November 29, 1872); Newspaper Publisher who said "Go West, young man". Hearst, William Randolph; (D., NY); San Francisco, California; (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951); Newspaper Publisher who backed the Spanish-American War. La Follette, Robert M.;(R., WI); Primrose, Wisconsin; (June 14, 1855 - June 18, 1925); Senator from Wisconsin. One of the founders of the National Progressive Republican League and several times unsuccessfully sought the Republican and Progressive Party presidential nominations. Honored with a statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. La Guardia, Fiorello H.; (R., NY); New York City, New York; (December 11, 1882 - September 20, 1947); Also served as Mayor of New York City. Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.; (D., NY); New Haven, Connecticut; (November 29, 1908 - April 4, 1972); Convicted of income tax evasion and excluded from the House, but re-elected in a special election to fill the congressional seat. Rankin, Jeannette; (R., MT); Missoula, Montana; (June 11, 1880 - May 18, 1973); First woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives/Congress; Elected to the 65th Congress March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919 -- and assumed office prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution ("The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.") which was completed on August 18, 1920. Honored with a statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol. Simpson, Jerry; (Populist, KS); Prince Edward Island, Canada; (March 31, 1842 - October 23, 1905); Populist. Stephens, Alexander H.; (D., GA); Crawfordville, Georgia; (February 11, 1812 - March 4, 1883); Vice President of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865. 9 Volstead, Andrew; (R., MN); Kenyon, Minnesota; (October 31, 1860 - January 20, 1947); Sponsor of the Volstead Act (Prohibition) the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. CHAIRMEN OF PREDECESSOR COMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES The following is a list of Members who served as chair of each preceding Committees by Congresses. CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS 9th Pennsylvania Kentucky Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Ohio 12th Ohio Kentucky 14th Louisiana Louisiana 1805-1807 Andrew Gregg Republican Republican Republican February 17, 1807 - March 3, 1807 10th 1807-1809 John Boyle Republican October 28, 1807 - March 3, 1809 11th 1809-1811 Jeremiah Morrow Republican May 22, 1909 March 3, 1811 1811-1813 Jeremiah Morrow Republican November 4, 1811 March 3, 1813 13th 1813-1815 Samuel McKee Republican May 24, 1813 March 3, 1815 1815-1817 Thomas B. Robertson Republican December 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817 December 3, 1817 - April 20, 1818 November 17, 1818 March 3, 1819 16th 1819-1821 Richard C. Anderson, Jr. Republican December 6, 1819 — March 3, 1821 17th 1821-1823 Christopher Rankin Democrat December 3, 1821 - March 3, 1823 18th 1823-1825 Christopher Rankin Democrat December 1, 1823 - - March 3, 1825 19th 1825-1827 Christopher Rankin Democrat December 7, 1825 March 14, 1826 March 14, 1826 - March 3, 1820 2016 1827-1829 Jacob C. Isacks Jacksonian December 3, 1827 - - March 3, 1829 215 1829-1831 Jacob C. Isacks Jacksonian December 9, 1830 — March 3, 1831 22nd 1831-1833 Charles A. Wickliffe Jacksonian Mississippi Kentucky Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Tennessee Kentucky Kentucky Alabama Indiana Indiana Illinois Ohio Ohio Ohio Maryland Ohio Alabama Ohio Indiana Illinois 23rd 1833-1835 Clement C. Clay Democrat December 2, 1833 — March 3, 1835 24th 1835-1837 Ratliff Boon Jacksonian December 7, 1835 — March 3, 1837 25th 1837-1839 Ratliff Boon Democrat Democrat December 7, 1839 - March 3, 1839 26th 1839-1841 Thomas Corwin Whig Whig December 10, 1840 - March 3, 1841 27th 1841-1843 William C. Johnson Whig June 7, 1841 - December 13, 1841 December 13, 1841 - March 2, 1842 March 2, 1842 December 12, 1842 December 12, 1842 March 2, 1843 28th 1843-1845 John W. Davis Democrat December 4, 1843 March 3, 1845 29th 1845-1847 John A. McClernand