Members of the NLRB since 1935
Each row represents a change in Board composition. Changes include the arrival or departure of a Member or the designation of a Member as Chairman.
| The Smith Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 6 and 1. |
The Madden Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 5 and 0. |
The Carmody Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 8 and 3. |
The Murdock Seat Term expires on December 16 of years ending in 7 and 2. |
The Gray Seat Term expires on December 16 of years ending in 9 and 4. |
Party in Control of the Board | From | To |
| Edwin S. Smith | J. Warren Madden | John M. Carmody | Dem | 8/27/35 | 8/31/36 | ||
| E. Smith | Madden | Dem | 9/1/36 | 9/22/36 | |||
| E. Smith | Madden | Donald Wakefield Smith | Dem | 9/23/36 | 5/31/39 | ||
| E. Smith | Madden | William M. Leiserson | Dem | 6/1/39 | 8/26/40 | ||
| E. Smith | Leiserson | Dem | 8/27/40 | 11/25/40 | |||
| E. Smith | Harry A. Millis | Leiserson | Dem | 11/26/40 | 8/27/41 | ||
| Millis | Leiserson | Dem | 8/28/41 | 10/10/41 | |||
| Gerald D. Reilly | Millis | Leiserson | Dem | 10/11/41 | 2/23/43 | ||
| Reilly | Millis | split | 2/24/43 | 3/14/43 | |||
| Reilly | Millis | John M. Houston | Dem | 3/15/43 | 7/4/45 | ||
| Reilly | Paul M. Herzog | Houston | Dem | 7/5/45 | 8/26/46 | ||
| Herzog | Houston | Dem | 8/27/46 | 8/27/46 | |||
| James J. Reynolds, Jr. | Herzog | Houston | Dem | 8/28/46 | 7/31/47 | ||
| Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Abe Murdock | J. Copeland Gray | Dem | 8/1/47 | 12/16/49 |
| Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Dem | 12/17/49 | 2/26/50 | |
| Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Paul L. Styles | Dem | 2/27/50 | 12/31/51 |
| Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 1/1/52 | 3/20/52 | |
| Ivar H. Peterson | Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 3/21/52 | 6/30/53 |
| Peterson | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 7/1/53 | 7/12/53 | |
| Peterson | Guy Farmer | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 7/13/53 | 8/27/53 |
| Peterson | Farmer | Philip Ray Rodgers | Murdock | Styles | Rep | 8/28/53 | 8/31/53 |
| Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Rep | 9/1/53 | 3/1/54 | |
| Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Albert C. Beeson | Rep | 3/2/54 | 12/16/54 |
| Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Rep | 12/17/54 | 4/3/55 | |
| Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Boyd S. Leedom | Rep | 4/4/55 | 8/27/55 |
| Peterson | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 8/28/55 | 11/1/55 | |
| Peterson | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 11/2/55 | 11/30/55 | |
| Peterson | Stephen S. Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 12/1/55 | 8/27/56 |
| Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 8/28/56 | 3/27/57 | |
| Joseph Alton Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 3/28/57 | 12/16/57 |
| J. Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers | Leedom | Rep | 12/17/57 | 12/19/57 | |
| J. Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers | John H. Fanning | Leedom | Rep | 12/20/57 | 8/27/60 |
| J. Jenkins | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | split | 8/28/60 | 9/12/60 | |
| J. Jenkins | Arthur A. Kimball | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Rep | 9/13/60 | 3/6/61 |
| J. Jenkins | Frank W. McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 3/7/61 | 3/27/61 |
| McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | split | 3/28/61 | 4/13/61 | |
