United States Congress Joint Committee On Atomic Energy - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • Brien McMahon (D-CT), 1946-1952
    • US Senator who was legislative author of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, chairman of the JCAE whenever Democrats controlled Congress (1946, and 1949-1952), until his death. Chairman of the JCAE during detection of the first Soviet atomic bomb, the debate over the hydrogen bomb, and the discovery of Klaus Fuchs as a spy.
  • Bourke Hickenlooper (R-IA), 1946-1968
    • Ranking US Senator amongst the Republicans on the JCAE throughout much of its early history; chairman of the JCAE from 1947-1948. In 1949, he famous led a campaign accusing AEC chairman David E. Lilienthal of "incredible mismanagement" of the US nuclear complex.
  • Richard B. Russell (R-GA), 1946-70
    • Senator from Georgia and namesake for the Russell Senate Office Building
  • Clare Booth Luce (R-CT), 1946
    • U.S. Representative, American playwright, United States Ambassador to Italy
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX), 1947-48; 1951-1952
    • U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President of the United States, President of the United States
  • Al Gore, Sr. (D-TN), 1953-70
    • U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Tennessee, father of Vice President Al Gore
  • Everett Dirksen (R-IL), 1962
    • Senate Minority Leader and namesake for the Dirksen Senate Office Building
  • Howard Baker (R-TN), 1971-76
    • Senate Majority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, United States Ambassador to Japan

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