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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee
Standing Committee

In the United States Congress, standing committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules....
 of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:



It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and reports on those findings.

Committee is chaired by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV , generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic Party United States Senate from West Virginia since 1985....
 of West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
 and the Vice Chairwoman
Ranking member

In Politics of the United States, the ranking member or ranking minority member is a member of a United States Congress or State_legislature_ committee from the minority party, frequently the member with the highest seniority....
 is Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison

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 of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
.






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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee
Standing Committee

In the United States Congress, standing committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules....
 of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
 in charge of all senate matters related to the following subjects:

  • Coast Guard
    United States Coast Guard

    The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
  • Coastal zone management
  • Communications
    Communications in the United States

    The primary regulator of communications in the United States is the Federal Communications Commission. It closely regulates all of the industries mentioned below with the exception of the Internet service provider industry....
  • Highway safety
    Road-traffic safety

    Road traffic safety aims to reduce the harm resulting from crashes of road vehicles. Harm from road traffic crashes is greater than that from all other transportation modes combined....
  • Inland waterways
    Inland waterways of the United States

    The inland waterways of the United States include over 25,000 miles of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System—the Mississippi River and connecting waterways....
    , except construction
  • Interstate commerce
    Commerce Clause

    The Commerce Clause is an Enumerated powers listed in the United States Constitution . The clause states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with the Indian tribes....
  • Marine and ocean navigation
    Navigation

    Navigation is the process of reading, and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks....
    , safety, and transportation
  • Marine fisheries
  • Merchant marine and navigation
  • Nonmilitary aeronautical and space sciences
  • Oceans, weather, and atmospheric activities
  • Panama Canal
    Panama Canal

    The Panama Canal is a man-made canal which joins the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean oceans. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, it had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans, replacing the long and treacherous route via the Drake Passage and Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South Am...
     and other interoceanic canals
  • Regulation
    Regulation

    Regulation refers to "controlling human or societal behaviour by rules or restrictions." Regulation can take many forms: law restrictions promulgated by a government authority, self-regulation, social regulation , co-regulation and market regulation....
     of consumer products and services, including testing related to toxic substances, other than pesticides, and except for credit, financial services, and housing
  • Regulation of interstate common carrier
    Common carrier

    A common carrier is a business that transports people, goods, or services and offers its services to the general public under license or authority provided by a regulatory body....
    s, including railroads, buses, trucks, vessels, pipelines, and civil aviation
    Civil aviation

    Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices for civil aviation through that agency....
  • Science
    Science

    In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
    , engineering
    Engineering

    Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
    , and technology
    Technology

    Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
     research and development and policy
  • Sports
  • Standards
    Standardization

    Standardization is the process of developing and agreeing upon Standard . A standard is a document that establishes uniform engineering or technical specifications, criteria, methods, processes, or practices....
     and measurement
    Units of measurement

    The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to this day....
  • Transport
    Transport

    Transport or transportation is the movement of passenger and cargo from one location to another. Transport is performed by various modes of transport, such as aviation, rail transport, road transport, ship transport, cable transport, pipeline transport and space transport....
    ation
  • Transportation and commerce aspects of Continental Shelf
    Outer Continental Shelf

    The Outer Continental Shelf is a peculiarity of the political geography of the United States and is the part of the internationally recognized continental shelf of the United States which does not fall under the jurisdictions of the individual U.S....
     lands


It also studies and reviews matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation, communications, and consumer affairs, and reports on those findings.

Membership, 111th Congress
111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

The Committee is chaired by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV , generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic Party United States Senate from West Virginia since 1985....
 of West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
 and the Vice Chairwoman
Ranking member

In Politics of the United States, the ranking member or ranking minority member is a member of a United States Congress or State_legislature_ committee from the minority party, frequently the member with the highest seniority....
 is Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison

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 of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. The committee will formally organize for the 111th Congress once the Senate adopts a resolution electing members and setting committee ratios.

