ben Cravens, Arkansas

Virginia E. Jenckes, Indiana

Orrice Abe Murdock, Jr., Utah

William M. Berlin, Pennsylvania

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Alfred F. Beiter, New York

Robert T. Secrest, Ohio

Harry H. Mason, Illinois

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

Paul R. Greever, Wyoming

Don Gingery, Pennsylvania

George J. Schneider, Wisconsin

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

Charles M. Turpin, Pennsylvania

Leroy T. Marshall, Ohio

William A. Pittenger, Minnesota

Dewey J. Short, Missouri

On J anuary 1 8, 19 36, V erner W . M ain, M ichigan, was ap pointed to the Committee after Dewey J. S hort.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

William Ben Cravens, Arkansas

Virginia E. Jenckes, Indiana

Orrice Abe Murdock, Jr. Utah

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Will Rogers, Oklahoma

Alfred F. Beiter, New York

Robert T. Secrest, Ohio

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

Paul R. Greever, Wyoming

Don Gingery, Pennsylvania

Harold K. Claypool, Ohio

Luther Patrick, Alabama

 Harry R. Sheppard, California

Clyde L. Garrett, Texas

John H. Flannery, Pennsylvania

George J. Schneider, Wisconsin

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

Dewey J. Short, Missouri

John M. Robinson, Kentucky

Francis H. Case., South Dakota

William Lemke, North Dakota

Richard M. Simpson, Pennsylvania

Seventy-Sixth Congress

(1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Robert T. Secrest, Ohio

Harold K. Claypool, Ohio

Guy L. Moser, Pennsylvania

William D. Bryon, Maryland

Lindley G. Beckworth, Sr., Texas

A. S. (Mike) Monroney, Oklahoma

William F. Norrell, Arkansas

Vito Marcantonio, New York

David J. Ward, Maryland

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

John M. Robinson, Kentucky

Frederick V. Bradley, Michigan

Gerald W. Landis, Indiana

Earl R. Lewis, Ohio

Ivor D. Fenton, Pennsylvania

Thomas T. Winter, Kansas

On April 13, 1939, A. S. (Mike) Monroney, Oklahoma, was excused from the Committee.

On July 24, 1939, William D. Bryo n, Ma ryland was e xcused from the C ommittee and John R. Murdock, Arizona,

was appointed in his place.

On September 28, 1939, William Fadjo Cravens, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On M ay 8, 1940, Jennings Randolph, West Virginia, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 14, 1940, Earl R. Lewis, Ohio, was excused from the Committee.

On August 5, 1940, Charles Hawks, Jr., Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.
390

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Robert T. Secrest,Ohio

Harold K. Claypool, Ohio

Lindley G. Beckworth, Sr., Texas

William F. Norrell, Arkansas

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Jennings Randolph, West Virginia

Alfred F. Beiter, New York

William J. Fitzgerald, Connecticut

Augustine B. Kelly, Pennsylvania

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

Vito Marcantonio, New York

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

John M. Robinson, Kentucky

Frederick V. Bradley, Michigan

Gerald W. Landis, Indiana

Ivor D. Fenton, Pennsylvania

Thomas T. Winter, Kansas

Cecil W. (Runt) Bishop, Illinois

On December 5, 1941, William J. Fitzgerald, Connecticut, was excused from the Committee.

On December 17, 1941, Ivor D. Fenton, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

On January 12, 1941, Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado, was appointed to the Committee after Cecil W. (Runt) Bishop.

Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Jennings Randolph, West Virginia

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

Compton I. White, Idaho

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

R. Grant Furlong, Pennsylvania

James H. Morrison, Louisiana

Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Territory

Harry L. Englebright, California

John M. Robinson, Kentucky

Frederick V. Bradley, Michigan

Gerald W. Landis, Indiana

C.W. (Runt) Bishop, Illinois

Robert C. Rockwell, Colorado

Calvin D. Johnson, Illinois

William P. Elmer, Missouri

Walter E. Brehm, Ohio

On January 25, 1943, James H. Morrison, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On M ay 13, 1943, Harry L. Englebright, California, died in office.

On October 4, 1943, Claire Engle, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On M ay 25, 1943, Matthew H. Ellsworth, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee.

On April 15, 1944, James Domengeaux, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On November 21, 1944, Walter E. Brehm, Ohio, was excused from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Andrew L. Somers, New York 

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Jennings Randolph, West Virginia

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania

Compton I. White, Idaho

Clair Engle, California

Erland H. Hedrick, West Virginia

Albert S.J. Carnahan, Missouri

William J. Gallagher, Minnesota

Thomas E. Morgan, Pennsylvania

Berkeley L. Bunker, Nevada

Edward L. Bartlett, Alaska Territory

John M. Robinson, Kentucky

Frederick V. Bradley, Michigan

Gerald W. Landis, Indiana

Cecil W. (Runt) Bishop, Illinois

Robert C. Rockwell, Colorado

Matthew H. Ellsworth, Oregon

Walter E. Brehm, Ohio

Robert J. Corbett, Pennsylvania

George B. Schwabe, Oklahoma

On M ay 28, 1945, Cecil W. (Runt) Bishop, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On J une 25 , 194 5, W esley A . D’Ew art, M ontana , wa s app ointed to th e Committee. 

On J anuary 3 1, 19 46, M . Harris Ellsworth, O regon, w as exc used from the C ommittee. 

On M arch 14, 1946, Albert S.J. Carnahan, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

On A pril 16, 19 46, G eorge B. Sc hwa be, O klahoma, was exc used from the C ommittee. 

On J une 14 , 194 6, Carl H. Hoffman, Pennsylva nia, wa s app ointed to th e Committee after W esley A . D’Ew art.

On August 13, 1946, William J. Gallagher, Minnesota, died in office.

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MEMBERS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION OF ARID LANDS

(IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION)

(1893-1946) 53d-79th

In 1924, the Committee Changed its name from Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands

(occasionally listed as Irrigation of the Arid Lands) to Committee on Irrigation and

Reclamation.

Fifty-Third Congress

(1893-1895)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George W. Cooper, Indiana

Marcus C. Lisle, Kentucky

Thomas M. Paschal, Texas

James G. Maguire, California

George F. Richardson, Michigan

Lafayette Pence, Colorado

Willis Sweet, Idaho

Wiliam H. Doolittle, Washington

Charles S. Hartman, Montana

James A. Tawney, Minnesota

On July 7, 1894, Thoma M. Paschal, Texas was excused from the Committee.

On August 16, 1894, Horace L. Moore, Kansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 6, 1894, Michael Griffin, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Fourth Congress

(1895-1897)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Binger Hermann, Oregon

John A. Barham, California

Edgar Wilson, Idaho

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

Robert J. Gamble, South Dakota

Samuel C. Hyde, Washington

Joseph C. Hutcheson, Texas

Joseph E. Washi ngton, Tennessee

Charles L. Bartlett, Georgia

John C. Bell, Colorado
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Fifty-Fifth Congress

(1897-1899)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William R. Ellis, Oregon

Benjamin F. Howell, New Jersey

Warren B. Hooker, New York

Thomas H. Tongue, Oregon

John A. Barham, California

John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin

Charles B. Landis, Indiana 

John F. Shafroth, Colorado 

Roderick D. Sutherland, Nebraska

John E. Osborne, Wyoming

John E. Kelly, South Dakota

Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas H. Tongue, Oregon

John A. Barham, California

John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin

George W. Ray, New York

Vespasian Warner, Illinois

William A. Reeder, Kansas

Fremont O. Phillips, Ohio

John F. Shafroth, Colorado

Roderick D. Sutherland, Nebraska

Edgar Wilson, Idaho

Athelston Gaston, Pennsylvania

On May 1, 1900, John F. Shafroth, Colorado was excused from the Committee and William H.

King, Utah was ap pointed to th e Committee.

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Thomas H. Tounge, Oregon

John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin

George W. Ray, New York

William A. Reeder, Kansas

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

George Sutherland, Utah

Charles Q. Tirrell, Massachusetts

Francis G. Newlands, Nevada

William Neville, Nebraska

Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama

John D. Bellamy, North Carolina 

On September 11, 1902, George W. Ray, New York, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On December 11, 1902, John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin, was excused from the Committee and John W. Dwight, New

York, and Frank B. Brandegee, Connecticut, were appointed to fille the vacancies on Committee.
395

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Fifty Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

William A. Reeder, Kansas

Charles Q. Tirrell, Massachusetts

John W. Dwight, New York

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Allen F. Cooper, Pennsylvania

John N. Williamson, Oregon

Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama

Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska

Clarence D. Van Duzer, Nevada

Theodore A. Bell, California

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming

William A. Reeder, Kansas

John W. Dwight, New York

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Allen F. Cooper, Pennsylvania

John N. Williamson, Oregon

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

John L. Kennedy, Nebraska

Clarence D. Van Duzer, Nevada

William R. Smith, Texas

Henry T. Rainey, Illinois

William R. Hearst, New York

Charles C. Reid, Arkansas

Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican 

Minority: Democrat

Wiliam A. Reeder, Kansas

John W. Dwight, New York

Thomas F. Marshall, North Dakota

Allen F. Cooper, Pennsylvania

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

William F. Englebright, California

William R. Ellis, Oregon

William R. Smith, Texas

Henry T. Rainey, Illinois

James O. Patterson, South Carolina

Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska

George A. Bartlett, Nevada
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

William A. Reeder, Kansas

Ralph D. Cole, Ohio

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

William F. Englebright, California

William S. Greene, Massachusetts

John E. Andrus, New York

Henry W. Palmer, Pennsylvania

James W. Good, Iowa

William R. Smith, Texas

Henry T. Rainey, Illinois

Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Nebraska

George A. Bartlett, Nevada

Robert Y. Thomas, Jr., Kentucky

Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William R. Smith, Texas

Arsène P. Pujo, Louisiana

James E. Ellerbe, South Carolina

Atterson W. Rucker, Colorado

Dudley M. Hughes, Georgia

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Charles B. Smith, New York

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

William S. Greene, Massachusetts

John E. Andrus, New York

Edwin E. Roberts, Nevada

Abraham W. Lafferty, Oregon

On M arch 4, 191 2, Carl T. H ayden, Arizona, a nd Ge orge Curry, N ew M exico, were a ppointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William R. Smith, Texas

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

William W. Rucker, Missouri

Harvey B. Furgusson, New Mexico

Tom Stout, Montana

Stanley E. Bowdle, Ohio

John R. Connelly, Kansas

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

William S. Greene, Massachusetts

Edwin E. Roberts, Nevada

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Jacob Johnson, Utah

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William R. Smith, Texas

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

William W. Rucker, Missouri

Tom Stout, Montana

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Clarence C. Dill, Washington

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Edwin E. Roberts, Nevada

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Porter H. Dale, Vermont

Elijah C. Hutchinson, New Jersey

Benigno C. Hernandez, New Mexico

Robert M. McCracken, Idaho

Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

John E. Raker, California

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Harry L. Gandy, South Dakota

Clarence C. Dill, Washington

Milton H. Welling, Utah

Thomas L. Blanton, Texas

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Edwin A. Roberts, Nevada

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Merril Moores, Indiana

Ernest Lundeen, Minnesota

Edward C. Little, Kansas

On December 15, 1917, Charles B. Timberlake, Colorado, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 4, 1918, Thomas L. Blanton, Texas, was excused from the Committee.

On January 20, 1918, William C. Wright, Georgia, was appointed to the Committee.

On February5, 1918, William B. Walton, New M exico, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Edward C. Little, Kansas

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

John M. Baer, North Dakota

Benigno C. Hernandez, New Mexico

John W. Summers, Washington

Henry E. Barbour, California

Charles J. Thompson, Ohio

Edward T. Taylor, Colorado

Carl Hayden, Arizona

Milton H. Welling, Utah

Charles R. Evans, Nevada

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

(April 11, 1921 - July 6, 1922)

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

(July 6, 1922 - March 3, 1923)

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Edward C. Little, Kansas

Addison T. Smith, Idaho 

John W. Summers, Washington

Henry E. Barbour, California

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah

William Williamson, South Dakota

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Manuel Herrick, Oklahoma

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas

John E. Raker, California

Homer L. Lyon, North Carolina

William B. Bankhead, Alabama

On July 6, 1922, Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska, died in office and Addison T. Smith, Idaho was appointed Chairman

in his pplace.

December 11, 922, Augustine R. Humphrey, Nebraska, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Edward C. Little, Kansas

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah

Robert G. Simmons, Nebraska

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Milton C. Garber, Oklahoma

Carl Hayden, Arizona

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas

John E. Raker, California

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Charles L. Richards, Nevada

James B. Reed, Arkansas

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

On M arch 21, 1924, Samuel B. Hill, Washington, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 4, 1924, Ulysses S. Guyer, Kansas, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

COMMITTEE NAME CHANGED TO THE

COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1928-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Edward C. Little, Kansas

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Philip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

John C. Allen, Illinois

Frederick M. Davenport, New York

Carl T. Hayden, Arizona

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas

John E. Raker, California

William C. Lankford, Georgia

James B. Reed, Arkansas

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

William M. Whittington, Mississippi 

John Morrow, New Mexico

Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Nicholas J. Sinnott, Oregon

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Charles E. Winter, Wyoming

Philip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

John C. Allen, Illinois

Frederick M. Davenport, New York

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas

William C. Lankford, Georgia

James B. Reed, Arkansas

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

Samuel B. Hill, Washington

John Morrow, New Mexico

Lewis W. Douglas, Arizona

S. Harrison White, Colorado

On December 9, 1928, Robert R. Butler, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Elmer O. Leatherwood, Vermont

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Philip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Robert R. Butler, Oregon

Fred G. Johnson, Nebraska

Vincent M. Carter, Wyoming

Thomas J. Halsey, Missouri

Don B. Colton, Utah

Claude B. Hudspeth, Texas

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

Edward E. Eslick, Tennessee

Joseph Whitehead, Virginia

Robert S. Hall, Mississippi

David D. Glover, Arkansas

Numa F. Montet, Louisiana

On December 24, 1929, Elmer O. Leatherwood, Utah, died in office.

On Dec ember 8, 1 930, Ed ward E . Eslick, Tennessee , was e xcused from the C ommittee and Frank W. Hancock,

North Carolina was appointed in his place.

Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Robert S. Hall, Mississippi

William C. Lankford, Georgia

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

Oliver H. Cross, Texas

James F. Fulbright, Missouri

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

John E. Miller, Arkansas

John H. Overton, Louisiana

Charles H. Martin, Oregon

Addison T. Smith, Idaho

Scott Leavitt, Montana

Philip D. Swing, California

Samuel S. Arentz, Nevada

Robert R. Butler, Oregon

Vincent M. Carter, Wyoming

Frederick C. Loofbourow, Utah
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Dennis Chavez, New Mexico

Miles C. Allgood, Alabama

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

Charles H. Martin, Oregon

Terry M. Carpenter, Nebraska

Compton I. White, Idaho

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Knute Hill, Washington

Henry E. Stubbs, California 

Claude E. Cady, Michigan

James G. Scrugham, Nevada 

James William Robinson, Utah

Joseph W. Bailey, Jr., Texas

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota

Vincent M. Carter, Wyoming

Fred A. Hartly, Jr., New Jersey

William E. Hess, Ohio

J. Roland Kinzer, Nebraska

James L. Whitley, New York

Patrick H. Moynihan, Illinois

On M ay 5, 1933, Joseph W. Bailey, Jr., Texas, was excused from the Committee.

On M ay 8, 1933, Milton H. West, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 8, 1933, Henry E. Stubbs, California, was excused from the Committee.

On January 20, 1934, Isabella S. Greenway, Arizona, was appointed to the Committee.

Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Compton I. White, Idaho

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

Roy E. Ayers, Montana

Knute Hill, Washington

Henry E. Stubbs, California

James W. Robinson, Utah

J. Hardin Peterson, Florida

Theodore B. Werner, South Dakota

Milton H. West, Texas

Isabella S. Greenway, Arizona

Herron Pearson, Tennessee

Paul R. Greever, Wyoming

John L. McClellan, Arkansas

Charles L . South, Texas

Orville Zimmerman, Missouri

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

Fred A. Hartley, Jr., New Jersey

William E. Hess, Ohio

J. Roland Kinzer, Pennsylvania

William A. Ekwall, Oregon

Bertand W. Gearhart, California
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Compton I. White, Idaho

Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina

Knute Hill, Washington

Henry E. Stubbs, California

James W. Robinson, Utah

Milton H. West, Texas

Paul R. Greever, Wyoming

Charles L . South, Texas

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

Phillip C. Ferguson, Oklahoma

Peterson Jarman, Alabama

Albert Thomas, Texas

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor, Montana

Nan W. Honeyman, Oregon

Fred A. Hartley, Jr., New Jersey

Bertand W. Gearhart, California

Francis H. Case, South Dakota

James C. Oliver, Maine

William Lemke, North Dakota

On February 28, 1937, Henry E. Stubbs, California, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 10, 1937, Harry R. Sheppard, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 17, 1938, Allard H. Gasque, South Carolina, died in office.

Seventy-Sixth Congress

(1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Compton I. White, Idaho

Knute Hill, Washington

James W. Robinson, Utah

Albert Thomas, Texas

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor Montana

Harry R. Sheppard, California

Wilbur Cartwright, Oklahoma

Kent E. Keller, Illinois

William T. Schulte, Indiana

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

Ezekiel C. Gathings, Pennsylvania

Dewey Short, Missouri

James Hawks, Jr., Wisconsin

Thomas D. Winter, Kansas

Karl E. Mundt, South Dakota

Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho

Jacob Thorkelson, Montana

Frank O. Horton, Wyoming

On March 29, 1939, Harry R. She ppa rd, California, was excus ed from the Committee and C harles K ramer,

California, was appointed in his place.

On M ay 23, 1939, Kent E. Keller, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On September 28, 1939, William Fadjo Cravens, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 12, 1940, Frank O. Horton, Wyoming, was excused from the Committee.

On M ay 1, 1940, John Hyde Sweet, Nebraska, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Compton I. White, Idaho

James W. Robinson, Utah

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor Montana

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Ezekiel C. Gathings, Arkansas

Charles Kramer, California

Thomas E. Scanlon, Pennsylvania

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

John J. McIntyre, Wyoming

Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico

Vance G. Plauché, Louisiana

Sam M. Russell, Texas

F. Eugene Worley, Texas

Dewey J. Short, Missouri

Thomas D. Winter, Kansas

Henry C. Dworshak, Idaho

Oren S. Copeland, Nebraska

Charles R. Robertson, North Dakota

William S. Hill, Colorado

On Janua ry 24, 1 942 , Ro bert C. Ro ckw ell, Colora do, was appoint ed to th e Committe e a fter W illiam S . Hill,

Colorado.

On April 18, 1941, Victor E. Wickersham, Oklahoma, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 9, 1941, Victor E. Wickersham, Oklahoma, was excused from the Committee.

Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Compton I. White, Idaho

James W. Robinson, Utah

John R. Murdock, Arizona

James F. O’Connor Montana

Thomas E. Scanlon, Pennsylvania

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

F. Eugene Worley, Texas

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

George E. Outland, California

William L. Dawson, Illinois

Dewey J. Short, Missouri

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

William Lemke, North Dakota

Chester H. Gross, Pennsylvania

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Lowell Stockman, Oregon

John Phillips, California

Chester E. Merrow, New Hampshire

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Walter F. Horan, Washington

On M arch 22, 1944, George E. Outland, California, was excused from the Committee.

On April 15, 1944, James Domengeaux, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On December 15, 1944, Alfred J. Elliott, California, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Compton I. White, Idaho 

James W. Robinson, Utah

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

Andrew L. Somers, New York

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

William L. Dawson, Illinois

Alfred J. Elliott, California

Mike J. Mansfield, Montana

Charles R. Savage, Washington

George P. Miller, California

Dewey J. Short, Missouri

Robert F. Rockwell, Colorado

William Lemke, North Dakota

Chester H. Gross, Pennsylvania

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Lowell Stockman, Oregon

John Phillips, California

Frank A. Barrett, Wyoming

Otis H. Holmes, Washington

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

MEMBERS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS

56th - 79th Congresses (1899 - 1946)

Fifty-Sixth Congress

(1899-1901)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Allen Cooper, Wisconsin

Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois

Robert R. Hitt, Illinois

Sereno E. Payne, New York

Eugene F. Loud, California 

James A. Tawney, Minnesota

Joseph W. Babcock, Wisconsin

William H. Moody, Massachusetts

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

William A. Jones, Virginia

John W. Maddox, Georgia

James R. Williams, Illinois

Robert L. Henry, Texas

Edward W. Carmack, Tennessee

Henry D. Clayton, Alabama

Joseph C. Sibley, Pennsylvania 

On D ecem ber 14 , 190 0, Ed wa rd L. Hamilton, M ichigan, was ap pointed to the Committee. 

On M arch 13, 1900, Henry D. Clayton, Alabama, was excused from the Committee and Willis Brewer, Alabama,

was appointed to the Committee.

Fifty-Seventh Congress

(1901-1903)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Allen Cooper, Wisconsin

Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois

Robert R. Hitt, Illinois

Sereno E. Payne, New York

William P. Hepburn, Iowa

Eugene F. Loud, California

James A. Tawney, Minnesota

William H. Moody, Massachusetts

Edgar S. Crumpacker, Indiana

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Joseph C. Sibley, Pennsylvania

William A. Jones, Virginia

John W. Maddox, Georgia

James R. Williams, Illinois

Robert L. Henry, Texas

John Sharp Williams, Mississippi

Malcolm R. Patterson, Tennessee

On M ay 13, 1902, Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

On Janua ry 12, 1 903 , Ro bert L. Henry, Texas, was excused from the Committee and James M. Robinson, Indiana,

was appointed in his place.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Fifty-Eighth Congress

(1903-1905)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Allen Cooper, Wisconsin

James A. Trawney, Minnesota

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania

George W. Smith, Illinois

William R. Warnock, Ohio

James C. Needham, Louisiana

Charles F. Fuller, Illinois

William M. Lanning, New Jersey

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

William A. Jones, Virginia

John W. Maddox, Georgia

James R. Williams, Illinois

Malcolm R. Patterson, Tennessee

James M. Robinson, Indiana

Wilson S. Hill, Mississippi

On June 6, 1904, William M. Lanning, New Jersey, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On D ecem ber 12 , 190 4, Am os R. Webb er, Ohio, wa s app ointed to th e Committee. 

Fifty-Ninth Congress

(1905-1907)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Allen Cooper, Wisconsin

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania

George W. Smith, Illinois

Charles F. Fuller, Illinois

Moses P. Kinkaid, Nebraska

Amos R. Webber, Ohio

William H. Graham, Pennsylvania

Elbert H. Hubbard, Iowa

Herbert Parsons, New York

Duncan E. McKinlay, California

Tulio Larringa, Comm. of Puerto Rico

William A. Jones, Virginia

Malcolm L. Petterson, Tennessee

William T. Zenor, Indiana

William W. Rucker, Missouri

George G. Gilbert, Kentucky

Robert N. Page, North Carolina

On Dec ember 15 , 1906, O scar S. G ifford, South D akota, w as appo inted to the Committee after Duncan E. M cKinlay.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixtieth Congress

(1907-1909)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Henry Allen Cooper, Wisconsin

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

William H. Graham, Pennsylvania

Edward H. Hubbard, Iowa

Herbert Parsons, New York

Duncan E. McKinlay, California

Charles R. Davis, Minnesota

Charles G Washburn, Massachusetts

Edmond H. Madison, Lansas

Tulio Larringa, Comm. of Puerto Rico

William A. Jones, Virginia

Robert N. Page, North Carolina

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Matthew R. Denver, Ohio

Andrew J. Peters, Massachusetts

Charles V. Fornes, Nw York

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Sixty-First Congress

(1909-1911)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana

Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Elbert H. Hubbard, Iowa

William H. Graham, Pennsylvania

Herbert Parsons, New York

Duncan E. McKinley, California

Charles R. Davis, Minnesota

Edmond H. Madison, Kansas

Charles N. Fowler, New Jersey

Albert Douglas, Ohio

Tulio Larringa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

William A. Jones, Virginia

Robert N. Page, North Carolina

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Matthew R. Denver, Ohio

Charles V. Fornes, New York

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Atterson W. Rucker, Colorado
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Second Congress

(1911-1913)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William A. Jones, Virginia

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Matthew R. Denver, Ohio

Charles V. Fornes, New York

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Frank Clark, Florida

Martin A. Morrison, Indiana

William A. Dickson, Mississippi

Clement C. Dickinson, Missouri

James S. Davenport, Ohio

Oscar Callaway, Texas

Adam B. Littlepage, West Virginia

William S. Howard, Georgia

William F. Murray, Massachusetts

Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania

Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana 

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Elbert H. Hubbard, Iowa

Charles R. Davis, Minnesota

Elmer A. Morse, Wisconsin

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Luis M. Rivera, Comm. of Puerto Rico

On June 4, 1912, Elbert H. Hubbard, Iowa, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On July 25, 1912, Wlliam S. Vare, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Third Congress

(1913-1915)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William A. Jones, Virginia

Finis J. Garrett, Tennesse

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Martin A. Morrison, Indiana

James S. Davenport, Ohio

Oscar Callaway, Texas

Henry M. Goldfogle, New York

Joseph A. Goulden, New York

Joseph J. Russell, Missouri

Warren W. Bailey, Pennsylvania

Lawrence B. Stringer, Illinois

Clement L. Braumburgh, Ohio

James W. Elder, Louisiana

Jacob T. Baker, New Jersey

Jacob A. Falconer, Washington

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Simeon D. Fess, Ohio

James A. Frear, Wisconsin

George M. Young, North Dakota

Luis M. Rivera, Comm. of Puerto Rico

On D ecemb er 10, 191 3, John A. P eters, M aine, was a ppointed to the Ho use, after George M . Young.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Fourth Congress

(1915-1917)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William A. Jones, Virginia

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Martin A. Morrison, Indiana

James S. Davenport, Oklahoma

Joseph J. Russell, Missouri

Warren W. Bailey, Pennsylvania

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Peter J. Dooling, New York

Joseph B. Thompson, Oklahoma

George W. Loft, New York

Oscar L. Gray, Alabama

James H. Davis, Texas

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Simeon D. Fess, Ohio

George M. Young, North Dakota

John A. Peters, Maine

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Richard W. Austin, Tennessee

Clifton M. McArthur, Oregon

Sixty-Fifth Congress

(1917-1919)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

William A. Jones, Virginia

(April 2, 1917 - April 17, 1918)

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

(April 17, 1918 - March 3, 1919)

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Harvey Helm, Kentucky

Joseph M. Russell, Missouri

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Peter J. Dooling, New York

James B. Aswell, Louisiana 

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Thomas D. McKeowen, Oklahoma

Leonidas Robinson, North Carolina

John M. Jones, Texas

Fred H. Dominick, South Carolina

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Clarence B. Miller, Minnesota

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Richard W. Austin, Tennessee

John R.K. Scott, Pennsylvania

Oscar W. Swift, New York

James P. Glynn, Connecticut

Henry W. Watson, Pennsylvania

William F. Waldow, New York

On April 17, 1918, William A. Jones, Virginia, died in office.

On July 9, 1918, Schuler Otis Bland, Virginia, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Sixth Congress

(1919-1921)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

James P. Glynn, Connecticut

Benjamin K. Focht, Pennsylvania

John I. Nolan, California

Charles A. Nichols, Michigan

Ira G. Hersey, Maine

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Louis W. Fairfield, Indiana

Wilis J. Hulings, Pennsylvania

Clarence MacGregor, New York

John C. Klecka, Wisconsin

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Clement L. Brumbaugh, Ohio

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Tom D. McKeowan, Oklahoma

Leonidas Robinson, North Carolina

John Marvin Jones, Texas

Fred H. Dominick, South Carolina

Schuyler O. Bland, Virginia

Charles M. LeCompte, Iowa

On February 3, 1920, Wilis J. Hulings, Pennsylvania, was excused from the Committee.

On A pril 25, 19 20, C harles A . Nicho ls, Michigan, died in office. 

On January 14, 1921, Clarence J. McLeod, M ichigan, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Seventh Congress

(1921-1923)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Horace M. Towner, Iowa

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

James P. Glynn, Connecticut

John I. Nolan, California

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Louis W. Fairfield, Indiana

John C. Kleczka, Wisconsin

Edgar R. Kiess, Pennsylvania

Benjamin F. Murphy, Ohio

Edgar C. Ellis, Missouri

Herbert W. Taylor, New Jersey

Lorraine M. Gensman, Oklahoma

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Benjamin G. Humphreys, Mississippi

R. Walton Moore, Virginia

William B. Bowling, Alabama

Hallett S. Ward, North Carolina

W. Turner Logan, South Carolina

On August 11, 19 21, W illiam B. Bow ling, Alabama, was exc used from the C ommittee, and P atrick Henry Drew ry,

Virginia, was appointed in his place.

On January 5, 1922, R. Walton Moore, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

On January 17, 1922, Chester W. Taylor, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 10, 1922, Benjamin Frank Murphy, Ohio, was excused from the Committee.

On M ay 4, 1922, Lewis Henry, New York, was appointed to the Committee.

On August 23, 1922, Patrick Henry Drewry, Virginia, was excused from the Committee.

On November 18, 1922, John I. Nolan, California, died in office.

On November 23, 1922, Clarence W. Turner, Tennessee, was appointed to the Committee.

On December11, 1922, James H. MacLaffertty, California, was appointed to the Committee.

Sixty-Eighth Congress

(1923-1925)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Louis W. Fairfield, Indiana

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Edgar R. Kiess, Pennsylvania

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

James H. MacLafferty, California

Grant M. Hudson, Michigan

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

John C. Schafer, Wisconsin

Frederick G. Fleetwood, Vermont

Thomas J.B. Robinson, Iowa

Felix Cordova Davila, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Hallett S. Ward, North Carolina

Guinn Williams, Texas

Jacob I. Milligan, Missouri

Frank Gardner, Indiana

William C. Salmon, Tennessee

Heartsill Ragon, Arkansas

T. Webber Wilson, Mississippi

Everett Kent, Pennsylvania

On Feb rua ry 5 , 19 25 , Jame s H. M acLa fferty , California, was exc used from the Committee and R obert L. Bac on,

New Y ork, was appointed in his place.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Sixty-Ninth Congress

(1928-1927)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edgar R. Kiess, Pennsylvania

Charles E. Fuller, Illinois

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Grant M. Hudson, Michigan

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Robert L. Bacon, New York

Charles L. Underhill, Massachusetts

Elbert S. Brigham, Vermont

Albert R. Hall, Indiana

Albert E. Carter, California

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Felix Cordova Davila, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Guinn Williams, Texas

Jacob I. Milligan, Missouri

Frank Gardner, Indiana

Heartsill Ragon, Arkansas

T. Webber Wilson, Mississippi

Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

On January 5, 1926, Albert E. Carter, California, was excused from the Committee and Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio,

was appointed in his place.

On M ay 28, 1926, Jacob I. Milligan, Missouri, was excused from the Committee.

On J une 4, 1 926 , Ra lph W . E. G ilbert, Kentuc ky, w as ap pointed to the Committee. 

On June 25, 1926, Charles E. Fuller, Illinois, died in office.

On December 16, 1926, Frederick W. Dallinger, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Committee.

Seventieth Congress

(1927-1929)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edgar R. Kiess, Pennsylvania

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Charles L. Underhill, Massachusetts

Elbert S. Brigham, Vermont

Albert R. Hall, Indiana

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio

Frederick Dallinger. Massachusetts

Frederick W. Magrady, Pennsylvania

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Richard J. Welch, California

Felix Cordova Davila, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Guinn Williams, Texas

Frank Gardner, Indiana

Heartsill Ragon, Arkansas

T. Webber Wilson, Mississippi

Adolph J. Sabath, Illinois

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Ralph W. E. Gilbert, Kentucky

On D ecem ber 10 , 192 8, He artsill Ragon , Arka nsas, w as exc used from the C ommittee. 

On December 12, 1928, LaFayette L. Patterson, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-First Congress

(1929-1931)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Edgar R. Kiess, Pennsylvania

(April 15, 1929 - June 20, 1930)

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

(June 20, 1930 - January 5, 1931)

Frederick N. Zihlman, Maryland

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Charles L. Underhill, Massachusetts

Albert R. Hall, Indiana

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio

Frederick Dallinger, Massachusetts

Frederick W. Magrady, Pennsylvania

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Richard J. Welch, California

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

James W. Dunbar, Indiana

Felix Cordova Davila, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Christopher D. Sullivan, New York

Guinn Williams, Texas

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Thomas A. Yon, Florida

Louis L. Ludlow, Indiana

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

On January 24, 1930, Samuel Rutherford, Georgia, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 20, 1930, Edgar R. Keiss, Pennsylvania, died in office, and Harold Knutson, Minnesota was appointed as

Cha irman of the C ommittee. 

On December 8, 1930, Effiegne L. Wingo, Arkansas, was appointed to the Committee.

On February 27, 1931, David W. Hopkins, Missouri, was appointed to the Committee.

Seventy-Second Congress

(1931-1933)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Guinn Williams, Texas

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

John McDuffie, Alabama

Ralph F. Lozier, Missouri

Bolivar E. Kemp, Louisiana

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

Oliver H. Cross, Texas

Robert S. Hall, Mississippi

Ralph W. E. Gilbert, Kentucky

John E. Miller, Arkansas

William H. Larrabee, Indiana

Harold Knutson, Minnesota

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Charles Underhill, Massachusetts

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Thomas A. Jenkins, Ohio

Frederick W. Magrady, Pennsylvania

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Richard J. Welch, California

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania 

Feliex Cordova Davila, Comm. of Puerto Rico
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Third Congress

(1933-1935)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John McDuffie, Alabama

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Ralph F. Lozier, Missouri

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

John D. Dingell, Michigan

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

Charles Kramer, California

Robert T. Secrest, Ohio

Kathryn O. McCarthy, Kansas

A. Willis Robertson, Virginia

John Y. Brown, Kentucky

James J. Lanzetta, New York

J. Buell Snyder, Pennsylvania

James G. Scrugham, Nevada

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Carroll L. Beedy, Maine

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan

Richard J. Welch, California

Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont

George F. Brumm, Pennsylvania

Francis H. Shoemaker, Minnesota

On October 19, 1933, Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On February 22, 1934, Joseph L. Hooper, Michigan, died in office.

On February 23, 1934, C harles Kramer, California, was exc used from the Committee and H enry Ellenbogen,

Pennsylvania, was appointed in his place.

On M arch 27, 1933, Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy, Kansas, was excused from the Committee.

On M arch 30, 1933, William H. Larrabee, Indiana, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 10, 1933, James G. Scrugham, Nevada, was excused from the Committee.

On January 24, 1933, Clark W. Thompson, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Fourth Congress

(1935-1937)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John McDuffie, Alabama

(January 11, 1935 - March 2, 1935)

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

(March 2, 1935 - January 3, 1937)

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

William H. Larrabee, Indiana

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

Henry Ellenbogen, Pennsylvania

Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., Louisiana

Louis C. Rabaut, Michigan

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

Daniel R. McGehee, Mississippi

Sam C. Massingale, Oklahoma

Charles J. Bell, Missouri

George H. Mahon, Texas

Don Gingery, Pennsylvania

Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Richard J. Welch, California

Bert Lord, New York

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Karl Stefan, Nebraska

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

On March 2, 1935, John McD uffie, Alabama, resigned from the House of Representatives, and Leo K oc ialko wski,

Illinois, was app ointed Chiarman.

On M arch 4, 1935, John J. Dempsey, New M exico, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 21, 1936, Louis C. Rabaut, Michigan, was excused from the Committee and Caroline O’Day, New

York, was appointed in his place.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Fifth Congress

(1937-1939)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

William H. Larrabee, Indiana

Henry Ellenbogen, Pennsylvania

Elmer J. Ryan, Minnesota

Dan R. McGehee, Mississippi

Charles J. Bell, Missouri

George H. Mahon, Texas

Don Gingery, Pennsylvania

John J. Dempsey, New Mexico

Caroline O’Day, New York

James L. Lanzetta, New York

Leon Sacks, Pennsylvania

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin, 

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Lloyd Thurston, Iowa

Richard J. Welch, California

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Karl Stefan, Nebraska

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Ralph O. Brewster, Maine
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Sixth Congress

(1939-1941)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

William H. Larrabee, Indiana

Dan R. McGehee, Mississippi

Charles J. Bell, Missouri

Caroline O’Day, New York

Leon Sacks, Pennsylvania

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

J.W. Robinson, Utah

Butler B. Hare, South Carolina

Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, Michigan

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

Lindley G. Beckworth, Sr., Texas

Joseph A. McArdle, Pennsylvania

Santiago Iglesias, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Welch, California

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Frank C. Osmers, Jr., New Jersey

William H. Wheat, Illinois

Karl M. Le Compte, Iowa

Charles Hawks, Jr., Wisconsin

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On November 3, 1939, Butler B. Hare, South Carolina, was excused from the Committee.

On D ecem ber 5, 1 939 , Santiago Iglesias, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, died in office.

On D ecem ber 26 , 193 9, Bolíivar Pa an, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was appointed to the Committee.

On January 8, 1940, Clara G. McM ilan, South Carolina, was appointed to the Committee.

On Februa ry 7, 1940, R udolph G. T enerow icz, Michigan, wa s excused from the Committee and John E. S heridan,

Pennsylvania, was appointed in his place.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Seventh Congress

(1941-1943)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Leo Kocialkowski, Illinois

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma

William H. Larrabee, Indiana

Dan R. McGehee, Mississippi

Charles J. Bell, Missouri

Caroline O’Day, New York

Newt V. Mills, Louisiana

J.W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

Joseph A. McArdle, Pennsylvania

Lindley G. Beckworth, Sr., Texas

John E. Sheridan, Pennsylvania

Stephen M. Young, Ohio

Bolíivar Pa an, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Welch, California

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Frank C. Osmers, Jr., New Jersey

Karl M. Le Compte, Iowa

Jeannette Rankin, Montana

George E. Howell, Illinois

Samuel W. King, Hawaii Territory

On January 5, 1942, Joseph A. McArdle, Pennsylvania, resigned from the House of Representatives.

On January 15, 1942, Thomas J. Lane, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 1 9, 19 42, H arry Sa uthoff, Wisconsin a nd Jo seph E. Ta lbot, Connec ticut, were appointed to the

Committee.

On October 20, 1942, Joseph E. Talbot, Connecticut, was excused from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Seventy-Eighth Congress

(1943-1945)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Charles Jasper Bell, Missouri

Joseph L. Smith, West Virginia

Dan R. McGehee, Mississippi

J.W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

James Domengeaux, Louisiana

John S. Gibson, Georgia

Eugene F. Worley, Texas

Cecil R. King, California

William L. Dawson, Illinois

John W. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

Harry Sauthoff, Wisconsin

Bolíivar Pa an, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Welch, California

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Karl M. Le Compte, Iowa

Ralph E. Church, Illinois

Chester H. Gross, Pennsylvania

Walter H. Judd, Minnesota

Jay LeFevre, New York

Christian A. Herter, Massachusetts

C.H. Ranulf Compton, Connecticut

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

On September 30, 1943, Christian A. Herter, Massachusetts, was excused from the Committee.

On January 27, 1944, Ralph E. Church, Illinois, was excused from the Committee.

On February 10, 1944, Le on H. G avin, Pennsylvania and Percy W . Griffiths, Ohio, were appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 15, 1944, James Domengeaux, Louisiana, was excused from the Committee.

On April 26, 1944, Cecil R. King, California, was excused from the Committee.

O n May 12, 1944, Frank W. Boykin, Alabama, and Donald L. O’Toole, New York, were appointed to the

Committee. 

Seventy-Ninth Congress

(1945-1947)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Charles Jasper Bell, Missouri

Dan R. McGehee, Mississippi

J.W. Robinson, Utah

Ed Lee Gossett, Texas

James Domengeaux, Luoisiana

John S. Gibson, Georgia

William L. Dawson, Illinois

Antonio M. Fernandez, New Mexico

Frank W. Boykin, Alabama

Donald L. O’Toole, New York

Ralph H. Daughton, Virginia

George P. Miller, California

Herbert J. McGlinchery, Pennsylvania

Jesús T. Pinero, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Richard J. Welch, California

W. Sterling Cole, New York

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Karl M. Le Compte, Iowa

Chester H. Gross, Pennsylvania

Walter H. Judd, Minnesota

Jay LeFevre, New York

Leon H. Gavin, Pennsylvania

Percy W. Griffiths, Ohio

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

MEMBERS OF THE PREDECESSOR COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

Eighty-Second Congress

(1951-1953)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

John R. Murdock, Arizona

Clair Engle, California

Monroe M. Redden, North Carolina

Toby Morris, Oklahoma

Kenneth M. Regan, Texas

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Texas

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Reva Z.B. Bosone, Utah

Harry P. O’Neill, Pennsylvania

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

William L. Dawson, Illinois

Sidney A. Fine, New York

Samuel W. Yorty, California

Chester B. McMullen, Florida

James G. Donovon, New York

Edward L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Fred L. Crawford, Michigan

Dean P. Taylor, New York

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana

Norris C. Poulson, California

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Edward H, Jennison, Illinois

Fred G. Aandahl, North Dakota

William Henry Harrison, Wyoming

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Hamer H. Budge, Idaho

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

On October 17, 1951, Fred G. Aandahl, North Dakota, resigned from the Committee.

On October 19, 1951, Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota, was appointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy of Fred

Aa nda hl.

On February 26, 1952, Sidney A. Fine, New York, resigned from the Committee.

On April 24, 1952, Leo W. O’Brien, New York, was appointed to th e Committe e to fill the vacancy of Sidney Fine.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Third Congress

(1953-1955)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

Wesley A. D’Ewart, Montana

Norris C. Poulson, California

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

William Henry Harrison, Wyomong

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Harold R. Gross, Iowa

George H. Bender, Ohio

Wiliam A. Dawson, Utah

Alfred J. Westland, Washington

John R. Pillion, New York

C. Clifton Young, Nevada

Craig Hosmer, California

John J. Rhodes, Arizona

Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory

Clair Engle, California

Kenneth M. Regan, Texas

Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., Texas

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Samuel W. Yorty, California

James G. Donovon, New York

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Eugene J. McCarthy, Minnesota

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

Gracie B. Pfost, Idaho

James A. Haley, Florida

George A. Shuford, North Carolina

Edward L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

On June 11, 1953, Norris C. Poulson, California, resigned from the Committee.

On August 1, 1953, Hamer H. Budge, Idaho, wa s app ointed to th e Committee to fill the vacancy of No rris Poulson.

On January 25, 1954, Eugene J. McCarthy, Minnesota, resigned from the Committee.

On J une 19 , 195 4, Joseph R. Farrington, Hawaii Territory, died in office.

On August 5, 1954 Mary E. Pruett Farrington, Hawaii Territory, was appointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy

of Joseph Fa rrington.

On D ecem ber 15 , 195 4, G eorge Bend er, Ohio, resigned from the C ommittee. 
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Fourth Congress

(1955-1957)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Clair Engle, California

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

Gracie B. Pfost, Idaho

James A. Haley, Florida

George A. Shuford, North Carolina

Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Lee W. Metcalf, Montana

George H. Christopher, Missouri

Bernice F. Sisk, Missouri

Stewart L. Udall, Arizona

Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Michigan

J.T. Rutherford, Texas

Edward L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Wiliam A. Dawson, Utah

Alfred John Westland, Washington

John R. Pillion, New York

C. Clifton Young, Nevada

Craig Hosmer, California

John J. Rhodes, Arizona

Hamer H. Budge, Idaho

J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado

James B. Utt, California

Mary E. Pruett Farrington, Hawaii Territory 

On January 31, 1955, Edith S. Green, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Fifth Congress

(1957-1959)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Clair Engle, California

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

Gracie B. Pfost, Idaho

James A. Haley, Florida

George A. Shuford, North Carolina

Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Lee W. Metcalf, Montana

George H. Christopher, Missouri

Bernice F. Sisk, Missouri

Stewart L. Udall, Arizona

Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Michigan

J.T. Rutherford, Texas

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Albert C. Ullman, Oregon

Edward L. (Bob) Bartlett, Alaska Territory

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

John A. Burns, Hawaii

Arthur L. Miller, Nebraska

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Wiliam A. Dawson, Utah

Alfred John Westland, Washington

John R. Pillion, New York

Craig Hosmer, California

John J. Rhodes, Arizona

J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado

James B. Utt, Wyoming

E. Keith Thomson, Wyoming

Phillip H. Weaver, Nebraska

Harold R. Collier, Illinois

On February 26, 1958, Lee W. M etcalf, Montana, resigned from the Committee.

On February 26, 1958, LeRoy H. Anderson , Montana, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Sixth Congress

(1959-1961)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

Gracie B. Pfost, Idaho

James A. Haley, Florida

Adam C. Powell, Jr., New York

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

George H. Christopher, Missouri

Bernice F. Sisk, Missouri

Stewart L. Udall, Arizona

J.T. Rutherford, Texas

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Albert C. Ullman, Oregon

LeRoy H. Anderson, Montana

Dalip S. Saund, California

Donald F. McGinley, Nebraska

Thomas G. Morris, New Mexico

Ralph J. Rivers, Alaska

Quentin N. Burdick, North Dakota

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

John A. Burns, Hawaii Territory

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Alfred John Westland, Washington

Craig Hosmer, California

J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado

Harold R. Collier, Illinois

Gardener R. Withrow, Wisconsin

Robert C. Wilson, California

Glenn C. Cunningham, Nebraska

Odin E. S. Langen, Minnesota

Edna Oakes Simpson, Illinois

On January 23, 1959, George H. Christopher, Missouri,died in office.

On M arch 11, 1959, William J. Randall, Missouri, was appointed to the Committee.

On August 21, 195 9, John A. Burns, Hawaii Territory, resigned from the House when Hawaii attained Statehood.

On January 18, 1960, Harold R. Collier, Illinois, resigned from the Committee.

On J anaury 1 8, 19 60, Jo hn H. K yl, Iowa , wa s app ointed to th e Committee to replac e Ha rols R. C ollier.

On August 8, 1960, Quinten N. Burdick, North Dakota, resigned from the Committee.

On August 23, 1960, Ro y A. Taylor, North Carolina, was appointed to the Committee to fill the vacancy of Quinten

N. Burdick.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Seventh Congress

(1961-1963)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

Gracie B. Pfost, Idaho

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

J.T. Rutherford, Texas

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Dalip S. Saund, California

Thomas G. Morris, New Mexico

Ralph J. Rivers, Alaska

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

David S. King, Utah

Harold T. Johnson, California

Julia Butler Hansen, Washington

Arnold Olsen, Montana

Hugh L. Carey, New York

Richard H. Ichord, Missouri

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Alfred J. Westland, Washington

Craig Hosmer, California

J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado

Glenn C. Cunningham, Nebraska

Odin E. S. Langen, Minnesota

John H. Kyl, Iowa

William Henry Harrison, Wyoming

Edwin R. Durno, Oregon

Peter H. Dominick, Colorado

Hjalmar C. Nygaard, North Dakota

On January 18, 1962, Morris K. Udall, Arizona, was appointed to the Committee.

On January 30, 1962, John M. Ashbrook, Ohio, was appointed to the Committee.
427

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Eighth Congress

(1963-1965)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Thomas G. Morris, New Mexico

Ralph J. Rivers, Alaska

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Hugh L. Carey, New York

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Maude Elizabeth Kee, West Virginia

Herbert Ray Roberts, Texas

Robert B. Duncan, Oregon

Compton I. White, Jr., Idaho

John O. Marsh, Jr., Virginia

Edward R. Roybal, California

Thomas P. Gill, Hawaii

Antonio Fernos-Isern, Comm. of Puerto Rico

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

J. Earnest Wharton, New York

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Alfred J. Westland, Washington

Craig Hosmer, California

J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado

John H. Kyl, Iowa

Hjalmar C. Nygaard, North Dakota

Homer E. Abele, Ohio

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Charlotte T. Reid, Illinois

Laurence J. Burton, Utah

Rogers C.B. Morton, Maryland

Patrick Minor Martin, California

On July 18, 1963, Hjalmar C. Nygaard, North Dakota, died in office.

On October 30, 1963, Mark Andrews, North Dakota was appointed to the Committee.

On February 25, 1964 Herbert Ray Roberts, Texas, resigned from the Committee.

On February 25, 1964, Phillip Burton, California was appointed to the Committee.
428

• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Eighty-Ninth Congress

(1965-1967)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

Leo W. O’Brien, New York

Walter E. Rogers, Texas

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Walter S. Baring, Nevada

Ralph J. Rivers, Alaska

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Hugh L. Carey, New York

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Compton I. White, Jr., Idaho

Phillip Burton, California

David S. King, Utah

Walter H. Moeller, Ohio

John V. Tunney, California

Johnathan B. Bingham, New York

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

N. Neiman Craley, Jr., Pennsylvania

John A. Race, Wisconsin

Richard C. White, Texas

Teno Roncalio, Wyoming

Santiago Polanco-Abreu, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Craig Hosmer, California

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Charlotte T. Reid, Illinois

Laurence J. Burton, Utah

Rogers C.B. Morton, Maryland

Wendell Wyatt, Oregon

George V. Hansen, Idaho

Henry P. Smith, III, New York

Edwin Reinecke, California

On February 16, 1966, Henry P. Smith, III, New York, resigned from the Committee.

On February 23, 1966, Theodore R. Kupferman, New Y ork, was appointed to the Committee.

On December 30, 1966, Leo W. O’Brien, New York, resigned from the Committee.

On December 30, 1966, Ralph J. Rivers, Alaska, resigned from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninetieth Congress

(1967-1969)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Hugh L. Carey, New York

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

John V. Tunney, California

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

Richard C. White, Texas

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

James G. O’Hara, Michigan

William Fitts Ryan, New York

Patsy T. Mink, Hawaii

James Kee, West Virginia

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Santiago Polanco-Abreu, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Craig Hosmer, California

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Laurence J. Burton, Utah

Rogers C.B. Morton, Maryland

Wendell Wyatt, Oregon

George V. Hansen, Idaho

Ed Reinecke, California

Theodore R. Kupferman, New York

John H. Kyl, Iowa

Sam Steiger, Arizona

Howard W. Pollock, Alaska

James A. McClure, Idaho

On October 3, 1968, Wendell Wyatt, Oregon, resigned from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-First Congress

(1969-1971)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Hugh L. Carey, New York

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

John V. Tunney, California

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

James G. O’Hara, Michigan

William Fitts Ryan, New York

Patsy T. Mink, Hawaii

James Kee, West Virginia

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

William D. Burlison, Missouri

Jorge L. Cordova, Comm. of Puerto Rico

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Ellis Y. Berry, South Dakota

Craig Hosmer, California

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Lawrence J. Burton, Utah

John H. Kyl, Iowa

Sam Stieger, Arizona

Howard W. Pollock, Alaska

James A. McClure, Idaho

Don H. Clausen, California

Phillip E. Ruppe, Michigan

John S. Wold, Wyoming

John N. Happy Camp, Oklahoma

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

On December 17, 1970, Hugh L. Carey, New Y ork, resigned from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Second Congress

(1971-1973)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Wayne N. Aspinall, Colorado

James A. Haley, Florida

Edmond A. Edmondson, Oklahoma

Walter S. Baring, Jr., Nevada

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

James G. O’Hara, Michigan

William Fitts Ryan, New York

Patsy T. Mink, Hawaii

James Kee, West Virginia

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

William D. Burlison, Missouri

Robert G. Stephens, Jr., Georgia

Joseph P. Vigorito, Pennsylvania

John Melcher, Montana

Teno Roncalio, Wyoming

Nicholas J. Begich, Alaska

James G. Abourzek, South Dakota

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Craig Hosmer, California

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

John H. Kyl, Iowa

Sam Stieger, Arizona

James A. McClure, Idaho

Don H. Clausen, California

Phillip E. Ruppe, Michigan

John N. Happy Camp, Oklahoma

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Sherman P. Lloyd, Utah

John R. Dellenback, Oregon

Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

James D. McKevitt, Colorado

John H. Terry, New York

Jorge L. Cordova-Diaz, Comm. of Puerto Rico

On September 17, 1971, William Fitts Ryan, New York died in office.

On December 29, 1972, Nicholas J. Begich, Alaska, died in office.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Third Congress

(1973-1975)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James A. Haley, Florida

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

James G. O’Hara, Michigan

Patsy T. Mink, Hawaii

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Robert G. Stephens, Jr., Georgia

Joseph P. Vigorito, Pennsylvania

John Melcher, Montana

Teno Roncalio, Wyoming

Johnathan B. Bingham, New York

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Harold L. Runnels, New Mexico

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, California

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

D. Wayne Owens, Utah

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

James R. Jones, Oklahoma

John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania

Craig Hosmer, California

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Sam Stieger, Arizona

Don H. Clausen, California

Phillip E. Ruppe, Michigan

John N. Happy Camp, Oklahoma

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

John R. Dellenback, Oregon

Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

Ralph S. Regula, Ohio

Alan W. Steelman, Texas

David G. Towell, Nevada

James G. Martin, North Carolina

William M. Ketchum, California

Paul W. Cronin, Massachusetts

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Robert E. Bauman, Maryland

On M arch 14, 1973, Donald E. Young, Alaska, was appointed to the Committee.

On M ay 29, 1973, Joseph J. Maraziti, New Jersey, resigned from the Committee.

On September 6, 1973, Robert E. Bauman, Maryland, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 28, 1973, John P. Saylor, Pennsylvania, died in office.

On November 15, 1973, Steven D. Symm, Idaho, was appointed to the Committee.

Note: Beginning in the Ninety-Third Congress, Delegates and the Resident

Commissioner from Puerto Rico were allowed to accrue seniority on the

Committee.
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Ninety-Fourth Congress

(1975-1977)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

James A. Haley, Florida

Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina

Harold T. Johnson, California

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Thomas S. Foley, Washington

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

Patsy T. Mink, Hawaii

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Robert G. Stephens, Jr., Georgia

Joseph P. Vigorito, Pennsylvania

John Melcher, Montana

Teno Roncalio, Wyoming

Jonathan B. Bingham. New York

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Harold L. Runnels, New Mexico

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Robert C. Eckhardt, Texas

Goodloe E. Byron, Maryland

Jaime Benitez, Comm. of Puerto Rico

James D. Santini, Nevada

Paul E. Tsongas, Massachusetts

Allan T. Howe, Utah

James H. Weaver, Oregon

M. Robert Carr, Michigan

George Miller, California

Thoedore M. Riesenhoover, Oklahoma

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Sam Stieger, Arizona

Don H. Clausen, California

Phillip E. Ruppe, Michigan

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

Alan W. Steelman, Texas

William M. Ketchum, California

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Robert E. Bauman, Maryland

Steven D. Symms, Idaho

James P. Johnson, Colorado

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

Virginia D. Smith, Nebraska

On February 4, 1975, Thomas S. Foley, Washington, resigned from the Committee.

On February 5, 1975, J.W. W right Patman, Texas, was appointed to the Committee.

On M ay 15, 1975, William M. Ketchum, California, resigned from the House.

On M ay 15, 1975, Shirley N. Pettis, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 7, 1976, J.W. Wright Patman, Texas, died in office.

On April 8, 1976, James J. Florio, New Jersey, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Fifth Congress

(1977-1979)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

Lloyd Meeds, Washington

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Teno Roncalio, Wyoming

Jonathan B. Bingham, New York

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Harold L. Runnels, New Mexico

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Robert C. Eckhardt, Texas

Goodloe, E. Byron, Maryland

James D. Santini, Nevada

Paul E. Tsongas, Massachusetts

James H. Weaver, Oregon

M. Robert Carr, Michigan

George Miller, California

Thodore M. Risenhoover, Oklahoma

James J. Florio, New Jersey

M. Dawson Mathis, Georgia

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Matthew F. McHugh, New York

John H. Krebs, Califronia

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Baltasar Corrada, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

V. Lamar Gudger, North Carolina

Joe Skubitz, Kansas

Don H. Clausen, California

Phillip E. Ruppe, Michigan

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Robert E. Baumann, Maryland

Steven D. Symms, Idaho

James P. Johnson, Colorado

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

D. Daniel Marriott, Utah

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Eldon D. Rudd, Arizona

M.H. (Mickey) Edwards, Oklahoma

January 25, 1978, Matthew F. McHugh, New York, resigned from the Committee.

February 22, 1978, James J. Howard, New Jersey, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 11, 1978, Goodloe E. Byron, Maryland, died in office.

On December 30, 1978, Teno Roncalio, Wyoming, resigned from the Committee.

On December 31, 1978, Joe Skubitz, Kansas, resigned from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Sixth Congress

(1979-1981)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Jonathan B. Bingham, New York

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Harold L. Runnels, New Mexico

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

Robert C. Eckhardt, Texas

James D. Santini, Nevada

James H. Weaver, Oregon

M. Robert Carr, Michigan

George Miller, Califronia

James J. Florio, New Jersey

M. Dawson Mathis, Georgia

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Baltasar Corrada, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

V. Lamar Gudger, North Carolina

James J. Howard, New Jersey

Jerry M. Patterson, California

Raymond P. Kogovsek, Colorado

J. Patrick Williams, Montana

Don H. Clausen, California

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Steven D. Symms, Idaho

James P. Johnson, Colorado

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

D. Daniel Marriott, Utah

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

M.H. (Mickey) Edwards, Oklahoma

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Charles S. Pashayan, Jr., California

Robert R. Whittaker, Kansas

Douglas K. Bereuter, Nebraska

Melvin H. Evans, Virgin Islands

On August 5, 1980, Harold L. Runnels, New M exico, died in office.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Seventh Congress

(1981-1983)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Robert W. Kastenmeier, Wisconsin

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

Jonathan B. Bingham, New York

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

James D. Santini, Nevada

James H. Weaver, Oregon

George Miller, California

James J. Florio, New Jersey

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Baltasar Corrada, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

Jerry M. Patterson, California

Raymond P. Kogovsek, Colorado

J. Patrick Williams, Montana

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Anthony L. Coelho, California

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Don H. Clausen, California

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

D. Daniel Marriott, Utah

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Charles S. Pashayan, Jr., California

Douglas K. Bereuter, Nebraska

Jon C. Hinson, Mississippi

David O’Brien Martin, New York

Larry E. Craig, Idaho

William M. Hendon, North Carolina

G. Hank Brown, Colorado

David Michael (Mick) Staton, West Virginia

Dennis A. Smith, Oregon

James V. Hansen, Utah

On April 13, 1981, Jon C. Hinson, Mississippi, resigned from the House.

On December 10, 1981, N.W. (Bill) Emerson, Missouri, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Eighth Congress

(1983-1985)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

Phillip Burton, California

Abraham Kazen, Jr., Texas

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam

James H. Weaver, Oregon

George Miller, California

James J. Florio, New Jersey

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Baltasar Corrada, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

Jerry M. Patterson, California

Raymond P. Kogovsek, Colorado

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Anthony L. Coelho, California

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

William N. Patman, Texas

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

James P. Moody, Wisconsin

Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia

James M. Clarke, North Carolina

James F. McNulty, Jr., Arizona

Richard H. Lehman, California

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Donald E. Young, Alaska

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

D. Daniel Marriott, Utah

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Charles S. Pashayan, Jr., California

Larry E. Craig, Idaho

Hank Brown, Colorado

Dennis A. Smith, Oregon

James V. Hansen, Utah

N. W. (Bill) Emerson, Missouri

John S. McCain, III, Arizona

Barbara Vucanovich, Nevada

On April 10, 1983, Phillip Burton, California, died in office.

On M ay 24, 1983, Barbara Boxer, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On July 12, 1982, Barbara Boxer, California, resigned from the Committee.

On July 19, 1983, Sala Burton, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On February 29, 1984, James J. Florio, New Jersey, resigned from the Committee.

On February 29, 1984, William B. Richardson, New M exico, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

Ninety-Ninth Congress

(1985-1987)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

John F. Seiberling, Ohio

James H. Weaver, Oregon

George Miller, Califronia

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Anthony L. Coelho, California

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Jiames P. Moody, Wisconsin

Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia

Richard H. Lehman, California

William B. Richardson, New Mexico

Fofo I.F. Sunia, American Samoa

George (Buddy) Darden, Georgia

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Jamie B. Fuster, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Meldon E. Levine, California

Donald E. Young, Alaska 

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Charles S. Pashayan, Jr., California

Larry E. Craig, Idaho

Dennis A. Smith, Oregon

James V. Hansen, Utah

N. W. (Bill) Emerson, Missouri

John S. McCain, III, Arizona

Barbara Vucanovich, Nevada

William M. Hendon, North Carolina

Michael L. Strang, Colorado

Ben Garrido Blaz, Guam

Joe L. Barton, Texas

On M ay 1, 1986, Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia, resigned from the Committee.

On July 29, 1986, Chester G. Atkins, Massachusetts, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

One-Hundredth Congress

(1987-1989)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

George Miller, California

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

T. Jerry Huckaby, Louisiana

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Anthony L. Coelho, California

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Richard H. Lehman, California

William B. Richardson, New Mexico

Fofo I.F. Sunia, American Samoa

George (Buddy) Darden, Georgia

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Jamie B. Fuster, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Meldon E. Levine, California

James M. Clarke, North Carolina

Wayne Owens, Utah

John R. Lewis, Georgia

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Donald E. Young, Alaska 

Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Charles S. Pashayan, Jr., California

Larry E. Craig, Idaho

Dennis A. Smith, Oregon

James V. Hansen, Utah

N. W. (Bill) Emerson, Missouri

Barbara Vucanovich, Nevada

Ben Garrido Blaz, Guam

John J. Rhodes, III, Arizona

Elton W. Gallegly, California

Richard H. Baker, Louisiana

On Sep tembe r 6, 19 88, Fofo I.F. Sunia, American Samoa, Re sident Commissioner, resigned from the Committee.

On September 23, 1988, Bill Emerson, Missouri, resigned from the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

One Hundred-First Congress

(1989-1991)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

George Miller, California

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

J. Patrick Williams, Montana

Anthony L. Coelho, California

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Richard H. Lehman, California

William B. Richardson, New Mexico

George (Buddy) Darden, Georgia

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Jamie B. Fuster, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Meldon E. Levine, California

James McClure Clarke, North Carolina

D. Wayne Owens, Utah

John R. Lewis, Georgia

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa

James A. McDermott, Washington

Donald E. Young, Alaska 

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Larry E. Craig, Idaho

Dennis A. Smith, Oregon

James V. Hansen, Utah

Barbara Vucanovich, Nevada

Ben Garrido Blaz, Guam

John J. Rhodes, III, Arizona

Elton W. Gallegly, California

Stanford E. Parris, Virginia

Robert F. Smith, Oregon

James Ross Lightfoot, Iowa

Craig L. Thomas, Wyoming

On M arch 17, 1989, Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming, resigned from the Committee.

On M ay 4, 1989, John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee, was appointed to the Committee.

On June 15, 1989, Anthonly L. Coelho, California, resigned from the Committee.

On October 16, 1989, Timothy P. Johnson, South Dakota, was appointed to the Committee.
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• Delegates from the Territories and the Resident Comm issioner from the Comm onwealth of Puerto Rico are italicized.

One Hundred-Second Congress

(1991-1993)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

Morris K. Udall, Arizona

(January 24, 1991 - May 4, 1991)

George Miller, California

(May 9, 1991 - January 3, 1993)

George Miller, California

Phillip R. Sharp, Indiana

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

J. Patrick Williams, Montana

Beverly B. B. Byron, Maryland

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Samuel Gejdenson, Connecticut

Peter H. Kostmayer, Pennsylvania

Richard H. Lehman, California

William B. Richardson, New Mexico

George (Buddy) Darden, Georgia

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Jamie B. Fuster, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Meldon E. Levine, California

D. Wayne Owens, Utah

John R. Lewis, Georgia

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H.Faleomavaega, American Samoa

Timothy P. Johnson, South Dakota

Charles E. Schumer, New York

James P. Jontz, Indiana

Peter D. Hoagland, Nebraska

Harry A. Johnston, II, Florida

Larry LaRocco, Idaho

Donald E. Young, Alaska 

Robert J. Lagomarsino, California

Ron C. Marlenee, Montana

James V. Hansen, Utah

Barbara Vucanovich, Nevada

Ben Garrido Blaz, Guam

John J. Rhodes, III, Arizona

Elton W. Gallegly, California

Robert F. Smith, Oregon

James Ross Lightfoot, Iowa

Craig L. Thomas, Wyoming

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee

Richard T. Schultz, Pennsylvania

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado

Charles H. Taylor, North Carolina

John T. Doolittle, California

Wayne A. Allard, Colorado

On February 28, 1991, James Ross Lightfoot, Iowa, resigned from the Committee.

On M ay 4, 1991, Morris K. Udall, Arizona, resigned from the Committee.

On M ay 9, 1991, George Miller, California, succeeded Morris K. dall as Chairman of the Committee.

On July 11, 1991, Richard H. Baker, Louisiana, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 9, 1991, Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii, was appointed to the Committee.

On October 9, 1991, Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana, resigned from the Committee.

On October 9, 1991, Calvin M. Dooley, California, was appointed to the Committee.

On M arch 4 , 199 2, Jamie B. Fuster, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, resigned from the Committee.

On M arch 1 7, 19 92, Antonio J. Colorado, Commonwelath of Puerto Rico, was appointed to the Committee.
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COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

One Hundred-Third Congress

(1993-1995)

Majority: Democrat

Minority: Republican

George Miller, California

Philip R. Sharp, Indiana 

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts 

Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania 

Nick Joe Rahall II, West Virginia 

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota 

J. Patrick Williams, Montana 

Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands

Sam Gejdenson, Connecticut

Richard H. Lehman, California 

William B. Richardson, New Mexico 

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa 

Timothy P. Johnson, South Dakota 

Larry LaRocco, Idaho 

Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii 

Calvin M. Dooley, California 

Carlos A. Romero-Barceló, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

Karan English, Arizona 

Karen Shepherd, Utah 

Nathan Deal, Georgia

Maurice D. Hinchey, New York 

Robert A. Underwood, Guam 

Howard L. Berman, California 

Lane A. Evans, Illinois 

Patsy Mink, Hawaii 

Thomas J. Barlow, III, Kentucky 

Thomas M. Barrett, Wisconsin 

Donald E. Young, Alaska

James V. Hansen, Utah 

Barbara F. Vucanovich, Nevada 

Elton W. Gallegly, California 

Robert F. Smith, Oregon

Craig L. Thomas, Wyoming 

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee 

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado 

John T. Doolittle, California 

Wayne A. Allard, Colorado 

Richard H. Baker, Louisiana 

Ken Calvert, California 

Scott McInnis, Colorado 

Richard W. Pombo, California 

Jay W. Dickey, Jr., Arkansas 
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COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES

One Hundred-Fourth Congress

(1995-1996)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Donald E. Young, Alaska

W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, Louisiana

James V. Hansen, Utah 

H. James Saxton, New Jersey 

Elton Gallegly, California 

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado

John T. Doolittle, California 

Wayne A. Allard, Colorado 

Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland 

Ken Calvert, California 

Richard Pombo, California 

Peter G. Torkildsen, Massachusetts 

J.D.Hayworth, Arizona 

Frank A. Cremeans, Ohio 

Barbara L. Cubin, Wyoming 

Wes Cooley, Oregon 

Helen Chenoweth, Idaho 

Linda Smith, Washington

George P. Radanovich, California

Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina

William (Mac) Thornberry, Texas 

Richard Hastings, Washington 

Jack Metcalf, Washington 

James Longley, Maine 

John Shadegg, Arizona 

George Miller, California 

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Nick Joe Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan 

J. Patrick Williams, Montana 

Sam Gejdenson, Connecticut

William B. Richardson, New Mexico

Peter DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa

Timothy P. Johnson, South Dakota 

Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii

Gerry E. Studds, Massachusetts

Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas 

Calvin M. Dooley, California

Carlos Romero-Barceló, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

Maurice Hinchey, New York

Robert A. Underwood, Guam

Sam Farr, California

On J une 13 , 199 5, Frank Pallone, Jr., New J ersey w as ap pointed to the Committee. 

On September 12, 1995, Owen B. Pickett, Virginia was appointed to the Committee.

On N ovember 20 , 199 5, Pa trick J. Kenned y, Rho de Island s was ap pointed to the Committee. 

On M ay 25, 1996, John Ensign, Nevada was appointed to the Committee.
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One Hundred-Fifth Congress

(1997-1998)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Donald E. Young, Alaska

W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, Louisiana

James V. Hansen, Utah

H. James Saxton, New Jersey

Elton W. Gallegly, California

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado

John T. Doolittle, California 

Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland

Ken Calvert, California 

Richard W. Pombo, California 

Barbara Cubin, Wyoming

Helen Chenoweth, Idaho

Linda Smith, Washington

George P. Radanovich, California

Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina 

William (Mac) Thornberry, Texas

John Shadegg, Arizona 

John E. Ensign, Nevada 

Robert F. Smith, Oregon

Christopher B. Cannon, Utah 

Kevin Brady, Texas

John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania

Rick Hill, Montana

Bob Schaffer, Colorado 

Jim Gibbons, Nevada 

Michael D. Crapo, Idaho

George Miller, California 

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa

Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii

Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas

Owen B. Pickett, Virginia

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Calvin M. Dooley, California

Carlos A. Romero-Barceló, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

Maurice D. Hinchey, New York

Robert A. Underwood, Guam

Sam Farr, California

Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island

Adam Smith, Washington

William D. Delahunt, Massachusetts

Chris John, Louisiana

Donna Christian-Green, Virgin Islands

Ron Kind, Wisconsin 

Lloyd A. Doggett, III, Texas
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One Hundred-Sixth Congress

(1999-2000)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

Donald E. Young, Alaska

W.J. (Billy) Tauzin, Louisiana

James V. Hansen, Utah

H. James Saxton, New Jersey

Elton W. Gallegly, California 

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee 

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado

John T. Doolittle, California 

Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland 

Ken Calvert, California

Richard W. Pombo, California

Barbara L. Cubin, Wyoming 

Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Idaho

George P. Radanovich, California

Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina 

William (Mac) Thornberry, Texas 

Christopher B. Cannon, Utah

Kevin Brady, Texas

John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania

Rick Hill, Montana 

Bob Schaffer, Colorado

Jim Gibbons, Nevada

Mark E. Souder, Indiana 

Greg Walden, Oregon

Donald Sherwood, Pennsylvania

Robin Hayes, North Carolina 

Michael K. Simpson, Idaho 

Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado

George Miller, California

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Bruce F. Vento, Minnesota

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa

Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii

Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas

Owen B. Pickett, Virginia

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Calvin M. Dooley, California

Carlos A. Romero-Barceló, Comm. of Puerto

Rico

Robert A. Underwood, Guam

Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island

Adam Smith, Washington

Chris John, Louisiana

Donna M. Christian-Christensen, Virgin

Islands

Ron Kind, Wisconsin

Jay Inslee, Washington 

Grace F. Napolitano, California 

Tom Udall, New Mexico

Mark Udall, Colorado 

Joseph Crowley, New York 

Rush Holt, New Jersey 
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One Hundred-Seventh Congress

(2001-2002)

Majority: Republican

Minority: Democrat

James V. Hansen, Utah

Donald Young, Alaska

W. “Billy” Tauzin, Louisiana

H. James Saxton, New Jersey

Elton W Gallegly, California

John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee

Joel M. Hefley, Colorado

Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland

Ken Calvert, California

Scott McInnis, Colorado

Richard W. Pombo, California 

Barbara L. Cubin, Wyoming

George P. Radanovich, California

Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina

Mac Thornberry, Texas 

Christopher B. Cannon, Utah

Kevin Brady, Texas

John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania

Bob Schaffer, Colorado

Jim Gibbons, Nevada

Mark E. Souder, Indiana

Greg Walden, Oregon

Donald Sherwood, Pennsylvania

Robin Hayes, North Carolina

Michael K. Simpson, Idaho

Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado

C.L. “Butch” Otter, Idaho

Tom Osborne, Nebraska

Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Dale E. Kildee, Michigan

Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon

Eni F.H.Faleomavaega,American Samoa

Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii

Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Calvin M. Dooley, California

Robert A. Underwood, Guam

Adam Smith, Washington

Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands

Ron Kind, Wisconsin

Jay Inslee, Washington

Grace F. Napolitano, California

Tom Udall, New Mexico

Mark Udall, Colorado

Rush D. Holt, New Jersey 

Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Comm. of Puerto Rico

Hilda L. Solis, California

Brad Carson, Oklahoma

Betty McCollum, Minnesota

On F ebrua ry 8, 20 01, K evin Bra dy, Te xas, resigned from the Committee. 

On February 8, 2001, Robin Hayes, North Carolina, resigned from the Committee.

On February 8, 2001, Jeff Flake, Arizona and Dennis R. Re hberg, M ontana we re electe d to the C ommittee to fill the

vacancies of Keven Brady and Robin Hayes.

On M arch 7, 2001, Don Sherwood, Pennsylvania, resigned from the Committee.

On M ay 2 , 20 01 , Geo rge M iller, C alifornia wa s app ointed to th e Committee after Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia.

On June 20, 2001, J.D. Hayworth, Arizona was appointed to the Committee after Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado.

On M ay 7, 2002, James P. McGovern, Massachusetts resigned from the Committee.

On July 8, 2002, Tim Holden, Pennsylvania was appointed to the Committee.
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SECRETARIES AND HEADS OF AGENCIES

SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

1849—1850 Thomas Ewing

1850 ThomasM.T. McKennan

1850—1853 Alexander H.H. Stuart

1853—1857 Robert McClelland

1857—1861 Jacob Thompson

1861—1863 Caleb B. Smith

1863—1865 John P. Usher

1865—1866 James Harlan

1866—1869 Orville H. Browning

1869—1870 Jacob D. Cox

1870—1875 Columbus Delano

1875—1877 Zachariah Chandler

1877—1881 Carl Schurz

1881—1882 Samuel J. Kirkwood

1882—1887 Henry M. Teller

1885—1888 Lucius Q.C. Lamar

1888—1889 William F. Vilas

1889—1893 John W. Noble

1893—1896 Hoke Smith

1896—1897 David R. Francis

1897—1898 Cornelius N. Bliss

1898—1907 Ethan A. Hitchcock

1907—1909 James R. Garfield

1909—1911 Richar A. Ballinger

1911—1913 Walter L. Fisher

1913—1920 Franklin Knight Lane

1920—1921 John Barton Payne

1921—1923 Albert B. Fall

1923—1928 Hubert Work

1928—1929 Roy O. West

1929—1933 Ray Lyman Wilbur

1933—1946 Harold L. Ickes

1946—1949 Julius A. Krug

1949—1953 Oscar L. Chapman

1953—1956 Douglas McKay

1956—1961 Fred A. Seaton

1961—1969 Stewart L. Udall

1969—1970 Walter J. Hickel

1971—1975 Rogers C.B. Morton

1975—1975 Stanley K. Hathaway

1975—1977 Thomas S. Kleppe

1977—1981 Cecil D. Andrus

1981—1983 James G. Watt

1983—1985 William P. Clark

1985—1989 Donald P. Hodel

1989—1993 Manuel Lujan, Jr.

1993—2001 Bruce Babbitt

2001— Gale Norton
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

In 1789, the Secretary of War is responsible for issues relating to Indian Affairs. 

In 1832, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs was established within the War

Department. 

In 1849, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs was transferred to the newly created

Department of Interior.

Administrators of American Indian Affairs

1789—1831 the Secretaries of War

Commissioners of Indian Affairs

1824—1830 Thomas L. McKenny 

1830—1831 Samuel S. Hamilton 

1831—1836 Elbert Herring 

1836—1838 Carey A. Harris 

1838—1845 T. Hartley Crawford

1845—1849 William Medill 

1849—1850 Orlando Brown 

1850—1853 Luke Lea 

1853—1857 George W. Manypenny 

1857—1858 James W. Denver 

1858 Charles E. Mix 

1858—1861 Albert B. Greenwood 

1861—1865 William P. Dole 

1865—1866 Dennis N. Cooley 

1866—1867 Lewis V. Bogley 

1867—1869 Nathaniel G. Taylor 

1869—1871 Ely S. Parker

1871 H.R. Clum (acting) 

1871—1872 Francis A. Walker

1872—1873 H.R. Clum (acting) 

1873—1875 Edward P. Smith

1875—1877 John Q. Smith 

1877—1880 Ezra A. Hayt

1880 E.M. Marble (acting) 

1880—1881 Rowland E. Trowbridge

1881—1884 Hiram Price 

1885—1887 John D.C. Atkins

1887—1889 John H. Oberly 

1889—1893 Thomas J. Morgan 

1893—1897 Daniel M. Browning 

1897—1905 William A. Jones 

1905—1909 Francis E. Leupp

1909—1913 Robert G. Valentine

1913—1921 Cato Sells

1921—1929 Charles H. Burke

1929—1933 Charles J. Rhoads

1933—1945 John Collier

1945—1948 William A. Brophy

1948—1949 William R. Zimmerman

(acting) 

1949—1950 John R. Nichols 

1950—1953 Dillon S. Myer 

1953—1961 Glenn L. Emmons 

1961—1966 Philleo Nash

1966—1969 Robert L. Bennett 

1969—1972 Louis R. Bruce

1973—1976 Morris Thompson

1976—1977 Benjamin Reifel 

1977—1978 Raymond Butler(acting)

1978—1979 Martin Seneca, Jr.

(acting) 

1979 William Hallett (acting)

Assistant Secretaries of the Interior for Indian Affairs 

1977—1981 Forrest Gerard 

1981 Tom Fredericks (acting)

1981—1984 Kenneth L. Smith

1985—1989 Ross Swimmer 

1989—1993 Eddie Frank Brown 

1993—1997 Ada E. Deer 

1997—2001 Kevin Gover

2001—2001 James H. McDivitt 

2001— Neal A. McCaleb
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

In 1902, the authority of Reclamation was held within the U.S. Geological Survey

(USGS). 

In 1907, it was created as a separate service within the Department of the Interior. 

In 1923, the service was renamed the Bureau of Reclamation.

Chief Engineer in Charge of the Service of Reclamation 

1902—1907 Frederick H. Newell

Directors of the Service of Reclamation

1907—1914 Frederick H. Newell 1914—1923 Arthur Powel Davis

Commissioners of Reclamation

1923—1924 David W. Davis

1924—1936 Elwood Mead

1936—1943 John C. Page

1943—1945 Harry W. Bashore

1945—1953 Michael W. Straus

1953 Goodrich W Lineweaver

(acting) 

1953—1959 Wilbur A. Dexheimer

1959—1969 Floyd E. Dominy

1969—1973 Ellis L. Armstrong

1973—1977 Gilbert G. Stamm

1977 Donald D. Anderson

(acting) 

1977—1981 R. Keith Higginson 

1981 Clifford I. Barrett

(acting) 

1981—1984 Robert N. Broadbent 

1984 Robert N. Olsen (acting)

1985 Clifford I. Barrett

(acting) 

1986—1989 C. Dale Duvall 

1989 Joe D. Hall (acting) 

1989—1993 Dennis B. Underwood 

1993—1995 Daniel Beard

1995 Stephen P. Magnussen

(acting) 

1995—2001 Eluid L. Martinez 

2001— John W. Keys III 
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U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries

1871—1887 Spencer F. Baird 

1887—1888 George B. Goode

(acting)

1888—1895 Marshall McDonald

1895—1896 Herbert A. Gill (acting)

1896—1898 John J. Brice 

1898—1903 George M. Bowers

Chiefs of the United States Bureau of Fisheries

1903—1913 George M. Bowers

1913—1922 Hugh M. Smith 

1922—1933 Henry O'Malley 

1933—1939 Frank T. Bell 

1939—1940 Charles Jackson (acting)

Chiefs of the Bureau of Biological Survey

1885—1910 Clinton H. Merriam

1910—1916 Henry W. Henshaw 

1916—1927 Edward W. Nelson

1927—1934 Paul G. Redington 

1934—1935 Jay N. Darling

1935—1940 Ira N. Gabrielson 

Directors of the Fish and Wildlife Service 

1940—1946 Ira N. Gabrielson 

1946—1953 Albert M. Day 

1953—1957 John L. Farley 

Chiefs of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

1957—1967 Donald L. McKernan 1967—1970 Harold E. Crowther

Chiefs of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 

1957—1964 Daniel H. Jantzen 

1964—1970 John S. Gottschalk 

1970—1973 Spencer H. Smith 

1973—1974 Lynn A. Greenwalt 
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Directors of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1974—1981 Lynn A. Greenwalt 

1981—1985 Robert A. Jantzen 

1986—1989 Frank H. Dunkle 

1989—1993 John F. Turner 

1993—1996 Mollie H. Beattie

1997—2001 Jamie R. Clark

2001— Marshall Jones (acting)

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Director of the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian

1872—1879 George M. Wheeler 

Director of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel

1867—1879 Clarence R. King

Director of the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey 

of the Rocky Mountain Region 

1869—1879 John W. Powell

Director of the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 

1867—1879 Ferdinand V. Hayden

Directors of the U.S. Geological Survey

1879—1881 Clarence R. King

1881—1894 John W. Powell

1894—1907 Charles D. Walcott

1907—1930 George O. Smith 

1930—1943 Walter C. Mendenhall 

1943—1956 William E. Wrather 

1956—1965 Thomas B. Nolan 

1965—1971 William T. Pecora 

1971—1978 Vincent E. McKelvey 

1978—1981 Henry W. Menard 

1981—1993 Dallas L. Peck

1994—1997 Gordon P. Eaton

1998— Charles G. Groat
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 

General Superintendent and Landscape Engineer for the National Parks 

1914—1915 Mark Daniels 

General Superintendent of National Parks 

1915—1916 Robert Marshall 

Directors

1917—1929 Stephen T. Mather

1929—1933 Horace M. Albright

1933—1940 Arno B. Cammerer

1940—1951 Newton Drury

1951—1951 Arthur B. Demaray 

1951—1964 Conrad L. Wirth 

1964—1972 George B. Hartzog, Jr. 

1973—1975 Ronald H. Walker 

1975—1977 Gary E. Everhardt 

1977—1980 William J. Whalen 

1980—1985 Russell E. Dickenson 

1985—1989 William Penn Mott 

1989—1993 James M. Ridenour 

1993—1997 Roger G. Kennedy 

1997—2001 Robert Stanton 

2001— Fran P. Mainella

FOREST SERVICE 

In 1881, the creation of the Division of Forestry.

In 1901, renamed the Bureau of Forestry.

In 1905, renamed the Forest Service 

Special Agent

1876—1880 Franklin B. Hough

Chiefs

1881—1883 Franklin B. Hough

1883—1886 Nathaniel H. Egleston

1886—1898 Bernhard E. Fernow

Foresters 

1898—1910 Gifford Pinchot

1910—1920 Henry S. Graves

1920—1928 William B. Greeley

1928—1933 Robert Y. Stuart

1933—1935 Ferdinand A. Silcox
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Chiefs 

1935—1939 Ferdinand A. Silcox

1939—1943 Earle H. Clapp (acting)

1943—1952 Lyle F. Watts

1952—1962 Richard E. McArdle

1962—1972 Edward P. Cliff

1972—1979 John R. McGuire

1979—1987 R. Max Peterson

1987—1993 F. Dale Robertson

1993—1996 Jack Ward Thomas

1997—2001 Mike Dombeck

2001— Dale Bosworth

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NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

1916 August 25 National Park Service Act 

National Parks

1930 May 29 Fort Washington Park, Maryland 

1938 September 23 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Maryland, District of

Columbia, and West Virginia (date acquired; designated

a NM 1961; incorporated in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

NHP 1971) 

1948 June 22 Prince William Forest Park, Virginia (established in 1936

as Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area). 

1954 July 12 Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland (established in 1936

as Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area; in 1945 as

a part of the National Capital Park System)

1955 Custis-Lee Mansion, Virginia (established as Lee

Mansion 1925; Redesignated Arlington House, The

Robert E. Lee Memorial in 1972)

1972 Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia

(restorationautorized in 1925, designated as Custis-Lee

Mansion in 1955)

1947 April 25 Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North

Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978) 

1950 August 3 Greenbelt Park, Maryland

1961 October 4 Piscataway Park, Maryland 

1966 October 15 Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Virginia 

1980 September 9 USS Arizona Memorial, Hawaii 

1980 December 2 Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act

(ANILCA) 
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National Battlefields

1890 August 30 Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland

1935 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia

(established as National Battlefield Site in 1917)

1961 August 10 Tupelo National Battlefield, Mississippi (established as

National Battlefield Site on February 21, 1929) in

1933 the Battlefield was transferred from the War

Department to the National Park Service.

1972 April 11 Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina (established

as National Battlefield Site on March 4, 1929)

1974 October 26 Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania

(established as National Battlefield Site by the War

Department on March 4, 1931; Transferred to the

National Park Service on August 10, 1933)

1976 October 21 Monocacy NB, Maryland (reauthorization and

redesignation of Monocacy National Military Park) 

National Battlefield Park

1936 March 2 Richmond NBP, Virginia 

1940 Manassas NBP, Virginia (established in 1936

November 14, as Bull Run Recreational Demonstration

Area, Virginia

National Battlefield Site

1890 August 30 Antietam National Battle Field Site , Maryland

(redesignated a National Battlefield in 1978)

1917 February 18 Kennesaw Mountain NBS, Georgia (redesignated a NBP

1935)

1929 February 21 Brices Cross Roads NBS, Mississippi 

1929 February 21 Tupelo NBS, Mississippi (redesignated a NB 1961)

1929 March 4 Cowpens NBS, South Carolina (redesignated a NB 1972)

1931 March 4 Fort Necessity NBS, Pennsylvania (redesignated a NB

1961) 

National Historical Park

1933 March 2 Morristown NHP, New Jersey 
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1938 June 1 Saratoga NHP, New York 

1939 Chalmette NHP, Louisiana (established as Chalmette

Monument and Grounds, in 1907; incorporated in Jean

Lafitte NHP and Preserve 1978) 

1940 June 11 Cumberland Gap NHP, Kentucky, Virginia, and

Tennessee 

1948 June 28 Independence NHP, Pennsylvania (incorporated

Independence Hall NHS, designated 1943) 

1954 Appomattox Court House, Virginia (in 1930 June 18

established as Appomattox Court House monument;

designated National Historical Monument 1935;

redesignated a NHP 1954) 

1955 July 26 City of Refuge NHP, Hawaii (redesignated Puuhonua o

Honaunau NHP 1978) 

1965 May 15 Nez Perce NHP, Idaho 

1966 July 23 George Rogers Clark NHP, Indiana (Incorporated the

George Rogers Clark Memorial established in 1928)

1966 September 9 San Juan Island NHP, Washington 

1971 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP Maryland, District of

Columbia, and West Virginia (date acquired 1938

September 23; 1961National Monument)

1974 October 1 Boston NHP, Massachusetts 

1976 June 30 Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska and Washington 

1976 July 4 Valley Forge NHP, Pennsylvania

1978 Puuhonua o Honaunau NHP, Hawaii (established in 1955

as the City of Refuge NHP)

1978 June 5 Lowell NHP, Massachusetts 

1978 August 18 War in the Pacific NHP, Guam 

1978 November 10 Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana (incorporated

Chalmette NHP) 

1978 November 10 Kaloko-Honokohau NHP, Hawaii 

1978 November 10 San Antonio Missions NHP, Texas 

1979 Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve, Louisiana (included the

Chalmette Monument and Grounds, in 1907; Chalmette

NHP, 1939)

1980 December 19 Chaco Culture NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Chaco

Canyon NM) 

1980 December 22 Kalaupapa NHP, Hawaii 

1980 December 28 Women's Rights NHP, New York

1988 June 27 San Francisco Maritime NHP, California (formerly part of

Golden Gate NRA) 

1988 October 7 Natchez NHP, Mississippi

1990 June 27 Pecos NHP, New Mexico (incorporated Pecos NM) 

1990 August 6 Tumacacori NHP,Arizona(incorporated Tumacacori NM)
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1992 February 24 Salt River Bay NHP and Ecological Preserve, Virgin

Islands 

1992 May 27 Hopewell Culture NHP, Ohio (incorporated Mound City

Group NM) 

1992 August 26 Marsh-Billings NHP, Vermont (established in 1967 as a

National Hi st oric Landmark; redesignated

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP 1998) 

1992 October 16 Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio 

1992 October 27 Keweenaw NHP, Michigan 

1994 October 31 New Orleans Jazz NHP, Louisiana 

1994 November 2 Cane River Creole NHP, Louisiana 

1996 November 12 New Bedford Whaling NHP, Massachusetts 

1998 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP,Vermont (established in

1967 as a National Historic Landmark; in 1992 as the

Marsh-Billings NHP)

2000 October 24 Rosie the Riveter- WWII Home Front NHP, California

National Historic Site

1938 March 17 Salem Maritime NHS, Massachusetts 

1938 August 3 Hopewell Village NHS, Pennsylvania (redesignated

Hopewell Furnace NHS 1985)

1939 May 26 Federal Hall Memorial NHS, New York (redesignated

Federal Hall NMem 1955) 

1939 May 26 Philadelphia Custom House NHS, Pennsylvania

(incorporated in Independence NHP 1959)

1940 December 18 Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, New York 

1941 April 5 Fort Raleigh NHS, North Carolina 

1944 January 15 Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, New York 

1944 October 13 Atlanta Campaign NHS, Georgia (abolished 1950) 

1946 December 9 AdamsMansion NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated Adams

NHS 1952; redesignated Adams NHP 1998) 

1948 June 22 Hampton NHS, Maryland 

1949 February 14 San Juan NHS, Puerto Rico 

1952 March 4 Virgin Islands NHS, Virgin Islands (redesignated

Christiansted NHS 1961) 

1955 December 6 Edison Home NHS, New Jersey (incorporated in Edison

NHS 1962) 

1959 April 14 Minute Man NHS, Massachusetts (redesignated a NHP

September 21) 

1960 June 3 Bent's Old Fort NHS, Colorado 

1960 December 24 St. Thomas NHS, Virgin Islands (abolished 1975) 
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1961 September 8 Fort Davis NHS, Texas 

1961 September 13 Fort Smith NHS, Arkansas 

1962 July 25 Sagamore Hill NHS, New York 

1962 July 25 Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS, New York 

1962 September 5 Edison NHS, New Jersey (incorporated Edison Home

NHS and Edison Laboratory NM) 

1964 August 30 Fort Bowie NHS, Arizona 

1964 August 31 Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Pennsylvania 

1964 August 31 Fort Larned NHS, Kansas 

1964 August 31 John Muir NHS, California 

1964 August 31 Saint-Gaudens NHS, New Hampshire 

1965 July 30 Golden Spike NHS, Utah (designated 1957) 

1965 August 12 Herbert Hoover NHS, Iowa 

1965 August 28 Hubbell Trading Post NHS, Arizona 

1966 June 20 Fort Union Trading Post NHS, North Dakota and

Montana 

1966 November 2 Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS, New York 

1967 May 26 John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS, Massachusetts 

1967 November 27 Eisenhower NHS, Pennsylvania 

1968 April 5 Saugus Iron Works NHS, Massachusetts 

1968 October 17 Carl Sandburg Home NHS, North Carolina 

1969 December 2 Lyndon B. Johnson NHS, Texas (redesignated a NHP

1980) 

1969 December 2 William Howard Taft NHS, Ohio 

1970 Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia, designated a

National Historic Site (aquisition authorized on April 7,

1866)

1970 October 16 Andersonville NHS, Georgia 

1970 October 16 Fort Point NHS, California 

1971 August 18 Lincoln Home NHS, Illinois

1972 August 17 Puukohola Heiau NHS, Hawaii 

1972 August 25 Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS, Montana 

1972 October 9 Longfellow NHS, Massachusetts 

1972 October 21 Mar-A-Lago NHS, Florida (designated 1969; abolished

1980) 

1974 October 26 Clara Barton NHS, Maryland 

1974 October 26 Knife River Indian Villages NHS, North Dakota 

1974 October 26 Martin Van Buren NHS, New York 

1974 October 26 Springfield Armory NHS, Massachusetts 

1974 October 26 Tuskegee Institute NHS, Alabama 

1976 August 19 Ninety Six NHS, South Carolina 

1976 October 18 Eugene O'Neill NHS, California 

1977 May 26 Eleanor Roosevelt NHS, New York 

1978 October 19 Fort Scott NHS, Kansas 
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1978 November 10 Edgar Allan Poe NHS, Pennsylvania 

1978 November 10 Friendship Hill NHS, Pennsylvania 

1978 November 10 Maggie L. Walker NHS, Virginia 

1978 November 10 Palo Alto Battlefield NHS, Texas 

1978 November 10 Thomas Stone NHS, Maryland 

1978 November 10 Saint Paul's Church NHS, New York (designated 1943)

1979 October 12 Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, Massachusetts 

1980 October 10 Boston African American NHS, Massachusetts 

1980 October 10 Martin Luther King, Junior, NHS, Georgia 

1980 December 28 James A. Garfield NHS, Ohio 

1983 May 23 Harry S Truman NHS, Missouri (designated 1982) 

198 September 19 Hopewell Furnance NHS, Pennsylvania (established in

1938 as Hopewell Village NHS) 

1986 October 21 Steamtown NHS, Pennsylvania 

1987 June 25 Pennsylvania Avenue NHS, District of Columbia

(designated 1965) 

1987 December 23 Jimmy Carter NHS, Georgia 

1988 September 8 Charles Pinckney NHS, South Carolina 

1989 October 2 Ulysses S. Grant NHS, Missouri 

1990 October 31 Weir Farm NHS, Connecticut 

1991 December 11 Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS, District of

Columbia (designated 1982)

1992 March 3 Manzanar NHS, California 

1992 October 26 Brown v. Board of Education NHS, Kansas 

1996 November 12 Nicodemus NHS, Kansas 

1996 November 12 Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma 

1998 November 6 Little Rock Central High School NHS, Arkansas 

1998 November 6 Tuskegee Airmen NHS, Alabama 

1999 November 29 Minuteman Missile NHS, South Dakota 

2000 October 11 First Ladies NHS, Canton, Ohio

National Lakeshore

1966 October 15 Pictured Rocks NL, Michigan

1966 November 5 Indiana Dunes NL, Indiana 

1970 September 26 Apostle Islands NL, Wisconsin 

1970 October 21 Sleeping Bear Dunes NL, Michigan 

National Monument

1876 August 2 Washington Monument, District of Columbia, accepted;

dedicated 1885.
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1906 September 24 Devils Tower NM, Wyoming 

1906 December 8 El Morro NM, New Mexico 

1906 December 8 Montezuma Castle NM, Arizona 

1906 December 8 Petrified Forest NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1962) 

1907 March 11 Chaco Canyon NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Chaco

Culture NHP 1980) 

1907 May 6 Cinder Cone NM, California (incorporated in Lassen

Volcanic NP 1916) 

1907 May 6 Lassen Peak NM, California (incorporated in Lassen

Volcanic NP 1916) 

1907 November 16 Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, New Mexico 

1907 December 19 Tonto NM, Arizona 

1908 January 9 Muir Woods NM, California 

1908 January 11 Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand

Canyon NP 1919) 

1908 January 16 Pinnacles NM, California 

1908 February 7 Jewel Cave NM, South Dakota 

1908 April 16 Natural Bridges NM, Utah 

1908 May 11 Lewis and Clark Cavern NM, Montana (abolished 1937)

1908 September 15 Tumacacori NM, Arizona (incorporated in Tumacacori

NHP 1990) 

1908 December 7 Wheeler NM, Colorado (abolished 1950) 

1909 March 2 Mount Olympus NM, Washington (incorporated in

Olympic NP 1938) 

1909 March 20 Navajo NM, Arizona 

1909 July 12 Oregon Caves NM, Oregon 

1909 July 31 Mukuntuweap NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NM 1918)

1909 September 21 Shoshone Cavern NM, Wyoming (abolished 1954) 

1909 November 1 Gran Quivira NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Salinas

NM 1980) 

1910 March 23 Sitka NM, Alaska (redesignated a NHP 1972) 

1910 May 30 Rainbow Bridge NM, Utah 

1910 June 23 Big Hole Battlefield NM, Montana (redesignated Big Hole

NB 1963) 

1911 May 24 Colorado NM, Colorado 

1911 July 6 Devils Postpile NM, California 

1913 October 14 Cabrillo NM, California 

1914 January 31 Papago Saguaro NM, Arizona (abolished 1930) 

1915 October 4 Dinosaur NM, Colorado and Utah 

1915 November 30 Walnut Canyon NM, Arizona 

1916 February 11 Bandelier NM, New Mexico 

1916 July 8 Sieur de Monts NM, Maine (redesignated Lafayette NP

1919; redesignated Acadia NP 1929) 

1916 August 9 Capulin Mountain NM, New Mexico (redesignated
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Capulin Volcano NM 1987) 

1916 October 25 Old Kasaan NM, Alaska (abolished 1955) 

1918 Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona (designated as

Casa Grande Ruin Reservation on March 2, 1889;

redesignated Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

1926)

1917 June 29 Verendrye NM, North Dakota (abolished 1956) 

1918 March 18 Zion NM, Utah (incorporated Mukuntuweap NM;

redesignated a NP 1919) 

1918 September 24 Katmai NM, Alaska (incorporated in Katmai NP and

NPres 1980) 

1919 December 12 Scotts Bluff NM, Nebraska 

1919 December 12 Yucca House NM, Colorado 

1922 January 24 Lehman Caves NM, Nevada (incorporated in Great Basin

NP 1986) 

1922 October 21 Fossil Cycad NM, South Dakota (abolished 1956) 

1923 January 24 Aztec Ruin NM, New Mexico (redesignated Aztec Ruins

NM 1928) 

1923 March 2 Hovenweep NM, Colorado and Utah 

1923 March 2 Mound City Group NM, Ohio (incorporated in Hopewell

Culture NHP 1992) 

1923 May 31 Pipe Spring NM, Arizona 

1923 June 8 Bryce Canyon NM, Utah (redesignated Utah NP 1924;

redesignated Bryce Canyon NP 1928) 

1923 October 25 Carlsbad Cave NM, New Mexico (redesignated Carlsbad

Caverns NP 1930) 

1924 Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York

(Accepted March 3, 1877)

1924 April 18 Chiricahua NM, Arizona 

1924 May 2 Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho 

1924 October 15 Castle Pinckney NM, South Carolina (abolished 1956) 

1924 October 15 Fort Marion NM, Florida (redesignated Castillo de San

Maros NM 1942) 

1924 October 15 Fort Matanzas NM, Florida 

1924 October 15 Fort Pulaski, Georgia National Monument

1924 December 9 Wupatki NM, Arizona 

1925 February 6 Meriwether Lewis NM, Tennessee (incorporated in

Natchez Trace Parkway 1961) 

1925 February 26 Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (incorporated in Glacier Bay NP

and NPres 1980) 

1925 September 5 Father Millet Cross NM, New York (abolished 1949) 

1925 November 21 Lava Beds NM, California 

1926 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona

(designated as Casa Grande Ruin Reservation on March
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2, 1889; redesignated Casa Grande NM 1918)

1946 Custer Battlefield National Monument, (designated on

December 7, 1886 as National Cemetery of Custer's

Battlefield Reservation; redesignated National Monument

in 1991)

1991 Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (designated

on December 7, 1886 as National Cemetery of Custer's

Battlefield Reservation; redesignated as Custer Battlefield

National Monument in 1946).

