Former FEC Commissioners are listed in reverse chronological order, based on the date of their initial appointment. Biographical information is provided for most Commissioners and -- for those who served after 2003 -- links to selected documents from the Commissioner's tenure at the agency may also be available. (Prior to 2003, Commissioners did not maintain their own web pages.) Commissioners framed in red were Republican appointees and those in blue were Democratic appointees. |
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Cynthia L. Bauerly |
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Hans A. von Spakovsky January 2006 - December 2007 |
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Robert D. Lenhard January 2006 - December 2007 |
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Michael E. Toner March 2002 - March 2007 |
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Bradley A. Smith May 2000 - August 2005 |
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David M. Mason July 1998 - July 2008 (Reappointed in January 2006) |
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Karl J. Sandstrom July 1998 - December 2003 |
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Darryl R. Wold July 1998 - March 2003 |
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Trevor Potter November 1991 - October 1995 |
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Scott E. Thomas October 1986 - January 2006 (Reappointed in November 1991 and July 1998) |
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Thomas J. Josefiak August 1985 - December 1991 |
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Danny L. McDonald December 1981 - 2006 (Reappointed in July 1987, July 1994 and July 2000) |
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Lee Ann Elliott December 1981 - June 2000 (Reappointed July 1987 and July 1994) |
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Frank P. Reiche July 1979 - August 1985 |
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Max L. Friedersdorf March 1979 - December 1980 |
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John Warren McGarry October 1978 - August 1998 (Reappointed July 1983 and October 1989) |
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William L. Springer May 1976 - February 1979 |
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Joan D. Aikens April 1975 - September 1998 (Reappointed May 1976, December 1981, August 1983 and October 1989) |
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Thomas E. Harris April 1975 - October 1986 (Reappointed May 1976 and June 1979) |
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Robert O. Tiernan April 1975 - December 1981 (Reappointed May 1976) |
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Vernon W. Thomson April 1975 - June 1979 (Reappointed May 1976) January 1981 - December 1981 |
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Neil O. Staebler April 1975 - October 1978 (Reappointed May 1976) |
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Thomas B. Curtis April 1975 - May 1976 |
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Clerk of the House |
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| Donnald K. Anderson | January 1987 - October 1993 |
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| Benjamin U. Guthrie | January 1983 - January 1987 |
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| Edmund L. Henshaw, Jr. | December 1975 - January 1983 |
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| W. Pat Jennings | April 1975 - November 1975 |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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| Walter J. Stewart | January 1987 - October 1993 |
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| Jo-Anne L. Coe | January 1985 - January 1987 |
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| William F. Hildenbrand | January 1981 - January 1985 |
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| Joseph Stanley Kimmitt | April 1977 - January 1981 |
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| Francis R. Valeo | April 1975 - March 1977 |
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| *From 1975 through 1993, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House were designated as nonvoting, ex officio Commissioners. In 1993, an appeals court ruled that the presence of nonvoting Congressionally appointed ex officio members on the Commission violated the Constitution’s separation of powers. The Supreme Court dismissed the Commission’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. FEC v. NRA Political Victory Fund. Subsequent to the appeals court decision, the Commission reconstituted itself as a six-member body. |
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