Majority Minority
  • Jay Rockefeller
    Jay Rockefeller

    John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV , generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic Party United States Senate from West Virginia since 1985....
    , Chairman, West Virginia
  • Daniel Inouye
    Daniel Inouye

    born September 7, 1924 is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senate from Hawaii. He has been a U.S. Senator since 1963, and is currently the third-most-senior member after fellow Democratic Party Robert Byrd and Ted Kennedy....
    , Hawaii
  • John Kerry
    John Kerry

    John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
    , Massachusetts
  • Byron Dorgan
    Byron Dorgan

    Byron Leslie Dorgan is the junior United States Senate from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
    , North Dakota
  • Barbara Boxer
    Barbara Boxer

    Barbara Levy Boxer is an United States Democratic Party politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Party California Secretary...
    , California
  • Bill Nelson
    Bill Nelson

    Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior United States Senate from Florida. Nelson is a member of the Democratic Party. Nelson became the Jake Garn of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-61-C ....
    , Florida
  • Maria Cantwell
    Maria Cantwell

    Maria E. Cantwell is the Senior Senator United States Senate from the state of Washington and is a member of the Democratic Party . Previously she served in Washington House of Representatives and one term as member of the United States House of Representatives from ....
    , Washington
  • Frank Lautenberg
    Frank Lautenberg

    Frank Raleigh Lautenberg is an United States businessman and Democratic Party politician. Now the senior United States Senate from New Jersey, he is in his second non-consecutive term in office, first serving from 1982 to 2001, and again since 2003....
    , New Jersey
  • Mark Pryor
    Mark Pryor

    Mark Lunsford Pryor is an United States politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Arkansas, serving since 2003....
    , Arkansas
  • Claire McCaskill
    Claire McCaskill

    Claire Conner McCaskill is an United States Democratic Party politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditors of Missouri of Missouri....
    , Missouri
  • Amy Klobuchar
    Amy Klobuchar

    Amy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
    , Minnesota
  • Tom Udall
    Tom Udall

    Thomas Stewart Udall is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party . He had represented as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999....
    , New Mexico
  • Mark Warner
    Mark Warner

    Mark Robert Warner is an United States Politics of the United States, businessman, and the Junior Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , Virginia
  • Mark Begich
    Mark Begich

    Mark P. Begich is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Alaska and a member of the Democratic Party . A former List of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska of Anchorage, Alaska, he served on the Anchorage City_council#United_States for ten years before being elected mayor in 2003....
    , Alaska
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison
    Kay Bailey Hutchison

    image name=Kay Bailey Hutchison, official photo 2.jpg| jr/sr=Senior Senator won't display, but needs to be here for now: see...
    , Ranking Member, Texas
  • Olympia Snowe
    Olympia Snowe

    Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan is the senior United States Senate from Maine.The most liberal Republican in the chamber, Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes and Senatorial filibuster , in part making her one of the most influential modern U.S....
    , Maine
  • John Ensign
    John Ensign

    John Eric Ensign is the junior United States Senate from Nevada, serving since January 2001. He is a member of the United States Republican Party and the former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee....
    , Nevada
  • Jim DeMint
    Jim DeMint

    James Warren DeMint has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. He had previously represented South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005....
    , South Carolina
  • David Vitter
    David Vitter

    David Bruce Vitter is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party . Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburbs Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Vitter was elected to the Senate in 2004....
    , Louisiana
  • John Thune
    John Thune

    John Randolph Thune is the Republican Party junior United States Senate from the state of South Dakota.Born and raised in South Dakota, Thune attended college at Biola University in California before returning to his home state to obtain a graduate degree at the University of South Dakota....
    , South Dakota
  • Roger Wicker
    Roger Wicker

    Roger Frederick Wicker is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican Party , he is currently Mississippi's junior United States Senate....
    , Mississippi
  • Johnny Isakson
    Johnny Isakson

    John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson , is an United States politician, who has been the United States Republican Party junior United States Senate from Georgia since 2005....
    , Georgia
  • Sam Brownback
    Sam Brownback

    Samuel Dale Brownback is the senior United States United States Senate from the U.S. state of Kansas. During 2007, he was a candidate in the Republican Party primaries for the United States presidential election, 2008....
    , Kansas
  • Mel Martinez
    Mel Martinez

    Melqu?ades Rafael "Mel" Mart?nez is currently the junior United States Senate from Florida and served as General Chairman of the Republican Party from November, 2006 until October 19, 2007....
    , Florida
  • Mike Johanns
    Mike Johanns

    Michael Owen Johanns is an United States Republican Party politician and the junior United States Senator from Nebraska. A former Governor of Nebraska, he served as the 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture, becoming the fourth Nebraskan to hold the position....
    , Nebraska


    • Source: http://democrats.senate.gov/committee

    Subcommittees

     Subcommittees of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
    Subcommittee Chair Ranking Minority Member
    Communications and Technology John Kerry
    John Kerry

