United States House Committee on Mines and Mining
The United States House Committee on Mines and Mining is a defunct
committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
.
The Committee on Mines and Mining was created on December 19, 1865, for consideration of subjects relating to mining interests. It exercised jurisdiction over the
District of Columbia
.
In 1947, the committee was abolished and its duties were transferred to the
United States House Committee on Public Lands
.
Chairmen
| Chair | Party | State | Start of service | End of service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Higby | Republican | California | 1865 | 1869 |
| Orange Ferriss | Republican | New York | 1869 | 1871 |
| Henry Waldron | Republican | Michigan | 1871 | 1873 |
David Perley Lowe |
Republican | Kansas | 1873 | 1875 |
| Richard P. Bland | Democratic | Missouri | 1875 | 1877 |
| George M. Beebe | Democratic | New York | 1877 | 1879 |
| Adlai Stevenson I | Democratic | Illinois | 1879 | 1881 |
| John Van Voorhis | Republican | New York | 1881 | 1883 |
| Richard Warner | Democratic | Tennessee | 1883 | 1885 |
| Martin L. Clardy | Democratic | Missouri | 1885 | 1887 |
Charles Triplett O'Ferrall |
Democratic | Virginia | 1887 | 1889 |
| Thomas H. Carter | Republican | Montana | 1889 | 1891 |
| William H. H. Cowles | Democratic | North Carolina | 1891 | 1893 |
| Thomas A. E. Weadock | Democratic | Michigan | 1893 | 1895 |
| David D. Aitken | Republican | Michigan | 1895 | 1897 |
| Charles H. Grosvenor | Republican | Ohio | 1897 | 1899 |
Rousseau Owen Crump |
Republican | Michigan | 1899 | 1901 |
| Frank Eddy | Republican | Minnesota | 1901 | 1903 |
| Webster E. Brown | Republican | Wisconsin | 1903 | 1907 |
George Franklin Huff |
Republican | Pennsylvania | 1907 | 1911 |
| Martin D. Foster | Democratic | Illinois | 1911 | 1919 |
Mahlon Morris Garland |
Republican | Pennsylvania | 1919 | 1920 |
| Marion E. Rhodes | Republican | Missouri | 1921 | 1923 |
| John M. Robsion | Republican | Kentucky | 1923 | 1930 |
| William H. Sproul | Republican | Kansas | 1930 | 1931 |
| Joe L. Smith | Democratic | West Virginia | 1931 | 1945 |
| Andrew Lawrence Somers | Democratic | New York | 1945 | 1947 |
References
- Records of the Committee on Mines and Mining (1865- 1946), Records of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and Its Predecessors, Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233), National Archives and Records Administration
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