United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine
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Originally established December 4, 1878 as the Select Committee on Epidemic Diseases. It became a standing committee on December 12, 1887 until March 19, 1896, when the name was changed to the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine. Terminated April 18, 1921.
Committee on Epidemic Diseases 1887-1896
- Isham Harris (D-TN) 1887-1893
- John P. JonesJohn P. JonesJohn Percival Jones was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada. He made a fortune in silver mining and was a co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California....
(R-NV) 1893-1895
Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine 1896-1921
- George G. Vest (D-MO) 1896-1903
- John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1903-1907
- John W. DanielJohn W. DanielJohn Warwick Daniel was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate...
(D-VA) 1908-1909 - Thomas S. MartinThomas S. MartinThomas Staples Martin was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years....
(D-VA) 1909-1911 - Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) 1911-1913
- Joseph E. RansdellJoseph E. RansdellJoseph Eugene Ransdell was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, Ransdell attended public schools. In 1882, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York...
(D-LA) 1913-1919 - Joseph I. FranceJoseph I. FranceJoseph Irwin France was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1917–1923.-Early life:...
(R-MD) 1919-1921
Source
- Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees U.S. Senate Historical Office, January 2005.