United States Senate Committee on Rules

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The United States Senate Committee on Rules is a defunct Congressional committee, replaced by the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

[edit] History

The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On 1947-01-02 it was absorbed into the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration along with four other committees.

[edit] Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947

• Thomas Ferry (R-MI) 1874-1877
• James G. Blaine (R-ME) 1877-1879
• John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1879-1881
• William P. Frye (R-ME) 1881-1887
• Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1887-1893
• Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) 1893-1895
• Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899
• John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1899-1907
• Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1907-1909
• W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913
• Lee S. Overman (D-NC) 1913-1919
• Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1919-1921
• Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1921-1929
• George H. Moses (R-NH) 1929-1933
• Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) 1933-1936
• Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) 1936-1941
• Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947

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