Chairmen (1816-present)
| Chairman | Party | State | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Barbour | Democratic Republican | Virginia | 1816–1818 WALKING |
| Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | 1818–1819 |
| James Brown | Democratic Republican | Louisiana | 1819–1820 |
| James Barbour | Democratic Republican | Virginia | 1820-1821 |
| Rufus King | Federalist | New York | 1821-1822 |
| James Barbour | Democratic Republican | Virginia | 1822-1825 |
| Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | 1825–1826 |
| Nathan Sanford | Democratic-Republican | New York | 1826–1827 |
| Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | 1827-1828 |
| Littleton Tazewell | Democratic | Virginia | 1828-1832 |
| John Forsyth | Democratic | Georgia | 1832-1833 |
| William Wilkins | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1833-1834 |
| Henry Clay | Whig | Kentucky | 1834-1836 |
| James Buchanan | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1836-1841 |
| William C. Rives | Whig | Virginia | 1841-1842 |
| William S. Archer | Whig | Virginia | 1842-1845 |
| William Allen | Democratic | Ohio | 1845-1846 |
| Ambrose H. Sevier | Democratic | Arkansas | 1846-1848 |
| Edward A. Hannegan | Democratic | Indiana | 1848-1849 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic | Missouri | 1849 |
| William R. King | Democratic | Alabama | 1849-1850 |
| Henry S. Foote | Democratic | Mississippi | 1850-1851 |
| James M. Mason | Democratic | Virginia | 1851-1861 |
| Charles Sumner | Republican | Massachusetts | 1861-1871 |
| Simon Cameron | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1871-1877 |
| Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | Maine | 1877-1879 |
| William W. Eaton | Democratic | Connecticut | 1879-1881 |
| Ambrose Burnside | Republican | Rhode Island | 1881 |
| George F. Edmunds | Republican | Vermont | 1881 |
| William Windom | Republican | Minnesota | 1881-1883 |
| John F. Miller | Republican | California | 1883-1886 |
| John Sherman | Republican | Ohio | 1886-1893 |
| John T. Morgan | Democratic | Alabama | 1893-1895 |
| John Sherman | Republican | Ohio | 1895-1897 |
| William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | 1897 |
| Cushman Davis | Republican | Minnesota | 1897-1901 |
| Shelby M. Cullom | Republican | Illinois | 1901-1911 |
| Augustus O. Bacon | Democratic | Georgia | 1913-1914 |
| William J. Stone | Democratic | Missouri | 1914-1918 |
| Gilbert M. Hitchcock | Democratic | Nebraska | 1918-1919 |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | Massachusetts | 1919-1924 |
| William E. Borah | Republican | Idaho | 1924-1933 |
| Key Pittman | Democratic | Nevada | 1933-1940 |
| Walter F. George | Democratic | Georgia | 1940-1941 |
| Tom Connally | Democratic | Texas | 1941-1947 |
| Arthur H. Vandenberg | Republican | Michigan | 1947-1949 |
| Tom Connally | Democratic | Texas | 1949-1953 |
| Alexander Wiley | Republican | Wisconsin | 1953-1955 |
| Walter F. George | Democratic | Georgia | 1955-1957 |
| Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | 1957-1959 |
| J. William Fulbright | Democratic | Arkansas | 1959-1975 |
| John J. Sparkman | Democratic | Alabama | 1975-1979 |
| Frank Church | Democratic | Idaho | 1979-1981 |
| Charles H. Percy | Republican | Illinois | 1981-1985 |
| Richard Lugar | Republican | Indiana | 1985-1987 |
| Claiborne Pell | Democratic | Rhode Island | 1987-1995 |
| Jesse Helms | Republican | North Carolina | 1995-2001 |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | Delaware | 2001 |
| Jesse Helms | Republican | North Carolina | 2001 |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | Delaware | 2001-2003 |
| Richard Lugar | Republican | Indiana | 2003-2007 |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | Delaware | 2007-2009 |
| John Kerry | Democratic | Massachusetts | 2009–present |
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