CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS Kentucky Ohio Kentucky Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Kentucky Kentucky Louisiana Virginia Pennsylvania 14th 1815-1817 Solomon P. Sharp Republican December 4, 1815 — March 3, 1817 15th 1817-1819 Samuel Herrick Republican November 17, 1818 - March 3, 1819 16th 1819-1821 John W. Campbell Republican December 6, 1819 — March 3, 1821 17th 1821-1823 John W. Campbell Republican December 3, 1821 March 3, 1823 18th 1823-1825 John W. Campbell Republican December 1, 1823 March 3, 1825 December 7, 1825 May 22, 1826 December 6, 1826 - March 2, 1827 20th 1827-1829 Richard A. Buckner Republican December 3, 1827 March 3, 1829 21st 1829-1831 Henry H. Gurley December 10, 1829 - February 4, 1830 February 2, 1830 — May 31, 1830 December 9, 1830 March 3, 1831 22nd 1831-1833 Cave Johnson Jacksonian December 5, 1831 March 2, 1833 23rd 1833-1835 Cave Johnson Jacksonian December 2, 1833 March 3, 1835 24th 1835-1837 John Carr Jacksonian December 7, 1835 March 3, 1837 25th 1837-1839 William L. May Democrat September 4, 1837 March 3, 1839 26th 1839-1841 Zadoc Casey Democrat December 10, 1840 — March 3, 1841 27th 1841-1843 John Moore Whig May 31, 1841 March 3, 1843 Democrat Democrat December 5, 1844 November 10, 1845 29th 1845-1847 James B. Bowlin Democrat December 1, 1845 — March 3, 1847 30th 1847-1849 John Gayle Whig December 6, 1847 - March 3, 1849 Tennessee Tennessee Indiana Illinois Illinois Massachusetts Louisiana Arkansas Louisiana Missouri Alabama Maryland New York Georgia Missouri 351h Louisiana Wisconsin Pennsylvania March 3, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan Indiana December 17, 1849 August 30, 1850 Democrat December 5, 1850 March 3, 1850 32nd 1851-1853 Timothy Jenkins Democrat December 1, 1851 March 3, 1853 33rd 1853-1855 Junius Hillyer Democrat December 5, 1853 - March 3, 1855 34th 1855-1857 Gilchrist Porter Whig December 3, 1855 - March 3, 1857 1857-1859 John M. Sandidge Democrat December 7, 1857 — March 3, 1859 36th 1859-1861 Cadwallder C. Washburn Republican December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861 37th 1861-1863 Samuel S. Blair Republican July 4, 1861 1863 38th 1863-1865 Martin Russell Thayer Republican December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1865 39th 1865-1867 Martin Russell Thayer Republican December 4, 1865 — March 3, 1857 40th 1867-1869 Godlove S. Orth Republican March 4, 1867 March 3, 1869 4151 1869-1871 Austin Blair Republican March 16, 1869 March 3, 1871 42nd 1871-1873 Ulysses Mercur Republican December 4, 1871 December 2, 1872 December 2, 1872 March 3, 1873 43rd 1873-1875 Leonard Myers Republican December 5, 1873 December 19, 1873 Republican December 19, 1873 — March 3, 1875 44th 1875-1877 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat December 6, 1875 March 3, 1877 45th 1877-1879 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat October 15, 1877 — March 3, 1879 46th 1879-1881 Thomas M. Gunter Democrat March 18, 1879 - March 3, 1881 47th 1881-1883 Romauldo Paceco Republican December 5, 1881 — March 3, 1883 48th 1883-1885 Harry L. Muldrow Democrat December 3, 1883 — March 3, 1885 49th 1885-1887 John E. Halsell Democrat March 3, 1887 50th 1887-1889 James B. McCreary Democrat December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889 515 1889-1891 Lucien B. Caswell Republican December 2, 1889 March 3, 1891 52nd 1891-1893 Ashbel P. Fitch Democrat Pennsylvania Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas California Mississippi Kentucky Kentucky Wisconsin West Virginia Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois 53rd 1893-1895 John O. Pendleton Democrat August 7, 1893 March 3, 1895 54th 1895-1897 George W. Smith Republican December 2, 1895 — March 3, 1897 55th 1897-1899 George W. Smith Republican March 15, 1897 — March 3, 1899 56th 1889-1901 