1929 March 4 Badlands NM, South Dakota (redesignated a NP 1978) 

1929 April 12 Arches NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1978) 

1929 May 11 Holy Cross NM, Colorado (abolished 1950) 

1930 January 23 George Washington Birthplace NM, Virginia 

1930 May 26 Sunset Crater NM, Arizona (redesignated Sunset Crater

Volcano NM 1990) 

1930 July 3 Colonial NM, Virginia (redesignated a NHP 1936) 

1931 February 14 Canyon de Chelly NM, Arizona 

1932 March 17 Great Sand Dunes NM, Colorado 

1932 December 22 Grand Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand

Canyon NP 1975) 

1933January 18 White Sands NM, New Mexico 

1933 February 11 Death Valley NM, California and Nevada (incorporated in

Death Valley NP 1994) 

1933 March 1 Saguaro NM, Arizona (redesignated a NP 1994) 

1933 March 2 Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM, Colorado

(redesignated a NP, 1999) 

1933 August 13 Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah Proclaimed

in 1922)

1933 August 22 Cedar Breaks NM, Utah 

1934 June 14 Ocmulgee NM, Georgia 

1935 January 4 Fort Jefferson NM, Florida (redesignated Dry Tortugas

NP 1992) 

1935 August 21 Fort Stanwix NM, New York (acquired 1973) 

1935 August 27 Ackia Battleground NM, Mississippi (incorporated in

Natchez Trace Parkway 1961) 

1935 August 29 Andrew Johnson NM, Tennessee (redesignated a NHS

1963) 

1936 March 19 Homestead NM of America, Nebraska 

1936 May 26 Fort Frederica NM, Georgia 

1936 June 2 Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial NM,

Ohio (redesignated Perry's Victory and International

Peace Memorial 1972) 

1936 June 29 Whitman NM, Washington (redesignated Whitman

Mission NHS 1963) 
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1936 August 16 Joshua Tree NM, California (incorporated in Joshua Tree

NP 1994) 

1937 January 22 Zion NM, Utah (incorporated in Zion NP 1956) 

1937 April 13 Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona 

1937 August 2 Capitol Reef NM, Utah (redesignated a NP 1971) 

1937 August 25 Pipestone NM, Minnesota 

1938 April 26 Channel Islands NM, California (incorporated in Channel

Islands NP 1980) 

1938 July 16 Fort Laramie NM, Wyoming (redesignated a NHS 1960)

1939 May 17 Santa Rosa Island NM, Florida (abolished 1946; island

included in Gulf Islands NS 1971)

1939 July 25 Tuzigoot NM, Arizona 

1943 March 15 Jackson Hole NM, Wyoming (incorporated in Grand

Teton NP 1950) 

1943 July 14 George Washington Carver NM, Missouri 

1944 June 30 Harpers Ferry NM, West Virginia and Maryland

(redesignated a NHP 1963) 

1946 August 12 Castle Clinton NM, New York

1948 April 28 Fort Sumter NM, South Carolina 

1948 June 19 Fort Vancouver NM, Washington (redesignated a NHS

1961) 

1949 June 8 Saint Croix Island NM, Maine (redesignated an

International Historic Site 1984) 

1949 October 25 Effigy Mounds NM, Iowa 

1954 June 28 Fort Union NM, New Mexico

1956 April 2 Booker T. Washington NM, Virginia 

1956 July 14 Edison Laboratory NM, New Jersey (incorporated in

Edison NHS 1962) 

1958 September 2 Grand Portage NM, Minnesota (designated a NHS 1951)

1961 May 11 Russell Cave NM, Alabama 

1961 December 28 Buck Island Reef NM, Virgin Islands 

1961 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument,

Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia (date

acquired 1938 September 23;incorporated in Chesapeake

and Ohio Canal NHP 1971) 

1965 June 5 Agate Fossil Beds NM, Nebraska

1965 June 28 Pecos NM, New Mexico (incorporated in Pecos NHP 1990)

1965 August 31 Alibates Flint Quarries and Texas Panhandle Pueblo

Culture NM, Texas (redesignated Alibates Flint Quarries

NM 1978) 

1968 October 18 Biscayne NM, Florida (incorporated in Biscayne NP 1980)

1969 January 20 Marble Canyon NM, Arizona (incorporated in Grand

Canyon NP 1975) 

1969 August 20 Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Colorado 
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1972 October 21 Hohokam Pima NM, Arizona 

1972 October 23 Fossil Butte NM, Wyoming 

1974 October 26 John Day Fossil Beds NM, Oregon 

1976 October 18 Congaree Swamp NM, South Carolina 

1978 December 1 Aniakchak NM, Alaska (incorporated in legislated

Aniakchak NM and Aniakchak NPres by ANILCA 1980)

1978 December 1 Bering Land Bridge NM, Alaska (redesignated a Npres by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Cape Krusenstern NM, Alaska 

1978 December 1 Denali NM, Alaska (incorporated with Mount McKinley

NP in Denali NP and Denali NPres by ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Gates of the Arctic NM, Alaska (incorporated in Gates of

the Arctic NP and Gates of the Arctic NPres by ANILCA

1980) 

1978 December 1 Glacier Bay NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total

incorporated in Glacier Bay NP and Glacier Bay NPres by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Katmai NM, Alaska (addition to existing NM; total

incorporated in Katmai NP and Katmai NPres by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Kenai Fjords NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by ANILCA

1980) 

1978 December 1 Kobuk Valley NM, Alaska (redesignated a NP by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Lake Clark NM, Alaska (incorporated in Lake Clark NP

and Lake Clark NPres by ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Noatak NM, Alaska (incorporated in Noatak NPres by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 WrangellBSt. Elias NM, Alaska (incorporated in

WrangellBSt. Elias NP and WrangellBSt. Elias NPres by

ANILCA 1980) 

1978 December 1 Yukon-Charley NM, Alaska (redesignated Yukon-Charley

Rivers NPres by ANILCA 1980) 

1980 December 19 Salinas NM, New Mexico (incorporated Gran Quivira

NM; redesignated Salinas Pueblo Missions NM 1988) 

1987 December 31 El Malpais NM, New Mexico 

1988 October 31 Poverty Point NM, Louisiana 

1988 November 18 Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Idaho 

1990 June 27 Petroglyph NM, New Mexico 

2001 January 17 Virgin Islands Coral Reef NM, Virgin Islands 

2001 January 20 Governors Island NM, New York 
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National Memorial

1925 March 23 Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (acquired 1939)

1928 May 23 George Rogers Clark Memorial, Indiana (incorporated in

George Rogers Clark NHP 1966)

1939 July 1 Mount Rushmore NMem, South Dakota (date acquired) 

1948 March 11 DeSoto NMem, Florida 

1950 September 21 Fort Caroline NMem, Florida 

1952 July 9 Coronado NMem, Arizona 

1953 Wright Brothers National Memorial , North Carolina

(designated in 1927 as Kill Devil Hill Monument)

1955 August 11 Federal Hall National Memorial, New York (established

in 1939 as Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site)

1958 May 29 Fort Clatsop NMem, Oregon 

1958 August 14 General Grant NMem, New York 

1960 July 6 Arkansas Post NMem, Arkansas 

1962 February 19 Lincoln Boyhood NMem, Indiana 

1962 April 27 Hamilton Grange NMem, New York 

1964 August 31 Johnstown Flood NMem, Pennsylvania 

1965 October 22 Roger Williams NMem, Rhode Island 

1966 June 30 Chamizal NMem, Texas 

1972 October 21 Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMem, Pennsylvania 

1997 October 9 Oklahoma City NMem, Oklahoma 

National Military Park

1890 August 19 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park,

Georgia and Tennessee .

1894 December 27 Shiloh NMP, Tennessee 

1895 February 11 Gettysburg NMP, Pennsylvania 

1899 February 21 Vicksburg NMP, Mississippi

1917 March 2 Guilford Courthouse NMP, North Carolina 

1926 June 2 Moores Creek NMP, North Carolina (redesignated a NB

1980) 

1926 July 3 Petersburg NMP, Virginia (redesignated a NB 1962) 

1927 February 14 Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields

Memorial NMP, Virginia 

1927 March 3 Stones River NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1980)

1928 March 26 Fort Donelson NMP, Tennessee (redesignated a NB 1985)

1931 March 4 Kings Mountain NMP, South Carolina 

1934 June 21 Monocacy NMP, Maryland(reauthorized and redesignated

a NB 1976) 

1956 July 20 Pea Ridge NMP, Arkansas 
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1956 July 25 Horseshoe Bend NMP, Alabama 

National Park

1872 March 1 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and

Idaho 

1875 March 3 Mackinac National Park, Michigan (abolished 1895) 

1890 September 25 Sequoia National Park, California 

1890 October 1 General Grant National Park, California (incorporated

into Kings Canyon National Park in 1940) 

1890 October 1 Yosemite National Park, California 

1899 March 2 Mount Rainier NP, Washington 

1902 May 22 Crater Lake NP, Oregon 

1906 Yosemite National Park, California (incorporated

Yosemite State Park)

1906 Platt National Park; Oklahoma (established as Sulphur

Springs Reservation in 1902; incorporated in Chickasaw

National Recreation Area in 1976) 

1903 January 9 Wind Cave NP, South Dakota 

1904April 27 Sullys Hill NP, North Dakota (transferred to Agriculture

Dept. as game preserve 1931) 

1906 June 29 Mesa Verde NP, Colorado

1910 May 11 Glacier NP, Montana 

1915 January 26 Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado 

1916 July 17 Abraham Lincoln NP, Kentucky (redesignated a NHP

1939; redesignated Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS

1959) 

1916 August 1 Hawaii NP, Hawaii (split into Haleakala NP and Hawaii

NP 1960; latter redesignated Hawaii Volcanoes NP 1961)

1916 August 9 Lassen Volcanic NP, California (incorporated Cinder

Cone and Lassen Peak Nms)

1917 February 26 Mount McKinley NP, Alaska (incorporated in Denali NP

and NPres 1980) 

1919 February 26 Grand Canyon NP, Arizona (incorporated 1908 Grand

Canyon NM) 

1921 Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas (Previously

designated as Hot Spring Reservation in 1832).

1925 March 3 Fort McHenry NP, Maryland (redesignated Fort McHenry

NM and Historic Shrine 1939)

1926 May 22 Great Smoky Mountains NP, North Carolina and

Tennessee 

1926 May 22 Shenandoah NP, Virginia 

1926 May 25 Mammoth Cave NP, Kentucky 
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1929 February 26 Grand Teton NP, Wyoming 

1931 March 3 Isle Royale NP, Michigan 

1934 May 30 Everglades NP, Florida 

1935 June 20 Big Bend NP, Texas 

1938 June 29 Olympic NP, Washington (incorporated Mount Olympus

NM) 

1940 Kings Canyon National Park, California (incorporated the

General Grant National Park) 

1950 September 14 Grand Teton NP, Wyoming (incorporated 1929 NP and

Jackson Hole NM) 

1956 August 2 Virgin Islands NP, Virgin Islands 

1960 April 22 Wilson's Creek Battlefield NP, Missouri (redesignated

Wilson's Creek NB 1970) 

1960 September 13 Haleakala NP, Hawaii (detached from Hawaii NP) 

1964 September 12 Canyonlands NP, Utah

1966 October 15 Guadalupe Mountains NP, Texas 

1968 October 2 North Cascades NP, Washington 

1968 October 2 Redwood NP, California 

1971 January 8 Voyageurs NP, Minnesota 

1980 March 5 Channel Islands NP, California (incorporated Channel

Islands NM) 

1980 June 28 Biscayne NP, Florida (incorporated Biscayne NM) 

1986 October 27 Great Basin NP, Nevada (incorporated Lehman Caves

NM) 

1988 October 31 National Park of American Samoa, American Samoa 

1994 October 31 Death Valley NP, California and Nevada (incorporated

Death Valley NM) 

1994 October 31 Joshua Tree NP, California (incorporated Joshua Tree NM)

National Preserve

1974 October 11 Big Cypress NPres, Florida 

1974 October 11 Big Thicket NPres, Texas 

1988 February 16 Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida 

1992 October 21 Little River Canyon NPres, Alabama 

1994 October 31 Mojave NPres, California 

1996 November 12 Tallgrass Prairie NPres, Kansas 

2000 November 22 Great Sand Dunes NPres, Colorado

National River

1972 March 1 Buffalo NR, Arkansas 
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1974 March 7 Big South Fork NR and Recreation Area, Kentucky and

Tennessee 

1978 November 10 New River Gorge NR, West Virginia 

1988 November 18 Mississippi NR and Recreation Area, Minnesota 

National Recreation Area

1936 October 13 Boulder Dam Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona

(redesignated Lake Mead NRA 1947) 

1946 December 18 Coulee Dam NRA, Washington (redesignated Lake

Roosevelt NRA 1997) 

1958 April 18 Glen Canyon NRA, Utah and Arizona 

1962 May 31 Whiskeytown-Sh asta-Trinity NRA, California

(Whiskeytown Unit) 

1964 December 31 Bighorn Canyon NRA, Wyoming and Montana 

1965 February 1 Arbuckle NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated in Chickasaw

NRA 1976) 

1965 February 11 Curecanti NRA, Colorado 

1965 March 15 Sanford NRA, Texas (redesignated Lake Meredith

Recreation Area 1972; redesignated Lake Meredith NRA

1990)

1965 September 1 Delaware Water Gap NRA, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

1968 October 2 Lake Chelan NRA, Washington 

1968 October 2 Ross Lake NRA, Washington 

1972 October 27 Gateway NRA, New York and New Jersey 

1972 October 27 Golden Gate NRA, California 

1974 December 27 Cuyahoga Valley NRA, Ohio 

1976 March 17 Chickasaw NRA, Oklahoma (incorporated Platt NP and

Arbuckle NRA) 

1978 August 15 Chattahoochee NRA, Georgia 

1978 November 10 Santa Monica Mountains NRA, California 

1988 December 26 Gauley River NRA, West Virginia 

1990 Amistad NRA, Texas (eastablished in 1965) 

1996 November 12 Boston Harbor Islands NRA, Massachusetts 

National Seashore

1937 August 17 Cape Hatteras NS, North Carolina 

1961 August 7 Cape Cod NS, Massachusetts 

1962 September 13 Point Reyes NS, California 

1962 September 28 Padre Island NS, Texas 

1964 September 11 Fire Island NS, New York 
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1965 September 21 Assateague Island NS, Maryland and Virginia 

1966 March 10 Cape Lookout NS, North Carolina 

1971 January 8 Gulf Islands NS, Florida and Mississippi 

1972 October 23 Cumberland Island NS, Georgia 

1975 January 3 Canaveral NS, Florida 

National Scenic River

1978 November 10 Middle Delaware NSR, Pennsylvania and New Jersey 

1988 December 26 Bluestone NSR, West Virginia 

1991 May 24 Niobrara NSR, Nebraska 

National Scenic Trail

1968 October 2 National Trails System Act 

1968 October 2 Appalachian NST, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,

Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia,

Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia 

1983 March 28 Natchez Trace NST, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee

1983 March 28 Potomac Heritage NST, Maryland, District of Columbia,

Virginia, and Pennsylvania

Wild and Scenic River

1968 October 2 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

1968 October 2 Saint Croix National Scenic Riverways, Minnesota and

Wisconsin 

1964 August 27 Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri 

1976 October 12 Obed WSR, Tennessee 

1978 November 10 Rio Grande WSR, Texas 

1978 November 10 Missouri National Recreational River, Nebraska and

South Dakota 

1978 November 10 Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River,

Pennsylvania and New York 

1980 December 2 Alagnak Wild River, Alaska 

1992 October 27 Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River, New

Jersey. 

District of Columbia
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1790 July 16 District of Columbia authorized, including National

Capital Parks, National Mall, White House 

1866 April 7 Ford's Theatre, District of Columbia, acquisition

authorized; designated a National Historic Site in 1970 

1890 September 27 Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia 

1911 February 9 Lincoln Memorial, District of Columbia (dedicated 1922)

1932 May 21 Theodore Roosevelt Island, District of Columbia 

1934 June 26 Thomas Jefferson Memorial, District of Columbia

(dedicated 1943) 

1959 September 1 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, District of

Columbia (dedicated 1997) 

1962 September 5 Frederick Douglass Home, District of Columbia

(redesignated Frederick Douglass NHS 1988) 

1968 March12 National Visitor Center, District of Columbia (abolished

1981) 

1972 June 16 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, District

of Columbia (date acquired; transferred to Kennedy

Center Trustees 1994) 

1973 December 28 Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac,

District of Columbia 

1974 August 1 Constitution Gardens, District of Columbia 

1980 July 1 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia

(dedicated 1982) 

1981 National Visitor Center, District of Columbia

ABOLISHED, established in 1968

1986 October 28 Korean War Veterans Memorial, District of Columbia

(dedicated 1995) 

1994 John F. Kennedy Centerfor the Performing arts, District

of Columbia transferred to Kenedy Center Trustees

(Established in 1972)

National Reservation

1832 April 20 Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas (redesignated Hot

Springs National Park in 1921) 

1886 December 7 National Cemetery of Custer's Battlefield Reservation

(redesignated Custer Battlefield National Monument in

1946; redesignated Little Bighorn Battlefield National

Monument 1991) 

1889 March 2 Casa Grande Ruin Reservation, Arizona (redesignated

Casa Grande National Monument in 1918; redesignated

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in 1926)

1902 July 1 Sulphur Springs Reservation, Oklahoma (redesignated
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Platt NP 1906; incorporated in Chickasaw NRA 1976) 

1978 November 10 Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington

1988 November 18 City of Rocks National Reserve, Idaho

National Monument

1907 March 4 Chalmette Monument and Grounds, Louisiana

(redesignated Chalmette NHP 1939; incorporated in Jean

Lafitte NHP and Preserve 1978)

1927 March 2 Kill Devil Hill Monument, North Carolina (redesignated

Wright Brothers NMem 1953) 

1930 June 18 Appomattox Court House monument, Virginia

(designated Appomattox Court House National Historical

Monument 1935; redesignated a NHP 1954) 

1935 Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument,

Virginia (in 1930 June 18 Appomattox Court House

monument; designated 1935; redesignated a NHP 1954)

1935 December 20 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri

(Gateway Arch authorized 1954, dedicated 1968) 

1954 Gateway Arch, Missouri (dedicated in 1968, as a part of

the Jeferson National Expansion Memorial in 1935).

Roadways

1928 May 23 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway (incorporated in

George Washington Memorial Parkway 1930) 

1930 George Washington Memorial Parkway (established in

1928 May 23 as Mount Vernon Memorial Highway)

1933 June 16 Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia 

1934 June 19 Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, Alabama, and

Tennessee (acquired 1938) 

1949 August 17 Suitland Parkway, Maryland and District of Columbia

(date acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks

1975) 

1950 August 3 Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Maryland (date

acquired; incorporated in National Capital Parks 1975) 

1972 June 30 Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial in George

Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia (authorized

March 4, 1925; transferred from War Department August

10, 1933; made a permanent memorial with name change

to "Custis-Lee Mansion" June 29, 1955; restoration of
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historic name June 30, 1972. )

1975 National Capital Parks, Maryland and District of

Columbia (includes Suitland Parkway - established in

1949) (includes Baltimore-Washignton Parkway,

Maryland - established in 1950.)

1972 August 25 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, Wyoming 

Recreational Area

1936 November 14 Bull Run Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia

(redesignated Manassas NBP 1940) 

1936 November 14 Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area, Maryland

(redesignated Catoctin Mountain Park 1954) 

1936 November 14 Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area, Virginia

(redesignated Prince William Forest Park 1948) 

1945 May 22 Millerton Lake Recreation Area, California (abolished

1957) 

1945 May 22 Shasta Lake Recreation Area, California (transferred to

Forest Service 1948) 

1946 April 18 Lake Texoma Recreation Area, Oklahoma and Texas

(transferred to Corps of Engineers 1949) 

1948 Shasta Lake Recreation Area, California transferred to

Forest Service (established in 1945 May 22 ) 

1949 Lake Texoma Recreation Area, Oklahoma and Texas

transferred to Corps of Engineers. (Established in 1946)

1952 June 27 Shadow Mountain Recreation Area, Colorado (transferred

to Forest Service 1979) 

1957 Milleton Lake Recreation Area, California Abolished

(established in 1945)

1963 July 22 Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, Utah and Wyoming

(transferred to Forest Service 1968) 

1965 November 11 Amistad Recreation Area, Texas (redesignated Amistad

NRA 1990) 

1968 Flaming Gorge Recreation Area, Utah and Wyoming

transferred to Forest Service (established in 1963) 

1979 Shadow Mountain Recreation Area, Colorado transferred

to Forest Service (established in 1952)

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APPENDIX #3

NATIONAL PARKS BY STATE

(updated July, 2002)

Alabama

Horseshoe Bend National Military

Park

Little River Canyon National

Preserve

Natchez Trace Parkway

Russell Cave National Monument

Tuskegee Institute National Historic

Site

Alaska

Alagnak Wild River

Aleutian World War II National

Historic Area

Aniakchak National Monument &

Preserve

Bering Land Bridge National

Preserve

Cape Krusenstern National

Monument

Denali National Park & Preserve

Gates Of The Arctic National Park

& Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park &

Preserve

Inupiat Heritage Center 

Katmai National Park & Preserve

Kenai Fjords National Park

Klondike Gold Rush National

Historical Park

Kobuk Valley National Park

Lake Clark National Park &

Preserve

Noatak National Preserve

Sitka National Historical Park

Western Arctic National Parklands 

Wrangell - St Elias National Park &

Preserve

Yukon - Charley Rivers National

Preserve

American Samoa

National Park of American Samoa

Arizona

Canyon De Chelly National

Monument

Casa Grande Ruins National

Monument

Chiricahua National Monument

Coronado National Memorial

Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Glen Canyon National Recreation

Area

Grand Canyon National Park

Hohokam Pima National Monument

Hubbell Trading Post National

Historic Site

Lake Mead National Recreation

Area

Montezuma Castle National

Monument

Navajo National Monument
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Organ Pipe Cactus National

Monument

Parashant National Monument

Petrified Forest National Park

Pipe Spring National Monument

Saguaro National Park

Sunset Crater Volcano National

Monument

Tonto National Monument

Tumacáácori National Historical

Park

Tuzigoot National Monument

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas

Arkansas Post National Memorial

Buffalo National River

Central High School National

Historic Site

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Hot Springs National Park

Pea Ridge National Military Park

California

Alcatraz Island 

Cabrillo National Monument

Channel Islands National Park

Death Valley National Park

Devils Postpile National Monument

Eugene O'Neill National Historic

Site

Fort Point National Historic Site

Golden Gate National Recreation

Area

John Muir National Historic Site

Joshua Tree National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lava Beds National Monument

Manzanar National Historic Site

Mojave National Preserve

Muir Woods National Monument

Pinnacles National Monument

Point Reyes National Seashore

Port Chicago Naval Magazine

National Memorial

Presidio of San Francisco 

Redwood National and State Parks

Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front

National Historical Park

San Francisco Maritime National

Historical Park

Santa Monica Mountains National

Recreation Area

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National

Parks

Whiskeytown National Recreation

Area

Yosemite National Park

Colorado

Bent's Old Fort National Historic

Site

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

National Park

Colorado National Monument

Curecanti National Recreation Area

Florissant Fossil Beds National

Monument

Great Sand Dunes National

Monument & Preserve
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Mesa Verde National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Sand Creek Massacre National

Historic Site

Yucca House National Monument

Connecticut

Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers

Vall ey National Heritage

Corridor

Weir Farm National Historic Site

Delaware

No National Parks

District of Columbia

Anacostia Park

Battleground National Cemetery

Capitol Hill Parks 

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National

Historical Park

Constitution Gardens 

Ford's Theatre National Historic Site

Fort Dupont Park 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Frederick Douglass National Historic

Site

Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Mary Mcleod Bethune Council

House National Historic Site

National Capital Parks-Central 

National Capital Parks-East 

National Mall 

Old Post Office Tower Peirce Mill 

Pennsylvania Avenue National

Historic Site

President's Park (White House) 

Rock Creek Park

Sewall-Belmont House National

Historic Site

The Old Stone House 

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington Monument

Florida 

Big Cypress National Preserve

Biscayne National Park

Canaveral National Seashore

Castillo De San Marcos National

Monument

De Soto National Memorial

Dry Tortugas National Park

Everglades National Park

Fort Caroline National Memorial

Fort Matanzas National Monument

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Timucuan Ecological & Historic

Preserve
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Georgia

Andersonville National Historic Site

Chattahoochee River National

Recreation Area

Chickamauga & Chattanooga

National Military Park

Cumberland Island National

Seashore

Fort Frederica National Monument

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Kennesaw Mountain National

Battlefield Park

Martin Luther King Jr National

Historic Site

Ocmulgee National Monument

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic

Site

Guam

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Hawaii

Haleakala National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Kaloko-Hon okohau National

Historical Park

Pu`uhonua O Honaunau National

Historical Park

Puukohola Heiau National Historic

Site

U S S Arizona Memorial

Idaho

City Of Rocks National Reserve

Craters Of The Moon National

Monument

Hagerman Fossil Beds National

Monument

Nez Perce National Historical Park

Yellowstone National Park

Illinois

Illinois & Michigan Canal National

Heritage Corridor

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Indiana

George Rogers Clark National

Historical Park

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Iowa

Effigy Mounds National Monument Herbert Hoover National Historic
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Site

Kansas

Brown V Board Of Education

National Historic Site

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace

National Historic Site

Big South Fork National River &

Recreation Area

Cumberland Gap National Historical

Park

Mammoth Cave National Park

Louisiana

Cane River National Heritage Area

Cane River Creole National

Historical Park

Jean Lafitte National Historic Park &

Preserve

New Orleans Jazz National

Historical Park

Poverty Point National Monument

Maine

Acadia National Park

Maine Acadian Culture 

Roosevelt Campobello International

Park

Saint Croix Island International

Historic Site

Maryland

Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Cemetery

Baltimore-Washington Parkway

Catoctin Mountain Park

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National

Historical Park

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Fort McHenry National Monument

and Historic Shrine

Fort Washington Park

George Washington Memorial

Parkway

Glen Echo Park

Greenbelt Park

Hampton National Historic Site

Harmony Hall 

Monocacy National Battlefield

Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm

Piscataway Park

Suitland Parkway

Thomas Stone National Historic Site

Massachusetts
480

Adams National Historical Park

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Blackstone River Valley National

Heritage Corridor

Boston National Historical Park

Boston African American National

Historic Site

Boston Harbor Islands National

Recreation Area

Cape Cod National Seashore

Frederick Law Olmsted National

Historic Site

John F Kennedy National Historic

Site

Longfellow National Historic Site

Lowell National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical

Park

New Bedford Whaling National

Historical Park

Salem Maritime National Historic

Site

Saugus Iron Works National Historic

Site

Springfield Armory National

Historic Site

Michigan

FatherMarquette National Memorial

Isle Royale National Park

Keweenaw National Historical Park

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Dunes National

Lakeshore

Minnesota

Grand Portage National Monument

Mississippi National River &

Recreation Area

Pipestone National Monument

Voyageurs National Park

Mississippi

Brices Cross Roads National

Battlefield Site

Gulf Islands National Seashore

Natchez National Historical Park

Natchez Trace Parkway

Tupelo National Battlefield

Vicksburg National Cemetery

Vicksburg National Military Park

Missouri

California National Historic Trail

George Washington Carver National

Monument

Harry S Truman National Historic

Site

Jefferson National Expansion

Memorial

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Oregon National Historic Trail

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

Pony Express National Historic Trail

Ulysses S Grant National Historic

Site

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
481

Montana

Big Hole National Battlefield

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation

Area

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National

Historic Site

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Little Bighorn Battlefield National

Monument

Nez Perce National Historical Park

Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska

Agate Fossil Beds National

Monument

Chimney Rock National Historic Site

Homestead National Monument of

America

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Mormon Pioneer National Historic

Trail

Niobrara National Scenic River

Oregon National Historic Trail

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

California National Historic Trail

Great Basin National Park

Lake Mead National Recreation

Area

Pony Express National Historic Trail

New Hampshire

Appalachian National Scenic Trail Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

New Jersey

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Edison National Historic Site

Ellis Island National Monument

Morristown National Historical Park

New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail

Route 

Statue Of Liberty National

Monument

New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Bandelier National Monument

Capulin Volcano National

Monument

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Chaco Culture National Historical

Park

El Malpais National Monument

El Morro National Monument

Fort Union National Monument

Gila Cliff Dwellings National

Monument
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Pecos National Historical Park

Petroglyph National Monument

Salinas Pueblo Missions National

Monument

White Sands National Monument

New York

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Castle Clinton National Monument

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic

Site

Ellis Island National Monument

Erie Canalway National Heritage

Corridor

Federal Hall National Memorial

Fire Island National Seashore

Fort Stanwix National Monument

General Grant National Memorial

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt

National Historic Site

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

National Historic Site

Manhattan Sites 

Martin Van Buren National Historic

Site

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Saratoga National Historical Park

Statue Of Liberty National

Monument

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace

National Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural

National Historic Site

Upper Delawar e Scenic &

Recreational River

Vanderbilt Mansion National

Historic Site

Women's Rights National Historical

Park

North Carolina

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Carl Sandburg Home National

Historic Site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Guilford Courthouse National

Military Park

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Overmountain Victory National

Historic Trail

Wright Brothers National Memorial

North Dakota

Fort Union Trading Post National

Historic Site

Knife River Indian Villages National

Historic Site

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

North Country National Scenic Trail

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

David Berger National Memorial

Dayton Aviation Heritage National

Historical Park
483

First Ladies National Historic Site

Hopewell Culture National Historical

Park

James A Garfield National Historic

Site

Perry's Victory & International

Peace Memorial

William Howard Taft National

Historic Site

Oklahoma

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Oklahoma City National Memorial

Washita Battlefield National Historic

Site

Oregon

California National Historic Trail

Crater Lake National Park

Fort Clatsop National Memorial

John Day Fossil Beds National

Monument

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Nez Perce National Historical Park

Oregon National Historic Trail

Oregon Caves National Monument

Pennsylvania

AlleghenyPortage Railroad National

Historic Site

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Delaware National Scenic River

Delaware & Lehigh National

Heritage Corridor

Delaware Water Gap National

Recreation Area

Deshler-Morris House 

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic

Site

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Friendship Hill National Historic

Site

Gettysburg National Military Park

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Gloria Dei Church National Historic

Site

Hopewell Furnace National Historic

Site

Independence National Historical

Park

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Potomac Heritage National Scenic

Trail

Steamtown National Historic Site

Thaddeus Kosciuszko National

Memorial

Upper Delaware Scenic &

Recreational River

Valley Forge National Historical

Park

Rhode Island

Blackstone River Valley National

Heritage Corridor

Roger Williams National Memorial

Touro Synagogue National Historic
484

Site

South Carolina

Charles Pinckney National Historic

Site

Con gar ee Swamp National

Monument

Cowpens National Battlefield

Fort Moultrie National Monument

Fort Sumter National Monument

Kings Mountain National Military

Park

Ninety Six National Historic Site

Overmountain Victory National

Historic Trail

South Dakota

Badlands National Park

Jewel Cave National Monument

Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Minuteman Missile National

Historic Site

Missouri National Recreational

River

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Wind Cave National Park

Tennessee

Andrew Johnson National Historic

Site

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Big South Fork National River &

Recreation Area

Fort Donelson National Cemetery

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Natchez Trace Parkway

Obed Wild & Scenic River

Overmountain Victory National

Historic Trail

Shiloh National Cemetery

Shiloh National Military Park

Stones River National Battlefield

Stones River National Cemetery

Texas

Alibates Flint Quarries National

Monument

Amistad National Recreation Area

Big Bend National Park

Big Thicket National Preserve

Chamizal National Memorial

Fort Davis National Historic Site

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Lake Meredith National Recreation

Area

Lyndon B Johnson National

Historical Park

Padre Island National Seashore

Palo Alto Battlefield National

Historic Site

Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River

San Antonio Missions National

Historical Park

Utah
485

Arches National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park

California National Historic Trail

Canyonlands National Park

Capitol Reef National Park

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Glen Canyon National Recreation

Area

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Hovenweep National Monument

Mormon Pioneer National Historic

Trail

Natural Bridges National Monument

Pony Express National Historic Trail

Rainbow BridgeNational Monument

Timpanogos Cave National

Monument

Zion National Park

Vermont

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller

National Historical Park

Virginia

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Appomattox Court House National

Historical Park

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee

Memorial 

Assateague Island National Seashore

Booker T Washington National

Monument

Cape Henry National Memorial

Claude Moore Colonial Farm 

Colonial National Historical Park

Fredericksburg National Cemetery

Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania

National Military Park

George Washington Birthplace

National Monument

Great Falls Park

Green Springs 

Jamestown National Historic Site

Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial

Grove on the Potomac 

Maggie L Walker National Historic

Site

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Overmountain Victory National

Historic Trail

Petersburg National Battlefield

Poplar Grove National Cemetery

Potomac Heritage National Scenic

Trail

Prince William Forest Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park

Shenandoah National Park

Theodore Roosevelt Island Park

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the

Performing Arts 

Yorktown National Cemetery

Yorktown National Battlefield

Washington

Ebey's Landing National Historical

Reserve

Fort Vancouver National Historic

Site

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit

National Historical Park

Lake Chelan National Recreation

Area

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation

Area
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Lewis & Clark National Historic

Trail

Mount Rainier National Park

Nez Perce National Historical Park

North Cascades National Park

Olympic National Park

Ross Lake National Recreation Area

San Juan Island National Historical

Park

Whitman Mission National Historic

Site

West Virginia

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Bluestone National Scenic River

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National

Historical Park

Gauley River National Recreation

Area

Harpers Ferry National Historical

Park

New River Gorge National River

Wisconsin

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Ice Age National Scenic Trail

Saint Croix National Scenic River

Wyoming

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation

Area

California National Historic Trail

Devils Tower National Monument

Fossil Butte National Monument

Grand Teton National Park

John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial

Parkway

Mormon Pioneer National Historic

Trail

Oregon National Historic Trail

Pony Express National Historic Trail

Yellowstone National Park
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APPENDIX #4

NATIONAL FORESTS

Region 1 - Northern Region (Montana, Northern Idaho, North Dakota,

North-Western South Dakota)

Region 2 - Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South

Dakota, Eastern Wyoming)

Region 3 - Southwestern Region (Arizona, New Mexico)

Region 4 - Intermountain Region (Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Western

Wyoming)

Region 5 - Pacific Southwest Region (California, Hawaii, Guam, Trust

Territories)

Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region (Washington, Oregon)

Region 8 - Southern Region (Southern States, Puerto Rico and the United

States Virgin Islands)

Region 9 - Eastern Region (Midwest and Northeast)

Region 10 - Alaska Region

A

Forest Name * State Region Enactment

Allegheny PA Eastern (R-9)

Angeles CA Pacific Southwest (R-5) December 1892

Angelina TX Southern (R-8) 1935

ApacheSitgreaves

AZ Southwestern (R-3) 1974

Apalachicola FL Southern (R-8)

Arapaho CO Rocky Mountain (R-2) July 7, 1908

Ashley UT

WY

Intermountain (R-4) July 1, 1908
488

B

BeaverheadDearlodge

MT Northern (R-1) February 2, 1996

Bienville MS Southern (R-8) 1937

Bitterroot ID

MT

Northern (R-1) 1907

Black Hills SD/WY Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Black Kettle

and McKlellan

Nat’l

Grassland

OK

Boise ID Intermountain (R-4)

Bridger -

Teton 

WY Intermountain (R-4)

C

CaribbeanTarghee

PR Southern (R-8) 1903

Caribou ID/WY Intermountain (R-4)

Carson NM Southwestern (R-3)

Chattahoochee

-Oconee

GA Southern (R-8) 7.9.36

1954

ChequamegonNicolet

WI Eastern (R-9) 1933

Cherokee TN Southern (R-8) June 14,

1920

Chippewa MN Eastern (R-9) 1908, name

change June/28

Chugach AK Alaska (R-10)

Cibola NM Southwestern (R-3)

Clearwater ID Northern (R-1)

Cleveland CA Pacific Southwest (R-5) 1908

Coconino AZ Southwestern (R-3)

Coeur d'Alene ID Northern (R-1)

D
489

Dakota Prairie

Grasslands

ND Northern (R-1) 1960

Daniel Boone KY Southern (R-8)

Davy Crockett TX Southern (R-8) Oct. 15, 1936

Delta MS Southern (R-8)

De Soto MS Southern (R-8)

Deschutes OR Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1908

Dixie AZ/UT Intermountain (R-4)

E

Eldorado CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

F

Finger Lakes NY Eastern (R-9) 1983

Fishlake UT Intermountain (R-4)

Flathead MT Northern (R-1)

Francis

MarionSumter

SC Southern (R-8)

Fremont OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

G

Gallatin MT Northern (R-1)

George

Washington

VA/WV Southern (R-8)

Gifford

Pinchot

WA Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1949

Gila NM Southwestern (R-3) 1924

Grand Mesa CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Green

MountainFinger Lakes

VT Eastern (R-9)

Gunnison CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

H
490

Helena MT Northern (R-1)

Hiawatha MI Eastern (R-9)

Holly Springs MS Southern (R-8)

Homochitto MS Southern (R-8) 1936

Hoosier IN Eastern (R-9) June/1934

HumboldtToiyabe 

NV Intermountain (R-4) 

HuronManistee

MI Easter (R-9) 1909/1938/1945

I

Inyo CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

J

Jefferson VA Southern (R-8) 1936

K

Kaibab AZ Southwestern (R-3) 1934

Kaniksu ID/WA Northern (R-1)

Kisatchie LA Southern (R-8)

Klamath CA/OR Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Kootenai ID/MT Northern (R-1)

L

Land Between

the Lakes Nat’l

Recreation

Area

TN Southern (R-8)

Lassen CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Lewis & Clark MT Northern (R-1)

Lincoln NM Southwestern (R-3)

Lolo MT Northern (R-1)

Las Padres CA Pacific Southwest (R-1) 1898

M
491

Malheur OR Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1907

Manti-LaSal UT Intermountain (R-4)

Mark Twain MO Eastern (R-9) Sept. 11, 1939

Medicine Bow CO/WY Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Mendocino CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Midewin

National

 Tallgrass

Prairie

Il Eastern (R-9)

Modoc CA Pacific Southwest (R-5) 1908

Monongahela WV Eastern (R-9) April 28, 1920

Mt. BakerSnowqualmie

WA Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Mt. Hood OR Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1924

N

Nantahala GA/

NC/SC

Southern (R-8)

Nebraska NE Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Nez Perce ID Northern (R-1) 1908

O

Ocala FL Southern (R-8)

Ochoco OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Okanogan WA Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Olympic WA Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Osceola FL Southern (R-8)

Ottawa MI Eastern (R-9) Jan. 27, 1931

Ouachita AR Southern (R-8) 1926

Ozark- St.

Francis

AR Southern (R-8)

P

Pawnee

National

Grassland

CO Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Payette ID Intermountain (R-4)
492

Pike CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Pisgah NC Southern (R-8)

Plumas CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Prescott AZ Southwestern (R-3) May 10, 1898

R

Rio Grande CO Rocky Mountain (R-2) 1911

Rogue River OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Roosevelt CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

S

Sabine TX Southern (R-8) 1935

St. Joe ID Northern (R-1)

Salmon -

Challis

ID Intermountain (R-4)

Samuel R.

McKelvie

NE Rocky Mountain (R-2)

San

Bernardino

CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

San Isabel CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

San Juan CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Santa Fe NM Southwestern (R-3) 1915

Sawtooth ID/UT Intermountain (R-4)

Sequoia CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Shasta - Trinity CA Pacific Southwest (R-5) 1954

Shawnee IL Eastern (R-9)

Shoshone WY Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Sierra CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Siskiyou OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Siuslaw OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

Six Rivers CA Pacific Southwest (R-5) June 3, 1947

Stanislaus CA Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Superior MN Northern (R-9) 1909

T
493

Tahoe CA/NV Pacific Southwest (R-5)

Talladega AL Southern (R-8) July 16, 1936

Thunder Basin

National

Grassland

WY Intermountain (R-4)

Tombigbee MS Southern (R-8)

Tongass AK Alaska (R-10)

Tonto AZ Southwestern (R-3) 1905

Tuskegee AL Southern (R-8) Nov. 27, 1959

U

Uinta UT/WY Intermountain (R-4)

Umatilla OR Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1908

Umpqua OR Pacific Northwest 

Uncompaghre CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Uwharrie NC Southern (R-8)

W

WallowaWhitman

OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

WasatchCache 

UT Intermountain (R-4)

Wayne OH Northern (R-1) 1935

Wenatchee WA Pacific Northwest (R-6)

White

Mountain 

ME/NH Eastern (R-9) 1911

White River CO Rocky Mountain (R-2)

Willamette OR Pacific Northwest (R-6) 1933

William B.

Bankhead 

AL Southern (R-8) June 17, 1942

Winema OR Pacific Northwest (R-6)

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APPENDIX #5

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

STATES/TERRITORIES

Pacific Region (Region 1) 

The Pacific Region includes California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon,

Washington, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. 

Southwest Region (Region 2) 

The Southwest Region includes Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and

Texas. 

Great Lakes- Big Rivers Region (Region 3) 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio and

Wisconsin. 

Southeast Region (Region 4) 

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,

North Carolina, Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands, South Carolina and

Tennessee. 

Northeast Region (Region 5)

Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,

Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. 

Mountain- Prairie Region (Region 6) 

Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota,

Utah and Wyoming. 

Alaska Region (Region 7) 

State of Alaska. 

There is no Region 8 - 

The research centers are now part of the biological resources

organization in the US Geological Survey. 

Region 9 is the Washington Office.

REGION 1 - PACIFIC REGION

American Samoa

Hawaiian and Pacific Islands

Complex

Pacific/Remote Islands Complex 

Rose Atoll NWR

California

Antioch Dunes NWR

Bitter Creek NWR

Blue Ridge NWR

Butte Sink WMA/NWR 

California-Nevada Fish Health

 Center

Castle Rock NWR

Clear Lake NWR 

Coachella Valley NWR 

Coleman NFH
496

Colusa NWR

Delevan NWR

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay

 NWR 

Ellicott Slough NWR 

Farallon NWR 

Grasslands WMA 

Havasu NWR 

Hopper Mountain Complex 

Hopper Mountain NWR 

Humboldt Bay NWR 

Kern Complex 

Kern NWR 

Klamath Basin Complex 

Livingston Stone NFH

Lower Klamath NWR 

Marin Islands NWR 

Merced NWR 

Modoc NWR 

North Central Valley WMA 

Pixley NWR 

Sacramento NWR 

Sacramento River NWR 

Salinas River NWR 

Salton Sea NWR

San Diego Complex 

San Diego NWR 

San Francisco Bay Complex 

San Francisco Bay NWR 

San Joaquin River NWR 

San Luis NWR 

San Pablo Bay NWR 

Seal Beach NWR 

Sonny Bono/Salton Sea NWR 

Complex

Stone Lakes NWR 

Sutter NWR 

Sweetwater Marsh NWR 

Teheman-Colusa Fish Facilities

Tijuana Slough NWR 

Tule Lake NWR 

Upper Klamath River NWR

Willow Creek-Lurline WMA

Guam 

Guam NWR

Hawaii 

Baker Island NWR

Hakalau Forest NWR 

Hanalei NWR

Hawaii AS

Hawaiian Islands NWR 

Hawaiian and Pacific Islands 

Complex 

Hanalei NWR

Howland Islands NWR

Huleia NWR

James C. Campbell NWR 

Jarvis Island NWR

Johnston Island NWR

Kakahaia NWR 

Kealia Pond NWR 

Kilauea Point NWR 

Midway Atoll NWR 

Pacific/Remote Islands Complex 

Pearl Harbor NWR

Idaho

Bear Lake NWR 

Boise NWR

Camas NWR 

Deer Flat NWR

Dworshak NFH 

Grays Lake NWR 

Hagerman NFH

Idaho Fish Health Center

Kooskia NFH

Kootenai NWR

Minidoka NWR

Oxford Slough WPA

Southeast Idaho Complex
497

Nevada

Amargosa Pupfish Research Station

Anaho Island NWR

Ash Meadows NWR 

Desert Complex 

Desert National Wildlife Range 

Fallon NWR 

Hart Mountain National Antelope

Range

Lahonta NFH

Marble Bluff Fish Facitly

Moapa Valley NWR 

Pahranagat NWR 

Ruby Lake NWR 

Sheldon NWR 

Stillwater NWR

Oregon

Ankeny NWR 

Bandon Marsh NWR 

Baskett Slough NWR 

Bear Valley NWR 

Cape Meares NWR 

Cold Springs NWR 

Eagle Creek NFH

Hart Mountain National Antelope

Refuge

Julia Butler Hansen NWR for

Columbia White Tail Deer 

Klamath Basin NWR 

Klamath Marsh NWR

Lewis and Clark NWR 

Lower Klamath River NWR

Malheur NWR 

McKay Creek NWR 

McNary NWR

Mid- Columbia River Complex 

Nestucca Bay NWR 

Oregon Coastal Refuges 

Oregon Islands NWR 

Sheldon/Hart Mountain Complex 

Siletz Bay NWR 

Three Arch Rocks NWR 

Tualatin River NWR 

Umatilla NWR 

Upper Klamath NWR 

Wapato Lake NWR

Warm Springs NFH

Western Oregon Complex 

William L. Finley NWR

Washington 

Abernathy Fish Technologies Center

Arid Lands NWR Complex

Carson NFH

Columbia NWR

Conboy Lake NWR 

Copalis NWR 

Dungeness NWR 

Entiat NFH

Flattery Rocks NWR 

Franz Lake NWR 

Grays Harbor NWR 

Hanford Complex 

Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the

Columbian White- tail Deer 

Leavenworth NFH

Little Pend Oreille NWR

Little White Salmon NFH Complex

Lower Columbia River Fish Health

Center 

McNary NWR 

Nisqually NWR 

Pierce NWR 

Protection Island NWR 

Quillayute Needles NWR 

Ridgefield NWR 

Saddle Mountain NWR 

San Juan Islands NWR 

Spring Creek NFH

Steigerwald Lake NWR 

Toppenish NWR 

Turnbull NWR

Washington Coastal Refuges 
498

Willapa NWR

Willard NFH

Winthrop NFH

REGION 2 - SOUTHWEST REGION

Arizona

Bill Williams River NWR

Buenos Aires NWR

Cabeza Prieta NWR

Cibola NWR 

Havasu NWR

Imperial NWR 

Kofa NWR 

Lower Colorado River Refuge

Complex 

San Bernardino NWR

New Mexico

Bitter Lake NWR

Bosque del Apache NWR

Grulla NWR 

Las Vegas NWR 

Maxwell NWR 

San Andres NWR 

Sevilleta NWR

Oklahoma

Deep Fork NWR 

Little River NWR 

Optima NWR 

Ozark Plateau NWR 

Salt Plains NWR 

Sequoyah NWR 

Tishomingo NWR 

Washita NWR 

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Texas

Anahuac NWR

Aransas NWR 

Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR 

Balcones Canyonlands NWR 

Brazoria NWR 

Buffalo Lake NWR (TX)

Hagerman NWR 

Laguna Atascosa NWR 

Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR 

McFaddin NWR 

Muleshoe NWR 

San Bernard NWR 

Santa Ana NWR 

Trinity River NWR 

REGION 3 - GREAT LAKES-BIG RIVERS REGION

Illinois

Cameron-Billsbach Unit

Chautauqua NWR 

Crab Orchard NWR 

Cypress Creek NWR 

Emiquon NWR 

Illinois River NWFR
499

Mark Twain NWR 

Mark Twain NWR/Annada District

Mark Twain NWR/Wapello District

Meredosia NWR 

Middle Mississippi River NWR

Upper Mississippi NWFR

Two River NWR

Indiana

Big Oaks NWR

Grand Kamkakee NWR

Muscatatuck NWR

Patoka River NWR

Iowa

Boyer Chute NWR

DeSoto NWR

Driftless Area NWR 

Neal Smith NWR

Port Louisa NWR 

Union Slough NWR 

Union Slough WMD

Upper Mississippi NWFRMcGregor District 

Walnut Creek NWR

Michigan

Detroit River International Wildlife

Refuge

East Lansing WMD

Gravel Island NWR

Harbor Island NWR 

Huron NWR 

Kirtlands Warbler WMA 

Michigan Islands NWR 

Seney NWR 

Shiawassee NWR 

Whitefish Point NWR

Wyandotte NWR

Minnesota

Agassiz NWR 

Big Stone NWR 

Big Stone WMD 

Crane Meadows NWR 

Detroit Lakes WMD 

Fergus Falls WMD 

Hamden Slough NWR 

Litchfield WMD 

Mille Lacs NWR 

Minnesota Valley NWR 

Minnesota Valley WMD 

Morris WMD 

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR

Rice Lake NWR 

Rydell NWR 

Sandstone NWR

Sherburne NWR 

Tamarac NWR 

Tamarac WMD 

Upper Mississippi River Wildlife

and Fish Refuge Headquarters

Windom WMD 

Winona District of Upper

Mississippi River NWFR

Missouri

Big Muddy NWR 

Clarence Cannon NWR 

Great River NWR

Middle Mississippi River NWR

Mingo NWR 

Ozark Cavefish NWR 

Pilot Knob NWR 

Squaw Creek NWR 

Swan Lake NWR
500

Ohio

Cedar Point NWR

Ottawa NWR 

West Sister Island NWR

Wisconsin

Fox River NWR

Gravel Island NWR 

Green Bay NWR 

Horicon NWR

Lacross District of Upper Mississippi

NWFT

Leopold WMD 

Necedah NWR 

St. Croix WMD 

Trempealeau NWR 

Upper Mississippi River Wildlife

and Fish Refuge NWR

REGION 4 - SOUTHEAST REGION

Alabama

Blowing Wind Cave NWR

Bon Secour NWR 

Choctaw NWR 

Eufaula NWR 

Fern Cave NWR 

Grand Bay NWR 

Key Cave NWR 

Sauta Cave NWR

Watercress Darter NWR 

Wheeler NWR

Arkansas

Bald Knob NWR

Big Lake NWR 

Cache River NWR 

Cossatot NWR 

Felsenthal NWR 

Greers Ferry NFH

Holla Bend NWR 

Logan Cave NWR 

Mammoth Spring NFH

Norfolk NFH

Overflow NWR

Pond Creek NWR 

Wapanocca NWR 

White River NWR

Florida

Archie Carr NWR

Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee

NWR 

Caloosahatchee NWR 

Cedar Keys NWR 

Chassahowitzka NWR 

Crocodile Lake NWR 

Crystal River NWR 

Egmont Key NWR 

Florida Panther NWR 

Great White Heron NWR 

Hobe Sound NWR 

Island Bay NWR 

J. N. "Ding" Darling NWR 

Key West NWR 

Lake Wales Ridge NWR 

Lake Woodruff NWR 

Lower Suwannee NWR 

Matlacha Pass NWR 

Merritt Island NWR 

National Key Deer Refuge 

Passage Key NWR 

Pelican Island NWR 

Pine Island NWR 
501

Pinellas NWR 

St. Johns NWR 

St. Marks NWR 

St. Vincent NWR 

Ten Thousand Islands NWR

Welaka NFH

Georgia

Banks Lake NWR

Blackbeard Island NWR 

Bond Swamp NWR 

Chattahoochee Forest NFH

Harris Neck NWR 

Okefenokee NWR 

Piedmont NWR 

Savannah Coastal Refuges 

Savannah NWR 

Tybee NWR

Warm Springs NFH

Wassaw NWR 

Wolf Island NWR

Kentucky

Clarks River NW Wolf Creek NFH

Louisiana

Atchafalaya NWR

Bayou Cocodrie NWR 

Bayou Sauvage NWR 

Big Branch Marsh NWR 

Black Bayou Lake NWR 

Bogue Chitto NWR 

Breton NWR 

Cameron Prairie NWR 

Catahoula NWR 

D'Arbonne NWR 

Delta NWR 

Grand Cote NWR 

Handy Brake NWR 

Lacassine NWR 

Lake Ophelia NWR 

Louisiana WMD 

Mandalay NWR 

Natchitoches NFH

North Louisiana Wildlife Refuge 

 Complex 

Sabine NWR 

Shell Keys NWR 

Southeast Louisiana Refuges 

Tensas River NWR 

Upper Ouachita NWR

Mississippi

Bogue Chitto NWR 

Dahomey NWR

Grand Bay NWR 

Hillside NWR 

Mathews Brake NWR 

Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR 

Mississippi WMD 

Morgan Brake NWR 

Noxubee NWR 

Panther Swamp NWR 

Private John Allen NFH

St. Catherine Creek NWR 

Tallahatchie NWR 

Yazoo NWR

North Carolina

Alligator River NWR

Cedar Island NWR 

Currituck NWR 

Edenton NFH

Mackay Island NWR 

Mattamuskeet NWR 

Pea Island NWR 

Pee Dee NWR 
502

Pocosin Lakes NWR 

Roanoke River NWR 

Swanquarter NWR

Puerto Rico

Cabo Rojo NWR

Caribbean Islands Refuges 

Culebra NWR 

Desecheo NWR 

Laguna Cartagena NWR

Vieques NWR

South Carolina 

Ace Basin NWR

Bears Bluff NFH

Cape Romain NWR 

Carolina Sandhills NWR 

Orangeburg NFH

Pinckney Island NWR 

Santee NWR 

Tybee NWR 

Waccamaw NWR 

Tennessee

Chickasaw NWR

Cross Creeks NWR 

Dale Hollow NFH

Erwin NFH

Hatchie NWR 

Lake Isom NWR 

Lower Hatchie NWR 

Reelfoot NWR 

Reelfoot NWR Complex 

Tennessee NWR

Virgin Islands 

Buck Island NWR

Green Cay NWR 

Sandy Point NWR

REGION 5 - NORTHEAST REGION

Connecticut

Stewart B. McKinney NWR 

Delaware

Bombay Hook NWR Prime Hook NWR 

Kentucky

Clarks River NWR Ohio River Islands NWR 

Maine

Carlton Pond WPA

Cross Island NWR 

Franklin Island NWR 

Moosehorn NWR 

Petit Manan NWR 

Pond Island NWR 
503

Rachel Carson NWR 

Seal Island NWR 

Sunkhaze Meadows NWR 

Maryland

Blackwater NWR

Eastern Neck NWR 

Martin NWR 

Patuxent Research Refuge 

Susquehanna NWR 

Massachusetts

Great Meadows NWR

Mashpee NWR 

Massasoit NWR 

Monomoy NWR 

Nantucket NWR 

Nomans Land Island NWR 

Oxbow NWR 

Parker River NWR 

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and

Wildlife Refuge 

Thacher Island NWR

New Hampshire

Great Bay NWR

John Hay NWR 

Lake Umbagog NWR 

Wapack NWR 

New Jersey

Cape May NWR

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR 

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR - Barnegat

Division 

Edwin B. Forsythe NWR -

Brigantine Division 

Great Swamp NWR 

Killcohook Coordination Area

Supawna Meadows NWR 

Wallkill River NWR

New York

Amagansett NWR

Conscience Point NWR 

Elizabeth A. Morton NWR 

Iroquois NWR 

Long Island NWR Complex 

Montezuma NWR 

Oyster Bay NWR 

Seatuck NWR 

St. Lawrence WMD 

Target Rock NWR 

Wertheim NWR

Pennsylvania

Erie NWR John Heinz NWR at Tinicum

Rhode Island 

Block Island NWR

Ninigret NWR 

Pettaquamscutt Cove NWR 

Sachuest Point NWR 

Trustom Pond NWR

Vermont 

Missisquoi NWR Silvio O. Conte National Fish and
504

Wildlife Refuge

Virginia 

Back Bay NWR

Chincoteague NWR 

Eastern Shore Of Virginia NWR 

Featherstone NWR 

Fisherman Island NWR 

Great Dismal Swamp NWR 

James River NWR 

Mason Neck NWR 

Nansemond NWR 

Plum Tree Island NWR 

Presquile NWR 

Rappahannock Complex 

Rappahannock River Valley NWR 

Wallops Island NWR

West Virginia

Canaan Valley NWR Ohio River Islands NWR 

REGION 6 - MOUNTAIN-PRAIRIE REGION

Colorado 

Alamosa NWR

Arapaho NWR 

Browns Park NWR Grand Junction

Colorado River

Hotchkiss NFH

Leadville NFH

Rocky Flats NWR

Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR 

Two Ponds NWR

Kansas

Flint Hills NWR

Kirwin NWR 

Marais des Cygnes NWR 

Quivira NWR

Montana 

Benton Lake NWR

Benton Lake WMD 

Black Coulee NWR 

Bowdoin NWR 

Bowdoin WMD 

Bozeman NFH

Charles M. Russell NWR 

Charles M. Russell WMD 

Creedman Coulee NWR 

Creston NFH

Ennis NFH

Hailstone NWR 

Halfbreed Lake NWR 

Hewitt Lake NWR 

Lake Mason NWR 

Lake Thibadeau NWR 

Lamesteer NWR 

Lee Metcalf NWR 

Medicine Lake NW

Medicine Lake WMD 

National Bison Range Complex

Nine- pipe NWR 

Northwest Montana WMD 

Pablo NWR 

Red Rock Lakes NWR 

Swan River NWR 

UL Bend NWR 

War Horse NWR
505

Nebraska

Boyer Chute NWR

Crescent Lake NWR 

Fort Niobrara NWR 

John W. & Louise Seier NWR

North Platte NWR 

Rainwater Basin WMD 

Valentine NWR

North Dakota

Appert Lake NWR

Ardoch NWR 

Arrowwood NWR

Arrowwood WMD 

Audubon NWR 

Audubon WMD 

Bone Hill NWR 

Brumba NWR 

Buffalo Lake NWR (ND) 

Buffalo Lake NWR (TX) 

Camp Lake NWR 

Canfield Lake NWR 

Chase Lake NWR 

Chase Lake Prairie Project WMD 

Cottonwood NWR 

Crosby WMD 

Dakota Lake NWR 

Des Lacs NWR 

Devils Lake WMD 

Florence Lake NWR 

Garrison Dam NFH

Half- way Lake NWR 

Hiddenwood NWR 

Hobart Lake NWR

Hutchinson Lake NWR 

J. Clark Salyer NWR

J. Clark Salyer WMD 

Johnson Lake NWR 

Kellys Slough NWR 

Kulm WMD 

Lake Alice NWR 

Lake Elsie NWR 

Lake George NWR 

Lake Ilo NWR 

Lake Nettie NWR 

Lake Otis NWR 

Lake Patricia NWR 

Lake Zahl NWR 

Lambs Lake NWR 

Little Goose NWR 

Long Lake NWR 

Long Lake WMD 

Lords Lake NWR 

Lost Lake NWR 

Lostwood NWR 

Lostwood WMD 

Maple River NWR 

McLean NWR

Pleasant Lake NWR 

Pretty Rock NW

Rabb Lake NWR 

Rock Lake NWR 

Rose Lake NWR 

School Section Lake NWR 

Shell Lake NWR 

Sheyenne Lake NWR 

Sibley Lake NWR

Silver Lake NWR 

Slade NWR 

Snyder Lake NWR 

Springwater NWR 

Stewart Lake NWR 

Stoney Slough NWR 

Storm Lake NWR 

Stump Lake NWR 

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

Sunburst Lake NWR 

Tewaukon NWR 

Tewaukon WMD 

Tomahawk NWR

Upper Souris NWR 
506

Valley City NFH

Valley City WMD 

White Lake NWR 

Wild Rice Lake NWR 

Willow Lake NWR 

Wintering River NWR 

Wood Lake NWR

South Dakota

Bear Butte NWR

D.C. Booth National Historic

Fisheries Hatchery

Huron WMD 

Karl E. Mundt NWR 

Lacreek NWR 

Lacreek WMD 

Lake Andes NWR 

Lake Andes WMD 

Madison WMD 

Pocasse NWR 

Sand Lake NWR 

Sand Lake WMD 

Waubay NWR 

Waubay WMD

Utah

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge 

Fish Springs NWR 

Jone’s Hole NFH

Ouray NFH

Ouray NWR

Wyoming 

Banforth NWR

Cokeville Meadows NWR

Hutton Lake NWR

Jackson NFH 

Mortenson Lake NWR 

National Elk Refuge 

Pathfinder NWR 

Saratoga NFH

Seedskadee NWR

REGION 7 - ALASKA REGION

Alaska

Alaska Maritime NWR

Alaska Peninsula NWR 

Arctic NWR 

Becharof NWR 

Innoko NWR 

Izembek NWR 

Kanuti NWR 

Kenai NWR 

Kodiak NWR 

Koyukuk NWR 

Nowitna NWR 

Selawik NWR 

Tetlin NWR 

Togiak NWR 

Yukon Delta NWR 

Yukon Flats NWR
507

APPENDIX #6

WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS

(as of 12/2001)

Wild and Scenic Rivers Designation

Allagash River July 19, 1970

Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation; Augusta, Maine

AlagnAlaska Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Katmai National Park and Preserve; King Salmon, Alaska

Alatna Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

Allegheny River Apr. 20, 1992

Allegheny National Forest; Warren, Pennsylvania

American River Jan. 19, 1981

California Resources Agency; Sacramento, California

Andreafsky RiverYukon Dec. 2, 1980

Delta National Wildlife Refuge; Bethel, Alaska

AniAlaskachAlaska Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Katmai National Park and Preserve; King Salmon, Alaska

Au Sable River Oct. 4, 1984

Huron-Manistee National Forest; Cadillac, Michigan

Bear Creek Mar. 3, 1992

Huron-Manistee National Forest; Cadillac, Michigan

Beaver Creek Dec. 2, 1980

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge; Fairbanks, Alaska

and

Bureau of Land Management; Fairbanks, Alaska

Big and Little Darby Creek Mar. 10, 1994

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Division of Natural Areas and Preserves; Columbus, Ohio

Big Marsh Creek Oct. 28, 1988
508

Deschutes National Forest; Bend, Oregon

Big Piney Creek Apr. 22, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

Big Sur River Jun. 19, 1992

Los Padres National Forest; Goleta, California

Birch Creek Dec. 2, 1980

Bureau of Land Management; Northern Field Office; Fairbanks, Alaska

Black Creek Oct. 3, 1986

DeSoto National Forest; Wiggins, Mississippi

Black River Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Bluestone National Scenic River Oct. 26, 1988

New River Gorge National River; Glen Jean, West Virginia

Buffalo River Apr. 22, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

Cache la Poudre River Oct. 30, 1986

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests; Fort Collins, Colorado 

Carp River Mar. 3, 1992

Hiawatha National Forest ;Escanaba, Michigan 

Charley Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

Chattooga River May 10, 1974

Gergia, North Carolina & South Carolina; Chattahoochee National Forest

Gainesville, Georgia

and

Nantahala National Forest; Asheville, North Carolina

and

Sumter National Forest; Columbia, South Carolina

Chetco River Oct. 28, 1988

Siskiyou National Forest; Grants Pass, Oregon

Chilikadrotna Wild River Dec. 2, 1980
509

LAlaskae Clark National Park and Preserve; Anchorage, Alaska 

Clackamas River Oct. 28, 1988

Mount Hood National Forest; Sandy, Oregon

Clarion River Oct. 19, 1996

Allegheny Forest Service; Warren, Pennsylvania

Cossatot River Apr. 22, 1992

Ouachita National Forest; Hot Springs, Arkansas

and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Little Rock, Arkansas

Crescent Creek Oct. 28, 1988 

Deschutes National Forest; Bend, Oregon

Crooked River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Prineville, Oregon

and

Ochoco National Forest; Prineville, Oregon

Delaware (Lower) River Nov. 1, 2000

New Jersey & Pennsylvania

National Park Service; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Delaware (Middle) River Nov. 10, 1978

New Jersey & Pennsylvania

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Bushkill, Pennsylvania

Delaware (Upper) River Jul. 4, 1976

Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

The Delta National Wild and Scenic River Jun. 6, 1990

Bureau of Land Management; Glennallen, Alaska

Deschutes River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Prineville, Oregon

and

Deschutes National Forest; Bend, Oregon

Donner and Blitzen River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Hines, Oregon

Eagle Creek Oct. 28, 1988
510

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

East Fork Jemez River Jun. 6, 1990

Santa Fe National Forest; Santa Fe, New Mexico

Eel River Jan. 19, 1981

Bureau of Land Management; Ukiah, California

and

Six Rivers National Forest; Eureka, California 

and

Mendocino National Forest; Willows, California

and

Round Valley Reservation; Covelo, California

Eleven Point River Oct. 2, 1968

Mark Twain National Forest

Rolla, Missouri

Elk River Oct. 28 1988

Siskiyou National Forest; Grants Pass, Oregon 

Elkhorn Creek Nov. 12, 1996

Bureau of Land Management; Salem, Oregon

and

Willamette National Forest; Detroit Ranger District; Mill City, Oregon

Farmington River Aug. 24, 1996

National Park Service; Boston, Massachusetts

Forty Mile Wild and Scenic River Corridor Dec. 2, 1980

Bureau of Land Management; Fairbanks, Alaska

Flathead River Oct. 12, 1976

Flathead National Forest; Hungry Horse, Montana

and

Glacier National Park; West Glacier, Montana

Grande Ronde River Oct. 28, 1988

Umatilla National Forest; Pendleton, Oregon 

and

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon 

and

Bureau of Land Management; Baker City, Oregon
511

Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River Oct. 27, 1992

National Park Service

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Gulkana National Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Bureau of Land Management; Glennallen, Alaska 

Horsepasture River Oct. 26, 1986

Nantahala National Forest; Asheville, North Carolina

Hurricane Creek Apr. 22, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

Illinois River Oct. 19, 1984

Siskiyou National Forest; Grants Pass, Oregon

Imnaha River Oct. 28, 1988

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

Ivish Alaska River Dec. 2, 1980

Arctic Wildlife National Refuge; Fairbanks, Alaska

Indian River Mar. 3, 1992

Hiawatha National Forest; Escanaba, Michigan

John Day River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Prineville, Oregon

John Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Parks and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

Joseph Creek Oct. 28, 1988 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

Kern River Nov. 24, 1987

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park; Three Rivers, California

and

Sequoia National Forest; Porterville, California

Kings River Dec. 2, 1980

Kings Canyon National Park; Three Rivers, California

and

Sequoia National Forest; Porterville, California
512

Klamath River Jan. 1981

Yurok Tribe; Eureka, California

and

Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation; Hoopa, California

and

Klamath National Forest; Yreka, California

and

Bureau of Land Management; Arcata, California

Klickitat River Nov. 16, 1986

Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area; Hood River, Oregon

Kobuk Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

Lamprey Wild and Scenic River Nov. 12, 1996

Boston System Support Office; Rivers and Trails Department; Boston,

Massachusetts

Little Beaver Creek Oct 23, 1975

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and

Preserves, Columbus, Ohio

Little Deschutes River Oct. 28, 1988

Deschutes National Forest

Bend, Oregon

Little Miami River Aug. 23, 1973

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and

Preserves, Columbus, Ohio

Little Missouri River Apr. 22, 1992

Ouachita National Forest; Hot Springs, Arkansas

Lostine River Oct. 28,1988

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

Loxahatchee River May 17, 1985

Jonathan Dickinson State Park; Hobe Sound, Florida

Lumber River Sep. 28, 1998

Lumber River State Park; Orrum, North Carolina
513

Malheur River Oct. 28,1988

Malheur National Forest; John Day, Oregon

Manistee River Mar. 3, 1992

Huron-Manistee National Forest; Cadillac, Michigan

Maurice Scenic and Recreation River Dec. 1, 1993

National Park Service; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

McKenzie River Oct. 28, 1988

Willamette National Forest; Eugene, Oregon

Merced River Nov. 2, 1987

Yosemite National Park; Yosemite National Park, California

and

Sierra National Forest; Fresno, California

and

Bureau of Land Management; Sacramento, California

Metolius River Oct. 28, 1988

Deschutes National Forest; Bend, Oregon

Middle Fork Clearwater River Oct. 2, 1968

Clearwater National Forest; Orofino, Idaho

and

Nez Perce National Forest; Grangeville, Idaho

and

Bitterroot National Forest; Hamilton, Montana

Middle Delaware River Nov. 10, 1978

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Bushkill, Pennsylvania

Middle Fork Feather River Oct. 2, 1968

Plumas National Forest; Quincy, California

Middle Fork Vermilion River May 11, 1989

Illinois Department of Conservation; Springfield, Illinois

Minam River Oct. 28, 1988

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

Missouri River Oct. 12, 1976

Bureau of Land Management; Lewistown, Montana
514

Missouri National Recreation River Nov. 10, 1978

O’Neill, Nebraska

Mulberry River Apr. 26, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

Mulchatna Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve; Anchorage, Alaska

Niobrara National Scenic River May 24, 1994

O’Neill, Nebraska

Noatack Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

and

Kobuk Valley National Park; Kotzebue, Alaska

North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

North Fork American River Nov. 10, 1978

Bureau of Land Management; Folsom, California

North Fork North Powder River Oct. 28,1988

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

North Sylamore Creek Apr. 22, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

North Umpqua River Oct. 28, 1988

Umpqua National Forest; Roseburg, Oregon

and

Bureau of Land Management; Roseburg, Oregon

Nowitna River Dec. 2, 1980

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge; Galena, Alaska

Obed Wild and Scenic River Oct. 12, 1976

Warburg, Tennessee

Ontonagon River Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan
515

Owyhee River Oct. 19, 1984

Bureau of Land Management; Vale, Oregon

Owyhee River - North Fork Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Vale, Oregon

Paint River Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Pecos River Jun. 6, 1990

Santa Fe National Forest; Santa Fe, New Mexico

Pere Marquette River Nov. 10, 1978

Huron-Manistee National Forest; Cadillac, Michigan

Pine River Nov. 10, 1978

Huron-Manistee National Forest; Cadillac, Michigan

Powder River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Vale, Oregon

Presque Isle River Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Quartzville Creek Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Salem, Oregon

Rapid River Dec. 31, 1975

Nez Perce National Forest; White Bird, Idaho

Red River Dec 2, 1993

Daniel Boone National Forest; Stanton, Kentucky

Rio Chama Nov. 7, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Taos, New Mexico

and

Santa Fe National Forest; Santa Fe, New Mexico

and

Carson National Forest; Taos, New Mexico

Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Nov. 10, 1978

Big Bend National Park, Texas
516

Richland Creek Apr. 22, 1992

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Russellville, Arkansas

Roaring River Apr. 28, 1988

Mount Hood National Forest; Sandy, Oregon

Rogue River Oct. 2, 1968

Siskiyou National Forest; Grants Pass, Oregon

and

Bureau of Land Management; Medford, Oregon

Rogue (Upper) River Oct. 28 1988

Rogue River National Forest; Medford, Oregon

Saline Bayou Oct 30, 1986

Kisatchie National Forest; Pineville, Louisiana

Saint Croix National Scenic (Upper)River Oct. 2, 1968

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway; St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

and

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest; Park Falls, Wisconsin

Saint Croix National Scenic (Lower)River Oct 25, 1972

National Park Service

St. Croix National Scenic Riverway; St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

St. Croix (Lower) River Jun. 17, 1976

Minnesota & Wisconsin, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul,

Minnesota

and

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Madison, Wisconsin 

St. Joe River Nov. 10, 1978

Idaho Panhandle National Forest; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Salmon River Jul. 23, 1980 

Salmon-Challis National Forest; North Fork, Idaho

Salmon River Oct. 28, 1988

Mount Hood National Forest; Sandy, Oregon

and

Bureau of Land Management; Salem, Oregon
517

Middle Fork Salmon River Oct. 2, 1968

Salmon-Challis National Forest; North Fork, Idaho

Salmon Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Kobuk Valley National Park; Kotzebue, Alaska

Selawik River Dec. 2, 1980

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Anchorage, Alaska

Sandy River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Salem, Oregon

and

Mount Hood National Forest; Sandy, Oregon

Sespe Creek Jun. 19, 1992

Los Padres National Forest; Goleta, California

Sheenjek River Dec. 2, 1980

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Fairbanks, Alaska

Sipsey Fork Black Warrior River Oct. 28, 1988

National Forests in Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama

Sisquoc River Jun. 19, 1992

Los Padres National Forest; Goleta, California

Skagit River Nov. 10, 1978

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; Mountlake Terrace, Washington

Smith River Jan. 19, 1981 

Smith River National Recreation Area; Gasquet, California

Smith River-North Fork Oct. 28, 1988

Siskiyou National Forest; Grants Pass, Oregon

Snake River Dec. 1, 1975

Idaho & Oregon; Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; Baker City, Oregon

South Fork New River Apr. 13, 1976

New River State Park; Jefferson, North Carolina

Sprague River-North Fork Oct. 28, 1988

Fremont National Forest; Lakeview, Oregon
518

Squaw Creek Oct. 28, 1988

Deschutes National Forest; Bend, Oregon

Sturgeon River (Hiawatha National Forest) Mar. 3,1992

Hiawatha National Forest; Escanaba, Michigan

Sturgeon River (Ottowa National Forest) Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Sycan River Oct. 28, 1988

Hiawatha National Forest; Escanaba, Michigan

Sturgeon River (Ottawa National Forest) Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers Apr. 9, 1999

National Park Service; Boston, Massachusetts

East Branch Tahquamenon River Mar. 3, 1992

Hiawatha National Forest; Escanaba, Michigan

Tinayguk Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Gates of the Arctic National Parks and Preserve; Fairbanks, Alaska

Tlikakila Wild River Dec. 2, 1980

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve; Anchorage, Alaska

Trinity River Jan. 19, 1981

Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation; Hoopa, California

and

Yurok Tribe; Eureka, California

and

Shasta-Trinity National Forest; Redding, California

and

Six Rivers National Forest; Eureka, California

and

Bureau of Land Management; Arcata, California

Tuolumne River Sep. 28, 1984

Stanislaus National Forest; Sonora, California

and

Yosemite National Park; Yosemite National Park, California
519

Unalakleet National Wild River Dec. 2, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Anchorage, Alaska

Verde River Aug. 28, 1984

Coconino National Forest; Flagstaff, Arizona

and

Tonto National Forest; Phoenix, Arizona

and

Prescott National Forest; Prescott, Arizona

Wallowa River Jul. 23, 1996

Bureau of Land Management; Vale, Oregon

and

Oregon Parks & Recreation Department; Baker City, Oregon

Wenaha River Oct. 28, 1988

Umatilla National Forest; Pendleton, Oregon

Wekiva River Oct 13, 2000

National Park Service; Atlanta, Georgia

West Little Owyhee River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Vale, Oregon

Westfield River Nov. 2, 1993

National Park Service; Boston, Massachusetts

White Clay Creek Oct. 24, 2000

Delaware & Pennsylvania; National Park Service; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

White River Oct. 28, 1988

Bureau of Land Management; Prineville, Oregon

and

Mt. Hood National Forest; Sandy, Oregon

White Salmon River Nov. 17, 1986

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area; Hood River, Oregon

Whitefish River Mar. 3, 1992

Hiawatha National Forest; Escanaba, Michigan

Wildcat Brook Oct. 28, 1988

White Mount National Forest; Laconia, New Hampshire
520

Wildhorse & Kiger Creeks Oct. 30, 2000

Bureau of Land Management; Hines, Oregon

Willamette River - North Fork Middle Fork Oct. 28, 1988

Willamette National Forest; Eugene, Oregon

Wilson Creek Aug. 18, 2000

National Forests in North Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina

Wind River Dec. 2, 1980

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Fairbanks, Alaska

Wolf River Oct. 2, 1968

National Park Service; Omaha, Nebraska

Yellow Dog River Mar. 3, 1992

Ottawa National Forest; Ironwood, Michigan

Yellowstone River (Clarks Fork ) Nov. 28, 1990

Shoshone National Forest; Cody, Wyoming
521

APPENDIX #7

THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES PROGRAM

13 NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES

 NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries 

 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Established: September, 1980 Public Law No:

Santa Barbara, California

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1989 Public Law No:

Olena, California

Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Established: April 29,1986 Public Law No:

Pago Pago, American Samoa

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1990 Public Law No: 101-605

Marathon, Florida

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

Established: January 17, 1992 Public Law No: 102-251

Bryan, Texas

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary 

Established: 1979 Public Law No:

Savannah, Georgia

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1981 Public Law No:

San Francisco, California

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

Established: November 4, 1992 Public Law No: 102-587

Kihei, Hawaii

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1975 Public Law No:

Newport News, Virginia

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1992 Public Law No: 102-587
522

Monterey, California

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Established: 1994 Public Law No:

Port Angeles, Washington

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Established: November 4, 1992 Public Law No: 102-587

Scituate, Massachusetts

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve

Established: October 7, 2000 Public Law No: 106-513

Ann Arbor, Michigan
523

APPENDIX #8

SEA GRANT PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONS - BY STATE

ALASKA

Sheldon Jackson College

University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Alaska Southeast

CALIFORNIA 

SGCP, UCSD

Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis

California Institute of Technology

California Polytechnic University

California State University-Fresno

California State University-Fullerton

California State University-Hayward

California State University-Long Beach

California State University-Los Angeles

California State University, Monterey Bay

California State University-Northridge

Claremont College

Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Humboldt State University

Midwestern University

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Occidental College

San Diego State University

San Francisco State University

San Jose State University

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Long Beach

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Riverside

University of California, San Francisco
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University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of San Diego

University of Southern California

University of the Pacific

University of Utah 

USC

California Academy of Sciences

California Instiute of Technology

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State University-Fullerton

California State University-Northridge

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium

University of California, Irvine

University of California, San Diego 

University of California, Santa Barbara

Monterey Institute for International Studies

California Lutheran University

University of California, Los Angeles

Southern California Academy of Sciences

Southern California Marine Institute

Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

California Science Center

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

CONNECTICUT 

Connecticut College

Fairfield University

Sacred Heart University

The Maritime Aquarium

University of Connecticut

University of New Haven

University of Vermont

Wesleyan University

Williams College/Mystic Seaport

Yale University 
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DELAWARE 

University of Delaware

Delaware State University 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

American Fisheries Society

American Geophysical Union

CORE

Nasulgc

National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher

Education

National Fisheries Institute

National Marine Educators Association 

FLORIDA 

Florida A & M University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida International University

Florida State University

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution

Mote Marine Laboratory

Nova Southeastern University

University of Central Florida

University of Florida

University of Miami

University of North Florida

University of South Florida

University of West Florida 

GEORGIA 

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Southern University

Savannah State University

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

The University of Georgia 

HAWAII 
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University of Hawaii at Hilo

University of Hawaii, Honolulu Community College

University of Hawaii, Leeward Community College

University of Hawaii, Manoa

University of Hawaii, Maui Community College

University of Hawaii, Winward Community College 

ILLINOIS-INDIANA 

Purdue University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Chicago Academy of Sciences

Illinois State Water Survey

Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Loyola University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

University of Illinois Water Resources Center

University of Notre Dame 

LOUISIANA 

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Hebert Law Center

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

Tulane University

University of New Orleans

Xavier University

Nicholls State University

University of Southwestern Louisiana

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Booker T. Washington High School 

MAINE 

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Dartmouth College

Plymouth State College

University of Maine

University of New England

University of New Hampshire

Washington County Technical College 

MARYLAND 
527

Anne Arundel Community College

Baltimore City Public Schools

Citizens Program for Chesapeake Bay

Council for National Cooperation in Aquatics

Johns Hopkins University

National Aquarium in Baltimore

St. Mary's College in Maryland

St. Mary's County Public Schools

Undersea Medical Society, Inc.

University of Maryland, Baltimore City

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

ANS Estuarine Research Center

The Johns Hopkins University

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

National Zoo, Smithsonian

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

University of Maryland, Center for Marine Biotechnology

University of Maryland, Crane Aquaculture Facility

University of Maryland, CES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

University of Maryland, CES Horn Point Laboratory

University of Maryland, Wye Research and Education Center 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MIT

Boston University

Harvard University

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

New England Aquarium

Northeastern University

University of Maine

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts/ Amherst

University of Massachusetts/Boston

University of Massachusetts/ Lowell

University of New Hampshire

University of Rhode Island

Wellesley College

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

WHOI
528

Boston University Marine Program

Brown University

Canadian Wildlife Service

Cetacean Research Unit

Clemson University

Gothenburg University (Sweden)

ICT Nisbet & Company

Marine Biological Laboratory

New England Aquarium

North Carolina State University

Purdue University

Roskilde University (Denmark)

Rutgers University

Saigene, Inc.

The INDIA Partnership

Shedd Aquarium

University of Alaska

University of California at Davis

University of Florida at Gainesville

University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth

University of Mississippi

University of Pennsylvania

University of Saskatchewan

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

MICHIGAN 

Eastern Michigan University

Michigan Primary and Secondary Schools

Michigan State University

Michigan Technology University

Northwestern Michigan College

University of Michigan

Wayne State University 

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota, Duluth

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA

Auburn University
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Marine Environmental Sciences

Consortium

Mississippi State University

The University of Alabama

The University of Alabama at

Birmingham

The University of Mississippi

The University of Southern Mississippi

University of South Alabama 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Dartmouth College

Plymouth State College

University of Maine

University of New England

University of New Hampshire

Washington County Technical College 

NEW JERSEY 

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Atlantic Community College

Brookdale Community College

The College of NJ

County College of Morris

Columbia University

Cumberland County College

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Georgian Court College

Kean University

Lehigh University

Marine Academy of Science & Technology

Middlesex County College

Montclair State University

New Jersey City University

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium

New Jersey Medical and Dental School

Princeton University

Ramapo College

Richard Stockton College of NJ

Rider University

Rowan University
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Rutgers-The State University

Seton Hall University

St. Peter's College

Stevens Institute of Technology

Union County College

University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ 

NEW YORK 

Buffalo State College

College of the Bahamas

Cornell University

Institute for Environmental Policy and

Planning

Institute of Ecosystem Studies,

Millbrook, New York

Institute of Environmental Studies,

University of Toronto

Louisiana State University

McMaster University

New York University Medical Center

Old Dominion University

Old Forge School District

Oregon State University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Southampton College of Long Island University

State University of New York at Brockport

State University of New York at Buffalo

State University of New York at Oswego

State University of New York at Plattsburgh

State University of New York at Stony Brook

State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse University

Universite Laval

University of Maine

University of Maryland

University of Massachusetts

University of New England

University of Rhode Island

University of South Carolina

University of Texas

University of Vermont

University of Wisconsin

Williams College

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Yale School of Forestry 

NORTH CAROLINA 

Carteret Community College

Duke University

East Carolina University

North Carolina State University

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

University of North Carolina at Wilmington 

OHIO 

American Museum of Natural History

Bowling Green State University

Case Western Reserve University

Cedar Point Amusement Park

Cleveland State University

Great Lakes Science Center

Heidelberg College

John Carroll University

Kent State University 

Lake Erie Commission

Lake Erie Marine Trades Association

Lake Erie Nature and Science Center 

Lakehead University (Canada)

Miami University

The Ohio State University

Ohio University

University of Cincinnati

The University of Toledo

University of Toronto (Canada)

Westminster College 

Wright State University 

OREGON

Oregon State University

University of Oregon

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sustainable Ecosystems Institute 

PUERTO RICO 
532

University of Puerto Rico - all campuses

Catholic University - all campuses

Interamerican University - all campuses

Metropolitan University

Sacred Heart University

Antillean College 

RHODE ISLAND

University of Rhode Island, Brown University 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

The Citadel

Clemson University

Coastal Carolina University

Medical University of South Carolina

S.C. State University

S.C. Department of Natural Resources

University of Charleston, S.C.

University of South Carolina 

TEXAS 

Baylor College of Medicine

Brazosport College

Lamar University

Pan American University

Sam Houston State University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Texas A&M University at Galveston

Texas Education Service Center, Waco

Texas Southern University

Texas Southmost College

Texas State Technical Institute, Harlingen

Texas Tech University

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Marine Science Institute

University of Houston

University of Houston-Clear Lake 

VIRGINIA 
533

College of William and Mary/Virginia

Institute of Marine Science

George Mason University

Hampton University

Norfolk State University

Old Dominion University

Rappahannock Community College

Thomas Nelson Community College

University of Virginia

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia State University

University of Maryland

Rutgers University/New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry

University of Delaware

North Carolina State University

Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

Radford University 

WASHINGTON

Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Central Community College

University of Washington

Washington State University

Western Washington University

University of Idaho

Pacific Lutheran University

University of Puget Sound 

WISCONSIN 

Marquette University

Medical College of South Carolina

Purdue University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of Texas-Austin

University of Vermont

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

University of Wisconsin-Superior

University of Wisconsin System

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SEA GRANT OFFICE:

The following colleges and institutions had projects funded by the NSGO in

fiscal year 1998. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Howard University 

UTAH

University of Utah 

ARIZONA

University of Arizona, Tucson 

FLORIDA

Harbor Branch Oceanographic

Institution

Florida Institute of Technology 

PENNSYLVANIA

University of Pennsylvania

Penn State Erie 

KENTUCKY

Kentucky State University 
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APPENDIX #9

U.S. COASTAL DATA

Estuarine Drainage Area: 261,003 square miles 

(676,000 square kilometers)

Coastal Wetlands: 32,432 square miles

(84,000 square kilometers)

Coastline

Coastline listed in statute miles.

Atlantic 2,069

Gulf 1,631

Pacific * 1,293

Alaska 6,640

* Excluding Hawaii, Alaskas, American Samoa, Guam, and other United States

insular areas. 

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APPENDIX #10

ADMISSION OF STATES TO THE UNION

Thirty States have been created out of land originally within the public domain.

The following is a list of States created after establishment of the Committee,

the date of their admission into the Union, and a list of where lands were

obtained.

