The

United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

Committee on Rules was a Congressional committee, later absorbed into the

United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, also called the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualificat ...

History

The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On January 2, 1947, it was absorbed into the

along with four other committees.

Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947

* Thomas Ferry (R-MI) 1874-1877 *

James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as speaker of the U.S. House of Rep ...

(R-ME) 1877-1879 * John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1879-1881 * William P. Frye (R-ME) 1881-1887 * Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1887-1893 * Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) 1893-1895 * Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899 * John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1899-1907 * Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1907-1909 * W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913 * Lee S. Overman (D-NC) 1913-1919 * Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1919-1921 *

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(R-KS) 1921-1929 * George H. Moses (R-NH) 1929-1933 * Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) 1933-1936 *

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(D-WV) 1936-1941 * Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947 {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Senate Committee On Rules

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule tha ...

1867 establishments in the United States 1947 disestablishments in the United States