Board Members Since 1935

Board Members Political
Party		 Period of Service Served as Chairman
Edwin S. Smith D 08/27/35 - 08/27/41
J. Warren Madden D 08/27/35 - 08/26/40 08/27/35 - 08/26/40
John M. Carmody D 08/27/35 - 08/31/36
Donald Wakefield Smith D 09/23/36 - 05/31/39
William M. Leiserson D 06/01/39 - 02/23/43
Harry A. Millis D 11/26/40 - 07/04/45 11/26/40 - 07/04/45
Gerard D. Reilly R 10/11/41 - 08/26/46
John M. Houston D 03/15/43 - 08/27/53
Paul M. Herzog D 07/05/45 - 06/30/53 07/05/45 - 06/30/53
James J. Reynolds, Jr. R 08/28/46 - 12/31/51
Abe Murdock D 08/01/47 - 12/16/57
J. Copeland Gray R 08/01/47 - 12/16/49
Paul L. Styles D 02/27/50 - 08/31/53
Ivar H. Peterson R 03/21/52 - 08/27/56
Guy Farmer R 07/13/53 - 08/27/55 07/13/53 - 08/27/55
Philip Ray Rodgers R 08/28/53 - 08/27/63
Albert C. Beeson R 03/02/54 - 12/16/54
Boyd S. Leedom R 04/04/55 - 12/16/64 11/02/55 - 03/06/61
Stephen S. Bean R 12/01/55 - 08/27/60
Joseph Alton Jenkins D 03/28/57 - 03/27/61
John H. Fanning D 12/20/57 - 12/16/82 02/19/74 - 02/19/75
04/14/77 - 08/14/81
Arthur A. Kimball R 09/13/60 - 03/06/61
Frank W. McCulloch D 03/07/61 - 08/27/70 03/07/61 - 06/02/70
Gerald A. Brown D 04/14/61 - 08/27/71
Howard Jenkins, Jr. R 08/28/63 - 08/27/83
Sam Zagoria R 04/20/65 - 12/16/69
Edward B. Miller R 06/03/70 - 12/16/74 06/03/70 - 12/16/74
Ralph E. Kennedy R 12/14/70 - 07/31/75
John A. Penello D 02/22/72 - 01/14/81
Betty S. Murphy R 02/18/75 - 12/14/79 02/18/75 - 04/13/77
Peter D. Walther R 11/26/75 - 08/31/77
John C. Truesdale 1 D 10/25/77 - 08/27/80
Don A. Zimmerman I 09/17/80 - 12/16/84
John C. Truesdale 1 D 10/23/80 - 01/26/81
Robert P. Hunter R 08/14/81 - 08/27/85
John R. Van de Water R 08/18/81 - 12/16/82 08/18/81 - 12/16/82
John C. Miller R 12/23/82 - 03/07/83 12/27/82 - 03/07/83
Donald L. Dotson R 03/07/83 - 12/16/87 03/07/83 - 12/16/87
Patricia Diaz Dennis D 05/05/83 - 06/24/86
Wilford W. Johansen 2 R 05/28/85 - 06/15/89
Marshall B. Babson D 07/01/85 - 07/31/88
James M. Stephens R 10/16/85 - 08/27/95 12/17/87 - 03/06/94
Mary M. Cracraft D 11/07/86 - 08/27/91
John E. Higgins, Jr. 3 R 08/29/88 - 11/22/89
Dennis M. Devaney 4 D 11/22/88 - 12/16/94
Clifford R. Oviatt 5 R 12/14/89 - 05/28/93
John N. Raudabaugh 6 R 08/27/90 - 11/26/93
John C. Truesdale 1 D 01/24/94 - 03/03/94
William B. Gould IV D 03/07/94 - 08/27/98 03/07/94 - 08/27/98
Margaret A. Browning 7 D 03/09/94 - 02/28/97
Charles I. Cohen R 03/18/94 - 08/27/96
John C. Truesdale 1 D 12/23/94 - 01/03/96
Sarah M. Fox 8 D 02/06/96 - 12/15/00
John E. Higgins, Jr. 3 R 09/03/96 - 11/13/97
J. Robert Brame III 9 R 11/17/97 - 08/27/00
Peter J. Hurtgen 10 R 11/14/97 - 08/01/02 05/15/01 - 08/01/02
Wilma B. Liebman 11 D 11/14/97 -
John C. Truesdale 1 D 12/04/98 - 10/01/01 12/04/98 - 05/14/01
Dennis P. Walsh 12 D 12/30/00 - 12/20/01
12/17/02 - 12/16/04
Michael J. Bartlett 13 R 01/22/02 - 11/22/02
William B. Cowen 14 R 01/22/02 - 11/22/02
R. Alexander Acosta 15 R 12/17/02 - 08/21/03
Robert J. Battista 16 R 12/17/02 - 12/16/07 12/17/02 - 12/16/07
Peter C. Schaumber17 R 12/17/02 - 08/27/05
09/01/05 -		 03/19/08 -
Ronald E. Meisburg 18 R 01/12/04 - 12/08/04
Peter N. Kirsanow 20 R 01/04/06 - 12/31/07
Dennis P. Walsh 21 D 01/17/06 - 12/31/07

1 Mr. Truesdale has served as a Member under recess appointments from: 10/23/80 - 1/26/81 (by President Carter), 1/24/94 - 3/3/94, 12/23/94 - 1/3/96, 12/4/98 - 11/19/99 (by President Clinton). He was confirmed by the Senate on 11/19/99 and retired 10/01/01.
2 Term expired 08/27/88. Recess appointed by President Reagan effective 08/29/88.
3 Recess appointment by President Reagan from 8/29/88 - 11/22/89. Mr. Higgins subsequently received a recess appointment by President Clinton from 9/3/96 - 11/13/97.
4 Served under recess appointment by President Reagan from 11/22/88 - 11/22/89, when he was confirmed by Senate for term expiring 12/16/89. Received second recess appointment from President Bush from 12/17/89 until 08/03/90, when he was confirmed by Senate for term ending 12/16/94.
5 Recess appointed by President Bush from 12/14/89 - 8/3/90, when he was confirmed by Senate.
6 Mr. Raudabaugh's term expired on 12/16/92. He subsequently received a recess appointment by President Bush on 12/19/92.
7 Ms. Browning died in office. Her term was to expire on 12/16/97.
8 Served under recess appointment by President Clinton from 2/6/96 - 11/8/97, when she was confirmed by Senate for term expiring 12/16/99. Served under second recess appointment by President Clinton from 12/17/99 - 12/15/00.
9 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97.
10 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97 for a term that expired 8/27/01. Serving under recess appointment by President Bush from 8/31/01 - 8/1/02.
11 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97 for first term that expired 12/16/02, confirmed on 11/22/02 for second term that expired 8/27/06, and confirmed on 8/3/06 for a third term expiring 8/27/2011.
12 Served under recess appointment by President Clinton from 12/29/00 - 12/20/01. Confirmed by Senate on 11/22/02 for term that expired on 12/16/04.
13 Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
14 Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
15 Confirmed 11/22/02 for term that expired on 8/27/03.
16 Confirmed by Senate on 11/22/02 for term expiring 12/16/07.
17 Confirmed by Senate 11/22/02 for first term that expired 8/27/05. Served under recess appointment by President Bush from 9/1/05 - 8/3/06, when he was confirmed by Senate for a second term expiring 8/27/2010. Designated Chairman by President Bush on 3/19/08.
18Served under recess appointment by President Bush.

20Serving under recess appointment by President Bush.

21Serving under recess appointment by President Bush.

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