State 

Date

Admitted/Order

Admitted to the

Union/Statute

Notes

Louisiana April 30, 1812

18 th

(2 Stat. 701)

Included in the Louisiana Purchase

in 1803; boundary extended to

include additional lands, title to

which was quieted through treaty

with Spain in 1819.

Indiana December 11, 1816

19 th

(3 Stat. 399)

Included in the territory of the

original 13 States.

Mississippi December 10, 1817

20 th

(3 Stat. 472)

Included in the territory of the

original 13 States.

Illinois December 3, 1818

21 st

(3 Stat. 536)

Included in the territory of the

original 13 States.

Alabama December 14, 1819

22 nd

Included in the territory of the

original 13 States.

Missouri August 10, 1821

24 th

(3 Stat. 645)

(3 Stat. Apdx II)

The area to the west and northwest

of the state, which had been in the

territory, was commonly known as

the "Missouri Country" until May

30, 1854. Acquired under the

Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Arkansas June 15, 1836

25 th

(5 Stat. 50)

Acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803.
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Michigan January 26, 1837

26 th

(5 Stat. 742)

Acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803.

Florida March 3, 1845

27 th

(5 Stat. 742)

Ceded by Spain in 1819.

Iowa December 28, 1846

29 th

(9 Stat. 117)

Acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803.

Wisconsin May 29, 1848

30 th

(9 Stat. 223)

Acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803.

Maine March 15, 1820

23 rd

What is now the state of Maine

was, before statehood, called the

District of Maine and belonged to

Massachusetts

Texas December 29, 1845

28 th

Was an independent republic before

statehood.

California September 9, 1850

31 st

(9 Stat. 452)

Ceded by Mexico by the Treaty of

Guadalupe-Hidalgo, concluded

February 2, 1848, and proclaimed

July 4, 1848. From then until

statehood, California had a military

government until December 20,

1849, and then a local civil

government. It never had a

territorial form of government.

Minnesota May 11, 1858

32 nd

(11 Stat. 285)

Included in the territory of the

original 13 States. (Additional

lands acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803)

Oregon February 14, 1859

33 rd

(11 Stat. 383)

Included in the Oregon Territory,

title to which was established in

1846.

Kansas January 29, 1861

34 th

(12 Stat. 126)

Acquired under the Louisiana

Purchase in 1803 (addiional lands

annexed with Texas in 1845)
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West

Virginia

June 20, 1863

35 th

Was part of Virginia until

statehood.

Nevada October 31, 1864

36 th

(13 Stat. 30)

Ceded by Mexico in 1848 and

admitted into the Union.

Nebraska March 1, 1867

37 th

(14 Stat. 391)

Acquired in the Louisiana Purchase

of 1803.

Colorado August 1, 1876

38 th

(18 Stat. 474)

(19 Stat. 665)

Acquir ed largely under the

Louisiana Purchase in 1808, but

including additional land, title to

which was quieted through treat

with Spain, in 1819, with other

lands annexed with Texas in 1845,

and lands ceded by Mexico in 1848.

North

Dakota

November 2, 1889

39 th or 40 th

(18 Stat. 676)

(19 Stat. 1548)

Was part of Dakota Territory before

Statehood. Admitted on same day

as South Dakota. Included in the

territory of the original 13 States.

(Additional lands acquired under

the Louisiana Purchase in 1803)

South

Dakota

November 2, 1889

39 th or 40 th

(20 Stat. 676)

(26 Stat. 1549)

Was part of Dakota Territory before

Statehood. Admitted on same day

as North Dakota. Included in the

territory of the original 13 States.

(Additional lands acquired under

the Louisiana Purchase in 1803)

Montana November 8, 1889

41 st

(25 Stat. 676)

(26 Stat. 1551)

Acquired in the Louisiana Purchase

in 1803 and with the Oregon

Territory, title to which was

established in 1846.

Washington November 11, 1889

42 nd

(25 Stat. 676)

(26 Stat. 1552)

Included in the Oregon Territory,

title to which was established in

1846.
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Idaho July 3, 1890

43 rd

(26 Stat. 215)

Acquir ed with the Oregon

Territory, title to which was

established in 1846.

Wyoming July 10, 1890

44 th

(26 Stat. 222)

Include with lands acquired under

the Louisiana Purchase in 1803,

with lands annexed with Texas in

1845, with lands included in the

Oregon Territory, title to

which was established in 1846, and

with lands ceded by Mexico in

1848.

Utah January 4, 1896

45 th

(28 Stat. 107)

(29 Stat. 876)

Ceded by Mexico in 1848.

Oklahoma November 16, 1907

46 th

(34 Stat. 557)

(35 Stat. 2160)

The state was formed from

Oklahoma Territory and Indian

Territory. Acquired under the

Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and

with lands annexed wiht Texas in

1845.

New Mexico January 6, 1912

47th

(36 Stat. 557)

(37 Stat. 1723)

Included in the lands annexed with

Texas in 1845, with lands ceded by

Mexico in 1848, and the Gadsen

Purchase in 1853.

Arizona February 14, 1912

48 th

(36 Stat. 557)

(37 Stat. 1728)

This region was sometimes called

Arizona before 1863, although it

was still in the Territory of New

Mexico. Included in the lands

ceded by Mexico in 1848 and the

Gadsden Purchase in 1853.

Alaska January 3, 1959

49 th

(72 Stat. 339)

Purchased from Russia on October

18, 1867, until it became an

organized territory August 24,

1912.

Hawaii August 21, 1959

50 th

The territorial date August 12,

1898 is that of the formal transfer

to the United States.
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Philippines December 10, 1898 Philippine Organic Act of 1902

extended protections of US Bill of

Rights to Phillipinos. Became

independent country July 4, 1946.

Puerto Rico July 25, 1952 A constitution made Puerto Rico an

autonomous part of United States

called Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, or Estado Libre Asociado de

Puerto Rico.

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APPENDIX #11

TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA 

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United

States.

Administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, Department

of the Interior.

Dates: 1899 treaty in which Germany and the United States

divided the Samoan archipelago. The United States

formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern

islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the

following year.

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean,

about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand 

BAKER ISLAND

Dependency

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the

United States Department of the Interior as part of the

National Wildlife Refuge system 

Dates: 1857 - United States possession.

Late 1800s - guano deposits were mined by United

States and British companies.

1935 - attempt at colonization.

Present Day - National Wildlife Refuge.

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half

way between Hawaii and Australia 
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TERRITORY OF GUAM

Dep e n d e n c y

Status:

Organized, unincorporated territory of the United States

with policy relations between Guam and the United

States under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular

Affairs, Department of the Interior.

Dates: 1898 - ceded to the United States by Spain.

1941 - captured by the Japanese.

1944 - retaken by the United States.

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half

way between Hawaii and Australia.

HOWLAND ISLAND

Dependency

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the

Department of the Interior as part of the National

Wildlife Refuge system.

Dates: Early 1800s - Discovered by the United States.

1857 - Claimed by the United States.

1860-1890 -guano deposits were mined by United States 

and British companies.

Present day - National Wildlife Refuge. 

Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about half

way between Hawaii and Australia.

JARVIS ISLAND

Dependency

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the

Department of the Interior as part of the National

Wildlife Refuge system.
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Dates: 1821 - discovered by Great Britain.

1858 - annexed by the United States.

1879 - abandoned by the United States after removal of

guano.

1935 - annexed by Great Britain.

1935 - United States occupied and claimed the island.

After World War II - abandoned by the United States.

Present Day - National Wildlife Refuge.

Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, about half

way between Hawaii and the Cook Islands.

JOHNSTON ATOLL

Dependency

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, and the

Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior

as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system .

Dates: 1858 - annexed by the United States and the Kingdom of

Hawaii.

1860s - 1880s - United States mined guano.

1934 - United States Navy maintained island.

1948 - United States Air Force assumed control.

1950s - 1960s - used for high altitude nuclear tests.

1960s-2000 - maintained as a storage and disposal site for

chemical weapons.

Cleanup and closure of the facility is progressing, with

completion anticipated in 2004. 

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 717 NM (1328

km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, about one-third of the

way from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands.

KINGMAN REEF

Depende n c y

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the

Department of the Interior 

January 18, 2001 established Kingman Reef National

Wildlife Refuge to be administered by the Director, Fish

and Wildlife Service; this refuge is managed to protect the

terrestrial and aquatic wildlife of Kingman Reef out to the

12-nautical-mile territorial sea limit.
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Dates: 1922 - annexed by the United States.

1930s - served as a way station for flying boats on

Hawaii-to-American Samoa flights.

2001 - the waters surrounding the reef were designated a

National Wildlife Refuge.

Location: Oceania, reef in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way

between Hawaii and American Samoa.

MIDWAY ISLANDS

Depende n c y

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the US Navy, under Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, Pacific Division; this facility has

been operationally closed since September 10, 1993; on

October 31, 1996, through a presidential executive order,

the jurisdiction and control of the atoll was transferred to

the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the

Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system .

Dates: 1867 - United Stated took possession.

1903 - Trans-Pacific Cable.

1935-1947 - Refuling stop for trans-Pacific flights.

1942 - United States victory over a Japanese fleet off

Midway was one of the turning points of World War II.

Until 1993 - served as a Naval station.

Present Day - National Wildlife Refuge.

From 1996 - 2001 - the refuge was open to the public. It

is now temporarily closed

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-third

of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo.

NAVASSA ISLAND

Depende n c y

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service,

Department of the Interior.

In September 1996, the Coast Guard ceased operations and

maintenance of Navassa Island Light, a 46-meter-tall

lighthouse on the southern side of the island; there has

also been a private claim advanced against the island.
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Dates: 1857 - Claimed by the United States.

1865-1898 - guano mining.

1917 - lighthouse was built.

1996 - lighthouse was shut down, and administration of

Navassa Island transferred from the Coast Guard to the

Department of the Interior. 

1998 - scientific expedition to the island described it as a

unique preserve of Caribbean biodiversity.

1999 - National Wildlife Refuge. 

Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth

of the way from Haiti to Jamaica.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Commonwealth in political union with the United States.

Federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the

Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs.

Dates: Administered as part of the United Nations Trust Territory

of the Pacific.

1972 - Negotiations for territorial status with the United

States.

1975 - covenant to establish a commonwealth in political

union with the United States.

1978 - A new government and constitution.

Location: Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about

three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines.

PALMYRA ATOLL

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Incorporated territory of the United States.

Privately owned, but administered by the Fish and Wildlife

Service of the Department of the Interior.
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Dates: 1862 - claimed by the Kingdom of Hawaii.

1898 - included within the annexation of the Hawaiian

Islands.

1959 - Hawaii Statehood Act did not provide for its

inclusion.

Privately owned by the Nature Conservancy. This

organization is managing the atoll as a nature preserve.

2001 - The lagoons and surrounding waters within the 12

nautical mile United States territorial seas were transferred

to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and were designated

a National Wildlife Refuge.

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way

between Hawaii and American Samoa.

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Commonwealth associated with the United States.

Dates: 1493 - Claimed by the Spanish Crown.

1898 - Ceded to the United States after the SpanishAmerican War.

1917 - population granted citizenship.

1948 - Elected governors.

1952 - constitution was enacted providing for internal

self-government. 

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the

North Atlantic Ocean, east of the Dominican Republic.
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UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS

Depe n d ency

Status:

Organized, unincorporated territory of the United States.

Policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the United

States under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular

Affairs, Department of the Interior.

Dates: 1600s - archipelago was divided into two territorial units,

one English and the other Danish. 

1848 - slavery abolished in Danish portion.

1917 - the United States purchased the Danish portion.

which had been in economic decline since the

Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the

North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico.

WAKE ISLAND 

Depe n d ency

Status:

Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Administered by the Department of the Interior; activities

on the island are managed by the United States Army

under a United States Air Force permit.

Dates: 1899 - annexed by the United States.

1940-41 - United States Air and Naval bases were

constructed.

1941 - Captured by the Japanese in December.

1974 - Airstrip used by the military and commercial

planes.

Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds

of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC

The United States administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific from July

18, 1947 through October 1, 1994.

REPUBLIC OF PALAU

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Constitutional government in free association with the

United States.

Compact of Free Association entered into force on October

1, 1994.

Dates: 1947 - United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific under

United States administration.

1978 - opted for independence from the Federated States

of Miconesia.

1986 - approved Compact of Free Association with the

United States.

1993 - Compact of Free Association ratified.

1994 - islands gained independence. 

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean,

southeast of the Philippines.

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Constitutional government in free association with the

United States.

Compact of Free Association entered into force on

November 3, 1986 and is due for renegotiation.
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Dates: 1947 - United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific under

United States administration.

1979 - adopted a constitution.

1986 - independence under a Compact of Free Association

with the United States.

Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about

three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia.

REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

D e p e nde n c y

Status:

Constitutional government in free association with the

United States.

Compact of Free Association entered into force on

October 21, 1986.

Dates: 1947 - United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific under

United States administration.

1947 - 1962 - nuclear testing on atolls.

1964 - United States Army Base Kwajalein

1986 - independence under a Compact of Free

Association.

Present Day - compensation claims relating to nuclear

testing.

Location: Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific

Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to

Australia.

553

APPENDIX #12

FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES

As of June 2002

LOCATION TRIBE

Oklahoma Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

Maricopa Indian Reservation,

Arizona

Ak Chin Indian Community 

Texas Alabama-Coushatta Tribes

Oklahoma Alabama-Quassarte Tribe Town

California Alturas Indian Rancheria 

Oklahoma Apache Tribe 

Aqua Caliente Indian

Reservation, California

Aqua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians 

Wind River Reservation,

Wyoming

Arapahoe Tribe

Maine Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians

Fort Peck Indian Reservation,

Montana

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Augustine Reservation,

California

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Bad River Reservation,

Wisconsin

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of

Chippewa Indians 

Bay Mills Reservation,

Michigan

Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie

Band of Chippewa Indians 

California Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria

California Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians

California Big Lagoon Rancheria 

Big Pine Reservation,

California

Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Pauite Shoshone

Indians 

California Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians

Big Valley Rancheria,

California

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Blackfeet Indian Reservation,

Montana

Blackfeet Tribe 

California Bluelake Rancheria

California Bridgeport Pauite Indian Colony

California Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

Burns Pauite Indian Colony,

Oregon 

Burns Pauite Tribe 
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LOCATION TRIBE

Cabazon Reservation,

California

Cabazon band of Chauilla Mission Indians 

Colusa Rancheria, California Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa

Indian Community 

Oklahoma Caddo Indian Tribe

Laytonville Rancheria,

California

Cahto Indian Tribe 

Cahuilla Reservation,

California

Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians 

California California Valley Miwok Tribe

Campo Indian Reservation,

California

Campo Band of Diequeno Mission Indians 

California Capitan Grande Band of Diequeno Mission Indians

South Carolina Catawba Indian Nation Tribe

New York Cayuga Nation

California Cedarville Rancheria

Chemehuevi Reservation,

California

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe

Trinidad Rancheria,

California

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community 

Oklahoma Cherokee Nation

Cheyenne River Reservation,

South Dakota

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 

Oklahoma Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes

Oklahoma Chickasaw Nation

California Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

Rocky Boy's Reservation,

Montana

Chippewa-Cree Indians 

Louisiana Chitimacha Tribe

Oklahoma Choctaw Nation

Oklahoma Cloverdale

Rancheria of Pomo Indians,

California

Citizen Potawatomi Nation 

California Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Arizona Cocopah Tribe

Coeur D'Alene Reservation,

Idaho

Coeur D'Alene Tribe

California Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians

Colorado River Indian

Reservation, Arizona and

California

Colorado River Indian Tribes
555

LOCATION TRIBE

Oklahoma Comanche Indian Tribe

Flathead Reservation,

Montana

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Yakama Reservation,

Washington

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama

Indian Nation

Washington Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

Washington Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reseravtion

Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua

and Siuslaw Indians

Nevada and Utah Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation

Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community

Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation

Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation

Oregon Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs

Reservation 

Oregon Coquille Tribe

California Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians

Louisiana Coushatta Tribe

Oregon Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians

California Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Crow Creek Reservation,

South Dakota

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 

Montana Crow Tribe 

Cuyapaipe Reservation,

California

Cuyapaipe Community of Diequeno Mission Indians

California Death Valley Timbi-Sha Shoshone Band

Oklahoma Delaware Nation

Oklahoma Delaware Tribe of Indians

California Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Duckwater Reservation,

Nevada

Duckwater Shoshone Tribe

North Carolina Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Oklahoma Eastern Shawnee Tribe

Sulphur Bank Rancheria,

California

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians

California Elk Valley Rancheria

Nevada Ely Shoshone Tribe

California Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians

South Dakota Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
556

LOCATION TRIBE

Wisconsin Forest County Potawatomi Community 

Fort Belknap Reservation,

Montana

Fort Belknap Indian Community 

Fort Bidwell Reservation,

California

Fort Bidwell Indian Community 

Fort Independence

Reservation, California

Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute

Indians 

Fort McDermitt Indian

Reservation, Nevada and

Oregon

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes

Arizona Fort McDowell Yavapi Nation

Arizona, California, and

Nevada

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe 

Oklahoma Fort Sill Apache Tribe

Gila River Indian Reservation,

Arizona

Gila River Indian Community 

Michigan Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa

Indians

California Graton Rancheria

California Greenvile Rancheria of Maidu Indians

California Grindstone Indian Rancheria of Wintun-Wailaki

Indians

California Guidiville Rancheria

Michigan Hannahville Indian Community

Havasupai Reservation,

Arizona

Havasupai Tribe

Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation

Hoh Indian Reservation,

Washington

Hoh Indian Tribe

California Hoopa Valley Tribe

Arizona Hopi Tribe

Hopland Rancheria,

California`

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians

Maine Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians

Hualapai Indian Reservation,

Arizona

Hualapai Indians

Michigan Huron Potwatomi, Inc.

Inaja & Cosmit Reservation,

California

Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission Indians

California Ione Band of Miwok Indians
557

LOCATION TRIBE

Kansas and Nebraska Iowa Tribe

Oklahoma Iowa Tribe

California Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

Washington Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

California Jamul Indian Village

Louisiana Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

New Mexico Jicarilla Apache Nation

Kaibab Indian

Reservation,Arizona

Kaibab Band of Paiuite Indians

Kalispel Reservation,

Washington

Kalispel Indian Community

California Karuk Tribe

Stewart Point Rancheria,

California

Kashia Band of Pomo Indians

Oklahoma Kaw Nation

Michigan Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Oklahoma Kialegee Tribal Town

Kickapoo Reservation, Kansas Kickapoo Tribe of Indians

Oklahoma Kickapoo Tribe 

Texas Kickapoo Tradition Tribe

Oklahoma Kiowa Indian Tribe

Oregon Klamath Indian Tribe

 Wisconsin Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Lac du Flambeau Reservation,

Wisconsin

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Indians 

Michigan Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Indians 

Las Vegas Indian Colony,

Nevada

Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians

Michigan Little River Band of Ottawa Indians

Michigan Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Los Coyotes Reservation

California

Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Lovelock Indian Colony,

Nevada

Lovelock Pauite Tribe

Lower Brule Reservation,

South Dakota

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
558

LOCATION TRIBE

Lower Elwha Reservation,

Washington

Lower Elwha Tribal Community

California Lower Lake Rancheria

Minnesota Lower Sioux Indian Community

Lummi Reservation,

Washington

Lummi Tribe

California Lytton Rancheria

Makah Indian Reservation,

Washington

Makah Indian Tribe

Manchester-Point Arena

Rancheria, California

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians

Manzanita Reservation,

California

Manzanita Band of Diequeno Mission Indians

Connecticut Mashantucket Pequot Tribe

Michigan Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi

Indians

Chico Rancheria, California Mechoopda Indian Tribe

Wisconsin Menominee Indian Tribe

Mesa Grande Reservation,

California

Mesa Grande Band of Diequeno Mission Indians

Mescalero Reservation, New

Mexico

Mescalero Apache Tribe

Oklahoma Miami Tribe

Florida Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

California Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Minnesota Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

Mississippi Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Moapa River Indian

Reservation, Nevada

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians

Oklahoma Modoc Tribe

Connecticut Mohegan Tribe

California Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians

Morongo Reservation,

California

Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Muckleshoot Reservation,

Washington

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Rhode Island Narragansett Indian Tribe
559

LOCATION TRIBE

Arizona, New Mexico and

Utah

Navajo Nation

Idaho Nez Perce Tribe

Nisqually Reservation,

Washington

Nisqually Indian Tribe

Washington Nooksack Indian Tribe

Northern Cheyenne Indian

Reservation, Montana

Northern Cheyenne Tribe 

California Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians

Utah Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah

Pine Ridge Reservation, South

Dakota

Oglala Sioux Tribe 

Nebraska Omaha Tribe

New York Oneida Nation

Wisconsin Oneida Tribe of Indians

New York Onondaga Nation

Oklahoma Osage Tribe

Oklahoma Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians

Oklahoma Ottawa Tribe

Utah Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

Bishop Colony, California Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community

Lone Pine Reservation,

California

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Lone Pine

Community 

Nevada Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Fallon Reservation and

Colony

Pala Reservation, California Pala Band of Luiseno Mission of Indians

Arizona Pascua Yaqui Tribe

California Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians 

Maine Passamaquoddy Tribe

Pauma & Yuima Reservation,

California

Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 

Oklahoma Pawnee Nation

Pechanga Reservation,

California

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians 

Maine Penobscot Tribe

Oklahoma Peoria Tribe of Indians

California Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians

California Pinoleville Rancheria of Pomo Indians
560

LOCATION TRIBE

California Pit River Tribe

Alabama Poarch Band of Creek Indians

Michigan Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

Nebraska Ponca Tribe 

Oklahoma Ponca Tribe of Indians

Port Gamble Reservation,

Washington

Port Gamble Indian Community 

Kansas Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians

Minnesota Prairie Island Indian Community 

New Mexico Pueblo of Acoma

New Mexico Pueblo of Cochiti

New Mexico Pueblo of Isleta

New Mexico Pueblo of Jemez

New Mexico Pueblo of Laguna

New Mexico Pueblo of Nambe

New Mexico Pueblo of Picuris 

New Mexico Pueblo of Pojoaque

New Mexico Pueblo of San Felipe

New Mexico Pueblo of San Ildefonso

New Mexico Pueblo of San Juan

New Mexico Pueblo of Sandia

New Mexico Pueblo of Santa Ana

New Mexico Pueblo of Santa Clara

New Mexico Pueblo of Santo Domingo

New Mexico Pueblo of Taos

New Mexico Pueblo of Tesuque

New Mexico Pueblo of Zia

Puyallup Reservation,

Washington

Puyallup Tribe 

Pyramid Lake Reservation,

Nevada

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Oklahoma Quapaw Tribe of Indians

Quartz Valley Reservation,

California

Quartz Valley Indian Community

Fort Yuma Indian

Reservation, Arizona and

California

Quechan Tribe
561

LOCATION TRIBE

Quileute Reservation,

Washington

Quileute Tribe

Quinault Reservation,

Washington

Quinault Tribe

California Ramona Band or Village of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Wisconsin Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians 

Red Lake Reservation,

Minnesota

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians

California Redding Rancheria

California Redwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Nevada Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

California Resighini Rancheria

Rincon Reservation,

California

Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

California Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Rosebud Indian Reservation,

South Dakota

Rosebud Sioux Tribe 

Round Valley Reservation,

California

Round Valley Indian Tribes

California Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians

Oklahoma Sac & Fox Nation

Kansas and Nebraska Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri

Iowa Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi

Isabella Reservation,

Michigan

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan

Salt River Reservation,

Arizona

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community 

Washington Samish Indian Tribe

San Carlos Reservation,

Arizona

San Carlos Apache Tribe

Arizona San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe 

San Manual Reservation,

California

San Manual Band of Serrano Mission Indians

California San Pasqual Band of Diequeno Mission Indians

Santa Rosa Reservation,

California

Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Santa Rosa Rancheria,

California

Santa Rosa Indian Community
562

LOCATION TRIBE

Santa Ynez Reservation,

California

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians

Santa Ysabel Reservation,

California

Santa Ysabel Band of Diequeno Mission Indians

Santee Sioux Reservation,

Nebraska

Santee Sioux Tribe

Washington Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe 

Michigan Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

California Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians

Oklahoma Seminole Nation

Florida Seminole Tribe of Florida, Dania, Big Cyprus,

Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservation 

New York Seneca Nation

Oklahoma Seneca-Cayuga Tribe

Minnesota Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Oklahoma Shawnee Tribe

California Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians

Shingle Springs Rancheria,

California

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

Shoalwater Bay Indian

Reservation, Washington

Shoalwater Bay Tribe 

Windwater Reservation,

Wyoming

Shoshone Tribe 

Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe

Duck Valley Reservation,

Nevada

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes 

Lake Traverse Reservation,

South Dakota

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe

Skokomish Reservation,

Washington

Skokomish Indian Tribe

Utah Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians 

California Smith River Rancheria 

Washington Snoqualmie Tribe

Soboba Reservation,

California

Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

Wisconsin Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake Band

of Chippewa Indians

Southern Ute Reservation,

California

Southern Ute Indian Tribe 
563

LOCATION TRIBE

North Dakota Spirit Lake Tribe

Spokane Reservation,

Washington

Spokane Tribe 

Squaxin Island Reservation,

Washington

Squaxin Island Tribe

St. Croix Reservation,

Wisconsin

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

New York St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians

North and South Dakota Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Washington Stillaquamish Tribe 

Wisconsin Stockbridge Munsee Community

Nevada Summit Lake Pauite Tribe

Port Madison Reservation,

Washington

Suquamish Indian Tribe

California Susanville Indian Rancheria

Swinomish Reservation,

Washington

Swinomish Indians

California Sycuan Band of Diequeno Mission Indians 

California Table Bluff Reservation-Wiyot Tribe

California Table Mountain Rancheria

Nevada Te-Moak Tribes of Western Shoshone Indias

Oklahoma Thlopthlocco Tribal Town

North Dakota Three Affiliated Tribes of the Forst Berthold

Reservation

Arizona Tohono O'odham Nation

New York Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians

Oklahoma Tonkawa Tribe of Indians

Arizona Tonto Apache Tribe

California Torres-Martinez Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians

Tulalip Reservation,

Washington

Tulalip Tribes

Tule River Reservation,

California

Tule River Indian Tribe

Louisiana Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe

Tuolumne Rancheria,

California

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians

North Dakota Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

New York Tuscarora Nation
564

LOCATION TRIBE

California Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

Auburn Rancheria, California United Auburn Indian Community

Oklahoma United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Upper Lake Rancheria,

California

Upper Lake Band of Pomo Indians 

Upper Sioux Reservation,

Minnesota

Upper Sioux Indian Community 

Washington Upper Skagit Indian Tribe

Uintah & Ouray Reservation,

Utah

Ute Indian Tribe 

Ute Mountain Reservation,

Colorado, New Mexico and

Utah

Ute Mountain Tribe 

Benton Paiute Reservation,

California

Utu Utu Gwaitu Pauite Tribe 

Walker River Reservation,

Nevada

Walker River Paiute Tribe

Gay Head, Massachusetts Wampanoag Tribe 

Nevada and California Washoe Tribe

Fort Apache Reservation,

Arizona Wichita and

Affiliated Tribes

White Mountain Apache Tribe 

Nebraska Winnebago Tribe

Nevada Winnemucca Indian Colony

Oklahoma Wyandotte Tribe

South Dakota Yankton Sioux Tribe

Camp Verde Indian

Reservation, Arizona

Yavapai-Apache Nation 

Yavapai Reservation, Arizona Yavapai-Prescott Tribe

Yerington Colony & Campbell

Ranch, Nevada

Yerington Paiute Tribe

Yomba Reservation, Nevada Yomba Shoshone Tribe 

Texas Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo

Yurok Reservation, California Yurok Tribe 

Zuni Reservation, New

Mexico 

Zuni Tribe
565

1

 Although commonly referred to as Sioux-a derogatory name meaning "snake" or "adder"

applied by their enemies, the neighboring Chippewa [or Ojibwa]-Da kota, meaning "allied" or "leagued

together' wa s wha t they called themselves and is preferred by ma ny anthropologists. 

APPENDIX #13

ART IN THE COMMITTEE ROOMS

THE SETH EASTMAN PAINTINGS OF INDIAN LIFE ON DISPLAY AT

THE COMM ITTEE ON RESOURCES

This monograph on the Eastman paintings on Indian life was prepared by Ms.

Julie Aronson, a graduate student in art history at the University of Delaware.

1992. All Photographs of the Eastman paintings courtesy of the Architect of the

Capitol.

Originally printed under The Honorable George Miller, Chairman. 

The Seth Eastman Paintings of Indian Life On Display at the

Committee on Resources

Brevet Brigadier General Seth Eastman (1808-1875)

In 1867 Brevet Brigadier General Seth Eastman (1808-1875) was awarded

the commission for nine paintings of Native American subjects to decorate the

new quarters of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the House of

Representatives in the U.S. Capitol Building. Unanimously regarded as among

the foremost recorders of Indian life, Eastman was the logical choice for the

assignment. Today these paintings, nine of which hang in the hearing room of

the Committee on Resources in the Longworth Building, serve as important

documents of Native American culture as viewed through the eyes of a

nineteenth-century U.S. military officer and artist. As few of Eastman's oil

paintings are known to survive, these paintings are treasured examples of his

accomplishments in this medium. Seth Eastman was born in Brunswick,

Maine, on January 24, 1808. At sixteen, he enrolled at the U.S. Military

Academy at West Point, where he received his first documented training in art.

Upon graduation on July 1, 1829, he was commissioned second lieutenant

in the First Infantry and assigned to frontier duty at Fort Crawford, Wisconsin.

His transfer the following year to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, at the junction of

the Mississippi and St. Peter's Rivers (now the Minnesota), however, would

have greater consequences for his artistic career. Fascinated by the local

population-primarily the Mdewakanton ("Spirit Lake People"), a division of the

eastern, or Santee Dakota-Eastman made them the subjects of his most

important works of art.1 He also became fluent in their language and sustained
566

a brief marriage to a Dakota woman, with whom he had a daughter. 

Eastman's fine draftsmanship earned him an appointment to West Point to

serve as Assistant Teacher of Drawing-a position he held for seven years

through 1840. His Treatise on Topographical Drawing, published in 1839,

became the standard manual on the subject for the U.S. Army 

Eastman married Mary Henderson (1818-1887), a physician's daughter and

writer, in 1835. As an author, she vividly described many of the scenes Eastman

delineated, while he furnished illustrations for her books, such as Dahcotah; or

Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling (1849). 

Reassigned to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in 1841, Eastman, then captain,

accompanied by his wife, returned and remained for the next seven years. The

region, known for its picturesqueness, was recorded by the artist in scores of

delicate, precise sketches. 

Eastman was then appointed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington

to illustrate Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's Historical and Statistical Information

Respecting the History, Conditions and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the

United States, a prodigious six-volume study written under a Congressional

order of March 3, 1847. 

Over the next twelve years Eastman's health declined, yet he remained

active, serving in Texas (where he was promoted to major) and Utah before

returning to Washington due to illness. Having sufficiently recovered, he was

made mustering and disbursing officer for Maine and New Hampshire when the

Civil War broke out and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, First Infantry.

Although officially retired from active service on December 3, 1863, Eastman

commanded several additional posts before his final assignment at the

Harrodsburg Military Asylum in Kentucky. In August 1867, he was directed by

special order of the President to return to Washington to decorate the quarters

of the House Committees on Indian and Military Affairs. 

From September 1867 through 1869, Eastman painted the scenes of Indian

life, drawing on the accumulated experience and materials of thirty years on the

frontier. After their completion, he began a series of canvases depicting United

States forts for the Committee on Military Affairs, seventeen of which he had

completed by his death in 1875. These now hang in a corridor of the U.S.

Capitol Building. 
567

Indian Mode of Traveling, 1869 (31 x 44 in.) 

Indian Mode of Traveling is a showcase of Eastman's ability to paint a

light-filled evocative landscape. The slow cadence of the figures and horses

moving from one edge of the canvas to the other suggests a continuity

appropriate for the nomadic existence of the Dakota tribe. 

The traditional movement of tribes was primarily seasonal. Large summer

encampments were broken up and communities divided into smaller groups of

one to three families at the onset of winter, when game would be more scarce.

Migration was such an accepted feature of life that everything was

transportable, including tipis which could be rolled up. As Eastman has

depicted, belongings were packed on wooden constructions known as travois,

which, before the introduction of the horse, had been pulled by dogs. 
568

Rice Gatherers, 1867 (30 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.) 

Wild rice was an important staple of the eastern Dakota and the Chippewa.

As the woman on the left controls the canoe, the other two bend the tall stalks

and loosen the grain by beating them with paddle-like implements. Two other

canoes are in the distance in which women pursue related tasks. The

foreground canoe, depicted with such studied detail that one can actually detect

how it was put together and sense the texture of its birch bark surface, indicates

that these women were Chippewas; the Dakotas carved their canoes from tree

trunks. 
569

Indian Woman Dressing a Deer Skin, 1868 (38 1/2 x 28 in.) 

Dressing of deer and buffalo skins for the making of clothing and wigwams

was performed by women. The strenuous procedure involved first removing the

hair. The hides were then repeatedly dipped in water containing deer brains,

stretched on poles (as Eastman has depicted), and scraped with a utensil made

of bone, horn or iron. By 1852 when Schoolcrafts second volume appeared, this

was a dying art; the Dakota traded small furs for cloth coats, shirts and

leggings, "making a change in the condition of the Indian female which relieves
570

2

 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History,

Conditions and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, 6 vols. (Philadelphia: Lippincott,

Grambo and Co., 185 1-1 85 7), 2: 6 4. 

her, in great measure, from the dressing of skins; which was formerly quite a

labor."2

There is no record of who selected the subjects for Eastman's Indian Affairs

paintings. All were themes he had explored more than ten years previously in

the watercolors prepared for Schoolcrafts history, which, in turn, were based on

works produced in the 1840s at Fort Snelling. These paintings, therefore, depict

life on the frontier of at least twenty years before they were made. In the

intervening decades, the culture of the Northern tribes as Eastman knew it had

been destroyed. In the 1850s a series of treaties compromised Dakota land

holdings, fueling revolts that culminated with the Minnesota Sioux Uprising of

1862 in which the Santee Dakota were ultimately defeated by white volunteers.

By 1867 when Eastman began the Capitol paintings, the Santee had been

removed to a reservation in Nebraska. The neighboring Chippewas, who

Eastman occasionally depicted, had been allowed to remain on their own land,

but a treaty of 1853 had left them with only a small reservation necessitating

basic cultural changes for survival. Eastman's paintings were already records

of a lost way of life and were probably the last images of these subjects. After

the 1860s, popular, artistic, and historical attention shifted to the western

Dakota, whose stubborn resistance to United States control captivated Eastern

audiences. 

Woman Dressing a Deer Skin, Rice Gatherers, Indian Mode of Traveling,

and Spearing Fish in Winter are virtually free of narrative; they are

demonstrations to Easterners of the specific methods and implements employed

in tasks foreign to their own culture. Eastman was intimately familiar with the

nuances of costumes, tools, and other accoutrements, as he had painstakingly

delineated them for dozens of plates in Schoolcrafts treatise. 
571

3

 Schoolcr aft 1 85 1-1 85 7, 1 : 88 -89 , no. 2 5. 

Feeding the Dead, 1868 (24 x 31 1/2 in.) 

The luminous, panoramic river landscape in Feeding the Dead is among

Eastman's finest and is particularly appropriate for this theme. The Dakota

placed their deceased up on scaffolds, which were erected on elevated sites with

breathtaking views. As Eastman has shown, a medicine sack was suspended

from one corner of the scaffold to ward off evil spirits. While flags denoted

chiefs or warriors, white cotton, as seen here, was used for others. After a

lengthy period of mourning, the body was interred beneath a wooden structure

like that in the foreground to prevent the invasion of predators and rain. 

 According to Schoolcraft, "these Indians, believing the soul sensorial abides

for a time with the body in the grave, requiring food for its ghostly existence

and journeyings, deposit meats and other aliment, at and after the time of

interment." 3 He also describes a similar ritual in which food is dutifully brought

to the graves of ancestors as insurance for a good life.
572

Buffalo Chase, 1868 (24 x 31 1/2 in.) 

Scenes of buffalo hunting proliferated in the nineteenth century. Eastman

has heightened the dramatic power of his Buffalo Chase by sharply contrasting

brilliant sunlight with long shadows and by including a rapidly moving

thundershower on the left. 

Since many images of the bison hunt were painted by Eastern artists who

had never seen one, they are frequently inaccurate. Eastman's painting exhibits

his characteristic precision in its equipment, such as the pad saddles that were

preferred by most hunters and omitted by most painters. We also know that the

artist had a tame buffalo from which he made several studies. 
573

Spearing Fish in Winter, undated (31 x 44 in.) 

Winters were particularly arduous for the northern tribes. Since little game

was to be had, they relied on the fish that abounded in the lakes and rivers of

the region. The ingenious method of fishing depicted by Eastman was described

by many travelers to Fort Snelling. The fisherman cut a hole in the ice, and then

constructed a sort of tent over it with branches and blankets to block out the

light and make the bottom visible. To a pole tipped with an iron spike, he

attached with string a wooden, often fish-shaped lure. He next dangled the lure

in the water, attracting fish which he could then impale. In the painting, the

hooded man removes his catch from his spear. Often the fish would be cured so

they could be kept for long periods of time. 
574

4

 Ma ry Ea stman, Dahcotah; or Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling (New

York : John Wiley, 1 84 9), xiii-xiv. 

5

 Schoolcr aft 1 85 1-1 85 7, 2 : 79 -80 . 

Dog Dance of the Dakotas, 1868 (31 x 44 in.) 

 In this painting Eastman has effectively captured a colorful spectacle and

recorded ceremonial costumes with exacting detail. He and his wife witnessed

the Dakota Dog Dance performed before a Chippewa audience; Mary Eastman

recorded her impressions of it, writing: 

"The Sioux warriors formed a circle; in the center was a pole fastened in the

ground. One of the Indians killed a dog, and, taking out the heart and liver,

held them for a few moments in a bucket of cold water, and then hung them

to the pole. After a while, one of the warriors advanced toward it, barking.

His attitude was irresistibly droll; he tried to make himself look as much as

possible like a dog, and I thought he succeeded to admiration. He retreated

and another warrior advanced with a different sort of bark; more joined in,

until there was a chorus of barking. Next, one becomes very courageous,

jumps and barks toward the pole, biting off a piece of the flesh; another

follows and does the same feat. One after another they all bark and bite."4

This was repeated as additional dogs were thrown into the circle.

According to Schoolcraft, "the object of the ceremony is, they say, that those

who eat the liver, while it is raw and warm, will become possessed of the

sagacity and bravery of the dog."5
575

Indian Council, 1868 (31 x 44 in.) 

The band council, led by a chief empowered by inheritance, was the

principal governing body of the Santee Dakota. The bands were composed of

clans, each of whom appointed twenty councilors. Councils were called upon

for many types of decisions, especially those related to the bison hunt and to

treaty negotiations. 

In this painting, Eastman depicts the standing chief decked out in his war

bonnet. A gable-roofed summer lodge, or tipitanka, is shown alongside the

conical winter tipi made of skins, perhaps to show the various types of Dakota

dwellings. 

A portrait of Red jacket, the famous Iroquois chief, is introduced into the

center of the image. Eastman's Red jacket, taken from an engraving in

Schoolcraft, ultimately derives from one of the best known paintings of the

chief. Renowned for his oratorical abilities, the chief played an instrumental

role in Indian/White relations and was awarded the large silver medal he wears

in the portrait by George Washington himself. Red jacket was particularly noted

for his skillful negotiations at the Great Indian Council of 1794 in

Canandaigua, New York, which was attended by sixteen-hundred members of

the Six Nations of the Iroquois and resulted in a peace treaty with the U.S.

government. It is perhaps to this famous council that Eastman alludes. 
576

6

 The Return of an Ima ge: H ouse Panel's Collection "Intact" Again, (The Washington Post,

Thursday, Ju ne 1, 19 95 ), page A6. 

Death Whoop, 1868 (38 1/2 x 28 in.) 

In this painting, a warrior is depicted holding a knife and scalp after

defeating an adversary. This painting was removed from the collection in 1987

and restored in 1995. In 1987, then Committee Chairman Morris K. Udall

(D-AZ) ordered the painting removed because it offended then Representative

Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D-CO) [currently Senator Campbell (R-CO)], a

Cheyenne Indian, who was then a freshman on the Committee on Interior &

Insular Affairs. The Curator of the Capitol, Architect of the Capitol, and Rep.

Don Young, Chairman of the Committee agreed the painting should be returned

so the collection would be kept intact.6
577

MURAL: “ON EARTH PEACE” BY ROCKWELL KENT

In 1944, when 1334 Longworth House Office Building was assigned to the

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (now Energy and Commerce),

a paintin g wa s

commissioned by the

Air Tra nsp o r t

Associ ation. A

pai nting wa s

comm ission ed to

reflect the modes of

transportation within

the jurisdiction of the

C ommi ttee o n

Interstate and Foreign

Commerce: airplanes,

automobiles, trains,

and wa t e r w a y s.

Originally assigned to

paint an easel painting,

Rockwell Kent decided

to create a 12 foot by

15 foot mural for the

$2,500 offered by the

Air Trans por t

association. 

Rockwell Kent

only painted four

murals for public

buildings and one for a

private house: Cape Cod Playhouse at Dennis; Benjamin Franklin Post Office

in Washington, DC.; the

G enera l E l e c tr i c

Pavilion at the 1939

World’s Fair; and this

mural. The General

Electric mural was

destroyed by fire.

The mural depicts

four angels overseeing

farms and a city with

people and commodities

b eing tran sported

through the scene.
578

When the Committee on Commerce moved from 1334 Longworth to the

newly constructed Rayburn House Office Building in 1965, the Committee on

Merchant Marines and Fisheries gained control over the hearing room.

Sometime in early 1966, it was determined that the mural did not fit the overall

jurisdiction of the Committee on Merchant Marines. To cover the mural,

drywall was installed in the niche and curtains hung in front. The mural

remained covered until1978 when the hearing room was undergoing some

renovation. At that time, it was decided to reveal the mural and recondition the

work.

The mural is still on display in 1334 Longworth House Office Building.

Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York in 1882. He attended

Columbia University and studied architecture from 1900-1903. He then

attended the New York School of Art from 1903-1904.

Mr. Kent maintained an active left-wing tilt to his political views

throughout his life. An avowed Socialist, he was accused of being a Communist

in 1939 at hearing by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. In

1950 his passport was revoked after he spoke before thee Supreme Soviet in

Moscow, although it was later restored. In 1967 he received the Lenin Peace

Prize in Moscow.

Rockwell Kent died in Plattsburgh, New York in 1971. 

Additional Sources:

Hunter, Marjorie, “House Committee Rescues A Mural by Rockwell Kent”,

The New York Times, Sunday, November 19, 1978.

Americana, March-April 1979, “Kent Uncovered”.

Kent, Rockwell, It’s Me, O Lord, September 1977.
579

MEMBER PORTRAITS 

ON DISPLAY IN THE COMM ITTEE HEARING RO OM S

Morris K. Udall Hearing Room, 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

Committee on Resources. 

Portraits:

WAYNE N. ASPINALL (D-CO)

Chairman, Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs

(Eighty-sixth through Ninety-second

Congresses)

Portrait by Irving Resnickoff, signed

“Charles J. Fox”. 

JAMES A. HALEY (D-FL)

Chairman, Committee on Interior

and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third

and Ninety-fourth Congresses).

Portrait by Thornton Utz. 1976.

MORRIS K. UDALL (D-AZ)

Chairman, Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs (Ninety-fifth to Onehundred-second Congresses) Portrait by

Everett Raymond Kinstler, 1985.
580

GEORGE MILLER (D-CA) Chairman,

Committee on Natural Resources (One

Hundred Third Congress). Portrait by Paul

Leveille, 2000.

DON E. YOUNG (R-AK) Chairman,

Committee on Resources (One Hundred

Fourth through One Hundred Sixth

Congresses). Portrait by Charlen Jeffrey

Satron, 1996. 

JAMES V. HANSEN (R-UT) Chairman,

Committee on Resources (One Hundred

Seventh Congress). Portrait by Michael Del

Priore, 2002.
581

Walter B. Jones, Sr. Hearing Room, 1334 Longworth House

Office Building (formerly the hearing room of the Committee on

Merchant Marine & Fisheries): 

Portraits:

SCHUYLER O. BLAND (D-VA)

Chairman, Committee on Merchant

Marine and Fisheries (Seventy-third

through Seventy-ninth Congresses and

Eighty-first Congress). Portrait by

Sandor C. Klein. 

HERBERT C. BONNER (D-NC)

Chairman Committee on Merchant

Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-fourth

through Eighty-ninth Congresses).

Portrait by Mabel Pugh. 

EDWARD A. GARMATZ (D-MD)

Chairman, Committee on Merchant

Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-ninth

through Ninety-second Congresses)

Portrait by Irving Resnickoff, signed

“Charles J. Fox”. 
582

LEONOR KRETZER SULLIVAN

(D-MO) Chairman, Committee on

Merchant Marine and Fisheries

(Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth

Congresses) Portrait by Irving

Resnickoff, signed “Charles J. Fox”. 

WALTER B. JONES, SR. (D-NC)

Chairman, Committee on Merchant

Marine and Fisheries (Ninety-seventh

through One Hundred-Second

Congresses). Portrait by Rogers. 
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APPENDIX #14

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF MEMBERS

Information retrieved from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp. As of October 1, 2002.

Information included in this list : Last, First, (Party(s),State) Birthplace, Birth-Death. Term

in the House. Committees and Congresses. Further information.

Note on Party Affiliation: Although local political parties vary dramatically from the major

political parties of any given time, the Bio g raph ic al Dire c to ry lists the party to which the

Member was affiliated in the House. This may differ from local party elections.

A

Aandahl, Fred George (Republican, North

Dakota) B. Litchville, ND, April 9, 1897-

April 7, 1966. 1951-1953.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Governor of North Dakota, 1949-1950.

Abele, Homer E. (Republican, Ohio)

B. Wellston, OH, November 21, 1916-

May 12, 2000. 1963-1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Abercrombie, James (Whig, Alabama)

Hancock County, GA, 1795-July 2, 1861.

1851-1855.

Private Land Claims 32, 33.

Abercrombie, Neil (Democrat, Hawaii)

Buffalo, Erie County, NY, June 26,

1938—. September 20, 1986-1987, and

January 3, 1991-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Abernethy, Charles Laban (Democrat,

North Carolina) Rutherford College, NC,

March 18, 1872-February 23, 1955.

November 7, 1922, to January 3, 1935.

Territories 67, 68, 69.

Public Lands 68, 69.

Abourezk, James George (Democrat,

South Dakota) Wood, SD, February 24,

1931—. January 3, 1971-January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

Senator from South Dakota.

Acklen, Joseph Hayes (Democrat,

Louisiana) Nashville, TN, May 20, 1850-

September 28, 1938. February 20, 1878, to

March 3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 46.

Acevedo-Vilá, Aníbal (Democrat, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) Hato Rey, PR, February

13, 1962 — . January 3, 2001 — .

Resources 107.

Adams, George Madison (Democrat.,

Kentucky) Barbourville, KY, December

20, 1837-April 6, 1920. March 4, 1867-

March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 41, 42, 43.

Adams, John Quincy (Federalist,

Republican and Whig, Massachusetts)

Braintree, MA, July 11, 1767-February 23,

1848. March 4, 1831-February 23, 1848.

Indian Affairs 27.

Senator from ME, President of U.S..

Adams, Stephen (Democrat, Mississippi)

Pendleton District, SC, October 17, 1807-

May 11, 1857. March 4, 1845-March 3,

1847.

Private Land Claims 29.

Senator from Mississippi.

Aiken, Wyatt (Democrat, South Carolina)

Macon,GA,December 14, 1863-February

6, 1923. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917.

Private Land Claims 58.

Indian Affairs 59.

Ainslie, George (Democrat, Delegate from

the Territory of Idaho) Boonville, Cooper

County, MO, October 30, 1838-May 19,

1913. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Indian Affairs 46, 47.

Ainsworth, Lucien Lester (Democrat,

Iowa) New Woodstock, NY, June 21,
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1831-April 19, 1902. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1877.

Private Land Claims 44.

Aitken, David Demerest (Republican,

Michigan) Flint Township, MI, September

5, 1853-May 26, 1930. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Albertson, Nathaniel (Democrat, Indiana)

Fairfax, VA, June 10, 1800-December 16,

1863. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Alderson, John Duffy (Democrat, West

Virginia) Summerville, WV, November 29,

1854-December 5, 1910. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1895.

Private Lands 51, 52.

Aldrich, Cyrus (Republican, Minnesota)

Smithfield, RI, June 18, 1808-October 5,

1871. March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 36, 37.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Aldrich, Truman Hemingway

(Republican, Alabama) Palmyra, NY,

October 17, 1848-April 28, 1932. June 9,

1896-March 3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Aldrich, William (Republican, Illinois)

Greenfield Center, NY, January 19, 1820-

December 3, 1885. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Territories 45, 46, 47.

Alexander, Armstead Milton (Democrat,

Missouri) Winchester, KY, May 26, 1834-

November 7, 1892. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Territories 48.

Alford, Julius Ceaser (States Rights / Whig,

Georgia) Greensboro, GA, May 10, 1799-

January 1, 1863. January 2-March 3, 1837

and March 4, 1839-October 1, 1841.

Indian Affairs 26.

Allan, Chilton (Anti-Jacksonian and Whig,

Kentucky) Albemarle County, VA, April

6, 1786-September 3, 1858. March 4,

1831-March 3, 1837.

Territories 22, 23.

Allard, Wayne A. (Republican, Colorado)

Fort Collins, Colo., December 2, 1943 —

. January 3, 1991, to January 2, 1997.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104.

Senator for Colorado 1996-.

Allen, Amos Lawrence (Republican, Maine)

Waterboro, ME, March 17, 1837-February

20, 1911. November 6, 1899-February 20,

1911.

Indian Affairs 60, 61.

Allen, Charles Herbert (Republican,

Massachusetts) Lowell, MA, April 15,

1848-April 20, 1934. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1889.

Indian Affairs 49.

Allen, Clarence Emir (Republican, Utah)

Girard Township, PA, September 5, 1852-

July 9, 1932. January 4, 1896-March 3,

1997.

Public Lands 54.

Allen, Edward Payson (Republican,

Michigan) Sharon, MI, October 28, 1839-

November 25, 1909.March 4, 1887-March

3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 50.

Allen, James Cameron (Democrat, Illinois)

Shelby County, KY, January 29, 1822-

January 30, 1912. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855 and March 4, 1855-July 18, 1856.

Indian Affairs 38.

Allen, John Clayton (Republican, Illinois)

Hinesburg, VT, February 1, 1860-January

12, 1939. March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Allen, John Mills (Democrat, Mississippi)

Tishomingo County, MS, July 8, 1846-

October 30, 1917. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1901.

Indian Affairs 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54.

Allen, William (Democrat, Ohio) Hamilton,

OH, August 13, 1827-July 6, 1881. March

4, 1859-March 3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 23.

Alley, John Bassett (Republican,

Massachusetts) Lynn, MA, January 7,

1817-January 19, 1896. March 4,

1859-March 3, 1867. 

Pacific Railroads 37.

Allgood, Miles Clayton (Democrat,

Alabama) Chepultepec (Allgood), AL,

February 22, 1878-March 4, 1977. March

4, 1923-January 3, 1935.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71, 72,

73.

Allison, William Boyd (Republican, Iowa)

Perry, OH, March 2, 1829-August 4, 1908.

March 4, 1863-March 3, 1871.

Public Lands 38.

Mines and Mining 39.
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Senator from Iowa.

Almon, Edward Berton (Democrat,

Alabama) Moulton, AL, April 18, 1860-

June 22, 1933. March 4, 1915-June 22,

1933.

Territories 66, 67.

Amerman, Lemuel (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Danville, PA, October 29,

1846-October 7, 1897. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893.

Public Lands 52.

Ames Oakes (Republican, Massachusetts)

Easton, MA, January 10, 1804-May 8,

1873. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 38, 39, 40.

Anderson, Carl Carey (Democrat, Ohio)

Bluffton, OH, December 2, 1877-October

1, 1912. March 4, 1909-October 1, 1912.

Indian Affairs 61.

Anderson, Clinton Presba (Democrat,

New Mexico) Centerville, SD, October

23, 1895-November 11, 1975. January 3,

1941-June 30, 1945.

Indian Affairs 77.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Public Lands 77.

Senator from New Mexico.

Anderson, George Washington

(Republican, Missouri) Jefferson County,

TN, May 22, 1832-February 26, 1902.

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869.

Public Lands 39, 40.

Anderson, Hugh Johnston (Democrat,

Maine) Wiscasset, ME, May 10, 1801-May

31, 1881. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Public Lands 25.

Governor of Maine.

Anderson, John Alexander (Republican,

Kansas) Pigeon Creek, PA, June 26, 1834-

May 18, 1892. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1891.

Public Lands 48, 49.

Anderson, Josiah McNair (Whig,

Tennessee) Pikeville, TN, November 29,

1807-November 8, 1861. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1851.

Private Lands 31.

Anderson, Leroy Hagen (Democrat,

Montana) Ellendale, ND, February 2,

1906-September 25, 1991. January 3, 1957-

January 3, 1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85, 86.

Anderson, Richard Clough, Jr.

(Republican, Kentucky) "SoldiersRetreat",

KY, August 4, 1788-July 24, 1826. March

4, 1817-March 3, 1821.

Public Lands 15, 16.

Anderson, Thomas Lilbourne (American

Party and Independent Democrat,

Missouri) Bowling Green, KY, December

8, 1808-March 6, 1885. March 4, 1857-

March 3, 1861.

Private Lands 36.

Andrews, Mark (Republican, North Dakota)

Cass County, N. Dak., May 19, 1926—.

October 22, 1963-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Senator from North Dakota.

Andrews, Walter Gresham (Republican,

New York) Evanston, IL, July 16, 1889-

March 5, 1949. March 4, 1931-January 3,

1949.

Territories 74, 75, 76.

Andrews, William Ezwkiel (Republican,

Nebraska) Oskaloosa, IA, December 17,

1854-January 19, 1942. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1897; and March 4, 1919-March

3, 1923.

Private Lands 54.

Andrews, William Henry (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of New

Mexico) Youngsville, PA, January 14,

1846-January 16, 1919. March 4, 1905-

January 7, 1912.

Mines and Mining 59.

Public Lands 61, 62.

Indian Affairs 60.

Territories 59, 60, 61, 62.

Andrus, John Emory (Republican, New

York) Pleasantville, NY, February 16,

1841-December 26, 1934. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1913.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 61, 62.

Angel, William G. (Jacksonian, New York)

New Shoreham, RI, July 17, 1790-August

13, 1858. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827;

March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833.

Territories 21.

Indian Affairs 22.

Angell, Homer Daniel (Republican,

Oregon) The Dalles, OR, January 12,

1875-March 31, 1968. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1955.

Territories 77, 78, 79.

Anthony, Joseph Biles (Jacksonian,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, June 19,

1795-January 10, 1851. March 4, 1833-

March 3, 1837.

Territories 23.

Arens, Henry Martin (Farmer-Laborite,

Minnesota) Westphalia, Germany,
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November 21, 1873-October 6, 1963.

March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Territories 73.

Arentz, Samuel Shaw (Ulusses)

(Republican,Nevada)Chicago, IL, January

8, 1879-June 17, 1934. March 4, 1921-

March 3, 1923; March 4, 1925-March 3,

1933.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 67.

Mines and Mining 67, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71, 72.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71, 72.

Indian Affairs 70, 71.

Armfield, Robert Franklin (Democrat,

North Carolina) Greensboro, NC, July 9,

1829-November 9, 1898. March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Armstrong, William S. (Democrat,Virginia)

Lisburn, Ireland, December 23, 1782-May

10, 1865. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833.

Private Land Claims 19, 20.

Territories 20, 21.

Armstrong, William Hepburn

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Williamsport,

PA, September 7, 1824-May 14, 1919.

March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Indian Affairs 41.

Arnold, Issac Newton (Republican, Illinois)

Hartwick, NY, November 30, 1815-April

24, 1884. March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Arnold, Marshall (Democrat, Missouri)

Farmington, MO, October 21, 1845-June

12, 1913. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 52.

Private Lands 52.

Territories 53.

Arnold, Samuel Washington (Republican,

Missouri) Downing, MO, September 21,

1879-December 18, 1961. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1949.

Indian Affairs 78, 79.

Arnold, Warren Otis (Republican, Rhode

Island) Coventry, RI, June 3, 1839-April 1,

1910. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891;

March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 51.

Arnold, William Carlile (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Luthersburg, PA, July 15,

1851-March 20, 1906. March 4,

1895-March 3, 1899. 

Pacific Railroads 54, 55.

Arnot, John, Jr. (Democrat, New York)

Elmira, NY, March 11, 1831-November

20, 1886. March 3, 1883-November 20,

1886.

Territories 48.

Ashbrook, John Milan (Republican, Ohio)

Johnstown, OH, September 21, 1928-

April 24, 1982. January 3, 1961-April 24,

1982.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

Ashley, Delos Rodeyn (Republican,

Nevada) The Post, AR, February 19,

1828-July 18, 1973. March 4, 1865-March

3, 1869.

Mines and Mining 39, 40.

Public Lands 40.

Ashley, James Mitchell (Republican, Ohio)

Pittsburgh, PA, November 14, 1824-

September 16, 1896. March 4, 1859-March

3, 1869.

Territories 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Mines and Mining 39.

Ashley, William Henry (Democrat,

Missouri) Powhatan County, VA, 1778-

March 26, 1838. October 31, 1831-March

3, 1837.

Private Lands 22.

Public Lands 23.

Indian Affairs 24.

Ashmun, George (Whig, Massachusetts)

Blandford, MA, December 25, 1804-July

16, 1870. March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 29.

Indian Affairs 29.

Aspinall, Wayne Norviel (Democrat,

Colorado) Middleburg, OH, April 3, 1896-

October 9, 1983. January 3, 1949-January

3, 1973.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85,

86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.

Aswell, James Benjamin (Democrat,

Louisiana) Vernon, LA, December 23,

1869-March 16, 1931. March 4, 1913-

March 16, 1931.

Interior and Insular Affairs 65.

Atherton, Charles Humphrey (Federalist,

New Hampshire) Amherst, NH, August

14, 1773-January 8, 1853. March 4, 1815-

March 3, 1817.

Private Lands 14.

Atherton, Gibson (Democrat, Ohio)

Newark,OH,January 19, 1831-November

10, 1887. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Atkins, Chester Greenough (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Geneva, Switzerland, April

14, 1948—. January 3, 1985—. 

Interior and Insular Affairs 99.
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Atkins, John DeWitt Clinton (Democrat,

Tennessee) near Manly’s Chapel, TN, June

4, 1825-June 2, 1908. March 4,

1857-March 3, 1859; March 4, 1873-March

3, 1883.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Atwood, David (Republican, Wisconsin)

Bedford, NH, December 15, 1815-

December 11, 1889. February 23, 1870-

March 3, 1871.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Austin, Richard Wilson (Republican,

Tennessee) Decatur, AL, August 26, 1857-

April 20, 1919. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1919.

Mines and Mining 63.

Insular Affairs 64, 65.

Averill, John Thomas (Republican,

Minnesota) Alna, ME, March 1, 1825-

October 3, 1889. March 4, 1871-March 3,

1875.

Indian Affairs 42, 43.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Avery, John (Republican, Michigan)

Watertown, NY, February 29, 1824-

January 21, 1914. March 4, 1893-March 3,

1897.

Territories 53, 54.

Avery, William Tecumsah (Democrat,

Tennessee) Hardeman, TN, November

11, 1819-May 22, 1880. March 4, 1857-

March 3, 1861.

Private Lands 35, 36.

Axtell, Samuel Beach (Democrat,

California) Columbus, OH, October 14,

1819-August 6, 1891. March 4,

1867-March 3, 1871.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Appointed Governor of Utah Territory in

1874.

Ayers, Roy Elmer (Democrat, Montana)

Lewistown, MT, November 9, 1882-May

23, 1955. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Public Lands 73, 74.

Governor of Montana, 1937-1941.

B

Babbitt, Clinton (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Westmoreland, NH, November 16,

1831-March 11, 1907. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893.

Private Lands 52.

Babcock, Joseph Weeks (Republican,

Wisconsin) Swanton, VT, March 6,

1850-April 27, 1909. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1907.

Insular Affairs 56.

Bachman, Reuben Knecht (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Williams Township, PA,

August 6, 1834-September 19, 1911.

Territories 46.

Bacon, Robert Low (Republican, New

York) Jamaica Plains, MA, July 23,

1884-September 12, 1938. March 4,

1923-September 12, 1938.

Insular Affairs 68, 69.

Territories 75.

Baer, John Miller (Republican, ND) Black

Creek, WI, March 29, 1886-February

18, 1970. July 10, 1917-March 3, 1921.

Territories 65, 66.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 66.

Public Lands 66.

Bagley, George Augustus (Republican,

New York) Watertown, NY, July 22,

1826-May 12, 1915.

Territories 44, 45.

Bailey, Alexander Hamilton

(Republican, New York) Minisink, NY,

August 14, 1817-April 20, 1874.

November 30, 1867-March 3, 1871.

Private Lands 40.

Indian Affairs 41.

Bailey, Cleveland Monroe (Democrat,

West Virginia) St. Marys, WV, July 15,

1886-July 13, 1965. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-January

3, 1963.

Indian Affairs 79.

Bailey, David Jackson (States Rights /

Democrat, Georgia) Lexington, VA,

March 11, 1812-June 14, 1897. March 4,

18151-March 3, 1855.

Territories 32, 33.

Bailey, Goldsmith Fox (Republican,

Massachusetts) Westmoreland, NH,

July 17, 1823-May 8, 1862. March 4
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1861-May 8, 1862.

Territories 37.

Bailey, John Mosher (Republican, New

York) Bethlehem, NY, August 24,

1838-February 21, 1916. November 5,

1878, to March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Bailey, Joseph Weldon (Democrat,

Texas) Crystal Springs, MS, October 6,

1862-April 13, 1929. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1901.

Public Lands 52.

Bailey, Joseph Weldon, Jr. (Democrat,

Texas) Gainesville, TX, December 15,

1892-July 17, 1943. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73.

Bailey, Warren Worth (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) New Winchester, IN,

January 8, 1855-November 9, 1928.

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917.

Insular Affairs 63, 64.

Baker, Charles Simeon (Republican,

New York) Churchville, NY, February

18, 1839-April 21, 1902. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1891.

Territories 49, 50, 51.

Baker, Edward Dickenson (Republican,

Illinois) London, England, February 24,

1811-October 21, 1861. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Senator from Oregon, 36th-37th

Congresses.

Baker, Jacob Thompson (Democrat,

New Jersey) Cowan, PA, April 13,

1847-December 7, 1919. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915.

Insular Affairs 63.

Baker, Jehu (Republican / Democrat,

Illinois) Lexington, KY, November 4,

1822-March 1, 1903. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1869; March 4, 1887-March 3,

1889; March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899.

Private Lands 39.

Baker, Osmyn (Whig, Massachusetts)

Amherst, MA, May 18, 1800-February

19, 1875. January 14, 1840-March 3,

1845.

Indian Affairs 28.

Baker, Richard Hugh (Republican,

Louisiana) New Orleans, LA, May 22,

1948—. January 3, 1987-.

Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 102,

103.

Baker, Robert (Democrat, New York)

Bury St. Edmunds, England, in April

1862-June 15, 1943. March 4,

1903-March 3, 1905.

Pacific Railroads 58.

Baker, William (Populist, Kansas)

Centerville, PA, April 29, 1831-February

11, 1910. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 53.

Baldwin, Henry Alexander(Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii)

Paliuli, Hawaii, January 12, 1871-

October 8, 1946. March 25, 1922-March

3, 1923.

Territories 67.

Ball, Edward (Republican, Ohio) Fairfax,

VA, November 6, 1811-November 22,

1872. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857.

Indian Affairs 33.

Bankhead, William Brockman

(Democrat, Alabama) Moscow, AL,

April 12, 1874-September 15, 1940.

March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 67.

Speaker of the House, 74th-76th

Congresses.

Banks, Linn (Democrat, Virginia)

Culpeper County (Madison) VA,

January 23, 1784-January 13, 1842. April

28, 1838-December 6, 1841.

Indian Affairs 25.

Banks, Nathaniel Prentice (Democrat /

American Party / Republican / Union

Republican / Independent,

Massachusetts) Waltham, MA, January

30, 1816-September 1, 1894. March 4,

1853-December 24, 1857; December 4,

1865-March 3, 1873; March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879; March 4, 1889-March 3,

1891.

Mines and Mining 42.

Governor of Massachusetts, 1858-1861.

Speaker of the House, 34th Congress.

Barber, J. Allen (Republican, Wisconsin)

Georgia, VT, January 17, 1809-June 17,

1881. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Private Lands 42.

Barbour, Henry Ellsworth (Republican,

California) Ogdensburg, NY, March 8,

1877-March 21, 1945. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 66, 67.

Public Lands 66, 67.

Barclay, Charles Frederick (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Owego, NY, May 9,

1844-March 9, 1914. March 4, 1907-
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March 3, 1911.

Indian Affairs 61.

Barham, John All (Republican, California)

Cass County, MO, July 17, 1843-January

22, 1926. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54, 55, 56.

Baring, Walter Stephen, Jr. (Democrat,

Nevada) Goldfield, NV, September 9,

1911-July 13, 1875. January 3, 1949-

January 3, 1953; January 3, 1957-January

3, 1979.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 85, 86,

87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.

Barksdale, Ethelbert (Democrat,

Mississippi) Smyrna, TN, January 4,

1824-February 17, 1893. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1887.

Private Lands 49.

Barlow, Thomas J., III, (Democrat,

Kentucky) Washington, DC, August 7,

1940 —. January 3, 1993-January 3,

1995.

Natural Resources 103.

Barnes, George Thomas (Democrat,

Georgia) Augusta (Summerville) GA,

August 14, 1833-October 24, 1901.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891.

Territories 49, 50, 51.

Pacific Railroads 50.

Barney, Samuel Stebbins (Republican,

Wisconsin) Hartford, WI, January 31,

1846-December 31, 1919. March 4,

1895-March 3, 1903.

Public Lands 54, 55.

Barnum, William Henry (Democrat,

Connecticut) Boston Corner, NY,

September 17, 1818-April 30, 1889.

March 4, 1867-May 18, 1876.

Territories 42.

Pacific Railroads 41, 43.

Senator from Connecticut, 44th-45th

Congresses.

Barrere, Granville (Republican, Illinois)

New Market, OH, July 11, 1829-January

13, 1889. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Private Lands 43.

Barret, John Richard (Democrat,

Missouri) Greensburg, KY, August 21,

1825-November 2, 1903.

Public Lands 36.

Barret, Frank Aloysius (Republican,

Wyoming) Omaha, NE, November 10,

1892-May 30, 1962. January 3, 1943-

December 31, 1950.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Public Lands 78, 79, 80, 81.

Governor of Wyoming, 1951-1953.

Senator from Wyoming, 83d-86th

Congresses.

Barrett, William Aloysius (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, August

14, 1896-April 12, 1976. January 3,

1945-January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-

April 12, 1976.

Public Lands 79.

Barrett, Thomas M. (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Milwaukee, Milwaukee

County, WI, December 8, 1953 —.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Barringer, Daniel Laurens (Democrat,

North Carolina) Poplar Grove, NC,

October 1, 1788-October 16, 1852.

December 4, 1826-March 3, 1835.

Territories 19.

Barringer, Daniel Moreau (Whig, North

Carolina) Poplar Grove, NC, July 30,

1806-September 1, 1873. March 4,

1843-March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 29, 30.

Barrows, Samuel June (Republican,

Massachusetts) New York, NY, May 26,

1845-April 21, 1909. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1899.

Indian Affairs 55.

Barry, Frederick George (Democrat,

Mississippi) Woodbury, TN, January 12,

1845-May 7, 1909. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 49.

Bartholdt,Richard (Republican, Missouri)

Schleiz, Germany, November 2, 1855-

March 19, 1932. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1915.

Private Lands 54.

Bartlett, Charles Lafayette (Democrat,

Georgia) Monticello, GA, January 31,

1853-April 21, 1938. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1915.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Bartlett, Edward Lewis (Bob)

(Democrat, Delegate from the Territory

of Alaska) Seattle, WA, April 20, 1904-

December 11, 1968. January. 3, 1945-

January 3, 1959.

Mines and Mining 79.

Public Lands 80, 81, 82.

Indian Affairs 79.

Insular Affairs 79.

Territories 79.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84,
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85.

Senator from Alaska, 86th-90th

Congresses.

Bartlett, George Arthur (Democrat,

Nevada) San Francisco, CA, November

30, 1869-June 1, 1951. March 4, 1907-

March 3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 60, 61.

Mines and Mining 60, 61.

Pacific Railraods 60, 61.

Barton, Bruce (Republican, New York)

Robbins, TN, August 5, 1886-July 5,

1967. November 2, 1937-January 3,

1941.

Indian Affairs 75.

Barton, Joe Linus (Republican, Texas)

Waco, TX, September 15, 1949—.

January 3, 1985-January 3, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99.

Barton, Richard Walker (Whig, Virginia)

Winchester, VA, 1800-March 15, 1859.

March 4, 1841-March 3-1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Bassett, Burwell (Republican, Virginia)

New Kent, VA, March 18, 1764-

February 26, 1841. March 4, 1805-

March 3, 1813; March 4, 1815-March 3,

1819; March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829.

Public Lands 9, 17.

Bates, Edward (—, Missouri) Belmont,

VA, September 4, 1793-March 25, 1869.

March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829.

Private Lands 20.

Baumann, Robert Edmund

(Republican, Maryland) Bryn Mawr, PA,

April 4, 1937—. August 21, 1973-

January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95.

Baylies, Francis (—, Massachusetts)

Taunton, MA, October 16, 1783-

October 28, 1852. March 4, 1821-March

3, 1827.

Territories 19.

Baylor, Robert Emmett Bladsoe

(Jacksonian, Alabama) Lincoln County,

KY, May 10, 1793-January 6, 1874.

March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831.

Private Lands 21.

Bayly, Thomas (Federalist, Maryland)

Quantico, MD, September 13, 1775-

1829. March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823.

Private Lands 15.

Indian Affairs 17.

Beale, Charles Lewis (Republican, New

York) Canaan, NY, March 5, 1824-

January 29, 1900. March 4, 1859-March

3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 36.

Beale, Joseph Giant (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Freeport, PA, March 26,

1839-May 21, 1915. March 4, 1907-

March 3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 60.

Beall, James Andrew (Democrat, Texas)

Midlothian, TX, October 25, 1866-

February 12, 1929. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1915.

Territories 59.

Public Lands 62.

Beaman, Fernando Cortez (Republican,

Michigan) Chester, VT, June 28, 1814-

September 27, 1882. March 4, 1861-

March 3, 1871.

Territories 37, 38, 39.

Bean, Curtis Coe (Republican, Delegate

from the Territory of Arizona)

Tamworth, Carroll County, NH,

January 4, 1828-February 1, 1904.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 49.

Beatty, William (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Stewartstown, Ireland, 1787-April 12,

1851. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Private Lands 25.

Beckworth, Lindley Garrison, Sr.

(Democrat, Texas) Mabank, TX, June

30, 1913-March 9, 1984. January 3,

1939-January 3, 1953; January 3, 1957-

January 3, 1967.

Indian Affairs 76.

Mines and Mining 76, 77.

Insular Affairs 76, 77.

Beebe, George Monroe (Democrat, New

York) New Vernon, NY, October 28,

1836-March 1, 1927. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Indian Affairs 45.

Mines and Mining 45.

Beedy, Carroll Lynwood (Republican,

Maine) Phillips, ME, August 3, 1880-

August 30, 1947. March 4, 1921-January

3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.

Indian Affairs 71.

Beers, Edward McMath (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Nossville, PA, March 27,

1877-April 21, 1932. March 4, 1923-

April 21, 1932.

Territories 68.

Begich, Nicholas Joseph (Democrat,

Alaska) Eveleth, MN April 6, 1932-
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December 29, 1972. January 3, 1971-

December 29, 1972.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

Beiter, Alfred Florian (Democrat, New

York) Clarence, NY, July 7, 1894-March

11, 1974. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1939; January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75, 77.

Belford, James Burns (Republican,

Colorado) Lewistown, PA, September

28, 1837-January 10, 1910. October 3,

1876-December 13, 1877; March 4,

1879-March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 46.

Public Lands 47, 48.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Bell, Charles Jasper (Democrat, Missouri)

Lake City, CO, January 16, 1885-

January 21, 1978. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1949.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 80.

Bell, Charles Keith (Democrat, Texas)

Chattanooga, TN, April 18, 1853-April

21, 1913. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 53, 54.

Bell, John (Whig, Tennessee) Nashville,

TN, February 15, 1797-September 10,

1869. March 24, 1827-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 21, 22, 24, 25, 26.

Speaker of the House, 23d Congress.

Senator from Tennessee, 30th-35th

Congresses.

Bell, John Calhoun (Populist, Colorado)

Sewanee, TN, December 11, 1851-

August 12, 1933. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1903.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 54.

Public Lands 54.

Private Lands 53.

Bell, Peter Hansbrough (Democrat,

Texas) Spotsylvania County, VA, May

12, 1812-March 8, 1898. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1857.

Private Lands 33.

Governor of Texas, 1849-1853.

Bell, Samuel Newell (Democrat, New

Hampshire) Chester, NH, March 25,

1829-February 8, 1889. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1873; March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877.

Private Lands 42.

Bell, Theodore Arlington (Democrat,

California) Vallejo, CA, July 25, 1872-

September 4, 1922. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1905.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 58.

Bellamy, John Dillard (Democrat, North

Carolina) Wilmington, NC, March 24,

1854-September 25, 1942. March 4,

1899-March 3, 1903.

Irrigation and Arid Lands 57.

Bender, George Harrison (Republican,

Ohio) Cleveland, OH, September 29,

1896-June 18, 1961. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1949; January 3, 1951-

December 15, 1954.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83.

Senator from OH, 84th-85th

Congresses.

Benham, John Samuel (Republican,

Indiana) Benham, IN, October 24,

1863-December 11, 1935. March 4,

1919-March 3, 1923.

Public Lands 66, 67.

Benitez, Jaime (Popular Democrat,

Resident Commissioner from the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Vieques, PR, October 29, 1908—.

November 7, 1972-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94.

Bennet, William Stiles (Republican, New

York) Port Jervis, NY, November 9,

1870-December 1, 1962. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1911; November 2, 1915-

March 3, 1917.

Private Lands 59, 60.

Bennett, Granville Gaylord,

(Republican, Delegate from the Dakota

Territory) Bloomingburg, OH, October

9, 1833-June 28, 1910. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1881.

Public Lands 46.

Bennett, Henry (Whig / Republican, New

York) New Lisbon, NY, September 29,

1808-May 10, 1868. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1859.

Public Lands 32, 33, 34, 35.

Bennett, John Bonifas (Republican,

Michigan) Garden, MI, January 10,

1904-August 9, 1964. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1945; January 3, 1947-August

9, 1964.

Territories 78.

Bennett, Marion Tinsley (Republican,

Missouri) Buffalo, MO, June 6, 1914—.

January 12, 1943-January 3, 1949.

Territories 79.

Bennett, Philip Allen (Republican,

Missouri) Buffalo, MO, March 5, 1881-

December 7, 1942. January 3, 1941-

December 7, 1942.
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Indian Affairs 77.

Benton, Charles Swan (Democrat, New

York) Fryeburg, ME, July 12, 1810-May

4, 1882. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 28, 29.

Benton, Jacob (Republican, New

Hampshire) Waterford, VT, August 19,

1814-September 29, 1892. March 4,

1867-March 3, 1871.

Private Lands 40.

Benton, Maecenas Eason (Democrat,

Missouri) Dyersburg, TN, January 29,

1848-April 27, 1924. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1905.

Indian Affairs 55.

Bentsen, Lloyd Millard, Jr. (Democrat,

Texas) Mission, TX, February 11,

1921—. December 4, 1948-January 3,

1955.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs, 82, 83.

Senator from Texas, 92d-101st

Congresses.

Bereuter, Douglas Kent (Republican,

Nebraska) York, NE, October 6,

1939—. January 3, 1979—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97.

Berger, Victor Luitpold (Socialist,

Wisconsin) Nieder Rebbach, AustriaHungary, February 28, 1860-August 7,

1929. March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913;

March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70.

Berlin, William Markle (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Delmont, PA, March 29,

1880-October 14, 1962. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1937.

Mines and Mining 73, 74.

Berman, Howard Lawrence,

(Democrat, California) Los Angeles,

CA, April 15, 1941 — January 3,

1983-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Berry, Campbell Polson (Democrat,

California) Jackson, AL, November

1834-January 8, 1901. March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46, 47.

Public Lands 46.

Berry, Ellis Yarnal (Republican, South

Dakota) Larchwood, IA, October 6,

1902—. January 3, 1951-January 3,

1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84,

85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91.

Beveridge, John Lourie (Republican,

Illinois) Greenwich, NY, July 6, 1824-

May 3, 1910.November 7, 1871-January

4, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Governor of Illinois January 23, 1873-

January 1877.

Bibb, William Wyatt (Democrat, Georgia)

Amelia County, VT, October 2, 1781-

July 9, 1820. January 26, 1807-

November 6, 1813.

Public Lands 10, 11.

Senator from Georgia, 13th-14th

Congresses. Governor of Georgia,

1817-1820.

Bicknell, George Augustus (Democrat,

Indiana) Philadelphia, PA, February 6,

1815-April 11, 1891. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 45.

Bidlack, Benjamin Alden (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Paris, NY, September 8,

1804-February 6, 1849. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1845.

Indian Affairs 27, 28.

Bidwell, John (Republican, California)

Chautauqua County, NY, August 5,

1819-April 4, 1900. March 4,

1865-March 3, 1867.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Bigelow, Abijah (Federalist,

Massachusetts) Westminster, MA,

December 5, 1775-April 5, 1860.

October 8, 1810-March 3, 1815.

Public Lands 12, 13.

Bigelow,Lewis (Federalist, Massachusetts)

Petersham, MA, August 16, 1785-

October 2, 1838. March 4, 1821-March

3, 1823.

Indian Affairs 17.

Biggs, Benjamin Thomas (Democrat,

Deleware) Summit Bridge, DE,

October 1, 1821-December 25, 1893.

March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873.

Mines and Mining 41.

Governor of Delaware, 1887-1891.

Biggs, Marion (Democrat, California)

Curryville, MO, May 2, 1823-August 2,

1910. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 50.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Billinghurst, Charles (Republican,

Wisconsin) Brighton, NY, July 27,

1818-AAugust 18, 1865. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1859.

Indian Affairs 34.
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Billmeyer, Alexander (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Liberty Township, PA,

January 7, 1841-May 24, 1924.

November 4, 1902-March 3, 1903.

Mines and Mining 57.

Binderup, Charles Gustav (Democrat,

Nebraska) Horsens, Denmark, March 5,

1873-August 19, 1950. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1939.

Territories 74, 75.

Bingham, Henry Harrison (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA,

December 4, 1841-March 22, 1912.

March 4, 1879-March 22, 1912.

Mines and Mining 47.

Private Lands 52.

Bingham, Jonathan Brewster

(Democrat, New York) New Haven,

CT, April 24, 1914-July 3, 1986. January

3, 1965-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 93, 94,

95, 96, 97.

Birdseye, Victory (Republican / Whig,

New York) Cornwall, CT, December

25, 1782-September 16, 1853. March 4,

1815-March 3, 1817; March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 27.

Indian Affairs 27.

Bishop, Cecil William (Runt)

(Republican, Illinois) West Vienna, IL,

June 29, 1890-September 21, 1971.

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1955.

Mines and Mining 77, 78, 79.

Bishop, Roswell Peter (Republican,

Michigan) Sidney, NY, January 6, 1843-

March 4, 1920. March 4, 1995-March 3,

1907.

Private Land Claims 54, 55, 56.

Bissell, William Harrison (Democrat /

Independent Democrat, Illinois)

Hartwick, NY, April 25, 1811-March 18,

1860. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1855.

Indian Affairs 31.

Governor of Illinois, 1857-1860.

Black, Edward Junius (Democrat,

Georgia) Beaufort, SC, October 30,

1806-September 1, 1846. March 4,

1839-March 3, 1841; January 3, 1842-

March 3, 1845.

Territories 27, 28.

Black, Frank Swett (Republican, New

York) Limington, ME, March 8, 1853-

March 22, 1913. March 1, 1895-January

7, 1897.

Private Land Claims 54.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Governor of New York, 1897-1899.

Black, James Augustus (South Carolina)

Abbeville, SC, 1793-April 3, 1848.

March 4, 1843-April 3, 1848.

Private Land Claims 28.

Blackledge, William (Democrat, North

Carolina) Craven County, NC, ?-

October 19, 1828. March 4, 1803-March

3, 1809; March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813.

Public Land Claims 9, 12.

Blackney, William Wallace (Republican,

Michigan) Clio, MI, August 28, 1876-

March 14, 1963. January 3, 1835-January

3, 1837; January 3, 1839-January 3,

1853.

Territories 74.

Blair, Austin (Republican, Michigan)

Caroline, NY, February 8, 1818-August

6, 1894. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 41.

Governor of Michigan, 1861-1865.

Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (Republican,

Missouri) Lexington, KY, February 19,

1821-July 8, 1875. March 4, 1857-March

3, 1859; June 8-25, 1860; March 4, 1861-

July, 1862; March 4, 1863-June 10, 1864.

Private Land Claims 35, 38.

Public Lands 36.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Senator from Missouri, 41st-42d

Congresses.

Blair, Henry William (Republican, New

Hampshire) Campton, NH, December

6, 1834-March 14, 1920. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1879; March 4,

1893-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 44, 45, 53.

Blair, Samuel Steel (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Indiana, PA, December

5, 1821-December 8, 1890. March 4,

1859-March 3, 1863.

Private Land Claims 36, 37.

Territories 37.

Blake, Thomas Holdsworth (—,

Indiana) Calvert County, MD, June 14,

1792-November 28, 1849. March 4,

1827-March 3, 1829.

Private Land Claims 20.

Blanchard, John (Whig, Pennsylvania)

Peacham Township, VT, September 30,

1787-March 9, 1849. March 4, 1845-

March 3, 1849.

Public Lands 29.

Blanchard, Newton Crain (Democrat,

Louisiana) Rapids Parish, LA, January
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29, 1849-June 22, 1922. March 4, 1881-

March 12, 1894.

Indian Affairs 47.

Senator from Louisiana, 53d-54th

Congresses. Governor of Louisiana,

1904-1908.

Bland, Richard Parks (Democrat,

Missouri) Hartford, KY, August 19,

1835-June 15, 1899. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1895; March 4, 1897-1899.

Mines and Mining 44

Bland, Schuyler Otis (Democrat,

Virginia) Glouster, VA, May 4, 1872-

February 16, 1950. July 2, 1918-

February 16, 1950.

Interior and Insular Affairs 65, 66.

Blanton, Thomas Lindsay (Democrat,

Texas) Houston, TX, October 25, 1872-

August 11, 1957. March 4, 1917-March

3, 1929; May 20, 1930-January 3, 1937.

Irrigation and Reclamation 65.

Indian Affairs 70.

Blaz, Ben Garrido (Republican, Delegate

from the Territory of Guam) Agana,

Guam, February 14, 1928—. January 3,

1985—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100, 101,

102.

Bliss, Archibald Meserole (Democrat,

New York) Brooklyn, NY, January 25,

1838-March 19, 1923. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1883; March 4,

1885-March 3, 1889. 

Pacific Railroads 46, 47, 49.

Boardman, William Whiting (Whig,

Connecticut) New Milford, CT,

October 10, 1794-August 27, 1871.

December 7, 1940-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 26.

Boatner, Charles Jahleal (Democrat,

Louisiana) Columbia, Caldwell Parish,

La., January 23, 1849-March 21, 1903.

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895; June 10,

1896, to March 3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 53, 54.

Boehne, John William, Jr. (Democrat,

Indiana) Evansville, IN, March 2, 1895-

July 5, 1973. March 4, 1931-January 3,

1943.

Mines and Mining 72.

Boen, Haldor Erickson (Populist,

Minnesota) Sondre Aurdal, Norway,

January 2, 1851-July 23, 1912. March 4,

1893-March 3, 1895.

Territories 53.

Bokee, David Alexander (Whig, New

York) New York, NY, October 6, 1805-

March 15, 1860. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1851.

Indian Affairs 31.

Boles, Thomas (Republican, Arkansas)

Clarksville, AR, July 16, 1837-March 13,

1905. June 22, 1868-March 3, 1871;

February 9, 1872-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 42.

Bolton, Frances Payne (Republican,

Ohio) Cleveland, OH, March 29, 1885-

March 9, 1977. February 27, 1940-

January 3, 1969.

Indian Affairs 76.

Bonynge, Robert William (Republican,

Colorado) New York, NY, September

8, 1863-September 22, 1939. February

16, 1904-March 3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 58, 59.

Booher, Charles Ferris (Democrat,

Missouri) East Groveland, NY, January

31, 1848-January 21, 1921. February 19-

March 3, 1889; March 4, 1907-January

21, 1921.

Territories 62.

Boon, Ratliff(Democrat, Indiana) Franklin

County, NC, January 16, 1781-

November 20, 1844. March 4, 1825-

March 3, 1827; March 4, 1829-March 3,

1839.

Public Land Claims 22, 23, 24, 25.

Governor of Indiana, September 12,-

December 5, 1822.

Boone, Andrew Rechmond (Democrat,

Kentucky)Davidson County, TN, April

4, 1831-January 26, 1886. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1879.

Indian Affairs 44, 45.

Mines and Mining 45.

Boothman, Melvin Morella

(Republican, Ohio) Bryan, OH,

October 16, 1846-March 5, 1904. March

4, 1887-March 3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 51.

Borden, Nathaniel Briggs (Jacksonian /

Democrat / Whig, Massachusetts) Falls

River, MA, April 15, 1801-April 10,

1865. March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839.

Territories 24, 25.

Boreing, Vincent (Republican, Kentucky)

Jonesboro, TN, November 24, 1839-

September 16, 1903. March 4, 1899-

September 16, 1903.

Territories 56, 57.

Bosone, Reva Zilpha Beck (Democrat,

Utah) American Fork, UT, April 2,
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1895-July 21, 1983. January 3, 1949-

January 3, 1953.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Bouck, Gabriel (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Fultonham, NY, December 16, 1828-

February 21, 1904. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 45.

Territories 46.

Bouligny, John Edward (American

Party, Louisiana) New Orleans, LA,

February 5, 1824-February 20, 1864.

Private Land Claims 36.

Boutwell, George Sewel (Republican,

Massachusetts) Brookline, MA, January

28, 1818-February 27, 1905. March 4,

1863-March 12, 1869.

Private Land Claims 39.

Senator from Massachusetts, 43d-44th

Congresses.

Bowdle, Stanley Eyre (Democrat, Ohio)

Clifton, OH, September 4, 1868-April 6,

1919. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915.

Irrigation and Reclamation 63.

Bowen, Henry (Readjuster / Republican,

Virginia) Tazewell, VA, December 26,

1841-April 29, 1915. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1885; March 4, 1887-March 3,

1889.

Private Land Claims 50.

Bower, William Horton (Democrat,

North Carolina) Wilkesboro, NC, June

6, 1850-May 11, 1910. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1895.

Indian Affairs 53.

Bowers, William Wallace (Republican,

California) Whitestown, NY, October

20, 1834-May 2, 1917. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1897.

Public Lands 54.

Bowie, Thomas Fielder (Democrat,

Maryland) Queen Anne, MD, April 7,

1808-October 30, 1869. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1859.

Private Land Claims 34.

Bowlin, James Butler (Democrat,

Missouri) Fredericksburg, VA, January

16, 1804-July 19, 1874. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 29, 30.

Public Lands 31.

Bowling, William Bismark (Democrat,

Alabama) Iron City, AL, September 24,

1870-December 27, 1946. December

14, 1920-August 16, 1928.

Insular Affairs 67.

Bowman, Charles Calvin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Troy, NY, November 14,

1852-July 3, 1941. March 4, 1911-

December 12, 1912.

Mines and Mining 62.

Bowman, Thomas (Democrat, Iowa)

Wiscasset, ME, May 25, 1848-

December 1, 1917. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893.

Mines and Mining 52.

Boxer, Barbara (Democrat, California)

Brooklyn, NY, November 11, 1940—.

January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98.

Boyd, Adam (Democrat, New Jersey)

Mendham, NJ, March 21, 1746-August

15, 1835. March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805;

March 8, 1808-March 3, 1813.

Public Lands 10, 11, 12.

Boyd, John Frank (Republican, Nebraska)

Connellsville, PA, August 8, 1953-May

28, 1945. March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Private Land Claims 60.

Boyd, Linn (Jacksonian / Democrat,

Kentucky) Nashville, TN, November

22, 1800-December 17, 1859. March 4,

1835-March 3, 1837; March 4, 1839-

March 3, 1855.

Territories 24, 29, 31.

Public Lands 28.

Indian Affairs 29.

Speaker of the House, 32d-33d

Congresses.

Boyd, Sempronius Hamilton

(Unconditional Unionist / Republican,

Missouri) Nashville, TN, May 28, 1828-

June 22, 1894. March 4, 1869-March 3,

1871.

Indian Affairs 38.

Boykin, Frank William (Democrat,

Alabama) Bladon Springs, AL, February

21, 1885-March 12, 1969. July 30, 1935-

January 3, 1963.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Boyle, Charles Edmund (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Uniontown, PA,

February 4, 1836-December 15, 1888.

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Territories 49.

Boyle, John (Republicam, Kentucky) Castle

Woods,VA,October 28, 1774-February

28, 1835. March 4, 1803-March 3, 1809.

Public Lands 9, 10.

Bradley, Frederick Van Ness
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(Republican, Michigan) Chicago, IL,

April 12, 1898-May 24, 1947. January 3,

1939-May 24, 1947.

Indian Affairs 76.

Mines and Mining 76, 77, 78, 79.

Bradley, Nathan Ball (Republican,

Michigan) Lee, MA, May 28, 1831-

November 8, 1906. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 43.

Bradley, William Czar (Republican,

Vermont) Westminster, VT, March 23,

1782-March 3, 1867. March 4, 1813-

March 3, 1815; March 4, 1823-March 3,

1827.

Public Lands 18.

Brady, Jasper Ewing (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Sunbury, PA, March

4, 1797-January 26, 1871. March 4,

1847-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 30.

Brady, Kevin Patrick (Republican, Texas)

Vermillion, SD, April 11, 1955 —.

January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan (Democrat,

North Carolina) Enfield, NC,

November 28, 1820-September 17,

1862. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861.

Territories 35.

Branch, William Augustus Blount

(Democrat, North Carolina)

Tallahassee, FL, February 26, 1847-

November 18, 1910. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1895.

Territories 52, 53.

Brandegee, Frank Bosworth

(Republican, Connecticut) New

London, CT, July 8, 1864-October 14,

1924. November 5, 1902-May 10, 1905.

Irrigation and Reclamation 57.

Senator from Connecticut, 59th-68th

Congresses.

Brawley, William Huggins (Democrat,

South Carolina) Chester, SC, May 13,

1841-November 15, 1916. March 4,

1891-February 12, 1894.

Indian Affairs 52.

Breckinridge,James (Federalist, Virginia)

Fincastle, VA, March 7, 1763-May 13,

1833. March 4, 1809-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 12, 13.

Brehm, Walter Ellsworth (Republican,

Ohio) Somerset, OH, May 25, 1892-

August 24, 1971. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1953.

Mines and Mining 78, 79.

Public Lands 78.

Breitung, Edward (Republican, Michigan)

Schalkau, Germany, November 10,

1831-March 3, 1887. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Brenton, Samuel (Whig / Republican,

Indiana) Gallatin County, KY,

November 22, 1810-March 29, 1857.

March 4, 1851-March 3, 1953; March 4,

1855-March 29, 1857.

Public Lands 34.

Brents, Thomas Hurley (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of

Washington) Florence, IL, December

24, 1840-October 23, 1916. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1885.

Public Lands 47, 48.

Brewer, Willis (Democrat, Alabama)

Livingston, AL, March 15, 1841-

October 30, 1912. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1901.

Insular Affairs 56.

Brewster, David P. (Democrat, New

York) Cairo, NY, June 15, 1801-

February 20, 1876. March 4, 1839-

March 3, 1843.

Territories 26.

Public Lands 27.

