House Un-American Activities Committee

The House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC (or, rarely, HCUA) (1945-1975) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to the Committee on Internal Security. The House abolished the committee in 1975 and its functions were transferred to the House Judiciary Committee.

Committee chairs and notable members

• Martin Dies Jr., chair 1938 – 1944
• John Parnell Thomas, chair 1947 – 1948
• John Stephens Wood, chair, 1949 – 1953
• Harold Himmel Velde, chair 1953 – 1955
• Francis Walter, chair 1955 – 1963
• Richard Howard Ichord Jr., chair 1969 – 1975
• Richard Nixon
• Gordon H. Scherer
• Karl Earl Mundt
• Felix Edward Hébert
• John Elliott Rankin
• Samuel Dickstein