| Gerald A. Brown | McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 4/14/61 | 8/27/63 |
| Brown | McCulloch | Howard Jenkins, Jr. | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 8/28/63 | 12/16/64 |
| Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Dem | 12/17/64 | 4/19/65 | |
| Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Sam Zagoria | Dem | 4/20/65 | 12/16/69 |
| Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Dem | 12/17/69 | 6/2/70 | |
| Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Edward B. Miller | Dem | 6/3/70 | 8/27/70 |
| Brown | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | split | 8/28/70 | 12/13/70 | |
| Brown | Ralph E. Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 12/14/70 | 8/27/71 |
| Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 8/28/71 | 2/21/72 | |
| John A. Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 2/22/72 | 12/16/74 |
| Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning (AC) | split | 12/17/74 | 2/17/75 | |
| Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Betty S. Murphy | Rep | 2/18/75 | 7/31/75 |
| Penello | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | split | 8/1/75 | 11/25/75 | |
| Penello | Peter D. Walther | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Rep | 11/26/75 | 4/13/77 |
| Penello | Walther | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Rep | 4/14/77 | 8/31/77 |
| Penello | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | split | 9/1/77 | 10/24/77 | |
| Penello | John C. Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Dem | 10/25/77 | 12/14/79 |
| Penello | Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Dem | 12/15/79 | 8/27/80 | |
| Penello | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Dem | 8/28/80 | 9/16/80 | ||
| Penello | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Don A. Zimmerman | Split 2/1/1 | 9/17/80 | 10/22/80 | |
| Penello | Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Dem | 10/23/80 | 1/14/81 |
| Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split 2/1/1 | 1/15/81 | 1/26/81 | |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split 1/1/1 | 1/27/81 | 8/13/81 | ||
| Robert P. Hunter (r) | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split 2/1/1 | 8/14/81 | 8/14/81 | |
| Hunter (r) | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split 2/1/1 | 8/15/81 | 8/17/81 | |
| John R. Van de Water (r) | Hunter (r) | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Rep | 8/18/81 | 12/16/82 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Zimmerman | Rep | 12/17/82 | 12/22/82 | ||
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | John C. Miller (r) | Zimmerman | Rep | 12/23/82 | 3/6/83 | |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Donald L. Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 3/7/83 | 3/7/83 | |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 3/8/83 | 5/4/83 | |
| Patricia Diaz Dennis | Hunter | H. Jenkins | Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 5/5/83 | 8/27/83 |
| Dennis | Hunter | Dotson | Zimmerman | split 2/1/1 | 8/28/83 | 12/16/84 | |
| Dennis | Hunter | Dotson | Rep | 12/17/84 | 5/27/85 | ||
| Dennis | Hunter | Wilford W. Johansen | Dotson | Rep | 5/28/85 | 6/31/85 | |
| Dennis | Hunter | Johansen | Dotson | Marshall B. Babson | Rep | 7/1/85 | 8/27/85 |
| Dennis | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | split | 8/28/85 | 10/15/85 | |
| Dennis | James M. Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 10/16/85 | 6/24/86 |
| Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 6/25/86 | 11/6/86 | |
| Mary M. Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 11/7/86 | 12/16/87 |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen | Babson | split | 12/17/87 | 7/31/88 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen | Rep | 8/1/88 | 8/28/88 | ||
| Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen (r) | John E. Higgins, Jr. (r) | Rep | 8/29/88 | 11/21/88 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen (r) | Higgins (r) | Dennis M. Devaney (r) | Rep | 11/22/88 | 6/15/89 |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Higgins (r) | Devaney (r) | split | 6/16/89 | 11/22/89 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Devaney | Dem | 11/23/89 | 12/13/89 | ||
| Cracraft | Stephens | Clifford R. Oviatt (r) | Devaney | split | 12/14/89 | 12/16/89 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt (r) | Devaney (r) | split | 12/17/89 | 8/2/90 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt | Devaney | split | 8/3/90 | 8/26/90 | |
| Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt | John N. Raudabaugh | Devaney | Rep | 8/27/90 | 8/27/91 |
| Stephens | Oviatt | Raudabaugh | Devaney | Rep | 8/28/91 | 12/16/92 | |
| Stephens | Oviatt | Devaney | Rep | 12/17/92 | 12/18/92 | ||
| Stephens | Oviatt | Raudabaugh (r) | Devaney | Rep | 12/19/92 | 5/28/93 | |
| Stephens | Raudabaugh (r) | Devaney | Rep | 5/28/93 | 11/26/93 | ||
| Stephens | Devaney | split | 11/27/93 | 1/23/94 | |||
| Stephens | Truesdale (r) | Devaney | Dem | 1/24/94 | 3/3/94 | ||
| Stephens | Devaney | split | 3/4/94 | 3/6/94 | |||
| Stephens | William B. Gould IV | Devaney | Dem | 3/7/94 | 3/8/94 | ||
| Stephens | Gould | Margaret A. Browning | Devaney | Dem | 3/9/94 | 3/17/94 | |
| Charles I. Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning | Devaney | Dem | 3/18/94 | 12/16/94 |
| Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning | split | 12/17/94 | 12/22/94 | |
| Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning | Truesdale (r) | Dem | 12/23/94 | 8/27/95 |
| Cohen | Gould | Browning | Truesdale (r) | Dem | 8/28/95 | 1/3/96 | |
| Cohen | Gould | Browning | Dem | 1/4/96 | 2/5/96 | ||
| Cohen | Sarah M. Fox (r) | Gould | Browning | Dem | 2/6/96 | 8/27/96 | |
| Fox (r) | Gould | Browning | Dem | 8/28/96 | 9/2/96 | ||
| Higgins (r) | Fox (r) | Gould | Browning | Dem | 9/3/96 | 2/28/97 | |
| Higgins (r) | Fox (r) | Gould | Dem | 3/1/97 | 11/7/97 | ||
| Higgins (r) | Gould | Fox | Dem | 11/8/97 | 11/13/97 | ||
| Peter J. Hurtgen | Gould | Wilma B. Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/14/97 | 11/16/97 | |
| Hurtgen | J. Robert Brame III | Gould | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/17/97 | 8/27/98 |
| Hurtgen | Brame | Liebman | Fox | split | 8/28/98 | 12/3/98 | |
| Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale (r) | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 12/4/98 | 11/18/99 |
| Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/19/99 | 12/16/99 |
| Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale | Liebman | Fox (r) | Dem | 12/17/99 | 8/27/00 |
| Hurtgen | Truesdale | Liebman | Fox (r) | Dem | 8/28/00 | 12/15/00 | |
| Hurtgen | Truesdale | Liebman | Dem | 12/16/00 | 12/29/00 | ||
| Hurtgen | Truesdale | Liebman | Dennis P. Walsh (r) | Dem | 12/30/00 | 5/14/01 | |
| Hurtgen | Truesdale | Liebman | Walsh (r) | Dem | 5/15/01 | 8/27/01 | |
| Truesdale | Liebman | Walsh (r) | Dem | 8/28/01 | 8/30/01 | ||
| Hurtgen (r) | Truesdale | Liebman | Walsh (r) | Dem | 8/31/01 | 10/1/01 | |
