United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections

The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections was a committee of the United States Senate. It was established March 10, 1871 and terminated January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Chairmen

• 1871-1872: William M. Stewart (R-NV)
• 1872-1877: Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
• 1877-1879: Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
• 1879-1881: Eli Saulsbury (D-DE)
• 1881-1891: George Hoar (R-MA)
• 1891-1894: Zebulon Vance (D-NC)
• 1894-1895: George Gray (D-DE)
• 1895-1897: John H. Mitchell (R-OR)
• 1897 : George F. Hoar (R-MA)
• 1898-1901: William E. Chandler (R-NH)
• 1901-1911: Julius Burrows (R-MI)
• 1911-1913: William P. Dillingham (R-VT)
• 1913-1917: John W. Kern (D-IN)
• 1917-1919: Atlee Pomerene (D-OH)
• 1919-1923: William P. Dillingham (R-VT)
• 1923-1925: Selden P. Spencer (R-MO)
• 1925-1927: Richard P. Ernst (R-KY)
• 1927-1933: Samuel Shortridge (R-CA)
• 1933-1941: Walter F. George (D-GA)
• 1941-1947: Theodore Francis Green (D-RI)

Source

• Senate Historian's Office