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United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

Committee on Rules is a defunct Congressional committee, replaced by the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

History

The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On January 2, 1947, it was absorbed into the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration along with four other committees.

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947

Thomas Ferry Thomas White Ferry (June 10, 1827October 13, 1896), or T.W. Ferry, was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and acting Vice President of the United States from the State of Michigan. Except for President Gerald Ford, no Michigan politician has ...

(R-MI) 1874-1877 *

James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative ...

(R-ME) 1877-1879 * John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1879-1881 * William P. Frye (R-ME) 1881-1887 * Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1887-1893 *

Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...

(D-KY) 1893-1895 * Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899 *

John C. Spooner John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans ...

(R-WI) 1899-1907 *

Philander C. Knox Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...

(R-PA) 1907-1909 * W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913 *

Lee S. Overman Lee Slater Overman (January 3, 1854December 12, 1930) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular vote in the state, as the legislature had appointed ...

(D-NC) 1913-1919 *

(R-PA) 1919-1921 * Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1921-1929 *

George H. Moses George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore. Biography George H. Moses was born ...

(R-NH) 1929-1933 *

Royal S. Copeland Royal Samuel Copeland (November 7, 1868June 17, 1938), a United States Senator from New York from 1923 until 1938, was an academic, homeopathic physician, and politician. He held elected offices in both Michigan (as a Republican) and New York ...

(D-NY) 1933-1936 *

Matthew M. Neely Matthew Mansfield Neely (November 9, 1874January 18, 1958) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from West Virginia. He is the only West Virginian to serve in both houses of the United States Congress and as the ...

(D-WV) 1936-1941 * Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947 {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Senate Committee On Rules Rules 1867 establishments in the United States 1947 disestablishments in the United States