United States House Committee on Ways and Means
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The Committee of Ways and Means is the chief tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...

-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committees unless they apply for a waiver from their party's congressional leadership. The Committee has jurisdiction over all taxation
Taxation in the United States
The United States is a federal republic with autonomous state and local governments. Taxes are imposed in the United States at each of these levels. These include taxes on income, property, sales, imports, payroll, estates and gifts, as well as various fees.Taxes are imposed on net income of...

, tariff
Tariff
A tariff may be either tax on imports or exports , or a list or schedule of prices for such things as rail service, bus routes, and electrical usage ....

s and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of other programs including:
  • Social Security
    Social Security (United States)
    In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.The original Social Security Act and the current version of the Act, as amended encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs...

  • Unemployment benefit
    Unemployment benefit
    Unemployment benefits are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. Benefits may be based on a compulsory para-governmental insurance system...

    s
  • Medicare
    Medicare (United States)
    Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...

  • Enforcement of child support
    Child support
    In family law and public policy, child support is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship...

     laws
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is one of the United States of America's federal assistance programs. It began on July 2, 1997, and succeeded the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the...

    , a federal welfare program
  • Foster care
    Foster care
    Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....

     and adoption
    Adoption
    Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...

     programs


The U.S. Constitution requires that all bills regarding taxation must originate in the House of Representatives. Since House procedure is that all bills regarding taxation must go through this committee, the committee is very influential, as is its Senate counterpart, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
United States Senate Committee on Finance
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance is a standing committee of the United States Senate. The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to taxation and other revenue measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions; bonded debt of the United States; customs, collection...

.

The Ways and Means Committee in the 111th Congress was chaired by Charlie Rangel, who had taken a leave of absence as chairman until House ethics violations were resolved. However, his leave of absence as chairman was ruled to be a resignation. Pete Stark
Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...

 resigned as acting chairman, so Sander Levin held that position until the start of the 112th Congress. Dave Camp became the committee chair for the 112th Congress, after the Republicans won control of the House in the 2010 election.

History

The idea of a "Committee of Ways and Means
Committee of Ways and Means
The Committee of Ways and Means is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. The term "Ways and Means" originated with the English Parliament and refers to the provision of revenue to meet national expenditure requirements and to forward...

" to handle the financial matters of a legislature is an old one, having been used in the English Parliament and the colonial and state legislatures in America.

The Committee was first established during the first Congress, in 1789. However, this initial version was disbanded after only 8 weeks; for the next several years, only ad hoc committees were formed, to write up laws on notions already debated in the whole House. It was first established as a standing committee by resolution adopted December 21, 1795, and first appeared among the list of regular standing committees on January 7, 1802. Upon its original creation, it held power over both taxes and spending, until the spending power was given to the new Appropriations Committee
United States House Committee on Appropriations
The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States...

 in 1865.

Three future presidents - James Polk, Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president...

, and William McKinley
William McKinley
William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

 - served as Committee Chairman. Before the official roles of floor leader
Floor Leader
Floor Leaders are leaders of their political parties in each of the houses of the legislature.- Senate :In the United States Senate, they are elected by their respective party conferences to serve as the chief Senate spokesmen for their parties and to manage and schedule the legislative and...

 came about in the late 19th century, the Chairman of Ways and Means was considered the Majority Leader. The Chairman is one of very few Representatives to have office space within the Capitol building itself.

Role

Ways and Means has always been one of the most important committees in a policy sense, due to its wide jurisdiction. While it lacks the prospects for re-election help that comes with the Appropriations Committee, it is seen as a valuable post for two reasons. First, since its range is so broad, members with a wide array of policy concerns often seek positions, simply to be able to influence policy decisions. Some recent major issues that have gone through this committee include welfare reform
Welfare reform
Welfare reform refers to the process of reforming the framework of social security and welfare provisions, but what is considered reform is a matter of opinion. The term was used in the United States to support the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act...

, a Medicare prescription drug
Prescription drug
A prescription medication is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. The term is used to distinguish it from over-the-counter drugs which can be obtained without a prescription...

 benefit, Social Security reform, George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

's tax cuts, and trade agreements including the North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement...

