United States Senate Committee on Rules
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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 (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
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