U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

Chairmen of the Appropriations Committee, 1867-present

• Eugene Hale (R-Maine) 1908-1911
• Francis E. Warren (R-Wyo.) 1911-1913
• Thomas S. Martin (D-Va.) 1913-1919
• Francis E. Warren (R-Wyo.) 1919-1929
• Wesley L. Jones (R-Wash.) 1929-1932
• Frederick Hale (R-Maine) 1932-1933
• Carter Glass (D-Va.) 1933-1946
• Kenneth D. McKellar (D-Tenn.) 1946-1947
• Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) 1947-1949
• Kenneth D. McKellar (D-Tenn.) 1949-1953
• Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) 1953-1955
• Carl T. Hayden (D-Ariz.) 1955-1969
• Richard B. Russell Jr. (D-Ga.) 1969-1971
• Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) 1971-1972
• John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) 1972-1977
• Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) 1977-1981
• Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) 1981-1987
• John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) 1987-1989
• Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) 1989-1995
• Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) 1995-1997
• Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 1997-2001
• Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) 2001
• Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 2001
• Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) 2001-2003
• Theodore F. Stevens (R-Alaska) 2003-2005
• W. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) 2005-present