 (NAFTA) and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Second, given the wide array of interests that are affected by the committee, a seat makes it very easy to collect campaign contributions
Campaign finance
Campaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest. In modern democracies such funds are not necessarily devoted to election campaigns. Issue campaigns in referendums, party activities and party...

.

Until 1974, the Ways and Means Committee decided which chairmanships newly elected members of Congress would have, along with its regular financial duties. When Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills' career ended in scandal, Congressman Phillip Burton
Phillip Burton
Phillip Burton was a United States Representative from California. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Burton was one of the first members of Congress to acknowledge the need for AIDS research and introduce an AIDS bill. He was the brother of...

 transferred the committee's selection powers to a separate, newly created committee.

Members, 112th Congress

The Chairman is Dave Camp
David Lee Camp
David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...

 and the Ranking Member
Ranking member
In United States politics, a ranking member is the second-most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the majority party. Another usage refers to the most senior member of a congressional or state legislative committee from the minority party. This second usage, often...

 is Sander Levin, both from Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

.
Majority Minority
  • Dave Camp
    David Lee Camp
    David Lee "Dave" Camp is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party and the current Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Michigan, Chairman
  • Wally Herger
    Wally Herger
    Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. , American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district. The second district is physically large...

    , California
  • Sam Johnson
    Sam Johnson
    Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...

    , Texas
  • Kevin Brady
    Kevin Brady
    Kevin Patrick Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around Houston and Beaumont....

    , Texas
  • Paul Ryan
    Paul Ryan (politician)
    Paul Davis Ryan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party and has been ranked among the party's most influential voices on economic policy....

    , Wisconsin
  • Devin Nunes
    Devin Nunes
    Devin Nunes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County, as well as much of eastern Fresno County. He is also the author of the book Restoring the Republic, published by...

    , California
  • Pat Tiberi
    Pat Tiberi
    Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

    , Ohio
  • Geoff Davis
    Geoff Davis
    Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....

    , Kentucky
  • Dave Reichert
    Dave Reichert
    David George Reichert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as Sheriff of King County, Washington.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Washington
  • Charles W. Boustany, Jr., Louisiana
  • Peter Roskam
    Peter Roskam
    Peter James Roskam is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chief Deputy Whip in the 112th Congress, ranking fourth among house Republican leaders; also served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives.-Early life,...

    , Illinois
  • Jim Gerlach
    Jim Gerlach
    James "Jim" Gerlach is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.- Early life, education and career :...

    , Pennsylvania
  • Tom Price, Georgia
  • Vern Buchanan
    Vern Buchanan
    Vernon G. "Vern" Buchanan is the Congressman for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

    , Florida
  • Adrian M. Smith
    Adrian M. Smith
    Adrian M. Smith is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Nebraska Legislature.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Nebraska
  • Aaron Schock
    Aaron Schock
    Aaron Schock is the United States Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield. At the age of , Schock is currently the youngest U.S. representative and the first member of the U.S. Congress born...

    , Illinois
  • Lynn Jenkins
    Lynn Jenkins
    Lynn Jenkins is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. As of the 112th Congress, she is the senior member of Kansas' House delegation...

    , Kansas
  • Erik Paulsen
    Erik Paulsen
    Erik Paulsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives...

    , Minnesota
  • Kenny Marchant
    Kenny Marchant
    Kenny Ewell Marchant is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes several wealthy areas around Dallas and Fort Worth.-Early life, education and career:...

    , Texas
  • Rick Berg
    Rick Berg
    Richard Alan Berg is the U.S. Representative for . Berg serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the state House of Representatives. He served as Majority Leader and Speaker.-Early life, education, and pre-political career:Berg...

    , North Dakota
  • Diane Black
    Diane Black
    Diane Lynn Black is the U.S. Representative for . The district includes several suburban and rural areas east of Nashville. She is a member of the Republican Party. She is formerly a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 18th district, which encompasses Robertson County and part of Sumner County...

    , Tennessee
  • Tom Reed, New York
  • Sander M. Levin
    Sander M. Levin
    Sander Martin Levin, generally known as Sandy Levin, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee...

    , Michigan, Ranking Member
  • Charles B. Rangel
    Charles B. Rangel
    Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the third-longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives. As its most senior member, he is also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation...

    ¹, New York
  • Pete Stark
    Pete Stark
    Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...

