U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate, the upper house of the United States Congress. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Congressional confirmation (or lack thereof) of U.S. Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges and district court judges. In recent years, this role has made the committee increasingly a point of contention, with numerous party-line votes and standoffs over which judges should be approved.
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1816-present
- Dudley Chase (R-VT) 1816-1817
- John J. Crittenden (R-KY) 1817-1818
- James Burrill, Jr. (F-RI) 1818-1819
- William Smith (R-SC) 1819-1823
- Martin Van Buren (R/D-NY) 1823-1828
- John Macpherson Berrien (D-GA) 1828-1829
- John Rowan (D-KY) 1829-1831
- William L. Marcy (D-NY) 1831-1832
- William Wilkins (D-PA) 1832-1833
- John M. Clayton (W-DE) 1833-1836
- Felix Grundy (D-TN) 1836-1838
- Garret D. Wall (D-NJ) 1838-1841
- John Macpherson Berrien (W-GA) 1841-1845
- Chester Ashley (D-AR) 1845-1847
- Andrew P. Butler (D-SC) 1847-1857
- James Bayard, Jr. (D-DE) 1857-1861
- Lyman Trumbull (R-IL) 1861-1872
- George F. Edmunds (R-VT) 1872-1879
- Allen G. Thurman (D-OH) 1879-1881
- George F. Edmunds (R-VT) 1881-1891
- George F. Hoar (R-MA) 1891-1893
- James Pugh (D-AL) 1893-1895
- George F. Hoar (R-MA) 1895-1904
- Orville Platt (R-CT) 1904-1905
- Clarence D. Clark (R-WY) 1905-1912
- Charles A. Culberson (D-TX) 1912-1919
- Knute Nelson (R-MN) 1919-1923
- Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) 1923-1924
- Albert B. Cummins (R-IA) 1924-1926
- George W. Norris (R-NE) 1926-1933
- Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) 1933-1941
- Frederick Van Nuys (D-IN) 1941-1945
- Pat McCarran (D-NV) 1945-1947
- Alexander Wiley (R-WI) 1947-1949
- Pat McCarran (D-NV) 1949-1953
- William Langer (R-ND) 1953-1955
- Harley M. Kilgore (D-WV) 1955-1956
- James O. Eastland (D-MS) 1956-1978
- Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) 1978-1981
- Strom Thurmond (R-SC) 1981-1987
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 1987-1995
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1995-2001
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) 2001
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 2001
- Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) 2001-2003
- Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 2003-2005
- Arlen Specter (R-PA) 2005-present
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Members |
| ► | Subcommittees |
| ► | Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1816-present |
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