United States Senate Committee on Railroads
The Senate Committee on Railroads is a
United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, in particular, focused on regulating railroad rates and assuring safety of railroad passengers and crews. A separate Committee on Pacific Railroads also operated from 1893 to 1921, investigating the financial status of the Union Pacific Railroad.[1]
While it no longer formerly exists as a
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
and its Surface Transportation and United Interstate Commerce subcommittees.
Chairmen 1873-1921
- 1873-1875: William Stewart(R-Nevada)
- 1875-1877: J. Rodman West(R-Louisiana)
- 1877-1879: John H. Mitchell (R-Oregon)
- 1879-1880: Matt Ransom(D-North Carolina)
- 1880-1881: L.Q.C. Lamar(D-Mississippi)
- 1881-1883: William Pitt Kellogg (R-Louisiana)
- 1883-1887: Philetus Sawyer (R-Wisconsin)
- 1887-1889: Dwight Sabin(R-Minnesota)
- 1889-1891: John H. Mitchell (R-Oregon)
- 1891-1893: Lyman R. Casey (R-North Dakota)
- 1893-1894: Johnson Camden(D-West Virginia)
- 1894-1895: John Martin (D-Kansas)
- 1895-1905: Clarence D. Clark (R-Wyoming)
- 1905-1907: J. Frank Allee (R-Delaware)
- 1907-1911: Morgan Bulkeley (R-Connecticut)
- 1911-1913: Thomas P. Gore(D-Oklahoma)
- 1913-1915: George C. Perkins (R-California)
- 1915-1917: James D. Phelan (D-California)
- 1917-1919: Peter G. Gerry (D-Rhode Island)
- 1919-1921: Irvine L. Lenroot(R-Wisconsin)
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