    , California
  • Jim McDermott
    Jim McDermott
    James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

    , Washington
  • John Lewis
    John Lewis (politician)
    John Robert Lewis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1987. He was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee , playing a key role in the struggle to end segregation...

    , Georgia
  • Richard E. Neal, Massachusetts
  • Xavier Becerra
    Xavier Becerra
    Xavier Becerra is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Los Angeles.-Early life, education and career:...

    , California
  • Lloyd Doggett
    Lloyd Doggett
    Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , Texas
  • Mike Thompson
    Mike Thompson
    Michael C. Thompson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as well as parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties....

    , California
  • John B. Larson, Connecticut
  • Earl Blumenauer
    Earl Blumenauer
    Earl Blumenauer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A native of Portland, he previously spent over 20 years as a public official representing the city.-Early...

    , Oregon
  • Ron Kind
    Ron Kind
    Ronald James "Ron" Kind is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district is located in the western portion of the state and is anchored by La Crosse and Eau Claire and Platteville....

    , Wisconsin
  • Bill Pascrell, New Jersey
  • Shelley Berkley
    Shelley Berkley
    Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999, and a candidate for U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education, and legal career:...

    , Nevada
  • Joseph Crowley
    Joseph Crowley
    Joseph Crowley is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is the Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition and the Queens County Democratic Party. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

    , New York


  • ¹ Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) will serve as an ex officio member sitting on all of the subcommittees without voting rights in the 112th Congress.

    Source:
    • Resolutions electing Republican members
    • Resolutions electing Democratic members

    Subcommittees

    There are six subcommittees in the 112th Congress. The Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
    The Subcommittee on Human Resources is a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the United States House of Representatives. From 2007 to 2011, it was known as the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support...

     was renamed the Subcommittee on Human Resources, returning to the name it held prior to the 110th Congress.
    Subcommittee Chair Ranking Member
    Trade
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade
    The House Way and Means Subcommittee on Trade is one of the six subcommittees within the House Ways and Means Committee-Jurisdiction:From the House Rules:...

    Kevin Brady
    Kevin Brady
    Kevin Patrick Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around Houston and Beaumont....

     (R-TX)
    Jim McDermott
    Jim McDermott
    James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

     (D-WA)
    Social Security
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security
    The Subcommittee on Social Security is a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the United States House of Representatives.-Jurisdiction:From the House rules...

    Sam Johnson
    Sam Johnson
    Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...

     (R-TX)
    Xavier Becerra
    Xavier Becerra
    Xavier Becerra is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in Los Angeles.-Early life, education and career:...

     (D-CA)
    Oversight
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight
    The House Way and Means Subcommittee on Oversight is one of the six subcommittees within the House Ways and Means Committee-Jurisdiction:From the House Rules:...

    Charles Boustany
    Charles Boustany
    Charles William Boustany, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and medical career:...

     (R-LA)
    John Lewis (D-GA)
    Health
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health
    The U.S. House Energy Subcommittee on Health is a subcommittee within the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.-Jurisdiction:The House Subcommittee on Health has general jurisdiction over bills and resolutions relating to issues within the scope of the Subcommittee's jurisdiction, and has...

    Wally Herger
    Wally Herger
    Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. , American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing the California's 2nd congressional district. The second district is physically large...

     (R-CA)
    Pete Stark
    Pete Stark
    Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as well as 6th most senior member of Congress overall...

     (D-CA)
    Human Resources Geoff Davis
    Geoff Davis
    Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....

     (R-KY)
    Lloyd Doggett
    Lloyd Doggett
    Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

     (D-TX)
    Select Revenue Measures
    United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
    The Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measure is a subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means in the United States House of Representatives.-Jurisdiction:From the House rules:...

    Pat Tiberi
    Pat Tiberi
    Patrick Joseph "Pat" Tiberi is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...

     (R-OH)
    Richard Neal
    Richard Neal
    Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts....

     (D-MA)

    Chairmen

    # Chair Party State Start of Service End of Service
    1 Thomas Fitzsimons
    Thomas Fitzsimons
    Thomas FitzSimons was an American merchant and statesman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the U.S. Congress.-Biography:...

     
    Federalist PA 1789 1789
    2 William L. Smith
    William Loughton Smith
    William Loughton Smith was an American lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the U.S. House from 1789 until 1797 and served as the U.S...

