United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey
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Committee on Coast and Insular Survey was created in 1899 and terminated in 1921.
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Committee on Coast and Insular Survey was created in 1899 and terminated in 1921.
Chairmen
- Addison G. FosterAddison G. FosterAddison Gardner Foster was a United States Senator from Washington.He attended the common schools and moved to Wabasha County, Minnesota where he engaged in the grain and real estate business. He was auditor and surveyor of Wabasha County; he then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1873 where he...
(R-WA) 1899-1903 - Levi AnkenyLevi AnkenyLevi Ankeny was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington.He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in Portland...
(R-WA) 1903-1905 - Samuel Piles (R-WA) 1905-1911
- Charles E. TownsendCharles E. TownsendCharles Elroy Townsend was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.Townsend was born near Concord, Michigan and attended the common schools in Concord and Jackson and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He taught school at Concord 1881-1886 and was Jackson County...
(R-MI) 1911-1913 - Willard Saulsbury, Jr.Willard Saulsbury, Jr.Willard Saulsbury, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and President pro tempore of the U.S...
(D-DE) 1913-1918 - Edward J. GayEdward James Gay (1878-1952)Edward James Gay II was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born on Union Plantation in Iberville Parish, he attended Pantops Academy the Lawrenceville School , and Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, from which he did not graduate...
(D-LA) 1918-1919 - Walter Edge (R-NJ) 1919-1921