U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
The Committee on Appropriations, or Appropriations Committee (often referred to as simply "Appropriations", as in "He's on Appropriations") is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful of the committees, and its members are seen as influential.
Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, 1865-present
- Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) 1865-1868
- Elihu B. Washburne (R-IL) 1868-1869
- Henry L. Dawes (R-IL) 1869-1871
- James A. Garfield (R-OH) 1871-1875
- Samuel J. Randall (D-PA) 1875-1876
- William S. Holman (D-IN) 1876-1877
- John D. C. Atkins (D-TN) 1877-1881
- Frank Hiscock (R-NY) 1881-1883
- Samuel J. Randall (D-PA) 1883-1889
- Joseph G. Cannon (R-IL) 1889-1891
- William S. Holman (D-IN) 1891-1893
- Joseph D. Sayers (D-TX) 1893-1895
- Joseph G. Cannon (R-IL) 1895-1903
- James A. Hemenway (R-IN) 1903-1905
- James A. Tawney (R-MN) 1905-1911
- John J. Fitzgerald (D-NY) 1911-1917
- J. Swager Sherley (D-KY) 1917-1919
- James W. Good (R-IA) 1919-1921
- Martin B. Madden (R-IL) 1921-1928
- Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (R-KS) 1928-1929
- William R. Wood (R-IN) 1929-1931
- Joseph W. Byrns (D-TN) 1931-1933
- James P. Buchanan (D-TX) 1933-1937
- Edward T. Taylor (D-CO) 1937-1941
- Clarence Cannon (D-MO) 1941-1947
- John Taber (R-NY) 1947-1949
- Clarence Cannon (D-MO) 1949-1953
- John Taber (R-NY) 1953-1955
- Clarence Cannon (D-MO) 1955-1964
- George H. Mahon (D-TX) 1964-1979
- Jamie L. Whitten (D-MS) 1979-1993
- William H. Natcher (D-KY) 1993-1994
- David R. Obey (D-WI) 1994-1995
- Bob Livingston (R-LA) 1995-1999
- C.W. Bill Young (R-FL) 1999-2005
- Jerry Lewis (R-CA) 2005-
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History of the Appropriations Committee |
| ► | Role of the Appropriations Committee |
| ► | Current Members |
| ► | Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, 1865-present |
| ► | See Also |
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