CHAIRMEN'S PORTRAIT PAGE

(The Last 101 Years, 1899-2001)

Chairman William M. Thomas (R-CA)

There is currently no portrait of Chairman Thomas hanging in the Committee hearing room.

R=Republican | D=Democrat

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Bill Archer  (R-TX)
Chairman 1995-2000

Dan Rostenkowski
(D-IL)

Wilbur D. Mills
(D-AR)

Chairman 1957-1974

Jere Cooper
(D-TN)

Chairman 1956-1957²

Daniel A. Reed
(R-NY)

Chairman 1953-1955

Robert Doughton
(D-NC)

Chairman 1933-1947
and 1949-1953

Harold Knutson
(R-MN)

Chairman 1947-1949

James W. Collier
(D-MS)

Chairman 1931-1933

Willis C. Hawley
(R-OR)

Chairman 1929-1931

William R. Green
(R-IA)

Chairman 1923-1928³

Joseph Fordney
(R-MI)

Chairman 1919-1923

Claude Kitchin
(D-NC)

Chairman 1915-1919

Oscar Underwood
(D-AL)

Chairman 1911-1915

Sereno E. Payne
(R-NY)

Chairman 1899-1911

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¹  Sam Gibbon (D-FL) served as acting Chairman from June 1, 1994, to the end of the 2nd session of the 103rd Congress.
²  Cooper died December 18, 1957, shortly after the beginning of the first session of the 85th Congress.
³  Green resigned from Congress on March 31, 1928, just prior to the conclusion of the first session of the 70th Congress.  Hawley served as Chairman for the 2nd Session.