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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