Brewster, Ralph Owen (Republican,

Maine) Dexter, ME, February 22, 1888-

December 25, 1961. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1941.

Insular Affairs 75.

Senator from Maine, 77th-82d

Congresses. Governor of Maine, 1925-

1929.

Brick, Abraham Linclon (Republican,

Indiana) South Bend, IN, May 27, 1860-

April 7, 1908. March 4, 1899-April 7,

1908.

Private Land Claims 56.

Territories 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Briggs, George (Whig / Republican, New

York) Broadalbin, NY, May 6, 1805-

June 1, 1869. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1853; March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 32.

Brigham, Elbert S. (Republican,

Vermont) St. Albans, VT, October 19,

1877-July 5, 1962. March 4, 1925-March

3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 69, 70.

Insular Affairs 69, 70.
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Bright, John Morgan (Democrat,

Tennessee) Fayetteville, TN, Jan 20,

1817-October 3, 1911. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 42, 43.

Brodbeck, Andrew R. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Jefferson (Codorus), PA,

April 11, 1860-February 27, 1937.

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915; March 4,

1917-March 3, 1919.

Public Lands 63.

Mines and Mining 65.

Broderick, Case (Republican, Kansas)

Marion, IN, September 23, 1839-April

1, 1920. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899.

Territories 55.

Brodhead, Richard (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Lehman Township, PA,

January 5, 1811-September 16, 1863.

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849.

Public Lands 30.

Senator from Pennsylvania, 32d-34th

Congresses.

Bronson, David (Whig, Maine) Suffield,

CT, February 8, 1800-November 20,

1863. May 31, 1941-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 27.

Bronson, Isaac Hopkins (Democrat,

New York) Rutland, NY, October 16,

1802-August 13, 1855. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1839;.

Territories 25.

Brooks, Edward Schroeder (Republican,

Pennsylvania) York, PA, June 14, 1867-

July 12, 1957. March 4, 1919-March 3,

1923.

Territories 66, 67.

Brooks, Edwin Bruce (Republican,

Illinois) Newton, IL, September 20,

1868-September 18, 1933. March 4,

1919-March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 66, 67.

Brooks, James (Whig, New York)

Portland, ME, November 10, 1810-

April 30, 1873. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1853; March 4, 1863-April 7, 1866;

March 4, 1867-April 30, 1873.

Public Lands 31.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Brooks, Johnson Twing (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Edgeworth (Sewickley),

PA, February 27, 1884-February 7,

1956. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937.

Territories 73.

Brosius, Marriott (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Colerain Township, PA,

March 7, 1843-March 16, 1901. March

4, 1889-March 16, 1901.

Private Land Claims 51.

Brown, Aaron V. (Democrat, Tennessee)

Brunswick County, VA, August 15,

1795-March 8, 1859. March 4, 1839-

March 3, 1845.

Territories 28.

Governor of Tennessee, 1845-1847.

Brown, Charles (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Philadelphia, PA, September 23, 1739-

September 4, 1883. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843; March 4, 1847-March 3,

1849.

Private Land Claims 27.

Brown, George Hanks (Hank)

(Republican, Colorado) Denver, CO,

February 12, 1940—. January 3, 1981—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98.

Brown, Jason Brevoort (Democrat,

Indiana) Dillsboro, Dearborn County,

Ind., February 26, 1839-March 10, 1898.

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Brown, John W. (Jacksonian, New York)

Dundee, Scotland, October 11, 1796-

September 6, 1875. March 4, 1833-

March 3, 1837.

Territories 24.

Brown, John Young (Democrat,

Kentucky) Claysville, KY, June 28,

1835-January 11, 1904. March 4, 1859-

March 3, 1861; March 4, 1873-March 3,

1877.

Territories 43.

Brown, John Young (Democrat,

Kentucky) Geigers Lake, KY, February

1, 1900-June 16, 1985. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 73.

Brown, Lathrop (Democrat, New York)

New York, NY, February 26, 1883-

November 28, 1959. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915.

Public Lands 63.

Brown, Milton (Whig, Tennessee)

Lebanon, OH, February 28, 1804-May

15, 1883. March 4, 1841-March 3, 1847.

Territories 28.

Brown, Seth W. (Republican, Ohio)

Waynesville, OH, January 4, 1841-

February 24, 1923. March 4,

1897-March 3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 56.
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Brown, Webster Everett (Republican,

Wisconsin) Peterboro Village, NY, July

16, 1851-December 14, 1929. March 4,

1901-March 3, 1907.

Indian Affairs 57, 58, 59.

Mines and Mining 57, 58, 59.

Brown, William Gay, Jr. (Democrat,

West Virginia) Kingwood, VA, (WA),

April 7, 1856-March 9, 1916. March 4,

1911-March 9, 1916.

Mines and Mining 64.

Brown, William John (Democrat,

Indiana) Washington, KY, August 15,

1805-March 18, 1857. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1845; March 4, 1849-March 3,

1851.

Private Land Claims 28, 31.

Brumbaugh, ClementLaird(Democrat,

Ohio) Pikeville, OH, February 28, 1863-

September 28, 1921. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1921.

Insular Affairs 63, 64, 65, 66.

Territories 63, 64, 65.

Brumbaugh, David Emmett

(Republican,Pennsylvania)Martinsburg,

PA, October 8, 1894-April 22, 1977.

November 2, 1943-January 3, 1947.

Territories 78.

Brumm, Charles Napoleon (Jacksonian

/ Republican, Pennsylvania) Pottsville,

PA, June 9, 1838-January 11, 1917.

March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889; March 4,

1895-March 3, 1899; November 6,

1906-January 4, 1909.

Mines and Mining 47.

Private Land Claims 59, 60.

Brumm, George Franklin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Minnesville, PA, January

24, 1880-May 29, 1934. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1927; March 4, 1929-May 29,

1934.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 71.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 71, 72, 73.

Mines and Mining 68, 69.

Brundidge, Stephen, Jr. (Democrat,

Arkansas) Searcy, AR, January 1, 1857-

January 14, 1938. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1909.

Public Lands 56, 57.

Brunner, David B. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Amity, PA, March 7,

1835-November 29, 1903. March 4,

1889-March 3, 1893.

Private Land Claims 51, 52.

Brunner, William Frank (Democrat,

New York) Woodhaven, NY,

September 15, 1887-April 23, 1965.

March 4, 1929-September 27, 1935.

Indian Affairs 71.

Brush, Henry (—, Ohio) Dutchess

County, NY, June 1778-January 19,

1855. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821.

Public Lands 16.

Bruyn, Andrew DeWitt (Democrat, New

York) Warwarsing, NY, November 18,

1790-July 27, 1838. March 4, 1837-July

27, 1838.

Private Land Claims 25.

Bryan, Guy Morrison (Democrat, Texas)

Herculanelum, MO, January 12, 1821-

June 4, 1901. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1859.

Indian Affairs 35.

Bryan, Henry H. (—, Tennessee) Martin

County, NC, ?-May 7, 1835. March 4,

1819-March 3, 1821.

Private Land Claims 16.

Bryan, Joseph (Republican, Georgia)

Savannah, GA, August 18, 1773-

September 12, 1812. March 4, 1803-

1806.

Public Lands 9.

Bryson, Joseph Raleigh (Democrat,

South Carolina) Brevard, NC, January

18, 1893-March 10, 1953. January 3,

1939-March 10, 1953.

Territories 76.

Buck, AlfredEliab (Republican, Alabama)

Foxcroft, ME, February 7, 1832-

December 4, 1902. March 4,

1869-March 3, 1871.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Buck, John Ransom (Republican,

Connecticut) Glastonbury, CT,

December 6, 1835-February 6, 1917.

March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883; March 4,

1885-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 47.

Buckler, Richard Thompson (FarmerLaborite, Minnesota) Oakland, IL,

October 27, 1865-January 23, 1950.

January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 75, 76, 77.

Buckley, Charles Waldron (Republican,

Alabama) Unadilla, NY, February 18,

1835-December 4, 1906. July 21, 1868-

March 3, 1873.

Territories 41.

Buckman, Clarence Bennett

(Republican, Minnesota) Doylestown,
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PA, April 1, 1851-March 1, 1917. March

4, 1903-March 3, 1907.

Indian Affairs 58, 59.

Buckner, Aylett Hawes (Democrat,

Missouri) Fredericksburg, VA,

December 14, 1816-February 5, 1894.

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1885.

Private Land Claims 43, 44.

Buckner, Aylette (Whig, Kentucky)

Greensburg, KY, July 21, 1806-July 3,

1869. March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 30.

Buckner, Richard A. (—Kentucky)

Fauquier County, VA, July 16, 1763-

December 8, 1847. March 4, 1823-

March 3, 1829.

Indian Affairs 19.

Private Land Claims 19, 20. 

Budge, Hamer Harold (Republican,

Idaho) Pocatello, Idaho, November 21,

1910—. January 3, 1951-January 3,

1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84.

Buffinton, James (Republican,

Massachusetts) Fall River, MA, March

16, 1817-March 7, 1875. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1863; March 4, 1869-March 7,

1875.

Mines and Mining 43.

Pacific Railroads 41, 42.

Bull, John (Whig, Missouri) VA, 1803-

February, 1863. March 4, 1833-March 3,

1835.

Private Land Claims 23.

Bullard, Henry Adams (Anti-Jacksonian,

Louisiana) Pepperell, MA, September 9,

1788-April 17, 1851. March 4, 1831-

January 4, 1834; December 5, 1850-

March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 22.

Bundy, Hezekiah Sanford (Republican,

Ohio) Marietta, OH, August 15, 1817-

December 12, 1895. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1867; March 4, 1873-March 3,

1875; December 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 43.

Mines and Mining 53.

Bunker, Berkeley Lloyd (Democrat,

Nevada) St. Thomas, NV, August 12,

1906—. January 3, 1945-January 3,

1947.

Indian Affairs 79.

Public Lands 79.

Mines and Mining 79.

Senator from Nevada, 76th-78th

Congresses.

Bunner, Rudolph (—, New York)

Savannah, NY, August 17, 1779-July 16,

1837. March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829.

Territories 20.

Burdett, Samuel Swinfin (Republican,

Missouri) Sutton-on-the-Elms, England,

February 21, 1836-September 24, 1914.

March 1869-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 42.

Burdick, Quentin Northrone

(Democrat, North Dakota) Munich,

ND, June 19, 1908—. January 3, 1959-

August 8, 1960.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86. Senator

from North Dakota, 87th-101st

Congresses.

Burdick, Usher Lloyd (Republican /

Independent, North Dakota)

Owatonna, MN, February 21, 1879-

August 19, 1960. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1945; January 3, 1949-January

3, 1959.

Indian Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Territories 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Burke, Charles Henry (Republican,

South Dakota) Batavia, NY, April 1,

1861-April 7, 1944. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1907; March 4, 1909-March 3,

1915.

Public Lands 56.

Indian Affairs 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63.

Mines and Mining 57.

Burke, William Joseph (Republican,

Pennsylvania) London, England,

September 25, 1862-November 7, 1925.

March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 66.

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite (Democrat,

California) Los Angeles, CA, October 5,

1932—. January 3, 1973-January 3,

1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Burkett, Elmer Jacob (Republican,

Nebraska) Glenwood, IA, December 1,

1867-May 23, 1935. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1905.

Public Lands 56.

Senator from Iowa, 58th-61st

Congresses.

Burlison, William Dean (Democrat,

Missouri) Wardell, MO, March 15,

1933—. January 3, 1969-January 3,

1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92.

Burnett, John Lawson (Democrat,
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Alabama) Cedar Bluff, AL, January 20,

1854-May 13, 1919. March 4, 1899-May

13, 1919.

Public Lands 57, 58, 59.

Burns, John Anthony (Democrat,

Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii)

Fort Assinneboine, MT, March 30,

1909-April 5, 1975. January 3, 1957-

August 21, 1959.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85, 86.

Governor of Hawaii, 1962-1974.

Burroughs, Silas Mainville (Republican,

New York) Ovid, NY, July 16, 1810-

June 3, 1860. March 4, 1857-June 3,

1860.

Indian Affairs 35, 36.

Burrows, Julius Ceasear (Republican,

Michigan) North East, PA, January 19,

1837-November 16, 1915. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1875; March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883; March 4, 1885-January

23, 1895.

Private Land Claims 46.

Territories 47.

Senator from Michigan, 53d-61st

Congresses.

Burtness, Olger Burton (Republican,

North Dakota) Makinock, ND, March

14, 1884-January 20, 1960. March 4,

1921-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 67.

Public Lands 67.

Burton, Laurence Junior (Republican,

Utah) Ogden, Utah, October 30,

1926—. January 3, 1969-January 3,

1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89, 90,

91.

Burton, Phillip (Democrat, California)

Cincinnati, OH, June 1, 1926-April 10,

1983. February 18, 1964-April 10, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98.

Burton, Sala (Democrat, California)

Bialystok, Poland, April 1, 1925-

February 1, 1987. June 21, 1983-

February 1, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98.

Bushnell, Allen Ralph (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Hartford, OH, July 18,

1833-March 29, 1909. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893.

Private Land Claims 52.

Bushong, Robert Grey (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Reading, PA, June 10,

1883-April 6, 1951. March 1927-March

3, 1929.

Public Lands 70.

Butler, Robert Reyburn (Republican,

Oregon) Butler, TN, September 24,

1881-January 7, 1933. November 6,

1928-January 7, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 70, 71, 72.

Public Lands 70, 71, 72.

Butler, Roderick Randum (Republican,

Tennessee) Wytheville, VA, April 9,

1827-August 18, 1902. March 4, 1867-

March 3, 1875; March 4, 1887-March 3,

1889.

Indian Affairs 43.

Butler, Thomas (Republican, Louisiana)

Carlisle, PA, April 14, 1785-August 7,

1847. November 16, 1818-March 3,

1821.

Public Lands 15.

Private Land Claims 16.

Butler, Thomas Stalker (Independent

Republican / Republican, Pennsylvania)

Uwchland Township, PA, November 4,

1855-May 26, 1928. March 4, 1897-May

26, 1928.

Pacific Railroads 59, 60, 61.

Butler, William (Whig, South Carolina)

Edgefield District, SC, February 1,

1790-September 25, 1850. March 4,

1841-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Butler, William Orlando (Democrat,

Kentucky)Jessamine County, KY, April

19, 1791-August 6, 1880. March 4,

1839-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 26.

Butterworth, Benjamin (Republican,

Ohio) Maineville, OH, October 22,

1837-January 16, 1898. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1883; March 4,

1885-March 3, 1891.

Pacific Railroads 46, 47.

Byrd, Adam Monroe (Democrat,

Mississippi) Sumter County, AL, July 6,

1859-June 21, 1912. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1911.

Public Lands 59, 60, 61.

Byrnes, James Francis (Democrat, South

Carolina) Charleston, SC, May 2, 1879-

April 9. 1972. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1925.

Mines and Mining 63.

Senator from South Carolina, 72d-77th

Congresses. Associate Justice, U.S.

Supreme Court, 1941-1942.
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Byrns, Joseph Wellington (Democrat,

Tennessee) Cedar Hill, TN, July 20,

1869-June 4, 1936. March 4, 1909-June

4, 1936.

Indian Affairs 61.

Speaker of the House, 74th Congress.

Byron, Beverly Barton Butcher

(Democrat, Maryland) Baltimore, MD,

July 27, 1932—. January 3, 1979—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99,

100, 101, 102.

Byron, Goodloe Edgar (Democrat,

Maryland) Williamsport, MD, June 22,

1929-October 10, 1978. January 3,

1971-October 11, 1978.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95.

Byron, William Devereux (Democrat,

Maryland) Danville, VA, May 15, 1895-

February 27, 1941. January 3, 1939-

February 27, 1941.

Mines and Mining 76.

C

Cabell George Craighead (Democrat,

Virginia) Danville,VA, January 25, 1836-

June 23, 1906. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1887.

Pacific Railroads 48, 49.

Cady, Claude Ernest (Democrat, Michigan)

Lansing, MI, May 28, 1878-November 30,

1953. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73.

Public Lands 73.

Cage, Harry (Democrat, Mississippi) Cages

Bend, TN, ?-1859. March 4, 1833-March

3, 1835.

Private Land Claims 23.

Territories 23.

Cain, Richard Harvey (Republican, South

Carolina) Greenbrier, VA, April 12, 1825-

January 18, 1887. March 4, 1873-March 3,

1875;March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 45.

Caine, John Thomas (Democrat / People’s

PArty, Delegate from the Utah Territory)

Kirk Patrick, Isle of Man, January 8, 1829-

September 20, 1911. November 7, 1882-

March 3, 1893.

Public Land Claims 52.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Caldwell, Greene Washington(Democrat,

North Carolina) Belmont, NC, April 13,

1806-July 10, 1864. March 4, 1841-March

3, 1843.

Territories 27.

Caldwell, John William (Democrat,

Kentucky) Russellville, KY, January 15,

1837-July 4, 1903. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1883.

Private Land Claims 46.

Caldwell, Joseph Pearson (Whig, North

Carolina) Olin, NC, March 5, 1808-June

30, 1853. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 32.

Caldwell, William Parker (Democrat,

Tennessee) Christmasville,TN,November

8, 1832-June 7, 1903. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Territories 44.

Private Land Claims 45.

Cale, Thomas (Independent, Delegate from

Alaska Territory) Underhill, VT,

September 17, 1848-February 3, 1941.

March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 60.

Calhoun, William Barron (Whig,

Massachusetts) Boston, MA, December

29, 1766-November 8, 1865. March 4,

1835-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 25, 26.

Calkins, William Henry (Republican,

Indiana) Pike County, OH, February 18,

1842-January 29, 1894. March 4, 1877-

October 20, 1884.

Mines and Mining 47.

Callahan, James Yancey (Free Silver,

Delegate from Oklahoma Territory)

Salem, MO, December 19, 1852-May 3,

1935. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 55.

Private Land Claims 55.

Callaway, Oscar (Democrat, Texas)

Harmony Hill, TX, October 2, 1872-

January 31, 1947. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1917.

Interior and Insular Affairs 62, 63.

Calvert, Ken (Republican, California) Corona,

Riverside County, CA, June 8, 1953 —.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.
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Cameron, Ralph Henry (Republican,

Delegate from Arizona Territory)

Southport, ME, October 21, 1863-

February 12, 1953. March 4, 1909-

February 18, 1912.

Indian Affairs 61, 62.

Mines and Mining 61, 62.

Territories 61, 62.

Senator from Arizona, 66th-69th

Congresses.

Caminetti, Anthony (Democrat, California)

Jackson, CA, July 30, 1854-November 17,

1923. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 52.

Public Lands 53.

Camp, John Newbold (Happy)

(Republican, Oklahoma) Enid, OK, May

11, 1908-September 27, 1987. January 3,

1969-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92, 93.

Campbell, Albert James (Democrat,

Montana) Pontiac, MI, December 12,

1857-August 9, 1907. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1901.

Mines and Mining 56.

Campbell, Alexander (Independent,

Illinois) Concord, PA, October 4, 1814-

August 5, 1898. +March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877.

Mines and Mining 44.

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (Democrat /

Republican, Colorado) Auburn, CA, April

13, 1933—. January 3, 1987—. Congress

on Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 101,

102.

Campbell, Ed Hoyt (Republican, Iowa)

Battle Creek, IA, March 6, 1882-April 26,

1969. March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933.

Territories 71, 72.

Campbell, Felix (Democrat, New York)

Brooklyn, NY, February 28, 1829-

November 8, 1902. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1981.

Indian Affairs 49.

Campbell, George Washington

(Republican, Tennessee) Tongue,

Scotland, February 9, 1769-February 17,

1848. March 4, 1803-March 3, 1809.

Public Lands 9.

Senator from Tennessee, 12th-15th

Congresses.

Campbell, James Edwin (Democrat, Ohio)

Middletown, OH, July 7, 1843-December

18, 1924. June 20, 1884-March 3, 1889.

Public Lands 48.

Governor of OH, 1889-1891.

Campbell, James Hepburn (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Williamsport, PA, February

8, 1820-April 12, 1895. March 4,

1855-March 3, 1857; March 4, 1859-March

3, 1863.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Campbell, James Romulus (Democrat,

Illinois) McLeansboro, IL, May 4, 1853-

August 12, 1924. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.

Public Lands 55.

Campbell, John (Jacksonian / Nullifier /

Democrat, South Carolina) Brownsville,

SC, ?-May 19, 1845. March 4,1829-March

3, 1831; March 4, 1837-March 3, 1845.

Indian Affairs 25.

Campbell, John Goulder (Democrat,

Delegate from the Arizona Territory)

Glasgow, Scotland, June 25, 1827-

December 22, 1903. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 46.

Campbell, John Wilson (Republican, Ohio)

Miller's Iron Works, VA, February 23,

1782-September 24, 1833. March 4, 1817-

March 3, 1827.

Public Lands 15.

Private Land Claims 16, 17, 18, 19.

Campbell, Lewis Davis (Whig /

Republican / Democrat, Ohio) Franklin,

OH, August 9, 1811-November 26, 1882.

March 4, 1849-May 25, 1858; March 4,

1871-March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 31, 32.

Campbell, Philip Pitt (Republican, Kansas)

Cape Breton, Canada, April 25, 1862-May

26, 1941. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,

67.

Campbell, Timothy John (Democrat, New

York) County Cavan, Ireland, January 8,

1840-April 7, 1904. November 3, 1885-

March 3, 1889; March 4, 1891-March 3,

1895.

Mines and Mining 52.

Territories 52.

Campbell, William Bowen (Whig /

Unionist, Tennessee)Hendersonville, TN,

February 1, 1807-August 19, 1867. March

4, 1837-March 3, 1843; July 24, 1866-

March 3, 1867.

Territories 26.

Indian Affairs 27.

Governor of Tennessee, 1851-1853.

Canby, Richard Sprigg (Whig, Ohio)

Lebanon, OH, September 30, 1808-July
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27, 1895. March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 30.

Candler, Allen Daniel (Democrat, Georgia)

Homer, GA, November 4, 1834-October

26, 1910. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 50.

Governor of Georgia, 1898-1902.

Candler, Ezekiel Samuel, Jr. (Democrat,

Mississippi) Belleville, FL, January 18,

1862-December 18, 1944. March 4, 1901-

March 3, 1921.

Public Lands 58.

Territories 60, 61.

Candler, Milton Anthony (Democrat,

Georgia) Campbellton, GA, January 11,

1837-August 8, 1909. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 44.

Cannon, Christopher B. (Republican,

Utah) Salt Lake City, UT, October 20,

1950 —. January 3, 1997—.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Cannon, Joseph Gurney (Republican,

Illinois) Guilford, NC, May 7, 1836-

November 12, 1926. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1891;March 4, 1893-March 3, 1913;

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923.

Private Land Claims 44.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Speaker of the House, 58th-61st

Congresses.

Cannon, Newton (Republican, Tennessee)

Guilford County, NC, May 22, 1781-

September 16, 1841. September 16, 1814-

March 3, 1817; March 4, 1819-March 3,

1823.

Public Lands 17.

Governor of Tennessee, 1835-1839.

Cannon, Raymond Joseph (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Ironwood, MI, August 26,

1894-November 25, 1951. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1939.

Territories 73, 74, 75.

Cantor, Jacob Aaron (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, December 6, 1854-

July 2, 1921. November 4, 1913-March 3,

1915.

Public Lands 63.

Capozzoli, Louis Joseph (Democrat, New

York) Cosenza, Italy, March 6, 1901-

October 8, 1982. January 3, 1941-January

3, 1945.

Territories 78.

Capron, Adin Ballou (Republican, Rhode

Island) Mendon, MA, January 9, 1841-

March 17, 1911. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1911.

Territories 58, 59, 60, 61.

Carey, Hugh Leo (Democrat, New York

Brooklyn, NY, April 11, 1919—. January

3, 1961-December 31, 1974.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87, 88, 89, 90,

91.

Governor of New York, 1975-1983.

Carey, Joseph Maull (Republican, Delegate

from the Wyoming Territory) Milton, DE,

January 19, 1845-February 5, 1924. March

4, 1885-July 10, 1890.

Public Lands 51, 52.

Senator from Wyoming November 15,

1890 - March 3, 1895. Governor of

Wyoming 1911-1915.

Carleton, Ezra Child (Democrat, Michigan)

St. Clair, MI, September 6, 1838-July 24,

1911. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Territories 48.

Carmack, Edward Ward (Democrat,

Tennessee) Castalian, TN, November 5,

1858-November 9, 1908. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1901.

Insular Affairs 56.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Senator from Tennessee, 57th-59th

Congresses.

Carnahan, Albert Sidney Johnson

(Democrat, Missouri) Ellsinore, MO,

January 3, 1897-March 24, 1968. January 3,

1945-January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-

January 3, 1961.

Mines and Mining 79.

Territories 79.

Carpenter, Edmund Nelson (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 27,

1865-November 4, 1952. March 4, 1925-

March 3, 1927.

Mines and Mining 69.

Carpenter, Terry McGovern (Democrat,

Nebraska) Cedar Rapids, IA, March 28,

1900-April 27, 1978. March 3, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73.

Carpenter, WilliamRandolph(Democrat,

Kansas) Marion, KS, April 24, 1894-July

26, 1956. March 4, 1933-March 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.

Carr, John (Jacksonian / Democrat, Indiana)

Uniontown, IN, April 9, 1793-January 20,

1845. March 3, 1831-March 3, 1837;

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841.

Private Land Claims 22, 23, 24.

Carr, Milton Robert (Democrat, Michigan)

Janesville, WI, March 27, 1943—. January
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3, 1975-January 3, 1981; January 3,

1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96.

Carr, Nathan Tracey (Democrat, Indiana)

Corning, NY, December 25, 1833-May 28,

1885. December 5, 1876-March 3, 1877.

Private Land Claims 44.

Carroll, John Albert (Democrat, Colorado)

Denver, CO, July 30, 1901-August 31,

1983. January 3, 1947-January 3, 1951.

Public Lands 80.

Senator from Colorado, 85th-88th

Congresses.

Carson, Brad (Democrat, Oklahoma)

Winslow, AZ, March 11, 1967 —. January

3, 2001-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

Carson, Samuel Price (---, North Carolina)

Pleasant Gardens, NC, January 22, 1798-

November 2, 1838. March 4, 1825-March

3, 1833.

Indian Affairs 20.

Carter, Albert Edward (Republican,

California) Lemoncove, CA, July 5, 1881-

August 8, 1964. March 4, 1925-January 3,

1945.

Insular Affairs 69.

Carter, Charles David (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Boggy Depot, OK, August 16,

1868-April 9, 1929. November 16, 1907-

March 3, 1927.

Indian Affairs 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.

Private Land Claims 61.

Carter, Thomas Henry (Republican,

Delegate from the Montana Territory and

Representative from Montana)

Portsmouth, OH, October 30, 1854-

September 17, 1911. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 51.

Senator from Montana, 54th-56th

Congresses; 59th-61st Congresses.

Carter, Vincent Michael (Republican,

Wyoming) St. Clair, PA, November 6,

1891-December 30, 1972. March 4, 1929-

January 3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71, 72, 73.

Territories 71.

Cartwright, Wilburn (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Georgetown, TN, January 12,

1892-March 14, 1979. March 4, 1927-

January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77.

Insular Affairs 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76, 77.

Caruth, Asher Graham (Democrat,

Kentucky) Scottsville, KY, February 7,

1844-November 25, 1907. March 4,

1887-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 50, 53.

Caruthers, Robert Looney (Whig,

Tennessee) Smith County, TN, July 31,

1800-October 2, 1882. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Caruthers, Samuel (Whig / Democrat,

Missouri) Madison County, MO, October

13, 1820-July 20, 1860. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1859.

Public Lands 33.

Indian Affairs 34.

Cary, Jeremiah Eaton (Democrat, New

York) Coventry, RI, April 30, 1803-June

1888. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 28.

Case, Charles (Republican, Indiana)

Austinburg, OH, December 21, 1817-June

30, 1883. December 7, 1857-March 3,

1861.

Territories 36.

Case, Francis Higbee (Republican, South

Dakota) Everly, IA, December 9, 1896-

June 22, 1862. January 3, 1937-January 3,

1951.

Indian Affairs 75.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75.

Mines and Mining 75.

Senator from South Dakota, 82d-87th

Congresses.

Casey, John Joseph (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Wilkes-Barre, PA, May 26,

1875-May 5, 1929. March 4, 1919-March

3, 1921; March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925;

March 4, 1927-May. 5, 1929.

Mines and Mining 63.

Casey, Zadoc (Democrat, Illinois) Greene

County, GA, March 7, 1796-September 4,

1862. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.

Private Land Claims 23, 26.

Cassel, Henry Burd (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Marietta, PA, October 19,

1855-April 28, 1926. November 5, 1901-

March 3, 1909.

Private Land Claims 57.

Cassidy, George Williams (Democrat,

Nevada) Paris, KY, April 25, 1836-June

24, 1892. March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 47, 48.

Pacific Railroads 48.
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Castle, James Nathan (Democrat,

Minnesota) Shefford,Province of Quebec,

Canada, May 23, 1836-January 2, 1903.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Castor, George Albert (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Holmesburg, PA, August 6,

1855-February 19, 1906. February 16,

1904-February 19, 1906.

Private Land Claims 58, 59.

Caswell, Lucien Bonaparte (Republican,

Wisconsin) Swanton, VT, November 27,

1827-April 26, 1919. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1883; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 44.

Private Land Claims 51.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Cathcart, Charles William (Democrat,

Imdiana) Funchal, Island of Madeira, July

24, 1809-Aug 22, 1888. March 4, 1845-

March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 29, 30.

Senator from Indiana, 32d Congress.

Catlin, George Smith (Democrat,

Connecticut) Harwinton, CT, August 24,

1808-December 26, 1851. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 28.

Catron, Thomas Benton (Republican,

Delegate from the New Mexico Territory)

Lexington, MO, October 6, 1840-May 15,

1921. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Private Land Claims 54.

Senator from New Mexico, 62d-64th

Congresses.

Chaffee, Jerome Bunty (Republican,

Delegate from the Colorado Territory)

Niagara County, NY, April 17, 1825-

March 9, 1886. March 4, 1871-March 3,

1875.

Territories 42, 43.

Senator from Colorado-November 15,

1876, to March 3, 1879.

Chalmers, James Ronald (Democrat,

Mississippi) Lynchburg, VA, January 12,

1831-April 9, 1898. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1881; March 4, 1881-April 29, 1882.

Pacific Railroads 45, 46.

Chambers, George (Anti-Masonic,

Pennsylvania) Chambersburg, PA,

February 24, 1786-March 25, 1866. March

4, 1833-March 3, 1837.

Private Land Claims 23, 24.

Chandler, Thomas Alberter (Republican,

Oklahoma) Eucha, OK, July 26, 1871-

June 22, 1953. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1919; March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 65.

Chaney, John (Democrat, Ohio) Washington

County, MD, January 12, 1790-April 10,

1881. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 24, 25.

Chapman, Reuben(Jacksonian / Democrat,

Alabama) Bowling Green, VA, July 15,

1799-May 16, 1882. March 4, 1835-March

3, 1847.

Public Lands 24, 25, 26, 27.

Indian Affairs 29.

Chapman, Virgil Munday (Democrat,

Kentucky) Middleton, KY, March 15,

1895-March 8, 1951. March 4, 1925-March

3, 1929; March 4, 1931-January 3, 1949.

Mines and Mining 69.

Senator from Kentucky, 81st-82d

Congresses.

Chase, Ray Park (Republican, Minnesota)

Anoka County, MN, March 12, 1880-

September 18, 1948. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 73.

Chavez, Dennis (Democrat, New Mexico)

Los Chavez, NM, April 8, 1888-

November 18, 1962. March 4, 1931-

January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 72, 73.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72, 73.

Public Lands 72, 73.

Senator from New Mexico, 74th-87th

Congresses.

Cheatham, Richard (Whig, Tennessee)

Springfield, TN, February 20, 1799-

September 9, 1845. March 4, 1837-March

3, 1839.

Private Land Claims 25.

Cheney, Richard Bruce (Republican,

Wyoming) Lincoln, NE, January 30,

1941—. January 3, 1979-January 3, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97, 98, 99,

100, 101.

Vice President of the United States

2001—.

Chenoweth, John Edgar (Republican,

Colorado) Trinidad, CO, August 17, 1897-

January 2, 1986. January 3, 1941-January 3,

1949; January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965.

Public Lands 77, 78, 79.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86, 87,

88.

Chenoweth-Hage, Helen P. (Republican,

Idaho) Topeka, KS, January 27, 1938 —.

January 3, 1995-January 3, 2001.
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Resources 104, 105, 106.

Chinn, Thomas Withers (Whig, Louisiana)

Cynthiana, KY, November 22, 1791-May

22, 1852. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 26.

Chittenden, Thomas Cotton (Whig, New

York) Stockbridge, MA, August 30, 1788-

August 22, 1866. March 4, 1839-March 3,

1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Choate, Rufus (Whig, Massachusetts) Essex,

MA, October 1, 1799-July 13, 1859. March

4, 1831-June 30, 1834.

Public Lands 22.

Senator from Massachusetts, 26th-28th

Congresses.

Christensen, Donna Marie Christian,

(served under the name of Donna

Christian-Green in the One Hundred Fifth

Congress), (Democrat, Delegate from the

Territory of the Virgin Islands) Teaneck,

Monmouth County, NJ, September 19,

1945 —. January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Christianson, Theodore (Republican,

Minnesota) Lac qui Parle, MN, September

12, 1883-December 9, 1948. March 4,

1933-January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73.

Governor of Minnesota, 1925-1931.

Christopher, George Henry (Democrat,

Missouri) Bates County, MO, December

9, 1888-January 23, 1959. January 3, 1949-

January 3, 1951; January 3, 1955-January

23, 1959.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86.

Church, Denver Samuel (Democrat,

California) Folsom City, CA, December

11, 1862-February 21, 1952. March 4,

1913-March 3, 1919; March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 63, 64, 65.

Public Lands 63, 64, 65.

Church, Ralph Edwin (Republican, Illinois)

Catlin, IL, May 5, 1883-March 21, 1950.

January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941; January 3,

1943-March 21, 1950.

Insular Affairs 78.

Claiborne,Thomas(Republican, Tennessee)

Peterburg, VA, May 17, 1780-January 7,

1856. March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819.

Private Land Claims 15.

Clancy, John Richard (Democrat, New

York) Syracuse, NY, March 8, 1859-April

21, 1932. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 63.

Clardy, Martin Linn (Democrat, Missouri)

Farmington, MO, April 26, 1844-July 5,

1914. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 49.

Clark, Clarence Don (Republican,

Wyoming) Sandy Creek, NY, April 16,

1851-November 18, 1930. December 1,

1890-March 3, 1893.

Public Lands 52.

Clark, Frank (Democrat, Florida) Eufaula,

AL, March 28, 1860-April 14, 1936. March

4, 1905-March 3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 62.

Clark, Horace Francis (Democrat /

Anti-Lecompton Democrat, New York)

Southbury, CT, November 29, 1815-June

19, 1873. March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 36.

Clark, James (Republican, Kentucky)

Bedford County, VA, January 16, 1770-

September 27, 1839. March 4, 1813-1816;

August 1, 1825-March 3, 1831.

Public Lands 14.

Territories 20, 21.

Governor of Kentucky, 1836-1839.

Clark, James West (Republican, North

Carolina) Beertie County, NC, October

15, 1779-December 20, 1843. March 4,

1815-March 3, 1817.

Private Land Claims 14.

Clark, John Bullock (Democrat, Missouri)

Madison County, KY, April 17, 1802-

October 29, 1885. December 7, 1857-July

13, 1861.

Territories 35, 36.

Clark, John Bullock, Jr. (Democrat,

Missouri) Fayette, MO, January 14, 1831-

September 7, 1903. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1883.

Public Lands 45.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Clarke, Charles Ezra (Whig, New York)

Saybrook, CT, April 8, 1790-December

29, 1863. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851.

Indian Affairs 31.

Clarke, Frank Gay (Republican, New

Hampshire) Wilton, NH, September 10,

1850-January 9, 1901. March 4, 1897-

January 9, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Clarke, James McClure (Democrat, North

Carolina) Manchester, VT, June 12, 1917-

April 13, 1999. January 3, 1983-January 3,

1985; January 3, 1987-January 3, 1991.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 100, 101.
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Clarke, Sidney (Republican, Kansas)

Southbridge, MA, October 16, 1831-June

18, 1909. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871.

Indian Affairs 39, 40, 41.

Pacific Railroads 39, 40.

Classon, David Guy (Republican,

Wisconsin) Oconto, WI, September 27,

1870-September 6, 1930. March 4, 1917-

March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 65.

Clausen, Donald Holst (Republican,

California) Ferndale, CA, April 27,

1923—. January 22, 1963-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92, 93, 94,

95, 96, 97.

Clay, Clement Comer (Democrat,

Alabama) Halifax County, VA, December

17, 1789-September 7, 1866. March 4,

1829-March 3, 1835.

Public Lands 21, 22, 23.

Senator from Alabama, 25th-27th

Congresses.

Clay, Matthew (Republican, Virginia)

Danville, VA, March 25, 1754-May 27,

1815. March 4, 1797-March 3, 1813;

March 4, 1815-May 27, 1815.

Public Lands 9.

Claypool, Harold Kile (Democrat, Ohio)

Bainbridge, OH, June 2, 1886-August 2,

1958. January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943.

Mines and Mining 75, 76, 77.

Claypool, Horatio Clifford (Democrat,

Ohio) McArthur, OH, February 9, 1859-

January 19, 1921. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1915; March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919.

Public Lands 62, 63.

Clayton, Augustin Smith (Jacksonian,

Georgia) Fredericksburg, VA, November

27, 1783-June 21, 1839. January 21, 1832-

March 3, 1835.

Public Lands 23.

Clayton, Henry DeLamar (Democrat,

Alabama) Clayton, AL, February 10, 1857-

December 21, 1929. March 4, 1897-May.

25, 1914.

Insular Affairs 56.

Clemens, Sherrard (Democrat, Virginia)

Wheeling, VA, (West Virginia) April 28,

1820-June 30, 1881. December 6, 1852-

March 3, 1853; March 4, 1857-March 3,

1861.

Private Land Claims 32.

Cleveland, Orestes (Democrat, New Jersey)

Duanesburg, NY, March 2, 1829-March

30, 1896. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Territories 41.

Cline, Cyrus (Democrat, Indiana) Mansfield,

OH, July 12, 1856-October 5, 1923.

March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917.

Mines and Mining 61.

Clingman, Thomas Lanier (Whig, North

Carolina) Huntsville, NC, July 27, 1812-

November 3, 1897. March 4, 1843-March

3, 1845;March 4, 1847-May 7, 1858.

Territories 31, 32.

Public Lands 28.

Senator from North Carolina, 35th-36th

Congresses.

Clinton, George, Jr. (Republican, New

York) New York, NY, June 6, 1771-

September 16, 1809. February 4, 1805-

March 3, 1809.

Public Lands 9, 10.

Clover, Benjamin Hutchinson (Populist,

Kansas) Jefferson, OH, December 22,

1837-December 30, 1899. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893.

Indian Affairs 52.

Clymer, Hiester (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Morgantown, PA, November 3, 1827-June

12, 1884. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1881.

Public Lands 43.

Cobb, Amasa (Republican, Wisconsin)

Crawford, IL, September 27, 1823-July 5,

1905. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 39.

Cobb, Howell (Republican, Georgia)

Granville County, NC, August 3, 1772-

May 26, 1818. March 4, 1807-1812.

Public Lands 11.

Cobb, Howell (Democrat, Georgia) Jefferson

County, GA, September 7, 1815-October

9, 1868. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851;

March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857.

Territories 30.

Speaker of the House, 31st Congress.

Governor of Georgia, 1851-1853.

Cobb, James Edward (Democrat, Alabama)

Thomaston, GA, October 5, 1835-June 2,

1903. March 4, 1887-April 21, 1896.

Indian Affairs 50.

Cobb, Thomas Reed (Democrat, Indiana)

Springfield, IN, July 2, 1828-June 23,

1892. March 1877-March 3, 1887.

Public Lands 47, 48, 49.

Cobb, Williamson Robert Winfield

(Democrat, Alabama) Rhea County, TN,

June 8, 1807-November 1, 1864. March 4,

1847-January 30, 1861.

Public Lands 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.
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Cochrane,Aaron Van Shaick(Republican,

New York) Coxsackie, NY, March 14,

1858-September 7, 1943. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1901.

Private Land Claims 55, 56.

Cochrane, Clark Betton (Republican, New

York) New Boston, NH, May 31, 1815-

March 5, 1867. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1861.

Private Land Claims 36.

Cocke, John Alexander (—, Tennessee)

Brunswick, VA, 1772-February 16, 1854.

March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827.

Indian Affairs 18, 19.

Cockran, William Bourke (Democrat,

New York) County Sligo, Ireland,

February 28, 1854-March 1, 1923. March

4, 1887-March 3, 1889; November 3,

1891-March 3, 1895; February 23, 1904-

March 3, 1909; March 4, 1921-March 1,

1923.

Private Land Claims 50.

Cockrell, Jeremiah Vardaman(Democrat,

Texas) Warrensburg, MO, May 7, 1832-

March 18, 1915. March 4, 1893-March 3,

1897.

Mines and Mining 53, 54.

Private Land Claims 53.

Codd, George Pierre (Republican,

Michigan) Detroit, MI, December 7, 1869-

February 16, 1927. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1923.

Territories 67.

Codding, James Hodge (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Pike Township, PA, July 8,

1849-September 12, 1919. November 5,

1895, to March 3, 1899.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Coelho, Anthony Lee (Democrat,

California) Los Banos, CA, June 15,

1942—. January 3, 1979-June 15, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100,

101.

Coffin, Charles Edward (Republican,

Maryland) Boston, MA, July 18, 1841-May

24, 1912. November 6, 1894-March 3,

1897.

Private Land Claims 53.

Coghlan, John Maxwell (Republican,

California) Louisville, KY, December 8,

1835-March 26, 1879. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 42.

Coke, Richard, Jr. (Jacksonian, Virginia)

Williamsburg, VA, November 16, 1790-

March 31, 1851. March 4, 1829-March 3,

1833.

Private Land Claims 22.

Cole, Cornelius (Union Republican /

Republican, California) Lodi, NY,

September 17, 1822-November 3, 1924.

March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865. 

Pacific Railroads 38.

Senator from California March 4, 1867-

March 3, 1873.

Cole, Nathan (Republican, Missouri) St.

Louis, Mo., July 26, 1825-March 4, 1904.

March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Cole, Ralph Dayton (Republican, Ohio)

Vanlue, OH November 30, 1873-October

15, 1932. March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911.

Irrigation and Reclamation 59, 60, 61.

Territories 59, 60, 61.

Cole, Raymond Clinton (Republican,

Ohio) Biglick Township, OH, August 21,

1870-February 8, 1957. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1925.

Indian Affairs 66, 67, 68.

Cole, William Purington, Jr. (Democrat,

Maryland) Towson, MD, May 11, 1889-

September 22, 1957. March 4, 1927-March

3, 1929; March 4, 1931-October 26, 1942.

Mines and Mining 72.

Cole, William Sterling (Republican, New

York) Painted Post, NY, April 18, 1904-

March 15, 1987. January 3, 1935-

December 1, 1957.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Coleman, William Henry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) North Versailles Township,

PA, December 28, 1871-June 3, 1943.

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917.

Mines and Mining 64.

Colfax, Schuyler (Republican, Indiana) New

York, NY, March 23, 1823-January 13,

1885. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1969.

Indian Affairs 35.

Speaker of the House, 38th-40th

Congresses. Vice President, 1868-1873.

Collamer, Jacob (Whig / Republican,

Vermont) Troy, NY, January 8, 1791-

November 9, 1865. March 4, 1843-March

3, 1849.

Public Lands 28, 29, 30.

Senator from New York, 34th-39th

Congresses.

Collier, Harold Reginald (Republican,

Illinois) Lansing, MI, December 12,

1915—. January 3, 1957-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85, 86.
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Collins, Francis Dolan (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Saugerties, NY, March 5,

1841-November 21, 1891. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Mines and Mining 45.

Collins, Patrick Andrew (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Fermoy, County Cork,

Ireland, March 12, 1844-September 13,

1905. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889.

Pacific Railroads 50.

Collins, Ross Alexander (Democrat,

Mississippi) Collinsville, MS, April 25,

1880-July 14, 1968. March 4, 1921-January

3, 1935; January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 67.

Public Lands 67.

Collins, Samuel LaFort (Republican,

California) Fortville, IN, August 6, 1895-

June 26, 1965. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1937.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.

Colorado, Antonio J. (Democrat, Resident

Commissioner, Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico) New York City, NY, September 8,

1939 – . March 4, 1992-January 3, 1993.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Colton, Don Byron (Republican, Utah)

Mona, UT, September 15, 1876-August 1,

1952. March 4, 1921-March 3, 1933.

Mines and Mining 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Public Lands 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Comingo, Abram (Democrat, Missouri)

Harrodsburg, KY, January 9, 1820-

November 10, 1889. March 1871-March 3,

1875.

Indian Affairs 43.

Compton, C.H. Ranulf (Republican,

Connecticut) Poe, IN, September 16,

1878-January 26, 1974. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1945.

Insular Affairs 78.

Comstock, Daniel Webster (Republican,

Indiana) Germantown, OH, December

16, 1840-May 19, 1917. March 4, 1917-

May 19, 1917.

Territories 65.

Conard, John (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Chester Valley, PA, November 1773-May

9, 1857. March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815.

Public Lands 13.

Conger, James Lockwood (Whig,

Michigan) Trenton, NJ, February 18,

1805-April 10, 1876. Serve from March 4,

1851-March 3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 32.

Conkling, Alfred (—, New York)

Amagansett, NY, October 12, 1789-

February 5, 1874. March 4, 1821-March 3,

1823.

Private Land Claims 17.

Conn, Charles Gerard (Democrat, Indiana)

Phelps, NY, January 29, 1844-January 5,

1931. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Connell, Charles Robert (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Scranton, PA, September

22, 1864-September 26, 1922. March 4,

1921-September 26, 1922.

Mines and Mining 67.

Connell, Richard Edward (Democrat,

NewYork) Poughkeepsie, NY, November

6, 1857-October 30, 1912. March 4, 1911-

October 30, 1912.

Territories 62.

Connell,William (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Sidney, Nova Scotia, September 10, 1827-

March 21, 1909. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1903; February 10, 1904-March 3, 1905.

Mines and Mining 55, 56, 57.

Connelly, John Robert (Democrat, Kansas)

Mount Sterling, IL, February 27, 1870-

September 9, 1940. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1919.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63.

Connery, William Patrick, Jr. (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Lynn, MA, August 24,

1888-June 15, 1937. March 4, 1923-June

15, 1937.

Indian Affairs 72.

Conry, Michael Francis (Democrat, New

York) Shenandoah, PA, April 2, 1870-

March 2, 1917. March 4, 1909-March 2,

1917.

Territories 61.

Converse, George Leroy (Democrat, Ohio)

Georgesville, OH, June 4, 1827-March 30,

1897. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885.

Public Lands 46.

Conway, Martin Franklin (Republican,

Kansas) Fallston, MD, November 19,

1827-February 15, 1882. January 29, 1861-

March 3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 37.

Cook, Daniel Pope (Anti-Jacksonian,

Illinois) Scott County, KY, 1794-October

16, 1827. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827.

Public Lands 16, 17, 18.

Territories 19.

Cook, Samuel Andrew (Republican,
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Wisconsin) Ontario, Canada, Jan 28, 1849-

April 4, 1918. March 4, 1895-March 3,

1897.

Private Land Claims 54.

Cooke, Edmund Francis (Republican,

New York) Prescott, AZ, April 13, 1885-

May 13, 1967. March 4, 1929-March 3,

1933.

Indian Affairs 71, 72.

Cooley, Wes (Republican, Oregon) Los

Angeles, CA, March 28, 1932 —. January

3, 1995-January 3, 1997.

Resources 104.

Coolidge, Frederick Spaulding

(Democrat, Massachusetts) Westminster,

MA, December 7, 1841-June 8, 1906.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893. 

Pacific Railroads 52.

Cooney,James (Democrat, Missouri) County

Limerick, Ireland, July 28, 1848-

November 16, 1904. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1903.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Cooper, Allen Foster (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Franklin Township, PA,

June 16, 1862-April 20, 1917. March 4,

1903-March 3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 58, 59, 60.

Cooper, Edmund (Unionist, Tennessee)

Franklin, TN, September 11, 1821-July 21,

1911. July 24, 1866-March 3, 1867.

Territories 39.

Cooper, Edward (Republican, West Virginia)

Treverton, PA, February 26, 1873-March

1, 1928. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919.

Mines and Mining 64, 65.

Cooper, George William (Democrat,

Indiana) Columbus, IN, May 21, 1851-

November 27, 1899. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 51, 52.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Cooper, Henry Allen (Republican,

Wisconsin) Spring Prairie, WI, September

8, 1850-March 1, 1931. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1919; March 4, 1921-March 1,

1931.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Cooper, James (Whig, Pennsylvania)

Frederick County, MD, May 8, 1810-

March 28, 1863. March 4, 1839-March 3,

1843.

Territories 26.

Indian Affairs 27.

Senator from Maryland, 31st-33d

Congresses.

Cooper, Samuel Bronson (Democrat,

Texas) Eddyville, KY, May 30, 1850-

August 21, 1918. March 4, 1893-March 3,

1905; March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Territories 54.

Cooper, William Craig (Republican, Ohio)

Mount Vernon, OH, December 18, 1832-

August 29, 1902. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1891.

Territories 49.

Copeland, Oren Sturman (Republican,

Nebraska) Huron, SD, March 16, 1887-

April 10, 1958. January 3, 1941-January 3,

1943.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Territories 77.

Corbett, Robert James (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Avalon, PA, August 25,

1905-April 25, 1971. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1941; January 3, 1945-April 25,

1971.

Mines and Mining 79.

Cordova, Jorge Luis (New Progressive,

Resident Commissioner from the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) Manati,

PR, April 20, 1907—. November 5, 1968-

January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92.

Cornell, Thomas (Republican, New York)

White Plains, NY, Jan 27, 1814-March 30,

1890. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869;March

4, 1881-March 3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

Corrada-del Rio, Baltasar (New

Progressive, Resident Commissioner from

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Morovis, PR, April 10, 1935—. January 3,

1977-January 3, 1984.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98.

Corwin, Franklin (Republican, Illinois)

Lebanon, OH, January 12, 1818-June 15,

1879. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Corwin, Thomas (Whig / Republican, Ohio)

Bourbon, KY, July 29, 1794-December

18, 1865. March 4, 1831-May 30, 1840;

March 4, 1859-March 12, 1861.

Public Lands 26.

Senator from OH, 29th-31st Congresses.

Governor of OH, 1840-1842.

Cosgrove, John (Democrat, Missouri)

Alexandria Bay, NY, September 12, 1839-

August 15, 1925. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1885.
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Private Land Claims 48.

Cottrell, James LaFayette (Democrat,

Alabama) King William, VA, August 25,

1808-September 7, 1885. December 7,

1846-March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 29.

Coulter, Richard (Jacksonian, Pennsylvania)

Westmoreland County, PA, March 1788-

April 21, 1852. March 4, 1827-March 3,

1835.

Territories 20.

Cousins, Robert Gordon (Republican,

Iowa) Tipton, IA, January 31, 1859-June

20, 1933. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 53, 54.

Covert, James Way (Democrat, New York)

Oyster Bay, NY, September 2, 1842-May

16, 1910. March 4,1877-March 3, 1881;

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Covode, John (Whig / Republican,

Pennsylvania) West Fairfield, PA, March

17, 1808-January 11, 1871. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1863; March 4, 1867-March 3,

1869; February 9, 1870-January 11, 1871.

Public Lands 36, 37.

Pacific Railroads 40.

Cowles, Henry Booth (–, New York)

Hartford, CT, March 18, 1798-May 17,

1873. March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831.

Territories 21.

Cowles, William Henry Harrison

(Democrat, North Ca rolina)

Hamptonville, NC, April 22, 1840-

December 30, 1901. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1893.

Mines and Mining 52.

Cox, Samuel Sullivan(Democrat, Ohio and

New York) Zanesville, OH, September

30, 1824-September 10, 1889. March 4,

1857-March 3, 1865; March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873; November 4, 1873-May 20, 1885;

November 2, 1886-September 10, 1889.

Territories 50.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Crabb, George Whitfield (Whig, Alabama)

Botetourt County, VA, February 22, 1804-

August 15, 1846. September 4, 1838-

March 3, 1841.

Private Land Claims 25.

Craig, Larry Edwin (Republican, Idaho)

Council, ID, July 20, 1945—. January 3,

1981—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100,

101.

Senator for Idaho 1990-.

Craig, William Benjamin (Democrat,

Alabama) Selma, AL, November 2, 1877-

November 27, 1925. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1911.

Public Lands 60, 61.

Crain, William Henry (Democrat, Texas)

Galveston, TX, November 25, 1848-

February 10, 1896. March 4, 1885-

February 10, 1896.

Pacific Railroads 50, 51.

Craley, Nathaniel Neiman, Jr.

(Democrat, Pennsylvania) Red Lion, PA,

November 17, 1927—. January 3, 1965-

January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89.

Cramton, Louis Convers (Republican,

Michigan) Hadley Township, MI,

December 2, 1875-June 23, 1966. March

4, 1913-March 3, 1931.

Public Lands 64, 65.

Cranford, John Walter (Democrat, Texas)

Grove Hill, AL, 1862-March 3, 1899.

March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899.

Private Land Claims 55.

Territories 55.

Cranston, Robert Bennie (Whig, Rhode

Island) Newport, RI, January 14, 1791-

January 27, 1873. March 4, 1837-March 3,

1843; March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849.

Territories 30.

Crapo, Michael Dean (Republican, Idaho)

Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 20, 1951—.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 1999.

Resources 105.

Senator from Idaho 106-107th

Congresses.

Crary, Isaac Edwin (Jacksonian /

Democrat, Michigan) Preston, CT,

October 2, 1804-May 8, 1854. January 26,

1837-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 25.

Public Lands 26.

Cravens, James Addison (Democrat,

Indiana) Rockingham County, VA,

November 1818-June 20, 1893. March 4,

1861-March 3, 1865.

Territories 37, 38.

Cravens, William Fadjo (Democrat,

Arkansas) Fort Smith, AR, February 15,

1899-April 16, 1974. September 12, 1939-

January 3, 1949.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Mines and Mining 76.

Territories 76.
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Cravens, William Ben (Democrat,

Arkansas) Fort Smith, AR, Jan 17, 1872-

January 13, 1939. March 4, 1907-March 3,

1913; March 4, 1933-January 13, 1939.

Indian Affairs 60.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75.

Cravens, Jordan Edger (Independent

Democrat / Democrat, Arkansas)

Fredericktown, MO, November 7, 1830-

April 8, 1914. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1883.

Territories 45, 46.

Public Lands 47.

Crawford, Fred Lewis (Republican,

Michigan) Dublin, TX, May 5, 1888-April

13, 1957. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 74, 75.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 74, 75, 76, 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Crawford, William Thomas (Democrat,

North Carolina) Waynesville, NC, June 1,

1856-November 16, 1913. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1895; March 4, 1899-May 10,

1900; March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Private Land Claims 52, 53.

Public Lands 53.

Creager, Charles Edward (Republican,

Oklahoma) Dayton, OH, April 28, 1873-

January 11, 1964. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1911.

Mines and Mining 61.

Creamer, Thomas James (Democrat, New

York) Garadice Lake, Ireland, May 26,

1843-August 4, 1914. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1875; March 4, 1901-March

3, 1903.

Pacific Railroads 43, 57.

Creely, John Vaudain (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA,

November 14, 1839-September 28, 1900.

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 42.

Creighton, William, Jr. (Republican, Ohio)

Berkeley County, VA, October 29, 1778-

October 1, 1851. May 4, 1813-March 3,

1817; March 4, 1827-1828; March 4, 1829-

March 3, 1833.

Public Lands 14.

Territories 20, 21, 22.

Cremeans, Frank (Republican, Ohio)

Chesire, OH, April 5, 1943 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 1997.

Resources 104.

Crisp, Charles Frederick (Democrat,

Georgia) Sheffield, England, January 29,

1845-October 23, 1896. March 4, 1883-

October 23, 1896.

Pacific Railroads 48, 49.

Speaker of the House 52 and 53

Congresses.

Crisfield, John Woodland (Whig /

Unionist, Maryland) Chestertown, MD,

November 8, 1806-January 12, 1897.

March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849;March 4,

1861-March 3, 1863.

Public Lands 37.

Crocker, Alvah (Republican, Massachusetts)

Leominster, MA, October 14, 1801-

December 26, 1874. January 2, 1872-

December 26, 1874.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Cronin, Paul William (Republican,

Massachusetts) Boston, MA, March 14,

1938—. January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Cross, Edward (Democrat, Arkansas)

Hawkins City, TN, November 11, 1798-

April 6, 1887. March 4, 1839-March 3,

1845.

Indian Affairs 26.

Private Land Claims 26, 27, 28.

Cross, Oliver Harlan (Democrat, Texas)

Eutaw, AL, July 13, 1868-April 24, 1960.

March 4, 1929-January 3, 1937.

Insular Affairs 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72.

Crounse, Lorenzo (Republican, Nebraska)

Sharon, NY, Jan 27, 1834-May 13, 1909.

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877.

Territories 43.

Public Lands 44.

Crow, Charles Augustus (Republican,

Missouri) Sikeston, MO, March 31, 1873-

March 20, 1938. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1911.

Public Lands 61.

Crowe, Eugene Burgess (Democrat,

Indiana) Jeffersonville, IN, Jan 5, 1878-

May 12, 1970. March 4, 1931-January 3,

1941.

Territories 72, 73, 74, 75, 76.

Crowell, John (—, Delegate from the

Alabama Territory and Representative

from Alabama) Halifax County, NC,

September 18, 1780-June 25, 1846.

January 29, 1818-March 3, 1819;

December 14, 1819-March 3, 1821.

Private Land Claims 16.

Crowell, John (Whig, Ohio) East Haddam,

CT, September 15, 1801-March 8, 1883.

March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851.
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Indian Affairs 31.

Crowley, Joseph (Democrat, New York)

New York, NY, March 16, 1962 —.

January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106.

Crowley, Richard (Republican, New York)

Pendleton, NY, December 14, 1836-July

22, 1908. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Territories 47.

Croxton, Thomas (Democrat, Virginia)

Tappahannock, VA, March 8, 1822-July 3,

1903. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Crudup, Josiah (—, North Carolina)

Wakelon, NC, January 13, 1791-May 20,

1872. March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823.

Private Land Claims 17.

Crump, Rousseau Owen (Republican,

Michigan) Pittsford, NY, May 20, 1843-

May 1, 1901. March 4, 1895-May 1, 1901.

Mines and Mining 54, 55, 56.

Crumpacker, Edgar Dean (Republican,

Indiana) Westville, IN, May 27, 1851-May

19, 1920. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1913.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62.

Cubin, Barbara L. (Republican, Wyoming)

Salinas,, CA, November 30, 1946 —.

January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Culberson, David Browning (Democrat,

Texas) Troup County, GA, September 29,

1830-May 7, 1900. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1897.

Territories 44.

Culbertson, William Wirt (Republican,

Kentucky) Lewistown, PA, September 22,

1835-October 31, 1911. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Cullen, Elisha Dickerson (American Party,

Deleware) Millsboro, DE, April 23, 1799-

February 8, 1862. March 4, 1855-March 3,

1857.

Public Lands 34.

Cullom, Shelby Moore (Republican,

Illinois) Wayne County, KY, November

22, 1829-January 28, 1914. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1871.

Territories 40, 41.

Senator from Illinois, 48th-62d

Congresses. Governor of Illinois, 1877-

1883.

Cummings, Herbert Wesley (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) West Chillisquaque

Township, PA, July 13, 1873-March 4,

1956. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925.

Mines and Mining 68.

Territories 68.

Cunningham, Glenn Clarence

(Republican, Nebraska) Omaha, NE,

September 10, 1912—. January 3, 1957-

January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87.

Cunningham, Paul Harvey (Republican,

Iowa) Kent, PA, June 15, 1890-June 16,

1961. January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959.

Territories 78, 79.

Curry, Charles Forrest (Republican,

California) Naperville, IL, March 14, 1858-

October 10, 1930. March 4, 1913-October

10, 1930.

Territories 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,

71.

Curry, Charles Forrest, Jr. (Republican,

California) San Francisco, CA, August 13,

1893-October 7, 1972. March 4, 1931-

March 3, 1933.

Territories 72.

Curry, George (Republican, New Mexico)

Bayou Sara, LA, April 3, 1861-November

27, 1947. January 8, 1912-March 3, 1913.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Governor of the Territory of New

Mexico, 1907-1911.

Curtis, Carl Thomas (Republican,

Nebraska) Minden, NE., March 15,

1905—. January 3, 1939-December 31,

1954.

Indian Affairs 76.

Senator from Nebraska, 84th-96th

Congresses.

Curtis, Carlton Brandaga (Democrat /

Republican, Pennsylvania) Madison

County, NY, December 17, 1811-March

17, 1883. March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855.;

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Territories 43.

Curtis, Charles (Republican, Kansas)

Topeka, KS, January 25, 1860-February 8,

1936. March 4, 1893-January 28, 1907.

Indian Affairs 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Public Lands 54.

Senator from Kansas,59th-62d

Congresses; 64th-70th Congresses. Vice

President, 1929-1933.

Curtis, Samuel Ryan (Republican, Iowa)

Champlain, NY, February 3, 1805-

December 25, 1866. March 4, 1857-

August 4, 1861.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Cushman, Francis Wellington
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(Republican, Washington) Brighton, IA,

May 8, 1867-July 6, 1909. March 4, 1899-

July 6, 1909.

Territories 56, 57.

Private Land Claims 57, 58, 59, 60.

Cutts, Marsena Edgar (Republican, Iowa)

Orwell, VT, May 22, 1833-September 1,

1883. March 4, 1881-September 1, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

D

D'Ewart, Wesley Abner (Republican,

Montana) Worcester, MA., October 1,

1889-September 2, 1973. June 5, 1945-

January 3, 1955.

Indian Affairs 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 79.

Mines and Mining 79.

Public Lands 79, 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Dale, Porter Hinmann (Republican,

Vermont) Island Pond, VT, March 1,

1867-October 6, 1933. March 4, 1915-

August 1, 1923.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64.

Senator from Vermont, 68th-73d

Congresses.

Dale, Thomas Henry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Daleville, PA, June 12,

1846-August 21, 1912. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1907.

Mines and Mining 59.

Dallinger,FrederickWilliam(Republican,

Massachusetts) Cambridge, MA, October

2, 1871-September 5, 1955. March 4,

1915-March 3, 1925; November 2, 1926-

October 1, 1932.

Indian Affairs 66, 67, 68.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71.

Dalzell, John (Republican, Pennsylvania)

New York City, NY, April 19, 1845-

October 2, 1927. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1913.

Pacific Railroads 50, 51.

Dana, Amasa (Democrat, New York)

Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 19, 1792-

December 24, 1867. March 4, 1839-March

3, 1841; March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Territories 26.

Daniel, Henry(Jacksonian, Kentucky) Louisa

County, VA, March 15, 1786-October 5,

1873. March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833.

Indian Affairs 20.

Daniel, John Reeves James (Democrat,

North Carolina) Halifax, NC, January 13,

1802-June 22, 1868. March 4, 1841-March

3, 1853.

Territories 27, 28.

Daniels, Milton John (Republican,

California) Cobleskill, NY, April 18, 1838-

December 1, 1914. March 4, 1903-March

3,1905.

Pacific Railroads 58.

Darby, Ezra (Republican, New Jersey) Scotch

Plains, NJ, June 7, 1768-January 27, 1808.

March 4, 1805-January 27, 1808.

Public Lands 9, 10.

Darden, George (Buddy) (Democrat,

Georgia) Hancock County, GA,

November 22, 1943—. November 8,

1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100, 101,

102.

Darling, Mason Cook (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Amherst, MA, May 18, 1801-

March 12, 1866. June 9, 1848-March 3,

1849.

Private Land Claims 30.

Darlington, Smedley (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Pocopson Township, PA,

December 24, 1827-June 24, 1899. March

4, 1887-March 3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 50.

Darrell, Chester Bidwell (Republican,

Louisiana) Addison, PA, June 24, 1842-

January 1, 1908. March 4, 1869-February

20, 1878; (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883. 

Pacific Railroads 47.

Daugherty, James Alexander (Democrat,

Missouri) Athens, TN, August 30, 1847-

January 26, 1920. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1913.

Mines and Mining 62.

Daughton, Ralph Hunter (Democrat,

Virginia) Washington, DC, September 23,

1885-December 22, 1958. November 7,

1944-January 3, 1947.
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Insular Affairs 79.

Davee, Thomas (Democrat, Maine)

Plymouth, MA, December 9, 1797-

December 9, 1841. March 4, 1837-Ma. 3,

1841.

Territories 25.

Davenport, Frederick Morgan

(Republican, New York) Salem, MA, Aug

27, 1866-December 26, 1956. March 4,

1825-March 3, 1833.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Public Lands 69.

Davenport, James Sanford (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Gaylesville, AL, September 21,

1864-January 3, 1940. November 16,

1907-March 3, 1909; March 4, 1911-March

3, 1917.

Territories 60, 62, 63, 64.

Insular Affairs 62, 63, 64.

Davenport, Samuel Arza (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Watkins, NY, January 15,

1834-August 1, 1911. March 4,

1897-March 3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 56.

Davey, Martin Luther (Democrat, Ohio)

Kent, OH, July 25, 1884-March 31, 1946.

November 5, 1918-March 3, 1921; March

4, 1923-March 3, 1929.

Territories 66.

Governor of OH, 1935-1939.

Davila, Felix Cordova (Unionist, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) Vega Baja, PR, November

20, 1878-December 3, 1938. August 7,

1917-April 11, 1932.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Indian Affairs 71.

Davis, Amos (Anti-Kacksonian, Kentucky)

Mount Sterling, KY, August 15, 1794-June

11, 1835. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835.

Private Land Claims 23.

Davis, Charles Russel (Republican,

Minnesota) Pittsfield, IL, September 17,

1849-July 29, 1930. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 60, 61, 62.

Davis, Garrett (Whig / Unionist / Democrat,

Kentucky) Mount Sterling, KY,

September 10, 1801-September 22, 1872.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1847.

Territories 26, 27.

Senator from Kentucky, 37th-42d

Congresses.

Davis, George Royal (Republican, Illinois)

Palmer, MA, January 3, 1840-November

25, 1899. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 47.

Davis, James Harvey (Cyclone)

(Democrat, Texas) Walhalla, SC,

December 24, 1853-January 31, 1940.

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917.

Insular Affairs 64.

Davis, John (Greenback Party / Populist,

Kansas) Springfield, IL, August 9, 1826-

August 1, 1901. March 4, 1891-March 3,

1895.

Public Lands 53.

Davis, John Given (Independent, Indiana)

Flemingsburg, KY, October 10, 1810-

January 18, 1866. Mar.. 4, 1851-March 3,

1855; March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861.

Public Lands 35, 36.

Davis, John Wesley (Jacksonian /

Democrat, Indiana) New Holland, PA,

April 16, 1799-August 22, 1859. March 4,

1835-March 3, 1837; March 4, 1839-March

3, 1841; March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 26.

Public Lands 28.

Speaker of the House, 29th Congress.

Governor of Oregon Territory, 1853,

1854.

Davis, Joseph Jonathan (Democrat, North

Carolina) Louisburg, NC, April 13, 1828-

August 7, 1892. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1881.

Mines and Mining 45.

Davis, Richard David (Democrat, New

York) Stillwater, NY, 1799-June 17, 1871.

March 4, 1841-March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 27.

Davis, Warren Ransom (Jacksonian /

Nullifier, South Carolina) Columbia, SC,

May 8, 1793-January 29, 1835.

Public Lands 20.

Dawes, Beman Gates (Republican, Ohio)

Marietta, OH, January 14, 1870-May 15,

1953. March 4, 1905-March 3, 1909.

Pacific Railroads 60.

Dawes, Rufus (Republican, Ohio) Malta,

OH, July 4, 1838-August 2, 1899. March 4,

1881-March 3, 1883.

Territories 47.

Dawson, Albert Foster (Republican, Iowa)

Spragueville, IA, January 26, 1872-March

9, 1949. March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911.

Pacific Railroads 59.

Dawson, John Bennett (Democrat,

Louisiana) Nashville, TN, March 17, 1798-

June 26, 1845. March 4, 1841-June 26,

1845.
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Private Land Claims 27.

Dawson, John Littleton (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Uniontown, PA, February

7, 1813-September 18, 1870. March 4,

1851-March 3, 1855; March 4, 1863-March

3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 32.

Dawson, William (Democrat, Missouri)

New Madrid, MO, March 17, 1848-

October 12, 1929. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1887.

Territories 49.

Dawson, William Adams (Republican,

Utah) Layton, UT, November 5, 1903-

November 7, 1981. January 3, 1947-

January 3, 1949; January 3, 1953-January 3,

1959.

Public Lands 80.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85.

Dawson, William Levi (Democrat, Illinois)

Albany, GA, April 26, 1886-November 9,

1970. January 3, 1943-November 9, 1970.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

De Armond, David Albaugh (Democrat,

Missouri) Altoona, PA, March 18, 1844-

November 23, 1909. March 4, 1891-

November 23, 1909.

Public Lands 52.

De Fazio, Peter Anthony (Democrat,

Oregon) Needham, MA, May 27, 1947—.

January 3, 1987—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

De Graffenreid, Reese Calhoun

(Democrat, Texas) Franklin, TN, May 7,

1859-August 29, 1902. March 4, 1897-

August 29, 1902.

Territories 56, 57.

De Haven, John Jefferson (Republican,

California) St. Joseph, MO, March 12,

1849-January 26, 1913. March 4, 1889-

October 1, 1890.

Public Lands 51.

De La Montanya, James (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, March 20, 1798-

April 29, 1849. March 4, 1839-March 3,

1841.

Territories 26.

de Lugo, Ron (Democrat, Delegate from the

Territory of the Virgin Islands)

Englewood, NJ, August 2, 1930-. January

3, 1973-January 3, 1979; January 3, 1981-

January 3, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs, 93, 94, 95, 97,

98, 99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

De Priest, Oscar Stanton (Republican,

Illinois) Florence, AL, March 9, 1871-May

12, 1951. March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 71, 72, 73.

De Rouen, René Louis (Democrat,

Louisiana) Ville Platte, LA, January 7,

1874-March 27, 1942. August 23, 1927-

January 3, 1941.

Public Lands 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76.

De Vries, Marion (Democrat, California)

Woodbridge, CA, August 15, 1865-

September 11, 1939. March 4, 1897-

August 20, 1900.

Public Lands 55, 56.

De Witt, David Miller (Democrat, New

York) Paterson, NJ, November 25, 1837-

June 23, 1912. March 4, 1873-March 3,

1875.

Private Land Claims 43.

Deal, John Nathan (Democrat /

Republican, Georgia) Millen, GA, August

25, 1942 —. January 3, 1997- January 3,

2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Dean, Ezra (Democrat, Ohio) Hillsdale, NY,

April 9, 1795-January 25, 1872. March 4,

1841-March 3, 1845.

Territories 27.

Decker, Perl D. (Democrat, Missouri)

Coolville, OH, September 10, 1875-

August 22, 1934. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1919.

Mines and Mining 63.

Public Lands 63.

Deering, Nathaniel Cobb (Republican,

Iowa) Denmark, ME, September 2, 1827-

December 11, 1887. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Indian Affairs 46, 47.

Degener, Edward (Republican, Texas)

Brunswick, Germany, October 20, 1809-

September 11, 1890. March 31, 1870-

March 3, 1871.

Indian Affairs 41.

Delahunt, William D. (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Quincy, Norfolk County,

MA, July 18, 1941 —. January 3,

1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105.

Delaney, James Joseph (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, March 19, 1901-

May 24, 1987. January 3,1945-January 3,
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1947;January 3, 1949-December 31, 1978.

Territories 79.

Dellenback, John Richard (Republican,

Oregon) Chicago, IL, November 6,

1918—. January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

Dellet, James (Whig, Alabama) Camden, NJ,

February 18, 1788-December 21, 1848.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841; March 4,

1843-March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 26.

Dempsey, John Joseph (Democrat, New

Mexico) White Haven, PA, June 22, 1879-

March 11, 1958. January 3, 1935-January 3,

1941; January 3, 1951-March 11, 1958.

Irrigation 74, 75.

Public Lands 74, 75.

Territories 74, 75.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Governor of New Mexico, 1943-1947.

Dempsey, Stephen Wallace (Republican,

New York) Hartland, NY, May 8, 1862-

March 1, 1949. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1931.

Indian Affairs 64.

Denison, Charles (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Wyoming Valley, PA, January 23, 1818-

June 27, 1867. March 4, 1863-June 27,

1867.

Indian Affairs 38, 39.

Denison, Dudley Chase (Republican,

Vermont) Royalton, VT, September 13,

1819-February 10, 1905. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 45.

Denison, Edward Everett (Republican,

Illinois) Marion, IL, August 28, 1873-June

17, 1953. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1931.

Mines and Mining 64, 65.

Denny, Harmar (Anti-Masonic ,

Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh, PA, May 13,

1794-January 29, 1852. December 15,

1829-March 3, 1837.

Private Land Claims 21.

Dent, Stanley Hubert, Jr. (Democrat,

Alabama) Eufaula, AL, August 16, 1869-

October 6, 1938. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1921.

Public Lands 62.

Denver, Matthew Romback (Democrat,

Ohio) Wilmington, OH, December 21,

1870-May 13, 1954. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1913.

Insular Affairs 60, 61, 62.

Deweese, John Thomas (Republican,

North Carolina) Van Buren, AR, June 4,

1835-July 4, 1906. July 6, 1868-February

28, 1870.

Indian Affairs 41.

Dick, Samuel Bernard (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Meadville, PA, October 26,

1836-May 10, 1907. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1881.

Territories 46.

Dickey, Henry Luther (Democrat, Ohio)

South Salem, OH, October 29, 1832-May

23, 1910. March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Dickey, Jay W., Jr. (Republican, Arkansas)

Pine Bluff, AR, December 14, 1939 —.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001.

Natural Resources 103.

Dickinson, Clement Cabell (Democrat,

Missouri) Prince Edward Court House,

VA, December 6, 1849-January 14, 1938.

February 1, 1910-March 3, 1921; March 4,

1923-March 3, 1929; March 4, 1931-

January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 62.

Dickinson, David W. (Jacksonian / Whig,

Tennessee) Franklin, TN, June 10, 1808-

April 27, 1845. March 4, 1833-March 3,

1835; March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Indian Affairs 23.

Dickinson, Edward Fenwick (Democrat,

Ohio) Fremont, OH, January 21, 1829-

August 25, 1891. March 4, 1869-March 3,

1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Dickson, William Alexander (Democrat,

Mississippi) Centreville, MS, July 20, 1861-

February 25, 1940. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1913.

Insular Affairs 62.

Dickstein, Samuel (Democrat, New York)

Viona, Russia, February 1885-April 22,

1954. March 4, 1923-December 30, 1945.

Indian Affairs 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,

79.

Dietrich, Charles Elmer (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Tunkhannock, PA, July 30,

1889-May 20, 1942. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1937.

Territories 74.

Diggs, Charles Coles, Jr. (Democrat,

Michigan) Detroit, MI, December 2,

1922—. January 3, 1955-June 3, 1980.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85.

Dill, Clarence Cleveland (Democrat,

Washington) Fredericktown, OH,
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September 21, 1884-January 14, 1978.

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919.

Indian Affairs 64, 65.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64, 65.

Public Lands 64, 65.

Senator from OH, 68th-74th Congresses.

Dillingham, Paul, Jr. (Democrat, Vermont)

Shutesbury, MA, August 10, 1799-July 26,

1891. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Governor of Vermont, 1865, 1866.

Dimond, Anthony Joseph (Democrat,

Delegate from the Territory of Alaska)

Palatine Bridge, NY, November 30, 1881-

May 28, 1953. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1945.

Indian Affairs 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Territories 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Dingell, John David (Democrat, Michigan)

Detroit, MI, February 2, 1894-September

19, 1955. March 3, 1933-September 19,

1955.

Insular Affairs 73.

Dirksen, Everett McKinley (Republican,

Illinois) Pekin, IL, January 4, 1896-

September 7, 1969. March 4, 1933-January

3, 1949.

Territories 73.

Senator from Illinois, 82d-91st

Congresses.

Disney, David Tiernan (Democrat, Ohio)

Baltimore, MD, August 26, 1803-March

14, 1857. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1855.

Public Lands 33.

Dixon, Joseph Moore (Republican,

Montana) Snow Camp, NC, July 31, 1867-

May 22, 1934. March 4, 1903-March 3,

1907.

Mines and Mining 58, 59.

Public Lands 58, 59.

Indian Affairs 59.

Senator from Montana, 60th-62d

Congresses.

Dixon, Nathan Fellows (Republican,

Rhode Island) Westerly, RI, May 1, 1812-

April 11, 1881. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1851; March 4, 1863-March 3, 1871.

Private Land Claims 41.

Doddridge, Philip (—, Virginia) Bedford

County, VA, May 17, 1773-November 19,

1832. March 4, 1829-November 19, 1832.

Private Land Claims 21.

Doggett, Lloyd Alton, II (Democrat,

Texas) Austin, Travis County, TX,

October 6, 1946 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105.

Domengeaux,James (Democrat, Louisiana)

Lafayette, LA, January 6, 1907-April 11,

1988. January 3, 1941-April 15, 1944;

November 7, 1944-January 3, 1949.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77, 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 77, 78.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Dominick, Fred Haskell (Democrat, South

Carolina) Peak, SC, February 20, 1877-

March 11, 1960. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1933.

Insular Affairs 65, 66.

Dominick, Peter Hoyt (Republican,

Colorado) Stamford, CT, July 7, 1915-

March 18, 1981. January 3, 1961-January 3,

1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

Senator from Colorado, 88th-94th

Congresses.

Donnelly, Ignatius (Republican, Minnesota)

Philadelphia, PA, November 3, 1831-

January 1, 1901. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1869.

Public Lands 39, 40.

Pacific Railroads 38, 39, 40.

Donovan, Dennis D. (Democrat, Ohio)

Texas, OH, January 31, 1859-April 21,

1941. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Territories 52, 53.

Donovan, James George (Democrat, New

York) Clinton, MA, December 15, 1898-

April 6, 1987. January 3, 1951-January 3,

1957.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Donovan, Jerome Francis (Democrat,

New York) New Haven, CT, February 1,

1872-November 2, 1949. March 5, 1918-

March 3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 65.

Dooley, Calvin M. (Democrat, California)

Visalia, CA, January 11, 1954-. January 3,

1991-.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Dooling, Peter Joseph (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, February 15, 1857-

October 18, 1931. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1921.

Mines and Mining 63, 66.

Insular Affairs 64, 65.

Doolittle, John Taylor (Republican,

California) Glendale, CA, October 30,
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1950 —. January 3, 1991-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106.

Doolittle, William Hall (Republican,

Washington) North East, PA, November

6, 1848-February 26, 1914. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1897.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Indian Affairs 54.

Dorsey, George Washington Emery

(Republican, Nebraska) Loudoun Count,

VA, Jan 25, 1842-June 12, 1911. March 4,

1885-March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 49, 50, 51.

Territories 50, 51.

Dorsey, John Loyd, Jr. (Democrat,

Kentucky) Handerson, KY, August 10,

1891-March 22, 1960. November 4, 1930-

March 3, 1931.

Territories 71.

Dougherty, John (Democrat, Missouri)

Iatan, MO, February 25, 1857-August 1,

1905. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905.

Indian Affairs 56, 57, 58.

Mines and Mining 58.

Doughton, Robert Lee (Democrat, North

Carolina) Laurel Springs, NC, November

7, 1863-October 1, 1954. March 4, 1911-

January 3, 1953.

Public Lands 67.

Douglas, Albert (Republican, Ohio)

Chillicothe, OH, April 25, 1852-March 14,

1935. March 1907-March 3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 60, 61.

Insular Affairs 61.

Douglas, Fred James (Republican, New

York) Clinton, MA, September 14, 1869-

January 1, 1949. January 3, 1937-January 3,

1945.

Indian Affairs 75, 76, 77, 78.

Public Lands 75, 76, 77.

Douglas, Lewis Williams (Democrat,

Arizona) Bisbee, AZ, July 2, 1894-March

7, 1974. March 4, 1927-March 4, 1933.

Public Lands 70.

Irrigation and Reclamation 70.

Douglas, Stephen Arnold (Democrat,

Illinois) Brandon, VT, April 23, 1813-June

3, 1861. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Senator from Illinois, 30th-36th

Congresses.

Douglass, John J. (Democrat,

Massachusetts) East Boston, MA,

February 9, 1873-April 5. 1939. March 4,

1925-January 3, 1935.

Territories 72, 73.

Doutrich, Isaac Hoffer (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Middletown, PA,December

19, 1871-May 28, 1941. March 4, 1927-

January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 74.

Dowell, Cassius Clay (Republican, Iowa)

Summerset, IA, February 29, 1864-

February 4, 1940. March 4, 1915-January

3, 1935; January 3, 1937-February 4, 1940.

Territories 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,

72, 73, 75, 76.

Downing, Finis Ewing (Democrat, Illinois)

Virginia, IL, August 24, 1846-March 8,

1936. March 4, 1895-June 5, 1896.

Public Lands 54.

Doxey, Charles Taylor (Republican,

Indiana) Tippecanoe, IN, July 13, 1841-

April 30, 1898. January 17, 1883-March 3,

1883.

Mines and Mining 47.

Draper, Joseph (Jacksonian, Virginia) Draper

Valley, VA, December 25, 1794-June 10,

1834. December 6, 1830-March 3, 1831;

December 6, 1832-March 3, 1833.

Private Land Claims 21.

Draper, William Henry (Republican, New

York) Rochdale, MA, June 24, 1841-

December 7, 1921. March 4, 1901-March

3, 1913.

Territories 60, 61, 62.

Drayton, William (Jacksonian, South

Carolina) St. Augustine, FL, December 30,

1776-May 24, 1846. May 17, 1825-March

3, 1833.

Territories 19.

Drewry, Patrick Henry (Democrat,

Virginia) Petersburg, VA, May 24, 1875-

December 21, 1947. April 27, 1920-

December 21, 1947.

Public Lands 67.

Territories 67.

Insular Affairs 67.

Driggs, John Fletcher (Republican,

Michican) Kinderhook, NY, March 8,

1813-December 17, 1877. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1869.

Public Lands 38, 39, 40.

Mines and Mining 39, 40.

Driscoll, Daniel Angelus (Democrat, New

York) Buffalo, NY, March 6, 1875-June 5,

1955. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917.

Territories 61.

Driscoll, Michael Edward (Republican,
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1851;-January 19, 1929. March 4,

1899-March 3, 1913.

Pacific Railroads 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.

Driver, William Joshua (Democrat,

Arkansas) Osceola, AR, March 2, 1873-

October 1, 1948. March 4, 1921-January 3,

1939.

Public Lands 67, 68, 69.

Territories 67, 68, 69, 72.

Dubois, Fred Thomas (Republican / Silver

Republican, Delegate from the Idaho

Territory and Representative from Idaho)

Palestine, Crawford County, IL, May 29,

1851-February 14, 1930. March 4, 1887, to

July 3, 1890.

Territories 51.

Indian Affairs 51.

Senator March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1897;

March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1907.

Dudley, Edward Bishop (—, North

Carolina) Jacksonville, NC, December 15,

1789-October 30, 1855. November 10,

1829-March 3, 1831.

Private Land Claims 21.

Governor of North Carolina, 1837-1841.

Dugro, Philip Henry (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, October 3, 1855-

March 1, 1920. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1883.

Territories 47.

Dunbar, James Whitson (Republican,

Indiana) New Albany, IN, October 17,

1860-May 19, 1943. March 4, 1929-March

3, 1931.

Insular Affairs 71.

Duncan, Alexander (Democrat, Ohio)

Bottle Hill, NJ, 1788-March 23, 1853.

March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841; March 4,

1843-March 3, 1845.

Public Lands 25.

Territories 28.

Duncan, John J., Jr. (Republican,

Tennessee) Lebanon, TN, July 21, 1947

—. November 8, 1988-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Duncan, Joseph (Jacksonian, Illinois) Paris,

KY, February 22, 1794-January 15, 1844.

March 4, 1847-September 21, 1834.

Public Lands 20, 21, 22, 23.

Governor of Kentucky, 1834-1838.

Duncan, Robert Blackford (Democrat,

Oregon) Normal, IL, December 4,

1920—. January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967;

January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Duncan, William Garnett (Whig,

Kentucky) Louisville, KY, March 2, 1800-

May 25, 1875. March 4, 1847-March 3,

1849.

Public Lands 30.

Dunham, Ransom Williams (Republican,

Illinois) Savoy, MA, March 21, 1838-

August 19, 1896. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1889.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Dunlap, William Claiborne (Democrat,

Tennessee) Knoxville, TN, February 25,

1798-November 16, 1872. March 4, 1833-

March 3, 1837.

Public Lands 24.

Dunn, Poindexter (Democrat, Arkansas)

Raleigh, NC, November 3, 1834-October

12, 1914. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1889.

Public Lands 46.

Pacific Railroads 49.

Dunnell, Mark Hill (Republican,

Minnesota) Buxton, MR, July 2, 1823-

August 9, 1904. March 4, 1871-March 3,

1883; March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Public Lands 42, 43.

Durey, Cyrus (Republican, New York)

Caroga, NY, May 16, 1864-January 4,

1933. March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911.

Private Land Claims 61.

Durgan, George Richard (Democrat,

Indiana) Westpoint, IN, January 20, 1872-

January 13, 1942. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1935.

Public Lands 73.

Durham, Milton Jameson (Democrat,

Kentucky) Perryville, KY, May 16, 1824-

February 12, 1911.March 4, 1873-March 3,

1879.

Mines and Mining 44.

Durkee, Charles (Free Soiler, Wisconsin)

Royalton, VT, December 10, 1805-January

14, 1870. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 32.

Senator from Wisconsin, 34th-36th

Congresses.

Durno, Edwin Russell (Republican,

Oregon) Linn County, OR, January 26,

1899-November20, 1976. January 3, 1961-

January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

Duval, Isaac Harding (Republican, West

Virginia) Wellsburg, VA (West Virginia),

September 1, 1824-July 10, 1902. March 4,
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Mines and Mining 41.

Territories 41.

Dwight, Jeremiah Wilbur (Republican,

New York) Cincinnatus, NY, April 17,

1819-November 26, 1885. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1883.

Public Lands 47.

Dwight, John Wilbur (Republican, New

York) Dryden, NY, May 24, 1859-January

19, 1928. November 2, 1902-March 3,

1913.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 57, 58, 59, 60.

Dworshak, Henry Clarence (Republican,

Idaho) Duluth, MN, August 29, 1894-July

23, 1949. January 3, 1939-November 5,

1946.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76, 77.

Public Lands 76, 77.

Senator from Idaho, 80th-87th

Congresses.

Dyer, David Patterson (Republican,

Missouri) Henry County, VA, February

12, 1838-April 29, 1924. March 4, 1869-

March 3, 1871.

Territories 41.

E

Eagle, Joe Henry (Democrat, Texas)

Tompkinsville, KY, January 23, 1870-

January 10, 1963. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1921; January 28, 1933-January 3,

1937.

Indian Affairs 65.

Eames, Benjamin Tucker (Republican,

Rhode Island) Dedham, MA, June

4,1818-October 6, 1901. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 43.

Earll, Jonas, Jr. (Jacksonian, New York) ?,

1786-October 28, 1846. March 4, 1827-

March 3, 1831.

Private Land Claims 20.

Eastman, Ben C. (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Strong, ME, October 24, 1812-February

2, 1856. March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855.

Indian Affairs 33.

Eaton, William Robb (Republican,

Colorado) Pugwash, Canada, December

17, 1877-December 16, 1942. March 4,

1929-March 3, 1933.

Public Lands 71, 72.

Echols, Leonard Sidney (Republican,

West Virginia) Madison, WV, October

30, 1871-May 9, 1946. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 66, 67.

Eckert, Charles Richard (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh, PA, January

20, 1868-October 26, 1959. January 3,

1935-January 3, 1939.

Territories 74, 75.

Eckhardt, Robert Christian (Democrat,

Texas) Austin, TX, July 16, 1913—.

January 3, 1967-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96.

Eckley, Ephraim Ralph (Republican,

Ohio) Mt. Pleasant, OH, December 9,

1811-March 27, 1908. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1969.

Public Lands 39, 40.

Private Land Claims 38.

Eddy, Frank Marion (Republican,

Minnesota) Pleasant Grove, MN, April

1, 1856-January 13, 1929. March 4,

1895-March 3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 54, 55, 56, 57.

Mines and Mining 54, 55, 56, 57.

Public Lands 55, 56, 57.

Eddy, Samuel (Democrat, Rhode Island)

Johnston, RI, March 31, 1769-February

3, 1839. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1825.

Private Land Claims 16.

Edelstein, Morris Michael (Democrat,

New York) Messeritz, Poland, February

5, 1888-June 4, 1941. February 6, 1940-

June 4, 1941.

Public Lands 76.

Edgerton, Sidney (Republican, Ohio)

Cazenovia, NY, August 17, 1818-July

19, 1900. March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863.

Private Land Claims 37.

Edmonds, George Washington

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Pottsville,

PA, February 22, 1864-September 28,

1939. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1925;March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Public Lands 73.

Edmondson, Edmond (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Muskogee, OK, April 7,

1919—. January 3, 1953-January 3,

1973.
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Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86,

87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.

Edmunds, Paul Carrington (Democrat,

Virginia) Halifax County, VA,

November 1, 1836-March 12, 1899.

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Edwards, Caldwell (Populist, Montana)

Sag Harbor, NY, January 8, 1841-July

23, 1922. March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903.

Mines and Mining 57.

Edwards, John (Liberal Republican,

Araknasas) Louisville, KY, October 24,

1805-April 8, 1894. March 4, 1871-

February 9, 1872.

Indian Affairs 42.

Edwards, John Cummins (Democrat,

Missouri) Frankfort, KY, June 24, 1804-

October 14, 1888. March 4, 1841-March

3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Governor of Missouri, 1844-1848.

Edwards, Marvin Henry (Mickey)

(Republican, Oklahoma) Cleveland,

OH, July 12, 1937—. January 3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96.

Edwards, Samuel (Federalist,

Pennsylvania) Chester Township, PA,

March 12, 1785-November 21, 1850.

March 4, 1919-March 3, 1827.

Territories 19.

Edwards, Thomas McKey (Republican,

New Hampshire) Keene, NH,

December 16, 1795-May 1, 1875. March

4,1859-March 3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 36, 37.

Einstein, Edwin (Republican, New York)

Cincinnati, OH, November 18, 1842-

January 24, 1905. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 46.

Ekwall, William Alexander(Republican,

Oregon) Ludington, MI, June 14, 1887-

October 16, 1956. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1937.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74.

Elam, Joseph Barton (Democrat,

Louisiana) Hope, AR, June 12, 1821-

July 4, 1885. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1881.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Elder, James Walter (Democrat,

Louisiana) Grand Prairie, TX, October

5, 1882-December 16, 1941. March 4,

1913-March 3, 1915.

Insular Affairs 63.

Eldredge, Nathaniel Buel (Democrat,

Micigan) Auburn, NY, March 28, 1913-

November 27, 1893. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 48, 49.

Ellenbogen, Henry (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Vienna, Austria, April 3,

1900-July 4, 1985. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1938.

Insular Affairs 73, 74, 75.

Ellerbe, James Edwin (Democrat, South

Carolina) Sellers, SC, January 12, 1867-

October 24, 1917. March 4, 1905-March

3, 1913.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Elliott, Alfred James (Democrat,

California) Guinda, CA, June 1, 1895-

January 17, 1973. March 4, 1937-January

3, 1949.

Public Lands 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Elliott, Richard Nash (Republican,

Indiana) Connersville, IN, April 25,

1873-March 21, 1948. June 26, 1917-

March 3, 1931.

Territories 68, 69, 70, 71.

Elliott, William (Democrat, South

Carolina) Beaufort, SC, September 3,

1838-December 7, 1907. March 4, 1887-

September 23, 1890; March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1893; March 4, 1895-June 4,

1896; March 4, 1897-March 3, 1903.

