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Paul Ryan, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, closes debate on the House Concurrent Resolution on the Budget on March 13, 2008
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Past Chairmen
Past Chairmen of the
Committee on the Budget*
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Name
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State
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Party
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Term(s) in the House
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Term(s) as Chairman1 or
Ranking Member2
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Albert
C. (Al) Ullman
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Oregon
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Democrat
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January 3, 1957 (85th Congress)-January 3, 1981
(96th Congress). Served as cochairman of the Joint Study Committee
on Budget Control composed of chairmen and ranking members of the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees, House Ways & Means and Senate Finance.
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92nd - 93rd Congress1
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Jamie
L. Whitten
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Missippipi
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Democrat
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November 4, 1941 (77th Congress)-January 3,
1995 (103rd Congress). Served as cochairman of the Joint Study
Committee on Budget Control.
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92nd - 93rd Congresses1
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Herman
T. Schneebeli
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Pennsylvania
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Republican
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April 26, 1960 (86th Congress), to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Alvin R. Bush
-January 3, 1977 (93rd Congress). Served as vice-cochairman of the
Joint Study Committee on Budget Control.
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92nd - 93rd Congresses2
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Brockman
(Brock) Adams
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Washington
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Democrat
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January 3, 1965 (89th Congress), until his
resignation on January 22, 1977 (95th Congress) to serve as
Secretary of Transportation in the Carter Administration. Also served one
term in the U.S. Senate.
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94th Congress1
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Delbert
L. (Del) Latta
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Ohio
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Republican
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January 3, 1959 (86th Congress)-January 3, 1983
(100th Congress)
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93rdth - 100th Congresses2
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Robert
N. (Bob) Giaimo
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Connecticut
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Democrat
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January 3, 1959 (86th Congress)-January 3, 1981
(96th Congress)
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95th & 96th Congresses1
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James
R. (Jim) Jones
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Oklahoma
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Democrat
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January 3, 1973 (93rd Congress)-January 3, 1987
(99th Congress)
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97th & 98th Congresses1
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William
H. (Bill) Gray, III
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Pennsylvania
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Democrat
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January 3, 1979 (96th Congress), until his
resignation September 11, 1991 (102nd Congress)
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99th & 100th Congresses1
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Leon
E. Panetta
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California
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Democrat
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January 3, 1977 (95th Congress), until his
resignation January 22, 1993 (103rdth Congress) to serve as
Director of the Office of Management & Budget in the Clinton
Administration.
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101st & 102nd Congresses1
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Bill Frenzel
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Minnesota
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Republican
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January 3, 1971(93rd Congress)-January 3,
1991(101st Congress)
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101st Congress2
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Willis
D. Gradison, Jr.
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Ohio
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Republican
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January 3, 1975 (94th Congress)-until his
resignation January 31, 1993 (103rd Congress)
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102nd Congress2
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Martin
O. (Marty) Sabo
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Minnesota
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Democrat
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January 3, 1979 (96th Congress)-present
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103rd Congress1
104th Congress2
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John
R. Kasich
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Ohio
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Republican
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January 3, 1983 (98th Congress)-January 3, 2001
(106th Congress)
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103rd Congresses2 104th -
106th Congresses1
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John
M. Spratt, Jr.
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South Carolina
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Democrat
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January 3, 1983 (98nd
Congress)-present
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105th - 109th Congresses2
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James
A. (Jim) Nussle
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Iowa
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Republican
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January 3, 1991 (102nd Congress)-present
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107th – 109th Congresses1
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* The Committee on the Budget was established by the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344,as amended).
This Law also created the Congressional Budget Office to perform nonpartisan
analyses.
Last revised April 11, 2005.
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