     
    Federalist SC 1794 1797
    3 Robert G. Harper  Federalist SC 1797 1800
    4 Roger Griswold
    Roger Griswold
    Roger Griswold was the 22nd Governor of Connecticut and a member of the US House of Representatives, serving as a Federalist....

     
    Federalist CT 1800 1801
    5 John Randolph
    John Randolph of Roanoke
    John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

     
    Democratic-Republican VA 1801 1805
    6 Joseph Clay
    Joseph Clay
    Joseph Clay was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, and served until his resignation after March 28, 1808. He was also...

     
    Democratic-Republican PA 1805 1807
    7 George W. Campbell
    George W. Campbell
    George Washington Campbell was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S...

     
    Democratic-Republican TN 1807 1809
    8 John W. Eppes  Democratic-Republican VA 1809 1811
    9 Ezekiel Bacon
    Ezekiel Bacon
    Ezekiel Bacon was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York.-Life:...

     
    Democratic-Republican SC 1811 1812
    10 Langdon Cheves
    Langdon Cheves
    Langdon Cheves was an American politician and a president of the Second Bank of the United States.Cheves was born at Rocky River, South Carolina and died in Columbia, South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia...

     
    Democratic-Republican SC 1812 1813
    11 John W. Eppes  Democratic-Republican VA 1813 1815
    12 William Lowndes  Democratic-Republican SC 1815 1818
    13 Samuel Smith
    Samuel Smith (Maryland)
    Samuel Smith was a United States Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.-Biography:...

     
    Democratic-Republican MD 1818 1822
    14 Louis McLane
    Louis McLane
    Louis McLane was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator...

     
    Democratic-Republican DE 1822 1827
    15 John Randolph
    John Randolph of Roanoke
    John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

     
    Democratic VA 1827 1827
    16 George McDuffie
    George McDuffie
    George McDuffie was the 55th Governor of South Carolina and a member of the United States Senate.Born of modest means in Columbia County, Georgia, McDuffie's extraordinary intellect was noticed while clerking at a store in Augusta, Georgia...

     
    Democratic SC 1827 1832
    17 Gulian C. Verplanck  Democratic NY 1832 1833
    18 James K. Polk
    James K. Polk
    James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...

     
    Democratic TN 1833 1835
    19 Churchill C. Cambreleng
    Churchill C. Cambreleng
    Churchill Caldom Cambreleng was an American politician from New York.-Life:...

     
    Democratic NY 1835 1839
    20 John W. Jones
    John Winston Jones
    John Winston Jones was an American politician and lawyer.Born 22 November 1791 in Amelia County, Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1813. He practiced law in Chesterfield County, Virginia before being appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Virginia's 5th Judicial Circuit...

     
    Democratic VA 1839 1841
    21 Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president...

     
    Whig NY 1841 1843
    22 James I. McKay  Democratic NC 1843 1847
    23 Samuel F. Vinton
    Samuel Finley Vinton
    Samuel Finley Vinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from March 4, 1823 to March 4, 1837 and again from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1851....

     
    Whig OH 1847 1849
    24 Thomas H. Bayly
    Thomas H. Bayly
    Thomas Henry Bayly was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas M. Bayly.-Biography:...

     
    Democratic VA 1849 1851
    25 George S. Houston
    George S. Houston
    George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....

     
    Democratic AL 1851 1855
    26 Lewis D. Campbell
    Lewis D. Campbell
    Lewis Davis Campbell was a U.S. Representative for Ohio. Over his successful political career he was elected as a Whig, Know-Nothing, Republican and Democrat.-Early life and career:...

     
    Republican OH 1856 1857
    27 J. Glancy Jones  Democratic PA 1857 1858
    28 John S. Phelps
    John S. Phelps
    John Smith Phelps was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.-Early life and career:...

     
    Democratic MO 1858 1859
    29 John Sherman
    John Sherman (politician)
    John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...

     
    Republican OH 1860 1861
    30 Thaddeus Stevens
    Thaddeus Stevens
    Thaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives...

     
    Republican PA 1861 1865
    31 Justin Morrill  Republican VT 1865 1867
    32 Robert C. Schenck
    Robert C. Schenck
    Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys...