Territories 50.

Ellis, Clyde Taylor (Democrat, Akansas)

Garfield, AR, December 21, 1908-

February 9, 1980. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1943.

Public Lands 76.

Territories 76.

Ellis, Edgar Clarence (Republican,

Missouri) Vermontville, MI, October 2,

1854-March 15, 1947. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1909; March 4, 1921-March 3,

1923; March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927;

March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931.

Insular Affairs 67.

Pacific Railroads 60.

Ellis, Ezekiel John (Democrat, Louisiana)

Covington, LA, October 15, 1840-April

25, 1889. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Ellis, William Russell (Republican,

Oregon) Waveland, IN, April 23, 1850-

January 18, 1915. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1899; March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911.
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Public Lands 53, 54, 55.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55, 60.

Ellis, William Thomas (Democrat,

Kentucky) Knottsville, KY, July 24,

1845-January 8, 1925. March 4,

1889-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads, 52.

Ellsworth, Franklin Fowler

(Republican,Minnesota) St. James, MN,

July 10, 1879-December 23, 1942.

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66.

Ellsworth, Mathew Harris (Republican,

Oregon) Hoquiam, WA, September 17,

1899-February 7, 1986. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1957.

Public Lands 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 78, 79.

Elmer, William Price (Republican,

Missouri) Robertsville, MO, March 2,

1871-May 11, 1956. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1945.

Mines and Mining 78.

Elston, John Arthur (Progressive

Republican, California) Woodland, CA,

February 10, 1874-December 15, 1921.

March 4, 1915-December 15, 1921.

Public Lands 65, 66.

Indian Affairs 66.

Elvins, Politte (Republican, Missouri)

French Village, MO, March 16, 1878-

January 14, 1943. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 61.

Ely, Frederick David (Republican,

Massachusetts) Wrentham, MA,

September 24, 1838-August 6, 1921.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Ely, Smith, Jr. (Democrat, New York)

Hanover, NJ, April 17, 1825-July 1,

1911. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873;

March 4, 1875-December 11, 1876.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Ely, William (Federalist, Massachusetts)

Longmeadow, MA, August 14, 1765-

October 9, 1817. March 4, 1905-March

3, 1915.

Public Lands 10, 11.

Emerson, Norvell William (Bill)

(Republican, Missouri) St. Louis, MO,

January 1, 1938—. January 3, 1981—. 

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99,

100.

Engle, Clair (Democrat, California)

Bakersfield, CA, September 21, 1911-

July 30, 1964. August 31, 1943-January

3, 1959.

Mines and Mining 78, 79.

Public Lands 78, 79, 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84,

85.

Senator from California, 86th-88th

Congresses.

Englebright, Harry Lane (Republican,

California) Nevada City, CA, January 2,

1884-May 13, 1943. August 31, 1926-

May 13, 1943.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,

76, 77, 78.

Mines and Mining 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,

75, 76, 77, 78.

Indian Affairs 70, 71.

Territories 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75.

Englebright, William Fellows

(Republican, California) New Bedford,

MA, November 23, 1855-February 10,

1915. November 6, 1906-March 3,

1911.

Mines and Mining 59, 60, 61.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 60, 61.

English, James Edward (Democrat,

Connecticut) New Haven, CT, March

13, 1812-March 2, 1890. March 4, 1861-

March 3, 1865.

Public Lands 38.

Senator from Connecticut, 44th

Congress. Governor of Connecticut,

1867, 1868, 1870.

English Karan (Democrat, Arizona)

Berkeley, CA, March 23, 1949 —.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 1995.

Natural Resources 103.

English, Thomas Dunn (Democrat,

New Jersey) Philadelphia, PA, June 29,

1819-April 1, 1902. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1895.

Indian Affairs 52.

Private Land Claims 53.

English, William Hayden (Democrat,

Indiana) Lexington, IN, August 27,

1822-February 7, 1896. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1861.

Territories 33.

Ensign, John Eric (Republican, Nevada)

Roseville, Placer County, CA, March 25,

1958 —. January 3, 1995-January 3,

1999.

Resources 104, 105.

Senator for Nevada January 3, 2001.-.

Epes, Sydney Parham (Democrat,
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Virginia) Nottoway County, VA,

August 20, 1865-March 3, 1900. March

4, 1897-March 23, 1898; March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1900.

Territories 56.

Errett, Russell (Republican, Pennsylvania)

New York, NY, November 10, 1817-

April 7, 1891. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1883.

Indian Affairs 46.

Esch, John Jacob(Republican, Wisconsin)

Norwalk, WI, March 20, 1861-April 27,

1941. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1921.

Public Lands 56, 57.

Eslick, Edward Everett (Democrat,

Tennessee) Pulaski, TN, April 19, 1872-

June 14, 1932. March 4, 1925-June 14,

1932.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Estil, Benjamin (—, Virginia) Hansonville

(Russell) County, VA, March 13, 1780-

July 14, 1853. March 4, 1825-March 3,

1827.

Public Lands 19.

Estopinal, Albert (Democrat, Louisiana)

St. Bernard Parish, LA, January 30,

1845-April 28, 1919. November 3,

1908-April 28, 1919.

Public Lands 62.

Etheridge, Emerson (Whig / American

Party / Opposition Party, Tennessee)

Currituck, NC, September 28, 1819-

October 21, 1902. March 4, 1853-March

3, 1857; March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861.

Private Land Claims 34.

Indian Affairs 36.

Evans, Alexander (Whig, Maryland)

Elkton, MD, September 13, 1818-

December 5, 1888. March 4, 1847-

March 3, 1853.

Public Lands 30.

Evans, Alvin (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Ebensburg, PA, October 4, 1845-June

19, 1906. March 4, 1901-March 3, 1905.

Private Land Claims 57, 58.

Evans, Charles Rabley (Democrat,

Nevada) Breckenridge, IL, August 9,

1866-November 30, 1954. March 4,

1919-March 3, 1921.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 66.

Evans, James LaFayette (Republican,

Indiana) Clayville, KY, March 27, 1825-

May 28, 1903. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1879.

Mines and Mining 44.

Evans, John Morgan (Democrat,

Montana) Sedalia, MO, January 7, 1863-

March 12, 1946. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1921; March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 63, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Mines and Mining 63, 72.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Evans, Lane Allen (Democrat, Illinois)

Rock Island, IL, August 4, 1951 —.

January 3, 1983-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Evans, Melvin Herbert (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of the

Virgin Islands) Christiansted, VI,

August 7, 1917-November 27, 1984.

January 3, 1979-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96.

Governor of the Virgin Islands, 1969-

1975.

Evans, Nathan (Whig, Ohio) Belmont

County, OH, June 24, 1804-September

27, 1879. March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851.

Territories 30.

Everett, Horace (Whig, Vermont)

Foxboro, MA, July 17, 1779-January 30,

1851. March 4, 1829-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 23, 24, 25.

Everhart, James Bowen (Republican,

Pennsylvania) West Chester, PA, July

26, 1821-August 23, 1888. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1887.

Pacific Railroads 49.

Evins, John Hamilton (Democrat, South

Carolina) Spartanburg District, SC, July

18, 1830-October 20, 1884. March 4,

1877-October 20, 1884.

Territories 48.

Ewart, Hamilton Glover (Republican,

NorthCarolina) Columbia, SC, October

23, 1849-April 28, 1918. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 51.

Ewing, John (Whig,Indiana) Cork, Ireland,

May 19, 1789-April 6, 1858. March 4,

1833-March 3, 1835; March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1839.

Territories 23.
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Fairchild, George Winthrop (Republican,

New York) Oneonta, NY, May 6, 1854-

December 31, 1924. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1919.

Territories 61.

Fairfield, Louis William (Republican,

Indiana) Wapakoneta, OH, October 15,

1858-February 20, 1930. March 4, 1917-

March 3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 66, 67, 68.

Faleomavaega, Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin,

Jr. (Democrat, Delegate from the

Territory of American Samoa) Pago Pago,

AS, ?—. November 8, 1988—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Falconer, Jacob Alexander (Progressive,

Washington) Ontario, Canada, January 26,

1869-July 1, 1928. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1915.

Insular Affairs 63.

Territories 63.

Faris, George Washington (Republican,

Indiana) Rensselaer,IN, June 9, 1854-April

17, 1914. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 54, 55, 56.

Farley, Ephraim Wilder (Whig, Maine)

Newcastle, ME, August 29, 1817-April 3,

1880. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855.

Territories 33.

Farnsworth, John Franklin (Republican,

Illinois) Eaton, Canada, March 27, 1820-

July 14, 1897. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1861; March 4, 1863-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 36.

Farr, John Richard (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Scranton, PA, July 18, 1857-

December 11, 1933. March 4, 1911-March

3, 1919; February 25-March 3, 1921.

Mines and Mining 62.

Farr, Sam (Democrat, California) San

Francisco, CA, July 4, 1941—. June 8,

1993-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105.

Farrington, James (Democrat, New

Hampshire) Conway, NH, October 1,

1791-October 29, 1859. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1839.

Territories 25.

Farrington, Joseph Rider (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii)

Washington, DC, October 15, 1897-June

19, 1954. January 3, 1943-June 19, 1954.

Territories 78, 79.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Farrington, Mary Elizabeth Pruett

(Republican, Delegate from the Territory

of Hawaii) Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 1898-

July 21, 1984. July 31, 1954-January 3,

1957.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84.

Farwell, Charles Benjamin (Republican,

Illinois) Painted Post, NY, July 1, 1823-

September 23, 1903. March 4, 1871-May

6, 1876; March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883. 

Pacific Railroads 47.

Senator for New York January 19, 1887-

March 3, 1891.

Faust, Charles Lee (Republican, Missouri)

Bellefontaine, OH, April 24, 1879-

December 17, 1928. March 4, 1921-

December 17, 1928.

Public Lands 67, 68.

Favrot, George Kent (Democrat, Louisiana)

Baton Rouge, LA, November 26, 1868-

December 26, 1934. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1909;March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925.

Mines and Mining 67, 68.

Feely, John Joseph (Democrat, Illinois)

Wilmington, IL, August 1, 1875-February

15, 1905. March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903.

Pacific Railroads 57.

Felder, John Myers (Jacksonian, South

Carolina) Orangeburg, SC, July 7, 1782-

September 1, 1851. March 4, 1831-March

3, 1835.

Private Land Claims 23.

Felton, William Harrell (Democrat,

Georgia) Lexington, GA, June 19, 1823-

September 24, 1909. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 45.

Fenton, Ivor David (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Mahanoy City, PA, August

3, 1889-October 23, 1986. January 3,

1939-January 3, 1963.

Mines and Mining 76, 77.

Fenton, Reuben Eaton (Republican, New

York) Carroll, NY, July 4, 1819-August 25,
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1885. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855;

March 4, 1857-December 20, 1864.

Private Land 35.

Senator from New York, 41st-43d

Congresses. Governor of New York,

1865-1868.

Ferguson, Phillip Colgan (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Wellington, KS., August 15,

1903-August 8, 1978. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1941.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75.

Fergusson, Harvey Butler (Democrat,

New Mexico) Pickensville, AL, September

9, 1848-June 10, 1915. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1899; January 8, 1912-March 3,

1915.

Public Lands 62, 63.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63.

Fernandez, Antonio Manuel (Democrat,

New Mexico) Springer, NM, January 17,

1902-November 7, 1956. January 3, 1943-

November 7, 1956.

Indian Affairs 78, 79.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 78.

Public Lands 78, 79, 80.

Fernós-Isern, Antonio (Popular Democrat,

Resident Commissioner of the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) San

Lorenzo, PR, May 10, 1895-January 19,

1974. September 11, 1946-January 3, 1965.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85,

86, 87, 88.

Ferris, Scott (Democrat, Oklahoma) Neosho,

MO, November 3, 1877-June 8, 1945.

November 16, 1907-March 3, 1921.

Public Lands 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.

Indian Affairs 62.

Territories 63, 64, 65, 66.

Ferriss, Orange (Republican, New York)

Glens Falls, NY, November 26, 1814-

April 11, 1894. March 4, 1867-March 3,

1871.

Mines and Mining 40, 41.

Fess, Simeon Davison (Republican, Ohio)

Harrod, OH, December 11, 1861-

December 23, 1936. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1923.

Insular Affairs 63, 64.

Senator from OH, 68th-74th Congresses.

Fessenden, Thomas Amory Deblouis

(Republican, Maine) Portland, ME,

January 23, 1826-September 28, 1868.

December 1, 1862-March 3, 1863.

Private Land Claims 37.

Fields, William Jason (Democrat,

Kentucky) Willard, KY, December 29,

1874-October 21, 1954. March 4, 1911-

December 11, 1923.

Mines and Mining 62.

Governor of Kentucky, 1923-1927.

Fine, John (Democrat, New York) New

York, NY, August 26, 1794-January 4,

1867. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841.

Territories 26.

Fine, Sidney Asher (Democrat, New York)

New York, NY, September 14, 1903-April

23, 1982. January 3, 1951-January 2, 1956.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Finerty, John Frederick (Independent

Democrat, Illinois) Galway, Ireland,

September 10, 1846-June 10, 1908. March

4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Finley, Charles (Republican, Kentucky)

Williamsburg, KY, March 26, 1865-March

18, 1941. February 15, 1930-March 3,

1933.

Mines and Mining 71, 72.

Territories 72.

Finley, David Edward (Democrat, South

Carolina) Trenton, AR, February 28, 1861-

January 26, 1917. March 4, 1899-January

26, 1917.

Territories 56, 57.

Pacific Railroads 56, 57, 58, 59.

Fischer, Israel Frederick (Republican,

New York) New York, NY, August 171,

1858-March 16, 1940. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1899.

Indian Affairs 54, 55.

Fisher,Charles (Republican, North Carolina)

Salisbury, NC, October 20, 1789-May 7,

1849. February 11, 1819-March 3, 1821;

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841.

Public Lands 26.

Fitch, Ashbel Parelee (Democrat, New

York) Moores, NY, October 8, 1848-May

4, 1904. March 4, 1887-December 26,

1893.

Private Land Claims 52.

Fitch, Graham Newell(Democrat, Indiana)

LeRoy,NY,December 5, 1809-November

29, 1892. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853.

Territories 31.

Indian Affairs 32.

Senator from New York, 34th-36th

Congresses.

Fitch, Thomas (Republican, Nevada) New
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York, NY, January 27, 1838-November

12, 1923. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Public Lands 41.

Fithian, George Washington (Democrat,

Illinois) Willow Hill, IL, July 4, 1854-

January 21, 1921. March 4, 1889-March

3,1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Fitzgerald, John Joseph (Democrat, New

York) Brooklyn, NY, March 10, 1872-May

13, 1952. March 4, 1899-December 31,

1917.

Indian Affairs 56, 57, 58.

Fitzgerald, William Joseph (Democrat,

Connecticut) Norwich, CT, March 2,

1887-May 6, 1947. January 3, 1937-January

3, 1939;January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943.

Mines and Mining 77.

Fitzgerald, William Thomas (Republican,

Ohio) Greenville, OH, October 13, 1858-

January 12, 1939. March 4, 1925-March 3,

1929.

Indian Affairs 70.

Fitzgibbons, John (Democrat, New York)

Glenmore, NY, July 10, 1868-August 4,

1941. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Territories 73.

Flaherty, Lawrence James (Republican,

California) San Mateo, CA, July 4, 1878-

June 13, 1926. March 4, 1925-June 13,

1926.

Public Lands 69.

Flake, Jeff (Republican, Arizona) Snow Flake,

AZ, December 31, 1962 —. January 3,

2001-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

Flannery, John H.(Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Pittston, PA, April 19, 1898-June 3, 1961.

January 3, 1937-January 3, 1942.

Mines and Mining 75.

Fleetwood, Frederick Gleed (Republican,

Vermont) St. Johnsbury, VT, September

27, 1868-January 28, 1938. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 68.

Public Lands 68.

Fleming, William Henry (Democrat,

Georgia) Augusta, GA, October 18, 1856-

June 9, 1944. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1903.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Fletcher, Loren (Republican, Minnesota)

Mount Kennebec County, ME, April 10,

1833-April 15, 1919. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1903; March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907.

Territories 55, 56.

Fletcher, Richard (Whig, Massachusetts)

Cavendish, VT, January 8, 1788-June 21,

1869. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839.

Private Land Claims 25.

Fletcher, Thomas Brooks (Democrat,

Ohio) Mechanicstown, OH, October 10,

1879-July 1, 1945. March 4, 1925-March 3,

1929; March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939.

Territories 69, 70.

Flick, James Patton (Republican, Iowa)

Bakerstown, PA, August 28, 1845-; moved

with his parents to Wapello County, Iowa,

in 1852-February 25, 1929. March 4,

1889-March 3, 1893.

Pacific Railroads 51, 52.

Flood, Henry de la Warr (Democrat,

Virginia) Appomattox County, VA,

September 2, 1865-December 8, 1921.

March 4, 1901-December 8, 1921.

Territories 62.

Flood, Thomas Schmeck (Republican,

New York) Lodi, NY, April 12, 1844-

October 28, 1908. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1891.

Mines and Mining 50.

Florio, James Joseph (Democrat, New

Jersey) Brooklyn, NY, August 29, 1937—.

January 3, 1975-January 16, 1990.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96, 97,

98.

Governor of New Jersey, 1990-1994.

Floyd, Charles Albert (Democrat, New

York) Smithtown, NY, 1791-February 20,

1873. March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843.

Territories 27.

Flynn, Dennis Thomas (Republican,

Delegate fromthe Territory of Oklahoma)

Phoenixville, PA, February 13, 1861-June

19, 1939. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897;

March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903.

Public Lands 54, 56, 57.

Territories 56, 57.

Indian Affairs 54, 56.

Flynn, Joseph Vincent (Democrat, New

York) Brooklyn, NY, September 2, 1883-

February 6, 1940. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1919.

Territories 64.

Focht, Benjamin Kurtz (Republican,

Pennsylvania) New Bloomfield, PA,

March 12, 1863-March 27, 1937. March 4,

1907-March 3, 1913;March 4, 1915-March

3, 1923; March 4, 1933-March 27, 1937.

Insular Affairs 66.
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Fogarty, John Edward (Democrat, Rhode

Island) Providence, RI, March 23, 1913-

January 10, 1967. January 3, 1941-

December 7, 1944;February 7, 1945-

January 10, 1967.

Territories 77.

Foley, Thomas Stephen (Democrat,

Washington) Spokane, WA, March 6,

1929—. January 3, 1965—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90, 91, 92,

93, 94.

Speaker of the House, 101st Congress.

Foot, Solomon (Whig, Vermont) Cornwall,

VT, November 19, 1802-March 28, 1866.

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 28, 29.

Senator from Vermont, 32d-39th

Congresses.

Foote, Wallace Turner, Jr. (Republican,

New York) Port Henry, NY, April 7,

1864-December 17, 1910. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1899.

Territories 55.

Foran, Martin Ambrose (Democrat, Ohio)

Choconut, PA, November 11, 1844-June

28, 1921. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889.

Territories 48.

Public Lands 49.

Mines and Mining 50.

Ford, Melbourne Haddock (Democrat,

Michigan) Salem, MI, June 30, 1849-April

20, 1891. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889;

March 4, 1891-April 20, 1891.

Territories 50.

Ford, Nicholas (Greenbacker, Missouri)

Wicklow, Ireland, June 21, 1833-June 18,

1897. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

Fordney, Joseph Warren (Republican,

Michigan) Hartford City, IN, November

5, 1853-January 8, 1932. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1923.

Public Lands 57, 58, 59.

Mines and Mining 60, 61.

Fornes, Charles V. (Democrat, New York)

Williamsville, NY, January 22, 1844-May

22, 1929. March 4, 1907-March 3, 1913.

Insular Affairs 60, 61, 62.

Fort, Greenbury LaFayette (Republican,

Illinois) French Grant, OH, October 17,

1825-January 13, 1883. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1881.

Territories 43, 44.

Fort, Tomlinson (—, Georgia) Warrenton,

GA, July 14, 1787-May 11, 1859. March 4,

1827-March 3, 1829.

Territories 20.

Fosdick, Nicoll (—, New York) New

London, CT, November 9, 1785-May 7,

1868. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827.

Private Land Claims 19.

Foss, George Edmund (Republican,

Illinois) West Berkshire, VT, July 2, 1863-

March 15, 1936. March 4, 1895-March 3,

1913; March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919.

Pacific Railroads 56, 57.

Foster, George Peter (Democrat, Illinois)

Dover, NJ, April 3, 1858-November 11,

1928. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905.

Public Lands 58.

Foster, Martin David (Democrat, Ilinois)

West Salem, IL, September 3, 1861-

October 20, 1919. March 4, 1907-March 3,

1919.

Mines and Mining 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65.

Foster, Thomas Flournoy (Whig, Georgia)

Greensboro, GA, November 23, 1790-

September 14, 1848. March 4, 1829-March

3, 1835; March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 21.

Fowler, Charles Newell (Republican, New

Jersey) Lena, IL, November 2, 1852-May

27, 1932. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911.

Insular Affairs 61.

Fowler, Samuel (Democrat, New Jersey)

Port Jarvis, NY, March 22, 1851-March

17, 1919. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893.

Territories 24.

Franchot, Richard (Republican, New York)

Morris, NY, June 2, 1816-November 23,

1875. March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863. 

Pacific Railroads 37.

Franklin, Benjamin Joseph (Democrat,

Missouri) Maysville, KY, March 1839-May

18, 1898. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879.

Territories 44, 45.

Frear, James Archibald (Republican,

Wisconsin) Hudson, WI, October 24,

1861-May 28, 1939. March 3, 1913-January

3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 63.

Indian Affairs 69.

Fredericks, John Donnan (Republican,

California) Burgettstown, PA, September

10, 1869-August 26, 1945. May 1, 1923-

March 3, 1927.

Public Lands 68.

Free, Arthur Monroe (Republican,

CalifronIowa) San Jose, CA, Jan 15, 1879-

April 1, 1953. March 4, 1921-March 3,
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1933.

Mines and Mining 69.

Freeman, Chapman (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, October

8, 1832-March 22, 1904. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Territories 44.

Freeman, James Crawford (Republican,

Georgia) Clinton (Gray) County, GA,

April 1, 1820-September 3, 1885. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1875.

Private Land Claims 43.

Freeman, John D. (Unionist, Mississippi)

Cooperstown, NY, ?-January 17, 1886.

March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853.

Public Lands 32.

Freeman, Richard Patrick (Republican,

Connecticut) New London, CT, April 24,

1869-July 8, 1944. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1933.

Public Lands 64.

French, Burton Lee (Republican, Idaho)

Delphi, IN, August 1, 1875-September 12,

1954. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1909;March

4, 1911-March 3, 1915; March 4, 1917-

March 3, 1933.

Public Lands 59, 60, 63.

Mines and Mining 60.

Indian Affairs 65.

Frost, Richard Graham (Democrat,

Missouri) St. Louis, MO, December 29,

1851-February 1, 1900. March 4, 1879-

March 2, 1883.

Territories 46.

Fulbright, James Franklin (Democrat,

Missouri) Millersville, MO, January 24,

1877-April 5, 1948. March 4, 1923-March

3, 1925; March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929;

March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72.

Fulkerson, Abram (Readjuster Democrat,

Virginia) Washington County, VA, May

13, 1834-December 17, 1902. March 4,

1881-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 47.

Fuller, Benoni Stinson (Democrat, Indiana)

Boonville, IN, November 13, 1825-April

14, 1903. March 4, 1875-March 3,1879.

Public Lands 44.

Fuller, Charles Eugene (Republican,

Illinois) Belvidere, IL, March 31, 1849-

June 25, 1926. March 4, 1903-March 3,

1913; March 4, 1915-June 25, 1926.

Insular Affairs 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65,

66, 67, 68, 69.

Fuller, Claude Albert (Democrat, Arkansas)

Prophetstown, IL, Jan 20, 1876-January 8,

1968. March 4, 1929-January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 71, 72, 73.

Fulmer, Hampton Pitts (Democrat, South

Carolina) Springfield, SC, June 23, 1875-

October 19, 1944. March 4, 1921-October

19, 1944.

Indian Affairs 67.

Fulton, Elmer Lincoln (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Magnolia, IA, April 22, 1865-

October 4, 1939. November 16, 1907-

March 3, 1909.

Pacific Railroads, 60.

Funston, Edward Hogue (Republican,

Kansas) New Carlisle, OH, September 16,

1836-September 10, 1911. March 21,

1884-August 2, 1894.

Private Land Claims 51, 53.

Furlong, Robert Grant (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Roscoe, PA, January 4,

1886-March 19, 1973. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1945.

Mines and Mining 78.

Fuster, Jaime B. (Democrat, Delegate from

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Guayama, PR, January 12, 1941. January 3,

1985—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100, 101,

102.

G

Gaines, John Wesley (Democrat,

Tennessee) Wrencoe, TN, August 24,

1860-July 4, 1926. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1909.

Mines and Mining 57.

Public Lands 59, 60.

Gaither, Nathan (Jacksonian, Kentucky)

Mocksville, NC, September 15, 1788-

August 12, 1862. March 4, 1829-March 3,

1833.

Indian Affairs 21.

Galbraith, John (Jacksonian, Pennsylvania)

Huntingdon, PA, August 2, 1794-June 15,

1860. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837;
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March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841.

Private Land Claims 23, 24.

Gale, Richard Pillsbury (Republican,

Minnesota)Minneapolis, MN, October 30,

1900-December 4, 1973. January 3, 1941-

January 3,1945.

Indian Affairs 77, 78.

Gallagher, William James (Democrat,

Minnesota) Minneapolis, MN, May 13,

1875-August 13, 1946. January 3, 1945-

August 13, 1946.

Indian Affairs 79.

Mines and Mining 79.

Gallegly, Elton W. (Republican, California)

Huntington Park, CA, March 7, 1944—.

January 3, 1987—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Gamble, Robert Jackson (Republican,

South Dakota) Genesee County, NY,

February 7, 1851-September 22, 1924.

March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897; March 4,

1899-March 3, 1901.

Indian Affairs 54, 56.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Mines and Mining 56.

Senator from New York, 57th-62d

Congresss.

Gamble, Roger Lawson (Jacksonian /

Whig, Georgia) Louisville, GA, 1787-

December 20, 1847. March 4, 1833-March

3, 1835; March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843.

Territories 23.

Private Land Claims 27.

Gandy, Harry Luther (Democrat, South

Dakota) Churubusco, IN, August 13,

1881-August 15, 1957. March 4, 1915-

March 3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64, 65.

Public Lands 64, 65, 66.

Garber, Milton Cline (Republican,

Oklahoma) Humbolt, CA, November 30,

1867-September 12, 1948. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 68.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Gardner, Frank (Democrat, Indiana) Finley

Township, IN, May 8, 1872-February 1,

1937. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 70.

Garfield, James Abram (Republican, Ohio)

Orange, OH, November 19, 1831-

September 19, 1881. March 4, 1863-

November 8, 1880.

Pacific Railroads 44.

20th President of the United States.

Garland, James (Jacksonian / Democrat,

Virginia) Ivy Depot, VA, June 6, 1791-

August 8, 1885. March 4, 1835-March 3,

1841.

Indian Affairs 24.

Public Lands 26.

Garland, Mahlon Morris (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh, PA, May 4,

1856-November 19, 1920. March 4, 1915-

November 19, 1920.

Mines and Mines 64, 65, 66.

Garland, Rice (Anti-Jacksonian / Whig,

Louisiana) Lynchburg, VA, 1795-1861.

April 28, 1834-July 21, 1840.

Private Land Claims 24, 25, 26.

Garner, Alfred Buckwalter (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Ashland, PA, March 4,

1873-July 30, 1930. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 61.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Garnett, Muscoe Russell Hunter

(Democrat, Virginia) Loretto, VA, July 25,

1821-February 14, 1864. December 1,

1856-March 3, 1861.

Public Lands 35.

Garnsey, Daniel Greene (—, New York)

Canaan, NY, June 17, 1779-May 11, 1851.

March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.

Indian Affairs 19.

Garrett, Clyde Leonard (Democrat, Texas)

Gorman, TX, December 16, 1885-

December 18, 1959. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1941.

Mines and Mining 75.

Garrett, Finis James(Democrat, Tennessee)

Ore Springs, TN, August 26, 1875-May

25, 1956. March 4, 1905-March 3, 1929.

Insular Affairs 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,

67.

Garrison, Daniel (—, New Jersey) Salem,

NJ, April 3, 1782-February 13, 1851.

March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827.

Private Land Claims 18, 19.

Garrow, Nathaniel (—, New York)

Barnstable, MA, April 25, 1780-March 3,

1841. March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829.

Territories 20.

Gartner, Fred Christian (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, March 14,

1896-September 1, 1972. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1941.

Territories 76.
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Gasque, Allard Henry (Democrat, South

Carolina) Hyman, SC, March 8, 1873-June

17, 1938. March 4, 1923-June 17, 1938.

Territories 71, 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72. 73, 74, 75.

Gaston,Athelston (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Castile, NY, April 24, 1838-September 23,

1907. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56.

Gates, Seth Merrill (Whig, New York)

Winfield, NY, October 10, 1800-August

24, 1877. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Territories 27.

Gathings, Ezekiel Candler (Democrat,

Arkansas) Prairie, MS, November 10,

1903-May 2, 1979. January 3, 1939-January

3, 1969.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76, 77.

Gatlin, Alfred Moore (Crawford

Republican, North Carolina) Edenton,

NC, April 20, 1790-? March 4, 1823-

March 3, 1825.

Indian Affairs 18.

Gause, Lucien Coatsworth (Democrat,

Arkansas)Wilmington, NC, December 25,

1836-November 5, 1880. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Public Lands 44, 45.

Gavagan, Joseph Andrew (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, August 20, 1892-

October 18, 1968. November 5, 1929-

December 30, 1943.

Indian Affairs 71.

Gavin, Leon Harry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Buffalo, NY, February 25,

1893-September 15, 1963. January 3, 1943-

September 15, 1963.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Gay, Edward J. (Democrat, Louisiana)

Liberty, Virginia, February 3, 1816-May

30, 1889. March 4, 1885-May 30, 1889.

Mines and Mining 49.

Gayle, John (Whig, Alabama) Sumter District,

SC, September 11, 1792-July 21, 1859.

March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 30.

Governor of Alabama, 1831-1835.

Gear, John Henry (Republican, Iowa)

Ithaca, NY, April 7, 1825-July 14, 1900.

March 4, 1887-March 3,1891; March 4,

1893-March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 51.

Senator from IA, 54th-56th Congresses.

Governor of IA, 1878-1881.

Gearhart, Bertrand Wesley (Republican,

California) Fresno, CA, May 31, 1890-

October 11, 1955. January 3, 1935-January

3, 1949.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74, 75.

Geddes, James (Federalist, New York)

Carlisle, PA July 22, 1763-August 19,

1838. March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815.

Public Lands 13.

Geelan, James Patrick (Democrat,

Connecticut) New Haven, CT, August 11,

1901-August 10, 1982. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1947.

Territories 79.

Gehrmann, Bernard John (Progressive,

Wisconsin) Gnesen, Germany, February

13, 1880-July 12, 1958. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77.

Gejdenson, Samuel (Democrat,

Connecticut) Eschwege, Germany, May

20, 1948—. January 3, 1981—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100,

101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104.

Gensman, Lorraine Michael (Republican,

Oklahoma) Wichita, KS, August 26, 1878-

May 27, 1954. March 4, 1921-March 3,

1923.

Indian Affairs 67.

Interior 67.

Gentry, Meredith Poindexter (Whig,

Tennessee) Rockingham County, NC,

September 15, 1809-November 2, 1866.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843; March 4,

1845-March 3, 1853.

Public Lands 27.

Indian Affairs 30.

George, Henry, Jr. (Democrat, New York)

Sacramento, CA, November 3, 1862-

November 14, 1916. March 4, 1911-March

3, 1915.

Public Lands 62.

George, Melvin Clark (Republican,

Oregon) Caldwell, OH, May 13, 1849-

February 22, 1933. March 4, 1881-March

3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Gest, William Harrison (Republican,

Illinois) Jacksonville, IL, January 7, 1838-

August 9, 1912. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1891.

Mines and Mining 50, 51.

Private Land Claims 50.

Gholson, Samuel Jameson (Democrat,

Mississippi) Richmond, KY, May 19,
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1808-October 16, 1883. December 1,

1836-March 3, 1837; July 18, 1837-

February 5, 1838.

Public Lands 25.

Gibbons, James A. (Republican, Nevada)

Sparks, NV, December 16, 1944 —.

January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Gibson, Ernest Willard (Republican,

Vermont) Londonderry, VT., December

29, 1872-June 20, 1940. November 6,

1923-October 19, 1933.

Territories 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.

Insular Affairs 73. 

Senator from Vermont, 73d-76th

Congresses.

Gibson, John Strickland (Democrat,

Georgia) Folkston, GA, January 3, 1893-

October 19, 1960. January 3, 1941-January

3, 1947.

Public Lands 77.

Territories 77, 78, 79.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Gibson, Randall Lee (Democrat, Louisiana)

Versailles, KY, September 10, 1832-

December 15, 1892. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 44. 

Senator from Louisiana, 48th-52d

Congresses.

Giddings, De Witt Clinton (Democrat,

Texas) Susquehanna County, PA, July 18,

1827-August 19, 1903. May 13, 1872-

March 3, 1875; March 4, 1877-March 3,

1879.

Private Land Claims 42, 45.

Indian Affairs 43.

Giddings, Joshua Reed (Whig, Ohio) Tioga

Point (Athans), PA, October 6, 1795-May

27, 1864. December 3, 1838-March 22,

1842; December 5, 1842-March 3, 1859.

Indian Affairs 30.

Territories 31, 32, 34.

Gifford, Charles Laceille (Republican,

Massachusetts) Cotuit, MA, March 15,

1871-August 23, 1947. November 7, 1922-

August 23, 1947.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71.

Mines and Mining 70.

Gifford, Oscar Sherman (Republican,

Delegate from the Dakota Territory and

Representative from South Dakota)

Watertown, NY, October 20, 1842-

January 16, 1913. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1889; November 2, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 50, 51.

Insluar Affairs 59.

Gilbert, George Gilmore (Democrat,

Kentucky)Taylorsville, KY, December 24,

1849-November 9, 1909. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1907.

Private Land Claims 56, 57, 58, 59.

Insular Affairs 59.

Gilbert, Ralph Wldo Emerson (Democrat,

Kentucky) Taylorsville, KY, January 17,

1882-July 30, 1939. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1929; March 4, 1931-March 4, 1933.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 72.

Gilchrest, Wayne Thomas (Republican,

Maryland) Rahway, Union County, NJ,

April 15, 1946 —. January 3, 1991-January

3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Gilchrist, Fred Cramer (Republican, Iowa)

California, PA, June 2, 1868-March 10,

1950. March 4, 1931-January 3, 1945.

Indian Affairs 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Gill, Joseph John (Republican, Ohio)

Barnesville, OH, September 21, 1846-May

22, 1920. December 4, 1899-October 31,

1903.

Indian Affairs 56.

Gill, Thomas Ponce (Democrat, Hawaii)

Honolulu, HI, April 21, 1922—. January 3,

1963-January 3, 1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Gillespie, James Frank (Democrat, Illinois)

White Sulphur Springs, WW, April 18,

1869-November 26, 1954. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 73.

Gillette, Wilson Darwin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Sheshequin, PA, July 1,

1880-August 7, 1951. November 4, 1941-

August 7, 1951.

Indian Affairs 77, 78.

Gilman, Charles Jervis (Republican, Maine)

Exeter, NH, February 26, 1824-February

5, 1901. March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859.

Private Land Claims 35.

Gilmer, George Rockingham(Democrat,

Georgia) Lexington, GA, April 11, 1790-

November 16, 1859. March 4, 1821-March

3, 1823; October 1, 1827-March 3, 1829;

March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835.

Indian Affairs 23.

Governor of Georgia, 1829-1831; 1837-

1839.

Gilmore, Alfred (Jacksonian, Pennsylvania)

Butler, PA, June 9, 1812-June 29, 1890.

March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853.
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Private Land Claims 31.

Gingery, Don (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Woodland, PA, February 19, 1884-

October 15, 1961. January 3, 1935-January

3, 1939.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Mines and Mining 74, 75.

Glass, Carter (Democrat, Virginia)

Lynchburg, VA, January 4, 1858-May 28,

1946. November 4, 1902-December 16,

1918.

Public Lands 57, 58.

Pacific Railroads 57.

Senator from Virginia, 66th-79th

Congresses.

Glenn, Thomas Louis (Populist, Idaho)

Ballard, KY, February 2, 1847-November

18, 1918. March 4, 1901-March 3, 1908.

Mines and Mining 57.

Glossbrenner, Adam John (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Hagerstown, MD, August

31, 1810-March 1, 1889. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1869.

Public Lands 39, 40.

Glover, David Delano (Democrat,

Arkansas) Prattsville, AR, January 18,

1868-April 5, 1952. March 4, 1929-January

3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Glover, John Montgomery (Democrat,

Missouri) St. Louis, MO, June 23, 1852-

October 20, 1929. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1889.

Private Land Claims 50.

Glynn, James Peter (Republican,

Connecticut) Winsted, CT, November 12,

1867-March 6, 1930. March 4, 1915-March

3, 1923; March 4, 1925-March 6, 1930.

Insular Affairs 65, 66, 67.

Godwin, Hannibal Lafayette (Democrat,

North Carolina) Dunn, NC, November 3,

1873-June 9, 1929. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1921.

Public Lands 62.

Goggin, William Leftwich (Whig, Virginia)

Bunker Hill, VA, May 31, 1807-January 3,

1870. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843; April

25, 1844-March 4, 1845; March 4, 1847-

March 3, 1849.

Territories 28.

Gold, Thomas Ruggles (Federalist, New

York) Cornwall, CT, November 4, 1764-

October 24, 1827. March 4, 1809-March 3,

1813; March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 11, 12.

Goldfogle, Henry Mayer (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, May 23, 1856-June

1, 1929. March 4, 1901-March 3, 1915;

March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921.

Insular Affairs 63.

Gooch, Daniel Wheelwright (Republican,

Massachusetts) Wells, ME, January 8,

1820-November 11, 1891. January 31,

1858-September 1, 1865; March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1875.

Territories 36.

Private Land Claims 38.

Good, James William (Republican, Iowa)

Cedar Rapids, IA, September 24, 1866-

November 18, 1929. March 4, 1909-June

15, 1921.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 61.

Territories 61.

Goodin, John Randolph (Democrat,

Kansas) Tiffin, OH, December 14, 1836-

December 18, 1885. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

Goodwin, Robert Kingman (Republican,

Iowa) Des Moines, IA, May 23, 1905-

February 21, 1983. March 5, 1940-January

3,1941.

Territories 76.

Goodwyn, Peterson (Democrat, Virginia)

Petersburg,VA, 1745-February 21, 1818.

March 4, 1803-February 21, 1818.

Public Lands 10, 11.

Goodyear, Charles (Democrat, New York)

Cobleskill, NY, April 26, 1804-April 9,

1876. March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847;

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 39.

Gordon, Samuel (Democrat, New York)

Wattle's Ferry, NY, April 28, 1802-

October 28, 1873. March 4, 1841-March 3,

1843; March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 27.

Gossett, Ed Lee (Democrat, Texas) Many,

LA, January 27, 1902—. January 3, 1939-

July 31, 1951.

Insular Affairs 76, 77, 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Territories 76, 77, 78, 79.

Gott, Daniel (Whig, New York) Hebron, CT,

July 10, 1794-July 6, 1864. March 4, 1847-

March 3, 1851.

Territories 30, 31.

Goulden, Joseph Aloysius (Democrat,

New York) Littlestown, PA, August 1,

1844-May 3, 1915. March 4, 1903-March
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3, 1911; March 4, 1913-May 3, 1915.

Insular Affairs 63.

Graff, Joseph Verdi (Republican, Illinois)

Terre Haute, IN, July 1, 1854-November

10, 1921. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 54.

Graham, James (Whig, North Carolina)

Lincoln County, NC, January 7, 1793-

September 25, 1851. March 4, 1833-March

29, 1836; December 5, 1836-March 3,

1843; March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 23, 24, 25.

Territories 29.

Graham, James McMahon (Democrat,

Illinois) Castleblayney, Ireland, April 14,

1852-October 23, 1945. March 4, 1909-

March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 61.

Public Lands 62, 63.

Graham, William Harrison (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Allegheny, PA, August 3,

1844-March 2, 1923. November 29, 1898-

March 3, 1903; March 4, 1905-March 3,

1911.

Territories 56, 57.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61.

Graham, William Johnson (Republican,

Illinois) New Castle, PA, February 7,

1872-November 10, 1937. March 4, 1917-

June 7, 1924.

Public Lands 66.

Granfield, William Joseph (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Springfield, MA,

December 18, 1889-May 28, 1959.

February 11, 1930-January 3, 1937.

Congesses on Indian Affairs 71.

Granger, Amos Phelps (Republican, New

York) Suffield, CT, June 3, 1789-August

20, 1866. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859.

Territories 34, 35.

Granger, Miles Tobey (Democrat,

Connecticut) New Marlboro, MA, August

12, 1817-October 21, 1895. March 4,

1887-March 3, 1889.

Pacific Railroads 50.

Granger, Walter Keil (Democrat, Utah) St.

George, UT, October 11, 1888-April 21,

1978. January 3, 1941-January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 77.

Graves, Alexander (Democrat, Missouri)

Mount Carmel, MS, August 25, 1844-

December 23, 1916. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Graves, William Jordan (Whig, Kentucky)

New Castle, KY, 1805-September 27,

1848. March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841.

Territories 25.

Gray, Oscar Lee (Democrat, Alabama) MS,

July 2, 1865-January 2, 1936. March 4,

1915-March 3, 1919.

Insular Affairs 64.

Greeley, Horace (Whig, New York)

Amherst, NH, February 3, 1811-

November 29, 1872. December 4, 1848-

March 3, 1849.

Public Lands 30.

Green, Edith Starrett (Democrat, Oregon)

Trent, SD, January 17, 1910. April 21,

1987. January 3, 1955-December 31, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84.

Green, Innis (Jacksonian, Pennsylvania)

Hanover Township, PA, February 26,

1776-August 4, 1839. March 4, 1827-

March 3, 1831.

Territories 20.

Green, Robert Alexis (Lex) (Democrat,

Florida) Lake Butler, FL, February 10,

1892-February 9, 1973. March 4, 1925-

November 25, 1944.

Territories 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Indian Affairs 78.

Green, Robert Stockton (Democrat, New

Jersey) Princeton, NJ, March 25, 1831-

May 7, 1895. March 4, 1885-January 17,

1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Governor of New Jersey, 1887-1889.

Green, William Joseph, Jr. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, March 5,

1910-December 21, 1963. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-

December 21, 1963.

Indian Affairs 79.

Greene, William Stedman (Republican,

Massachusetts) Tremont, IL, April 28,

1841-September 22, 1924. May 31, 1898-

September 22, 1924.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 61, 62, 63.

Greenman, Edward Whitfield (Democrat,

New York) Berlin, NY, January 26, 1840-

August 3, 1908. Mar.4, 1887-March 3,

1889.

Mines and Mining 50.

Greenway, Isabella Selmes (Democrat,

Arizona) Boone County, KY, March 22,

1886-December 18, 1953. October 3,

1933-January 3, 1937.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Public Lands 73, 74.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.
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Greenwood, Alfred Burton (Democrat,

Arkansas) Franklin County, GA, July 11,

1811-October 4, 1889. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1859.

Indian Affairs 33, 34, 35.

Greenwood, Arthur Herbert (Democrat,

Indiana) Plainville, IN, January 31, 1880-

April 26, 1963. March 4, 1923-January 3,

1939.

Mines and Mining 68, 69, 70, 71.

Greever, Paul Ranous (Democrat,

Wyoming) Lansing, KS, September 28,

1891-February 16, 1943. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1939.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74, 75.

Mines and Mining 74, 75.

Public Lands 74, 75.

Gregg, Andrew (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Carlisle, PA, June 10, 1755-May 20, 1835.

March 4, 1791-March 3, 1807.

Public Lands 9.

Senator from Pennsylvania, 10th-12

Congresses.

Gregg, Curtis Hussey (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Adamsburg, PA, August 9,

1865-January 18, 1933. March 4, 1911-

March 3, 1913.

Mines and Mining 62.

Grennell, George, Jr. (Anti-Jacksonian /

Whig, Massachusetts) Greenfield, MA,

December 25, 1786-November 19, 1877.

March 4, 1829-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 23.

Gresham, Walter (Democrat, Texas)

Newtown, VA, July 22, 1841-November

6, 1920. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 53.

Grider, Henry (Whig, Kentucky) Garrard

County, KY, July 16, 1796-September 7,

1866. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847;

March 4, 1861-September 7, 1866.

Territories 38, 39.

Griffin, Michael (Republican, Wisconsin)

County Clare, Ireland, September 9, 1842-

December 29, 1899. March 5, 1894-March

3, 1899.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Territories 55.

Griffith, Francis Marion (Democrat,

Indiana) Moorefeld, IN, August 21, 1849-

February 8, 1927. December 6, 1897-

March 3, 1905.

Public Lands 55, 56, 57, 58.

Griffiths, Percy Wilfred (Republican, Ohio)

Taylor, PA, March 30, 1893-June 12, 1983.

January 3, 1943-January 3, 1949.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Griggs, James Matthews (Democrat,

Georgia) Lagrange, GA, March 29, 1861-

January 5, 1910. March 4, 1897-January 5,

1910.

Territories 55.

Grigsby, George Barnes (Democrat,

Delegate from the Alaska Territory) Sioux

Falls, SD, December 2, 1874-May 9, 1962.

June 3, 1920-March 1, 1921.

Territories 66.

Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell (Republican,

Iowa) New Haven, VT, December 22,

1821-March 31, 1891. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1867.

Territories 38.

Gronna, Asle Jorgenson (Republican,

North Dakota) Elkader, IA, December 10,

1858-May 4, 1922. March 4, 1905-

February 2, 1911.

Public Lands 59, 60, 61.

Senator from North Dakota, 61st-66th

Congresses.

Gross, Chester Heilman (Republican,

Pennsylvania) East ManchesterTownship,

PA, October 13, 1888-January 9, 1973.

January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941; January 3,

1943-January 3, 1949.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Gross, Harold Royce (Republican, Iowa)

Arispe, IA, June 30, 1899-September 22,

1987. January 3, 1949-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83.

Grosvenor, Charles Henry (Republican,

Ohio) Pomfret, CT, September 20, 1833-

October 30, 1917. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1891; March 4, 1893-March 3, 1907.

Mines and Mining 55.

Grout, William Wallace (Republican,

Vermont) Compton, Canada, May 24,

1836-October 7, 1902. March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1883; March 4, 1885-March 3,

1901.

Territories 47.

Grow, Galusha Aaron (Democrat /

Republican, Pennsylvania) Ashford

(Eastford), CT, August 31, 1823-March

31, 1907. March 4, 1851-March 3, 1863;

February 26, 1894-March 3, 1903.

Territories 34, 35, 36.

Indian Affairs 33.

Speaker of the House, 37 Congress.

Gudger, James Madison, Jr., (Democrat,

North Carolina) Marshall, Madison
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County, NC, October 22, 1855-February

29, 1920. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907.

Indian Affairs 62, 63.

Gudger, Vonno Lamar (Democrat, North

Carolina) Asheville, NC, April 30, 1919-

September 28, 1984. January 3, 1977-

January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96.

Guernsey, Frank Edward (Republican,

Maine) Dover, ME, October 15, 1866-

January 1, 1927. November 3, 1908-March

3, 1917.

Territories 60, 61, 62, 63, 64.

Gunn, James (Populist, Idaho) County

Fermanagh, Ireland, March 6, 1843-

November 5, 1911. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 50, 55.

Gunter, Thomas Montague (Democrat,

Arkansas) McMinnville, TN, September

18, 1826-January 12, 1904. June 16, 1874-

March 3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 44, 45, 46. 

Indian Affairs, 45, 46.

Gurley, Henry Hosford (—, Louisiana)

Lebanon, LA, May 20, 1788-March 16,

1833. March 4, 1823-March 3, 1831.

Public Lands 18, 19, 20.

Private Land Claims 21.

Guyer, Ulysses Samuel (Republican,

Kansas) Pawpaw, IL, December 13, 1868-

June 5, 1943. November 4, 1924-March 3,

1925; March 4, 1927-June 5, 1943.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Gwin, William McKendree (Democrat,

Mississippi) Gallatin, TN, October 9,

1805-September 3, 1885. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Senator from Mississippi, 31st-33d

Congresses; 34th-36th Congresses.

H

Hackett, Thomas C. (Democrat, Georgia)

GA, ?-October 8, 1851. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1951.

Indian Affairs 31.

Hackney, Thomas (Democrat, Missouri)

Campbellsville, TN, December 11, 1861-

December 24, 1946. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 60.

Hadley, William Flavius Lester

(Republican, Illinois) Collinsville, IL, June

15, 1847-April 25, 1901. December 2,

1895-March 3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Hagen, Harold Christian (Republican,

Minnesota) Crookston, MN, November

10, 1901-March 19, 1957. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1955.

Territories 79.

Hager, Alva Lynsander (Republican, Iowa)

Jamestown, NY, October 29, 1859-

January 29, 1923. March 4, 1893-March 3,

1899.

Private Land Claims 54, 55.

Haile, William (—, Mississippi) 1797-March

7, 1837. July 10, 1826-September 12, 1828.

Public Lands 20.

Hailey, John (Democrat, Delegate from the

Territory of Idaho) Smith County, TN,

August 29, 1835-April 10, 1921. March 4,

1873-March3, 1875; March 4, 1885-March

3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 49.

Haldeman, Richard Jacobs (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Harrisburg, PA, May 19,

1831-October 1, 1886. March 4, 1869-

March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 42.

Hale, John Blackwell (Democrat, Missouri)

Brooks (Hancock) County, VA (WV),

February 27, 1831-February 1, 1905.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 49.

Haley, James Andrew (Democrat, Florida)

Jacksonville, AL, January 4, 1899-August

6, 1981. January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85, 86,

87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94.

Hall, Albert Richardson (Republican,

Indiana) West Baden, IN, August 27,

1884-November 29, 1969. March 4, 1925-

March 3, 1931.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71.

Hall, Benton Jay (Democrat, Iowa) Mount

Vernon, OH, January 13, 1835-January 5,

1894. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Hall, Bolling (Republican, Georgia)
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Dinwiddie County, VA, December 25,

1767-February 25, 1836. March 4,

1811-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 14.

Hall, Darwin Scott (Republican, Minnesota)

Mound Prairie, WI, January 23, 1844-

February 23, 1919. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 51.

Public Lands 51.

Hall, George (—, New York) Cheshire, New

Haven County, CT, May 12, 1770-March

20, 1840. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821.

Indian Affairs 17.

Hall, James Knox Polk (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Milesburg, PA, September

30, 1844-January 5, 1915. March 4,1899-

November 29, 1902.

Mines and Mining 56, 57.

Hall, Joseph (Jacksonian, Maine) Methuen,

MA, June 26, 1793-December 31, 1859.

March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837.

Territories 24.

Hall, Osee Matson (Democrat, Minnesota)

Conneaut, OH, September 10, 1847-

November 26, 1914. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1895.

Indian Affairs 53.

Public Lands 53.

Hall, Philo (Republican, South Dakota)

Wilton, MN, December 31, 1865-October

7, 1938. March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 60.

Public Lands 60.

Hall, Robert Bernard (American Party /

Republican, Massachusetts) Boston, MA,

January 28, 1812-April 15, 1868. March 4,

1855-March 3, 1859.

Indian Affairs 34.

Hall, Robert Samuel (Democrat,

Mississippi) Williamsburg, MS, March 10,

1879-June 10, 1941. March 4, 1929-March

3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71, 72. 

Insular Affairs 72.

Indian Affairs, 72.

Hall, Thomas H. (Democrat, North

Carolina) Prince George County, VA,

June 1773-June, 30, 1853, March 4, 1817-

March 3, 1825; March 4, 1827-March 3,

1835.

Indian Affairs 17.

Hall, Willard Preble (Democrat, Missouri)

Harpers Ferry, VA, (WV), May 9, 1820-

November 3, 1882. March 4, 1847-March

3, 1853.

Public Lands 30, 32.

Private Land Claims 31.

Indian Affairs 31.

Hall, William Augustus (Democrat /

Unionist, Missouri) Portland, ME,

October 15, 1815-December 15, 1888.

January 20, 1862, to March 3, 1865.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Halsell, John Edward (Democrat,

Kentucky) Bowling Green, KY,

September 11, 1826-December 26, 1899.

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 48, 49. 

Halsey, Thomas, Jefferson (Republican,

Missouri) Dover, NJ, May 4, 1863-March

17, 1951. March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 71.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Hambleton, Samuel (Democrat, Maryland)

Talbot County, MD, January 8, 1812-

December 9, 1886. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873.

Territories 41.

Hamer, Thomas Ray (Republican, Idaho)

Vermont, IL, May 4, 1864-December 22,

1950. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911.

Public Lands 61.

Hamilton, Andrew Jackson (Democrat,

Texas) Huntsville, AL, January 28, 1815-

April 11, 1875. March 1859-March 3,

1861.

Private Land Claims 36.

Hamilton, Charles Mann (Republican,

New York) Ripley, NY, January 23, 1874-

January 3, 1942. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1919.

Indian Affairs 63.

Territories 63.

Hamilton, Cornelius Springer

(Republican, Ohio) Gratiot, OH, January

2, 1821-December 22, 1867. March 4,

1867-December 22, 1867.

Private Land Claims 40.

Hamilton, Daniel Webster (Democrat,

Iowa) Dixon, IL, December 20, 1861-

August 21, 1936. March 4, 1907-March 3,

1909.

Mines and Mining 60.

Public Lands 60.

Hamilton, Edward La Rue (Republican,

Mchigan) Niles Township, MI, December

9, 1857-November 2, 1923. March 4,

1897-March 3, 1921.

Territories 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61. 

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.
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Hamilton, Finley (Democrat, Kentucky)

Vincent, KY, June 19, 1886-January 10,

1940. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 73.

Hamlin, Courtney Walker (Democrat,

Missouri) Brevard, NC, October 27, 1858-

February 16, 1950. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1905March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919.

Mines and Mining 63, 64, 65.

Territories 64, 65.

Hammond, James Henry (Nullifier. South

Carolina) Newberry, SC, November 15,

1807-November 13, 1864. March 4, 1835-

February 26, 1836.

Private Land Claims 24.

Senator from South Carolina, 35th-36th

Congresses. Governor of South Carolina,

1842-1844.

Hammond, John (Republican, New York)

Crown Point, NY, August 17, 1827-May

28, 1889. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Pacific Railroads 47.

Hammond, Robert Hanna (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Milton, PA, April 28, 1791-

June 2, 1847. March 4, 1837-March 3,

1841.

Territories 25.

Hammond, Winfield Scott (Democrat,

Minnesota) Southboro, MA, November

17, 1863-December 30, 1915. March 4,

1907-January 6, 1915.

Mines and Mining 60, 61.

Public Lands 60.

Governor of Minnesota, 1914-1915.

Hampton, James Giles (Whig, New Jersey)

Bridgeton, NJ, June 13, 1814-September

22, 1861. March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 29.

Public Lands 29.

Hanback, Lewis (Republican, Kansas)

Winchester, IL, March 27, 1839-

September 7, 1897. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887.

Pacific Railroads 48, 49.

Hanchett, Luther (Republican, Wisconsin)

Middlebury, OH, October 25, 1825-

November 24, 1862. March 4, 1861-

November 24, 1862.

Private Land Claims 37.

Hancock, Franklin Wills, Jr. (Democrat,

North Carolina) Oxford, NC, November

1, 1894-January 23, 1969. November 4,

1930-January 3, 1939.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Hanna, Louis Benjamin (Republican,

North Dakota) New Brighton, PA,

August 9, 1861-April 23, 1948. March 4,

1909-January 7, 1913.

Indian Affairs 61.

Governor of North Dakota, 1913-1917.

Hansen, George Vernon (Republican,

Idaho) Tetonia, ID, September 14,

1930—. January 3, 1965-January 3, 1969;

January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs, 89, 90.

Hansen, James Vear (Republican, Utah)

Salt Lake City, UT, August 14, 1932—.

January 3, 1981—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100,

101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104,105,106,107.

Hansen, Julia Butler (Democrat,

Washington) Portland, OR, June 14, 1907-

May 3, 1988. November 8, 1960-

December 31, 1974.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

Hardeman, Thomas (Democrat, Georgia)

Eatonton, GA, January 12, 1825-March 6,

1891. March 4, 1859-January 23, 1861;

March 3, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Territories 48.

Harding, Aaron (Unionist / Democrat,

Kentucky) Campbellsville, KY, February

20, 1805-December 24, 1875. March 4,

1861-March 3, 1867.

Territories 37.

Hardy, Alexander Merrill (Republican,

Indiana) Simcoe, Canada, December 16,

1847-August 31, 1927. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Hardy, John (Democrat, New York)

Scotland, September 19, 1835-December

9, 1913. December 5, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Private Land Claims 47.

Hardy, Rufus (Democrat, Texas) Aberdeen,

MS, December 16, 1855-March 13, 1943.

March 4, 1907-March 3, 1923.

Territories 62.

Hare, Butler Black (Democrat, South

Carolina) Edgefield (Saluda) County, SC,

November 25, 1875-December 30, 1967.

March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933; January 3,

1939-January 3, 1947.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71, 72, 76.

Mines and Mining 69, 70, 71.

Public Lands 71, 72.

Hare, Darius Dodge (Democrat, Ohio)

Adrian, OH, January 9, 1843-February 10,

1897. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.
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Public Lands 52, 53.

Hare, Silas (Democrat, Texas) Ross County,

OH, November 13, 1827-November 26,

1907. March 4, 1887-Mar 3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 50, 51.

Harlan, Aaron (Whig / Republican, Ohio)

Warren County, OH, September 8, 1802-

January 8, 1868. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1859.

Public Lands 34.

Private Land Claims 35.

Harlan, James (Whig, Kentucky) Mercer,

KY, June 22, 1800-February 18, 1863.

March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839.

Private Land Claims 25.

Harmanson, John Henry (Democrat,

Louisiana) Norfolk, VA, January 15, 1803-

October 24, 1850. March 4, 1845-October

24, 1850.

Private Land Claims 30.

Public Lands 31.

Harmer, Alfred Crout (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Germantown, PA, August

8, 1825-March 6, 1900. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1875; March 4, 1877-March 6,

1900.

Pacific Railroads 46, 47.

Indian Affairs 51.

Harper, James Clarence (Democrat, North

Carolina) Cumberland County, PA,

December 6, 1819-January 8, 1890. March

4, 1871-March 3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Harrington, Henry William (Democrat,

Indiana) Cooperstown, NY, September

12, 1825-March 20, 1882. Masr. 4, 1863-

March 3, 1865.

Private Land Claims 38.

Harris, Benjamin Gwinn (Democrat,

Maryland) Leonardtown, MD, December

13, 1805-April 4, 1895. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 39.

Harris, Benjamin Winslow (Republican,

Massachusetts) East Bridgewater, MA,

November 10, 1823-February 7, 1907.

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883.

Indian Affairs 43.

Harris, Christopher Colombus

(Democrat, Alabama) Mount Hope, AL,

January 28, 1842-December 28, 1935. May

11, 1914-March 3, 1915.

Public Lands 63.

Harris, Henry Richard (Democrat,

Georgia) Sparta, GA, February 2, 1828-

Oct 15, 1909. March 4, 1873-March 3,

1879; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 43.

Harris, Isham Green (Democrat,

Tennessee) Tullahoma, TN, February 10,

1818-July 8, 1897. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1853.

Indian Affairs 31.

Senator from Tennessee, 45th-55th

Congresses. Governor of Tennessee,

1857-1863.

Harris, Stephen Ross (Republican, Ohio)

Massillon, OH, May 22, 1824-January 15,

1905. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Harris, Thomas Langrell (Democrat,

Illinois) Norwich, CT, October 29, 1816-

November 24, 1858. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1851; March 4, 1855-November 24,

1858.

Private Land Claims 31.

Harris, William Alexander (Democrat,

Virginia) Warrenton, VA, August 24,

1805-March 28, 1864. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Private Land Claims 27.

Harris, William Alexander (Populist,

Kansas) Luray, VA, October 29, 1841-

December 20, 1909. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Senator from Kansas March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1903.

Harrison, Albert Galliton (Jacksonian /

Democrat, Missouri) Mount Sterling, KY,

June 26, 1800-September 7, 1839. March

4, 1835-March 3, 1839.

Public Lands 24, 25.

Harrison, George Paul (Democrat,

Alabama) Savannah, GA, March 19, 1841-

July 17, 1922. November 6, 1894-March 3,

1897.

Territories 54.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Harrison, William Henry (Adams / Whig,

Delegate from the Northwest Territory

and Representative from Ohio) Charles

City County, VA, February 9, 1773-April

4. 1841. March 4, 1799-May 14, 1800;

October 8, 1816-March 3, 1819.

Public Lands 14.

Senator from OH, 19th-20th Congresses.

President of the U.S., 1841.

Harrison, William Henry (Republican,

Wyoming) Terre Haute, IN, August 10,
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1896-October 4, 1971. January 3, 1951-

January 3, 1955; January 3, 1961-January 3,

1965; January 3, 1967-January 3, 1969.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 87.

Hart, Roswell (Republican, New York)

Rochester, NY, August 4, 1824-April 20,

1883. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867.

Indian Affairs 39.

Harter, Michael Daniel (Democrat, Ohio)

Canton, OH, April 6, 1846-February 22,

1896.

Private Land Claims 53.

Hartley, Fred Allan, Jr. (Republican, New

Jersey) Harrison, NJ, February 22, 1902-

May 11, 1969. March 4, 1929-January 3,

1949.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75.

Hartman, Charles Sampson (Republican

/ Silver Republican, Montana) Monticello,

IN, March 1, 1861-August 3, 1929. March

4, 1893-March 3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 54, 55.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Harvey, David Archibald (Republican,

Delegate from the Oklahoma Territory)

Stewiack, Canada, March 20, 1845-May

24, 1916. November 4, 1890-March 3,

1893.

Indian Affairs 52.

Haskell, Dudley Chase (Republican,

Kansas) Springfield, VT, March 23, 1842-

December 16, 1883. March 4, 1877-

December 16, 1883.

Indian Affairs 46, 47.

Hastings, Richard Norman (Doc)

(Republican, Washington) Spokane,

Spokane County, WA, February 7, 1941

—. January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104.

Hastings, Seth (Federalist, Massachusetts)

Cambridge, MA, 1762-November 19,

1831. August 24, 1801-March 3, 1807.

Public Lands 9.

Hastings, William Soden (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Mendon, MA, June 3,

1798-June 17, 1842. March 4, 1837-June

17, 1842.

Private Land Claims 26.

Hastings, William Wirt (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Benton County, AR,

December 31, 1866-April 8, 1938. March

4, 1915-March 3, 1921; March 4, 1923-

January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66, 68, 69.

Hatch, Jethro Ayers (Republican, Indiana)

Pitcher, NY, June 18, 1837-August 3,

1912. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Hathorn, Henry Harrison (Republican,

New York) Greenfield, NY, November

28, 1813-February 20, 1887. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

Havens, Harrison Eugene (Republican,

Missouri) Franklin County, OH,

December 15, 1837-August 16, 1916.

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Territories 43.

Hawes, Albert Gallatin (Jacksonian,

Kentucky) Bowling Green, VA, April 1,

1804-March 14, 1849. March 4, 1831-

March 3, 1837.

Indian Affairs 24.

Hawkins, George Sydney (Democrat,

Florida) Ulster, NY, 1808-March 15, 1878.

March 4, 1857-January 21, 1861.

Private Land Claims 35, 36.

Hawkins, Isaac Roberts (Republican,

Tennessee) Columbia, TN, May 16, 1818-

August 12, 1880. July 24, 1866-March 3,

1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Hawkins, Micajah Thomas (Democrat,

North Carolina) Warrenton, NC, May 20,

1790-December 22, 1858. December 15,

1831-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 22.

Hawks, Charles, Jr. (Republican,

Wisconsin) Horicon, WI, July 7, 1899-

January 6, 1960. January 3, 1939-January 3,

1941.

Insular Affairs 76.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Mines and Mining 76.

Hawley, John Baldwin (Republican,

Illinois) Hawleyville, CT, February 9,

1831-May 24, 1895. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1875.

Public Lands 41, 42.

Hayden, Carl Trumbell (Democrat,

Arizona) Tempe, AZ, October 2, 1877-

January 25, 1972. February 19, 1912-

March 3, 1927.

Indian Affairs 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68,

69.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,

67.

Public Lands 63, 64, 65, 67.

Irrigation and Reclamation 68, 69.

Senator from Arizona, 69th-91st

Congresses.
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Hayden, Edward Daniel (Republican,

Massachusetts) Cambridge, MA,

December 27, 1833-November 15, 1908.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Pacific Railroads 49.

Hayes Robert (Robin) (Republican, North

Carolina) Concord, NC, August 14, 1945

—. January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (Republican,

Ohio) Delaware, OH, October 4, 1822-

January 17, 1893. March 4, 1865-July 20,

1867.

Private Land Claims 39.

Governor of Ohio, 1868-1872; 1876-1877.

President of the U.S., 1877-1881.

Hayes, Walter Ingalls (Democrat, Iowa)

Marshall, MI, December 9, 1841-March

14, 1901. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895.

Territories 50.

Haynes, Charles Eaton (—, Georgia)

Brunswick, VA, April 15, 1784-August 29,

1841. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1831;

March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 24, 25.

Hays, Samuel Lewis (Democrat, Virginia)

Clarksburg, VA (WV), October 20, 1794-

March 17, 1871. March 4, 1841-March 3,

1843.

Territories 27.

Hayworth, John D., Jr. (Republican,

Arizona) Highpoint, Guilford County,

NC, July 12, 1958 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 107.

Hazelton, George Cochrane (Republican,

Wisconsin) Chester, NH, January 3, 1832-

September 4, 1922. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

Pacific Railroads 47.

Hearst, William Randolph (Democrat,

New York) San Francisco, CA, April 29,

1863-August 14, 1951. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1907.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 59.

Hedrick, Erland Harold (Democrat, West

Virginia) Barn, WV, August 9, 1894-

September 20, 1954. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1953.

Mines and Mining 79.

Public Lands 80.

Hefley, Joel M. (Republican, Colorado)

Ardmore, Carter County, OK, April 18,

1935 —. January 3, 1987-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Heflin, James Thomas (Democrat,

Alabama) Louina, AL, April 9, 1869-April

22, 1951. May 10, 1904-November 1,

1920.

Mines and Mining 58, 59.

Senator from Alabama, 66th-71st

Congresses.

Heidinger, James Vandaveer(Republican,

Illinois) Mount Erie, IL, July 17, 1882-

March 22, 1945. January 3, 1941-March

22, 1945.

Territories 77, 78.

Heinke, George Henry (Republican,

Nebraska) Dunbar, NE, July 22, 1882-

January 2, 1940. January 3, 1939-January 2,

1940.

Territories 76.

Helgesen, Henry Thomas (Republican,

North Dakota) Decorah, IA, June 26,

1857-April 10, 1917. March 4, 1911-April

10, 1917.

Indian Affairs 62.

Heller, Louis Benjamin (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, February 10,

1905—. February 15, 1949-July 21, 1954.

Public Lands 81.

Helm, Harvey (Democrat, Kentucky)

Danville, KY, December 2, 1865-March 3,

1919. March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919.

Insular Affairs 60, 61, 62, 63, 64.

Helms, William (Democrat, New Jersey)

Sussex County, NJ, ?-1813. March 4,

1801-March 3, 1811.

Public Lands 9.

Hemenway, James Alexander

(Republican, Indiana) Boonville, IN,

March 8, 1860-February 10, 1923. March

4, 1895-March 3, 1905.

Territories 55.

Senator from Indiana, 59th-60th

Congresses.

Hendee, George Whitman (Republican,

Vermont) Stowe, VT, November 30,

1832-December 6, 1906. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 43.

Henderson, James Henry Dickey (Union

Republican, Oregon) Salem, KY, July 23,

1810-December 13, 1885. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1867.

Indian Affairs 39.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Mines and Mining 39.
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Hendon, William Martin (Republican,

NorthCarolina)Asheville, NC, November

9, 1944—. January 3, 1981-January 3,

1983; January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 99.

Hendricks, William (—, Indiana) Ligonier

Valley, PA, November 12, 1782-May 16,

1850. December 11, 1816-July 25, 1822.

Public Lands 14, 15, 16, 17.

Senator from Indiana, 19th-24th

Congresses. Governor of Indiana, 1822-

1825.

Hendrix, Joseph Clifford(Democrat, New

York) Fayette, MO, May 25, 1853-

November 9, 1904. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Henley, Barclay (Democrat, California)

Charlestown, IN, March 17, 1843-

February 15, 1914. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887.

Public Lands 48, 49.

Henn, Bernhart (Democrat, Iowa) Cherry

Valley, NY, 1817-August 30, 1865. March

4, 1851-March 3, 1855.

Public Lands 32, 33.

Henry, Lewis (Republican, New York)

Elmira, NY, June 8, 1885-July 23, 1941.

April 11, 1922-March 3, 1923.

Insular Affairs 67.

Henry, Robert Lee (Democrat, Texas)

Linden, TX, May 12, 1864-July 9, 1931.

March 4, 1897-March 3, 1917.

Territories 55.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Henry, William (Whig, Vermont)

Charlestown, NH, March 22, 1788-April

16, 1861. March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Hepburn, William Peters (Republican,

Iowa) Wellsville, OH, November 4, 1833-

February 7, 1916. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1887; March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909.

Public Lands 47.

Pacific Railroads 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Herbert, Philemon Thomas (Democrat,

California) Pine Apple, AL, November 1,

1825-July 23, 1864. March 4, 1855-March

3, 1857.

Indian Affairs 34.

Private Land Claims 34.

Hereford, Frank (Democrat, West Virginia)

Warrenton, VA, July 4, 1825-December

21, 1891. March 4, 1871-January 31, 1877.

Territories 42.

Public Lands 43.

Senator from West Virginia, 45th-46th

Congresses.

Hermann, Binger (Republican, Oregon)

Lonaconing, MD, February 19, 1843-April

15, 1926. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1897;

June 1, 1903-March 3, 1907.

Territories 49.

Public Lands 50.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Indian Affairs 58, 59.

Hernandez, Benigno Cardenas

(Republican, New Mexico) Taos, NM,

February 13, 1862-October 18, 1954.

March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917; March 4,

1919-March 3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 64, 66.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64, 66.

Public Lands 66.

Herndon, William Smith (Democrat,

Texas) Rome, GA, November 27, 1835-

October 11, 1903. March 4, 1871-March 3,

1875.

Public Lands 43.

Herrick, Manuel (Republican, Oklahoma)

Perry, OH, September 20, 1876-February

29, 1952. March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 67.

Herrick, Samuel (Democrat, Ohio) Amenia,

NY, April 14, 1779-June 4, 1852. March 4,

1817-March 3, 1821.

Private Land Claims 15.

Hersey, Ira Greenlief (Republican, Maine)

Hodgdon, ME, March 31, 1858-May 6,

1943. Mara. 4, 1917-March 3, 1929.

Insular Affairs 66.

Hersman, Hugh Steel (Democrat,

California) Port Deposit, MD, July 8,

1872-March 7, 1954. March 4, 1919-March

3, 1921.

Public Lands 66.

Herter, Christian Archibald (Republican,

Massachusetts) Paris, France, March 28,

1895-December 30, 1966. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1953.

Insular Affairs 78.

Governor of Massachusetts, 1953-1957.

Hess, William Emil (Republican, Ohio)

Cincinnati, OH, February 13, 1898-July

14, 1986. March 4, 1929-January 3, 1937;

January 3, 1939-January 3, 1949; January 3,

1951-January 3, 1961.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Hewitt, Abram Stevens (Democrat, New

York) Haverstraw, NY, July 31, 1822-
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January 18, 1903. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1879; March 4, 1881 - December 30, 1886.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Hewitt, Goldsmith Whitehouse

(Democrat, Alabama) Ely t on

(Birmingham), AL, February 14, 1834-May

27, 1895. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879;

March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Public Lands 45.

Hiester, Isaac Ellmaker (Whig,

Pennsylvania) New Holland, PA, May 29,

1824-February 6, 1871. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1855.

Public Lands 33.

Hiester, Joseph (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Berne Township, PA, November 18,

1752-June 10, 1832. December 1, 1797-

March 3, 1805; March 4, 1815-December

1820.

Private Land Claims 15.

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1820-1824.

Higby, William (Republican, California)

Willsboro, NY, August 18, 1813-

November 27, 1887. March 4, 1863-March

3, 1869.

Public Lands 38.

Mines and Mining 39, 40.

Pacific Railroads 40.

Higgins, Edwin Werter (Republican,

Connecticut) Clinton, CT, July 2, 1874-

September 24, 1954. October 2, 1905-

March 3, 1913.

Territories 59, 60.

Hildebrandt, Fred Herman (Democrat,

South Dakota) West Bend, WI, August 2,

1874-January 26, 1956. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 73.

Territories 73.

Hildebrant, Charles Quinn (Republican,

Ohio) Wilmington, OH, October 17,

1864-March 31, 1953. March 4, 1901-

March 3, 1905.

Private Land Claims 57, 58.

Hill, Ebenezer J. (Republican, Connecticut)

Redding, CT, August 4, 1845-September

27, 1917. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1913;

March 4, 1915-September 27, 1917.

Private Land Claims 54.

Hill, Joshua (American Party / Republican,

Georgia) Abbeville, SC, January 10, 1812-

March 6, 1891. March 4, 1857-January 23,

1861.

Public Lands 35.

Senator from Georgia, 40th-42d

Congresses.

Hill,Knute (Democrat, Washington) Creston,

IL, July 31, 1876-December 3, 1963.

March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 73, 74, 75, 76.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75, 76.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76.

Hill, Ralph (Republican, Indiana) Trumbull

County, OH, October 12, 1827-August

20, 1899. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867.

Territories 39.

Hill, Rick (Republican, Montana) Grand

Rapids, MI, December 30, 1946 —.

January 3, 1997-January 3, 2001.

Resources 105, 106.

Hill, Robert Potter (Democrat, Illinois)

Ewing, IL, April 18, 1874-October 29,

1937. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915;

January 3, 1937-October 29, 1937.

Indian Affairs 63.

Hill, Samuel Billingsley (Democrat,

Washington) Franklin, AR, April 2, 1875-

March 16, 1958. September 25, 1923-June

25, 1936.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Hill, William David (Democrat, Ohio)

Nelson County, VA, October 1, 1833-

December 26, 1906. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1881; March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Territories 48, 49.

Mines and Mining 49.

Hill, William Silas (Republican, Colorado)

Kelly, KS, January 20, 1886-August 28,

1972. January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959.

Indian Affairs 77.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Hill, Wilson Shedric (Democrat,

Mississippi) Lodi, MS, January 19, 1863-

February 14, 1921. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1909.

Insular Affairs 58.

Hillyer, Junius (Democrat, Georgia) Wilkes

County, GA, April 23, 1807-June 21, 1886.

March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Hinchey Maurice Dudley (Democrat,

New York) New York, NY, October 27,

1938 —. January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105.

Hindman, Thomas Carmichael

(Democrat, Arkansas) Knoxville, TN,

January 28, 1828-September 27, 1868.
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March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861.

Private Land Claims 36.

Hinds, Thomas (Democrat, Mississippi)

Berkeley County, VA, January 9, 1780-

August 23, 1840. October 21, 1828-March

3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 21.

Hinshaw, Edmund Howard (Republican,

Nebraska) Greenboro, IN, December 8,

1860-June 15, 1932. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1911.

Indian Affairs 58, 59, 60, 61.

Hinson, Jon Clifton (Republican,

Mississippi) Tylertown, MS, March 16,

1942—. January 3, 1979-April 13, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97.

Hitchcock, Gilbert Monell (Democrat,

Nebraska) Omaha, NE, September 18,

1859-February 3, 1934. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1905; March 4, 1907-March 3,

1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 58, 60, 61.

Indian Affairs 60.

Pacific Railrodas 60.

Senator from Nebraska, 62d-67th

Congresses.

Hitt, Robert Roberts (Republican, Illinois)

Urbana, OH, January 16, 1834-September

20, 1906. November 7, 1882-September

20, 1906.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Hoagland, Moses (Democrat, Ohio)

Baltimore, MD, June 19, 1812-April 16,

1865. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Hoagland, Peter D. (Democrat, Nebraska)

Omaha, Douglas County, NE, November

17, 1941;

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Hoch, Daniel Knabb (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Reading, PA, January 31,

1866-October 11, 1960. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1947.

Public Lands 78.

Hoffman, Carl Henry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bangor, PA, August 12,

1896-November 30, 1980. May 21, 1946-

January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 79.

Mines and Mining 79.

Hoge, John Blair (Democrat, West Virginia)

Richmond, VA, February 2, 1825-March

1, 1896. March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

Hogg, Herschel Millard (Republican,

Colorado) Youngstown, OH, November

21, 1853-August 27, 1934. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1907.

Indian Affairs 58, 59.

Hogg, Samuel (Republican, Tennessee)

Halifax, NC, April 18, 1783-May 28, 1842.

March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819.

Private Land Claims 15.

Holden, Thomas Timothy (Tim)

(Democrat, Pennsylvania) St. Clair, PA,

March 5, 1957 —. January 3, 1993-January

3, 2003.

Resources 107.

Holladay, Alexander Richmond

(Democrat, Virginia) Prospect Hill, VA,

September 18, 1811-January 29, 1877.

March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853.

Territories 32.

Holland, Edward Everett (Democrat,

Virginia) Suffolk, VA, February 26, 1861-

October 23, 1941. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1921.

Territories 62.

Holman, William Steele (Democrat,

Indiana) Aurora, IN, September 6, 1822-

April 22, 1897. March 4, 1859-March 3,

1865; March 4, 1867-March 3, 1877;

March 4, 1881-March 3, 1895; March 4,

1897-April 22, 1897.

Public Lands 50, 51.

Indian Affairs 53.

Holmes, Adoniram Judson (Republican,

Iowa) Wooster, OH, March 2, 1842-

January 21, 1902. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1889. 

Pacific Railroads 49, 50.

Holmes, Otis Halbert (Republican,

Washington) Cresco, IA, February 22,

1902-July 27, 1977. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1959.

Indian Affairs 78, 79.

Public Lands 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 79.

Holmes, Sidney Tracey (Republican, New

York) Schaghticoke, NY, August 14,

1815-January 16, 1890. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1867.

Public Lands 39.

Holt, Rush Dew (Democrat, New Jersey)

Weston, WV, October 15, 1948 —.

January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Honeyman, Nan Wood (Democrat,

Oregon) West Point, NY, July 15, 1881-

December 10, 1970. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1939.
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Indian Affairs 75.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75.

Hooker, Charles Edward (Democrat,

Mississippi) Union, SC, 1825-January 8,

1914. March 4, 1875-March 3,1883; March

4, 1887-March 3, 1895; March 4, 1901-

March 3, 1903.

Indian Affairs 44, 45, 46, 47.

Hooker, Warren Brewster (Republican,

New York) Perrysburg, NY, November

24, 1856-March 5, 1920. March 4, 1891-

November 10, 1898.

Indian Affairs 52.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55.

Hooper, Joseph Lawernce (Republican,

Michigan) Cleveland, OH, December 22,

1877-February 22, 1934. August 18, 1925-

February 22, 1934.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71.

Insular Affairs 70, 71, 72, 73.

Hopkins, Albert Cole (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Villanovia, NY, September

15, 1837-June 9, 1911. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1895.

Indian Affairs 52, 53.

Hopkins,Benjamin Franklin (Republican,

Wisconsin) Hebron, NY, April 22, 1829-

January 1, 1870. March 4, 1867-January 1,

1870.

Public Lands 40.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Hopkins, David William (Republican,

Missouri) Troy, KS, October 31, 1897-

October 14, 1968.February 5, 1929-March

3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 71.

Horan, Walter Franklin (Republican,

Washington) Wenatchee, WAOctober 15,

1898-December 19, 1966. January 3,1943-

January 3, 1965.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78.

Territories 78.

Hornor, Lynn Sedwick (Democrat, West

Virginia) Clarksburg, WV, November 3,

1874-September 23, 1933. March 3, 1931-

September 23, 1933.

Mines and Mining 72, 73.

Horton, Frank Ogilvie (Republican,

Wyoming) Muscatine, IA, October 18,

1882-August 17, 1948. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1941.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Public Lands 76.

Horton, Thomas Raymond (Whig, New

York) Fultonville, NY, April 1822-July 26,

1894. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857.

Private Land Claims 34.

Horton, Valentine Baxter (Republican,

Ohio) Windsor, VT, January 29, 1802-

January 14, 1888. March 4, 1855-March 3,

1859; March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863.

Private Land Claims 34.

Hoskins, George Gilbert (Republican,

New York) Bennington, NY, December

24, 1824-June 12, 1893. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1877.

Territories 43.

Hosmer, Craig (Republican, California) Brea,

CA, May 6, 1915-October 11, 1982.

January 3, 1953-December 31, 1974.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85, 86,

87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93.

Hotchkiss, Giles Waldo (Republican, New

York) Windsor, NY, October 25, 1815-

July 5, 1878. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1867; March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Private Land Claims 38, 39.

Hotchkiss, Julius (Democrat, Connecticut)

Waterbury, CT, July 11, 1810-December

23, 1878. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869.

Territories 40.

Houghton, Sherman Otis (Republican,

California) New York City, NY, April 10,

1828-August 31, 1914. March 4,

1871-March 3, 1875.

Pacific Railroads 42, 43.

House, John Ford (Democrat, Tennessee)

Franklin, TN, January 9, 1827-June 28,

1904. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883.

Pacific Railroads 45, 47.

Houston, George Smith (Democrat,

Alabama) Franklin, TN, January 17, 1811-

December 31, 1879. March 4, 1841-March

3, 1849; March 4, 1851-January 21, 1861.

Public Lands 28.

Territories 28, 34.

Senator from Alabama, 46th Congress.

Governor of Alabama, 1874-1878.

Houston, Victor Stewart Kaleoaloha

(Republican, Delegate from the Territory

of Hawaii) San Francisco, CA, July 22,

1876-July 31, 1959. March 4, 1927-March

3, 1933.

Public Lands 70, 71, 72.

Territories 70, 71, 72.

Houston, William Cannon (Democrat,

Tennessee) Shelbyville, TN, March 17,

1852-August 30, 1931. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1919.

Pacific Railroads 59.

Territories 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65.
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Hovey, Alvin Peterson (Republican,

Indiana) Mount Vernon, IN, September 6,

1821-November 23, 1891. March 4, 1887-

January 17, 1889.

Governor of Indiana January 1889-

November 23, 1891.

Pacific Railroads 50.

Howard, Benjamin (Republican, Kentucky)

Lexington, KY, 1760-September 18, 1814.

March 4, 1807-April 10, 1810.

Public Lands 10, 11.

Howard, Edgar (Democrat, Nebraska)

Osceola, IA, September 16, 1858-July 19,

1951. March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73. 

Public Lands 69, 71.

Howard, Everette Burgess (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Morganstown,KY, September

19, 1873-April 3, 1950. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1921; March 4, 1923-March 3,

1925; March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929.

Mines and Mining 66.

Indian Affairs, 68, 70.

Howard, Jacob Merritt (Whig, Michigan)

Shaftsbury, VT, July 10, 1805-April 2,

1871. March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843 .

Public Lands 27.

Senator from Michigan, 37th-41st

Congresses.

Howard, James John (Democrat, New

Jersey) Irvington, NJ, July 24, 1927-March

25, 1988. January 3, 1965-March 25, 1988.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96.

Howard, Volney Erskine (Democrat,

Texas) Norridgewock, ME, October 22,

1809-May 14, 1889. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 31, 32.

Howard, William Schley (Democrat,

Georgia) Kirkwood, GA, June 29, 1875-

August 1, 1953. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1919.

Insular Affairs 62.

Howe, Allan Turner (Democrat, Utah)

Murray, UT, September 6, 1927—.

January 3, 1975-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94

Howell, Benjamin Franklin (Republican,

New Jersey) Cedarville, NJ, January 27,

1844-February 1, 1933. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1911.

Private Land Claims 54.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55.

Howell, Edward (Jacksonian, New York)

Newburgh, NY,October 16, 1792-January

30, 1871. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835.

Indian Affairs 23.

Howell, George (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Scranton, PA, June 28, 1859-November

19, 1913. March 4, 1903-February 10,

1904.

Mines and Mining 58.

Howell, George Evan (Republican, Illinois)

Marion, IL, September 21, 1905-January

18, 1980. January 3, 1941-October 5, 1947.

Insular Affairs 77.

Howell, Joseph (Republican, Utah) Brigham

City, UT, February 17, 1857-July 18, 1918.

March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917.

Mines and Mining 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63.

Indian Affairs 60.

Howland, Leonard Paul (Republican,

Ohio) Jefferson, OH, December 5, 1865-

December 23, 1942. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1913.

Public Lands 60.

Hoxworth, Stephen Arnold (Democrat,

Illinois) Maquon Township, IL, May 1,

1860-January 25, 1930. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915.

Territories 63.

Hubard, Edmund Wilcox (Democrat,

Virginia) Farmville, VA, February 20,

1806-December 9, 1878. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1847.

Public Lands 28.

Hubbard, Asahel Wheeler (Republican,

Iowa) Haddam, CT, Jan 19, 1819-

September 22, 1879. March 4,1863-March

3, 1869.

Indian Affairs 39, 40.

Hubbard, David (Democrat, Alabama) Old

Liberty (Bedford), VA, 1792-January 20,

1874. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841;

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 26.

Hubbard, Elbert Hamilton (Republican,

Iowa) Rushville, IN, August 19, 1849-June

4, 1912. March 4, 1905-June 4, 1912.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61, 62.

Hubbard, Henry (Democrat, New

Hampshire) Charlestown, NH, May 3,

1784-June 5, 1857. March 4, 1829-March

3, 1835.

Indian Affairs 21.

Senator from New Hampshire, 24th-26th

Congresss. Governor of New Hampsire,

1841-1843.

Hubbard, Joel Douglas (Republican,

Missouri) Marshall, MO, November 6,
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1860-May 26, 1919. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Hubbard, Thomas Hill (Republican, New

York) New Haven, CT, December 5,

1781-May 21, 1857. March 4, 1817-March

3, 1919; March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823.

Private Land Claims 15.

Hubbell, Edwin Nelson (Democrat, New

York) Coxsackie, NY, August 13, 1815-?.

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Hubbell, Jay Abel (Republican, Michigan)

Avon, MI, September 15, 1829-October

13, 1900. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 43.

Hubbs, Orlando (Republican, North

Carolina) Commack, NY, February 18,

1840-December 5, 1930. March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 47.

Huckaby, Thomas Jerald (Democrat,

Louisiana) Hodge, LA, July 19, 1941—.

January 3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97. 98,

99, 100.

Hudd, Thomas Richard (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Buffalo, NY, October 2, 1835-

June 22, 1896. March 8, 1886-March 3,

1889.

Indian Affairs 50.

Hudson, Grant Martin (Republican,

Michigan) Eaton Township, OH, July 23,

1868-October 26, 1955. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 68, 69.

Insular Affairs 68, 69.

Hudson, Thomas Jefferson (Populist,

Kansas) Jamestown, IN, October 30,

1839-January 4, 1923. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Hudspeth, Claude Benton (Democrat,

Texas) Medina, TX, May 12, 1877-March

19, 1941. March 4, 1919-March 3, 1931.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 66, 67, 68.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71.

Huff, George Franklin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Norristown, PA, July 16,

1842-April 18, 1912. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1893; March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897;

March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 52, 58, 59, 60, 61.

Huger, Benjamin (Federalist, South

Carolina) Charleston, SC, 1768-July 7,

1823. March 4, 1799-March 3, 1805;

March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817.

Private Land Claims 14.

Hughes, Charles (Democrat, New York)

New Orleans, LA, February 27, 1822-

August 10, 1887. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Hughes, Dudley Mays (Democrat,

Georgia) Jeffersonville, GA, October 10,

1848-January 20, 1927. March 4, 1909-

March 3, 1917.

Public Lands 61.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Hughes, James (Democrat, Indiana)

Baltimore, MD, November 24, 1823-

October 21, 1873. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1859.

Territories 35.

Hughes, James Madison (Democrat,

Missouri) Bourbon County, KY, April 7,

1809-February 26, 1861. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1845.

Indian Affairs 28.

Hulings, Willis James (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Rimersburg, PA, July 1,

1850-August 8, 1924. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915; March 4, 1919-March 3,

1921.

Insular Affairs 66.

Hull, Noble Andrew (Democrat, Florida)

Little York, GA, March 11, 1827-January

28, 1907. March 4, 1879-January 22, 1881.

Public Lands 46.

Humphrey, Augustin Reed (Republican,

Nebraska) Madison, IN, February 18,

1859-December 10, 1937. November 7,

1922-March 3, 1923.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 67.

Humphrey, Herman Leon (Republican,

Wisconsin) Candor, NY, March 14, 1830-

June 10, 1902. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1883.

Territories 46.

Humphreys, Benjamin Grubb

(Democrat,Mississippi)Claiborne County,

MS, August 17, 1865-October 16, 1923.

March 4, 1903-October 16, 1923.

Territories 61, 62, 66.

Insular Affairs 67.

Humphreys, Parry Wayne (Republican,

Tennessee) Staunton, VA, 1778-February

12, 1839. March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815.

Public Lands 13.

Hunt, Hiram Paine (Whig, New York)
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Pittstown, NY, May 23, 1796-August 14,

1865. March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837;

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 26.

Hunt, James Bennett (Democrat,

Michigan) Demerara, British Guiana.

August 13, 1779-August 15, 1857. March

4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 28.

Public Lands 29.

Hunt, John Thomas (Democrat, Missouri)

St. Louis, MO, February 2, 1860-

November 30, 1916. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1907.

Mines and Mining 59.

Hunt, Jonathan (—, Vermont) Vernon, VT,

August 12, 1787-May 15, 1832. March 4,

1827-May 15, 1832.

Public Lands 20, 21, 22.

Hunt, Theodore Gaillard (Whig,

Louisiana) Charleston, SC, October 23,

1805-November 15, 1893. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Hunt, Washington (Whig, New York)

Windham, NY, August 5, 1811-February

2, 1867. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 28.

Public Lands 28.

Hunter, Andrew Jackson (Democrat,

Illinois) Greencastle, IN, December 17,

1831-January 12, 1913. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1895; March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.

Indian Affairs 53.

Territories 53, 55.

Hunter, Morton Craig (Republican,

Indiana) Versailles, IN, February 5, 1825-

October 25, 1896. March 4, 1867-March 3,

1869; March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879.

Mines and Mining 40.

Territories 40.

Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro(Whig,

Virginia) Loretto, VA, April 21, 1809-June

18, 1887. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843;

March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Senator from Virginia, 30th-36th

Congresses. Speaker of the House, 26th

Congress.

Huntington, Jabez Williams (Whig,

Connecticut) Norwich, CT, November 8,

1788-November 1, 1847. March 4, 1829-

August 16, 1834.

Territories 22.

Senator from Connecticut, 26th-30th

Congresses.

Huntsman, Adam (Jacksonian, Tennessee)

Charlotte County, VA, February 11, 1786-

August 23, 1849. March 4, 1835-March 3,

1837.

Private Land Claims 24.

Hurley, Denis Michael (Republican, New

York) Limerick, Ireland, March 14, 1843-

February 26, 1899. March 4, 1895

February 26, 1899.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Hutcheson, Joseph Chappell (Democrat,

Texas) Boydton, VA, May 18, 1842-May

25, 1924. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Hutchinson, Elijah Cubberley

(Republican, New Jersey) Windsor, NJ,

August 7, 1855-June 25, 1932. March 4,

1915-March 3, 1923.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64.

Hyde, Samuel Clarence (Republican,

Washington) Fort Ticonderoga, NY, April

22, 1842-March 7, 1922. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 54.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Hynes, William Joseph (Democrat,

Arkansas) County Clare, Ireland, March

31, 1843-April 2, 1915. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1875.

Territories 43.

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Ichord, Richard Howard (Democrat,

Missouri) Licking, MO, June 27, 1926—.