George W. Smith Republican December 4, 1899 March 3, 1901 57th 1901-1903 George W. Smith Republican December 2, 1901 March 3, 1903 58th 1903-1905 George W. Smith Republican November 9, 1903 - March 3, 1905 59th 1905-1907 George W. Smith Republican December 4, 1905 - March 3, 1907 60th 1907-1909 Thomas F. Marshall Republican December 2, 1907 - March 3, 1909 6151 1909-1911 Ernest W. Roberts Republican March 15, 1909 — March 3, 1911 Illinois Illinois North Dakota Massachusetts CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS 18th 17th 1821-1823 Samuel Moore Republican Pennsylvania December 19, 1821 August 18, 1822 Kentucky Tennessee December 1, 1823 March 3, 1825 19th 1825-1827 John A. Cocke Tennessee December 5, 18 March 3, 1827 20th 1827-1829 William McLean Ohio December 3, 1827 — March 3, 1829 21st 1829-1831 John Bell Whig Tennessee December 7, 1829 March 3, 1831 22nd 1831-1833 John Bell Whig Tennessee States Rights Democrat Alabama December 6, 1832 March 2, 1833 23rd 1833-1835 Dixon H. Lewis States Rights Democrat Alabama Georgia Whig Tennessee December 7, 1835 - March 3, 1837 25th 1837-1839 John Bell Whig Tennessee September 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 26th 1839-1841 John Bell Whig Tennessee December 2, 1839 - March 3, 1841 27th 1841-1843 John Quincy Adams Whig Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania December 13, 1841 March 3, 1843 28th 1843-1845 Cave Johnson Democrat Tennessee December 4, 1843 March 3, 1845 29th 1845-1847 Jacob Thompson Democrat Mississippi December 1, 1845 - March 3, 1847 30th 1847-1849 Meredith P. Gentry Whig Tennessee North Carolina December 7, 1848 March 3, 1849 315€ 1849-1851 Robert W. Johnson Democrat Arkansas December 3, 1849 March 3, 1851 32nd 1851-1853 Robert W. Johnson Democrat Arkansas South Carolina New York Arkansas Tennessee Minnesota Minnesota 39th Minnesota Minnesota Kansas Indiana Minnesota North Carolina North Carolina 33rd 1853-1855 James L. Orr Democrat December 5, 1853 March 3, 1855 34th 1855-1857 Benjamin Pringle Whig December 3, 1855 March 3, 1857 35th 1857-1859 Alfred B. Greenwood Democrat December 7, 1857- March 3, 1859 36th 1859-1861 Emerson Etheridge Opposition Party December 5, 1859 — March 3, 1861 37h 1861-1863 Cyrus Aldrich Republican July 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 38th 1863-1865 William Windom Republican December 7, 1863 March 3, 1865 1865-1867 William Windom Republican December 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 40th 1867-1869 William Windom Republican March 4, 1867 March 3, 1869 4154 1869-1871 Sidney Clarke Republican March 4, 1869 March 3, 1871 42nd 1871-1873 John P.C. Shanks Republican March 4, 1871 March 3, 1873 43rd 1873-1875 John T. Averill Republican December 1, 1873 - March 3, 1875 44th 1875-1877 Alfred M. Scales Democrat December 6, 1875 — March 3, 1877 45th 1877-1879 Alfred M. Scales Democrat October 15, 1877 - March 3, 1879 46th 1879-1881 Alfred M. Scales Democrat March 18, 1879 March 3, 1881 47th 1881-1883 Dudley C. Haskell Republican December 5, 1881 March 3, 1883 48th 1883-1885 Olin Wellborn Democrat December 3, 1883 March 3, 1885 49th 1885-1887 Olin Wellborn Democrat December 7, 1885 - March 3, 1887 50th 1887-1889 Samuel W. Peel Democrat December 5, 1887 — March 3, 1889 5154 1889-1891 Bishop W. Perkins Republican December 2, 1889 — March 3, 1891 52nd 1891-1893 Samuel W. Peel Democrat December 7, 1891 - March 3, 1893 53rd 1893-1895 William S. Holman Democrat August 7, 1893 March 3, 1895 54th 1895-1897 James S. Sherman Republican December 2, 1895 - March 3, 1897 55th 1897-1899 James S. Sherman Republican March 15, 1897 March 3, 1899 56th 1889-1901 James S. Sherman Republican December 4, 1899 - March 3, 1901 57th 1901-1903 James S. Sherman Republican December 2, 1901 March 3, 1903 North Carolina Kansas Texas Texas Arkansas Kansas Arkansas Indiana New York |