    John Forbes Kerry is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party , he was defeated by 34 electoral votes in the United States presidential election, 2004 by the Republican Party incumbent President of the United States...
     (D-MA)    		 John Ensign
    John Ensign

    John Eric Ensign is the junior United States Senate from Nevada, serving since January 2001. He is a member of the United States Republican Party and the former chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee....
     (R-NV)
    Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
    United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security

    The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security is one of the seven subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation...
    		 Byron Dorgan
    Byron Dorgan

    Byron Leslie Dorgan is the junior United States Senate from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
     (D-ND)    		 Jim DeMint
    Jim DeMint

    James Warren DeMint has been a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2005. He had previously represented South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005....
     (R-SC)
    Science and Space Bill Nelson
    Bill Nelson

    Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior United States Senate from Florida. Nelson is a member of the Democratic Party. Nelson became the Jake Garn of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-61-C ....
     (D-FL)    		 David Vitter
    David Vitter

    David Bruce Vitter is the Junior Senator United States Senate from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party . Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives, first elected in 1999, representing the suburbs Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Vitter was elected to the Senate in 2004....
     (R-LA)
    Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
    United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard

    The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard is one of the seven subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation...
    		 Maria Cantwell
    Maria Cantwell

    Maria E. Cantwell is the Senior Senator United States Senate from the state of Washington and is a member of the Democratic Party . Previously she served in Washington House of Representatives and one term as member of the United States House of Representatives from ....
     (D-WA)    		 Olympia Snowe
    Olympia Snowe

    Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe McKernan is the senior United States Senate from Maine.The most liberal Republican in the chamber, Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes and Senatorial filibuster , in part making her one of the most influential modern U.S....
     (R-ME)
    Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Frank Lautenberg
    Frank Lautenberg

    Frank Raleigh Lautenberg is an United States businessman and Democratic Party politician. Now the senior United States Senate from New Jersey, he is in his second non-consecutive term in office, first serving from 1982 to 2001, and again since 2003....
     (D-NJ)    		 John Thune
    John Thune

    John Randolph Thune is the Republican Party junior United States Senate from the state of South Dakota.Born and raised in South Dakota, Thune attended college at Biola University in California before returning to his home state to obtain a graduate degree at the University of South Dakota....
     (R-SD)
    Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Mark Pryor
    Mark Pryor

    Mark Lunsford Pryor is an United States politician and the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Arkansas, serving since 2003....
     (D-AR)    		 Roger Wicker
    Roger Wicker

    Roger Frederick Wicker is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican Party , he is currently Mississippi's junior United States Senate....
     (R-MS)
    Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Amy Klobuchar
    Amy Klobuchar

    Amy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
     (D-MN)    		 Mel Martinez
    Mel Martinez

    Melqu?ades Rafael "Mel" Mart?nez is currently the junior United States Senate from Florida and served as General Chairman of the Republican Party from November, 2006 until October 19, 2007....
     (R-FL)


    History

    The original progenitors of this committee were:
    • United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures
      United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures

      The United States Senate Committee on Commerce and Manufactures was one of the original standing committees created in the Senate in 1816, but it only lasted nine years, when it was split into the U.S....
       (1816-1825)
    • United States Senate Committee on Commerce (1825-1946, 1961-1977)
    • United States Senate Committee on Manufactures (1825-1855, 1864-1946)
    • United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1885-1946)
    • United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals
      United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals

      The United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals was established on December 15, 1899 and terminated on January 2, 1947, when its when its functions were transferred to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation....
       (1899-1946)
    • United States Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1946-1961)
    • United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
      United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

      The U.S. Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences existed from 1958 to 1977, when it was folded into the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation....
       (1958-1977)


    Chairmen


    Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, 1816-1825

    • William Hunter
      William Hunter (Rhode Island)

      William Hunter was an American politician and diplomat and namesake/owner of the Hunter House museum.Hunter was born in Newport, Rhode Island....
       (F-RI) 1816-1817
    • Nathan Sanford
      Nathan Sanford

      Nathan Sanford was an United States politician....
       (R-NY) 1817-1820
    • Mahlon Dickerson
      Mahlon Dickerson

      Mahlon Dickerson was an United States judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state....
       (R-NJ) 1820-1825


    Committee on Commerce, 1825-1927

    • James Lloyd
      James Lloyd

      James Lloyd may refer to:*James Lloyd , English television actor*James Tilghman Lloyd , U.S. Congressman*James Lloyd , U.S. Senator*James Lloyd , U.S....
       (NR-MA) 1825-1826
    • Josiah Johnston (NR-LA) 1826-1827
    • Levi Woodbury
      Levi Woodbury

      Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....
       (D-NH) 1827-1831
    • John Forsyth
      John Forsyth (politician)

      John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th century United States politician from Georgia .Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S....
       (D-GA) 1831-1832
    • William R. King
      William R. King

      William Rufus deVane King was a United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, a United States Senate from Alabama, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
       (D-AL) 1832-1833
    • Nathaniel Silsbee
      Nathaniel Silsbee

      Nathanial Silsbee was an politics in the United States from Massachusetts.He was born in Salem, Massachusetts on January 14, 1773. He went to sea and became a sea captain, ship owner and merchant; he held several local offices in Salem and Boston, Massachusetts....
       (W-MA) 1833-1835
    • John Davis
      John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)

      John Davis was an United States lawyer, businessman and politician....
       (W-MA) 1835-1836
    • William R. King
      William R. King

      William Rufus deVane King was a United States House of Representatives from North Carolina, a United States Senate from Alabama, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
       (D-AL) 1836-1841
    • Jabez Huntington (W-CT) 1841-1845
    • William Haywood
      William Henry Haywood, Jr.

      William Henry Haywood, Jr. was a United States Democratic Party United States Senate from the state of North Carolina between 1843 and 1846....
       (D-NC) 1845-1846
    • John Dix
      John Dix

      John Dix is the name of:*John Adams Dix , Governor of New York from 1873 to 1874*John Alden Dix , Governor of New York from 1911 to 1912...
       (D-NY) 1846-1849
    • Hannibal Hamlin
      Hannibal Hamlin

      Hannibal Hamlin was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln from 1861-1865....
       (D-ME) 1849-1856
    • Henry Dodge
      Henry Dodge

      Henry Dodge was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, Wisconsin Territory#Governors of Wisconsin Territory and a veteran of the Black Hawk War....
       (D-WI) 1856-1857
    • Clement Claiborne Clay
      Clement Claiborne Clay

      Clement Claiborne Clay was a United States Senate from the U.S. state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a Confederate States Senate from the Alabama from 1861 to 1863....
       (D-AL) 1857-1861
    • Zachariah Chandler
      Zachariah Chandler

      Zachariah Chandler was List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan of Detroit, Michigan , a four-term United States Senate from the U.S. state of Michigan , and United States Secretary of the Interior under President of the United States Ulysses S....
       (R-MI) 1861-1875
    • Roscoe Conkling
      Roscoe Conkling

      Roscoe Conkling was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party ....
       (R-NY) 1875-1879
    • John B. Gordon (D-GA) 1879-1880
    • Matt Ransom (D-GA) 1880-1881
    • Samuel J. R. McMillan
      Samuel J. R. McMillan

      Samuel James Renwick McMillan was an United States politician. He was a United States Republican Party United States Senate from Minnesota. McMillan served in the U.S....
       (R-MN) 1881-1887
    • William P. Frye
      William P. Frye

      William Pierce Frye was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a Legislature, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives before being elected to the United States Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in office....
       (R-ME) 1887-1893
    • Matt Ransom (D-NC) 1893-1895
    • William P. Frye
      William P. Frye

      William Pierce Frye was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a Legislature, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives before being elected to the United States Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in office....
       (R-ME) 1895-1911
    • Knute Nelson
      Knute Nelson

      Knute Nelson was an United States politician who served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S....
       (R-MN) 1911-1913
    • James P. Clarke (D-AR) 1913-1916
    • Duncan U. Fletcher
      Duncan U. Fletcher

      Duncan Upshaw Fletcher was an United States lawyer and politician of the United States Democratic Party. Senator Fletcher was the longest serving United States Senate in Florida's history....
       (D-FL) 1916-1919
    • Wesley L. Jones (R-WA) 1919-1930
    • Hiram W. Johnson (R-CA) 1930-1933
    • Hubert D. Stephens
      Hubert D. Stephens

      Hubert Durrett Stephens was an United States politician who served as a United States Democratic Party United States Senator from Mississippi from 1923 until 1935....
       (D-MS) 1933-1935
    • Royal S. Copeland
      Royal S. Copeland

      For the Canadian football player of the same name see Royal Copeland .Royal Samuel Copeland was an American academic, homeopathy physician, and politician who held elected offices in both Michigan and New York ....
       (D-NY) 1935-1939
    • Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) 1939-1947


    Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1887-1947

    • Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) 1887-1893
    • Matthew Butler
      Matthew Butler