January 3, 1961-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

Iglesias, Santiago (Coalitionist, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) La Coru a, Spain,

February 22, 1872-December 5, 1939.

March 4, 1933-December 5, 1939.

Insular Affairs 73, 74, 75, 76.

Territories 75, 76.

Igoe, James Thomas (Democrat, Illinois)
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Chicago, IL, October 23, 1883-December

2, 1971. March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 71.

Ikirt, George Pierce (Democrat, Ohio)

West Beaver, OH, November 3, 1852-

February 12, 1927. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 53.

Inge, William Marshall (Democrat,

Tennessee) Granville County, NC, 1802-

1846. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835.

Public Lands 23.

Ingersoll, Ebon Clark (Republican, Illinois)

Dresden, NY, December 12, 1831-May

31, 1879. May 20, 1864-March 3, 1871.

Territories 38.

Inslee, Jay Robert (Democrat, Washington)

Seattle, WA, February 9, 1951 —. January

3, 1993-January 3, 1995; January 3, 1999--.

Resources 106, 107.

Irvin, William W. (Jacksonian, Ohio)

Charlottesville, VA, circa 1778-March 28,

1842. March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833.

Public Lands 21, 22.

Irwin, Edward Michael (Republican,

Illinois) Leasburg, MO, April 14, 1869-

January 30, 1933. March 4, 1925-March 3,

1931.

Territories 69, 70, 71.

Irwin, Jared (Republican, Pennsylvania) GA,

January 19, 1768-September 20, 1818.

March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 13.

Isacks, Jacob C. (Jacksonian, Tennessee)

Montgomery County, PA, ?-? March 4,

1823-March 3, 1833.

Public Lands 20, 21.

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Jackson, Edward Brake (—, Virginia)

Clarksburg, VA (WV), January 25, 1793-

September 8, 1826. October 23, 1820-

March 3, 1823.

Private Land Claims 16.

Jackson, Fred Schuyler (Republican,

Kansas) Stanton, KS, April 19, 1868-

November 21, 1931. March 4, 1911-March

3, 1913.

Indian Affairs 62.

Jackson, Henry Martin (Democrat,

Washington) Everett, WAMay 31, 1912-

September 1, 1983. January 3, 1941-

January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 78, 79. 

Senator from Washington, 83d-98th

Congresses.

Jackson, Joseph Webber (Democrat,

Georgia) Cedar Hill, GA, December 6,

1796-September 29, 1854. March 4, 1850-

March 3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 31, 32.

Jackson, Oscar Lawrence (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Shenango Township, PA,

September 2, 1840-February 16, 1920.

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Public Lands 49, 50.

Jackson, William Humphreys

(Republican, Maryland) Salisbury, MD,

October 15, 1839-April 3, 1915. March 4,

1901-March 3, 1905; March 4, 1907-March

3, 1909.

Territories 57, 58.

Pacific Railroads 57, 58.

Jacobsen, Bernhard Martin (Democrat,

Iowa) Toendren, Germany, March 26,

1862-June 30, 1936. March 4, 1931-June

30, 1936.

Indian Affairs 72.

Public Lands 72.

Jacoway, Henderson Madison

(Democrat, Arkansas) Dardanelle, AR,

November 7, 1870-August 4, 1947. March

4, 1911-March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 62.

James, Hinton (Democrat, North Carolina)

Laurinburg, NC, April 24, 1884-

November 3, 1948. November 4, 1930-

March 3, 1931.

Public Lands 71.

James, William Francis (Republican,

Michigan) Morristown, NJ, May 23, 1873-

November 17, 1945. March 4, 1915-

January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 64, 65.

Jameson, John (Democrat, Missouri) Mount

Sterling, KY, March 6, 1802-January 24,

1857. December 12, 1839-March 3, 1841;

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845; March 4,

1847-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 26.

Public Lands 28, 30.
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Jamieson, William Darius (Democrat,

Iowa) Wapello, IA, November 9, 1873-

November 18, 1949. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1911.

Indian Affairs 61.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Jarman, Peterson Bryant (Pete)

(Democrat, Alabama) Greensboro, AL,

October 31, 1892-February 17, 1955.

January 3, 1937-January 3, 1949.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 75.

Jarrett, William Paul (Democrat, Delegate

from the Territory of Hawaii) Honolulu,

Hawaii, August 22, 1877-November 10,

1929. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1927.

Public Lands 68, 69.

Territories 68, 69.

Jefferis, Albert Webb (Republican,

Nebraska) Embreeville, PA, December 7,

1868-September 14, 1942. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 66, 67.

Jeffers, Lamar (Democrat, Alabama)

Anniston, AL, April 16, 1888-June 1,

1983. June 7, 1921-January 3, 1935.

Public Lands 67, 68.

Jenckes, VirginiaEllis (Democrat, Indiana)

Terre Haute, IN, November 6, 1877-

January 9, 1975. Mar .4, 1933-January 3,

1939.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75.

Jenifer, Daniel (Anti-Jacksonian, Maryland)

Charles County, MD, April 15, 1791-

December 18, 1855. March 4, 1831-March

3, 1833; March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841.

Territories 26.

Jenison, Edward Halsey (Republican,

Illinois) Fond du Lac, WI, July 27, 1907—.

January 3, 1947-January 3, 1953.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Jenkins, John James (Republican,

Wisconsin) Weymouth, England, August

24, 1843-June 8, 1911. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1909.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55, 56, 57.

Jenkins, Thomas Albert (Republican,

Ohio) Oak Hill, OH, October 28, 1880-

December 21, 1959. March 4, 1925-

January 3, 1959.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71, 72.

Jenkins, Timothy (Democrat, New York)

Barre, MA, January 29, 1799-December

24, 1859. March 4,1845-March 3, 1849;

March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 32.

Jennings, Jonathan (—, Delegate for the

Territory of Indiana and Representative

from Indiana) Hunterdon County, NJ,

1784-July 26, 1834. November 27, 1809-

December 11, 1816; December 2, 1822-

March 3, 1831.

Public Lands 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

Governor of Indiana, 1816-1822.

John, Christopher (Democrat, Louisiana)

Crowley, LA, January 5, 1960 —. January

3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106. 

Johns, Joshua Leroy (Republican,

Wisconsin) Eagle, WI, February 27, 1881-

March 16, 1947. January 3, 1939-January 3,

1943.

Territories 76.

Johnson, Albert (Republican, Washington)

Springfield, IL, March 5, 1869-January 17,

1957. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1933.

Territories 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,

71, 72.

Johnson, Andrew (Democrat, Tennessee)

Raleigh, NC, December 29, 1808-July 31,

1875. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 29, 30.

Senator from Tennessee, 35th-37th

Congresses; 43d Congress. Vice President

of U.S., 1865. President of U.S., 1865-

1869. Governor of Tennessee, 1853-1857.

Johnson, Calvin Dean (Republican, Illinois)

Fordsville, KY, November 22, 1898-

October 13, 1985. January 3, 1943-January

3, 1945.

Mines and Mining 78.

Johnson, Cave (Democrat, Tennessee)

Robertson County, TN, January 11, 1793-

November 23, 1866. March 4, 1829-March

3, 1837; March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 22, 23, 27. Public

Lands 27.

Indian Affairs 28.

J o hnson, Dew ey Willia m

(Farm e r-Laborite, Minnesota)

Minneapolis, MN March 14, 1899-

September 18, 1941. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1939.

Indian Affairs 75.

Johnson, Fred Gustus (Republican,

Nebraska) Dorchester, NE, October 16,

1876-April 30, 1951. March 4, 1929-March

3, 1931.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Johnson, Frederick Avery (Republican,

New York) Fort Edward, NY, January 2,
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1833-July 17, 1893. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887.

Territories 48.

Johnson, Grove Lawrence (Republican,

California) Syracuse, NY, March 27, 18410

February 1, 1926. March 4, 1895-March 3,

1897. 

Pacific Railroads 54. 

Johnson, Harold Terry (Democrat,

California) Broderick, CA, December 2,

1907-March 16, 1988. January 3, 1959-

January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87, 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94.

Johnson, Henry (Republican / Adams-Clay

Republican / Whig, Louisiana) Virginia,

September 14, 1783-September 4, 1864.

September 25, 1834-March 3, 1839.

Public Lands 25.

Senator from Louisiana, 15th-18th

Congresses; 28th-30th Congresses.

Governor of Louisiana, 1824-1828.

Johnson, Jacob (Republican, Utah) Aalborg,

Denmark, November 1, 1847-August 15,

1925. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63.

Public Lands 63.

Johnson, James Paul (Republican,

Colorado) Yankton, SD, June 2, 1930—.

January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96.

Johnson, Jed Joseph (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Waxahachie, TX, July 31,

1888-May 8, 1963. March 4, 1927-January

3, 1947.

Public Lands 70.

Territories 70.

Johnson, Jeromus (—, New York)

Wallabout, NY, November 2, 1775-

September 7, 1846. March 4, 1825-March

3, 1829.

Territories 19.

Johnson, Joseph (Jacksonian / Democrat,

Virginia) Orange County, NY, December

19, 1785-February 27, 1877. March 4,

1823-March 3, 1827; January 21, 1833-

March 3, 1833 ; March 4, 1835-March 3,

1841; March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Territories 24.

Governor of Virginia, 1851-1856.

Johnson, Noadiah (Jacksonian, New York)

Connecticut, 1795-April 4, 1839. March 4,

1833-March 3, 1835.

Territories 23.

Johnson, Paul Burney (Democrat,

Mississippi) Hillsboro, MS, March 23,

1880-December 26, 1943. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1923.

Public Lands 66.

Johnson, Philip (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Polkville, NJ, January 17, 1818-January 29,

1867. March 4, 1861-January 29, 1867.

Territories 38.

Johnson, Robert Ward (Democrat,

Arkansas) Scott County, KY, July 22,

1814-July 26, 1879. March 4, 1847-March

3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 30, 31, 32.

Senator from Arkansas, 33d-36th

Congresses.

Johnson, Royal Cleaves (Republican, South

Dakota) Cherokee, IA, October 3, 1882-

August 2, 1939. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1933.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66, 67, 68.

Johnson, Timothy Peter (Democrat, South

Dakota) Canton, SD, December 28,

1946—. January 3, 1987-January 2, 1997.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103. 

Resources 104.

Johnson, William Cost (Whig, Maryland)

Jefferson, MD, January 14, 1806-April 14,

1860. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 27.

Private Land Claims 27.

Johnston, David Emmons (Democrat,

West Virginia) Pearisburg, VA, April 10,

1845-July 7, 1917. Mar.4, 1899-March 3,

1901.

Private Land Claims 56.

Johnston, Harry A., II (Democrat, Florida)

West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,

FL, December 2, 1931—. January 3,

1989-January 3, 1997

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Jones, Benjamin (Jacksonian, Ohio)

Winchester, VA, April 13, 1787-April 24,

1861. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837.

Territories 23.

Jones, Francis (Republican, Tennessee) ?-?

March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823.

Public Lands 15, 16.

Jones, George Washington (Democrat,

Tennessee) King and Queen County, VA,

March 15, 1806-November 14, 1884.

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1859.

Territories 29.

Jones, Isaac Dashiell (Whig, Maryland)

Somerset County, MD, November 1,

1806-July 5, 1893. March 4, 1841-March 3,
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1843.

Territories 27.

Jones, James Henry (Democrat, Texas)

Shelby County, AL, September 13, 1830-

March 22, 1904. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1887.

Mines and Mining 49.

Jones, James Kimbrough (Democrat,

Arkansas) Marshall County, MS,

September 29, 1839-June 1, 1908. March

4, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 47.

Senator from Arkansas, 49th-57th

Congresses.

Jones, James Robert (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Muskogee, OK, May 5,

1939—. January 3, 1973-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Jones, James Taylor (Democrat, Alabama)

Richmond,VA,July 20, 1832-February 15,

1895. March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879;

December 3, 1883-March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 45.

Territories 45.

Jones, John Marvin (Democrat, Texas)

Valley View, TX, February 26, 1886-

March 4, 1976. March 4, 1917-November

20, 1940.

Insular Affairs 65.

Jones, Nathaniel (Democrat, New York)

Warwick, NY, February 17, 1788-July 20,

1866. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Territories 25.

Jones, Robert Franklin (Republican, Ohio)

Cairo, OH, June 25, 1907-June 22, 1968.

January 3, 1939-September 2, 1947.

Territories 76.

Jones, Roland (Democrat, Louisiana)

Salisbury, NC, November 18, 1813-

February 5, 1869. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Jones, Wesley Livsey (Republican,

Washington) Bethany, IL, October 9,

1863-November 19, 1932. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1909.

Public Lands 56, 57.

Senator from Washington, 61st-71st

Congresses.

Jones, Walter Beaman, Jr., (Republican,

North Carolina) Farmville, Pitt County,

NC, February 10, 1943 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Jones, William Atkinson (Democrat,

Virginia) Warsaw, VA, March 21, 1849-

April 17, 1918. March 4, 1891-April 17,

1918.

Private Land Claims 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59,

60, 61.

Public Lands 54.

Indian Affairs 55.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62,

63, 64, 65.

Jontz, James Prather (Democrat, Indiana)

Indianapolis, IN, December 18, 1951-;

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Jordan, Isaac M. (Democrat, Ohio)

Mifflinburg, PA, May 5, 1835-December3,

1890. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Joseph, Antonio (Democrat, Delegate from

the Territory of New Mexico) Taos, NM,

August 25, 1846-April 19, 1910. March 4,

1885-March 3, 1895.

Territories 49, 50, 52, 53.

Joyce, Charles Herbert (Republican,

Vermont) Andover, England, January 30,

1830-November 22, 1916. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 44.

Judd, Walter Henry (Republican,

Minnesota) Rising City, NE, September

25, 1898—. January 3, 1943-January 3,

1963.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Julian, George Washington (Republican,

Indiana) Centerville, IN, May 5, 1817-July

7, 1899. March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851;

March 4, 1861-March 3, 1871.

Public Lands 37, 38, 39, 40, 41. 

K

Kalanianaole, Jonah Kuho (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii)

Koloa, Hawaii, March 26, 1871-January 7,

1922. March 4, 1903-January 7, 1922.

Private Land Claims 59, 60, 61.

Territories 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65,

66, 67.

Kasson, John Adam (Republican, Iowa)
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Charlotte, VT, January 11, 1822-May 18,

1910. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867;

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877; March 4,

1881-July 13, 1884.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Kastenmeier, Robert William (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Beaver Dam, WI, January 24,

1924—. January 3, 1959—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93,

94, 95, 96, 97.

Kaufman, David Spangeler (Democrat,

Texas) Boiling Springs, PA, December 18,

1813-January 31, 1851. March 30, 1846-

January 31, 1851.

Territories 29, 31.

Kazen, Abraham, Jr. (Democrat, Texas)

Laredo, TX, January 17, 1919-November

29, 1987. January 3, 1967-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93,

94, 95, 96, 97, 98.

Kearns, Charles Cyrus (Republican, Ohio)

Tonica, IL, February 11, 1869-December

17, 1931. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1931.

Territories 64.

Kee, James (Democrat, West Virginia)

Bluefield, WV, April 15, 1917—. January

3, 1965-January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92.

Kee, Maude Elizabeth (Democrat, West

Virginia) Redford, VA, June 7, 1895-

February 15, 1975. July 17, 1951-January 3,

1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Kehoe, James Walter (Democrat, Florida)

Eufaula, AL, April 25, 1870-August 20,

1938. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919.

Territories 65.

Keller, Kent Ellsworth (Democrat, Illinois)

Campbell Hill, IL, June 4, 1867-September

3, 1954. March 4, 1931-January 3, 1941.

Mines and Mining 72.

Public Lands 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Kelley, Augustine Bernard (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) New Baltimore, PA, July 9,

1883-November 20, 1957. January 3,

1941-November 20, 1957.

Mines and Mining 77, 78, 79.

Territories 77, 78, 79.

Kelley, John Edward (Populist, South

Dakota) Portage City, WI, March 27,

1853-August 5, 1941. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1899.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55.

Kelley, William Darrah (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, April 12,

1814-January 9, 1890. March 4, 1861-

January 9, 1890.

Indian Affairs 37.

Kellogg, Francis William (Republican,

Michigan) Worthington, MA, May 30,

1810-January 13, 1879. March 4, 1859-

March 3, 1865; July 22, 1868-March 3,

1869.

Public Lands 37.

Kellogg, Stephen Wright (Republican,

Connecticut) Shelburne, MA, April 5,

1822-January 27, 1904. March 4, 1869-

March 3, 1875.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Public Lands 42.

Kellogg, William (Republican, Illinois)

Kelloggsville, OH, July 8, 1814-December

20, 1872. March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863.

Territories 37.

Kellogg, William Pitt (Republican,

Louisiana) Orwell, VT, December 8, 1830-

August 10, 1918. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1885.

Territories 48.

Senator from Louisiana, 40th-42d

Congresses; 45th-47th Congresses.

Governor of Louisiana, 1873-1877.

Kelly, Edward Austin (Democrat, Illinois)

Chicago, IL, April 3, 1892-August 30,

1969. March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943;

January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 72.

Kelly, Melville Clyde (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bloomfield, OH, August 4,

1883-April 29, 1935. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1915; March 4, 1917-January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 66.

Kem, Omer Madison (IN, Nebraska)

Hagerstown, IN, November 13, 1855-

February 13, 1942. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 52, 53.

Kemp, Bolivar Edwards (Democrat,

Louisiana) Amite, LA, December 28,

1871-June 19, 1933. March 4, 1925-June

19, 1933.

Territories 70, 71, 72, 73.

Insular Affairs 72.

Kendall, Charles West (Democrat, Nevada)

Searsmont, ME, April 22, 1828-June 25,

1914. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Mines and Mining 42, 43.

Kendall, Joseph Morgan (Democrat,

Kentucky) West Liberty, KY, May 12,

1863-November 5, 1933. April 21, 1892-
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March 3, 1893; March 4, 1895-February

18, 1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Kendall, Nathan Edward (Republican,

Iowa) Greenville, IA, March 17, 1868-

November 5, 1936. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1913.

Indian Affairs 61.

Kennedy, James (Republican, Ohio)

Lowellville, OH, September 3, 1853-

November 9, 1928. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1911.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Kennedy, John Lauderdale (Republican,

Nebraska) Ayrshire, Scotland, October 27,

1854-August 30, 1946. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1907.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 59.

Kennedy, Patrick Joseph (Democrat,

Rhode Island) Brighton, MA, July 14,

1967 —. January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106.

Kennon, William, Sr. (Jacksonian, Ohio)

Uniontown, PA, May 14, 1793-November

2, 1881. March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833.

March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837.

Indian Affairs 22.

Public Lands 24.

Kent, Everett (Democrat, Pennsylvania) East

Bangor, PA, November 15, 1888-October

13, 1963. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925;

March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929.

Insular Affairs 68.

Mines and Mining 70.

Territories 70.

Kent, William (Progressive Republican /

Independent, California) Chicago, IL,

March 29, 1864-March 13, 1928. March 4,

1911-March 3, 1917.

Public Lands 63, 64.

Kenyon, William Scheuneman

(Republican, New York) Catskill, NY,

December 13, 1820-February 10, 1896.

March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861.

Private Land Claims 36.

Kerr, John Leeds (Whig, Maryland)

Greenbury Point, MD, January 15, 1780-

February 21, 1844. March 4, 1825-March

3, 1829; March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833.

Territories 22.

Senator from Maryland, 26th-27th

Congresses.

Kerr, Michael Crawford (Democrat,

Indiana) Titusville, PA, March 15, 1827-

August 19, 1876. March 4, 1865-March 3,

1873; March 4, 1875-August 19, 1876.

Private Land Claims 39. 

Speaker of the House, 44th Congress.

Ketcham, John Henry (Republican, New

York) Dover Plains, NY, December 21,

1832-November 4, 1906. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1873; March 4, 1877-March 3,

1893; March 4, 1897-November 4, 1906.

Public Lands 41, 42, 45, 46.

Ketchum, William Matthew (Republican,

California) Los Angeles, September 2,

1921-June 24, 1978. January 3, 1973-June

24, 1978.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94.

Ketchum, Winthrop Welles (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 29,

1820-December 6, 1879. March 4, 1875-

July 19, 1876.

Private Land Claims 44.

Kidder, Jefferson Parish (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of Dakota)

Braintree, VT, June 4, 1815-October 2,

1883. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879.

Public Lands 44, 45.

Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1853

and 1854. Appointed justice of the

supreme court of Dakota Territory by

President Hayes on April 2, 1879;

reappointed by President Arthur on April

27, 1883.

Kiefner, Charles E. (Republican, Missouri)

Perryville, MO, November 25, 1869-

December 13, 1942. March 4, 1925-March

3, 1927; March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931.

Mines and Mining 71.

Kiess, Edgar Raymond (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Warrensville, PA, August

26, 1875-June 20, 1930. March 4, 1913-

June 20, 1930.

Insular Affairs 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Kilburn, Clarence Evans (Republican, New

York) Malone, NY, April 13, 1893-May

20, 1975. February 13, 1940-January 3,

1965.

Territories 76, 77, 78.

Kildee, Dale Edward(Democrat,Michigan)

Flint, MI, September 16, 1929—. January

3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Kilgore, Constantine Buckley (Democrat,

Texas) Newman, GA, February 20, 1835-

September 23, 1897. March 4, 1887-March

3, 1895.

Territories 50, 51, 52, 53.

Killinger, John Weinland (Republican,
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Pennsylvania) Annville, PA, September18,

1824-June 30, 1896. March 4, 1859-March

3, 1863; March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875;

March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 42, 43.

Kimball, William Preston (Democrat,

Kentucky) East Hickman, KY, November

4, 1857-February 24, 1926. March 4, 1907-

March 3, 1909.

Territories 60.

Kind, Ron (Democrat, Wisconsin) La Crosse,

WI, March 16, 1963 —. January 3,

1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

King, Cecil Rhodes (Democrat, California)

Fort Niagara, NY, January 13, 1898-March

17, 1974. August 25, 1942-January 6, 1969.

Insular Affairs 78.

King, Cyrus (Federalist, Massachusetts)

Scarboro, ME, September 6, 1772-April

25, 1817. March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 14.

King, David Sjodahl (Democrat, Utah) Salt

Lake City, UT, June 20, 1917—. January 3,

1959-January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87, 89.

King, John (Jacksonian, New York) Canaan,

NY, 1775-September 1, 1836. March 4,

1831-March 3, 1833.

Territories 22.

King, Samuel Wilder(Republican, Delegate

from the Territory of Hawaii) Honolulu,

Hawaii, December 17, 1886-March 24,

1959. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943.

Public Lands 74, 75, 76, 77.

Territories 74, 75, 76, 77.

Insular Affairs 76, 77.

King, William Henry (Democrat, Utah)

Fillmore, UT, June 3, 1863-November 27,

1949. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899; April

2, 1900-March 3, 1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56.

Senator from Utah, 65th-76th Congresses.

King, William Rufus de Vane (Democrat,

North Carolina) Sampson County, NC,

April 7, 1786-April 18. 1853. March 3,

1811-November 4, 1816.

Public Lands 13.

Senator from Alabama, 16th-28th

Congresses; 30th-32d Congresses. Vice

President, U.S., 1853.

Kinkaid, Moses Pierce (Republican,

Nebraska) Morgantown, WV, January 24,

1856-July 6, 1922. March 4, 1903-July 6,

1922.

Insular Affairs 58, 59.

Pacific Railroads 58, 59, 60, 61.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 60, 61, 62, 63, 64,

65, 66, 67.

Mines and Mining 66.

Kinsey, William Medcalf (Republican,

Missouri) Mount Pleasant, OH, October

28, 1846-June 20, 1931. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 51.

Kinzer, John Roland (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Terre Hill, PA, March 28,

1874-July 25, 1955. January 28, 1930-

January 3, 1947.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Kirkpatrick, William Sebring (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Easton, PA, April 21, 1844-

November 3, 1932. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1899.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Kitchin, Claude (Democrat, North Carolina)

Scotland Neck, NC, March 24, 1869-May

31, 1923. March 4, 1901-May 31, 1923.

Indian Affairs 59, 60.

Kitchin, William Walton (Democrat,

North Carolina) Scotland Neck, NC,

October 9, 1866-November 9, 1924.

March 4, 1897-January 11, 1909.

Private Land Claims 55.

Governor of North Carolina, 1909-1913.

Kleberg, Rudolph (Democrat, Texas) Cat

Spring, TX, June 26, 1847-December 28,

1924. April 7, 1896-March 3, 1903.

Public Lands 54, 55, 56, 57.

Kleczka, John Casimir (Republican,

Wisconsin) Milwaukee, WI, May 6, 1885-

April 21, 1959. March 4, 1919-March 3,

1923.

Insular Affairs 66, 67.

Territories 66.

Klein, Arthur George (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, August 8, 1904-

February 20, 1968. July 29, 1941-January 3,

1945; February 19, 1946-December 31,

1956.

Public Lands 79

Klepper, Frank B. (Republican, Missouri) St.

John, MO, June 22, 1864-August 4, 1933.

March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907.

Territories 59.

Klotz, Robert (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Northampton (Carbon) County, PA,

October 27, 1819-May 1, 1895. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Knapp, Anthony Lausett (Democrat,
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Illinois) Middletown, NY, June 14, 1828-

May 24, 1881. December 12, 1861-March

3, 1865.

Private Land Claims 38.

Knapp, Charles Luman (Republican, New

York) Harrisburg, NY, July 4, 1847-

January 3, 1929. November 5, 1901-March

3, 1911.

Indian Affairs 58, 59, 60.

Knapp, Chauncey Langdon (American

Party, Massachusetts) Berlin, VT,

February 26, 1809-May 31, 1898. March 4,

1855-March 3, 1859.

Territories 35

Knight, Charles Landon (Republican,

Ohio) Milledgeville, GA, June 18, 1867-

September 26, 1933. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1923.

Territories 67.

Knopf, Philip (Republican, Illinois) Long

Grove, IL, November 18, 1847-August 14,

1920. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1909.

Public Lands 58, 59, 60.

Knott, James Proctor (Democrat,

Kentucky) Raywick, KY, August 29, 1830-

June 18, 1911. March 4, 1867-March 3,

1871; March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 40.

Private Land Claims 41.

Knowles, Freeman Tulley (Populist, South

Dakota) Harmony, ME, October 10,

1846-June 1, 1910. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 55.

Knox, William Shadrach (Republican,

Massachusetts) Killingly, CT, September

10, 1843-September 21, 1914. March 4,

1895-March 3, 1903.

Territories 54, 55, 56, 57.

Knutson, Harold (Republican, Minnesota)

Skien, Norway, October 20, 1880-August

31, 1953. March 4, 1917-January 3, 1949.

Insular Affairs 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Kocialkowski, Leo Paul (Democrat,

Illinois) Chicago, IL, August 16, 1882-

September 27, 1958. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 73, 74, 75, 76, 77. 

Kogovsek, Raymond Peter (Democrat,

Colorado) Pueblo, CO, August 19,

1941—. January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97, 98.

Konop, Thomas Frank (Democrat,

Wisconsin)Franklin, WI, August 17, 1879-

October 17, 1964. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1917.

Indian Affairs 62, 63, 64.

Kostmayer, Peter Houston (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) New York, NY, September

17, 1946—. January 3, 1977-January 3,

1981; January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 98, 99,

100, 101, 102.

Kramer, Charles (Democrat, California)

Paducah, KY, April 18, 1879-January 29,

1943. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 73.

Irrigation and Reclamation, 76, 77.

Krebs, John Hans (Democrat, California)

Berlin, Germany, December 17, 1926—.

January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95.

Kribbs, George Frederic (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Clarion County, PA,

November 8, 1846-September 8, 1938.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 53.

Territories 53.

Kulp, Monroe Henry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Barto, PA, October 23,

1858-October 19, 1911. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1899.

Public Lands 54, 55.

Kupferman, Theodore Roosevelt

(Republican, New York) New York, NY,

May 12, 1920—. February 8, 1966-January

3, 1969.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90.

Kvale, Ole Juulson (Farmer-Laborite,

Minnesota) Decorah, IA, February 6,

1869-September 11, 1929. March 4, 1923-

September 11, 1929.

Territories 70, 71.

Kvale, Paul John (Farmer-Laborite,

Minnesota) Orfordville, WI, March 27,

1896-June 14, 1960. October 16, 1929-

January 3, 1939.

Territories 71, 72.

Public Lands 72.

Kyl, John Henry (Republican, Iowa) Wisner,

NE, May 9, 1919—. December 15, 1959-

January 3, 1965; January 3, 1967-January 3,

1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87, 88, 90,

91, 92.

Kyle, John Curtis (Democrat, Mississippi)

Sardis, MS, July 17, 1851-July 6, 1913.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 53, 54.
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Lacey, John Fletcher (Republican, Iowa)

New Martinsville, VA (WV), May 30,

1841-September 29, 1913. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1891; March 4, 1893-March 3,

1907.

Public Lands 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Indian Affairs, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Lacock, Abner (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Alexandria, VA, July 9, 1770-April 12,

1837. March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813.

Public Lands 12.

Senator from Pennsylvania, 13th-15th

Congresses.

Lafferty, Abraham Walter (Republican,

Oregon) Farber, MO, June 10, 1875-

January 15, 1964. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1915.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Laffoon, Polk (Democrat, Kentucky)

Madisonville, KY, October 24, 1844-

October 22, 1906. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1889.

Public Lands 49, 50.

La Follette, Robert Marion (Republican,

Wisconsin) Primrose, WI, June 14, 1855-

June 18, 1925. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1891.

Indian Affairs 49, 50.

Senator from Wisconsin, 59th-68th

Congresses. Governor of Wisconsin,

1901-1906.

La Follette, William Leroy (Republican,

Washington) Thorntown, IN, November

30, 1860-December 20, 1934. March 4,

1911-March 3, 1919.

Public Lands 63, 64, 65.

Lagomarsino, Robert John (Republican,

California) Ventura, CA, September 4,

1926—. March 5, 1974—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96, 97,

98, 99, 100, 101, 102.

La Guardia, Fiorello Henry (Republican,

New York) New York, NY, December 11,

1882-September 20, 1947. March 4, 1917-

December 31, 1919; March 4, 1923-March

3, 1933.

Public Lands 69.

LaRocco, Larry (Democrat, Idaho) Van

Nuys, CA, August 25, 1946.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus

(Democrat, Mississippi) Eatonton, GA,

September 17, 1825-January 23, 1893.

March 4, 1857-December 1860; March 4,

1873-March 3, 1877.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Senator from Mississippi March 4, 1877-

March 6, 1885. 

Lamar, William Bailey (Democrat, Florida)

Monticello, FL, June 12, 1853-September

26, 1928. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1909.

Pacific Railroads 59, 60.

Lamb, Alfred William (Democrat,

Missouri) Stamford, NY, March 18, 1824-

April 29, 1888. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Territories 33.

Lampert, Florian (Republican, Wisconsin)

West Bend, WI, July 8, 1863-July 18, 1930.

November 5, 1918-July 18, 1930.

Territories 69, 70, 71.

Landers, George Marcellus (Democrat,

Connecticut) Lenox, MA, February 22,

1813-March 27, 1895. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1879.

Pacific Railroads 45. 

Landes, Silas Zephaniah (Democrat,

Illinois) Augusta County, VA, May 15,

1842-May 23, 1910. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1889.

Public Lands 49.

Landis, Charles Beary (Republican,

Indiana) Millville, OH, July 9, 1858-April

24, 1922. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 55.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55.

Pacific Railroads 57.

Landis, Gerald Wayne (Republican,

Indiana) Bloomfield, IN, February 23,

1895-September 6, 1971. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1949.

Mines and Mining 76, 77, 78, 79.

Landry, Joseph Aristide (Whig, Louisiana)

Donaldsonville, LA, July 10, 1817-March

9, 1881. March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 32.

Lane, Edward (Democrat, Illinois)

Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1842-October

30, 1912. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Lane, James Henry (Democrat, Indiana)
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Lawrenceburg, IN, June 22, 1814-July 11,

1866. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Senator from Kansas, 37th-39th

Congresses.

Lane, Joseph R. (Republican, Iowa)

Davenport, IA, May 6, 1858-May 1, 1931.

March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901.

Territories 56.

Lane, La Fayette (Democrat, Oregon)

Evansville, IN, November 12, 1942-

November 23, 1896. October 25, 1875-

March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

Indian Affairs 44.

Lane, Thomas J. (Democrat, Massachusetts)

Lawrence, MA, July 6, 1898—. December

30, 1941-January 3, 1963.

Insular Affairs 77.

Langen, Odin Elsford Stanley

(Republican, Minnesota) Minneapolis,

MN, January 5, 1913-July 6, 1976. January

3, 1959-January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87.

Langham, Jonathan Nicholas

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Hillsdale, PA,

August 4, 1861-May 21, 1945. March 4,

1909-March 3, 1915.

Territories 61, 62, 63.

Lanham, Fritz Garland (Democrat, Texas)

Weatherford, TX, January 3, 1880-July 31,

1965. April 19, 1919-January 3, 1947.

Public Lands 72, 73.

Lanham, Samuel Willis Tucker

(Democrat, Texas) Spartanburg District,

SC, July 4, 1846-July 29, 1908. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1893; March 4, 1897-

January 15, 1903.

Territories 48.

Pacific Railroads 52.

Lankford, William Chester (Democrat,

Georgia) Camp Creek Community, GA,

December 7, 1877-December 10, 1964.

March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933.

Territories 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Irrigation 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Public Lands 71, 72.

Lanning, William Mershon (Republican,

New Jersey) Ewingville, NJ, Jan 1, 1849-

February 16, 1912. March 4, 1903-June 6,

1904.

Insular Affairs 58.

Lansing, Frederick (Republican, New York)

Manheim, NY, February 16, 1838-January

31, 1894. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 51.

Lansing, William Esselstyne (Republican,

New York) Perryville, NY, December 29,

1821-July 29, 1883. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1863; March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 37.

Lanzetta, James Joseph (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, December 21,

1894-October 27, 1956. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935; January 3, 1937-January 3,

1939.

Insular Affairs 73, 75.

Lapham, Elbridge Gerry (Republican,

New York) Farmington, NY, October 18,

1814-January 8, 1890. March 4, 1875-July

29, 1881.

Private Land Claims 44.

Senator from New York, 47th-48th

Congresses.

Larcade, Henry Dominique, Jr.

(Democrat, Louisiana) Opelousas, LA,

July 12, 1890-March 15, 1966. January 3,

1943-January 3, 1953.

Territories 78, 79.

Larrabee, William Henry (Democrat,

Indiana) Crawfordsville, IN, February 21,

1870-November 16, 1960. March 4, 1931-

January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.

Larrinaga, Tulio (Unionist, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) Trujillo Alto, PR, January

15, 1847-April 28, 1917. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1911.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61.

Larsen, William Washington (Democrat,

Georgia) Hagan, GA, August 12, 1871-

January 5, 1938. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1933.

Public Lands 67.

Lassiter, Francis Rives. (Democrat,

Virginia) Petersburg, VA, February 18,

1866-October 31, 1909. April 19, 1900-

March 3, 1903; March 4, 1907-October 31,

1909.

Public Lands 56, 57.

Latham, Henry Jepson (Republican, New

York) Brooklyn, NY, December 10,

1908—. January 3, 1945-December 31,

1958.

Territories 79.

Latham, Milton Slocum (Democrat,

California) Columbus, OH, May 23, 1827-

March 4, 1882. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Indian Affairs 33.

Public Lands 33.
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Senator from California, 36th-37th

Congresses. Governor ofCalifornia, 1859-

1960.

Latham, Louis Charles (Democrat, North

Carolina) Plymouth, NC, September 11,

1840-October 16, 1985. March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1883; March 4, 1887-March 3,

1889.

Private Land Claims 50.

Latimer, Asbury Churchwell (Democrat,

South Carolina) Lowndesville, SC, July 31,

1851-February 20, 1908. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1903.

Public Lands 53, 54.

Senator from South Carolina, 58th-60th

Congresses.

Latta, James Polk (Democrat, Nebraska)

Ashland, OH, October 31, 1844-

September 11, 1911. March 4, 1909-

September 11, 1911.

Indian Affairs 61, 62.

Lawler, Joab (Jacksonian / Whig, Alabama)

Union County, NC, June 12, 1796-May 8,

1838. March 4, 1835-May 8, 1838.

Private Land Claims 24, 25.

Lawrence, George Van Eman

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Washington

County, PA, November 13, 1818-October

2, 1904. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869;

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Territories 48.

Lawson, John Daniel (Republican, New

York) Montgomery, NY, February 18,

1816-January 24, 1896. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 43

Lay, Alfred Morrison (Democrat, Missouri)

Lewis County, MO, May 20, 1836-

December 8, 1879. March 4, 1879-

December 8, 1879.

Private Land Claims 46.

Lazear, Jesse (Democrat, Pennsylvania) Rich

Hill Township, PA, December 12, 1804-

September 2, 1877. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1865.

Private Land Claims 37.

LeCompte, Karl Miles (Republican, Iowa)

Corydon, IA, May 25, 1887-September 30,

1972. January 3, 1939-January 3, 1959.

Insular Affairs 76, 77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 76, 77, 78, 79, 80.

Le Fever, Jacob (Republican, New York)

New Paltz, NY, April 20, 1830-February

4, 1905. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897.

Territories 53, 54.

Le Fevre, Jay (Republican, New York) New

Paltz, NY, September 6, 1893-April 26,

1970. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1951.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Lea, Pryor (Jacksonian, Tennessee) Knox

County, TN, August 31, 1794-September

14, 1879. March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831.

Territories 20.

Leach, De Witt Clinton (Republican,

Michigan) Clarence, NY, November 23,

1822-December 21, 1909. March 4, 1857-

March 3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 36.

Leadbetter, Daniel Parkhurst(Democrat,

Ohio) Pittsfield, MA, September 10, 1797-

February 26, 1870. March 4, 1837-March

3, 1841.

Private Land Claims 25.

Leake, Eugene Walter (Democrat, New

Jersey) Jersey City, NJ, July 13, 1877-

August 23, 1959. March 4, 1907-March 3,

1909.

Private Land Claims 60.

Leatherwood, ElmerO.(Republican, Utah)

Waverly, OH, September 4, 1872-

December 24, 1929. March 4, 1921-

December 24, 1929.

Indian Affairs 67.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 67, 68.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Leavitt, Humphrey Howe (Jacksonian,

Ohio) Suffield, CT, June 18, 1796-March

15, 1873. December 6, 1830-July 10, 1834.

Public Lands 23.

Leavitt, Scott (Republican, Montana) Elk

Rapids, MI, June 16, 1879-October 19,

1966. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71, 72. 

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Mines and Mining 68.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71, 72.

Lecompte, Joseph (Jacksonian, Kentucky)

Woodford County, KY, December 15,

1797-April 25, 1851. March 4, 1825-March

3, 1833.

Indian Affairs 22

Lee, Frank Hood (Democrat, Missouri) De

Soto, KS, March 29, 1873-November 20,

1952. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 73. 

Mines and Mining 73.

Lee, Gordon (Democrat, Georgia) Ringgold,

GA, May 29, 1859-November 7, 1927.
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March 4, 1905-March 3, 1927.

Mines and Mining 59, 60.

Lee, Robert Qunicy (Democrat, Texas)

Coldwater, MS, January 12, 1869-April 18,

1930. March 4, 1929-April 18, 1930.

Territories 71.

Leech, James Russell (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Ebensburg, PA, November

19, 1888-February 5, 1952. March 4, 1927-

January 29, 1932.

Mines and Mining 70.

Territories 70.

Leedom, John Peter (Democrat, Ohio)

Adams County, OH, December 20, 1847-

March 18, 1895. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1883.

Territories 47.

Leffler, Shepherd (Democrat, Iowa)

Washington County, PA, April 24, 1811-

September 7, 1879. December 28, 1846-

March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Legare, George Swinton (Democrat, South

Carolina) Rockville, SC, November 11,

1869-January 31, 1913. March 4, 1903-

January 31, 1913.

Territories 62.

Lehman, Richard Henry (Democrat,

California) Sanger, CA, July 20, 1948—.

January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99, 100,

101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Leisenring, John (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Ashton (Lansford), PA, June 3, 1853-

January 19, 1901. March 4, 1895-March 3,

1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Leiter, Benjamin Franklin (Republican,

Ohio) Leiterburg, MD, October 13, 1813-

June 17, 1866. March 4, 1855-March 3,

1859.

Indian Affairs 34, 35.

Lemke, William (Non-Partisan /

Republican, North Dakota) Albany, MN

August 13, 1878-May 30, 1950. March 3,

1933-January 3, 1941; January 3, 1943-May

30, 1950.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75, 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 75.

Lenahan, John Thomas (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Jenkins Township, PA,

November 15, 1852-April 28, 1920. March

4, 1907-March 3, 1909.

Territories 60.

Lenroot, Irvine Luther (Republican,

Wisconsin) Superior, WI, January 31,

1869-January 26, 1949. March 4, 1909-

April 17, 1918.

Public Lands 63, 64, 65.

Senator from Wisconsin, 65th-69th

Congresses.

Letts, Frederick Dickinson(Republican,

Iowa) IA, April 26, 1875-January 19, 1965.

March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 69, 70, 71.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71.

Lever, Asbury Francis (Democrat, South

Carolina) Springhill, SC, January 5, 1875-

April 28, 1940. November 5, 1901-August

1, 1919.

Private Land Claims 57.

Levine, Meldon Edises (Democrat,

California) Los Angeles, CA, June 7,

1943—. January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100, 101,

102.

Levy, William Mallory (Democrat,

Louisiana) Isle of Wight, VA, October 31,

1827-August 14, 1882. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1877.

Private Land Claims 44.

Lewis, Abner (Whig, New York) Panama,

NY, ?-? March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Lewis, Dixon Hall (States Rights Democrat

/ Democrat,Alabama) Dinwiddie County,

VA, August 10, 1802-October 25, 1848.

March 4, 1829-April 22, 1844.

Indian Affairs 21, 22, 23, 25.

Senator from Alabama, 28th-30th

Congresses.

Lewis, Earl Ramage (Republican, Ohio)

Lamira, OH, February 22, 1887-February

1, 1956. January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941;

January 3, 1943-January 3, 1949.

Mines and Mining 76.

Lewis, Edward Taylor (Democrat,

Louisiana) Opelousas, LA, October 26,

1834-April 26, 1927. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1885.

Public Lands 48.

Lewis, Elijah Banks (Democrat, Georgia)

Coney, GA, March 27, 1854-December

10, 1920. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 55.

Lewis, James Hamilton (Democrat,

Washington) Danville, VA, May 18, 1863-

April 9, 1939. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.
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Public Lands 55.

Senator from Washington, 63d-65th

Congresses; 72d-76th Congresses.

Lewis, John R. (Democrat, Georgia) Troy,

AL, February 21, 1940—. January 3,

1987—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 101, 102.

Lightfoot, James Ross (Republican,

Iowa)Sioux City, IA, September 27, 1938.

January 3, 1985—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102.

Lilley, George Leavens (Republican,

Connecticut) Oxford, MA, August 3,

1859-April 21, 1909. March 4, 1903-

January 5, 1909. March 4. 1903-January 5,

1909.

Territories 58.

Governor of Connecticut, 1909.

Lilly, Thomas Jefferson (Democrat, West

Virginia) Dunns, WV, June 3, 1878-April

2, 1956. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925.

Mines and Mining 68.

Lilly, William (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Penn Yan, NY, June 3, 1821-December 1,

1893. March 4, 1893-December 1, 1893.

Mines and Mining 53.

Lincoln, Levi (Anti-Jacksonian / Whig,

Massachusetts) Worcester, MA, October

25, 1782-May 29, 1868. February 17, 1834-

March 16, 1841.

Public Lands 23, 24, 25, 26.

Governor of Massachusetts, 1825-1834.

Lind, John (Democrat, Minnesota) Kanna,

Sweden, March 25, 1854-September 18,

1930. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1893;

March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905.

Pacific Railroads 52, 58.

Private Land Claims 52.

Public Lands 58.

Governor of Minnesota, 1898-1900.

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

(Republican, Minnesota) Stockholm,

Sweden, January 20, 1859-May 24, 1924.

March 4, 1907-March 3, 1917.

Indian Affairs 60.

Lindley, James Johnson (Whig, Missouri)

Mansfield, OH, January 1, 1822-April 18,

1891. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857.

Public Lands 34.

Lindsley, James Girard (Republican, New

York) Orange, NJ, March 19, 1819-

December 4, 1898. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 49.

Lisle, Marcus Claiborne (Democrat,

Kentucky) Winchester, KY, September

23, 1862-July 7, 1894. March 4, 1893-July

7, 1894.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Little, Chauncey Bundy (Democrat,

Kansas) Olathe, KS, February 10, 1877-

September 29, 1952. March 4, 1925-March

3,1927.

Indian Affairs 69.

Little, Edward Campbell (Republican,

Kansas) Newark, OH, December 14,

1858-June 27, 1924. March 4, 1917-June

27, 1924.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65, 66, 67, 68, 69.

Little, John Sebastian (Democrat,

Arkansas) Jenny Lind, AR, March 15,

1853-October 29, 1916. December 3,

1894-January 14, 1907.

Indian Affairs 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.

Pacific Railroads 59.

Governor of Arkansas, 1907.

Littlepage, Adam Brown (Democrat, West

Virginia) Charleston, VA, (WV), April 14,

1859-June 29, 1921. March 4, 1911-March

3, 1913; March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919.

Insular Affairs 62.

Mines and Mining 62.

Lively, Robert Maclin (Democrat, Texas)

Fayetteville, AR, January 6, 1855-January

15, 1929. July 23, 1910-March 3, 1911.

Private Land Claims 61.

Lloyd, James Tilghman (Democrat,

Missouri) Canton, MO, August 28, 1857-

April 3, 1944. June 1, 1897-March 3, 1917.

Territories 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.

Lloyd, Sherman Parkinson (Republican,

Utah) St. Anthony, ID, January 11, 1914-

December 15, 1979. January 3, 1963-

January 3, 1965; January 3, 1967-January 3,

1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

Loan, Benjamin Franklin (Unconditional

Unionist / Republican, Missouri) in

Hardinsburg, KY, October 4, 1819-March

30, 1881. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Locke, John (—, Massachusetts) Hopkinton,

MA, February 14, 1764-March 29, 1855.

March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829.

Private Land Claims 18, 19.

Lockhart, James (Democrat, Indiana)

Auburn, NY, February 13, 1806-

September 7, 1857. March 4, 1851-March

3, 1853; March 4, 1857-September 7, 1857.

Territories 32.
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Lockwood, Daniel Newton (Democrat,

New York) Hamburg, NY, June 1, 1844-

June 1, 1906. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1879; March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Loft, George William (Democrat, New

York) New York, NY, February 6, 1865-

November 6, 1943. November 4, 1913-

March 3, 1917.

Insular Affairs 64.

Logan, John Alexander (Democrat /

Republican, Illinois) Murphysboro, IL,

February 9, 1826-December 26, 1886.

March 4, 1859-April 2, 1862; March 4,

1867-March 3, 1871.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Senator for Illinois March 4, 1871-March

3, 1877; March 4, 1879-December 26,

1886.

Logan, William Turner (Democrat, South

Carolina) Summerville, SC, June 21, 1874-

September 15, 1941. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 67.

London, Meyer (Socialist, New York)

Kalvaria, Russia, December 29, 1871-June

6, 1926. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919;

March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 64, 65, 67.

Lonergan, Augustine (Democrat,

Connecticut) Thompson, CT, May 20,

1874-October 18, 1947. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915; March 4, 1917-March 3,

1921; March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933.

Territories 63. Senator from Connecticut,

73d-76th Congresses.

Long, Edward Henry Carroll (Whig,

Maryland) Princess Anne, MD, September

28, 1808-October 16, 1865. March 4,

1845-March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 29.

Longley, James (Republican, Maine)

Lewiston, ME, July 7, 1951 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 1997.

Resources 104.

Loofbourow, Frederick Charles

(Republican, Utah) Atlantic, IA, February

8, 1874-July 8, 1949. November 4, 1930-

March 3, 1933.

Mines and Mining 71.

Indian Affairs 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72.

Loomis, Arphaxed (Democrat, New York)

Winsted, CT, April 9, 1798-September 15,

1885. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839.

Private Land Claims 25.

Public Lands 25.

Lord, Bert (Republican, New York) Sanford,

NY, December 4, 1869-May 24, 1939.

January 3, 1935-May 24, 1939.

Insular Affairs 74.

Loring, George Bailey (Republican,

Massachusetts) North Andover, MA,

November 8, 1817-September 14, 1891.

March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 46.

Loud, Eugene Francis (Republican,

California) Abington, MA, March 12,

1847-December 19, 1908. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1903.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Loughridge, William (Republican, Iowa)

Youngstown, OH, July 11, 1827-

September 26, 1889. March 4, 1867-March

3, 1871; March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Private Land Claims 40.

Love, James (Anti-Jacksonian, Kentucky)

Nelson County, KY, May 12, 1795-June

12, 1874. March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835.

Indian Affairs 23.

Lovejoy, Owen (Republican, Illinois) Albion,

ME, January 6, 1811-March 25, 1864.

March 4, 1857-March 25, 1864.

Public Lands 36.

Territories 37, 38.

Lovering, William Croad (Republican,

Massachusetts) Woonsocket, RI, February

25, 1835-February 4, 1910. March 4, 1897-

February 4, 1910.

Mines and Mining 56.

Low, Philip Burrill (Republican, New York)

Chelsea, MA, May 6, 1836-August 23,

1912. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899.

Territories 54, 55.

Lowe, David Perley (Republican, Kansas)

Utica, NY, August 22, 1823-April 10,

1882. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Territories 42.

Indian Affairs 43.

Mines and Mining 43.

Lowry, Robert (Democrat, Indiana)

Killeleigh, Ireland, April 2, 1824-January

27, 1904. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 48.

Lozier, Ralph Fulton (Democrat, Missouri)

Hardin, MO, January 28, 1866-May 28,

1945. March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 72, 73.

Lucas, William (Democrat, Virginia)

Shepherdstown,VA, (WV), November 30,

1800-August 29, 1877. March 4, 1839-
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March 3, 1841; March 4, 1843-March 3,

1845.

Indian Affairs 26.

Lucas, William Vincent(Republican,South

Dakota) Delphi, IN, July 3, 1835-

November 10, 1921. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Ludlow, Louis Leon (Democrat, Indiana)

Connersville, IN, June 24, 1873-

November 28, 1950. March 4, 1929-

January 3, 1949.

Insular Affairs 71.

Luhring, Oscar Raymond (Republican,

Indiana) Haubstadt, IN, February 11,

1879-August 20, 1944. March 4, 1919-

March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 66, 67.

Lujan, Manual, Jr. (Republican, New

Mexico) San Ildefonso, NM, May 12,

1928—. January 3, 1969-January 3, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92, 93, 94,

95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100.

Lumpkin, Wilson (Democrat, Georgia) Dan

River, VA, January 14, 1783-December 28,

1870. March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817;

March 4, 1827-1831.

Indian Affairs 20, 21.

Senator from Georgia, 25th-26th

Congresses. Governor of Georgia, 1831-

1835.

Lundeen, Ernest (Republican / FarmerLaborite, Minnesota) Beresford, SD,

August 4, 1878-August 31, 1940. March 4,

1917-March 3, 1919; March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73.

Territories 65, 74.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65.

Senator from Minnesota, 75th-76th

Congress.

Luttrell, John King (Democrat, California)

Knoxville, TN, June 27, 1831-October 4,

1893. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879.

Pacific Railroads 44, 45.

Lybrand, Archibald (Republican, Ohio)

Tarlton, OH, May 23, 1840-February 7,

1910. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901.

Private Land Claims 56.

Lynch, John (Republican, Maine) Maine;

born in Portland, Maine, February 18,

1825-July 21, 1892. March 4, 1865-March

3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 41, 42.

Lynch, John (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Portland, ME, February 18, 1825-July 21,

1892. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 50.

Lynch, John Roy (Republican, Mississippi)

Vidalia, LA, September 10, 1847-

November 2, 1939. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1877; April 29, 1882-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 43, 44.

Lynch, Thomas (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Granville, WI, November 21, 1844-May 4,

1898. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Indian Affairs 52, 53.

Lynde, William Pitt (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Sherburne, NY, December 16, 1817-

December 18, 1885. June 5, 1848-March

3, 1849; March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Lyon, Francis Strother (Anti-Jacksonian /

Whig, Alabama) Danbury, NC, February

25, 1800-December 31, 1882. March 4,

1835-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 24.

Lyon, Homer Le Grand (Democrat, North

Carolina) Ellizabethtown, NC, March 1,

1879-May 31, 1956. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1929.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 67.

M

Mackey, Edmund William McGregor

(IndependentRepublican, South Carolina)

Charleston, SC, March 8, 1846-January 27,

1884. March 4, 1875-July 19, 1876; May

31, 1882-January 27, 1884.

Territories 44.

MacDonald, John Lewis (Democrat,

Minnesota) Glasgow, Scotland, February

22, 1838-July 13, 1903. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1889.

Public Lands 50.

MacGregor, Clarence (Republican, New

York) Newark, NY, September 16, 1872-

February 18, 1952. March 4, 1919-

December 31, 1928.

Insular Affairs 66.
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MacLafferty, James Henry (Republican,

California) San Diego, CA, February 27,

1871-June 9, 1937. November 7, 1922-

March 3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 67.

Mines and Mining 67, 68.

Maddox, John W. (Democrat, Georgia)

Gore, GA, June 3, 1848-September 27,

1922. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905.

Indian Affairs 53, 54.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58.

Madison, Edmond Hagaard (Republican,

Kansas) Plymouth, IL, December 18,

1865-September 18, 1911. March 4, 1907-

September 18, 1911.

Insular Affairs 60, 61.

Maginnis, Martin (Democrat, Delegate

from the Territory of Montana)

Pultneyville, Wayne County, NY, October

27, 1841-March 27, 1919. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1885; presented credentials

on May 25, 1900, as a Senator-designate to

fill the vacancy caused by the resignation

of William A. Clark, but was not seated.

Territories 45, 46.

Mines and Mining 44.

Magner, Thomas Francis (Democrat,

New York) Brooklyn, NY, March 8, 1860-

December 22, 1945. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1895.

Public Lands 53.

Magrady, Frederick William(Republican,

Pennsylvania) Pottsville, PA, November

24, 1863-August 27, 1954. March 4, 1925-

March 3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 70, 71, 72.

Maguire, James George (Democrat,

California) Boston, MA, February 22,

1853-June 20, 1920. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1899.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Maguire, John Arthur (Democrat,

Nebraska) Elizabeth, IL, November 29,

1870-July 1, 1939. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1915.

Mines and Mining 61.

Maher, James Paul (Democrat, New York)

Brooklyn, NY, November 3, 1865-July 31,

1946. March 4, 1911-March 3, 1921.

Public Lands 62.

Mahon, George Herman (Democrat,

Texas) Mahon, LA, September 22, 1900-

November 19, 1985. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1979.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Main, Verner Wright (Republican,

Michigan) Ashley, OH, December 16,

1885-July 6, 1965. December 17, 1935-

January 3, 1937.

Mines and Mining 74.

Majors, Thomas Jefferson (Republican,

Nebraska) Libertyville, IA, June 25, 1841-

July 11, 1932. March 5, 1878-March 3,

1879.

Public Lands 45.

Mallory, Francis (Whig, Virginia) Hampton,

VA, December 12, 1807-March 26, 1860.

March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839; December

28, 1840-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 25.

Mallory, Robert (Opposition Party /

Unionist, Kentucky) Madison County,

VA, November 15, 1815-August 11, 1885.

March 4, 1859-March 3, 1865.

Indian Affairs 37.

Mallory, Rufus (Republican, Oregon)

Coventry, NY, January 10, 1831-April 30,

1914. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869.

Mines and Mining 40.

Pacific Railroads 40.

Manlove, Joe Jonathan (Republican,

Missouri) Carthage, MO, October 1, 1876-

January 31, 1956. March 4, 1923-March 3,

1933.

Mines and Mining 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Mann, Abijah, Jr. (Jacksonian, New York)

Fairfield, NY, September 24, 1793-

September 6, 1868. March 4, 1833-March

3, 1837.

Private Land Claims 23.

Manning, John, Jr. (Democrat, North

Carolina) Edenton, NC, July 30, 1830-

February 12, 1899. December 7, 1870-

March 3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Mansfield, Michael Joseph (Mike)

(Democrat, Montana) New York, NY,

March 16, 1903—. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 79.

Publica Lands 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 79.

Territories 79.

Senator from Montana, 83d-95th

Congresses.

Mansur, Charles Harley (Democrat,

Missouri) Philadelphia, PA, March 6,

1835-April 16, 1895. March 4, 1887-March

3, 1893.

Territories 50, 51, 52.
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Maraziti, Joseph James (Republican, New

Jersey) Boonton, NJ, June 15, 1912—.

January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Marcantonio, Vito (Republican / American

Laborite, New York) New York, NY,

December 10, 1902-August 9, 1954.

January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937; January 3,

1939-January 3, 1951.

Mines and Mining 76, 77.

Public Lands 76, 77.

Territories 74.

Mardis, Samuel Wright (Democrat,

Alabama) Fayetteville, TN, June 12, 1800-

November 14, 1836.March 4, 1831-March

3, 1835.

Private Land Claims 22, 23.

Markell, Henry (—, New York) Stone

Arabia, NY, February 7, 1792-August 30,

1831. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.

Private Land Claims 19.

Markey, Edward John (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Malden, MA, July 11,

1946—. November 2, 1976—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 107.

Markley, Philip Swenk (—, Pennsylvania)

Skippack, PA, July 2, 1789-September 12,

1834. March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827.

Private Land Claims 18.

Marlenee, Ronald Charles (Republican,

Montana) Scobey, Mont., August 8,

1935—. January 3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Marr, George Washington Lent

(Republican, Tennessee) Marrs Hill, VA,

May 25, 1779-September 5, 1856. March

4, 1817-March 3, 1819.

Public Lands 15.

Marriott, David Daniel (Republican, Utah)

Bingham, Utah, November 2, 1939—.

January 3, 1977-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98.

Marsh, John Otho, Jr. (Democrat, Virginia)

Winchester, VA, August 7, 1926—.

January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Marshall, Edward Colston (Democrat,

California) Woodford County, KY, June

29, 1821-July 9, 1893. March 4, 1851-

March 3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 32.

Marshall, Fred (Democrat, Minnesota)

Union Grove Township, MN March 13,

1906-June 5, 1985. January 3, 1949-January

3, 1963.

Public Lands 81.

Marshall, Humphrey (Whig, Kentucky)

Frankfort, KY, January 13, 1812-March

28, 1872. March 4, 1849-August 4, 1852;

March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859.

Private Land Claims 31.

Marshall, Leroy Tate (Republican, Ohio)

Bellbrook, OH, November 8, 1883-

November 22, 1950. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1937.

Mines and Mining 73, 74.

Marshall, Thomas Alexander (AntiJacksonian, Kentucky) Versailles, KY,

January 15, 1794-April 17, 1871. March 4,

1831-March 3, 1835.

Private Land Claims 22.

Marshall, Thomas Frank (Republican,

North Dakota) Hannibal, MO, March 7,

1854-August 20, 1921. March 4, 1901-

March 3,1909.

Indian Affairs 57, 58, 59, 60.

Private Land Claims 57, 58, 59, 60.

Pacific Railroads 57.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 58, 59, 60.

Martin, Benjamin Franklin (Democrat,

West Virginia) Farmington, VA (WV),

October 2, 1828-January 20, 1895. March

4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 46.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Territories 46.

Martin, Charles Henry (Democrat,

Oregon) Albion, IL, October 1, 1863-

September 22, 1946. March 4, 1931-

January 3, 1935.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72, 73.

Governor of Oregon, 1935-1939.

Martin, David O'Brien (Republican, New

York) St. Lawrence County, NY, April 26,

1944—. January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97.

Martin, Eben Wever (Republican, South

Dakota) Maquoketa, IA, April 12, 1855-

May 22, 1932. March 4, 1901-March 3,

1907; November 3, 1908-March 3, 1915.

Public Lands 57, 58, 59, 61.

Indian Affairs 60.

Martin, James Grubbs (Republican, North

Carolina) Savannah, GA, December 11,

1935-January 5, 1985. January 3, 1973-

January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.
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Governor of North Carolina, 1985-1989.

Martin, John Andrew (Democrat,

Colorado) Cincinnati, OH, April 10, 1868-

December 23, 1939. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1913; March 4, 1933-December 23,

1933.

Territories 62.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Martin, Patrick Minor (Republican,

California) Norfolk, NE, November 25,

1924-July 18, 1968. January 3, 1963-

January 3, 1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Marvin, Francis (Republican, New York)

New York, NY, March 8, 1828-August 14,

1905. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 53.

Marvin, James Madison (Republican, New

York) Ballston, NY, February 27, 1809-

April 25, 1901. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1869.

Territories 38, 39, 40.

Mason, Harry Howland (Democrat,

Illinois) McLean County, IL, December

16, 1873-March 10, 1946. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1937.

Mines and Mining 74.

Mason, John Young (Democrat, Virginia)

Hicksford (EmporIowa), VA, April 18,

1799-October 3, 1859. March 4, 1831-

January 1, 1837.

Indian Affairs 22.

Public Lands 22, 23.

Mason, Joseph (Republican, New York)

Plattsburg, NY, March 30, 1828-May 31,

1914. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Indian Affairs 47.

Mason, Samson (Whig, Ohio) Fort Ann,

NY, July 24, 1793-February 1, 1869.

March 4, 1835-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 26.

Mason, William Ernest (Republican,

Illinois) Franklinville, NY, July 7, 1850-

June 16, 1921. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1891. 

Pacific Railroads 50, 51.

Senator from Illinois March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1903; March 4, 1917-June 16,

1921.

Massingale, Samuel Chapman

(Democrat, Oklahoma) Quitman, MS,

August 2, 1870-January 17, 1941. January

3, 1935-January 17, 1941.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Public Lands 74, 75.

Mathis, Marvin Dawson (Democrat,

Georgia) Nashville, GA, November 30,

1940—. January 3, 1971-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96.

Maxwell, Augustus Emmett (Democrat,

Florida) Elberton, GA, September 21,

1820-May 5, 1903. March 4, 1853-March

3, 1857.

Indian Affairs 33.

Public Lands 34.

May, Mitchell (Democrat, New York)

Brooklyn, NY, July 10, 1870-March 24,

1961. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901.

Private Land Claims 56.

May, William L. (Jacksonian / Democrat,

Illinois) Kentucky, c. 1793-September 29,

1849. December 1, 1834-March 3, 1839.

Private Land Claims 23, 24, 25.

Mayham, Stephen Lorenzo (Democrat,

New York) Blenheim, NY, October 8,

1826-March 3, 1908. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1871; March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 41.

Maynard, Horace (American Party /

Opposition Party / Unionist /

Unconditional Unionist / Republican,

Tennessee) Westboro, MA, August 30,

1814-May 3, 1882. March 4, 1857-March

3, 1863; July 24, 1866-March 3, 1875. 

Private Land Claims 41.

Maynard, John (Whig, New York)

Whitestone, NY, ?-March 24, 1850. March

4, 1827-March 3, 1829; March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Territories 27.

Mayo, Robert Murphy (—, Virginia)

Hague, VA, April 28, 1836-March 29,

1896. March 4, 1883-March 4, 1884.

Private Land Claims 48.

Mays, Dannitte Hill (Democrat, Florida)

Madison, FL, April 28, 1852-May 9, 1930.

March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913.

Private Land Claims 61.

Mays, James Henry (Democrat, Utah)

Morristown, TN, June 29, 1868-April 19,

1926. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921.

Public Lands 64, 65, 66.

McAleer, William (Independent Democrat,

Pennsylvania) County Tyrone, Ireland,

January 6, 1838-April 19, 1912. March 4,

1891-March 3, 1895; March 4, 1897-March

3, 1901.

Territories 55, 56.

McAndrews, James (Democrat, Illinois)

Woonsocket, RI, October 22, 1862-
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August 31, 1942. March 4, 1901-March 3,

1905; March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921;

January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941.

Indian Affairs 57, 58.

McArdle, Joseph A. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Muncie, IN, June 29, 1903-

December 27, 1967. January 3, 1939-

January 5, 1942.

Insular Affairs 76, 77.

McArthur, Clifton Nesmith (Republican,

Oregon) The Dalles, OR, June 10, 1879-

December 9, 1923. March 4, 1915-March

3, 1923.

Insular Affairs 64.

McBride, John Rogers (Republican,

Oregon) St. Louis, MO, August 22, 1832-

July 20, 1904. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1965.

Indian Affairs 38.

Pacific Railroads 38.

McCain, John Sidney, III (Republican,

Arizona) Panama Canal Zone, August 29,

1936—. January 3, 1983-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99. Senator

from Arizona, 99th-101st Congresses.

McCandless, Lincoln Loy (Democrat,

Delegate from the Hawaii Territory)

Indiana, PA, September 18, 1859-October

5, 1940. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Public Lands 73.

Territories 73.

McCarthy, Eugene Joseph (Democrat,

Minnesota) Watkins, MN March 29,

1916—. January 3, 1949-January 3, 1959.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83.

Senator from Minnesota, 86th-92d

Congresses.

McCarthy, John Jay (Republican, Nebraska)

Sloughton, WI, July 19, 1857-March 30,

1943. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907.

Public Lands 58, 59.

McCarthy, Kathryn O’Loughlin

(Democrat, Kansas) Hays, KS, April 24,

1894-January 16, 1952. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 73.

McCarty, Johnathan (Jacksonian / AntiJacksonian, Indiana) Culpeper County,

VA, August 3, 1795-March 30, 1852.

March 4, 1831-March 3, 1837.

Indian Affairs 23, 24.

McCarty, Richard (—, New York)

Coeymans, NY, February 19, 1780-May

18, 1844. March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823.

Indian Affairs 17.

McClellan, John Little (Democrat,

Arkansas) Sheridan, AR, February 25,

1896-November 28, 1977. January 3,

1935-January 3, 1939.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 74.

Public Lands 75.

Senator from Arkansas, 78th-95th

Congresses.

McClernand, John Alexander(Democrat,

Illinois) Breckinridge County, KY, May

30, 1812-September 20, 1900. March 4,

1843-March 3, 1851; November 8, 1859-

October 28, 1861.

Public Lands 28, 29, 30.

McClintic, James Vernon (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Bremond, TX, September 8.,

1875-April 22, 1948. March 4, 1915-

January 3, 1935.

Public Lands 64, 65.

McClure, James Albertus (Republican,

Idaho) Payette, ID, December 27, 1924—.

January 3, 1967-January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92.

Senator from Idaho, 93d-101st

Congresses.

McClurg, Joseph Washington

(Unconditional Unionist / Republican,

Missouri) Lebanon, MO, February 22,

1818-December 2, 1900. March 4, 1865-

1868.

Territories 38.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Governor of Missouri, 1869-1871.

McCollum, Betty (Democrat, Minnesota)

Minneapolis, MN July 12, 1954 —.

January 3, 2001-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

McCord, Myron Hawley (Republican,

Wisconsin) Ceres, PA, November 26,

1840-April 27, 1908. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 51.

Mines and Mining 51.

McCorkle, Joseph Walker (Democrat,

California) Piqua, OH, June 24, 1819-

March 18, 1884. March 4, 1851-March 3,

1853.

Public Lands 32.

McCormack, John William (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Boston, MA, December

21, 1891-November 22, 1980. November

6, 1928-January 3, 1971.

Territories 70, 71.

Speaker of the House, 87th-91st

Congresses.

McCormick, JamesRobinson (Democrat,

Missouri) Irondale, MO, August 1, 1824-
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May 19, 1897. December 17, 1867-March

3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 40.

Public Lands 41, 42.

McCormick,Washington Jay (Republican,

Montana) Missoula, MT, January 4, 1884-

March 7, 1949. March 4, 1921-March 3,

1923.

Indian Affairs 67.

Public Lands 67.

McCoy, William (Republican / Jacksonian,

Virginia) Warrenton, VA, ?-1864. March 4,

1811-March 3, 1833.

Public Lands 13, 14.

McCracken, Robert McDowell

(Republican, Idaho)Vincennes,IN, March

15, 1874-May 16, 1934. March 4, 1915-

March 3, 1917.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 64.

McCreary, James Bennett (Democrat,

Kentucky) Richmond, KY, July 8, 1838-

October 8, 1918. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1897.

Private Land Claims 50.

Senator from Kentucky, 58th-60th

Congresses. Governor ofKentucky, 1875-

1879; 1912-1916.

McCredie, William Wallace (Republican,

Washington) Montrose, PA, April 27,

1862-May 10, 1935. November 2, 1909-

March 3, 1911.

Public Lands 61.

McCulloch,PhilipDoddridge (Democrat,

Arkansas) Murfreesboro, TN, June 23,

1851-November 26, 1928. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1903.

Private Land Claims 54, 55, 56, 57.

McCullogh, Welty (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Greensburg, PA, October

10, 1847-August 31, 1889. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 50.

McDannold, John James (Democrat,

Illinois) Mount Sterling, IL, August 29,

1851-February 3, 1904. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 53.

McDermott, James A. (Democrat,

Washington) Chicago, Cook County, IL,

December 28, 1936 —. January 3,

1989-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101.

McDill, James Wilson (Republican, Iowa)

Monroe, OH, March 4, 1834-February 28,

1894. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Senator from Iowa, 47th Congress.

McDonough, Gordon Leo (Republican,

California) Buffalo, NY, January 2, 1895-

June 25, 1968. January 3, 1945-January 3,

1963.

Territories 79.

McDowell, John Anderson (Democrat,

Ohio) Killbuck, OH, September 25, 1853-

October 2, 1927. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1901.

Territories 56.

McDuffie, John (Democrat, Alabama) River

Ridge, AL, September 25, 1883-

November 1, 1950. March 4, 1919-March

2, 1935.

Insular Affairs 72, 73, 74.

Territories 72, 73.

McFadden, Louis Thomas (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Granville Center, PA, July

25, 1876-October 1, 1936. March 4, 1915-

January 3, 1935.

Territories 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73.

McFarland, William (Democrat,

Tennessee) Morristown, TN, September

15, 1821-April 12, 1900. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

McGehee, Daniel Rayford (Democrat,

Mississippi) Little Spring, MS, September

10, 1883-February 9, 1962. January 3,

1935-January 3, 1947.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

McGinley, Donald Francis (Democrat,

Nebraska) Keith County, NE, June 30,

1920—. January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86.

McGlinchey, Herbert Joseph (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA,

November 7, 1904. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1947.

Insular Affairs 79.

McGovern, James P. (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Worcester, Worcester

County, MA, November 20, 1959 —.

January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

McGowan, Jonas Hartzell (Republican,

Michigan) Smithtown, OH, April 2, 1837-

July 5, 1909. March 4, 1977-March 3,

1881.

Private Land Claims 45.

McGregor, J. Harry (Republican, Ohio)

Unionport, OH, September 30, 1896-

October 7, 1958. February 27, 1940-
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October 7, 1958.

Territories 76.

McGrew, James Clark (Republican, West

Virginia) Brandonville, VA (WV),

September 14, 1813-September 18, 1910.

March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 42.

McGroarty, John Steven (Democrat,

California) Wilkes-Barre, PA, August 20,

1862-August 7, 1944. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1939.

Indian Affairs 74.

Public Lands 74.

McGugin, Harold Clement (Republican,

Kansas) Liberty, KS, November 22, 1893-

March 7, 1946. March 4, 1931-January 3,

1935.

Mines and Mining 72, 73.

McGuire, Bird Segle (Republican, Delegate

from the Oklahoma Territory and

Representative from Oklahoma)Belleville,

IL, October 13, 1865-November 9, 1930.

March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907; November

16, 1907-March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 59, 60, 61, 62, 63.

Public Lands 60.

Territories 58, 59, 63.

McHenry, Henry Davis (Democrat,

Kentucky) Hartford, KY, February 27,

1826-December 17, 1890. March 4,

1871-March 3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 42.

McHugh, Matthew Francis (Democrat,

New York) Philadelphia, PA,December 6,

1938—. January 3, 1975—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95.

McIlvaine, Abraham Robinson (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Ridley, PA, August 14,

1804-August 22, 1863. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 30.

McIndoe, Walter Duncan (Republican,

Wisconsin) Dumbartonshire, Scotland,

March 30, 1819-August 22, 1872. January

26, 1863-March 3, 1867.

Indian Affairs 38, 39.

McInnis, Scott (Republican, Colorado)

Glenwood Springs, CO, May 9, 1953 —.

January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 107

McIntire, William Watson (Republican,

Maryland) Chambersburg, PA, June 30,

1850-March 30, 1912. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1899.

Private Land Claims 55.

McIntyre, John Joseph (Democrat,

Wyoming) Dewey County, OK,

December 17, 1904-November 30, 1974.

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 77.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 77.

McKee, George Colin (Republican,

Mississippi) Joliet, IL, October 2, 1837-

November 17, 1890. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1875.

Territories 42, 43.

McKee, John (Democrat, Alabama) Augusta

(Rockbridge) County, VA, 1771-August

12, 1832. March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829.

Indian Affairs 18, 19, 20.

Territories 19.

McKee, Samuel (Democrat, Kentucky)

Lexington, VA, October 13, 1774-

October 16, 1826. March 4, 1809-March 3,

1817.

Public Lands 11, 12, 13.

McKenna, Joseph (Republican, California)

Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 1843-

November 21, 1926. March 4, 1885-March

28, 1892.

Mines and Mining 49.

Public Lands 50.

Indian Affairs 52.

McKenzie, James Andrew (Democrat,

Kentucky) Bennettstown, KY, August 1,

1840-June 25, 1904. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Public Lands 46.

Pacific Railroads 47.

McKeown, Thomas Deitz (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Blackstock, SC, June 4, 1878-

October 22, 1951. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1921; March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 65, 66.

McKevitt, James Douglas (Mike)

(Republican, Colorado) Spokane,

WA,October 26, 1928—. January 3, 1971-

January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

McKibbin, Joseph Chambers (Democrat,

California) Chambersburg, PA, May 14,

1824-July 1, 1896. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1859.

Private Land Claims 35.

Public Lands 35.

McKiniry, Richard Francis (Democrat,

New York) New York, NY, March 23,

1878-May 30, 1950. March 4, 1919-March

3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 66.
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McKinlay, Duncan E. (Republican,

California) Orillia, Canada, October 6,

1862-December 30, 1914. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1911.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61.

McKinley, William Brown (Republican,

Illinois) Petersburg, IL, September 5,

1856-December 7, 1926.March 4,

1905-March 3, 1913; March 4, 1915-March

3, 1921.

Pacific Railroads 59.

Senator from Illinois March 4, 1921-

December 7, 1926.

McKinney, James (Republican, Illinois)

Oquawka, IL, April 14, 1852-September

29, 1934. November 7, 1905-March 3,

1913.

Territories 59, 60, 61.

McKinney, John Franklin (Democrat,

Ohio) Piqua, Ohio, April 12, 1827-June

13, 1903. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865;

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873. 

Pacific Railroads 42.

McLanahan, James X. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Greencastle, PA, 1809-

December 16, 1861. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1853.

Indian Affairs 31.

McLane, Robert Milligan (Democrat,

Maryland) Wilmington, DE, June 23,

1815-April 16, 1898. March 4, 1847-March

3, 1851; March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883

Pacific Railroads 46.

Governor of Maryland 1883-1885.

McLaughlin, Joseph (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Burt, Ireland, June 9, 1867-

November 21, 1926. March 4, 1917-March

3, 1919; March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923.

Territories 67.

McLean, Alney (Democrat,Kentucky) Burke

County, NC, June 10, 1779-December 30,

1841. March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817;

March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821.

Public Lands 14.

McLean, John (Republican, Ohio) Morris

County, NJ, March 11, 1785-April 4, 1861.

March 4, 1813-1816.

Public Lands 13.

McLean, William (—, Ohio) Mason County,

KY, August 10, 1794-April 2, 1863. March

4, 1823-March 3, 1829.

Indian Affairs 18, 19, 20.

McLemore, Atkins Jefferson (Democrat,

Texas) Spring Hill, TN, March 13, 1857-

March 4, 1929. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1919.

Public Lands 64, 65.

Territories 64. 65.

McLeod, Clarence John (Republican,

Michigan) Detroit, MI, July 3, 1895-May

15, 1959. November 2, 1920-March 3,

1921; March 4, 1923-January 3, 1937;

January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941.

Insular Affairs 66.

McManus, William (—, New York)

Brunswick, NY, 1780-January 15, 1835.

March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827.

Indian Affairs 19.

McMillan, Clara Gooding (Democrat,

South Carolina) Brunson, SC, August 17,

1894-November 8, 1976. November 7,

1939-January 3, 1941.

Insular Affairs 76.

McMullen, Chester Barton (Democrat,

Florida) Largo, FL, December 6, 1902-

November 3, 1953. January 3, 1951-

January 3, 1953.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

McNulta, John (Republican, Illinois) New

York, NY, November 9, 1837-February

22, 1900. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 43.

McNulty, James Francis, Jr. (Democrat,

Arizona) Boston, MA, October 18,

1925—. January 3, 1983-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98.

McQueen, John (Democrat, South Carolina)

Queensdale, NC, February 9, 1804-August

30, 1867. February 12, 1849-December 21,

1960.

Territories 33.

Public Lands 35.

McRae, Thomas Chipman (Democrat,

Arkansas) Mount Holly, AR, December

21, 1851-June 2, 1929. December 7, 1885-

March 3, 1903.

Public Lands 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54.

Governor of Arkansas, 1921-1925.

McRuer, Donald Campbell (Republican,

California) Bangor, ME, March 10, 1826-

January 29, 1898. March 4, 1865-March 3,

1867.

Public Lands 39.

McShane, John Albert (Democrat,

Nebraska) New Lexington, OH, August

25, 1850-November 10, 1923. March 4,

1887-March 3, 1889.

Indian Affairs 50.

Meade, Edwin Ruthuer (Democrat, New

York) Norwich, NY, July 6, 1836-
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November 28, 1889. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1877.

Territories 44.

Meeds, Lloyd (Democrat, Washington)

Dillon, Mont., December 11, 1927—.

January 3, 1965-January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93,

94, 95.

Meekison, David (Democrat, Ohio)

Dundee, Scotland, November 14, 1849-

February 12, 1915. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1901.

Public Lands 55, 56.

Meiklejohn, George DeRue (Republican,

Nebraska) Weyauwega, WI, August 26,

1857-April 19, 1929. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1897.

Public Lands 53, 54.

Indian Affairs 54.

Melcher, John (Democrat, Montana) Sioux

City, IA, September 6, 1924—. June 24,

1969-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92, 93, 94.

Senator from Montana, 95th-100th

Congresses.

Mercer, Charles Fenton (Federalist / AntiJacksonian / Whig, Virginia )

Fredericksburg, VA, June 16, 1778-May 4,

1858. March 4, 1817-December 26, 1839.

Public Lands 15.

Indian Affairs 17.

Territories 19.

Mercur, Ulysses (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Towanda, PA, August 12, 1818-June 6,

1887. March 4, 1865-December 2, 1872.

Private Land Claims 42.

Meriwether, James A. (Whig, Georgia)

Washington, GA, September 20, 1806-

April 18, 1852. March 4, 1841-March 3,

1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Merritt, Schuyler (Republican, Connecticut)

New York, NY, December 16, 1853-April

1, 1953. November 6, 1917-March 3,

1931; March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937.

Territories 65.

Merrow, Chester Earl (Republican, New

Hampshire) Center Ossipee, NH,

November 15, 1906-February 10, 1974.

January 3, 1943-January 3, 1963.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 78.

Mesick, William Smith (Republican,

Michigan) Newark, NY, August 26, 1856-

December 1, 1942. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1901.

Territories 55.

Metcalf, Lee Warren (Democrat, Montana)

Stevensville, Mont., January 28, 1911-

January 12, 1978. January 3, 1953-January

3, 1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85.

Senator from Montana, 87th-95th

Congresses.

Metcalf, Jack (Republican, Washington)

Marysville, Snohomish County,

WANovember 30, 1927 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2001.

Resources 104.

Metcalfe, Thomas (Whig, Kentucky)

Fauquier County, VA, March 20, 1780-

August 18, 1855. June 23, 1848-March 3,

1849.

Indian Affairs 17.

Miles, John Esten (Democrat, New Mexico)

Murfressboro, TN, July 28, 1884-October

7, 1971. January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951.

Public Lands 81.

Governor of New Mexico, 1939-1942.

Miles, Frederick (Republican, Connecticut)

Goshen, CT, December 19, 1815-

November 20, 1896. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1883; March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Miles, Joshua Weldon (Democrat,

Maryland) Marion, MD, December 9,

1858-March 4, 1929. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1897.

Private Land Claims 54.

Millard, Stephen Columbus (Republican,

New York) Stamford, VT, January 14,

1841-June 21, 1914. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Miller, Arthur Lewis (Republican,

Nebraska) Plainview, NE, May 24, 1892-

March 16, 1967. January 3, 1943-January 3,

1959.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 78, 79.

Insular Affairs 79.

Territories 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85.

Miller, Clarence Benjamin (Republican,

Minnesota) Pine Island, MN March 13,

1872-January 10, 1922. March 4, 1909-

March 3, 1919.

Indian Affairs 61, 62, 63.

Private Land Claims 61.

Insular Affairs 63, 64, 65.

Miller, Edward Edwin (Republican,

Illinois) Creston, IA, July 22, 1880-August

1, 1946. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925.
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Territories 68.

Miller, George (Democrat, California)

Richmond, CA, May 17, 1945—. January

3, 1975—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96, 97,

98, 99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Miller, George Paul (Democrat, California)

San Francisco, CA, January 15, 1891-

December 29, 1982. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1973.

Insular Affairs 79.

Territories 79.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 79.

Miller, James Francis (Democrat, Texas)

Winnsboro, SC, August 1, 1830-July 3,

1902. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 48.

Miller,James Monroe (Republican, Kansas)

Three Springs, PA, May 6, 1852-January

20, 1926. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1911.

Public Lands 56, 57, 58, 59.

Miller, John Elvis (Democrat, Arkansas)

Aid, MO, May 15, 1888-January 30, 1981.

March 4, 1931-November 14, 1937.

Insular Affairs 72.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 72.

Senator from Arkansas, 75th-77th

Congresses.

Miller, John Gaines (Whig, Missouri)

Danville, KY, November 29, 1812-May

11, 1856. March 4, 1851-May 11, 1856.

Private Land Claims 32.

Miller, Lucas Miltiades (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Livadia, Greece, September

15, 1824-December 4, 1902. March 4,

1891-March 3, 1893.

Mines and Mining 52.

Miller, Rutger Bleecker (Jacksonian, New

York) Lowville, NY, July 28, 1805-

November 12, 1877. November 9, 1836-

March 3, 1837.

Territories 24.

Miller, Samuel F. (Republican, New York)

Franklin, NY, May 27, 1827-March 16,

1892. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865;

March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 38.

Miller, Samuel Henry (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Coolspring, PA, April 19,

1840-September 4, 1918. March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1885; March 4, 1915-March 3,

1917.

Territories 47.

Indian Affairs 64.

Milligan, Jacob LeRoy (Democrat,

Missouri) Richmond, MO, March 9, 1889-

March 9, 1951. February 14, 1920-March

3, 1921; March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 68, 69.

Mills, Daniel Webster(Republican, Illinois)

Waynesville, OH, February 25, 1838-

December 16, 1904. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1899.

Public Lands 55.

Mills, Newt Virgus (Democrat, Louisiana)

Calhoun, LA, September 27, 1899—.

January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 75, 76. 77.

Territories 75, 76, 77.

Mills, Roger Quarles (Democrat, Texas)

Todd, KY, March 30, 1832-September 2,

1911. March 4, 1873-March 28, 1892.

Territories 43, 45, 47.

Senator from Texas, 52d-55th Congresses.

Miner, Charles (Federalist, Pennsylvania)

Norwich, CT, February 1, 1780-October

26, 1854. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.

Indian Affairs 19

Mink, Patsy Takemoto (Democrat,

Hawaii) Paia, Maui, Hawaii, December 6,

1927-September 28, 2002. January 3, 1965-

January 3, 1977; September 27, 1990-

September 28, 2002.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93,

94.

Resources 103.

Mitchell, Alexander (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Ellon, Scotland, October 18, 1817-April

19, 1887. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 42.

Mitchell, James S. (—, Pennsylvania)

Rossville, PA, 1784-1844. March 4, 1821-

March 3, 1827.

Indian Affairs 17, 18.

Mitchell, John Inscho (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Tioga Township, PA, July

28, 1838-August 20, 1907. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 46.

Private Lands 46.

Senator from Pennsylvania, 47th-49th

Congresses.

Mitchell, William (Republican, Indiana)

Root, NY, January 19, 1807-September

11, 1865. March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 37.

Moeller, Walter Henry (Democrat, Ohio)

New Palestine, IN, March 15, 1910—.

January 3, 1959-January 3, 1963; January 3,
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1965-January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89.

Mollohan, Alan Bowlby (Democrat, West

Virginia) Fairmont, WV, May 14, 1943—.

January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99.

Monahan, James Gideon (Republican,

Wisconsin) Willow Springs, WI, January

12, 1855-December 5, 1923. March 4,

1919-March 3, 1921.

Mines and Mining 66.

Territories 66.

Monast, Louis (Republican, Rhode Island)

Marieville de Monior, Quebec, Canada,

July 1, 1863-April 16, 1936. March 4,

1927-March 3, 1929.

Territories 70.

Mondell, Franklin Wheeler (Republican,

Wyoming) St. Louis, MO, November 6,

1860-August 6, 1939. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1897; March 4, 1899-March 3,

1923.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54, 57, 58, 59. 

Public Lands 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62.

Mines and Mining 54, 56.

Monell, Robert (Jacksonian, New York)

Columbia County, NY, 1786-November

29, 1860. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821;

March 4, 1829-February 21, 1831.

Public Lands 16.

Monroney, Almer Stilwell (Mike)

(Democrat, Oklahoma) Oklahoma City,

OK, March 2, 1902-February 13, 1980.

January 3, 1939-January 3, 1951.

Mines and Mining 76.

Senator from Oklahoma, 32d-40th

Congresses.

Montet, Numa Francois (Democrat,

Louisiana) Thibodaux, LA, September 17,

1892-October 12, 1985. August 6, 1929-

January 3, 1937.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Montgomery, Alexander Brooks

(Democrat, Kentucky) Tip Top, KY,

December 11, 1837-December 27, 1910.

March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 51.

Montgomery, Samuel James (Republican,

Oklahoma) Buffalo, KY, December 1,

1896-June 4, 1957. March 4, 1925-March

3, 1927.

Indian Affairs 69.

Montgomery, Thomas (Republican,

Kentucky) Nelson County, VA, 1779-

April 2, 1828. March 4, 1813-March 3,

1815; August 1, 1820-March 3, 1823.

Public Lands 13.

Montgomery, William (Democrat, North

Carolina) Guilford County, NC,

December 29, 1789-November 27, 1844.

March 4, 1835-March 3, 1841.

Territories 24.

Indian Affairs 24, 25.

Montgomery, William (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Londonderry Township,

PA, August 3, 1736-May 1, 1816. March 4,

1793-March 3, 1795.

Public Lands 35.

Montoya, Nestor(Republican, New Mexico)

Old Albuquerque, NM, April 14, 1862-

January 13, 1923. March 4, 1921-January

13, 1923.

Indian Affairs 67.

Public Lands 67.

Moody, James P. (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Richlands, VA, September 2, 1935—.

January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99.

Moody, Malcolm Adelbert (Republican,

Oregon) Linn County, OR, November 30,

1854-March 19, 1925. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1903.

Mines and Mining 56, 57.

Public Lands 56, 57.

Indian Affairs 57.

Moody, William Henry (Republican,

Massachusetts) Newbury, MA, December

23, 1853-July 2, 1917. November 5, 1895-

May 1, 1902.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Moon, John Austin (Democrat, Tennessee)

Charlottesville, VA, April 22, 1855-June

26, 1921. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1921.

Territories 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Moon, John Wesley (Republican, Michigan)

Ypsilanti, MI, January 18, 1836-April 5,

1898. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 53.

Moore, Allen Francis (Republican, Illinois)

St. Charles, IL, September 30, 1869-

August 18, 1945. March 4, 1921-March 3,

1925.

Territories 67, 68.

Moore, Eliakim Hastings (Republican,

Ohio) Boylston, MA, June 19, 1812-April

4, 1900. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Territories 41.

Moore, Gabriel (—, Alabama) Stokes

County, NC, 1785-(c.)1845. March 4,

1821-March 3, 1829.

Private Land Claims 17, 18, 19, 20.
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Senator from Alabama, 22d-24th

Congresses. Governor of Alabama, 1829-

1831.

Moore, Henry Dunning (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Goshen, NY, April 13,

1817-August 11, 1887. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1853.

Public Lands 32.

Moore, Horace Ladd (Democrat, Kansas)

Mantua, OH, February 25, 1837-May 1,

1914. August 2, 1894-March 3, 1895.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Moore, John (Whig, Louisiana) Berkeley

County, VA (WV), 1788-June 17, 1867.

December 17, 1840-March 3, 1843; March

4, 1851-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 26, 27.

Moore, Orren Cheney (Republican, New

Hampshire) New Hampton, NH, August

10, 1839-May 12, 1893. March 4,

1889-March 3, 1891.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Moore, Robert (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Washington, PA, March 30, 1778-January

14, 1831. March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821.

Private Land Claims 15, 16.

Moore, Robert Walton (Democrat,

Virginia) Fairfax, VA, February 6, 1859-

February 8, 1941. May 27, 1919-March 3,

1931.

Insular Affairs 67.

Moore, Samuel (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Deerfield, NJ, February 8, 1774-February

18, 1861. October 13, 1818-May 20, 1822.

Indian Affairs 17.

Moores, Merrill (Republican, Indiana)

Indianapolis, IN, April 21, 1856-October

21, 1929. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65.

Morey, Frank (Republican, Louisiana)

Boston, MA, July 11, 1840-September 22,

1889. March 4, 1869-June 8, 1876.

Public Lands 43, 44.

Morey, Henry Lee (Republican, Ohio)

Milford Township, OH, April 8, 1841-

December 29, 1902. March 4, 1881-June

20, 1884; March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 47.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Territories 51.

Morgan, Charles Henry (Democrat,

Missouri) Cuba, NY, July 5, 1842-January

4, 1912. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879;

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885; March 4,

1893-March 3, 1895; March 4, 1909-March

3, 1911.

Indian Affairs 44, 45.

Private Land Claims 61.

Morgan, Christopher (Whig, New York)

Aurora, NY, June 4, 1808-April 3, 1877.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Territories 26.

Private Land Claims 27.

Morgan, Dick Thompson (Republican,

Oklahoma) Prairie Creek, IN, December

6, 1853-July 4, 1920. March 3, 1909-July 4,

1920.

Public Lands 61, 62.

Morgan, Lewis Lovering (Democrat,

Louisiana) Mandeville, LA, March 2, 1876-

June 10, 1950. November5, 1912-March 4,

1917.

Indian Affairs 62, 63, 64.

Morgan, Stephen R. (Republican, Ohio)

Jackson County, OH, January 25, 1854-

February 9, 1928. March 4, 1899-March 3,

1905.

Indian Affairs 57.

Pacific Railroads 58.

Morgan, Thomas Ellsworth (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Ellsworth, PA, October 13,

1906—. January 3, 1945-January 3, 1977.

Mines and Mining 79.

Morgan, William Mitchell (Republican,

Ohio) Brownsville, OH, August 1, 1870-

September 17, 1935. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1931.

Public Lands 67.

Morrell, Daniel Johnson (Republican,

Pennsylvania) North Berwick, ME,

August 8, 1821-August 20, 1885. March 4,

1867-March 3, 1871.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Morrill, Justin Smith (Whig / Republican /

Union Republican, Vermont) Strafford,

VT, April 14, 1810-December 28, 1898.

March 4, 1855-March 3, 1867.

Territories 34.

Senator from Vermont, 40th-55th

Congresses.

Morris, Edward Joy (Whig / Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, July 16,

1815-December 31, 1881. March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1845; March 4, 1857-June 8,

1861.

Territories 28.

Morris, Joseph (Democrat, Ohio) Greene

County, PA, October 16, 1795-October

23, 1854. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Public Lands 29.
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Morris, Samuel Wells (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA,

September 1, 1786-May 25, 1847. March

4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 25.

