Chairmen
From its founding in 1920 until its first reform in 1930, the FPC did not have its own commissioners; rather, it was chaired ex officio by the Secretaries of War, Interior, and Agriculture. The first "Chairman" in that sense was Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker. Before 1930, five Secretaries of War, five Secretaries of the Interior, and five Secretaries of Agriculture held title at the FPC.
Following the 1930 reforms, FPC had its own commissioners, with the following commissioners holding the title of Chairman of the Federal Power Commission:
- George Otis Smith 1930-1933
- Frank R. McNinch 1934-1937
- Clyde L. Seavey 1939
- Leland Olds 1939-1949
- Monrad Wallgren 1950–1951
- Thomas C. Buchanan 1952
- Jerome Kuykendall 1953 -1961
- Joseph C. Swidler 1961
- Lee C. White 1966
- John Nassikas, 1969 to 1975
- Charles B. Curtis 1977 (through renaming to FERC)
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