Committee Chairmen

Chairman Party State Years Congress
Walter G. Andrews  Republican  New York  1947-1949 80th
Carl Vinson  Democrat  Georgia  1949-1952 81st-82nd
Dewey J. Short  Republican  Missouri  1953-1954 83rd
Carl Vinson  Democrat Georgia  1955-1964 84th-88th
L. Mendel Rivers  Democrat  South Carolina  1965-1970 89th-91th
Philip J. Philbin  Democrat Massachusetts  1970-1971 91st
F. Edward Hébert  Democrat Louisiana  1971-1975 92nd-93rd
Charles Melvin Price  Democrat Illinois  1975-1985 94th-98th
Les Aspin  Democrat Wisconsin  1985-1993 99th-102nd
Ron Dellums  Democrat California  1993-1995 103rd
Floyd D. Spence  Republican  South Carolina  1995-2001 104th-106th
Robert L. Stump  Republican  Arizona  2001-2003 107th
Duncan L. Hunter  Republican  California  2003-2007 108th-109th
Ike Skelton  Democrat Missouri  2007-2010 110th-111th
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon  Republican  California  2011-2014 112th-113th
Mac Thornberry  Republican  Texas  2015-2019 114th-116th
Adam Smith Democrat Washington 2019-2023 117th
Mike Rogers Republican Alabama 2023-Present 118th  
       
Source: Compiled by CRS from CQ Almanac, ProQuest Congressional, Congress.gov/members & other sources