     
    Republican OH 1867 1871
    33 Samuel Hooper
    Samuel Hooper
    Samuel Hooper was a businessman and US congressman from Massachusetts, USA.Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He received a common school education and was employed as an agent for an importing firm and traveled extensively in foreign countries...

     
    Republican MA 1871 1871
    34 Henry L. Dawes
    Henry L. Dawes
    Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...

     
    Republican MA 1871 1875
    35 William R. Morrison  Democratic IL 1875 1877
    36 Fernando Wood
    Fernando Wood
    Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...

     
    Democratic NY 1877 1881
    37 John R. Tucker  Democratic VA 1881 1881
    38 William D. Kelley
    William D. Kelley
    William D. Kelley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Kelley was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, social reform, and labor protection.-Early life:...

     
    Republican PA 1881 1883
    39 William R. Morrison  Democratic IL 1883 1887
    40 Roger Q. Mills
    Roger Q. Mills
    Roger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...

     
    Democratic TX 1887 1889
    41 William McKinley
    William McKinley
    William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

     
    Republican OH 1889 1891
    42 William M. Springer  Democratic IL 1891 1893
    43 William L. Wilson
    William Lyne Wilson
    William Lyne Wilson was a Bourbon Democrat politician and lawyer from West Virginia.-Biography:Born in Charles Town, Virginia , Wilson attended Charles Town Academy, graduated from Columbian College in 1860 and subsequently studied at the University of Virginia...

     
    Democratic WV 1893 1895
    44 Nelson Dingley, Jr.
    Nelson Dingley, Jr.
    Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine....

     
    Republican ME 1895 1899
    45 Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno Elisha Payne was a United States Representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican Congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then from 1889 to his death in 1914. He was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 12...

     
    Republican NY 1899 1911
    46 Oscar W. Underwood  Democratic AL 1911 1915
    47 Claude Kitchin
    Claude Kitchin
    Claude Kitchin was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina and floor leader of his party in the House during the 64th, 65th, and 67th Congresses....

     
    Democratic NC 1915 1919
    48 Joseph Fordney  Republican MI 1919 1923
    49 William R. Green
    William R. Green
    William Raymond Green was a longtime Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, until he resigned to accept appointment as an associate judge on the United States Court of Claims.Born in Colchester,...

     
    Republican IA 1923 1928
    50 Willis C. Hawley
    Willis C. Hawley
    Willis Chatman Hawley was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he would serve as president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees before entering politics...

     
    Republican OR 1928 1931
    51 James W. Collier  Democratic MS 1931 1933
    52 Robert L. Doughton
    Robert L. Doughton
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    Democratic NC 1933 1947
    53 Harold Knutson
    Harold Knutson
    Harold Knutson was born in Skien, in Telemark county, Norway. At the age of 6 he and his family moved to the United States initially settling in Chicago, Illinois, but later moving to Sherburne County, Minnesota. He became the editor for the St. Cloud Daily Journal-Press and later president of the...

     
    Republican MN 1947 1949
    54 Robert L. Doughton
    Robert L. Doughton
    Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton , of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob," was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years...

     
    Democratic NC 1949 1953
    55 Daniel A. Reed
    Daniel A. Reed
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    Republican NY 1953 1955
    56 Jere Cooper
    Jere Cooper
    Jere Cooper was a Democratic United States Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Cooper was born on a farm near Dyersburg, Dyer County, Tennessee...

     
    Democratic TN 1955 1957
    57 Wilbur Mills
    Wilbur Mills
    Wilbur Daigh Mills , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas...

     
    Democratic AR 1957 1975
    Al Ullman
    Al Ullman
    Albert Conrad "Al" Ullman , was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented from 1957 to 1981...

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    Democratic OR 1973 1975
    58 Al Ullman
    Al Ullman
    Albert Conrad "Al" Ullman , was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented from 1957 to 1981...

     
    Democratic OR 1975 1981
    59 Dan Rostenkowski
    Dan Rostenkowski
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    Democratic IL 1981 1994
    Sam Gibbons (acting) Democratic FL 1994 1995
    60 Bill Archer
    William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
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    Republican TX 1995 2001
    61 Bill Thomas
    Bill Thomas
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    Republican CA 2001 2007
    62 Charles Rangel  Democratic NY 2007 2010
    Sander Levin (acting) Democratic MI 2010 2011
    63 Dave Camp Republican MI 2011 present

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