Each CFTC commissioner is appointed specifically to one of the CFTC's five terms. When the CFTC was established in 1975, the five-year terms were staggered to ensure that one term ended each year. Because of this, certain CFTC commissioners have been appointed to and have held more than one term.
The Commissioner Terms of Office contains each five-year term and lists each commissioner who has served in that term and his or her specific dates of service. An asterisk indicates those commissioners who have held more than one of the five terms.
Commissioner |
Term Available |
Dates of Service |
William T. Bagley |
04/15/75 – 04/15/80 |
04/15/75 – 11/15/78 |
Read P. Dunn, Jr. |
04/15/80 – 04/15/85 |
04/15/80 – 11/13/81* |
Susan M. Phillips |
04/15/80 – 04/15/85 |
11/16/81 – 07/24/87 |
Wendy L. Gramm |
04/15/85 – 04/15/90 |
02/22/88 – 01/22/93 |
Sheila C. Bair |
04/15/90 – 04/15/95 |
10/05/94 – 06/16/95* |
David D. Spears |
04/15/95 – 04/15/00 |
09/03/96 – 12/20/01 |
Walter L. Lukken |
04/15/00 – 04/15/05 |
08/07/02 – 07/10/09 |
Scott D. O’Malia |
04/15/05 – 04/15/10 |
10/16/09 |
Commissioner |
Term Available |
Dates of Service |
Gary L. Seevers |
04/15/75 – 04/15/79 |
04/15/75 – 06/01/79 |
Phillip McB. Johnson |
04/15/79 – 04/15/84 |
06/06/81 – 05/01/83 |
Robert R. Davis |
04/15/84 – 04/15/89 |
10/03/84 – 04/30/90 |
Sheila C. Bair |
04/15/89 – 04/15/94 |
05/02/91 – 10/04/94* |
Mary L. Schapiro |
04/15/94 – 04/15/99 |
10/13/94 – 01/26/96 |
Brooksley E. Born |
04/15/94 – 04/15/99 |
08/26/96 – 06/01/99 |
William J. Rainer |
04/15/99 – 04/13/04 |
08/11/99 – 01/19/01 |
Sharon Brown-Hruska |
04/13/99 – 04/13/04 |
08/07/02 – 07/28/06 |
Jill E. Sommers |
04/13/04 – 04/13/09 |
08/08/07 - |
Commissioner |
Term Available |
Dates of Service |
Read P. Dunn, Jr. |
04/15/75 – 04/15/78 |
04/15/75 – 04/15/80* |
James M. Stone |
04/15/78 – 04/15/83 |
05/04/79 – 01/31/83 |
William E. Seale |
04/15/83 – 04/15/88 |
11/16/83 – 09/01/88 |
William P. Albrecht |
04/15/88 – 04/15/93 |
11/22/88 – 08/20/93 |
John E. Tull, Jr. |
04/15/93 – 04/15/98 |
11/24/93 – 02/27/99 |
Thomas J. Erickson |
04/15/98 – 04/13/03 |
06/21/99 – 12/01/02 |
Frederick W. Hatfield |
04/13/03 – 04/13/08 |
12/06/04 – 12/31/06 |
Bart Chilton |
04/13/03 – 04/13/08 |
08/08/07 - |
Commissioner |
Term Available |
Dates of Service |
John V. Rainbolt, II |
04/15/75 – 04/15/77 |
04/15/75 – 05/18/78 |
David G. Gartner |
04/15/77 – 04/15/82 |
05/19/78 – 10/05/82 |
Fowler C. West |
04/15/82 – 04/15/87 |
10/06/82 – 01/20/93 |
Barbara P. Holum |
04/15/92 – 04/13/97 |
11/28/93 – 12/09/03 |
Reuben Jeffery III |
04/13/02 – 04/13/07 |
07/11/05 – 06/27/07 |
Gary Gensler |
04/13/07 – 04/13/12 |
05/26/09 - |
Commissioner |
Term Available |
Dates of Service |
Robert L. Martin |
06/19/75 – 06/19/76 |
06/20/75 – 08/31/81 |
Kalo A. Hineman |
06/19/81 – 06/19/86 |
01/12/82 – 06/19/91 |
Joseph B. Dial |
06/19/91 – 06/19/96 |
06/20/91 – 11/13/97 |
James E. Newsome |
06/19/96 – 06/19/01 |
08/10/98 – 07/23/04 |
Michael V. Dunn |
06/19/01 – 06/19/06 |
12/06/04 – 10/24/11 |
Mark P. Wetjen |
06/19/11 – 06/19/16 |
10/25/11 |
* Held two separate terms of office.