Morris, Thomas Gale (Democrat, New

Mexico) Eastland County, TX, August 20,

1919—. January 3, 1959-January 3, 1969.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87, 88.

Morris, Toby (Democrat, Oklahoma)

Granbury, TX, February 28, 1899-

September 1, 1973. January 3, 1947-

January 3, 1953; January 3, 1957-January 3,

1961.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Morrison, James Hobson (Democrat,

Louisiana) Hammond, LA, December 8,

1908—. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1967.

Mines and Mining 78.

Public Lands 78.

Morrison, Martin Andrew (Democrat,

Indiana) Frankfort, IN, April 15, 1862-July

9, 1944. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Insular Affairs 62, 63, 64.

Morrison, William Ralls (Democrat,

Illinois) Waterloo, IL, September 14,

1824-September 29, 1909. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1865; March 4, 1873-Marr. 3,

1887.

Public Lands 45.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Morrow, Jeremiah (Republican, Ohio)

Gettysburg, PA, October 6, 1771-March

22, 1852. October 17, 1803-March 3,

1813; October 13, 1840-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 9, 10, 11, 12, 26, 27.

Senator from OH, 13th-15th Congresses.

Governor of OH, 1822-1826.

Morrow, John (Democrat, New Mexico)

Darlington, WI, Apr 19, 1865-February

25, 1935. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Morse, Elmer Addison (Republican,

Wisconsin) Franksville, WI, May 11, 1870-

October 4, 1945. March 4, 1907-March 3,

1913.

Indian Affairs 60.

Private Land Claims 61.

Insular Affairs 62.

Public Lands 62.

Morse, Isaac Edward (Democrat,

Louisiana) Attakapas, LA, May 22, 1809-

February 11, 1866. December 2, 1844-

March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 29, 31.

Territories 30.

Morse, Leopold (Democrat, Massachusetts)

Wachenheim, Bavaria, August 15, 1831-

December 15, 1892. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1885; March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889.

Territories 45.

Morton, Rogers Clark Ballard

(Republican, Maryland) Louisville, KY,

September 9, 1914-April 19, 1979. January

3, 1963-January 29, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89, 90.

Moseley, Jonathan Ogden (Federalist,

Connecticut) East Haddam, CT, April 9,

1762-September 9, 1838. March 4, 1805-

March 3, 1821.

Public Lands 13.

Moseley, William Abbot (Whig, New

York) Whitesboro, NY, October 20, 1798-

November 19, 1873.March 4, 1843-March

3, 1847.

Public Lands 29.

Moser, Guy Louis (Democrat,Pennsylvania)

Amity Township, PA, January 23, 1886-

May 9, 1961. January 3, 1937-January 3,

1943.

Mines and Mining 76.

Moss, Ralph Wilbur (Democrat, Indiana)

Center Point, IN, April 21, 1862-April 26,

1919. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917.

Mines and Mining 62, 64.

Mott, James Wheaton (Republican,

Oregon) New Washington, PA,

November 12, 1883-November 12, 1945.

March 4, 1933-November 12, 1945.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Territories 73, 74.

Moulton, Samuel Wheeler (Republican /

Democrat, Illinois) Wenham, MA, Jan 20,

1821-June 3, 1905. March 4, 1865-March

3, 1867; March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Territories 39.

Moxley, William James (Republican,

Illinois) County Cork, Ireland, May 22,

1851-August 4, 1938. November 23, 1909-

March 3, 1911.

Territories 61.

Moynihan, Patrick Henry (Republican,

Illinois) Chicago, IL, September 25, 1869-

May 20, 1946. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1935.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 73.

Mudd, Sydney Emanuel (Republican,
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Maryland)“Gallant Green,” MD,February

12, 1858-October 21, 1911. March 20,

1890-March 3, 1891; March 4, 1897-March

3, 1911.

Pacific Railroads 58, 59, 60, 61.

Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus

(Democrat, Pennsylvania) Reading, PA,

September 25, 1887-January 19, 1980.

January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949.

Private Land Claims 33.

Muldrow, Henry Lowndes (Democrat,

Mississippi) Tibbes Station, MS, February

8, 1837-March 1, 1905. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1885.

Territories 45, 46.

Private Land Claims 46, 47.

Muller, Nicholas (Democrat, New York)

Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, November

15, 1836-December 12, 1917. March 4,

1877-March 3, 1881; March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887; March 4, 1899-December 1, 1902.

Territories 46.

Mullins, James (Republican, Tennessee)

Bedford County, TN, September 15,

1807-June 26, 1873. March 4, 1867-March

3, 1869.

Territories 40.

Mundt, Karl Earl (Republican, South

Dakota) Humboldt, SD, June 3, 1900-

August 16, 1974. January 3, 1939-

December 30, 1948.

Indian Affairs 76, 77, 78, 79.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 76.

Senator from South Dakota, 80th-93d

Congresses.

Mungen, William (Democrat, Ohio)

Baltimore, MD, May 12, 1821-September

9, 1887. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871.

Indian Affairs 40, 41.

Murdock, John R. (Democrat, Arizona)

Homestead, MO, April 20, 1885-February

14, 1972. January 3, 1937-January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75, 76, 77, 78,

79.

Public Lands 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82.

Mines and Mining 76, 77, 78, 79.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82. 

Murdock, Orrice Abram, Jr. (Democrat,

Utah) Austin, NV, July 18, 1893-

September 15, 1979. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1941.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75.

Senator from Utah, 77th-80th Congresses.

Murphy, Arthur Phillips (Republican,

Missouri) Hancock, MO, December 10,

1870-February 1, 1914. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1907; March 4, 1909-March 3,

1911.

Indian Affairs 61.

Murphy, Austin John (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) North Charleroi, PA, June

17, 1927—. January 3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Murphy, Benjamin Franklin (Republican,

Ohio) Steubenville, OH, December 24,

1867-March 6, 1938. March4, 1919-March

3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 67.

Murphy, John William (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Avoca, PA, April 26, 1902-

March 28, 1962. January 3, 1943-July 17,

1946.

Insular Affairs 78.

Murphy, Nathan Oakes (Republican,

Delegate from the Territory of Arizona)

Jefferson, ME, October 14, 1849-August

22, 1908. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 54.

Territories 54.

Murray, John L. (Democrat, Kentucky) PA,

January 25, 1806-January 31, 1842. March

4, 1837-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 25.

Public Lands 25.

Murray, William Francis (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Boston, MA, September 7,

1881-September 21, 1918. March 4, 1911-

September 28, 1914.

Insular Affairs 62.

Public Lands 62.

Murray, William Henry David

(Democrat, Oklahoma) Collinsville, TX,

November 21, 1869-October 15, 1956.

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917.

Indian Affairs 63, 64.

Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-1935.

Mutchler, William (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Palmer Township, PA,

December 21, 1831-June 23, 1893. March

4, 1875-March 3, 1877; March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1885; March 4, 1889-June 23,

1893.

Territories 44.

Public Lands 47.

Private Land Claims 48, 51.

Myers, Leonard (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Attleboro (Langhorne), PA, November

13, 1827-February 11, 1905. March 4,
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1863-March 3, 1869; April 9, 1869-March

3, 1875.

Private Land Claims 43.

Myers, William Ralph (Democrat, Indiana)

Wilmington, OH, June 12, 1836-April 18,

1907. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 46.

N

Nabers, Benjamin Duke (Unionist,

Mississippi) Franklin, TN, November 7,

1812-September 6, 1878. March 4, 1851-

March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 32.

Napolitano, Grace F. (Democrat,

California) Brownsville, Cameron County,

TX, December 4, 1936 —. January 3,

1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Neal, Henry Safford (Republican, Ohio)

Gallipolis, OH, August 25, 1828-July 13,

1906. March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883.

Territories 45.

Neal, Lawrence Talbot (Democrat, Ohio)

Parkersburg, VA (WV) September 22,

1844-November 2, 1905. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1877.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Neal, John Randolph (Democrat,

Tennessee) Clinton, TN, November 26,

1836-March 26, 1889. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 49, 50.

Needham, James Carson (Republican,

California) Carson City, NV, September

17, 1864-July 11, 1942. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1913.

Public Lands 56, 57, 58.

Indian Affairs 57.

Insular Affairs 58.

Neely, Matthew Mansfield (Democrat,

West Virginia) Groves, WV, November 9,

1874-January 18, 1958. October 4, 1913-

March 3, 1921; January 3, 1945-January 3,

1947.

Public Lands 63.

Senator from West Virginia, 68th-70th

Congresses; 72d-77th Congresses; 81st85th Congresses. Governor of West

Virginia, 1941-1945.

Negley, James Scott (Republican,

Pennsylvania) East Liberty, PA, December

22, 1826-August 7, 1901. March 4, 1869-

March 3, 1875; March 4, 1885-March 3,

1887.

Mines and Mining 42, 43.

Neill, Robert (Democrat, Arkansas) Desha,

AR, November 12, 1838-February 16,

1907. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897.

Public Lands 53.

Mines and Mining 54.

Nelson, Homer Augustus (Democrat,

NewYork) Poughkeepsie, NY, August 31,

1829-April 25, 1891. March 4, 1863-March

3, 1865.

Indian Affairs 38.

Nelson, Hugh (Republican, Virginia)

Yorktown, VA, September 30, 1768-

March 18, 1836. March 4, 1811-January

14, 1823.

Public Lands 16.

Nelson, John Mandt (Republican,

Wisconsin) Burke, WI, October 10, 1870-

January 29, 1955. September 4, 1906, to

March 3, 1919; March 4, 1921-March 3,

1933).

Pacific Railroads 59, 60, 61.

Nelson, Knute (Republican, Minnesota)

Voss, Norway, February 2, 1843-April 28,

1923. March 4, 1883-March 3,1889.

Indian Affairs 48, 49, 50.

Senator from Minnesota, 54th-67th

Congressees. Governor of Minnesota,

1892-1895.

Nesbit, Walter (Democrat, Illinois) Belleville,

IL, May 1, 1878-December 6, 1938. March

4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 73.

Neville, William (Populist, Nebraska)

Nashville, IL, December 29, 1843-April 5,

1909. December 4, 1899-March 3, 1909.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 57.

Newberry, John Stoughton (Republican,

Michigan) Waterville, NY, November 18,

1826-January 2, 1887. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Newlands, Francis Griffith (Democrat,

Nevada) Natchez, MS, August 28, 1848-

December 24, 1917. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1903.
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Irrigation of Arid Lands 53, 57.

Mines and Mining 53.

Senator from Nevada, 58th-65th

Congresses.

Nicholls, Thomas David (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Wilkes-Barre, PA,

September 16, 1870-January 19, 1931.

March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 60, 61.

Nichols, Charles Archibald (Republican,

Michigan) Boyne City, MI, August 25,

1876-April 25, 1920. March 4, 1915-April

25, 1920.

Insular Affairs 66.

Public Lands 66.

Nichols, John(Independent, North Carolina)

Eagle Rock, NC, November 14, 1834-

September 22, 1917. March 4, 1887-March

3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 50.

Nichols, John Conover (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Joplin, MO, August 31, 1896-

November 7, 1945. January 3, 1935-July 3,

1943.

Territories 74, 75, 76.

Nichols, Matthias H. (Democrat, Ohio)

Sharptown, NJ, October 3, 1824-

September 15, 1862. March 4, 1853-March

3, 1959.

Private Land Claims 33.

Nicholson, John Anthony (Democrat,

Delaware) Laurel, DE, November 17,

1827-November 4, 1906. March 4,

1865-March 3, 1869.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Nisbet, Eugenius Aristides (Whig,

Georgia) Union Point, GA, December 7,

1803-March 18, 1871. March 4, 1839-

October 12, 1841.

Private Land Claims 26.

Nobel, Warren Perry (Democrat, Ohio)

Berwick, PA, June 14, 1820-July 9, 1903.

March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Noell, John William (Democrat, Missouri)

Bedford County, VA, February 22, 1816-

March 14, 1863. March 4, 1859-March 14,

1863.

Private Land Claims 36, 37.

Noell, Thomas Estes (Republican,

Missouri) Perryville, MO, April 3, 1839-

October 3, 1867. March 4, 1865-October

3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 39.

Mines and Mining 39.

Nolan, John Ignatius (Republican,

California) San Francisco, CA, January 14,

1874-November 18, 1922. March 4, 1913-

November 18, 1922.

Insular Affairs 66, 67.

Nolan, Michael Nicholas (Democrat, New

York) County Carlow, Ireland, May 4,

1833-May 31, 1905. March 4, 1881-March

3, 1883.

Pacific Railroads 47.

Nolan, William I. (Republican, Minnesota)

St. Paul, MN May 14, 1874-August 3,

1843. June 17, 1929-March 3, 1933.

Public Lands 71, 72.

Noonan, Edward Thomas (Democrat,

Illinois) Macomb, IL, October 23, 1861-

December 19, 1923. March 4, 1899-March

3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 56.

Norblad, Albin Walter, Jr. (Republican,

Oregon) Escanaba, MI, September 12,

1908-September 20, 1964. January 11,

1946-September 20, 1964.

Public Lands 79.

Norcross, Amasa (Republican,

Massachusetts) Rindge, NH, January 26,

1824-April 2, 1898. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Private Land Claims 46, 47.

Norrell, William Frank (Democrat,

Arkansas) Milo, AR, August 29, 1896-

February 15, 1961. January 3, 1939-

February 15, 1961.

Mines and Mining 76, 77.

Norris, George William (Republican,

Nebraska) Clyde, OH, July 11, 1861-

September 2, 1944. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1913.

Private Land Claims 61.

Senator from OH, 63d-77th Congresses.

North, Solomon Taylor (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Jefferson County, PA, May

24, 1853-October 19, 1917. March 4,

1915-March 3, 1917.

Territories 64.

Norton, John Nathaniel (Democrat,

Nebraska) Stromsburg, NE, May 12,

1878-October 5, 1960. March 4, 1927-

March 3, 1929; Mar.4, 1931-March 3,

1933.

Public Lands 70.

Norton, Patrick Daniel (Republican, North

Dakota) Ishpeming, MI, May 17, 1876-

October 14, 1953. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1919.
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Indian Affairs 63, 64, 65.

Nuckolls, William Thopmson

(Jacksonian, South Carolina) Hancockville,

SC, February 23, 1801-September 27,

1855. March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833.

Private Land Claims 20, 21.

Nute, Alonzo (Republican, New Hampshire)

Milton, NH, February 12, 1826-December

24, 1892. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Territories 51.

Nygaard, HjalmarCarl(Republican, North

Dakota) Sharon, ND, March 24, 1906-July

18, 1963. January 3, 1961-July 18, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87, 88.

O

Oates, William Calvin (Democrat,

Alabama) Troy, AL, November 30, 1835-

September 9, 1910. March 4, 1881-

November 5, 1894.

Public Lands 48.

Governor of Alabama, 1894-1896.

O'Brien, James Henry (Democrat, New

York) Jamaica, NY, July 15, 1860-

September 2, 1924. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1915.

Territories 63.

O'Brien, Leo William (Democrat, New

York) Buffalo, NY, September 21, 1900-

May 4, 1982. April 1, 1952-January 3,

1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85,

86, 87, 88, 89.

O'Connor, Charles (Republican, Oklahoma)

Edina, MO, October 26, 1878-November

15, 1940. March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 71.

O'Connor, James Francis (Democrat,

Montana) California Junction, IA, May 7,

1878-January 15, 1945. January 3, 1937-

January 15, 1945.

Indian Affairs 75, 76, 77, 78.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75, 76, 77, 78.

Public Lands 75, 76, 77, 78.

Territories 77, 78.

O'Day, Caroline Love Goodwin

(Democrat, New York) Perry, GA, June

22, 1875-January 4, 1943. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 76, 77.

Odell, Moses Fowler (Democrat, New

York) Tarrytown, NY, February 24, 1818-

June 13, 1866. March 4, 1861-March 3,

1865.

Indian Affairs 37.

Odell,Nathaniel Holmes (Democrat, New

York) Greenburgh, NY, October 10,

1828-October 30, 1904. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1877.

Mines and Mining 44.

O'Donnell, James (Republican, Michigan)

Norwalk, CT, March 25, 1840-March 17,

1915. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1893.

Territories 52.

O'Ferrall, Charles Triplett (Democrat,

Virginia) Brucetown, VA, October 21,

1840-September 22, 1905. May 5, 1884-

December 28, 1893.

Mines and Mining 49, 50.

Governor of Virginia, 1894-1898.

Oglesby, Woodson Ratfliffe (Democrat,

New York) Shelbyville, KY, February 9,

1867-April 30, 1955. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1917.

Territories 63, 64.

O'Grady, James Mary Early (Republican,

New York) Rochester, NY, March 31,

1863-November 3, 1928. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1901.

Private Land Claims 56.

O'Hara, James Edward (Republican,

North Carolina) New York, NY, February

26, 1844-September 15, 1905. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 48.

O'Hara, James Grant (Democrat,

Michigan) Washington, DC, November 8,

1925—. January 3, 1959-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93.

Oliver, James Churchill (Republican,

Maine) South Portland, ME, August 6,

1895-December 25, 1986. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1943; January 3, 1959-January 3,

1961.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75.

Olmstead, Marlin Edgar (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Ulysses, PA, May 21, 1847-

July 19, 1913. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1913.

Insular Affairs 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62.

Olsen, Arnold (Democrat, Montana) Butte,

Mont., December 17, 1916-February 2,
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1975. January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87.

O'Malley, Thomas David Patrick

(Democrat, Wisconsin) Milwaukee, WI,

March 24, 1903-December 19, 1979.

March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939.

Indian Affairs 73, 74, 75.

Territories 74, 75.

O’Nell, Joseph Henry (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Fall River, MA, March 23,

1853-February 19, 1935. March 4,

1889-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 51.

O'Neill, Charles (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Philadelphia, PA, March 21, 1821-

November 25, 1893.March 4, 1863-March

3, 1871; March 4, 1873-November 25,

1893.

Private Land Claims 41.

Pacific Railroads 44, 45.

O'Neill, Harry Patrick (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Dunmore, PA, February 10,

1889-June 24, 1953. January 3, 1949-

January 3, 1953.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

O'Neill, John (Democrat, Ohio)

Philadelphia, PA, December 17, 1822-May

25, 1905. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1965.

Private Lands 38.

Ormsby, Stephen (Republican, Kentucky)

County Sligo, Ireland, 1759-1844. March

4, 1811-March 3, 1813; April 20, 1813-

March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 12.

Orr, Jackson (Republican, Iowa) Fayette

County, OH, September 21, 1832-March

15, 1926. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Public Lands 43.

Orr, James Lawrence (Democrat, South

Carolina) Craytonville, SC, May 12, 1822-

May 5, 1873. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1859.

Public Lands 32.

Indian Affairs 33, 34.

Speaker of the House, 35th Congress.

Governor of South Carolina, 1866.

Orth, Godlove Stein (Republican, Indiana)

Lebanon, PA, April 22, 1817-December

16, 1882. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1871;

March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875; March 4,

1879-December 16, 1882.

Private Land Claims 40, 41.

Ortiz, Solomon Porfirio (Democrat, Texas)

Robstown, Nueces County, TX, June 3,

1938 —. January 3, 1983-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Osborne, Edwin Sylvanus (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bethany, PA, August 7,

1839-January 1, 1900. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 49.

Osborne, John Eugene (Democrat,

Wyoming) Westport, NY, June 19, 1858-

April 24, 1943. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55.

Governor of Wyoming, 1893-1895.

Osborne, Thomas (Republican, Nebraska)

Hastings, Adams County, NE, February

23, 1937 —. January 3, 2001-January 3,

2003.

Resources 107.

Osmers, Frank Charles, Jr. (Republican,

New Jersey) Leonia, NJ, December 30,

1907-May 21, 1977. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1943; November 6, 1951-

January 3, 1965.

Insular Affairs 76, 77.

Otis, John Grant (Populist, Kansas) Danaby,

VT, February 10, 1838-February 22, 1916.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Private Land Claims 52.

Otjen, Theobald (Republican, Wisconsin)

West China, MI,October 27, 1851-April

11, 1924. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1907.

Pacific Railroads 58, 59.

O'Toole, Donald Lawrence (Democrat,

New York) Brooklyn, NY, August 1,

1902-September 12, 1964. January 3 1937-

January 3, 1953.

Insular Affairs 78, 79.

Otter, C.L. (Butch) (Republican, Idaho)

Caldwell, Idaho, May 3, 1942 —. January

3, 2001-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

Oury, Ganville Henderson (Democrat,

Delegate from the Territory of Arizona)

Washington County, VA, March 12, 1825-

January 11, 1891. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Mines and Mining 47.

Outhwaite, Joseph Hodson (Democrat,

Ohio) Cleveland, OH, December 5, 1841-

December 9, 1907. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 49, 50.

Outland, George Elmer (Democrat,

California) Santa Paula, CA, October 8,

1906-March 2, 1981. January 3, 1943-
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January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 78.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78.

Public Lands 78.

Territories 78.

Outlaw, David (Whig, North Carolina)

Windsor, NC, September 14, 1806-

October 22, 1868. March 4, 1847-March 3,

1853.

Indian Affairs 31.

Overstreet, James Whetstone (Democrat,

Georgia) Sylvania, GA, August 28, 1866-

December 4, 1938. October 3, 1906-

March 4, 1907; March 4, 1917-March 3,

1923.

Territories 59, 65.

Overton, John Holmes (Democrat,

Louisiana) Marksville, LA, September 17,

1875-May 14, 1948. May 12, 1931-March

3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 72.

Senator from Louisiana, 73d-80th

Congresses.

Owens, Douglas Wayne (Democrat, Utah)

Panguitch, Utah, May 2, 1937—. January

3, 1973-January 3, 1975; January 3,

1987—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 100, 101,

102.

Owens, William Claiborne (Democrat,

Kentucky) Georgetown, KY, October 17,

1849-November 18, 1925. March 1895-

March 3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 54.

Private Land Claims 54.

Territories 54.

P

Pacheco, Romualdo (Republican,

California) Santa Barbara, CA, October

31, 1831-January 23, 1899. March 4, 1877-

February 7, 1878; March 4, 1879-March 3,

1883.

Public Lands 45.

Private Land Claims 46, 47.

Governor of California, 1875.

Packard, Jasper (Republican, Indiana)

Austintown, OH, February 1, 1832-

December 13, 1899. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1875.

Private Land Claims 43.

Packer, Horace Billings (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Wellsboro, PA, October 11,

1851-April 13, 1940. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1901.

Indian Affairs 55, 56.

Private Land Claims 56.

Pagán, Bolivar (Coalitionist, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) Guayanilla, PR, May 16,

1897-February 9, 1961. December 26,

1939-January 3, 1945.

Insular Affairs 76, 77, 78.

Territories 76, 77, 78.

Page, Horace Francis (Republican,

California) Medina, NY, October 20,

1833-August 23, 1890. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 43.

Indian Affairs 44, 45.

Page, Robert Newton (Democrat, North

Carolina) Cary, NC, October 26, 1859-

October 3, 1933. March 4, 1903-March 3,

1917.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61.

Pallone, Frank, Jr. (Democrat, New Jersey)

Long Branch, Monmouth County, NJ,

October 30, 1951 —. November 8,

1988-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Palmer, Franics Wayland (Republican,

Iowa) Manchester, IN, October 11, 1827-

December 3, 1907. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Palmer, Cyrus Maffet (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Pottsville, PA, February 12,

1887-August 16, 1959. March 4, 1927-

March 3, 1929.

Indian Affairs 70.

Palmer, Henry Wilbur (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Clifford, PA, July 10, 1839-

February 15, 1913. March 4, 1901-March

3, 1907; March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 61.

Pacific Railroads 57, 58, 59.

Palmer, John William (Republican,

Missouri) Macks Creek, MO, August 20,

1866-November 3, 1958. March 4, 1929-

March 3, 1931.

Public Lands 71.

Parker, Abraham X. (Republican, New
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York) Granville, VT, November 14, 1831-

August 9, 1909. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1889.

Private Land Claims 48.

Parker, Amasa Junius (Democrat, New

York) Sharon, CT, June 2, 1807-May 13,

1890. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 25.

Parker, Isaac Charles (Republican,

Missouri) Barnesville, OH, October 15,

1838-November 17, 1896. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1875.

Territories 42.

Parker, William Henry (Republican, South

Dakota) Keene, NH, May 5, 1847-June

26, 1908. March 4, 1907-June 26, 1908.

Indian Affairs 60.

Parrett, William Fletcher (Democrat,

Indiana) Blairsville, IN, August 10, 1825-

June 30, 1895. March 4, 1889-March 3,

1893.

Territories 52.

Parris, Stanford E. (Republican, Virginia)

Champaign, IL, September 9, 1929—.

January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975;January 3,

1981—.

Insular Affairs 101.

Parris, Virgil Delphini (State Rights

Democrat, Maine) Buckfield, ME,

February 18, 1807-June 13, 1874. May 29,

1838-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 25.

Parrish, Isaac (Democrat, Ohio) St.

Clairsville, OH, March 1804-August 9,

1860. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841;

March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Indian Affairs 26.

Parrish, Lucian Walton (Democrat, Texas)

Sister Grove, TX, January 10, 1878-March

27, 1922. March 4, 1919-March 27, 1922.

Mines and Mining 66.

Parsons, Claude VanCleve (Democrat,

Illinois) McCormack, IL, October 7, 1895-

May 23, 1941. November 4, 1930-January

3, 1941.

Mines and Mining 71, 72.

Territories 72, 73, 74, 75, 76.

Parsons, Edward Young (Democrat,

Kentucky) Middletown, KY, December

12, 1842-July 8, 1876. March 4, 1875-July

8, 1876.

Private Land Claims 44.

Parsons, Herbert (Republican, New York)

New York, NY, October 28, 1869-

September 16, 1925. March 4, 1905-March

3, 1911.

Insular Affairs 59, 60, 61.

Public Lands 60, 61.

Paschal, Thomas Moore (Democrat,

Texas) Alexandria, LA, December 15,

1845-January 28, 1919. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1895.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Pashayan, Charles S., Jr. (Republican,

California) Fresno, CA, March 27, 1941-

January 3, 1989. January 3, 1979-January 3,

1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97, 87, 99,

100.

Patman,JohnWilliam Wright(Democrat,

Texas) Hughes Springs, TX, August 6,

1893-March 7, 1976. March 4, 1929-March

7, 1976.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94.

Patman, William Neff (Democrat, Texas)

Texarkana, TX, March 26, 1927—.

January 3, 1981-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98.

Patrick, Luther (Democrat, Alabama)

Decatur, AL, January 23, 1894-May 26,

1957. January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943;

January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947.

Mines and Mining 75.

Patterson, Ellis Ellwood (Democrat,

California) Yuba City, CA, November 28,

1897-August 25, 1985. January 3, 1945-

January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 79.

Patterson, George Robert (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Lewistown, PA, November

9, 1863-March 21, 1906. March 4, 1901-

March 21, 1906.

Mines and Mining 57, 58.

Patterson, James O'Hanlon (Democrat,

South Carolina) Barnwell, SC, June 25,

1857-October 25, 1911. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 60.

Patterson, Jerry Mumford (Democrat,

California) El Paso, TX, October 25,

1934—. January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97, 98.

Patterson, Josiah (Democrat, Tennessee)

Morgan County, AL, April 14, 1837-

February 10, 1904. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Patterson, LaFayette Lee (Democrat,

Alabama) Delta, AL, August 23, 1888-

March 3, 1987. November 6, 1928-March
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3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 70.

Patterson, Malcolm Rice (Democrat,

Tennessee) Somerville, AL, June 7, 1861-

March 8, 1935. March 4, 1901-November

5, 1906.

Insular Affairs 57, 58, 59.

Governor of Tennessee, 1907-1911.

Patterson, Thomas J. (Whig, New York)

c.1808-? March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Public Lands 28.

Patterson, Thomas MacDonald

(Democrat, Delegate from the Colorado

Territory and Representative from

Colorado) County Carlow, Ireland,

November 4, 1839-July 23, 1916. March 4,

1875-August 1, 1876; December 13, 1877-

March 3, 1879.

Public Lands 45.

Territories 44.

Senator from Colorado, 57th-59th

Congresses.

Patterson, William(Jacksonian, Ohio) 1790-

August 17, 1868. March 4, 1833-March 3,

1837.

Private Land Claims 24.

Patton, Charles Emory (—, Pennsylvania)

Curwensville, PA, July 5, 1859-December

15, 1937. March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 62.

Patton, John (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Covington, PA, January 6, 1823-

December 23, 1897. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1863; March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889.

Indian Affairs 37.

Patton, John Mercer (Democrat, Virginia)

Fredericksburg, VA, August 10, 1797-

October 29, 1858. November 25, 1830-

April 7, 1838.

Territories 24, 25.

Patton, Nat (Jacksonian / Democrat, Texas)

Tadmor, TX, February 26, 1884-July 27,

1957. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1945.

Territories 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Indian Affairs 78.

Paul, John (Readjuster Democrat, Virginia)

Rockingham County, VA, June 30, 1839-

November 1, 1901. March 4,

1881-September 5, 1883.

Pacific Railroads 47.

Payne, Sereno Elisha (Republican, New

York) Hamilton, NY, June 26, 1843-

December 10, 1914. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1887; March 4, 1889-December 10,

1914.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Payne, William Winter (Democrat,

Alabama) Warrenton, VA, January 2,

1807-September 2, 1874. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 27.

Territories 28.

Payson, Lewis Edwin (Republican, Illinois)

Providence, RI, September 17, 1840-

October 4, 1909. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1891.

Private Land Claims 48.

Public Lands 48, 49, 50, 51.

Pearce, Charles Edward (Republican,

Missouri) Whitesboro, NY, May 29, 1842-

January 30, 1902. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1901.

Indian Affairs 55, 56.

Pearce, James Alfred (Whig / Democrat,

Maryland) Alexandria, VA, December 24,

1805-December 20, 1862. March 4, 1835-

March 3, 1839; March 4, 1841-March 3,

1843.

Territories 24, 25.

Senator from Maryland, 28th-37th

Congresses.

Pearson, Herron Carney (Democrat,

Tennessee) Taylor, TX, July 31, 1890-

April 24, 1953. January 3, 1935-January 3,

1943.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74.

Peavey, Hubert Haskell (Republican,

Wisconsin) Adams, MN January 12, 1881-

November 21, 1937. March 4, 1923-

January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 70, 71, 72, 73.

Peck, Lucius Benedict (Democrat,

Vermont) Waterbury, VT, November 17,

1802-December 28, 1866. March 4, 1847-

March 3, 1851.

Indian Affairs 30.

Peden, Preston Elmer (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Duke,OK,June 28, 1914-June

27, 1985. January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949.

Public Lands 80.

Peel, Samuel West (Democrat, Arkansas)

Batesville, AR, September 13, 1831-

December 18, 1924. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1893.

Indian Affairs 48, 49, 50, 51, 52.

Mines and Mining 52.

Pence, Lafayette (Populist, Colorado)

Columbus, IN, December 23, 1857-

October 22, 1923. March 4, 1893-March 3,

1895.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.
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Pendleton, George Cassety (Democrat,

Texas) Viola, TN, April 23, 1845-January

19, 1913. March 1893-March 3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 53, 54.

Pendleton, John Overton(Democrat, West

Virginia) Wellsburg, VA (WV), July 4,

1851-December 24, 1916. March 4, 1889-

February 26, 1890; March 4, 1891-March

3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 52.

Public Lands 52.

Private Land Claims 53.

Pennybacker, Isaac Samuels (Democrat,

Virginia) Newmarket. VA, September 3,

1805-January 12, 1847. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1839.

Indian Affairs 25.

Senator from Virginia, 29th Congress.

Perea, Pedro (Republican, Delegate from the

Territory of New Mexico) Bernalillo, NM,

April 22, 1852-January 11, 1906. March 4,

1899-March 3, 1901.

Private Land Claims 56.

Territories 56.

Perkins, Bishop Walden (Republican,

Kansas) Rochester, OH, October 18,

1841-June 20, 1894. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 48, 49, 50, 51.

Territories 51.

Senator from Kansas, 52d Congress.

Perkins, George Douglas (Republican,

Iowa) Holly, NY, February 29, 1840-

February 3, 1914. March 4, 1891-March 3,

1899.

Territories 52, 53, 54.

Perry, John Jasiel (Republican, Maine)

Portsmouth, NH, August 2, 1811-May 2,

1897. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857;

March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861.

Territories 34, 36.

Perry, William Hayne (Democrat, South

Carolina) Greenville, SC, June 9, 1839-July

7, 1902. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891.

Territories 49.

Indian Affairs 50.

Private Land Claims 50.

Peters, Andrew James (Democrat,

Massachusetts) West Roxbury, MA, April

3, 1872-June 26, 1938. March 4, 1907-

August 15, 1914.

Insular Affairs 60.

Peters, John Andrew (Republican, Maine)

Ellsworth, ME, August 13, 1864-August

22, 1953. September 8, 1913-January 2,

1922.

Insular Affairs 63, 64.

Peterson, Hugh, Jr. (Democrat, Georgia)

Ailey, GA, August 21, 1898-October 3,

1961. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1947.

Public Lands 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Territories 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79. 

Peterson, James Hardin (Democrat,

Florida) Batesburg, SC, February 11, 1894-

March 28, 1978. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1951.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,

79.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80,

81.

Peterson, John E. (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Titusville, PA, December

25, 1938 —. January 3, 1997-January 3,

2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Petrikin, David (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Bellefonte, PA, December 1, 1788-March

1, 1847. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 25.

Pettigrew, Richard Franklin (Republican

/ Silver Republican, Delegate from the

Territory of Dakota) Ludlow, Windsor

County, VT, July 23, 1848-October 5,

1926. March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883.

Territories 47.

Senator from South Dakota-November 2,

1889, to March 3, 1901.

Pettis, Shirley Neil (Republican, California)

Mountail View, CA, July 12, 1924—. April

29, 1975-January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94.

Pettis, Spencer Darwin (Democrat,

Missouri) Culpeper County, VA, 1802-

August 28, 1831. March 4, 1829-August

28, 1831.

Private Land Claims 21.

Pfeifer, Joseph L. (Democrat, New York)

Brooklyn, NY, February 6, 1892-April 19,

1974. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1951.

Territories 74.

Pfost, Gracie Bowers (Democrat, Idaho)

Harrison, AR, March 12, 1906-August 11,

1965. January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85, 86,

87.

Phelps, Timothy Guy (Republican,

California) Oxford, NY, December 20,

1824-June 11, 1899. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1863.

Indian Affairs 37.
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Phillips, Fremont Orestes (Republican,

Ohio) Lafayette, OH, March 16, 1856-

February 21, 1936. March 4, 1899-March

3, 1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56.

Phillips, John (Republican, California)

Wilkes-Barre, PA, September 11, 1887-

December 18, 1983. January 3, 1943-

January 3, 1957.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Phillips, John Finis (Democrat, Missouri)

Thralls Prairie, MO, December 31, 1834-

March 13, 1919. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877; January 10, 1880-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Phillips, Philip (Democrat, Alabama)

Charleston, SC, December 13, 1807-

January 14, 1884. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Territories 33.

Phillips, William A. (Republican, Kansas)

Paisley, Scotland, January 14, 1824-

November 30, 1893. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1879.

Public Lands 43.

Phister, Elijah C. (Democrat, Kentucky)

Maysville, KY, October 8, 1822-May 16,

1887. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Public Lands 47.

Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (Nullifier /

Democrat, South Carolina) St. Paul's

Parish, SC, April 7, 1805-January 25, 1869.

December 8, 1834-March 3, 1843.

Territories 24, 25.

Senator from South Carolina, 1860-1862.

Pickering, Timothy (Federalist,

Massachusetts) Salem, MA, July 17, 1745-

January 29, 1829. March 4, 1813-March 3,

1817.

Public Lands 13.

Senator from Massachusetts, 8th-11th

Congresses.

Pickett, Charles Edgar (Republican, Iowa)

Bonaparte, IA, January 14, 1866-July 20,

1930. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1913.

Public Lands 61, 62.

Pickett, Owen Bradford (Democrat,

Virginia) Richmond, VA, August 31, 1930

—. January 3, 1987-January 3, 2001.

Resources 104, 105, 106.

Pickett, Thomas Augustus (Democrat,

Texas) Travis, TX, August 14, 1906- June

7, 1980. January 3, 1945 - June 30, 1952.

Territories 79.

Pickler, John Alfred (Republican, South

Dakota) Salem, IN, January 24, 1844-June

13, 1910. November 2, 1889-March 3,

1897.

Public Land 51, 52.

Indian Affairs 52, 53.

Pierce, Rice Alexander (Democrat,

Tennessee) Dresden, TN, July 3, 1848-July

12, 1936. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885;

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893; Mar.4,

1897-March 3, 1905.

Indian Affairs 48.

Private Land Claims 51.

Pillion, John Raymond (Republican, New

York) Conneaut, OH, August 10, 1904-

December 31, 1978. January 3, 1953-

January 3, 1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85.

Pilsbury, Timothy (Democrat, Texas)

Newburyport, MA, April 12, 1789-

November 23, 1858. March 30, 1846-

March 3, 1849.

Territories 29, 30.

Pindall, James (Federlaist, Virginia)

Monongalia County, VA (WV), c.1783-

November 22, 1825. March 4, 1817-July

26, 1820.

Private Land Claims 15, 16.

Piñero, Jesús T. (Populat Democrat,

Resident Commissioner from the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) Carolina,

PR, April 16, 1897-November 19, 1952.

January 3, 1945-September 2, 1946.

Insular Affairs 79.

Territories 79.

Pitcher, Nathaniel (Jacksonian, New York)

Litchfield, CT, 1777-May 25, 1836. March

4, 1819-March 3, 1823.

Private Land Claims 16.

Pittenger, William Alvin (Republican,

Minnesota) Crawfordsville, IN, December

29, 1885-November 26, 1951. March 4,

1929-March 3, 1933;January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1937; January 3, 1939-January 3,

1947.

Mines and Mining 74.

Plauché, Vance Gabriel (Democrat,

Louisiana) Plaucheville, LA, August 25,

1897-April 2, 1976. January 3, 1941-

January 3, 1943.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Public Lands 77.

Platt, Thomas Collier (Republican, New

York) Owego, NY, July 15, 1833-March 6,

1910. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Senator from New York March 4, 1881-
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May 16, 1881; March 4, 1897-March 3,

1909.

Ploeser, Walter Christain (Republican,

Missouri) St. Louis, MO, January 7,

1907—. January 3, 1941-January 3, 1949.

Territories 77.

Plummer, Franklin E. (Jacksonian,

Mississippi) MA, ?-September 24, 1847.

March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835.

Public Lands 22.

Poehler, Henry (Democrat, Minnesota)

Hiddeson, Germany, August 22, 1833-July

18, 1912. Mar.4, 1879-March 3, 1881.

Indian Affairs 46.

Poindexter, George (—, Delegate from the

Mississippi Territory and Representative

from Mississippi) Louisa County, VA,

1779-September 5, 1853. December 10,

1817-March 3, 1819.

Private Land Claims 15.

Public Lands 15.

Senator from Mississippi, 21st-23d

Congresses. Governor of Mississippi,

1819-1821.

Poindexter,Miles (Republican, Washington)

Memphis, TN, April 22, 1868-September

21, 1946. March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911.

Pacific Railroads 61. 

Senator from Washington March 4, 1911-

March 3, 1923.

Polanco-Abreu, Santiago (Popular

Democrat, Resident Commissioner from

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Bayamón, PR, October 30, 1920-January

18, 1988. November 3, 1964-January 13,

1969.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90.

Pollock, Howard Wallace (Republican,

Alaska) Chicago, IL, April 11, 1920—.

January 3, 1967-January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91.

Pollock, James (Whig, Pennsylvania) Milton,

PA, September 11, 1810-April 19, 1890.

April 5, 1844-March 4, 1849.

Territories 28.

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1855-1858.

Pombo, Richard William (Republican,

California) Tracy, San Joaquin County,

CA, January 8, 1961 —. January 3,

1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Pomeroy, Charles (Republican, Iowa)

Meriden, CT, September 3, 1825-February

11, 1891. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Territories 41.

Pope, John (Republican / Whig, Kentucky)

Prince William County, VA, 1770-July 12,

1845. March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843.

Territories 26, 27.

Senator from Kentucky, 10th-12th

Congresses.

Porter, Gilchrist (Whig, Missouri) Windsor,

VA, November 1817-November 1, 1894.

March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853; March 4,

1855-March 3, 1857.

Private Land Claims 34.

Post, George Adams (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Cuba, NY, September 1,

1854-October 31, 1925. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Post, James Douglass (Democrat, Ohio)

Milledgeville, OH, November 25, 1863-

April 1, 1921. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1915.

Indian Affairs 62, 63.

Post, Morton Everel (Democrat, Delegate

from the Territory of Wyoming) West

Henrietta, NY, December 25, 1840-March

19, 1933. March 4, 1881-March 3, 1885.

Territories 48.

Post, Philip Sidney (Republican, Illinois)

Florida, NY, March 19, 1833-January 6,

1895. March 4, 1887-January 6, 1895.

Mines and Mining 52.

Potter, Allen (Democrat, Michigan)

Galloway, NY, October 2, 1818-May 8,

1885. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877.

Mines and Mining 44.

Potter, Clarkson Nott (Democrat, New

York) Schenectady, NY, April 25, 1825-

January 23, 1882. March 4, 1869-March 3,

1875; March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 41.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Potter, Elisha Reynolds (Law and Order

Party, Rhode Island) Little Rest

(Kingston), RI, June 20, 1811-April 10,

1882. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Private Land Claims 28.

Potter, John Fox (Republican, Wisconsin)

Augusta, ME, May 11, 1817-May 18, 1899.

March 4, 1857-March 3, 1863.

Public Lands 37.

Potter, Robert (Jacksonian, North Carolina)

Granville County, NC, c.1800-March 2,

1842. March 4, 1829-November 1831.

Public Lands 21.

Potts, David, Jr. (Whig, Pennsylvania)
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Warwick Furace, PA, November 27, 1794-

June 1, 1863. March 4, 1831-March 3,

1839.

Territories 22, 23, 24, 25.

Poulson, C. Norris (Republican, California)

Haines, OR, July 23, 1895-September 25,

1982. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945;

January 3, 1947-January 11, 1953.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Pound, Thaddeus Coleman (Republican,

Wisconsin) Elk, PA, December 6, 1833-

November 21, 1914. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1883.

Indian Affairs 46.

Public Lands 47.

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (Democrat,

New York) New Haven, CT, November

29, 1908-April 4, 1972. January 3, 1945-

February 28, 1967; January 3, 1969-

January 3, 1971.

Indian Affairs 79.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86.

Powell, Joseph (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Towanda, PA, June 23, 1828-May 8, 1849.

March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 44.

Powers, Horace Henry (Republican,

Vermont) Morristown,VT, May 29, 1835-

December 8, 1913. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 53, 54, 55, 56.

Powers, Llewellyn (Republican, Maine)

Pittsfield, ME, October 14, 1836-July 28,

1908. March 4. 1877-March 3, 1879; April

8, 1901-July 28, 1908.

Territories 57, 58, 59, 60.

Governor of Maine, 1896-1900.

Pratt, Eliza Jane (Democrat, North

Carolina) Morven, NC, March 5, 1902-

May 13, 1981. May 25, 1946-January 3,

1947.

Territories 79.

Pratt, Henry Otis (Republican, Iowa)

Foxcroft, ME, February 11, 1838-May 22,

1931. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877.

Private Land Claims 43.

Pratt, Joseph Marmaduke (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Paterson, NJ, September 4,

1891-July 19, 1946. January 18, 1944-

January 3, 1945.

Territories 78.

Pray, Charles Nelson (Republican,

Montana) Potsdam, NY, April 6, 1868-

September 12, 1963. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1913.

Mines and Mining 60, 61, 62.

Public Lands 60, 61, 62.

Price, Hiram(Republican, Iowa) Washington

County, PA, January 10, 1814-May 30,

1901. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869;

March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 38, 39, 40.

Price, Sterling (Democrat, Missouri)

Farmville, VA, September 20, 1809-

September 29, 1867. March 4, 1845-

August 12, 1846.

Territories 29.

Governor of Missouri, 1853-1857.

Prince, William (—, Indiana) Ireland, 1772-

September 8, 1824. March 4, 1823-

September 8, 1824.

Private Land Claims 18.

Prindle, Elizur H. (Republican, New York)

Newtown, CT, May 6, 1829-October 7,

1890. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873.

Territories 42.

Pringle, Benjamin (Whig, New York)

Richfield, NY, November 9, 1807-June 7,

1887. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857.

Indian Affairs 33, 34.

Pruyn, John Van Schaick Lansing

(Democrat, New York) Albany, NY, June

22, 1811-November 21, 1877. December

7, 1863-March 3, 1865; March 4,

1867-March 3, 1869.

Pacific Railroads 40.

Pryor, Luke (Democrat,Alabama) Huntsville,

AL, July 5, 1820-August 5, 1900. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1885.

Territories 48.

Senator from Alabama, 46th Congress.

Pujo, Arsene Paulin (Democrat, Louisiana)

Lake Charles, LA, December 16, 1861-

December 31, 1939. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1913.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Purviance, Samuel Anderson (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Butler, PA, January 10,

1809-February 14, 1882. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1859.

Territories 34.

Putnam, Harvey (Whig, New York)

Brattleboro, VT, January 5, 1793-

September 20, 1855. March 4, 1847-March

3, 1851.

Public Lands 30.
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Quinn, John (Democrat, New York) County

Tipperary, Ireland, August 9, 1839-

February 23, 1903. March 4, 1889-March

3, 1891.

Public Lands 51.

Quarles, Julian Minor (Democrat, Virginia)

Ruther Glen, VA, September 25, 1848-

November 18, 1929. March 4, 1899-March

3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 56. 

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Rabaut, Louis Charles (Democrat,

Michigan) Detroit, MI, December 5, 1886-

November 12, 1961. January 3, 1935-

January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-

November 12, 1961.

Insular Affairs 74.

Race, John Abner (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Fond du Lac, WI, May 12, 1914-

November 9, 1983. January 3, 1965-

January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89.

Radanovich, George P. (Republican,

California) Mariposa, Mariposa County,

CA, June 20, 1955 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Radford, William (Democrat, New York)

Poughkeepsie, NY, June 24, 1814-January

18, 1870. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867.

Pacific Railroads 39.

Ragon, Heartsill (Democrat, Arkansas)

Dublin, AR, March 20, 1885-September

15, 1940. March 4, 1923-June 16, 1933.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 70.

Territories 70.

Rahall, Nick Joe, II (Democrat, West

Virginia) Beckley, WV, May 20, 1949—.

January 3, 1977—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Raines, John (Republican, New York)

Canandaigua, NY, May 6, 1840-December

16, 1909. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893.

Pacific Railroads 51, 52.

Rainey, Henry T. (Democrat, Illinois)

Carrollton, IL, August 20, 1860-August

19, 1934. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1921;

March 4, 1923-August 19, 1934.

Pacific Railroads 58, 59, 60.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 59, 60, 61.

Speaker of the House, 73d Congress.

Rainey, Joseph Hayne (Republican, South

Carolina) Georgetown, SC, June 21, 1832-

August 2, 1887. December 12, 1870-

March 3, 1879.

Indian Affairs 43.

Rainey, Lilius Bratton (Democrat,

Alabama) Dadeville, AL, July 27, 1876-

September 27, 1959. September 30, 1919-

March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 67.

Raker, John Edward(Democrat, California)

Knoxville, IL, February 22, 1863-January

22, 1926. March 4, 1911-January 22, 1926.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62, 63, 64, 65, 67,

68.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69.

Public Lands 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69.

Ramey, Frank Marion (Republican, Illinois)

Hillsboro, IL, September 23, 1881-March

27, 1942. March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931.

Mines and Mining 71.

Ramsey, John Rathbone (Republican, New

Jersey) Wyckoff, NJ, April 25, 1862-April

10, 1933. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921.

Territories 66.

Ramsey, William Sterrett (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Carlisle, PA, June 12, 1810-

October 17, 1840. March 4, 1839-October

17, 1840.

Territories 26.

Randall, Clifford Ellsworth (Republican,

Wisconsin)Troy, WI, December 25, 1876-
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October 16, 1934. March 4, 1919-March 3,

1921.

Indian Affairs 66.

Randall, William Joseph (Democrat,

Missouri) Independence, MO, July 16,

1909—. March 3, 1959-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86.

Randolph, James Henry (Republican,

Tennessee) Dandridge, TN, October 18,

1825-August 22, 1900. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1879.

Mines and Mining 45.

Randolph, Jennings (Democrat, West

Virginia) Salem, WV, March 8, 1902—.

March 4, 1933-January 3, 1947.

Mines and Mining 76, 77, 78, 79. Senator

fromWestVirginia, 86th-99th Congresses.

Rankin, Christopher (Democrat,

Mississippi) Washington County, PA,

1788-March 14, 1826. March 4, 1819-

March 14, 1826.

Private Land Claims 16.

Public Lands 17, 18, 19.

Rankin, Jeanette (Republican, Montana)

Missoula, MT, June 11, 1880-May 181,

1973. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919;

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943.

Public Lands 65, 77.

Insular Affairs 77.

Rankin, John Elliot(Democrat, Mississippi)

Bolanda, MS, March 29, 1882-November

26, 1960. March 4, 1921-January 3, 1953.

Territories 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,

75.

Rariden, James (Whig, Indiana) Cynthiana,

KY, February 14, 1795-October 20, 1856.

March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841.

Private Land Claims 25.

Rauch, George Washington (Democrat,

Indiana) Warren, IN, February 22, 1876-

November 4, 1940. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1917.

Public Lands 61.

Rawlins, Joseph Lafayette (Democrat,

Delegate from the Utah Territory) Mill

Creek, Utah, March 28, 1850-May 24,

1926. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 53.

Private Land Claims 53.

Senator from Utah, 54th-57th Congresses.

Ray, George Washington (Republican,

New York) Otselic, NY, February 3, 1844-

January 10, 1925. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1885; March 4, 1891-September 11, 1902.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56, 57.

Rayner, Kenneth (Whig, North Carolina)

Bertie, NC, June 20, 1808-March 4, 1884.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845.

Public Lands 28.

Rea, David (Democrat, Missouri) New

Marion, IN, January 19, 1831-June 13,

1901. March 4, 1875-March 3,1879.

Mines and Mining 45.

Reagan, John Henninger (Democrat,

Texas) Sevierville, TN, October 8, 1818-

March 6, 1905. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1861; March 4, 1875-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 35, 36.

Senator from Texas, 45th-52d Congresses.

Reber, John (Republican, Pennsylvania)

South Manheim Township, PA, February

1, 1858-September 26, 1931. March 4,

1919-March 3, 1923.

Indian Affairs 66, 67.

Redden, Monroe Minor (Democrat, North

Carolina) Hendersonville, NC, September

24, 1901—. January 3, 1947-January 3,

1953.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Reed, James Byron (Democrat, Arkansas)

Lonoke, AR, January 2, 1881-April 27,

1935. October 20, 1923-March 3, 1929.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Irrigation and Reclamation, 69, 70.

Reed, Thomas Brackett (Republican,

Maine) Portland, ME, October 18, 1839-

December 7, 1902. March 4, 1877-

September 4, 1899.

Territories 45.

Speaker of the House, 51st, 54th-55th

Congresses.

Reeder, William Augustus (Republican,

Kansas) Shippensburg, PA, August 28,

1849-November 7, 1929. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56, 57, 58, 59, 60,

61.

Regan, Kenneth Mills (Democrat, Texas)

Mount Morris, IL, March 6, 1893-August

15, 1959. August 23, 1947-January 3, 1955.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Regula, Ralph Straus (Republican, Ohio)

Beach City, OH, December 3, 1924—.

January 3, 1973—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Rehberg, Dennis (Republican, Montana)

Billings, MT, October 5, 1955 —. January

3, 2001-January 3, 2003.
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Resources 107.

Reid, Charles Chester (Democrat,

Arkansas) Clarksville, AR, June 15, 1868-

May 20, 1922. March 4, 1901-March 3,

1911.

Indian Affairs 58, 59.

Territories 58, 59.

Mines and Mining 59.

Reid, Charlotte Thompson (Republican,

Illinois) September 27, 1913—. January 3,

1963-October 7, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89.

Reid, John W. (Democrat, Missouri)

Lynchburg, VA, June 14, 1821-November

22, 1881. March 4, 1861-December 2,

1861.

Territories 37.

Reilly, James Bernard (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Pinedale, PA, August 12,

1845-May 14, 1924. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1879; March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 51.

Pacific Railroads 51, 52, 53.

Reinecke, Edwin (Republican, California)

Medford, OR, January 7, 1924—. January

3, 1965-January 21, 1969.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90.

Relfe, James Hugh (Democrat, Missouri)

Virginia, October 17, 1791-September 14,

1863. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Public Lands 29.

Rencher, Abraham (Jacksonian / AntiJacksonian / Whig, North Carolina)

Raleigh, NC, August 12, 1798-July 6, 1883.

March 4, 1829-March 3, 1839; March 4,

1841-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Governor of New Mexico, 1857-1861.

Resa, Alexander John (Democrat, Illinois)

Chicago, IL, August 4, 1887-July 4, 1964.

January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947.

Territories 79.

Reynolds, John (Democrat, Illinois)

Montgomery County, PA, February 26,

1788-May 8, 1865. December 1, 1834-

March 3, 1837; March 4, 1839-March 3,

1843.

Public Lands 26.

Reynolds, John Merriman (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Quarryville, PA, March 5,

1848-September 14, 1933. March 4, 1905-

January 17, 1911.

Territories 59, 60, 61.

Public Lands 60, 61.

Rhodes, John J. (Republican, Arizona)

Council Grove, KS, September 18,

1916—. January 3, 1953-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85.

Rhodes, John J., III (Republican, Arizona)

Mesa, AZ, September 8, 1943—. January

3, 1987—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 100, 101, 102.

Rhodes, Marion Edward (Republican,

Missouri) Glen Allen, MO, January 4,

1868-December 25, 1928. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1907; March 4, 1919-March 3,

1923.

Private Land Claims 59.

Indian Affairs 66.

Mines and Mining 66, 67.

Rice, John Harvey (Republican, Maine)

Mount Vernon, ME, February 5, 1816-

March 14, 1911. March 4, 1861-March 3,

1867.

Territories 38, 39.

Rice, Theron Moses (Greenbacker,

Missouri) Mecca, OH, September 21,

1829-November 7, 1895. March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1883.

Public Lands 47.

Rice, William Whitney (Republican,

Massachusetts) Deerfield, MA, March 7,

1826-March 1, 1896. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1887.

Pacific Railroads 45.

Indian Affairs 47.

Rich, Robert F. (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Woolrich, PA, June 23, 1883-April 28,

1968. November 4, 1930-January 3, 1943;

January 3, 1945-January 3, 1951.

Public Lands 73, 74.

Richards, Charles Lenmore (Democrat,

Nevada) Austin, NV, October 3, 1877-

December 22, 1953. March 4, 1923-March

3, 1925.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Mines and Mining 68.

Public Lands 68.

Richardson, David Plunkett (Republican,

New York) Macedon, NY, May 28, 1833-

June 21, 1904. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1883.

Indian Affairs 47

Richardson, George Frederick

(Democrat, Michigan) Jamestown, MI,

July 1, 1850-March 1, 1923. March 4,

1893-March 3, 1895.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Mines and Mining 53.

Richardson, James Daniel (Democrat,

Tennessee) Rutherford, TN, March 10,
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1843-July 24, 1914. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1905. 

Pacific Railroads 49, 50.

Richardson, John Smythe (Democrat,

South Carolina) Sumter, SC, February 29,

1828-February 24, 1894. March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883.

Territories 47.

Richardson, William Alexander

(Democrat, Illinois) Lexington, KY,

January 16, 1811-December 27, 1875.

December 6, 1847-August 25, 1856;

March 4, 1861-January 29, 1863.

Territories 31, 32, 33, 34.

Senator from Illinois, 37th-38th

Congresses.

Richardson, William Blaine (Democrat,

New Mexico) Pasadena, CA, November

15, 1947—. January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99, 100,

101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104.

Richmond, Hiram Lawton (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Chautauqua, NY, May 17,

1810-February 19, 1885. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 43.

Ricketts, Edwin Darlington (Republican,

Ohio) Maxville, OH, August 3, 1867-July

3, 1937. March 4, 1915-March 3, 1917;

March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923.

Mines and Mining 64.

Riddle, Haywood Yancey (Democrat,

Tennessee) Van Buren, TN, June 20,

1834-March 28, 1879. December 14, 1875-

March 3, 1879.

Territories 45.

Rife, John Winebrenner (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Middletown, PA, August

14, 1846-April 17, 1908. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1893.

Territories 51, 52.

Rinaker, John Irving (Republican, Illinois)

Baltimore, MD, November 1, 1830-

January 15, 1915. June 5, 1896-March 3,

1897.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Risenhoover, Theodore Marshall

(Democrat, Oklahoma) East Liberty, OK,

November 3, 1934—. January 3, 1975-

January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95.

Ritchie, John (Democrat, Maryland)

Frederick, MD, August 12, 1831-October

27, 1887. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873.

Public Lands 42.

Rivera, Luis Muñoz (Unionist, Resident

Commissioner from the Commonwealth

of Puerto Rico) Barranquitas, PR, July 17,

1859-November 15, 1916. March 4, 1911-

November 15, 1916.

Insular Affairs 62, 63.

Rivers, Ralph Julian (Democrat, Alaska)

Seattle, WAMay 23, 1903-August 14, 1976.

January 3, 1959-January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87, 88, 89.

Roach, Sidney Crain (Republican, Missouri)

Linn Creek, MO, July 25, 1876-June 29,

1934. March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925.

Indian Affairs 67, 68.

Roane, John Jones (Jacksonian, Virginia)

Essex County, VA, October 31, 1794-

December 18, 1869. March 4, 1831-March

3, 1833.

Territories 22.

Roberts, Edwin Ewing (Republican,

Nevada) Pleasant Grove, CA, December

12, 1870-December 11, 1933. March 4,

1911-March 3, 1919.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62, 63, 64, 65.

Mines and Mining 63.

Roberts, Ernest William (Republican,

Massachusetts) East Madison, ME,

November 22, 1858-February 27, 1924.

March 4, 1899-March 3, 1917.

Private Land Claims 61.

Roberts, Herbert Ray (Democrat, Texas)

Collin County, TX, March 28, 1913—.

January 30, 1962-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Robertson, Absalom Willis (Democrat,

Virginia) Martinsburg, WV, May 27, 1887-

November 1, 1971. March 4, 1933-

November 5, 1946.

Insular Affairs 73.

Senator from West Virginia, 80th-89th

Congresses.

Robertson, Alice Mary (Republican,

Oklahoma) Tullahassee, OK, January 2,

1854-July 1, 1931. March 4, 1921-March 3,

1923.

Indian Affairs 67.

Robertson, Charles Raymond

(Republican, North Dakota)Madison, WI,

September 5, 1889-February 18, 1951.

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943; January 3,

1945-January 3, 1949.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Public Lands 77.

Indian Affairs 79.

Territories 79.
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Robertson, George (Whig, Kentucky)

Harrodsburg, KY, November 18, 1790-

May 16, 1874. March 4, 1817-1821.

Private Land Claims 15.

Robertson, Thomas Bolling (Republican,

Louisiana) Petersburg, VA, February 27,

1779-October 5, 1828. April 30, 1812-

April 20, 1818.

Public Lands 13, 14, 15.

Governor of Louisiana, 1820-1822.

Robeson, George Maxwell (Republican,

New Jersey) Belvidere, NJ, March 16,

1829-September 27, 1897. March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Robinson, James McMellan (Democrat,

Indiana) Fort Wayne, IN, May 31, 1861-

January 16, 1942. March4, 1897-March 3,

1905.

Territories 57, 58.

Insular Affairs 57, 58.

Robinson, James Sidney (Republican,

Ohio) Mansfield, OH, October 14, 1827-

January 14, 1892. March 4, 1881-January

12, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 47.

Robinson, James William (Democrat,

Utah) Coalville, Utah, January 19, 1878-

December 2, 1964. March 3, 1933-January

3, 1947.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Insular Affairs 76, 77, 78, 79.

Territories 76, 77, 78, 79.

Robinson, Joseph Taylor (Democrat,

Arkansas) Lenoke, AR, August 26, 1872-

July 14, 1937. March 4, 1903-January 14,

1913.

Public Lands 59, 60, 61, 62.

Senator from Arkansas, 63d-75th

Congresses. Governor of Arkansas,

January-March 1913.

Robinson, Leonidas Dunlap (Democrat,

North Carolina) Gulledge Township, NC,

April 22, 1867-November 7, 1941. March

4, 1917-March 3, 1921.

Insular Affairs 65, 66.

Robinson, Thomas John Bright

(Republican, Iowa) New Diggins, WI,

August 12, 1868-January 27, 1958. March

4, 1923-March 3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 68.

Robison, David Fullerton (Whig,

Pennsylvania) Antrim Township, PA, May

28, 1816-June 24, 1859. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1857.

Private Land Claims 34.

Robison, John Marshall (Republican,

Kentucky) Berlin, KY, January 2, 1873-

February 17, 1948. March 4, 1919-January

10, 1930; January 3, 1935-February 17,

1948.

Mines and Mining 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,

75, 76, 77, 78, 79. 

Senator from Kentucky, JanuaryNovember 1930.

Rockefeller, Lewis Kirby (Republican,

New York) Schenectady, NY, November

25, 1875-September 18, 1948. November

2, 1937-January 3, 1943.

Territories 75, 76, 77.

Rockwell, Hosea Hunt (Democrat, New

York) Lawrenceville, PA, May 31, 1840-

December 18, 1918. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1893.

Indian Affairs 52.

Rockwell, Julius (Whig., Massachusetts)

Colebrook, CT, April 26, 1805-May 19,

1888. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1951.

Territories 29, 30, 31. Senator from

Massachusetts, June 1854-January 1855.

Rockwell, Robert Fay (Republican,

Colorado) Cortland, NY, February 11,

1886-September 29, 1950. December 9,

1941-January 3, 1949.

Indian Affairs 77, 78, 79.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77, 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 78, 79, 80.

Rodey, Bernard Shandon (Republican,

Delegate from the New Mexico Territory)

County Mayo, Ireland, March 1, 1856-

March 10, 1927. March 4, 1901-March 3,

1905.

Public Lands 58.

Indian Affairs 58.

Territories 58.

Rogers, Charles (Whig, New York)

Northumberland, NY, April 30, 1800-

January 13, 1874. March 4, 1843-March 3,

1845.

Private Land Claims 28.

Rogers, Edith Nourse (Republican,

Massachusetts) Saco, ME, 1881-

September 10, 1960. June 30, 1925-

September 10, 1960.

Indian Affairs 70.

Rogers, Walter Edward (Democrat, Texas)

Texarkana, AR, July 19, 1908—. January 3,

1951-January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85, 86,
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87, 88, 89.

Rogers, Will (Democrat, Oklahoma) Bessie,

Oklahoma, December 12, 1898-August 3,

1983. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 73, 74, 75, 76, 77. 

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75.

Romero-Barceló, Carlos Antonio (New

Progressive, Resident Commissioner from

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Santurce, PR, September 4, 1932 —.

January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106.

Governor of Puerto Rico, 1977-1985.

Roncalio, Teno (Democrat, Wyoming) Rock

Springs, WY, March 23, 1916—. January

3, 1965-January 3, 1967; January 3, 1971-

December 30, 1978.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 92, 93, 94,

95.

Roots, Logan Holt (Republican, Arkansas)

Tamaroa, IL, March 26, 1841-May 30,

1893. June 22, 1868-March 3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Ross, Lewis Winans (Democrat, Illinois)

Seneca Falls, NY, December 8, 1812-

October 20, 1895. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1869.

Indian Affairs 39, 40.

Rossdale, Albert Berger (Republican, New

York) New York, NY, October 23, 1878-

April 17, 1968. March 4, 1921-March 3,

1923.

Territories 67.

Rowland, Alfred (Democrat, North

Carolina) Lumberton, NC, February 9,

1844-August 2, 1898. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 51.

Roybal, Edward Ross (Democrat,

California) Albuquerque, NM, February

10, 1916—. January 3, 1963—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88.

Rubey, Thomas Lewis (Democrat,

Missouri) Lebanon, MO, September 27,

1862-November 2, 1928. March 4, 1911-

March 3, 1921; March 4, 1923-November

2, 1928.

Public Lands 62.

Rucker, Atterson Walden (Democrat,

Colorado) Harrodsburg, KY, April 3,

1847-July 19, 1924. March 4, 1909-March

3, 1913.

Insular Affairs 61.

Indian Affairs 62.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Rucker, William Waller (Democrat,

Missouri) Covington, VA, February 1,

1855-May 30, 1936. March 4, 1899-March

3, 1923.

Public Lands 58, 59.

Insular Affairs 59.

Irrigation and Reclamation 63, 64.

Rudd, Eldon Dean (Republican, Arizona)

Camp Verde, AZ, July 15, 1920—. January

3, 1977-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95.

Ruffin, Thomas (Democrat, North Carolina)

Louisburg, NC, September 9, 1820-

October 13, 1863. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1861.

Public Lands 35.

Rumsey, David (Whig, New York) Salem,

NY, December 25, 1810-March 12, 1883.

March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 30, 31.

Runnels, Harold Lowell (Democrat, New

Mexico) Dallas, TX, March 17, 1924-

August 5, 1980. January 3, 1971-August 5,

1980.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95, 96.

Rupley, Arthur Ringwalt (Republican,

Pennsylvania) West Fairview, PA,

November 13, 1868-November 11, 1920.

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 63.

Ruppe, Philip Edward (Republican,

Michigan) Laurium, MI, September 29,

1926—. January 3, 1967-January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91, 92, 93, 94,

95.

Rusk, Jeremiah McLain (Republican,

Wisconsin) Malta, OH, June 17, 1830-

November 21, 1893. March 4, 1871-March

3, 1877.

Public Lands 42.

Mines and Mining 43.

Governor of Wisconsin, 1882-1889.

Russell, Charles Hinton (Republican,

Nevada) Lovelock, NV, December 27,

1903—. January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949.

Public Lands 80.

Governor of Nevada, 1951-1959.

Russell, Gordon James (Democrat, Texas)

Huntsville, AL, December 22, 1859-

September 14, 1919. November 4, 1902-

June 14, 1910.

Territories 57, 58.

Russell, John (Republican, New York)

Branford, CT, September 7, 1772-August
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2, 1842. March 4, 1805-March 3, 1809.

Public Lands 9, 10.

Russell, Joseph James (Democrat,

Missouri) Charleston, MO, August 23,

1854-October 22, 1922. March 4, 1907-

March 3, 1909; March 4, 1911-March 3,

1919.

Private Land Claims 60.

Indian Affairs 62.

Insular Affairs 63, 64, 65.

Russell, Sam Morris (Democrat, Texas)

Stephenville, TX, August 9, 1889-October

19, 1971. January 3, 1941-January 3, 1947.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Russell, William Fiero (Democrat, New

York) Saugerties, NY, January 14, 1812-

April 29, 1896. March 4, 1857-March 3,

1859.

Indian Affairs 35.

Rutherford, J. T. (Democrat, Texas) Hot

Springs, AR, May 30, 1921. January 3,

1955-January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86, 87.

Rutherford, Samuel (Democrat, Georgia)

Culloden, GA, March 15, 1870-February

4, 1932. March 4, 1925-February 4, 1932.

Insular Affairs 71.

Ryall, Daniel Bailey (Democrat, New

Jersey) Trenton, NJ, January 30, 1798-

December 17, 1864. March 4, 1839-March

3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 26.

Ryan, Elmer James (Democrat, Minnesota)

Rosemount, MN, May 26, 1907-February

1, 1958. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941.

Indian Affairs 74, 75.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Mines and Mining 74, 75.

Ryan, James Wilfrid (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Norwegian Township, PA,

October 16, 1858-February 26, 1907.

March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901.

Mines and Mining 56.

Ryan, Thomas (Republican,Kansas) Oxford,

NY, November 25, 1837-April 5, 1914.

March 4, 1877-April 4, 1889.

Public Lands 46.

Ryan, William Fitts (Democrat, New York)

Albion, NY, June 28, 1922-September 17,

1972. January 3, 1961-September 17, 1972.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92.

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Sabath, Adolph Joachim (Democrat,

Illinois) Zabori, Czechoslovakia, April 4,

1866-November 6, 1952. March 4, 1907-

November 6, 1952.

Insular Affairs 69, 70.

Sacks, Leon (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Philadelphia, PA, October 7, 1902-March

11, 1972. January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 75, 76.

Sadler, Thomas William (Democrat,

Alabama) Russellville, AL, April 17, 1831-

October 29, 1896. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Territories 49.

St. John, Charles (Republican, New York)

Mount Hope, NY, October 8, 1818-July 6,

1891. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.

Public Lands 43.

St. Martin, Louis (Democrat, Louisiana) St.

Charles Parish, LA, May 17, 1820-

February 9, 1893. March 4, 1851-March 3,

1853; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Private Land Claims 49.

Salmon, William Charles (Democrat,

Tennessee) Paris, TN, April 3, 1868-May

13, 1925. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925.

Insular Affairs 68.

Sammons, Thomas (Democrat, New York)

Shamenkop, NY, October 1, 1762-

November 20, 1838. March 4, 1803-March

3, 1807; March 4, 1809-March 3, 1813.

Public Lands 11.

Sanborn, John Carfield (Republican, Idaho)

Chenoa, IL, September 28, 1885-May 16,

1968. January 3, 1947-January 3, 1951.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Sanders, Archie Dovell (Republican, New

York) Stafford, NY, June 17, 1857-July 15,

1941. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 65.

Sanders, Everett (Republican, Indiana)

Coalmont, IN, March 8, 1882-May 12,

1950. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1925.

Mines and Mining 65.

Sanders, Jared Young, Jr. (Democrat,

Louisiana) Franklin, LA, April 20, 1892-

November 29, 1960. May 1, 1934-January
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3, 1937; January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 74.

Sanders, Morgan Gurley (Democrat,

Texas) Ben Wheeler, TX, July 14, 1878-

January 7, 1956. March 4, 1921-January 3,

1939.

Indian Affairs 67.

Sandidge, John Milton (Democrat,

Louisiana) Carnesville, GA, January 7,

1817-March 30, 1890. March 4, 1855-

March 3, 1859.

Private Land Claims 34, 35.

Santini, James David (Democrat, Nevada)

Reno, NV, August 13, 1937—. January 3,

1975-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96, 97.

Sapp, William Fletcher (Republican, Iowa)

Danville, OH, November 20, 1824-

November 22, 1890. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1881.

Public Lands 45, 46.

Sargent, Aaron Augustus (Republican,

California) Newburyport, MA, September

28, 1827-August 14, 1887. March 4, 1861-

March 3, 1863; March 4, 1869-March 3,

1873.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Mines and Mining 41, 42.

Senator from California, 43d-45th

Congresses.

Sasscer, Lansdale Ghiselin (Democrat,

Maryland) Upper Marlboro, MD,

September 30, 1893-November 5, 1964.

February 3, 1939-January 3, 1953.

Indian Affairs 76.

Saund, Dalip Singh (Democrat, California)

Amritsar, India., September 20, 1899-April

22, 1973. January 3, 1957-January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87.

Saunders, Edward Watts (Democrat,

Virginia) Rockymount, VA, October 20,

1860-December 16, 1921. November 6,

1906-February 29, 1920.

Mines and Mining 59.

Indian Affairs 60, 61.

Sauthoff, Harry (Progressive, Wisconsin)

Madison, WI, June 3, 1879-June 16, 1966.

January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939; January 3,

1941-January 3, 1945.

Insular Affairs 74, 75, 77, 78.

Indian Affairs 78.

Savage, Charles Raymon (Democrat,

Washington) La Farge, WI, April 12, 1906-

January 14, 1976. January 3, 1945-January

3, 1947.

Irrigation and Reclamation 79.

Public Lands 79.

Sawyer, Lemuel (Republican, North

Carolina) Camden County, NC, 1777-

January 9, 1852. March 4, 1807-March 3,

1813; March 4, 1817-March 3, 1823;

March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.

Territories 19, 20.

Sawyer, Philetus (Republican, Wisconsin)

Whiting, VT, September 22, 1816-March

29, 1900. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1875. 

Pacific Railroads 43.

Senator from Wisconsin March 4, 1881, to

March 3, 1893.

Sawyer, William (Democrat, Ohio) August

5, 1803-September 18, 1877. March 4,

1845-March 3, 1849.

Indian Affairs 29.

Saxton, Hugh James (Republican, New

Jersey) Nicholson, Wyoming County, PA,

January 22, 1943 —. November 6,

1984-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Sayers, Joseph Draper (Democrat, Texas)

Grenada, MS, September 23, 1841-May

15, 1929. March 4, 1885-January 16, 1899.

Private Land Claims 50.

Governor of Texas, 1899-1903.

Sayler, Milton (Democrat, Ohio) Lewisburg,

OH, November 4, 1831-November 17,

1892. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 43, 44.

Public Lands 44.

Saylor, John Phillips (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Conemaugh Township,PA,

July 23, 1908-October 28, 1973.

September 13, 1949-October 28, 1973.

Public Lands 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85,

86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93.

Scales, Alfred Moore (Democrat, North

Carolina) Reidsville, NC, November 26,

1827-February 9, 1892. March 4, 1857-

March 3, 1859; March 4, 1875-December

30, 1884.

Indian Affairs 44, 45, 46, 47.

Public Lands 48.

Governor of North Carolina, 1884-1888.

Scanlon, Thomas Edward (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Pittsburgh, PA, September

18, 1896-August 9, 1955. January 3, 1941-

January 3, 1945.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77, 78.

Schafer, John Charles (Republican,

Wisconsin) Milwaukee, WI, May 7, 1893-

June 9, 1962. March 4, 1823-March 3,

1933; January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941.
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Insular Affairs 68.

Indian Affairs 76.

Schaffer, Robert W. “Bob” (Republican,

Colorado) Cincinnati, Hamilton County,

OH, July 24, 1962 —. January 3,

1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Schneider, George John (Republican,

Wisconsin) Grand Chute, WI, October 30,

1877-March 12, 1939. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1933; January 3, 1935-January 3,

1939.

Mines and Mining 74, 75.

Schulte, William Theodore (Democrat,

Indiana) St. Bernard, NE, August 19,

1890-December 7, 1966. March 4, 1933-

January 3, 1943.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Schulze, Richard Taylor (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, PA, August 7,

1929 —. January 3, 1975-January 3, 1993.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Schumer, Charles Ellis (Dem. New York)

Brooklyn, NY, November 23, 1950 —;

January 3, 1981-January 3, 1999.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Schumaker, John Godfrey (Democrat,

New York) Claverack, NY, June 27, 1826-

November 23, 1905. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1871; March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877.

Territories 43.

Schwabe, George Blaine (Republican,

Oklahoma) Arthur, MO, July 26, 1886-

April 2, 1952. January 3, 1945-January 3,

1949; January 3, 1951-April 2, 1952.

Indian Affairs 79.

Mines and Mining 79.

Scofield, Glenni William (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Dewittville, NY, March 11,

1817-August 30, 1891. March 4, 1863-

March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 40.

Scott, Charles Frederick (Republican,

Kansas) Iola, KS, September 7, 1860-

September 18, 1938. March 4, 1901-March

3, 1911.

Mines and Mining 57, 58, 59.

Scott, Charles Lewis (Democrat, California)

Richmond, VA, January 23, 1827-April 30,

1899. March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 35, 36.

Scott, George Cromwell (Republican,

Iowa) East Kendall (Morton), NY, August

8, 1864-October 6, 1948. November 5,

1912-March 3, 1915; March 4, 1917-March

3, 1919.

Public Lands 65.

Scott, John (—, Delegate from the Missouri

Territory and Representative from

Missouri) Hanover, VA, May 18, 1785-

October 1, 1861. August 4, 1817-March 3,

1821; August 10, 1821-March 3, 1827.

Public Lands 17, 18, 19.

Scott, John Roger Kirkpatrick

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Bloomsburg,

PA, July 6, 1873-December 9, 1945.

March 4, 1915-January 5, 1919.

Insular Affairs 65.

Scott, Lon Allen (Republican, Tennessee)

Wayne County, TN, September 25, 1888-

February 11, 1931. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1923.

Public Lands 67.

Scranton, Joseph Augustine (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Madison, CT, July 26, 1838-

October 12, 1908. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1883; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887;

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891; March 4,

1893-March 3, 1897.

Territories 53, 54.

Scrugham, James Graves (Democrat,

Nevada) Lexington, KY, January 19, 1880-

June 23, 1945. March 4, 1933-December

7, 1942.

Insular Affairs 73.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73.

Senator from Nevada, 77th-79th

Congresses. Governor of Nevada, 1923-

1927.

Scudder, Zeno (Whig, Massachusetts)

Osterville, MA, August 18, 1807-June 26,

1857. March 4, 1851-March 4, 1854.

Territories 32.

Seaman, Henry John(American Party, New

York) Staten Island, NY, April 16, 1805-

May 3, 1861. March 4, 1845-March 3,

1847.

Private Land Claims 29.

Sears, William Joseph (Democrat, Florida)

Smithville, GA, December 4, 1874-March

30, 1944. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1929;March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.

Sebelius, Keith George (Republican,

Kansas) Almena, KS, September 10, 1916-

August 5, 1982. January 3, 1969-January 3,

1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92, 93, 94, 95,

96.

Secrest, Robert Thompson (Democrat,

Ohio) Senecaville, OH, January 22,
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1904—. January 3, 1949-September 26,

1954; January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967.

Insular Affairs 73.

Mines and Mining 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.

Seddon, James Alexander (Democrat,

Virginia) Falmouth, VA, July 13, 1815-

August 19, 1880. March 4, 1845-March 3,

1847; March 4 1849-March 3, 1851.

Territories 31.

Seelye, Julius Hawley (Independent,

Massachusetts) Bethel, CT, September 14,

1824-May 12, 1895. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1877.

Indian Affairs 44.

Seerley, John Joseph (Democrat, Iowa)

Toulon, IL, March 13, 1852-February 23,

1931. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Public Lands 52.

Seiberling, John Frederick (Democrat,

Ohio) Akron, OH, September 8, 1918—.

January 3, 1971-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95, 96,

97, 98, 99.

Sessions, WalterLoomis (Republican, New

York) Brandon, VT, October 4, 1820-May

27, 1896. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875;

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 42.

Private Lands 43.

Indian Affairs 49.

Severance, Luther (Whig, Maine) Montague,

MA, October 26, 1797-January 25, 1855.

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 28.

Shackelford, John Williams (Democrat,

North Carolina) Richlands, NC,

November 16, 1844-January 18, 1883.

March 4, 1881-January 18, 1883.

Private Land Claims 47.

Shackleford, Dorsey William (Democrat,

Missouri) Sweet Springs, MO, August 27,

1853-July 15, 1936. August 29, 1899-

March 3, 1919.

Indian Affairs 63.

Shadegg, John B. (Republican, Arizona)

Phoenix, AZ, October 22, 1949 —.

January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105.

Shafroth, John Franklin (Republican /

Silver Republican / Democrat, Colorado)

Fayette, MO, June 9, 1854-February 20,

1922. March 4, 1895-February 15, 1904.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54, 55, 56.

Public Lands 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.

Senator from Colorado, 63d-65th

Congresses. Governor of Colorado, 1908-

1912.

Shallenberger, William Shadrack

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Mount

Pleasant, PA, November 24, 1839-April

15, 1914. March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 45.

Shanks, John Peter Clever (Republican,

Indiana) Martinsburg, VA (WV), June 17,

1826-January 23, 1901. March 4, 1861-

March 3, 1863; March 4, 1867-March 3,

1875.

Private Land Claims 37.

Indian Affairs 40, 41, 42, 43.

Shannon, Thomas (Democrat, Ohio)

Washington County, PA, November 15,

1786-March 16, 1843. December 4, 1826-

March 3, 1827.

Territories 19.

Shannon, Thomas Bowles (Republican,

California) Westmoreland, PA, September

21, 1827-February 21, 1897. March 4,

1863-March 3, 1865.

Indian Affairs 38.

Sharp, Edgar Allan(Republican, New York)

Patchogue, NY, June 3, 1876-November

27, 1948. January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 79.

Sharp, Philip Riley (Democrat, Indiana)

Baltimore, MD, July 15, 1942—. January

3, 1975—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Sharp, Solomon P. (Republican, Kentucky)

Abingdon, VA, 1780-November 7, 1825.

March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817.

Private Land Claims 14.

Shartel, Cassius Mclean (Republican,

Missouri) Crawford County, PA, April 27,

1860-September 27, 1943. March 4, 1905-

March 3, 1907.

Mines and Mining 59.

Shattuc, William Bunn (Republican, Ohio)

North Hector, NY, June 11, 1841-July 13,

1911. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1903.

Pacific Railroads 55, 56, 57.

Shaw, Aaron (Democrat, Illinois) Goshen,

NY, December 19, 1811-January 7, 1887.

March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859; March 4,

1883-March 3, 1885.

Public Lands 48.

Shaw, George Bullen (Republican,

Wisconsin) Alma, NY, March 12, 1854-

August 27, 1894. March 4, 1893-August

27, 1894.
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Mines and Mining 53.

Private Land Claims 53.

Sheats, Charles Chrisopher (Republican,

Alabama) Walker County, AL, April 10,

1839-May 27, 1904. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1875.

Mines and Mining 43.

Shelden, Carlos Douglas (Republican,

Michigan) Walworth, WI, June 10, 1840-

June 24, 1904. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1903.

Mines and Mining 55, 56, 57.

Public Lands 55.

Indian Affairs 56, 57.

Shellabarger, Samuel (Republican, Ohio)

Enon, OH, December 10, 1817-August 7,

1896. March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863;

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869; March 4,

1871-March 3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 37.

Shepard, Charles Biddle (Whig, North

Carolina) New Bern, NC, December 5,

1808-October 25, 1843. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1841.

Territories 25.

Indian Affairs 26.

Shepard, William Biddle (Whig, North

Carolina) New Bern, NC, May 14, 1799-

June 20, 1852. March 4, 1829-March 3,

1837.

Territories 21, 22.

Shepherd Karen (Democrat, Utah) Silver

City, NM, July 5, 1940 —. January 3,

1993-January 3, 1995.

Natural Resources 103.

Sheppard, Harry Richard (Democrat,

California) Mobile, AL, January 10, 1885-

April 28, 1969. January 3, 1937-January 3,

1965.

Indian Affairs 75, 76.

Mines and Mining 75.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75, 76.

Sheppard, John Levi (Democrat, Texas)

Bluffton, AL, April 13, 1852-October 11,

1902. March 4, 1899-October 11, 1902. 

Pacific Railroads 56, 57.

Shepperd, Augustine Henry (Democrat,

North Carolina) Rockford, NC, February

24, 1792-July 11, 1864. March 4, 1827-

March 3, 1839; March 4, 1841-March 3,

1843; March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 20.

Public Lands 20, 30, 31.

Indian Affairs 27.

Sheridan, John Edward (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Waterbury, CT, September

15, 1902-November 12, 1987. November

7, 1939-January 3, 1947.

Insular Affairs 76, 77.

Territories 76.

Sherman, James Schoolcraft (Republican,

New York) Utica, NY, October 24, 1855-

October 30, 1912. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1891; March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59,

60.

Vice President of the U.S., 61st-62d

Congresses.

Sherwood, Donald (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Nicholson, PA, March 5,

1941 —. January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Shiel, George Knox (Democrat, Oregon)

Ireland, 1825-December 12, 1893. July 30,

1861-March 3, 1863.

Territories 37.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Shields, Ebenezer J. (Whig, Tennessee)

Georgia, December 22, 1778-April 21,

1846. March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839.

Public Lands 25.

Shiras, George, III (Independent

Republican, Pennsylvania) Allegheny, PA,

January 1, 1859-March 24, 1942. March 4,

1903-March 3, 1905.

Public Lands 58.

Shively, Benjamin Franklin (Democrat,

Indiana) Osceola, IN, March 20, 1857-

March 14, 1916. December 1, 1884-March

3, 1885; March 4, 1887-March 3, 1893.

Indian Affairs 50, 51.

Senator from Indiana, 61st-64th

Congresses.

Shober, Francis Edwin (Democrat, North

Carolina) Wnston-Salem, NC, March 12,

1831-May 29, 1896. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873.

Mines and Mining 42.

Shober, Francis Emanuel (Democrat,

New York) Salisbury, NC, October 24,

1860-October 7, 1919. March 4,

1903-March 3, 1905.

Mines and Mining 58.

Shoemaker, Francis Henry (FarmerLaborite, Minnesota) Flora Township,

MN April 25, 1889-July 24, 1958. March 4,

1933-January 3, 1935.

Insular Affairs 73.

Shoemaker, Lazarus Denison

(Republican, Pennsylvania) Kingston, PA,

November 5, 1819-September 9, 1893.

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875.
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Territories 42.

Short, Dewey Jackson (Republican,

Missouri) Galena, MO, April 7, 1898-

November 19, 1979. March 4, 1929-March

3, 1931; January 3, 1935-January 3, 1957.

Mines and Mining 74, 75.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76, 77, 78, 79.

Shorter, Eli Sims (Democrat, Alabama)

Monticello, GA, March 15, 1823-April 29,

1879. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859.

Indian Affairs 35.

Shott, Hugh Ike (Republican, West Virginia)

Staunton,VA, September 3, 1866-October

12, 1953. March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933.

Mines and Mining 71, 72.

Senator from West Virginia, 78th

Congress.

Shuford, George Adams (Democrat, North

Carolina) Asheville, NC, September 5,

1895-December 8, 1962. January 3, 1953-

January 3, 1959.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85.

Sibley, Joseph Crocker (Democrat /

Republican, Pennsylvania) Friendship,

NY, February 18, 1850-May 19, 1926.

March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895; March 4,

1899-March 3, 1907.

Insular Affairs 56, 57.

Simmons, Robert Glenmore (Republican,

Nebraska) Scotts Bluff County, NE,

December 25, 1891-December 27, 1969.

March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Simms, Albert Gallatin (Republican, New

Mexico) Washington, AR, October 8,

1882-December 29, 1964. March 4, 1929-

March 3, 1931.

Public Lands 71.

Simpson,Edna Oakes (Republican, Illinois)

Carrollton, IL, October 26, 1891-May 15,

1984. January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86.

Simpson, Jeremiah (Populist, Kansas)

Prince Edward Island, Canada, March 31,

1842-October 23, 1905. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1895; March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.

Territories 52, 53.

Simpson, Michael K. (Republican, Idaho)

Burley, Idaho, September 8, 1950 —.

January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106.

Simpson, Richard Murray (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Huntingdon, PA, August

30, 1900-January 7, 1960. May 11, 1937-

January 7, 1960.

Mines and Mining 75.

Sinclair, James Herbert (Republican,

North Dakota) Ontario, Canada, October

9, 1871-September 5, 1943. March 4,

1919-January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 66.

Singiser, Theodore Frelinghuysen,

(Republican, Delegate from the Idaho

Territory) Churchtown, Cumberland

County, PA, March 15, 1845-January 23,

1907. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Acting Governor of Idaho during the

winter of 1881-1882.

Sinnott, Nicholas John (Republican,

Oregon) The Dalles, OR, December 6,

1870-July 20, 1929. March 4, 1913-May 31,

1928.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,

68, 69, 70.

Public Lands 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70.

Territories 66.

Sipe, William Allen (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Harrisonville, PA, July 1,

1844-September 10, 1935. December 5,

1892-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 53.

Sirovich, William Irving (Democrat, New

York) York, PA, March 18, 1882-

December 17, 1939. March 4, 1927-

December 17, 1939.

Indian Affairs 72.

Sisk, Bernice Frederic (Democrat,

California) Montague, TX, December 14,

1910—. January 3, 1955-January 3, 1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86.

Sitgreaves, Charles (Democrat, New Jersey)

Easton, PA, April 22, 1803-March 17,

1878. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869.

Mines and Mining 40.

Skinner, Thomas Gregory (Democrat,

North Carolina) Hertford, NC, January

22, 1842-December 22, 1907. November

20, 1883-March 3, 1887; March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1891.

Indian Affairs 48, 49, 50, 51.

Mines and Mining 48, 49.

Skubitz, Joe (Republican, Kansas) Frontenac,

KS, May 6, 1906—. January 3, 1963-

December 31, 1978.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89, 90, 91,

92, 93, 94, 95.

Slade, William (Anti-Masonic / Whig,

Vermont) Cornwall, VT, May 9, 1786-

January 18, 1859. November 1, 1831-
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March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 23, 24.

Private Land 24.

Governor of Vermont, 1844-1846.

Slater, James Harvey (Democrat, Oregon)

Springfield, IL, December 28, 1826-

January 28, 1899. March 4, 1871-March 3,

1873.

Public Lands 42.

Senator from Oregon, 46th-48th

Congresses.

Slayden, James Luther (Democrat, Texas)

Mayfield, KY, June 1, 1853-February 24,

1924. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1919.

Pacific Railroads 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.

Slemp, Campbell Bascom(Republican,

Virginia) Lee County, VA, September 4,

1870-August 7, 1943. December 17, 1907-

March 3, 1923.

Private Land Claims 60.

Mines and Mining 62.

Slidell, John (Democrat, Louisiana) New

York, NY, 1793-July 9, 1871. March 4,

1843-November 10, 1845.

Private Land Claims 28.

Senator from Louisiana, 33d-36th

Congresses.

Sloan, Andrew Scott (Republican,

Wisconsin) Morrisville, NY, June 12,

1820-April 8, 1895. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1863.

Territories 37.

Sloan, Ithamar Conkey (Republican,

Wisconsin) Morrisville, NY, May 9, 1822-

December 24, 1898. March 4, 1863-March

3, 1867.

Public Lands 38.

Smelt, Dennis (Republican, Georgia)

Savannah, GA, 1750-? September 1, 1806-

March 3, 1811.

Public Lands 10.

Smith, Abraham Herr (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Millersville, PA, March 7,

1815-February 16, 1894. March 4, 1873-

March 3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Smith, Adam (Democrat, Washington)

Washington DC, June 15, 1965 —.

January 3, 1997-January 3, 2003.

Resources 105, 106, 107.

Smith, Addison Taylor(Republican, Idaho)

Cambridge, OH, September 5, 1862-July

5, 1956. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1933.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63, 66, 67, 68.

Public Lands 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,

72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71, 72.

Smith, Albert (Whig, New York)

Cooperstown, NY, June 22, 1805-August

27, 1870. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Private Land Claims 29.

Smith, Ballard (Republican, Virginia)

Hanover County, VA, ?-? March 4, 1815-

March 3, 1821.

Private Land Claims 15.

Public Lands 16.

Smith, Caleb Blood (Whig, Indiana)

Boston, MA, April 16, 1808-January 7,

1864. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849.

Territories 30.

Smith, Charles Bennett (Democrat, New

York) Sardinia, NY, September 14, 1870-

May 21, 1939. March 4, 1911-March 3,

1919.

Indian Affairs 62.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62.

Smith, Dennis Alan (Republican, Oregon)

Ontario, OR, January 19, 1938—. January

3, 1981—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97, 98, 99, 100,

101.

Smith, Frederick Cleveland (Republican,

Ohio) Shanesville, OH, July 23, 1884-July

16, 1956. January 3, 1939-January 3, 1951.

Indian Affairs 76.

Smith,George(Republican, Pennsylvania) ?-?

March 4, 1809-March 3, 1813.

Public Lands 12.

Smith, George Joseph (Republican, New

York) Kingston, NY, November 7, 1859-

December 24, 1913. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1905.

Private Land Claims 58.

Smith, George Washington (Republican,

Illinois) Putnam County, OH, August 18,

1846-November 30, 1907. March 4, 1889-

November 30, 1907.

Territories 51, 52.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Private Land Claims 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Insular Affairs 58, 59.

Smith, Gomer Griffith (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Kansas City, MO, July 11,

1896-May 26, 1953. December 10, 1937-

January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 75.

Smith, Horace Boardman (Republican,

New York) Whitingham, VT, August 18,

1826-December 26, 1888. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1875.

Private Land Claims 42.
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Smith, Henry P., III (Republican, New

York) North Tonawanda, NY, September

29, 1911—. January 3, 1965-January 3,

1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89.

Smith, John Armstrong (Republican, Ohio)

Hillsboro, OH, September 23, 1814-

March 7, 1892. March 4, 1869-March 3,

1873.

Indian Affairs 42.

