United States Senate Committee on Claims
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Committee on Claims was among the first standing committees established in the Senate. It dealt generally with issues related to private bills and petitions. After reforms in the 1880s that created judicial and administrative remedies for petitioners, it declined in importance, and was abolished in 1947.
The United States House of Representatives also had a Committee on Claims until 1946, when its duties were absorbed by the United States House Committee on the Judiciary
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Committee on Claims was among the first standing committees established in the Senate. It dealt generally with issues related to private bills and petitions. After reforms in the 1880s that created judicial and administrative remedies for petitioners, it declined in importance, and was abolished in 1947.
The United States House of Representatives also had a Committee on Claims until 1946, when its duties were absorbed by the United States House Committee on the Judiciary
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, administrative agencies and Federal law enforcement...
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Chairmen of the Committee on Claims, 1816-1947
- Jonathan RobertsJonathan RobertsJonathan Roberts was a United States Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1814 and 1814 to 1821 respectively.-Life and career:...
(R-PA) 1816-1818 - Robert Henry GoldsboroughRobert Henry GoldsboroughRobert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County, Maryland.Goldsborough was born at "Myrtle Grove" near Easton, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1795...
(F-MD) 1818-1819 - Jonathan RobertsJonathan RobertsJonathan Roberts was a United States Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1814 and 1814 to 1821 respectively.-Life and career:...
(R-PA) 1819-1820 - James J. WilsonJames J. WilsonJames Jefferson Wilson served New Jersey as a U.S. Senator from 1815 to 1821.-Biography:Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools...
(R-NJ) 1820-1821 - Benjamin RugglesBenjamin RugglesBenjamin Ruggles was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.Born in Abington, Windham County, Connecticut, Ruggles moved to Marietta, Ohio to practice law in 1807. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1810. He married in Connecticut in 1812. His first...
(R/NR-OH) 1821-1833 - Samuel BellSamuel BellSamuel Bell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 14th Governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823, and as the United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1823 to 1835...
(W-NH) 1833-1835 - Arnold NaudainArnold NaudainDr. Arnold Snow Naudain was an American physician and politician from Odessa, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, and a member of the Whig Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S...
(W-DE) 1835-1836 - Henry HubbardHenry HubbardHenry Hubbard was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1829 to 1835, a Senator from New Hampshire during 1835 to 1841, and the Governor of New Hampshire from 1842 to 1844.-Early life:...
(D-NH) 1836-1841 - William A. GrahamWilliam Alexander GrahamWilliam Alexander Graham was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852.-Education:Graham was born near...
(W-NC) 1841-1843 - Ephraim Foster (W-TN) 1843-1845
- Isaac S. PennybackerIsaac S. PennybackerIsaac Samuels Pennybacker was an American lawyer, federal judge, and politician from Harrisonburg, Virginia.- Early life and education :Pennybacker was born at Pine Forge, near New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia....
(D-VA) 1845-1847 - James MasonJames MasonJames Neville Mason was an English actor who attained stardom in both British and American films. Mason remained a powerful figure in the industry throughout his career and was nominated for three Academy Awards as well as three Golden Globes .- Early life :Mason was born in Huddersfield, in the...
(D-VA) 1847-1849 - Moses Norris, Jr. (D-NH) 1849-1851
- Richard BrodheadRichard BrodheadRichard Brodhead was an American lawyer and politician from Easton, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was the father of U.S. Representative Jefferson Davis Brodhead....
(D-PA) 1851-1857 - Alfred Iverson, Sr.Alfred Iverson, Sr.Alfred Iverson, Sr. was a United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. Born in Liberty County, he attended private schools and graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Clinton, Georgia...
(D-GA) 1857-1861 - Daniel Clark (R-NH) 1861-1866
- Timothy Howe (R-WI) 1866-1873
- George WrightGeorge G. WrightGeorge Grover Wright was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa....
(R-IA) 1873-1877 - Samuel J. R. McMillanSamuel J. R. McMillanSamuel James Renwick McMillan was an American politician. He was a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. McMillan served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1887...
(R-MN) 1877-1879 - Francis CockrellFrancis CockrellFrancis Marion Cockrell was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States Senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Early life:Cockrell was...
(D-MO) 1879-1881 - Angus CameronAngus CameronAngus Cameron was a Republican and a member of the United States Senate from Wisconsin from 1875 to 1881, when he did not seek reelection, and again from 1881 to 1885, when he was elected to succeed Matthew H. Carpenter, who died in office; he did not seek reelection in 1885...
(R-WI) 1881-1885 - Austin F. PikeAustin F. PikeAustin Franklin Pike was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Hebron, New Hampshire, he pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Merrimack County in 1845...
(R-NH) 1885-1886 - John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1886-1891
- John H. MitchellJohn H. MitchellJohn Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905...
(R-OR) 1891-1893 - Samuel PascoSamuel PascoSamuel Pasco was a United States Senator from Florida.-Biography:Born in London, England, he moved to the United States with his family as a child and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Pasco attended Harvard University and then moved to Florida in 1859...
(D-FL) 1893-1895 - Henry M. Teller (R-CO) 1895-1899
- Francis E. WarrenFrancis E. WarrenFrancis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...
(R-WY) 1899-1905 - Charles W. Fulton (R-OR) 1905-1909
- Henry E. BurnhamHenry E. BurnhamHenry Eben Burnham was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Manchester...
(R-NH) 1909-1911 - Coe I. CrawfordCoe I. CrawfordCoe Isaac Crawford was the sixth Governor of South Dakota in the United States.-Biography:He was born near Volney, in Allamakee County, Iowa. He attended the common schools and received additional instruction from a private tutor. In 1882, he graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in...
(R-SD) 1911-1913 - Nathan P. BryanNathan P. BryanNathan Philemon Bryan was a lawyer, federal judge, and United States Senator from Florida.-Personal:Bryan was born on April 23, 1872 near Fort Mason, Orange County , Florida. He attended the common schools but graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia , in 1893...
(D-FL) 1913-1917 - Joseph T. Robinson (D-AR) 1917-1919
- Selden P. SpencerSelden P. SpencerSelden Palmer Spencer was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, he attended the public schools there and graduated from Yale College in 1884 and from the law school of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1886. He was admitted to the bar, commencing...
(R-MO) 1919-1922 - Arthur CapperArthur CapperArthur Capper was an American politician from Kansas. He was the 20th Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and a United States Senator from 1919 to 1949....
(R-KS) 1922-1925 - Rice W. MeansRice W. MeansRice William Means was a Republican United States Senator from Colorado. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colorado in 1887. He settled in Denver in 1889, and attended the public schools and Sacred Heart College of Denver, CO...
(R-CO) 1925-1927 - Robert B. HowellRobert B. HowellRobert Howell was a Trial Attorney and a member of the Justice League. He was born in Fort Pierce, Florida. He graduated from Harvard in 2005. Afterwards he went to the Harvard School of Law. He moved to Miami , Florida in 2007....
(R-NE) 1927-1933 - Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) 1933-1940
- none 1940-1942
- Prentiss M. BrownPrentiss M. BrownPrentiss Marsh Brown was a Democratic U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of Michigan.- Biography :...
(D-MI) 1942-1943 - Josiah W. Bailey (D-NC) 1943-1944
- Allen J. EllenderAllen J. EllenderAllen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...
(D-LA) 1944-1947