The United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census was created in 1878. It continued to operate until 1887, when it became the United States Senate Committee on the Census. The Committee was abolished in 1921. Issues related to the U.S. Census and the U.S. Census Bureau are now under the jurisdiction of the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Chairmen of the Select Committee on the Tenth Census, 1878–1887

Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remem ...

(R-VT) 1878–1879 * George H. Pendleton (D-OH) 1879–1881 * Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1881–1887

Chairmen of the Committee on the Census, 1887–1921

* Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1887–1893 * David Turpie (D-IN) 1893–1895 * William Chandler (R-NH) 1895–1897 *

Thomas H. Carter Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...

(R-MT) 1897–1901 *

Joseph V. Quarles Joseph Very Quarles, Jr., (December 16, 1843October 7, 1911) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a United States senator from Wisconsin and a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsi ...

(R-WI) 1901–1905 * Chester Long (R-KS) 1905–1909 * Robert M. La Follette (R-WI) 1909–1913 * William E. Chilton (D-WV) 1913–1916 * Morris Sheppard (D-TX) 1916–1919 * Howard Sutherland (R-WV) 1919–1921 {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Senate Committee On The Census Senate Committee on the Census Census 1878 establishments in the United States 1921 disestablishments