Committee Resource Guide: Committees of the U.S. Senate
The Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1947-1996
- A Brief History of the Committee
- Descriptions of Committee Records
- Records of the Committee on Armed Services, 1947-1986 from Guide to the Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives
- Records of Committees Relating to Defense, 1816-1988 from Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States
- Historical Documents
- Historical Information
- Committee Chairmen, 1947-present
- Major Subcommittees and their Chairmen, 1955-1978
- Bibliography
- U.S. Senate Website Resources
Historical Information: Committee Chairmen, 1947-present (80th-109th Congresses)
| William John Warner (VA), 1999-2001; January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001; 2003- |
| Carl Levin (MI), January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003 |
| 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 |
- Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate (Record Group 46)
- Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives (Record Group 233)
- Guide to the Records of the Joint Committees of Congress (Record Group 128)
- Publications of the U.S. Government (Record Group 287)
- Special Collections of the Center for Legislative Archives
