United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections
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The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections was a committee of the United States Senate
. It was established March 10, 1871 and terminated January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
.
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
. It was established March 10, 1871 and terminated January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, with administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections.The committee...
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Chairmen
- 1871-1872: William M. StewartWilliam M. StewartWilliam Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to...
(R-NV) - 1872-1877: Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
- 1877-1879: Bainbridge WadleighBainbridge WadleighBainbridge Wadleigh was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Bradford, he attended the common schools and Kimball Union Academy . He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Milford...
(R-NH) - 1879-1881: Eli Saulsbury (D-DE)
- 1881-1891: George Hoar (R-MA)
- 1891-1894: Zebulon Vance (D-NC)
- 1894-1895: George GrayGeorge Gray (senator)George Gray was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.-Early life and...
(D-DE) - 1895-1897: John H. MitchellJohn H. MitchellJohn Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905...
(R-OR) - 1897 : George F. Hoar (R-MA)
- 1898-1901: William E. ChandlerWilliam E. ChandlerWilliam Eaton Chandler was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.-Early life:...
(R-NH) - 1901-1911: Julius Burrows (R-MI)
- 1911-1913: William P. DillinghamWilliam P. DillinghamWilliam Paul Dillingham was an American Republican politician from the state of Vermont.-Early life:The son of Vermont Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham was born on December 12, 1843, in Waterbury, Vermont, where he later attended the public schools...
(R-VT) - 1913-1917: John W. KernJohn W. KernJohn Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of...
(D-IN) - 1917-1919: Atlee PomereneAtlee PomereneAtlee Pomerene was a Democratic Party politician from Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1911 until 1923.-Early life and career:...
(D-OH) - 1919-1923: William P. DillinghamWilliam P. DillinghamWilliam Paul Dillingham was an American Republican politician from the state of Vermont.-Early life:The son of Vermont Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham was born on December 12, 1843, in Waterbury, Vermont, where he later attended the public schools...
(R-VT) - 1923-1925: Selden P. SpencerSelden P. SpencerSelden Palmer Spencer was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he attended the public schools there and graduated from Yale College in 1884 and from the law school of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1886. He was admitted to the bar, commencing...
(R-MO) - 1925-1927: Richard P. ErnstRichard P. ErnstRichard Pretlow Ernst was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky who served from 1921 to 1927. He was a Republican. Ernst graduated from Centre College in 1878 and got his law degree from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. That year, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Cincinnati, Ohio...
(R-KY) - 1927-1933: Samuel Shortridge (R-CA)
- 1933-1941: Walter F. GeorgeWalter F. GeorgeWalter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore. He was a Democrat.-Early years:...
(D-GA) - 1941-1947: Theodore Francis Green (D-RI)