United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources
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Committee on Conservation of National Resources was established in 1909 and terminated in 1921.
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Committee on Conservation of National Resources was established in 1909 and terminated in 1921.
Chairmen of the Committee on Conservation of National Resources
- Joseph M. DixonJoseph M. DixonJoseph Moore Dixon was a Republican politician from Montana. He served as a Representative, Senator, and the seventh Governor of Montana. A businessman and a modernizer of Quaker heritage, Dixon was a leader of the Progressive Movement in Montana and nationally...
(R-MT) 1910-1913 - Marcus A. SmithMarcus A. SmithMarcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith was an American Democratic politician, and one of the first two Senators from Arizona, the other being Henry F. Ashurst. He died in Washington, D.C...
(D-AZ) 1913 - James K. VardamanJames K. VardamanJames Kimble Vardaman was an American politician from the state of Mississippi, serving as Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908 and in the U.S. Senate from 1913 to 1919. Vardaman, known as "The Great White Chief", advocated white supremacy...
(D-MS) 1913-1918 - Ellison D. SmithEllison D. SmithEllison DuRant "Cotton Ed" Smith was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944....
(D-SC) 1918-1919 - LeBaron B. ColtLeBaron B. ColtLeBaron Bradford Colt was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and a circuit court judge.-Biography:He was born in Dedham, Massachusetts to Christopher Colt and Theodora Goujand DeWolf Colt; his younger brother, Samuel P. Colt, was a prominent Rhode Island businessman and politician...
(R-RI) 1919-1921