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1947-present

The Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1947-1996


Historical Information: Committee Chairmen, 1947-present (80th-117th Congresses)

 

Jack Reed (RI), February 3, 2021-present
James Inhofe (OK), September 6, 2018-February 3, 2021
John McCain (AZ), January 3, 2015-August 25, 2018
William John Warner (VA), 1999-2001; January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001; January 3, 2003-January 3, 2007
Carl Levin (MI), January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003; January 3, 2007-January 3, 2015
James Strom Thurmond (SC), 1995-98
Samuel (Sam) Augustus Nunn (GA), 1987-94
Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ), 1986-87
John Goodwin Tower (TX), 1981-84
John Cornelius Stennis (MS), 1969-80
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (GA), 1951-52; 1955-68
Leverett Saltonstall (MA), 1953-54
Millard Evelyn Tydings (MD), 1949-50
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney (SD), first chairman of the Armed Services Committee, 1947-48

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