Smith, Joseph Luther (Democrat, West

Virginia) Marshes (Glen Daniel), WV, May

22, 1880-August 23, 1962. March 4, 1929-

January 3, 1945.

Indian Affairs 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,

78.

Insular Affairs 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,

78.

Mines and Mining 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78.

Smith, Joseph Showalter (Democrat,

Oregon) Connellsville, PA, June 20, 1824-

July 13, 1884. March 4, 1869-March 3,

1871.

Indian Affairs 41.

Smith, Linda (Republican, Washington)

LaJunta, Otero County, Colo., July 16,

1950 —. January 3, 1995-January 3, 1999.

Resources 104, 105.

Smith, Marcus Aurelius (Democrat,

Delegate from the Arizona Territory)

Cynthiana, KY, January 24, 1851-April 7,

1924. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895;

March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899; Mar..4,

1901-March 3, 1903; March4, 1905-March

3, 1909.

Mines and Mining 50, 51, 52, 55, 57.

Public Lands 52, 53, 55, 59, 60.

Territories 52, 53, 55, 57, 59, 60.

Indian Affairs 53, 57.

Senator from Arizona, 62d-66th

Congresses.

Smith, Martin Fernard (Democrat,

Washington) Chicago, IL, May 28, 1891-

October 25, 1954. March 4, 1933-January

3, 1943.

Indian Affairs 76, 77.

Smith, Oliver Hampton (Whig, Indiana)

Smith's Island, NJ, October 23, 1794-

March 19, 1859. March 4, 1827-March 3,

1829; March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 20.

Smith, Robert Freeman (Republican,

Oregon)Portland, Multnomah County,

OR, June 16, 1931—. January 3,

1983-January 3, 1995; January 3,

1997-January 3, 1999.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102, 103.

Resources 105.

Smith, Samuel A. (Jacksonian, Tennessee)

Monroe County, TN, June 26, 1822-

November 25, 1863. March 4, 1853-March

3, 1859.

Private Land Claims 33.

Smith, Sylvester Clark (Republican,

California) Mount Pleasant, IA, August

26, 1858-January 26, 1913. March 4, 1905-

January 26, 1913.

Public Lands 59, 60, 61, 62.

Pacific Railroads 60.

Smith, Thomas (Democrat, Indiana) Fayette

County, PA, May 1, 1799-April 12, 1876.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841; March 4,

1843-March 3, 1847.

Public Lands 29.

Smith, Thomas Alexander (Democrat,

Maryland) Greenwood, Del., September3,

1850-May 1, 1932. March 4, 1905-March

3, 1907.

Private Land Claims 59.

Smith, Thomas Vernor (Democrat, Illinois)

Blanket, TX, April 26, 1890-May 24, 1964.

January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941.

Public Lands 76.

Smith, Truman (Whig, Connecticut)

Roxbury, CT, November 27, 1791-May 3,

1884. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843;

March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849.

Public Lands 27.

Senator from Connecticut, 31st-33d

Congresses.

Smith, Virginia Dodd (Republican,

Nebraska) Randolph, IA, June 30, 1911—.

January 3, 1975—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94.

Smith, William (Democrat, Virginia)

Marengo, VA, September 6, 1797-May 18,

1887. March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843;

March 4, 1853-March 3, 1861.

Territories 33, 34, 35, 36.

Governor of Virginia, 1846-1849; 1864.

Smith, William Alden (Republican,

Michigan) Dowagiac, MI, May 12,

1859-October 11, 1932. March 4, 1895-

February 9, 1907.

Pacific Railroads 56, 57, 58.

Senator from Michigan February 9, 1907-

March 3, 1919.

Smith, William Ephraim (Democrat,

Georgia) Augusta, GA, March 14, 1829-

March 11, 1890. March 4, 1875-March 3,
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1881.

Public Lands 45.

Smith, William Robert (Democrat, Texas)

Tyler, TX, August 18, 1863-August 16,

1924. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917.

Private Land Claims 58, 59, 60, 61.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,

64.

Smith, Worthington Curtis (Republican,

Vermont) St. Albans, VT, April 23, 1823-

January 2, 1894. March 4, 1867-March 3,

1873.

Mines and Mining 42.

Smyser, Martin Luther (Republican, Ohio)

Plaine Township, OH, April 3, 1851-May

6, 1908. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891;

March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907.

Private Land Claims 59.

Smyth, George Washington (Democrat,

Texas) North Carolina, May 16, 1803-

February 21, 1866. March 4, 1853-March

3, 1855.

Territories 33.

Smyth, William (Republican, Iowa) Eden,

Ireland, January 3, 1824-September 30,

1870. March 4, 1869-September 6, 30,

1870.

Public Lands 41.

Snell, Bertrand Hollis (Republican, New

York) Colton, NY, December 9, 1870-

February 2, 1958. November 2, 1915-

January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 66.

Snodgrass, Henry Clay (Democrat,

Tennessee) Sparta, TN, March 29, 1848-

April 22, 1931. March 4, 1891-March 3,

1895.

Pacific Railroads 52, 53.

Snover, Horace Greeley (Republican,

Michigan) Romeo, MI, September 21,

1847-July 21, 1924. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1899.

Indian Affairs 55.

Snow, William W. (Democrat, New York)

Heath, MA, April 27, 1812-September 3,

1886. March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 32.

Snyder, Homer Peter (Republican, New

York) Amsterdam, NY, December 6,

1863-December 30, 1937. March 4, 1915-

March 3, 1925.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66, 67, 68.

Snyder, John Buell (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Somerset County, PA, July

30, 1877-February 24, 1946. March 4,

1933-February 24, 1946.

Insular Affairs 73.

Solis, Hilda (Democrat, California) Los

Angeles, CA, on October 20, 1957 —.

January 3, 2001-January 3, 2003.

Resources 107.

Sollers, Augustus Rhodes (Whig,

Maryland) Prince Frederick, MD, May 1,

1814-November 26, 1862. March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843; March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Territories 27.

Indian Affairs 27.

Somers, Andrew Lawrence (Democrat,

New York) Brooklyn, NY, March 21,

1895-April 6, 1949. March 4, 1925-April 6,

1949.

Mines and Mining 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,

75, 76, 77, 78, 79.

Indian Affairs 72.

Irrigation and Reclamation 78, 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Somers, Peter J. (Democrat, Wisconsin)

Menominee Falls, WI, April 12, 1850-

February 15, 1924. August 27, 1893-March

3, 1895.

Public Lands 53.

Souder, Mark Edward (Republican,

Indiana) Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN,

July 18, 1950 —. January 3, 1995-January

3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

South, Charles Lacey (Democrat, Texas)

Damascus, VA, July 22, 1892-December

20, 1965. January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74, 75.

Southard, Milton Isaiah (Democrat, Ohio)

Hanover, OH, October 20, 1836-May 4,

1905. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879.

Mines and Mining 43.

Territories 44.

Southwick, George Newell (Republican,

New York) Albany, NY, March 7, 1863-

October 17, 1912. March 4, 1895-March 3,

1899; March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911.

Territories 57, 58, 59, 60, 61.

Spalding, Burleigh Folsom (Republican,

North Dakota) Craftsbury,VT,December

3, 1853-March 17, 1934. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1901; March 4, 1903-March 3,

1905.

Territories 56, 58.

Sparks, William Andrew Jackson

(Democrat, Illinois) New Albany, IN,

November 19, 1828-May 7, 1904. March

4, 1875-March 3, 1883.
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Indian Affairs 44.

Spaulding, Oliver Lyman (Republican,

Michigan) Jaffrey, NH, August 2, 1833-

July 30, 1922. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1883.

Indian Affairs 47.

Speer, Peter Moore (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Oil City, PA, December 29,

1862-August 3, 1933. March 4, 1911-

March 3, 1913.

Public Lands 62.

Spencer, Elijah (—, New York) Columbia

County, NY, 1775-December 15, 1852.

March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823.

Indian Affairs 17.

Sprague, William (Whig, Michigan)

Providence, RI, February 23, 1809-

September 19, 1868. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1851.

Indian Affairs 31.

Sprague, William (Whig, Rhode Island)

Cranston, RI, November 3, 1799-October

19, 1856. March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837.

Territories 24.

Senator from Rhode Island, 27th-28th

Congresses. Governor of Rhode Island,

1838-1839.

Spriggs, John Thomas (Democrat, New

York) Peterborough, England, April 5,

1825-December 23, 1888. March 4, 1883-

March 3, 1887.

Territories 49.

Springer, William McKendree

(Democrat, Illinois) New Lebanon, IN,

May 30, 1836-December 4, 1903. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1895.

Territories 49, 50, 51.

Sproul, William Henry (Republican,

Kansas) Livingston, TN, October 14,

1867-December 27, 1932. March 4, 1823-

March 3, 1831.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71.

Mines and Mining 68, 69, 70, 71.

Stalker, Gale Hamilton (Republican, New

York) Long Eddy, NY, November 7,

1889-November 4, 1985. March 4, 1923-

January 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71.

Stanbery, William (Jacksonian / AntiJacksonian, Ohio) Essex County, NJ,

August 10, 1788-January 23, 1873.

October 9, 1827-March 3, 1833.

Private Land Claims 22.

Staniford, Elisha David (Democrat,

Kentucky) Louisville, KY, December 28,

1831-July 26, 1887. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1875.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Stanley, Augustus Owsler (Democrat,

Kentucky) Shelbyville, KY, May 21, 1867-

August 12, 1958. March 4, 1903-March 3,

1915.

Mines and Mining 58, 59.

Territories 59.

Senator from Kentucky, 66th-68th

Congresses. Governor of Kentucky, 1915-

1919.

Starin, John Henry (Republican, New York)

Sammonsville, NY, August 27, 1825-

March 21, 1909. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1881.

Private Land Claims 45.

Starr, John Farson (Republican, New Jersey)

Philadelphia, PA, March 25, 1818-August

9, 1904. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867.

Territories 39.

Staton, David Michael (Republican, West

Virginia) Parkersburg, WV, February 11,

1940—. January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 97.

Stedman, Charles Manly (Democrat,

North Carolina) Pittsboro, NC, January

29, 1841-September 23, 1930. March 4,

1911-September 23, 1939.

Indian Affairs 64.

Steele, John Benedict (Democrat, New

York) Delhi, NY, March 28, 1814-

September 24, 1866. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1865. 

Pacific Railroads 38.

Steele, Walter Leak (Democrat, North

Carolina) Rockingham, NC, April 18,

1823-October 16, 1891. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1881.

Public Lands 46.

Steele, William Gaston (Democrat, New

Jersey) Somerville, Somerset County, NJ,

December 17, 1820-April 22, 1892. March

4, 1861-March 3, 1865.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Steele, William Randolph (Democrat,

Delegate from the Wyoming Territory)

New York City, NY, July 24, 1842-

November 30, 1901. March 4, 1873-March

3, 1877.

Indian Affairs 44.

Steelman, Alan Watson (Republican,

Texas) Little Rock, AR, March 15,

1942—. January 3, 1973-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94.
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Stefan, Karl (Republican, Nebraska)

Zebrakov, Bohemia, March 1, 1884-

October 2, 1951. January 3, 1935-October

2, 1951.

Insular Affairs 74, 75.

Steiger, Sam (Republican, Arizona) New

York, NY, March 10, 1929—. January 3,

1967-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 90, 91, 92, 93,

94.

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (Whig /

Unionist / Democrat, Georgia)

Crawfordville, GA, February 11, 1812-

March 4, 1883. October 2, 1843-March 3,

1859; December 1, 1873-November 4,

1882.

Private Land Claims 29.

Public Lands 30.

Territories 35.

Governor of Georgia, 1882-1883. Vice

President, Confederate States of America,

1861-1865.

Stephens, Dan Voorhees (Democrat,

Nebraska) Bloomington, IN,November4,

1868-January 13, 1939. November 7,

1911-March 3, 1919.

Indian Affairs 62.

Stephens, John Hall (Democrat, Texas)

Shelby County, TX, November 22, 1847-

November 18, 1924. March 4, 1897-March

3, 1917.

Indian Affairs 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,

62, 63, 64.

Stephens, Robert Grier, Jr. (Democrat,

Georgia) Atlanta, GA, August 14, 1913—.

January 3, 1961-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92, 93, 94.

Stephenson, Isaac (Republican, Wisconsin)

New Brunswick, Canada, June 18, 1829-

March 15, 1918. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1889.

Public Lands 49.

Senator from Wisconsin, 60th-63d

Congresses.

Stephenson, Samuel Merritt (Republican,

Michigan) New Brunswick, Canada,

December 23, 1831-July 31, 1907. March

4, 1889-March 3, 1897.

Mines and Mining 51, 52, 53.

Public Lands 54.

Sterigere, John Benton (Jacksonian,

Pennsylvania) Ambler, PA, July 31, 1793-

October 13, 1852. March 4, 1827-March 3,

1831.

Private Land Claims 20, 21.

Sterling, Ansel (—, Connecticut) Lyme, CT,

February 3, 1782-November 6, 1853.

March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825.

Private Land Claims 17, 18.

Sterling, John Allen (Republican, Illinois) Le

Roy, IL, February 1, 1857-October 17,

1918. March 4, 1903-March 3, 1913;

March 4, 1915-October 17, 1918.

Territories 58.

Sterling, Micah (—, New York) Lyme, CT,

November 5, 1784-April 11, 1844. March

4, 1821-March 3, 1823.

Public Lands 17.

Stevens, Frederick Clement (Republican,

Minnesota) Boston, MA, January 1, 1861-

July 1, 1923. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1915.

Public Lands 55.

Stevens, Hestor Lockhart (Democrat,

Michigan) Lima, NY, October 1, 1803-

May 7, 1864. March 4, 1853-March 3,

1855.

Public Lands 33.

Stevens, Hiram Sanford (Democrat,

Delegate from the Arizona Territory)

Weston, Windsor County, VT, March 20,

1832-March 22, 1893. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1879.

Mines and Mining 45.

Stevens, James (—, Connecticut) New

Canaan, CT, July 4, 1768-April 4, 1835.

March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821.

Public Lands 16.

Stevens, Robert Smith (Democrat, New

York) Attica, NY, March 27, 1824-

February 23, 1893. March 3, 1883-March

3, 1885.

Indian Affairs 48.

Mines and Mining 48.

Stevens, Thaddeus (Whig / Republican,

Pennsylvania) Danville, VT, April 4, 1792-

August 11, 1868. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1853; March 4, 1859-August 11, 1868.

Pacific Railroads 38, 39.

Stevenson, Adlai Ewing (Democrat,

Illinois) Christian County, KY, October

23, 1835-June 14, 1914. March 4, 1875-

March 3, 1877; March 4, 1879-March 3,

1881.

Territories 44.

Mines and Mining 46.

Private Land Claims 46.

Vice President of the U.S., 53d-54th

Congresses.

Stevenson, Job Evans (Republican, Ohio)

Yellow Bud, OH, February 10, 1832-July

24, 1922. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873.
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Public Lands 42.

Stewart, Alexander (Republican, Wisconsin)

New Brunswick, Canada, September 12,

1829-May 24, 1912. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1901.

Indian Affairs 54, 55, 56.

Stewart, Andrew (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Uniontown, PA, June 11, 1791-July 16,

1872. March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829;

March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835; March 4,

1843-March 3, 1849.

Public Lands 17.

Stewart, Jacob Henry (Republican,

Minnesota) Clermont, NY, Jan 15, 1829-

August 25, 1884. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1879.

Indian Affairs 45.

Stewart, John George (Republican,

Deleware) Wilmington, Del., June 2, 1890-

May 24, 1970. January 3, 1935-January 3,

1937.

Indian Affairs 74.

Stigler, William Grady (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Stigler, Oklahoma, July 7,

1891-August 21, 1952. March 28, 1944-

August 21, 1952.

Indian Affairs 78, 79.

Stockbridge, Henry, Jr. (Republican,

Maryland) Baltimore, MD, September 18,

1856-March 22, 1924. March 4, 1889-

March 3, 1891.

Mines and Mining 51.

Stockdale, Thomas Ringland (Democrat,

Mississippi) Greene County, PA, March

28, 1828-January 8, 1899. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 50, 51.

Stockman, Lowell (Republican, Oregon)

Helix, OR, April 12, 1901-August 9, 1962.

January 3, 1943-January 3, 1953.

Irrigation 78, 79.

Public Lands 79.

Stone, Charles Warren (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Groton, MA, June 29, 1843-

August 15, 1912. November 4, 1890-

March 3, 1899.

Private Land Claims 55.

Stone, Frederick (Democrat, Maryland)

Charles County, MD, February 7, 1839-

October 17, 1899. March 4, 1867-March 3,

1871.

Private Land Claims 40.

Stone, James W. (Democrat, Kentucky)

Taylorsville, KY, 1813-October 13, 1854.

March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845; March 4,

1851-Mars. 3, 1853.

Territories 32.

Stone, John Wesley (Republican, Michigan)

Wadsworth, OH, July 18, 1838-March 24,

1922. March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Mines and Mining 45.

Stone, William Joel (Democrat, Missouri)

Richmond, KY, May 7, 1848-April 14,

1918. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891.

Public Lands 49, 50, 51.

Senator from Missouri. 58th-65th

Congresses. Governor of Missouri, 1893-

1897.

Storer, Bellamy (Republican, Ohio)

Cincinnati, OH, August 28, 1847-

November 12, 1922. March 4, 1891-March

3, 1895.

Private Land Claims 52.

Storm, Frederic (Republican, New York)

Alsace, France, July 2, 1844-June 9, 1935.

March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903.

Pacific Railroads 57.

Storm, John Brutzman (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Hamilton Township, PA,

September 19, 1838-August 13, 1901.

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875; March 4,

1883-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 49.

Storrs, William Lucius (Whig, Connecticut)

Middletown, CT, March 25, 1795-June 25,

1861. March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833;

March 1839-June 1840.

Indian Affairs 21, 22.

Stout, Byron Gay (Democrat, Michigan)

Richmond, NY, January 12, 1829-June 19,

1896. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Public Lands 52.

Stout, Tom (Democrat, Montana) New

London, MO, May 20, 1879-December

26, 1965. March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 63, 64.

Public Lands 63, 64.

Strait, Horace Burton (Republican,

Minnesota) Porter County, PA, January

26, 1835-February 25, 1894. March 4,

1873-March 3, 1879; March 4, 1881-March

3, 1887.

Public Lands 47, 48, 49.

Strang, Michael Lathrop (Republican,

Colorado) Bucks County, PA, June 17,

1929—. January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99.

Strickland, Randolph (Republican,

Michigan) Dansville, NY, February 4,

1823-May 5, 1880. March 4, 1869-March
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3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 41.

Public Lands 41.

Stringer, Lawrence Beaumont

(Democrat, Illinois) Atlantic City, NJ,

February 24, 1866-December 5, 1942.

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915.

Insular Affairs 63.

Strong, James (—, New York) Windham,

CT, 1783-August 8, 1847. March 4, 1819-

March 3, 1821; March 4, 1823-March 3,

1831.

Territories 19, 20, 21.

Public Lands 18, 19.

Strong, James George (Republican, Kansas)

Dwight, IL, April 23, 1870-January 11,

1938. March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933.

Territories 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Strong, Nathan Leroy (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Troy (Summerville), PA,

November 12, 1859-December 14, 1939.

March 4, 1917-January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 65.

Strong, Sterling Price (Democrat, Texas)

Jefferson City, MO, August 17, 1862-

March 28, 1936. March 3, 1933-January 3,

1935.

Territories 73.

Strouse, Myer (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Oberstrau, Germany, December 16, 1825-

February 11, 1878. March 4, 1863-March

3, 1867.

Territories 39.

Mines and Mining 39.

Struble, Isaac S. (Republican, Iowa)

Fredericksburg, VA, November 3, 1843-

February 17, 1913. March 4, 1883-March

3, 1891.

Territories 48, 49, 50, 51.

Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes (Whig,

Virginia) Staunton, VA, April 2, 1807-

February 13, 1891. March 4, 1841-March

3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 27.

Stuart, Charles Edward (Democrat,

Michigan) Waterloo, NY, November 25,

1810-May 19, 1887. December 6, 1847-

March 3, 1849; March 4, 1851-March 3,

1853.

Territories 32.

Senator from Michigan, 33d-35th

Congresses.

Stuart, John Todd (Whig, Illinois)

Lexington, KY, November 10, 1807-

November 23, 1885. March 4, 1839-March

3, 1843; March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865.

Territories 26.

Stubbs, Henry Elbert (Democrat,

California) Nampa, TX, March 4, 1881-

February 28, 1937. March 4, 1933-

February 28, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73, 74, 75.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75.

Studds, Gerry Eastman (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Mineola, Nassau County,

NY, May 12, 1937 —. January 3,

1973-January 3, 1997.

Natural Resources 104.

Sturges, Lewis Burr (Federalist,

Connecticut) Fairfield, CT, March 15,

1763-March 30, 1844. September 16,

1805-March 3, 1817.

Public Lands 14.

Sullivan, Christopher Daniel (Democrat,

New York) New York, NY, July 14, 1870-

August 3, 1942. March 4, 1917-January 3,

1941.

Insular Affairs 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Sullivan, John Berchmans (Democrat,

Missouri) Sedalia, MO, October 10, 1897-

January 29, 1951. January 3, 1941-January

3, 1943; January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947;

January 3, 1949-January 29, 1951.

Territories 77.

Sullivan, William Van Amberg

(Democrat, Mississippi) Winona, MS,

December 18, 1857-March 21, 1918.

March 4, 1897, to May 31, 1898.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Senator from Mississippi May 31, 1898, to

March 3, 1901.

Sulzer, Charles August (Democrat,

Delegate from the Alaska Territory)

Roselle, NJ, February 24, 1879-April 28,

1919. March 4, 1917-January. 7, 1919;

March 4, 1919-April 28, 1919.

Public Lands 65, 66.

Mines and Mining 65.

Territories 65, 66.

Sulzer, William (Democrat, New York)

Elizabeth, NJ, March 18, 1863-November

6, 1941. March 4, 1895-December 31,

1912.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Governor of New York January 1, 1913-

October 18, 1913.

Summers, John William (Republican,

Washington) Valeene, IN, April 29, 1870-

September 25, 1937. March 4, 1919-March

3, 1933.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 66, 67.
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Public Lands 66, 67.

Sunia, Fofó Iosefa Fiti (Democrat,

Delegate from the Territory of American

Samoa) Fagasa, American Samoa, March

13, 1937—. January 3, 1981-January 3,

1989.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100.

Sutherland, Daniel Alexander

(Republican, Delegate from the Alaska

Territory) Pleasant Bay (Cape Breton

Island), Canada, April 17, 1869-March 24,

1955. March 4, 1921-March 3, 1931.

Indian Affairs 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Mines and Mining 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Territories 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Public Lands 67.

Sutherland, George (Republican, Utah)

Buckinghamshire, England, March 25,

1862-July 18, 1942. March 4, 1901-March

3, 1903.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 57.

Private Land Claims 57.

Senator from Utah, 59th-64th Congresses.

Sutherland, Howard (Republican, West

Virginia) Kirkwood, MO, September 8,

1865-March 12, 1950. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1917.

Mines and Mining 63.

Senator from West Virginia, 65th-67th

Congresses.

Sutherland, Roderick Dhu (Populist,

Nebraska) Scotch Grove, IA, April 27,

1862-October 18, 1915. March 4, 1897-

March 3, 1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55, 56.

Private Land Claims 55.

Swan, Samuel (Whig, New Jersey) Scotch

Plains, NJ, 1771-August 24, 1844. March

4, 1821-March 3, 1831.

Indian Affairs 19, 20.

Swank, Fletcher B. (Democrat, Oklahoma)

Bloomfield, IA, April 24, 1875-March 16,

1950. March 4, 1921-March 3, 1929;

March 4, 1931-March 3, 1935.

Indian Affairs 67.

Mines and Mining 67.

Public Lands 72, 73, 74, 75, 76.

Swann, Thomas (Democrat, Maryland)

Alexandria, VA, February 3, 1809-July 24,

1883. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 41.

Governor of Maryland, 1865-1869.

Sweat, Lorenzo De Medici (Democrat,

Maine) Parsonsfield, ME, May 26, 1818-

July 26, 1898. March 4, 1863-March 3,

1865.

Private Land Claims 38.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Sweet, John Hyde (Republican, Nebraska)

Milford, NY, September 1, 1880-April 4,

1964. April 9, 1940-January 3, 1941.

Indian Affairs 76.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Sweet, Thaddeus C. (Republican, New

York) Phoenix, NY, November 16, 1872-

May 1, 1928. November 6, 1923-May 1,

1928.

Indian Affairs 69.

Sweet, Willis (Republican, Idaho) Alburg

Springs, VT, January 1, 1856-July 9, 1925.

October 1, 1890-March 3, 1895.

Public Lands 52.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Swift, Oscar William (Republican, New

York) Paines Hollow, NY, April 11, 1869-

June 30, 1940. March 4, 1915-March 3,

1919.

Insular Affairs 65.

Swindall, Charles (Republican, Oklahoma)

College Mound, TX, February 13, 1876-

June 19, 1939. November 2, 1920-March

3, 1921.

Public Lands 66.

Swing, Philip David (Republican,

California) San Bernardino, CA,

November 30, 1884-August 8, 1963.

March 4, 1921-March 3, 1933.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70, 71, 72.

Public Lands 69, 70, 71, 72.

Switzer, Robert Mauck (Republican, Ohio)

Gallipolis, OH, March 6, 1863-October

28, 1952. March 4, 1911-March 3, 1919.

Mines and Mining 62, 63.

Swope, Guy Jacob (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Meckville, PA, December

26, 1892-July 25, 1969. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1939.

Territories 75.

Symes, George Gifford (Republican,

Colorado) Ashtabula County, OH, April

28, 1840-November 3, 1893. March 4,

1885-March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 49.

Territories 49, 50.

Symms, Steven Douglas (Republican,

Idaho) Nampa, Idaho, April 23, 1938—.

January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95, 96.

Senator from Idaho, 97th-103rd Congress.

Sypher, Jacob Hale (Republican, Louisiana)

Millerstown, PA, June 22, 1837-May 9,
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1905. July 18, 1868-March 3, 1869;

November 7, 1870-March 3, 1873; March

4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Pacific Railroads 41, 42, 43.

T

Taber, Stephen (Democrat, New York)

Dover, NY, March 7, 1821-April 23, 1886.

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869.

Public Lands 39, 40.

Taffe, John (Republican, Nebraska)

Indianapolis, IN, January 30, 1827-March

14, 1884. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 40, 41.

Territories 40, 41, 42.

Taft, Charles Phelps (Republican, Ohio)

Cincinnati, OH, December 21, 1843-

December 31, 1929. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Talbot, Joseph Edward (Republican,

Connecticut) Naugatuck, CT, March 18,

1901-April 30, 1966. January 20, 1942-

January 3, 1947.

Insular Affairs 77.

Taliaferro, John (Whig, Virginia)

Fredericksburg, VA, 1768-August 12,

1852. March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803;

November 29, 1811-March 3, 1813;March

24, 1824-March 3, 1831; March 4, 1835-

March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 19.

Tancredo, Thomas G. (Republican,

Colorado) Denver, Denver County, Colo.,

December 20, 1945 —. January 3,

1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Tate, Farish Carter (Democrat, Georgia)

Jasper, GA, November 20, 1856-February

7, 1922. March 4, 1893-March 3, 1905.

Mines and Mining 55, 56, 57, 58.

Taulbee, William Preston (Democrat,

Kentucky) Morgan County, KY, October

22, 1851-March 11, 1890. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1889.

Territories 50.

Tauzin, Wilbert Joseph (Billy) (Democrat

/ Republican, Louisiana) Chackbay,

Lafourche Parish, LA, June 14, 1943 —.

May 22, 1980-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Tawney, James Albertus (Republican,

Minnesota) Gettysburg, PA, January 3,

1855-June 12, 1919. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1911.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 53.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58.

Tayler, Robert Walker (Republican, Ohio)

Youngstown, OH, November 26, 1852-

November 25, 1910. March 4, 1895-March

3, 1903. 

Private Land Claims 55.

Taylor, Caleb Newbold (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bucks County, PA, July 27,

1813-November 15, 1887. March 4, 1867-

March 3, 1869; April 13, 1870-March 3,

1871.

Territories 40.

Taylor, Charles Hart (Republican, North

Carolina) Brevard, Transylvania County,

NC, January 23, 1941 —. January 3,

1991-January 3, 2003.

Interior and Insular Affairs 102.

Taylor, Chester William (Democrat,

Arkansas) Verona, MS, July 16, 1883-July

17, 1931. October 31, 1921-March 3,

1923.

Insular Affairs 67.

Taylor, Dean Park (Republican, New York)

Troy, NY, January 1, 1902-October 16,

1977. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1961.

Territories 78, 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82.

Taylor, Edward Thomas (Democrat,

Colorado) Metamora, IL, June 19, 1858-

September 3, 1941. March 4, 1909-

September 3, 1941.

Public Lands 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.

Mines and Mining 62, 63, 64, 65.

Taylor, Herbert Worthingon (Republican,

New Jersey) Belleville, NJ, February 19,

1869-October 15, 1931. March 4, 1921-

March 3, 1923; March 4, 1925-March 3,

1927.

Insular Affairs 67.

Taylor, John Lampkin (Whig, Ohio)

Stafford County, VA, March 7, 1805-

September 6, 1870. March 4, 1847-March

3, 1855.

Territories 33.
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Taylor, Joseph Danner (Republican, Ohio)

Goshen Township, OH, November 7,

1830-September 19, 1899. January 2, 1893-

March 3, 1885; March 4, 1887-March 3,

1893.

Private Land Claims 47.

Territories 48.

Taylor, Nathaniel Green (Whig / Unionist,

Tennessee) Happy Valley, TN, December

29, 1819-April 1, 1887. March 30, 1854-

March 3, 1855; July 24, 1866-March 3,

1867.

Mines and Mining 39.

Taylor, Roy Arthur (Democrat, North

Carolina) Vader, WAJanuary 31, 1910—.

June 25, 1960-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86, 87, 88, 89,

90, 91, 92, 93, 94.

Taylor, Samuel Mitchell (Democrat,

Arkansas) Fulton, MS, May 25, 1852-

September 13, 1921. January 15, 1913-

September 13, 1921.

Public Lands 63.

Mines and Mining 63.

Teigan, Henry George (Farmer-Laborite,

Minnesota) Forest City, IA, August 7,

1881-March 12, 1941. January 3, 1937-

January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 75.

Telfair, Thomas (Republican, Georgia)

Savannah, GA, March 2, 1780-February

18, 1818. March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817.

Private Land Claims 14.

Tener, John Kinley (Republican,

Pennsylvania) County Tyrone, Ireland,

July 25, 1863-May 19, 1946. March 4,

1909-January 16, 1911.

Private Land Claims 61.

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1911-1915.

Tenerowicz, Rudolph Gabriel(Democrat,

Michigan) Budapest, Hungary, June 14,

1890-August 31, 1963. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1943.

Insular Affairs 76.

Ten Eyck, Egbert (—, New York)

Schodack, NY, April 18, 1779-April 11,

1844. March 4, 1823-March 3, 1825.

Indian Affairs 18.

Terry, John Hart (Republican, New York)

Syracuse, NY, November 14, 1924—.

January 3, 1971-January 3, 1973.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92.

Terry, Nathaniel (Federalist, Connecticut)

Enfield, CT, January 30, 1768-June 14,

1844. March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819.

Public Lands 15.

Terry, William Leake (Democrat,

Arkansas) Wadesboro, NC, September 27,

1850-November 4, 1917. March 4, 1891-

March 3, 1901.

Territories 52.

Test, John (—, Indiana) Salem, NJ,

November 12, 1771-October 9, 1849.

March 4, 1823-March 3, 1831.

Private Land Claims 19, 21.

Thayer, Andrew Jackson (Democrat,

Oregon) Lima, NY, November 27, 1818-

April 28, 1873. March 4, 1861-July 30,

1861.

Indian Affairs 37.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Thayer, Eli (Republican, Massachusetts)

Mendon, MA, June 11, 1819-April 15,

1899. March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861.

Public Lands 36.

Thayer, Harry Irving (Republican,

Massachusetts) Pembrook, MA,

September 10, 1869-March 10. 1926.

March 4, 1925-March 10, 1926.

Indian Affairs 69.

Thayer, John Randolph (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Douglas, MA, March 9,

1845-December 19, 1916. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1905.

Indian Affairs 56.

Territories 57, 58.

Thayer, Martin Russell (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Dinwiddie County, VA,

January 27, 1819-October 14, 1906. March

4, 1863-March 3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 38, 39.

Thom, William Richard(Democrat, Ohio)

Canton, OH, July 7, 1885-August 28,

1960. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939;

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943; January 3,

1945-January 3, 1947.

Mines and Mining 73.

Thomas, Albert (Democrat, Texas)

Nacogdoches, TX, April 12, 1898-

February 15, 1966. January 3, 1937-

February 15, 1966.

Irrigation and Reclamation 75, 76.

Thomas, Craig Lyle (Republican Wyoming)

Cody, Park County, WY, February 17,

1933 —. April 26, 1989-January 3, 1995.

Interior and Insular Affairs 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Senator for Wyoming January 4, 1995-

January 3, 2007.

Thomas, John William Ellmer
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(Democrat, Oklahoma) Putnam County,

IN, September 8, 1876-September 19,

1965. March 4, 1923-March 3, 1927.

Public Lands 68, 69.

Senator from Oklahoma, 69th-81st

Congresses.

Thomas, Ormsby Brunson (Republican,

Wisconsin) Sandgate, VT, August 21,

1832-October 24, 1904. March 4, 1885-

March 3, 1891.

Private Land Claims 49, 50.

Thomas, Phillip Francis (Democrat,

Maryland) Easton, MD, September 12,

1810-October 2, 1890.March 4,

1839-March 3, 1841.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Governor of Maryland 1848-1851.

Senator from Maryland March 4, 1867,

but not seated; March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877.

Thomas, Robert Young, Jr. (Democrat,

Kentucky) Russellville, KY, July 13, 1855-

September 3, 1925. March 4, 1909-

September 3, 1925.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 61.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Thompson, Albert Clifton (Republican,

Ohio) Brookville, PA, January 23, 1842-

January 26, 1910. March 4, 1885-March 3,

1891.

Private Land Claims 49.

Thompson, Charles James (Republican,

Ohio) Wapakoneta, OH,January 24, 1862-

March 27, 1932. March 4, 1919-March 3,

1931.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 66.

Thompson, Clark W. (Democrat, Texas) La

Crosse, WI, August 6, 1896-December 16,

1981. June 24, 1933-January 3, 1935;

August 23, 1947-January 3, 1967.

Insular Affairs 73.

Territories 73.

Thompson, George Winston (Democrat,

Virginia) St. Clairsville, OH, May 14, 1806-

February 24, 1888. March 4, 1851-July 30,

1852.

Private Land Claims 32.

Thompson, Jacob (Democrat, Mississippi)

Leasburg, NC, May 15, 1810-March 24,

1885. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 26, 27.

Indian Affairs 28, 29, 30.

Thompson, James (Democ rat,

Pennsylvania) Middlesex, PA, October 1,

1806-January 28, 1874. March 4, 1845-

March 3, 1851.

Territories 29, 30.

Thompson, Joseph Bryan (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Sherman, TX, April 29, 1871-

September 18, 1919. March 4, 1913-

September 18, 1919.

Insular Affairs 64.

Thompson, Phillip Burton, Jr.

(Democrat, Kentucky) Harrodsburg, KY,

October 15, 1845-December 15, 1909.

March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Thompson, Wiley (Jacksonian, Georgia)

Amelia County, VA, September 23, 1781-

December 28, 1835. March 4, 1821-March

3, 1833.

Indian Affairs 22.

Thompson, William George (Republican,

Iowa) Butler, PA, January 17, 1830-April

2, 1911. October 14, 1879-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Thomson, Charles Marsh (Progressive,

Illinois) Chicago, IL, February 13, 1877-

December 30, 1943. March 4, 1913-March

3, 1915.

Public Lands 63.

Thomson, Edwin Keith (Republican,

Wyoming) New Castle, Wyo., February 8,

1919-December 9, 1960. January 3, 1955-

December 9, 1960.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85.

Thorington, James (Whig, Iowa)

Wilmington, NC, May 7, 1816-June 13,

1887. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857.

Private Land Claims 34.

Public Lands 34.

Thorkelson, Jacob (Republican, Montana)

Egersund, Norway, September 24, 1876-

November 20, 1945. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1941.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76.

Public Lands 76.

Territories 76.

Thornberry, William McClellan “Mac”

(Republican, Texas) Clarendon, Donley

County, TX, July 15, 1958 —. January 3,

1995-January 3, 2003.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Thorpe, Robert Taylor (Republican,

Virginia) Oxford, NC, March 12, 1850-

November 26, 1938. May 2, 1896, to

March 3, 1897; March 23, 1898-March 4,

1899.

Pacific Railroads 55.

Thorpe, Roy Henry (Republican, Nebraska)

Greensburg, IN, December 13, 1874-
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September 19, 1951. November 7, 1922-

March 3, 1923.

Territories 67.

Throckmorton, James Webb (Democrat,

Texas) Sparta, TN, February 1, 1825-April

21, 1894. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879;

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 45.

Pacific Railroads 44, 45, 48, 49.

Thropp, Joseph Earlston (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Valley Forge, PA, October

4, 1847-July 27, 1927. March 4,

1899-March 3, 1901.

Pacific Railroads 56.

Thurman, John Richardson (Whig, New

York) March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 31.

Thurston, Lloyd (Republican, Iowa)

Osceola, IA, March 27, 1880-May 7, 1970.

March 4, 1925-January 3, 1939.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75.

Tibbatts, John Wooleston (Democrat,

Kentucky) Lexington, KY, June 12, 1802-

July 5, 1852. March 4, 1843-March 3,

1847.

Territories 28.

Tillman, George Dionysius (Democrat,

South Carolina) Curryton, SC, August 21,

1826-February 2, 1902. March 4,

1879-March 3, 1881; March 4, 1881, to

June 19, 1882; March 4, 1883-March 3,

1893.

Pacific Railroads 49.

Tillman, John Newton (Democrat,

Arkansas) Springfield, MO, December 13,

1859-March 9, 1929. March 4, 1915-March

3, 1929.

Indian Affairs 64, 65, 66.

Public Lands 64, 65, 66.

Timberlake, Charles Bateman

(Republican, Colorado) Wilmington, OH,

September 25, 1854-May 31, 1941. March

4, 1915-March 3, 1933.

Public Lands 64, 65.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65.

Tirrell, Charles Quincy (Republican,

Massachusetts) Sharon, MA, December

10, 1844-July 31, 1910. March 4, 1901-July

31, 1910.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 57, 58.

Todd, Albert May (Democrat, Michigan)

Nottawa, MI, June 3, 1850-October 6,

1931. March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 55.

Todd, Lemuel (Republican, Pennsylvania)

Carlisle, PA, July 29, 1817-May 12, 1891.

March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857; March 4,

1873-March 3, 1875.

Indian Affairs 34.

Tomlinson, Gideon (—, Connecticut)

Stratford, CT, December 31, 1780-

October 8, 1854. March 4, 1819-March 3,

1827.

Territories 19.

Senator from Connecticut, 22d-24th

Congresses. Governor of Connecticut,

1827-1831.

Tompkins, Arthur Sidney (Republican,

New York) Middleburg, NY, August 26,

1865-January 20, 1938. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1803.

Public Lands 57.

Tompkins, Caleb (Republican, New York)

Scarsdale, NY, December 22, 1759-

January 1, 1846. March 4, 1817-March 3,

1921.

Private Land Claims 15.

Tompkins, Patrick Watson (Whig,

Mississippi) Kentucky, 1804-May 8, 1853.

March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 30.

Tongue, Thomas H. (Republican, Oregon)

Lincolnshire, England, June 23, 1844-

January 11, 1903. March 4, 1897-January

11, 1903.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 55, 56, 57. 

Toombs, Robert Augustus (Whig /

Democrat, Georgia) Wilkes County, GA,

July 2, 1810-December 15, 1885. March 4,

1845-March 3, 1853.

Private Land Claims 29.

Senator from Georgia, 33d-36th

Congresses.

Torkildsen, Peter Gerard (Republican,

Massachusetts) Milwaukee, WI, January

28, 1958 —. January 3, 1993-January 3,

1997.

Resources 104.

Towell, David Gilmer (Republican,

Nevada) Bronxville, NY, June 9, 1937—.

January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93.

Towner, Horace Mann (Republican, Iowa)

Belvidere, IL, October 23, 1855-

November 23, 1937. March 4, 1911-April

1, 1923.

Insular Affairs 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67.

Towns, George Washington Bonaparte

(Democrat, Georgia) Wilkes County, GA,

May 4, 1801-July 15, 1854. March 4, 1835-

September 1 1836; March 4, 1837-March
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3, 1939; January 5, 1846-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Governor of Georgia, 1847-1851.

Townsend, Hosea (Republican, Colorado)

Greenwich, OH, June 16, 1840-March 4,

1909. March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893.

Mines and Mining 51, 52.

Public Lands 51, 52.

Townsend, Martin Ingham (Republican,

New York) Hancock, MA, February 6,

1810-March 8, 1903. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1879.

Indian Affairs 45.

Townsend, Washington (Republican,

Pennsylvania) West Chester, PA, January

20, 1813-March 18, 1894. March 4, 1869-

March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 41, 42, 43.

Townshend, Richard Wellington

(Democrat,Illinois)Upper Marlboro, MD,

April 30, 1840-March 3, 1889. March 4,

1877-March 3, 1889.

Private Land Claims 45.

Tracey, Charles (Democrat, New York)

Albany, NY, May 27, 1847-March 24,

1905. November 8, 1887-March 3, 1895.

Pacific Railroads 50. 

Tracy, Albert Haller (—, New York)

Norwich, CT, June 17, 1793-September

19, 1859. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1825.

Private Land Claims 16.

Traynor, Philip Andrew (Democrat,

Deleware) Wilmington, DE, May 31,

1874-December 5, 1962. January 3, 1941-

January 3, 1943; January 3, 1945-January 3,

1947.

Territories 77.

Trimble, Carey Allen (Republican, Ohio)

Hillsboro, OH, September 13, 1813-May

4, 1887. March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863.

Public Lands 36, 37.

Trimble, John (Republican, Tennessee)

Roane County, TN, February 7, 1812-

February 22, 1884. March 4, 1867-March

3, 1869.

Private Land Claims 40.

Trimble, Lawrence Strothers (Democrat,

Kentucky) Flemingsburg, KY, August 26,

1825-August 9, 1904. March 4, 1865-

March 3, 1871.

Indian Affairs 41.

Pacific Railroads 40, 41.

Truax, Charles Vilas (Democrat, Ohio)

Sycamore, OH, February 1, 1887-August

9, 1935. March 4, 1933-August 9, 1935.

Territories 73.

Trumbull, Joseph (Whig, Connecticut)

Lebanon, CT, December 7, 1782-August

4, 1861. December 1, 1834-March 3, 1935;

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Territories 23.

Governor of Connecticut, 1849, 1850.

Tsongas, Paul Efthemios (Democrat,

Massachusetts) Lowell, MA, February 14,

1941—. November 4, 1974-January 3,

1979.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95.

Senator from Massachusetts, 96th-99th

Congresses.

Tucker, Henry St. George (Republican,

Virginia) Winchester, VA, April 5, 1853-

July 23, 1932. March 4, 1889-March 3,

1897; March 21, 1922-July 23, 1932.

Public Lands 52.

Tufts, John Quincy (Republican, Iowa)

Aurora, IN, July 12, 1840-August 10,

1908. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877.

Indian Affairs 44.

Tunney, John Varick (Democrat,

California) New York, NY, June 26,

1934—. January 3, 1965-January 2, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90, 91.

Senator from California, 91st-95th

Congresses.

Turner, Clarence Wyly (Democrat,

Tennessee) Clydeton, TN, October 22,

1866-March 23, 1939. November 2, 1922-

March 3, 1923; March 4, 1933-March 23,

1939.

Insular Affairs 67.

Turner, Erastus Johnson (Republican,

Kansas) Lockport, PA, December 26,

1846-February 10, 1933. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1891.

Public Lands 50, 51.

Turner, Smith Spangler (Democrat,

Virginia) Warren County, VA, November

21, 1842-April 8, 1898. January 30, 1894-

March 3, 1897.

Territories 54.

Turner, Thomas (Democrat, Kentucky)

Richmond, KY, September 10, 1821-

September 11, 1900. March 4, 1877-March

3, 1881.

Private Land Claims 45.

Turney, Hopkins Lacey (Democrat,

Tennessee) Dixon Springs, TN, October

3, 1797-August 1, 1857. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 25.

Private Land Claims 27.
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Senator from Tennessee, 29th-31st

Congresses.

Turney, Jacob (Democrat, Pennsylvania)

Greensburg, PA, February 18, 1825-

October 4, 1891. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1879.

Mines and Mining 44.

Territories 45.

Turpin, Charles Murray (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Kingston, PA, March 4,

1878-June 4, 1946. June 4, 1929-January 3,

1937.

Mines and Mining 71, 72, 73, 74.

Turpin, Louis Washington (Democrat,

Alabama) Charlottesville, VA, February

22, 1849-February 3, 1903. March 4, 1889-

June 4, 1890; March 4, 1891-March 3,

1895.

Indian Affairs 52, 53.

Tydings, Millard Evelyn (Democrat,

Maryland) Harve de Grace, MD, April 6,

1890-February 9, 1961. March 4, 1923-

March 3, 1927.

Territories 68, 69.

Senator from Maryland, 69th-82d

Congresses.

Tyler, Asher (Whig, New York) Bridgewater,

NY, May 10, 1798-August 1, 1875. March

4, 1843-March 3, 1845.

Territories 28.

Tyndall, William Thomas (Republican,

Missouri) Sparta, MO, January 16, 1862-

November 26, 1928. March 4, 1905-March

3, 1907.

Public Lands 59.

U

Udall, Mark (Democrat, Colorado) Tucson,

AZ, July 18, 1950 —. January 3,

1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Udall, Morris King (Democrat, Arizona) St.

Johns, AZ, June 15, 1922-December 12,

1998. May 2, 1961-May 4, 1991.

Interior and Insular Affairs 87, 88, 89, 90,

91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,

102.

Udall, Stewart Lee (Democrat, Arizona) St.

Johns, AZ, January 31, 1920. January 3,

1955-January 18, 1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85, 86.

Udall, Thomas (Democrat, New Mexico)

Tucson, AZ, May 18, 1948 —. January

3,1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Ullman, Albert Conrad (Democrat,

Oregon) Great Falls, Mont., March 9,

1914-October 11, 1986. January 3, 1957-

January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85, 86.

Underhill, Charles Lee (Republican,

Massachusetts) Richmond, VA, July 20,

1867-January 28, 1946. March 4, 1921-

March 3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 69, 70, 71, 72.

Underwood, Mell Gilbert (Democrat,

Ohio) Morgan County, OH, January 30,

1892-March 8, 1972. March 4, 1923-April

10, 1936.

Mines and Mining 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Underwood, Robert Anacletus

(Democrat, Delegate from the Territory

of Guam) Tamuning, Guam, July 13, 1948

—. January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Underwood, Oscar Wilder (Democrat,

Alabama) Louisville, KY, May 6, 1862-

January 25, 1929. March 4, 1895-June 9,

1896; March 4, 1897-March 3, 1915.

Public Lands 54.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 57, 58.

Senator from Alabama, 64th-69th

Congresses.

Upham, Nathaniel (Republican, New

Hampshire) Deerfield, NH, June 9, 1774-

July 10, 1829. March 4, 1817-March 3,

1823.

Private Land Claims 17.

Upson, William Hanford (Republican,

Ohio) Worthington, OH, January 11,

1823-April 13, 1910. March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873.

Private Land Claims 42.

Urner, Milton George (Republican,

Maryland) Frederick County, MD, July 29,

1839-February 9, 1926. March 4, 1879-

March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 46.

Utt, James Boyd (Republican, California)

Tustin, CA, March 11, 1899-March 1,
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1970. January 3, 1953-March 1, 1970. Interior and Insular Affairs 84, 85.

V

Vaile, William Newell (Republican,

Colorado) Kokomo, IN, June 22, 1876-

July 2, 1927. March 4, 1919-July 2, 1927.

Public Lands 66, 67, 68.

Vallandigham,Clement Laird (Democrat,

Ohio) New Lisbon, OH, July 29, 1820-

June 17, 1871. May 25, 1858-March 3,

1863.

Territories 35, 36.

Public Lands 37.

Vance, Joseph (Anti-Jacksonian / Whig,

Ohio) Washington, PA, March 21, 1786-

August 24, 1852. March 4, 1821-March 3,

1835; March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847.

Territories 19.

Governor of Ohio, 1836-1838.

Vandever, William (Republican, Iowa and

California) Baltimore, MD, March 31,

1817-July 23, 1893. March 4, 1859-

September 24, 1861; March 4, 1887-March

3, 1891.

Public Lands 36, 37.

Mines and Mining 51.

Van Duzer, Clarence Dunn (Democrat,

Nevada) Mountain City, NV, May 4, 1866-

September 28, 1947. March 4, 1903-March

3, 1907.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 58, 59.

Indian Affairs 59.

Public Lands 59.

Van Dyke, Carl Chester (Democrat,

Minnesota) Alexandria, MN February 18,

1881-May 20, 1919. March 4, 1915-May

20, 1919.

Mines and Mining 64, 65.

Van Eaton, Henry Smith (Democrat,

Mississippi) Hamilton County, OH,

September 14, 1826-May 30, 1898. March

4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Public Lands 48, 49.

Van Horn, Burt (Republican, New York)

Newfane, NY, October 28, 1823-April 1,

1896. March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863;

March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869.

Private Land Claims 37.

Van Horn, George (Democrat, New York)

Otsego, NY, February 5, 1850-May 3,

1904. March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Private Land Claims 52.

Van Horn, Robert Thompson

(Republican, Missouri) East Mahoning,

PA, May 19, 1824-January 3, 1916. March

4, 1865-March 3, 1871; March 4, 1881-

March 3, 1883; February 27, 1896-March

3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 39, 40, 41.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Vanmeter, John Inskeep (Whig, Ohio)

Moorefield, VA (WV), February 1798-

August 3, 1875. March 4, 1843-March 3,

1845.

Indian Affairs 28.

Van Rensselaer, Stephen (—, New York)

New York, NY, November 1, 1764-

January 26, 1839. February 27, 1822-

March 3, 1829.

Private Land Claims 17.

Van Trump, Philadelph (Democrat, Ohio)

Lancaster, OH, November 15, 1810-July

31, 1874. March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 40, 41.

Van Voorhis, John (Republican, New York)

Decatur, NY, October 22, 1826-October

20, 1905. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883;

March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 47.

Territories 47.

Van Vorhes, Nelson Holmes (Republican,

Ohio) Washington County, PA, January

23, 1822-December 4, 1882. March 4,

1875-March 3, 1879.

Indian Affairs 44, 45.

Van Wyck, Charles Henry (Republican,

New York) Poughkeepsie, NY, May 10,

1824-October 24, 1895. March 4, 1859-

March 3, 1863; March 4, 1867-March 3,

1869; February 17, 1870-March 3, 1871.

Territories 37.

Indian Affairs 41.

Senator from Nebraska, 47th-49th

Congresses.

Vare, William Scott (Republican,

Pennsylvania)Philadelphia, PA, December

24, 1867-August 7, 1934. April 24, 1912-

January 2, 1923; March 4, 1923-March 3,

1927.

Insular Affairs 62.

Senator from Pennsylvania, 69th-71st
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Congresses.

Vaughan, William Wirt (Democrat,

Tennessee) Wilson County, TN, July 2,

1831-August 19, 1878. March 4, 1871-

March 3, 1873.

Territories 42.

Venable, Edward Carrington (Democrat,

Virginia) Farmville, VA, January 31, 1853-

December 8, 1908. March 4, 1889-

September 23, 1890.

Mines and Mining 51.

Venable, William Webb (Democrat,

Mississippi) Clinton, MS, September 25,

1880-August 2, 1948. January 4, 1916-

March 3, 1921.

Indian Affairs 64.

Vento, Bruce Frank (Democrat, Minnesota)

St. Paul, MN, October 7, 1940-October

10, 2000. January 3, 1977-October 10,

2000..

Interior and Insular Affairs 95, 96, 97, 98,

99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106.

Vigorito, Joseph Phillip (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Niles, OH, November 10,

1918—. January 3, 1965-January 3, 1977.

Interior and Insular Affairs 92, 93, 94.

Vincent, Bird J. (Republican, Michigan)

Clarkston, MI, March 6, 1880-July 18,

1931. March 4, 1923-July 18, 1931.

Territories 70, 71.

Vinson, Frederick Moore (Democrat,

Kentucky) Louisa, KY, January 22, 1890-

September 8, 1953. January 12, 1924-

March 3, 1929; March 4, 1931-May 12,

1938.

Public Lands 68.

Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-

1953.

Vinton, Samuel Finley (Anti-Kacksonian /

Whig, Ohio) South Hadley, MA,

September 24, 1792-May 11, 1862. March

4, 1823-March 3, 1837; March 4, 1843-

March 3, 1851.

Public Lands 18, 19, 20.

Visclosky, Peter (Democrat, Indiana) Gary,

IN, August 13, 1949—. January 3, 1985—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 99, 100, 101,

102.

Voigt, Edward (Republican, Wisconsin)

Bremen, Germany, December 1, 1873-

August 26, 1934. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1927.

Territories 65.

Volstead, Andrew John (Republican,

Minnesota) Kenyon, MN October 31,

1860-January 20, 1947. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1923.

Public Lands 58, 59, 60, 61, 62.

Voorhees, Charles Stewart (Democrat,

Delegate from the Washington Territory)

Covington, IN, June 4, 1853-December

26, 1909. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Public Lands 49, 50.

Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey (Democrat,

Indiana) Liberty Township, OH,

September 26, 1827-April 10, 1897. March

4, 1861-March 3, 1865; March 4, 1865-

February 23, 1866; March 4, 1869-March

3, 1873.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Senator from Ohio November 6, 1877-

March 3, 1897.

Voorhis, Charles Henry (Republican, New

Jersey) Spring Valley, NJ, March 13, 1833-

April 15, 1896. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1881.

Private Land Claims 46.

Voorhis, Horace Jeremiah (Jerry)

(Democrat, California) Ottawa, KS, April

6, 1901-September 11, 1984. January 3,

1937-January 3, 1947.

Public Lands 75, 76, 77.

Vroom, Peter Dumont (Democrat, New

Jersey) Hillsboro, NJ, December 12, 1791-

November 18, 1873. March 4, 1839-March

3, 1841.

Indian Affairs 26.

Private Land Claims 26.

Governor of New Jersey, 1829-1831;

1833-1836.

Vucanovich, Barbara Farrell (Republican,

Nevada) Camp Dix, NJ, June 22, 1921—.

January 3, 1983—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 98, 99, 100,

101, 102. 

Resources 103. 

W

Waddill, James Richard (Democrat, Missouri) Springfield, MO, November 22,
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1842-June 14, 1917. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1881.

Indian Affairs 46.

Mines and Mining 46.

Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr.

(Republican, New York) Geneseo, NY,

August 12, 1877-June 21, 1952. March 3,

1933-January 3, 1951.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76.

Senator from New York, 64th-69th

Congresses.

Wadsworth, William Henry (Unionist,

Kentucky) Maysville, KY, July 4, 1821-

April 2, 1893. March 4, 1861-March 3,

1865; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Public Lands 38.

Wait, John Turner (Republican,

Connecticut) New London, CT, August

27, 1811-April 21, 1899. April 12, 1876-

March 3, 1887.

Public Lands 44.

Walbridge, David Safford (Republican,

Michigan) Bennington, VT, July 30, 1802-

June 15, 1868. March 4, 1855-March 3,

1859.

Public Lands 34, 35.

Walden, Greg (Republican, Oregon) The

Dalles, OR, January 10, 1957 —. January

3, 1999-January 3, 2003.

Resources 106, 107.

Waldow, William Frederick (Republican,

New York) Buffaco, NY, August 26,

1882-April 16, 1930. March 4, 1917-March

3, 1919.

Insular Affairs 65.

Waldron, Henry (Republican, Michigan)

Albany, NY, October 11, 1819-September

13, 1880. March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861;

March 4, 1871-March 3, 1877.

Territories 36.

Mines and Mining 42.

Wales, George Edward (—, Vermont)

Westminster, VT, May 13, 1792-January 8,

1860. March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829.

Public Lands 19.

Walker, Amasa (Republican, Massachusetts)

East Woodstock, CT, May 4, 1799-

October 29, 1875. December 1, 1862-

March 3, 1863.

Private Land Claims 37.

Walker, Gilbert Carlton (Democrat,

Virginia) South Gibson, PA, August 1,

1833-May 11, 1885. March 4, 1875-March

3, 1879.

Pacific Railroads 44.

Wallace, Robert Minor (Democrat,

Arkansas) New London, AR, August 6,

1856-November 9, 1942. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1911.

Private Land Claims 58, 59, 60, 61.

Wallace, Rodney (Republican,

Massachusetts) New Ipswich, NH,

December 21, 1823-February 27, 1903.

March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891.

Pacific Railroads 51.

Walling, Ansel Tracy (Democrat, Ohio)

Otsego, NY, January 10, 1824-June 22,

1896. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877.

Public Lands 44.

Walsh, Allan Bartholomew (Democrat,

New Jersey) Trenton, NJ, August 29,

1874-August 5, 1953. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915.

Indian Affairs 63.

Walters, Anderson Howell (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Johnstown, PA, May 18,

1862-December 7, 1927. March 4, 1913-

March 3, 1915; March 4, 1919-March 3,

1923; March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927.

Territories 69.

Walton, Charles Wesley (Republican,

Maine) Mexico, ME, December 9, 1819-

January 24, 1900. March 4, 1861-May 26,

1862.

Private Land Claims 37.

Walton, William Bell (Democrat, New

Mexico) Alotoona, PA, January 23, 1871-

April 14. 1939. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1919.

Indian Affairs 65.

Public Lands 65.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65.

Wanger, Irving Price (Republican,

Pennsylvania) North Coventry,PA, March

5, 1852-January 14, 1940. March 4, 1893-

March 3, 1911.

Public Lands 53.

Warburton, Stanton (Republican,

Washington) Sullivan County, PA, April

13, 1865-December 24, 1926. March 4,

1911-March 3, 1913.

Indian Affairs 62.

Ward, David Jenkins (Democrat, Maryland)

Salisbury, MD, September 17, 1871-

February 18, 1961. June 6, 1939-January 3,

1945.

Mines and Mining 76.

Ward, Hallett Sydney (Democrat, North

Carolina) Gatesville, NC, August 31, 1870-

March 31, 1956. March 4, 1921-March 3,
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1925.

Insular Affairs 67, 68.

Ward, Hamilton (Republican, New York)

Salisbury, NY, July 3, 1829-December 28,

1898. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871.

Territories 41.

Ward, James Hugh (Democrat, Illinois)

Chicago, IL, November 30, 1853-August

15, 1916. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 49.

Ward, William Lukens (Republican, New

York) Greenwich, CT, September 2, 1856-

July 16, 1933. March 4, 1897-March 3,

1899.

Mines and Mining 55.

Warner, Adoniram Judson (Democrat,

Ohio) Wales, NY, January 13, 1834-

August 12, 1910. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1881; March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 46.

Warner, Richard (Democrat, Tennessee)

Chapel Hill, TN, September 19, 1835-

March 4, 1915. March 4, 1881-March 3,

1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Warner, Vespasian (Republican, Illinois)

Mount Pleasant (Farmer City), IL, April

23, 1842-March 31, 1925. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1905.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 56.

Warner, William (Republican, Missouri)

Shullsburg, WI, June 11, 1840-October 4,

1916. March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Territories 50.

 Senator from Missouri, 59th-61st

Congresses.

Warnock, William Robert (Republican,

Ohio) Urbana, OH, August 29, 1838-July

30, 1918. Mars. 4, 1901-March 3, 1905.

Insular Affairs 58.

Warren, Edward Allen (Democrat,

Arkansas) Eutaw, AL, May 2, 1818-July 2,

1875. March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855;

March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859.

Public Lands 33.

Warren, Lott (Whig, Georgia) Augusta, GA,

October 30, 1797-June 17, 1861. March 4,

1839-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 26.

Washburn, Cadwallader Colden

(Republican, Wisconsin) Livermore, ME,

April 22, 1818-May 15, 1882. March 4,

1855-March 3, 1861; March 4, 1867-March

3, 1871.

Private Land Claims 35, 36, 41.

Governor of Wisconsin, 1872-1874.

Washburn, Charles Grenfill (Republican,

Massachusetts) Worcester, MA, January

28, 1857-May 25, 1928. December 18,

1906-March 3, 1911.

Insular Affairs 60.

Washburn, William Drew (Republican,

Minnesota) Livermore, ME, January 14,

1831-July 29, 1912. March 4, 1879-March

3, 1885.

Public Lands 46.

Senator from Minnesota, 51st-53d

Congresses.

Washington, Joseph Edwin (Democrat,

Tennessee) Cedar Hill, TN, November 10,

1851-August 28, 1915. March 4, 1887-

March 3, 1897.

Private Land Claims 50.

Public Lands 50.

Territories 51, 52.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54.

Watkins, Albert Galiton (Whig /

Democrat, Tennessee) Jefferson City, TN,

May 5, 1818-Mov. 9, 1895. March 4, 1849-

March 3, 1853; March 4, 1855-March 3,

1859.

Public Lands 32.

Watkins, John Thomas (Democrat,

Louisiana) Minden, LA, January 15, 1854-

April 25, 1925. March 4, 1905-March 3,

1921.

Territories 63, 64, 65, 66.

Watson, David Kemper (Republican, Ohio)

London, OH, June 18, 1849-September

28, 1918. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 54.

Watson, Henry Winfield (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bucks County, PA, June 24,

1856-August 27, 1933. March 4, 1915-

August 27, 1933.

Insular Affairs 65.

Watson, James Eli (Republican, Indiana)

Winchester, IN, November 2, 1864-July

29, 1948. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897;

March 4, 1899-March 3, 1909.

Indian Affairs 54.

Private Land Claims 56, 57.

Territories 60.

Senator from Indiana, 64th-72d

Congresses.

Watson, Lewis Findlay (Republican,

Pennsylvania)Crawford County, PA, April

14, 1819-August 25, 1890. March 4, 1877-

March 3, 1879; March 4, 1881-March 3,

1883; March 4, 1889-August 25, 1890.

Public Lands 47, 51.
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Watson, Walter Allen (Democrat, Virginia)

Nottoway County, VA, November 25,

1867-December 24, 1919. March 4, 1913-

December 24, 1919.

Territories 63, 64, 65, 66.

Watterson, Harvey Magee (Democrat,

Tennessee) Bedford County, TN,

November 23, 1811-October 1, 1891.

March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Indian Affairs 27.

Weadock, Thomas Addis Emmet

(Democrat, Michigan) Ballygarrett,

Ireland, Jan, 1, 1850-November 18, 1938.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 53.

Pacific Railroads 53.

Wearin, Otha Donner (Democrat, Iowa)

Hastings, IA, January 10, 1903—. March

4, 1933-January 3, 1939.

Public Lands 73, 74.

Weaver, Archibald Jerard (Republican,

Nebraska) Dundaff, PA, April 15, 1843-

April 18, 1887. March 4, 1883-March 3,

1887.

Private Land Claims 48.

Weaver, James Baird (Democrat, Iowa)

Dayton, OH, June 12, 1833-February 6,

1912. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881;

March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Private Land Claims 50.

Weaver, James Howard (Democrat,

Oregon) Brookings, SD, August 8,

1927—. January 3, 1975-January 3, 1987.

Interior and Insular Affairs 94, 95, 96, 97,

98, 99.

Weaver, Phillip Hart (Republican,

Nebraska) Falls City, NE, April 9, 1919—.

January 3, 1955-January 3, 1963.

Interior and Insular Affairs 85.

Weaver, Zebulon (Democrat, North

Carolina) Weaverville, NC, May 12, 1872-

October 29, 1948. March 4, 1917-March 3,

1929; March 4, 1931-January 3, 1947.

Indian Affairs 65, 66, 67, 68.

Territories 65, 66, 67, 68.

Webb, Edwin Y. (Democrat, North

Carolina) Shelby, NC, May 23, 1872-

February 7, 1955. March 4, 1903-

November 10, 1919.

Territories 59.

Webber, Amos Richard (Republican, Ohio)

Hinckley, OH, January 21, 1852-February

25, 1948. November 8, 1904-March 3,

1907.

Insular Affairs 58, 59.

Weber, John Baptiste (Republican, New

York) Buffalo, NY, September 21, 1842-

December 18, 1926. March 4, 1885-March

3, 1889.

Pacific Railroads 49, 50. 

Webster, Edwin Hanson (American Party

/ Unionist / Unconditional Unionist,

Maryland) Churchville, MD, March 31,

1829-April 24, 1893. March 4, 1859-July

1865.

Pacific Railroads 37.

Wedemeyer, William Walter (Republican,

Michigan) Lima Township, MI, March 22,

1873-January 2, 1913. March 4, 1911-

January 2, 1913.

Territories 62.

Weideman, Carl May (Democrat,

Michigan) Detroit, MI, March 5, 1898-

March 5, 1972. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1935.

Territories 73.

Weiss, Samuel Arthur (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Krotowocz, Poland, April

15, 1901-February 1, 1977. January 3,

1941-January 7, 1946.

Public Lands 77.

Weisse, Charles Herman (Democrat,

Wisconsin) Sheboygan Falls, WI, October

24, 1866-October 8, 1919. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1911.

Private Land Claims 58, 59, 60, 61.

Welch, Frank (Republican,Nebraska) Bunker

Hill, MA, February 10, 1835-September 4,

1878. March 4, 1877-September 4, 1878.

Public Lands 45.

Welch, Richard Joseph (Republican,

California) Monroe County, NY, February

13, 1869-September 10, 1949. August 31,

1926-September 10, 1949.

Insular Affairs 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 80, 81.

Welker, Martin (Republican, Ohio) Knox

County, OH, April 25, 1819-March 15,

1902. March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871.

Private Land Claims 41.

Wellborn, Olin (Democrat, Texas)

Cummings, GA, June 18, 1843-December

6, 1921. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1887.

Indian Affairs 46, 47, 48, 49.

Pacific Railroads 46.

Weller, John B. (Democrat, Ohio) Hamilton

County, OH, February 22, 1812-August

17, 1875. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845.

Indian Affairs 27.
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Senator from California, 32d-34th

Congresses. Governor of Califiornia,

1858-1860.

Welling, Milton Holmes (Democrat, Utah)

Farmington, Utah, January 25, 1876-May

28, 1947. March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65, 66.

Mines and Mining 65, 66.

Wells, Erastus (Democrat, Missouri) Sackets

Harbor, NY, December 2, 1823-October

2, 1893. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877;

March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881.

Pacific Railroads 42, 43.

Welsh, George Austin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Bay View, MD, August 9,

1878-October 22, 1970. March 4, 1923-

May 31, 1932.

Indian Affairs 72.

Wene, Elmer H. (Democrat, New Jersey)

Pittstown, NJ, May 1, 1892-January 25,

1957. January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939;

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945.

Territories 75.

Wentworth, John (Democrat, Illinois)

Sandwich, NH, March 5, 1815-October

16, 1888. March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851;

March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855; March 4,

1865-March 3, 1867.

Territories 28.

Werner, Theodore B. (Democrat, South

Dakota) Ossian, IA, June 2, 1892—.

March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937.

Indian Affairs 73, 74.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74.

Public Lands 74.

West, Milton Horace (Democrat, Texas)

Gonzales, TX, June 30, 1888-October 28,

1948. April 22, 1833-October 28, 1948.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75.

Westbrook, Theodoric Romeyn

(Democrat, New York) Fishkill, NY,

November 20, 1821-October 6, 1885.

March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855.

Private Land Claims 33.

Westland, Alfred John (Republican,

Washington) Everett, WADecember 14,

1904-November 3, 1982. January 3, 1953-

January 3, 1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84, 85, 86,

87, 88.

Wharton, James Ernest (Republican, New

York) Binghampton, NY, October 4,

1899—. January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83, 84, 85,

86, 87, 88.

Wheat, William Howard (Republican,

Illinois) Kahoka, MO, February 19, 1879-

January 16, 1944. January 3, 1939-January

16, 1944.

Insular Affairs 76.

Wheeler, Joseph (Democrat, Alabama)

Augusta, GA, September 10, 1836-January

25, 1906. March 4, 1881-June 3, 1882;

January 15-March 3, 1883; March 4, 1885-

April 20, 1900.

Public Lands 50.

Territories 53.

Wheeler, William Almon (Republican,

New York) Malone, NY, June 30, 1819-

June 4, 1887. March 4, 1861-March 3,

1863; March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877.

Territories 37.

Pacific Railroads 42.

Vice President of U.S., 1877-1881.

Whipple, Thomas, Jr. (—, New

Hampshire) Lebanon, NH, 1787-January

23, 1835. March 4, 1821-March 3, 1829.

Public Lands 18, 19, 20.

White, Compton Ignatius (Democrat,

Idaho) Baton Rouge, LA, July 31, 1877-

March 31, 1956. March 4, 1933-January 3,

1947; January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951.

Irrigation and Reclamation 73, 74, 75, 76,

77, 78, 79.

Public Lands 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81.

Indian Affairs 76, 77, 78, 79.

Mines and Mining 78, 79.

White, Compton Ignatius, Jr. (Democrat,

Idaho) Spokane, WADecember 19,

1920—. January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967.

Interior and Insular Affairs 88, 89.

White, Edward Douglass (Whig,

Louisiana) Nashville, TN, March 1795-

April 18, 1847. March 4, 1829-November

15, 1834; March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 26.

Governor of Louisiana, 1834-1838.

White, George (Democrat, Ohio) Elmira,

NY, August 21, 1872-December 15, 1953.

March 1911-March 3, 1915; March 4,

1917-March 3, 1919.

Mines and Mining 62.

Governor of Ohio, 1931-1935.

White, George Elon (Republican, Illinois)

Millbury, MA, March 7, 1848-May 17,

1935. March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899.

Indian Affairs 54.

White, Hays Baxter (Republican, Kansas)

Fairfield, IA, September 21, 1855-

September 29, 1930. March 4, 1919-March

3, 1929.

Public Lands 66, 67, 68.
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White, John (Whig, Kentucky) Cumberland

Gap (Middlesboro), KY, February 14,

1802-September 22, 1845. March 4, 1835-

March 3, 1845.

Territories 25.

Public Lands 26.

Speaker of the House, 27th Congress.

White, Joseph Livingston (Whig, Indiana)

Cherry Valley, NY, ?-January 12, 1861.

March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843.

Public Lands 27.

Indian Affairs 27.

White, Milo (Republican, Minnesota)

Fletcher, VT, August 17, 1830-May 18,

1913. March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887.

Mines and Mining 48, 49.

White, Richard Crawford (Democrat,

Texas) El Paso, TX, April 29, 1923—.

January 3, 1965-January 3, 1983.

Interior and Insular Affairs 89, 90.

White, Sebastian Harrison (Democrat,

Colorado) Maries County, MO, December

24, 1864-December 21, 1945. November

15, 1927-March 3, 1929.

Irrigation and Reclamation 70.

Public Lands 70.

Whiteaker, John (Democrat, Oregon)

Dearborn County, IN, May 4, 1820-

October 2, 1902. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1881.

Indian Affairs 46.

Governor of Oregon, 1858-1862.

Whitehead, Joseph (Democrat, Virginia)

Mount Airy, VA, October 31, 1867-July 8,

1938. March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931.

Mines and Mining 69, 70, 71.

Irrigation and Reclamation 71.

Whiting, Justin Rice (Democrat, Michigan)

Bath, NY, February 18, 1847-January 31,

1903. March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895.

Mines and Mining 50, 51.

Whitley, James Lucius (Republican, New

York) Rochester, NY, May 24, 1872-May

17, 1959. March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935.

Irrigtion and Reclamation 73.

Whitman, Ezekiel (Federalist, Maine) East

Bridgewater, MA, March 9, 1776-August

1, 1866. March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811;

March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821; Mars. 4,

1821-June 1, 1822.

Private Land Claims 17.

Whittaker, Robert Russell (Republican,

Kansas) Eureka, KS, September 18,

1939—. January 3, 1979—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96.

Whittington, William Madison

(Democrat, Mississippi) Little Springs,

MS, May 4, 1878-August 20, 1962. March

4, 1925-January 3, 1951.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69.

Whittlesey, William Augustus (Democrat,

Ohio) Danbury, CT, July 14, 1796-

November 6, 1866. March 4, 1849-March

3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 31.

Wick,William Watson (Democrat, Indiana)

Canonsburg, PA, February 23, 1796-May

19, 1868. March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841;

March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849.

Private Land Claims 26, 29, 30.

Wickersham, James (Republican, Delegate

from the Alaska Territory) Patoka, IL,

August 24, 1857-October 24, 1939. March

4, 1909-March 3, 1917; January 7-March 3,

1919; March 1-March 3, 1921; March 4,

1931-March 3, 1933.

Indian Affairs 63, 64, 72.

Mines and Mining 63, 64, 72.

Public Lands 62, 63, 64, 72.

Territories 61, 62, 63, 64, 72.

Wickersham, Victor Eugene (Democrat,

Oklahoma) Lone Rock, AR, February 9,

1906-March 15, 1988. April 1, 1941-

January 3, 1947; January 3, 1949-January 3,

1957; January 3, 1961-January 3, 1965.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77.

Wickham, Charles Preston (Republican,

Ohio) Norwalk, OH, September 15, 1836-

March 18, 1925. March 4, 1887-March 3,

1891.

Private Land Claims 50, 51.

Wickliffe, Charles Anderson (Jacksonian,

Kentucky) Springfield, KY, June 8, 1788-

October 31, 1869. March 4, 1823-March 3,

1833; March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863.

Public Lands 21, 22.

Governor of Kentucky, 1839-1840.

Wigginton, Peter Dinwiddie (Democrat,

California) Springfield, IL, September 6,

1839-July 7, 1890. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877; February 7, 1878-March 3, 1879.

Territories 44.

Public Lands 45.

Wilcox, Robert William (Republican,

Delegate from the Hawaii Territory)

Kahalu, Hawaii, February 15, 1855-

October 23, 1903. November 6, 1900-

March 3, 1903.

Private Land Claims 57.

Wilder, Abel Carter (Republican, Kansas)

Mendon, MA, March 18, 1828-December
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22, 1875. March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865.

Indian Affairs 38.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Willey, EarleDukes (Republican, Deleware)

Greenwood, DE, July 21, 1889-March 17,

1950. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945.

Territories 78.

Willford, Albert Clinton (Democrat, Iowa)

Vinton, IA, September 21, 1877-March

10, 1937. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935.

Mines and Mining 73.

Williams, Arthur Bruce (Republican,

Michigan) Ashland, OH, January 27, 1872-

May 1, 1925. June 19, 1923-May 1, 1925.

Public Lands 68.

Williams, Christopher Harris (Whig,

Tennessee) Hillsoro, NC, December 18,

1798-November 27, 1857. March 4, 1837-

March 3, 1843; March 4, 1848-March 3,

1853.

Territories 27.

Williams, Guinn (Democrat, Texas) Beuela,

MS, April 22, 1871-January 9, 1948. May

13, 1922-March 3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.

Territories 69, 70, 71, 72.

Williams, Isaac, Jr.(Republican, New York)

Goshen, CT, April 5, 1777-November 9,

1860. December 20, 1813-March 3,

1815;March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819; March

4, 1823-March 3, 1825.

Private Land Claims 18.

Williams, James (Democrat, Deleware)

Philadelphia, PA, August 4, 1825-April 12,

1899. March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879.

Private Land Claims 45.

Williams, James Robert (Democrat,

Illinois) Carmi, IL, December 27, 1850-

November 8, 1923. December 2, 1889-

March 3, 1895; March 4, 1899-March 3,

1905.

Insular Affairs 56, 57, 58.

Williams, Jared (—, Virginia) Montgomery

County, MD, March 4, 1766-January 2,

1831. March 4, 1819-March 3, 1825.

Indian Affairs 17, 18.

Williams, John Patrick (Democrat,

Montana) Helena, Mont., October 30,

1937—. January 3, 1979—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 96, 97, 101

102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104.

Williams, John Sharp (Democrat,

Mississippi) Memphis, TN, July 30, 1854-

September 27, 1932. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1909.

Insular Affairs 57.

Senator from Mississippi, 62d-67th

Congresses.

Williams, Lewis (Republican / Whig, North

Carolina) Surry County, NC, February 1,

1782-February 23, 1842. March 4, 1815-

February 23, 1842.

Territories 22, 23.

Public Lands 14, 23, 24, 25, 27.

Indian Affairs 26.

Williams, Morgan B. (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Rhandir-Mwyn,Wales, Sept

17, 1831-October 13, 1903. March 4,

1897-March 3, 1899.

Mines and Mining 55.

Williams, Thomas (Democrat, Alabama)

Richmond, VA, August 11, 1825-April 13,

1903. March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885.

Public Lands 46.

Private Land Claims 47, 48.

Williams, William (Democrat, New York)

Bolton, CT, September 6, 1815-September

10, 1876. March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873.

Indian Affairs 42.

Williams, William (Republican, Indiana)

Carlisle, PA, May 11, 1821-April 22, 1896.

March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875.

Territories 43.

Williams, William Brewster (Republican,

Michigan) Pittsford, NY, July 28, 1826-

March 4, 1905. December 1, 1873-March

3, 1877.

Pacific Railroads 43.

Williams, William Elza (Democrat, Illinois)

Detroit, IL, May 5, 1857-September 13,

1921. March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901;

March 4, 1913-March 3, 1917.

Territories 56.

Williamson, John Newton (Republican,

Oregon) Junction City, OR, November 8,

1855-August 29, 1943. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1907.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 58, 59.

Mines and Mining 58, 59.

Williamson, William (Republican, South

Dakota) New Sharon, IA, October 7,

1875-July 15, 1972. March 4, 1921-March

3, 1933.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 67.

Mines and Mining 67, 68, 69, 70.

Indian Affairs 69, 70, 71, 72.

Williamson, William Durkee (Democrat,

Maine) Canterbury, CT, July 31, 1779-May

27, 1846. March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823.
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Indian Affairs 17.

Willis, Frank Bartlett (Republican, Ohio)

Lewis Center, OH, December 28, 1871-

March 30, 1928. March 4, 1911-January 9,

1915.

Territories 62.

Senator from OH, 66th-70th Congresses.

Governor of OH, 1915-1917.

Wilshire, William Wallace (Republican /

Democrat, Arkansas) Shawneetown, IL,

September 8, 1830-August 19, 1888.

March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877.

Indian Affairs 44.

Wilson, Edgar (Republican, Idaho)

Armstrong County, PA, February 25,

1861-January 3, 1915. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1897; March 4, 1899-March 3,

1901.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 54, 56.

Public Lands 54, 56.

Mines and Mining 56.

Wilson, Edgar Campbell (Anti-Jacksonian,

Virginia) Morgantown, VA (WV),October

18, 1800-April 24, 1860. March 4, 1833-

March 3, 1835.

Territories 23.

Wilson, Emmett (Democrat, Florida) Belize,

British Honduras, September 17, 1882-

May 29, 1918. March 4, 1913-March 3,

1917.

Mines and Mining 64.

Wilson, Eugene McLanahan (Democrat,

Minnesota) Morgantown, VA, (WV),

December 25, 1833-April 10, 1890. March

4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Public Lands 41.

Pacific Railroads 41.

Wilson, George Washington (Republican,

Ohio) Brighton, OH, February 22, 1840-

November 27, 1909. March 4, 1893-March

3, 1897.

Indian Affairs 54.

Wilson, James (Republican, Iowa) Ayrshire,

Scotland, August 16, 1835-August 26,

1920. March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877;

March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Pacific Railroads 48.

Wilson, John Frank (Democrat, Delegate

from the Arizona Territory) Pulaski, TN,

May 7, 1846-April 7, 1911. March 4, 1899-

March 3, 1901; March 4, 1903-March 3,

1905.

Mines and Mining 56, 58.

Territories 58.

Wilson, John Lockwood (Republican,

Washington) Crawfordsville, IN, August

7, 1850-November 6, 1912. November 20,

1889-February 18, 1895.

Indian Affairs 51, 52, 53.

Senator from Washington, 53d-55th

Congresses.

Wilson, Robert Carlton (Republican,

California) Calexico, CA, April 5, 1916—.

January 3, 1953-January 3, 1981.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86.

Wilson, Stanyarne (Democrat, South

Carolina) Yorkville (York), SC, January 10,

1860-February 14, 1928. March 4, 1895-

March 3, 1901.

Indian Affairs 56.

Wilson, Thomas (Federalist, Virginia)

Staunton, VA, September 11, 1765-

January 24, 1826. March 4, 1811-March 3,

1813.

Public Lands 12.

Wilson, Thomas Webber (Democrat,

Mississippi) Coldwater, MS, Jan 24, 1893-

January 31, 1948. March 4, 1923-March 3,

1929.

Insular Affairs 68, 69, 70.

Wilson, William Baushop (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Blantyre, Scotland, April 2,

1862-May 25, 1934. March 4, 1907-March

3, 1913.

Mines and Mining 62.

Winans, James January (Republican, Ohio)

Maysville, KY, June 7, 1819-April 28,

1879. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871.

Public Lands 41.

Windom, William (Republican, Minnesota)

Belmond County, OH, May 10, 1827-

January 29, 1891. March 4, 1859-March 3,

1869.

Public Lands 36.

Indian Affairs 38, 39, 40.

Senator from Minnesota, 41st Congress;

45th-46th Congresses; 47th Congress.

Winfield, Charles Henry (Democrat, New

York) Crawford, NY, April 22, 1822-June

10, 1888. March 4, 1869-March 3, 1867.

Private Land Claims 38.

Wingo, Effiegene Locke (Democrat,

Arkansas) Lockesburg, AR, April 13,

1883-September 19, 1962. November 4,

1930-March 3, 1933.

Insular Affairs 71.

Wingo, Otis Theodore (Democrat,

Arkansas) Weakley County, TN, June 18,

1877-October 21, 1930. March 4, 1913-

October 21, 1930.

Mines and Mining 64, 65, 66, 67.

Winn, Thomas Elisha (Democrat, Georgia)
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Athena, GA, May 21, 1839-June 5, 1925.

March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893.

Private Land Claims 52.

Winstead, William Arthur (Democrat,

Mississippi) Philadelphia, MS, January 6,

1904—. January 3, 1943-January 3, 1965.

Indian Affairs 78.

Winter, Charles Edwin (Republican,

Wyoming) Muscatine, IA, September 13,

1870-April 22, 1848. March 4, 1923-March

3, 1929.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 68.

Mines and Mining 68, 69, 70.

Public Lands 68, 69, 70.

Irrigation and Reclamation 69, 70.

Winter, Thomas Daniel (Republican,

Kansas) Columbus, Kans. July 7, 1896-

November 7, 1951. January 3, 1939-

January 3, 1947.

Irrigation and Reclamation 76, 77.

Mines and Mining 76, 77.

Withrow, Gardner Robert (Republican,

Wisconsin) La Crosse, WI, October 5,

1892-September 23, 1964. March 4, 1931-

January 3, 1939; January 3, 1949-January 3,

1961.

Interior and Insular Affairs 86.

Wolcott, Jesse Paine (Republican,

Michigan) Gardner, MA, March 3, 1893-

January 28, 1969. March 4. 1931-January 3,

1957.

Territories 72.

Wold, John Schiller (Republican, Wyoming)

East Orange, NJ, August 31, 1916—.

January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971.

Interior and Insular Affairs 91.

Won Pat, Antonio Borja (Democrat,

Delegare from the Territory of Guam)

Sumay, Guam,December-10, 1908-May 1,

1987. January 3, 1973-January 3, 1985.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95, 96,

97, 98.

Wood, Benjamin (Democrat, New York)

Shelbyville, KY, October 13, 1820-

February 21, 1900. March 4, 1861-March

3, 1865; March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883.

Mines and Mining 47.

Wood, Fernando (Democrat, New York)

Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 1812-February

14, 1881. March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843;

March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865; March 4,

1867-February 14, 1881.

Public Lands 38.

Territories 40.

Wood, Thomas Jefferson (Democrat,

Indiana) Athens County, OH, September

30, 1844-October 13, 1908. March 4,

1883-March 3, 1885.

Mines and Mining 48.

Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch

(Republican, Vermont) Vergennes, VT,

August 29, 1818-April 25, 1888. March 4,

1863-March 3, 1869.

Private Land Claims 39, 40.

Woodburn, William (Republican, Nevada)

County Wicklow, Ireland,April 14, 1838-

January 15, 1915. March 4, 1875-March 3,

1877; March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889.

Mines and Mining 44, 49, 50.

Woodruff, George Catlin (Democrat,

Connecticut) Litchfield, CT, December 1,

1805-November 21, 1885. March 4, 1861-

March 3, 1863.

Public Lands 37.

Woods, Frank Plowman (Republican,

Iowa) Sharon, WI, December 11, 1868-

April 25, 1944. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1919.

Pacific Railroads 61.

Woodson, Samuel Hughes (American

Party, Missouri) Nicholasville, KY,

October 24, 1815-June 23, 1881. March 4,

1857-March 3, 1861.

Indian Affairs 35, 36.

Woodward, George W. (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Bethany, PA, March 26,

1809-May 10, 1875. November 21, 1867-

March 3, 1871.

Mines and Mining 40.

Private Land Claims 40.

Woodyard, Harry Chapman (Republican,

West Virginia) Spencer, WV, November

13, 1867-June 21, 1929. March 4, 1903-

March 3, 1911; November 7, 1916-March

3, 1923; March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927.

Indian Affairs 59.

Wooten, Dudley Goodall (Democrat,

Texas) Springfield, MO, June 19, 1860-

February 7, 1929. July 13, 1901-March 3,

1903.

Private Land Claims 57.

Word, Thomas Jefferson (Whig,

Mississippi) Surry County, NC, ?-? May

30, 1838-March 3, 1839.

Public Lands 25.

Worley, Francis Eugene (Democrat,

Texas) Kiowa County, OK, October 10,

1908-December 17, 1974. January 3, 1941-

April 3, 1950.

Irrigation and Reclamation 77, 78.

Insular Affairs 78
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Wren, Thomas (Republican, Nevada)

McArthurstown, OH, Jan 2, 1826-

February 5, 1904. March 4, 1877-March 3,

1879.

Mines and Mining 45.

Wright, Ashley Bascom (Republican,

Massachusetts) Hinsdale, MA, May 25,

1841-August 14, 1897.

March 4, 1893-August 14, 1897.

Pacific Railroads 54, 55.

Wright, Daniel Boone (Democrat,

Mississippi) Mount Pleasant, TN,

February 17, 1812-December 27, 1887.

March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857. 

Indian Affairs 33.

Wright, George Washington

(Independent, California) Concord, MA,

June 4, 1816-April 7, 1885. September 11,

1850-March 3, 1851.

Private Land Claims 31.

Public Lands 31.

Wright, Hendrick Bradley (Democrat,

Pennsylvania) Plymouth, PA, April 24,

1808-September 2, 1881. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1855; July 4, 1861-March 3,

1863; March 4, 1877-March 3, 1881.

Public Lands 45, 46.

Wright, John Crafts (—, Ohio)

Wethersfield, CT, August 17, 1783-

February 13, 1861. March 4, 1823-March

3, 1829. Territories 20.

Wright, Myron Benjamin (Republican,

Pennsylvania) Forest Lake, PA, June 12,

1847-November 13, 1894. March 4, 1889-

November 13, 1894.

Public Lands 51.

Wright, William Carter (Democrat,

Georgia) Carroll County, GA, January 6,

1866-June 11, 1933. January 24, 1918-

March 3, 1933.

Irrigation of Arid Lands 65.

Wyatt, Wendell (Republican, Oregon)

Eugene, OR, June 15, 1917—. November

3, 1964-January 3, 1975. Interior and

Insular Affairs 89, 90.

Wynn, William Joseph (Democrat,

California) San Francisco, CA, June 12,

1860-January 4, 1935. March 4,

1903-March 3, 1905.

Pacific Railroads 58.

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Yeaman, George Helm (Unionist,

Kentucky) Hardin County, KY,

November 1, 1829-February 23, 1908.

December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1865.

Pacific Railroads 38.

Yancey, William Lowndes (Democrat,

Alabama) Warren County, GA, August 10,

1814-July 26, 1863. December 2, 1844-

September 1, 1846.

Private Land Claims 28, 29.

Yell, Archibald (Democrat, Arkansas) North

Carolina, 1797-February 22, 1847. August

1, 1836-March 3, 1839; March 4, 1845-July

1, 1846.

Public Lands 24, 25.

Indian Affairs 29.

Governor of Arkansas, 1840-1844.

Yon, Thomas Alua (Democrat, Florida)

Blountstown, FL, March 14, 1882-

February 16, 1971. March 4, 1927-March

3, 1933. 

Public Lands 70, 71, 72.

Insular Affairs 71.

Yorty, Samuel William (Democrat,

California) Lincoln, NE, October 1,

1909—. January 3, 1951-January 3, 1955.

Interior and Insular Affairs 82, 83.

Young, Bryan Rust (Whig, Kentucky)

Bardstown, KY, January 14, 1800-May 14,

1882. March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847.

Territories 29.

Young, Clarence Clifton (Republican,

Nevada) Lovelock, NV, November 7,

1922—. January 3, 1953-January 3, 1957.
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Interior and Insular Affairs 83, 84.

Young, Donald Edwin (Republican,

Alaska) Meridian, CA, June 9, 1933—.

March 6, 1973—.

Interior and Insular Affairs 93, 94, 95, 96,

97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102.

Natural Resources 103.

Resources 104, 105, 106, 107.

Young, George Morley (Republican, North

Dakota) Ontario, Canada, December 11,

1870-May 27, 1932. March 4, 1913-

September 2, 1924.

Insular Affairs 63, 64

Young, Isaac Daniel (Republican, Kansas)

Pleasantville, IA, March 29, 1849-

December 10, 1927. March 4, 1911-March

3, 1913.

Territories 62.

Young, John (Whig, New York) Chelsea, VT,

June 12, 1802-April 23, 1852. November

9, 1836-March 3, 1837; March 4, 1841-

March 3, 1843.

Private Land Claims 27.

Governor of New York, 1847-1849.

Young, Pierce Manning Butler

(Democrat, Georgia) Spartanburg, SC,

November 15, 1836-July 6, 1896. July 25,

1868-March 3, 1869; December 22, 1870-

March 3, 1875.

Mines and Mining 42.

Young, Richard (Republican, New York)

Londonderry, Ireland, August 6, 1846-

June 9, 1935. March 4, 1909-March 3,

1911.

Indian Affairs 61.

Young, Stephen Marvin (Democrat, Ohio)

Norwalk, OH, May 4, 1889-December 1,

1984. March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937;

January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943; January 3,

1949-January 3, 1951.

Insular Affairs 77.

Territories 77.

Senator from Ohio, 86th-91st Congresses.

Young, Thomas Lowry (Republican, Ohio)

Killyleagh, Ireland, December 14, 1832-

July 20, 1888. March 4, 1879-March 3,

1883.

Territories 46.

Mines and Mining 47.

Young, Timothy Roberts (Democrat,

Illinois) Dover, NH, November 19, 1811-

May 12, 1898. March 4, 1849-March 3,

1851.

Public Lands 31.

Young, William Singleton (Democrat,

Kentucy) Bardstown, KY, April 10, 1790-

September 20, 1827. March 4, 1825-

September 20, 1827.

Indian Affairs 19.

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Zenor, William Taylor (Democrat, Indiana)

Corydon, IN, April 30, 1846-June 2, 1916.

March 4, 1897-March 3, 1907.

Indian Affairs 55, 56, 57, 58, 59.

Insular Affairs 59.

Zihlman, Frederick Nicholes

(Republican, Maryland) Carnegie, PA,

October 2, 1879-April 22, 1935. March 4,

1917-March 3, 1931.

Insular Affairs 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Zimmerman, Orville (Democrat, Missouri)

Glenallen, MO, December 31, 1880-April

7, 1948. January 3, 1935-April 7, 1948.

Irrigation and Reclamation 74, 75.

Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk (Whig / American

Party, Tennessee) Bigbyville, TN, May 19,

1812-January 19, 1862. March 4, 1853-

March 3, 1859.

Territories 34, 35.