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==History== |
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The Committee was first created as the [[United States Senate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate|Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate]] on |
The Committee was first created as the [[United States Senate Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate|Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate]] on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On 1947-01-02 it was absorbed into the [[United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration]] along with four other committees. |
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== Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947 == |
== Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947 == |
Revision as of 00:55, 19 November 2009
The United States Senate 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 1947-01-02 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 (R-MI) 1874-1877
- James G. Blaine (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 (D-KY) 1893-1895
- Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899
- John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1899-1907
- Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1907-1909
- W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913
- Lee S. Overman (D-NC) 1913-1919
- Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1919-1921
- Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1921-1929
- George H. Moses (R-NH) 1929-1933
- Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) 1933-1936
- Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) 1936-1941
- Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947