Democrat December 1, 1845 March 3, 1847 30th 1847-1849 Jacob Collamer Whig December 6, 1847 March 3, 1849 315 1849-1851 James B. Bowlin Democrat December 3, 1849 - March 3, 1851 32nd 1851-1853 Willard P. Hall Democrat December 1, 1851 March 3, 1853 33rd 1853-1855 David T. Disney Democrat December 5, 1853 March 3, 1855 34th 1855-1857 Henry Bennett Whig December 3, 1855 - March 3, 1857 35th 1857-1859 Williamson R. W. Cobb Democrat December 7, 1857 - March 3, 1859 36th 1859-1861 Eli Thayer Republican December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861 37th 1861-1863 John F. Potter Republican July 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 38th 1863-1865 George W. Julian Republican December 7, 1863 March 3, 1865 39th 1865-1867 George W. Julian Republican December 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 40ch 1867-1869 George W. Julian Republican March 4, 1867 March 3, 1869 4154 1869-1871 George W. Julian Republican Vermont Missouri Missouri Ohio New York Alabama Massachusetts Wisconsin Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana New York Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Ohio Wisconsin Indiana Indiana Indiana Illinois Arkansas Arkansas Iowa 42nd 1871-1873 John H. Ketcham Republican March 4, 1871 March 3, 1873 43rd 1873-1875 Washington Townsed Republican December 1, 1873 — March 3, 1875 44th 1875-1877 Milton Sayler Democrat December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877 45th 1877-1879 William R. Morrison Democrat October 15, 1877 —— March 3, 1879 46th 1879-1881 George L. Converse Democrat March 18, 1879 - March 3, 1881 47th 1881-1883 Thaddeus C. Pound Republican December 5, 1881 March 3, 1883 48th 1883-1885 Thomas R. Cobb Democrat December 3, 1883 March 3, 1885 49th 1885-1887 Thomas R. Cobb Democrat December 7, 1885 March 3, 1887 50th 1887-1889 Williams S. Holman Democrat December 5, 1887 March 3, 1889 5151 1889-1891 Lewis E. Payson Republican December 2, 1889 March 3, 1891 52nd 1891-1893 Thomas C. McRae Democrat December 7, 1891 - March 3, 1893 53rd 1893-1895 Thomas C. McRae Democrat August 7, 1893 - March 3, 1895 54th 1895-1897 John F. Lacey Republican December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897 1897-1899 John F. Lacey Republican March 15, 1897 March 3, 1899 56th 1899-1901 John F. Lacey Republican December 4, 1899 — March 3, 1901 57th 1901-1903 John F. Lacey Republican December 2, 1901 - March 3, 1903 58th 1903-1905 John F. Lacey Republican November 9, 1903 - March 3, 1905 59th 1905-1907 John F. Lacey Republican December 4, 1905 - March 3, 1907 60th 1907-1909 Frank W. Mondell Republican December 2, 1907 — March 3, 1909 615 1909-1911 Frank W. Mondell Republican March 15, 1909 March 3, 1911 62nd 1911-1913 Joseph T. Robinson Democrat April 11, 1911 - December 12, 1912 Democrat December 12, 1912 - March 3, 1913 63rd 1913-1915 Scott Ferris Democrat April 7, 1913 March 3, 1915 64th 1915-1917 Scott Ferris Democrat December 6, 1915 - March 3, 1917 65th 1917-1919 Scott Ferris Democrat 55th Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Iowa Wyoming Wyoming Arkansas Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma 66th Oregon 67th Oregon 69th Oregon 68th Oregon 70th Oregon Vermont 715 Vermont 72nd Montana 73rd Louisiana 74th Louisiana 1919-1921 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican May 19, 1919 March 3, 1921 1921-1923 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican April 11, 1921 March 3, 1923 1925-1927 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican December 7, 1925 - March 4, 1927 1923-1925 Nicholas J. Sinnott Republican December 3, 1923 - March 3, 1925 December 12, 1927 – May 31, 1928 Republican Republican April 15, 1929 March 3, 1931 1931-1933 John M. Evans Democrat December 7, 1931 March 3, 1933 1933-1935 René L. De Rouen Democrat March 9, 1933 June 18, 1934 1935-1937 René L. De Rouen Democrat January 3, 1935 June 20, 1936 1937-1939 René L. De Rouen Democrat January 5, 1937 - June 16, 1938 January 13, 1939 September 24, 1940 - January 3, 1941 December 16, 1942 January 6, 1943 December 19, 1944 - January 3, 1947 December 31, 1948 January 18, 1949 --- April 6, 1949 |