| Hurtgen (r) | Liebman | Walsh (r) | Dem | 10/2/01 | 12/20/01 | ||
| Hurtgen (r) | Liebman | split | 12/21/01 | 1/21/02 | |||
| Hurtgen (r) | Michael J. Bartlett (r) | William B. Cowen (r) | Liebman | Rep | 1/22/02 | 8/1/02 | |
| Bartlett (r) | Cowen (r) | Liebman | Rep | 8/2/02 | 11/22/02 | ||
| Liebman | Dem | 11/23/02 | 12/16/02 | ||||
| Liebman | Peter C. Schaumber | R. Alexander Acosta | Robert J. Battista | Walsh | Rep | 12/17/02 | 8/21/03 |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Battista | Walsh | split | 8/22/03 | 1/11/04 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Ronald E. Meisburg (r) | Battista | Walsh | Rep | 1/12/04 | 12/8/04 |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Battista | Walsh | split | 12/9/04 | 12/16/04 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Battista | Rep | 12/17/04 | 8/27/05 | ||
| Liebman | Battista | split | 8/28/05 | 8/30/05 | |||
| Liebman | Schaumber (r) | Battista | Rep | 8/31/05 | 1/3/06 | ||
| Liebman | Schaumber (r) | Peter N. Kirsanow (r) | Battista | Rep | 1/4/06 | 1/16/06 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber (r) | Kirsanow (r) | Battista | Walsh (r) | Rep | 1/17/06 | 8/2/06 |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Kirsanow (r) | Battista | Walsh (r) | Rep | 8/3/06 | 12/16/07 |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Kirsanow (r) | Walsh (r) | Rep | 12/17/07 | 12/31/07 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber | split | 1/1/08 | 3/17/08 | |||
| Liebman | Schaumber | split | 3/18/08 | 1/20/09 | |||
| Liebman | Schaumber | split | 1/20/09 | 3/26/10 | |||
| Liebman | Schaumber | Mark G. Pearce (r) | Craig Becker (r) | Dem | 4/7/10 | 6/21/10 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Pearce | Brian Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 6/22/10 | 8/27/10 |
| Liebman | Pearce | Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 8/28/10 | 8/27/11 | |
| Pearce | Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 8/28/11 | 1/2/12 | ||
| Pearce | Hayes | split | 1/3/12 | 1/8/12 | |||
| Richard Griffin (r) | Terrence F. Flynn (r) | Pearce | Hayes | Sharon Block (r) | Dem | 1/9/12 | 7/24/12 |
| Griffin (r) | Pearce | Hayes | Block (r) | Dem | 7/25/12 | 12/16/12 | |
| Griffin (r) | Pearce | Block (r) | Dem | 12/17/12 | 8/1/13 | ||
| Pearce | Nancy J. Schiffer | Dem | 8/2/13 | 8/4/13 | |||
| Kent Y. Hirozawa | Pearce | Schiffer | Dem | 8/5/13 | 8/6/13 | ||
| Hirozawa | Pearce | Philip A. Miscimarra | Schiffer | Dem | 8/7/13 | 8/11/13 | |
| Hirozawa | Harry I. Johnson, III | Pearce | Miscimarra | Schiffer | Dem | 8/12/13 | 12/16/14 |
| Hirozawa | Johnson | Pearce | Miscimarra | Lauren McFerran | Dem | 12/17/14 | 8/27/2015 |
| Hirozawa | Pearce | Miscimarra | McFerran | Dem | 8/28/2015 | 8/27/2016 | |
| Pearce | Miscimarra | McFerran | Dem | 8/28/2016 | 1/22/2017 | ||
| Pearce | Miscimarra (AC) | McFerran | Dem | 1/26/2017 | 4/23/2017 | ||
| Pearce | Miscimarra | McFerran | Dem | 4/24/2017 | 8/9/2017 | ||
| Marvin E. Kaplan | Pearce | Miscimarra | McFerran | split | 8/10/2017 | 9/25/2017 | |
| William J. Emanuel | Kaplan | Pearce | Miscimarra | McFerran | Rep | 9/26/2017 | 12/16/2017 |
| William J. Emanuel | Kaplan | Pearce | McFerran | split | 12/21/2017 | 4/15/2018 | |
| William J. Emanuel | Kaplan | Pearce | John F. Ring | McFerran | Rep | 4/16/2018 | 8/27/2018 |
| Emanuel | Kaplan | Ring | McFerran | Rep | 8/28/2018 | 12/16/2019 | |
| Emanuel | Kaplan | Ring | Rep | 12/17/2019 | 8/9/2020 | ||
| Emanuel | Kaplan | Ring | McFerran | Rep | 8/10/2020 | Present |