      Matthew Calbraith Butler was an United States military commander and politician from South Carolina. He served as a History of Confederate States Army Generals#major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the Spani...
       (D-SC) 1893-1895
    • Shelby M. Cullom (R-IL) 1895-1901
    • Stephen Elkins (R-WV) 1901-1911
    • Moses E. Clapp
      Moses E. Clapp

      Moses Edwin Clapp was an United States lawyer and politician.He served as the Minnesota Attorney General from 1887 until 1893. In 1900, he entered the special election for Minnesota's seat in the United States Senate that was made vacant by the death of Cushman Davis....
       (R-MN) 1911-1913
    • Francis G. Newlands
      Francis G. Newlands

      Francis Griffith Newlands was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Nevada....
       (D-NV) 1913-1917
    • Ellison D. Smith
      Ellison D. Smith

      Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith was a United States Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944....
       (D-SC) 1917-1919
    • Albert B. Cummins
      Albert B. Cummins

      Albert Baird Cummins was a US Republican Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. A leader of his party's progressive wing and opponent of its more conservative "standpatters," he was defeated shortly before his death by an even more progressive adversary within his own party....
       (R-IA) 1919-1924
    • Ellison D. Smith
      Ellison D. Smith

      Ellison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith was a United States Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944....
       (D-SC) 1924-1925
    • James E. Watson (R-IN) 1925-1928
    • James Couzens (R-MI) 1928-1933
    • Clarence C. Dill (D-WA) 1933-1935
    • Burton K. Wheeler
      Burton K. Wheeler

      Burton Kendall Wheeler was a Montana politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senate from 1923 until 1947.Wheeler was born in Hudson, Massachusetts....
       (D-MT) 1935-1947


    Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1947-1961

    • Wallace H. White, Jr.
      Wallace H. White, Jr.

      Wallace Humphrey White, Jr. was a prominent Politics of the United States and Republican Party leader in United States Congress from 1916 until 1949....
       (R-ME) 1947-1949
    • Edwin C. Johnson
      Edwin C. Johnson

      Edwin Carl Johnson was a United States Democratic Party politician from the state of Colorado. He represented his state for three terms in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1955, and served as governor of Colorado from 1933 until 1937 and from 1955 until 1957....
       (D-CO) 1949-1953
    • Charles W. Tobey
      Charles W. Tobey

      Charles William Tobey , Governor of New Hampshire and United States Senate, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of William Tobey, an accountant, and Ellen Hall Parker Tobey....
       (R-NH) 1953
    • John W. Bricker
      John W. Bricker

      John William Bricker was a United States Senator and Governor of Ohio. A member of the United States Republican Party, he was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1944....
       (R-OH) 1953-1955
    • Warren G. Magnuson
      Warren G. Magnuson

      Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senate of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the Dean of the United States Senate of the body....
       (D-WA) 1955-1961


    Committee on Commerce, 1961-1977

    • Warren G. Magnuson
      Warren G. Magnuson

      Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senate of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the Dean of the United States Senate of the body....
       (D-WA) 1961-1977


    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1977-present

    • Warren G. Magnuson
      Warren G. Magnuson

      Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senate of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the Dean of the United States Senate of the body....
       (D-WA) 1977-1978
    • Howard W. Cannon (D-NV) 1978-1981
    • Bob Packwood
      Bob Packwood

      Robert William "Bob" Packwood is an United States politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party . He was forced to resign from the United States Senate, under threat of Expulsion from the United States Congress, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault of women emerged....
       (R-OR) 1981-1985
    • John Danforth
      John Danforth

      John Claggett "Jack" Danforth is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican Party United States Senate from Missouri....
       (R-MO) 1985-1987
    • Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) 1987-1995
    • Larry Pressler (R-SD) 1995-1997
    • John McCain
      John McCain

      John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
       (R-AZ) 1997-2001
    • Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) 2001
    • John McCain
      John McCain

      John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
       (R-AZ) 2001
    • Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC) 2001-2003
    • John McCain
      John McCain

      John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
       (R-AZ) 2003-2005
    • Ted Stevens
      Ted Stevens

      Theodore Fulton Stevens is a former senior United States United States Senate from Alaska, who served from December 24, 1968 until January 3, 2009....
       (R-AK) 2005-2007
    • Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 2007-2009
    • Jay Rockefeller
      Jay Rockefeller

      John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV , generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic Party United States Senate from West Virginia since 1985....
       (D-WV) 2009-


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