List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission
The following is a list of the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission.[1]
Commissioner | Party | Home state | Start | End | Notes |
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Eugene O. Sykes | Democrat | Mississippi | July 11, 1934 | March 8, 1935 | First chairman.[2] |
Anning S. Prall | Democrat | New York | March 9, 1935 | July 23, 1937 | |
Frank McNinch | Democrat | North Carolina | October 1, 1937 | August 31, 1939 | |
James Lawrence Fly | Democrat | Texas | September 1, 1939 | November 13, 1944 | |
Ewell K. Jett | Independent | Maryland | November 16, 1944 | December 20, 1944 | |
Paul A. Porter | Democrat | Kentucky | December 21, 1944 | February 25, 1946 | |
Charles R. Denny | Democrat | District of Columbia | February 26, 1946 | October 31, 1947 | Acting Chairman until December 3, 1946. |
Paul A. Walker | Democrat | Oklahoma | November 3, 1947 | December 28, 1947 | Acting Chairman only this term. |
Wayne Coy | Democrat | Indiana | December 29, 1947 | February 21, 1952 | |
Paul A. Walker | Democrat | Oklahoma | February 28, 1952 | April 17, 1953 | |
Rosel H. Hyde | Republican | Idaho | April 18, 1953 | October 3, 1954 | Acting Chairman after April 18, 1954. |
George McConnaughey | Republican | Ohio | October 4, 1954 | June 30, 1957 | |
John C. Doerfer | Republican | Wisconsin | July 1, 1957 | March 10, 1960 | |
Frederick W. Ford | Republican | West Virginia | March 15, 1960 | March 1, 1961 | |
Newton N. Minow | Democrat | Illinois | March 2, 1961 | June 1, 1963 | |
E. William Henry | Democrat | Tennessee | June 2, 1963 | May 1, 1966 | |
Rosel H. Hyde | Republican | Idaho | May 1, 1966 | October 31, 1969 | Acting Chairman until June 27, 1966. |
Dean Burch | Republican | Arizona | October 31, 1969 | March 8, 1974 | |
Richard E. Wiley | Republican | Illinois | March 8, 1974 | October 13, 1977 | |
Charles D. Ferris | Democrat | Massachusetts | October 17, 1977 | February 4, 1981 | |
Robert E. Lee | Republican | Illinois | February 5, 1981 | May 18, 1981 | Interim Chairman until April 13, 1981. |
Mark S. Fowler | Republican | Canada | May 18, 1981 | April 17, 1987 | |
Dennis R. Patrick | Republican | California | April 18, 1987 | August 7, 1989 | |
Alfred C. Sikes | Republican | Missouri | August 8, 1989 | January 19, 1993 | |
James H. Quello | Democrat | Michigan | February 5, 1993 | November 28, 1993 | |
Reed E. Hundt | Democrat | Maryland | November 29, 1993 | November 3, 1997 | |
William E. Kennard | Democrat | California | November 3, 1997 | January 19, 2001 | |
Michael K. Powell | Republican | Virginia | January 22, 2001 | March 17, 2005 | |
Kevin J. Martin | Republican | North Carolina | March 18, 2005 | January 19, 2009 | |
Michael J. Copps | Democrat | Wisconsin | January 22, 2009 | June 28, 2009 | Acting Chairman only. |
Julius Genachowski | Democrat | District of Columbia | June 29, 2009 | May 17, 2013 | |
Mignon Clyburn | Democrat | South Carolina | May 20, 2013 | November 4, 2013 | Acting Chairwoman only. |
Tom Wheeler | Democrat | California | November 4, 2013 | present |
References
- ↑ List of FCC commissioners from 1934 to present at the FCC website
- ↑ Associated Press (June 22, 1945). "Eugene O. Sykes, 68, Mississippi Jurist. Former Chairman of Federal Communications Body Dies. Justice of State Court". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
Eugene Octave Sykes, former justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and an original member of the Federal Radio Commission and of the later Federal Communications Commission, died of a heart attack today after an illness of several months. ...
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