Chairman | Party | State | Years | Congress |
Walter G. Andrews | Republican | New York | 1947-1949 | 80th |
Carl Vinson | Democrat | Georgia | 1949-1952 | 81st-82nd |
Dewey J. Short | Republican | Missouri | 1953-1954 | 83rd |
Carl Vinson | Democrat | Georgia | 1955-1964 | 84th-88th |
L. Mendel Rivers | Democrat | South Carolina | 1965-1970 | 89th-91th |
Philip J. Philbin | Democrat | Massachusetts | 1970-1971 | 91st |
F. Edward Hébert | Democrat | Louisiana | 1971-1975 | 92nd-93rd |
Charles Melvin Price | Democrat | Illinois | 1975-1985 | 94th-98th |
Les Aspin | Democrat | Wisconsin | 1985-1993 | 99th-102nd |
Ron Dellums | Democrat | California | 1993-1995 | 103rd |
Floyd D. Spence | Republican | South Carolina | 1995-2001 | 104th-106th |
Robert L. Stump | Republican | Arizona | 2001-2003 | 107th |
Duncan L. Hunter | Republican | California | 2003-2007 | 108th-109th |
Ike Skelton | Democrat | Missouri | 2007-2010 | 110th-111th |
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Republican | California | 2011-2014 | 112th-113th |
Mac Thornberry | Republican | Texas | 2015-2019 | 114th-116th |
Adam Smith | Democrat | Washington | 2019-2023 | 117th |
Mike Rogers | Republican | Alabama | 2023-Present | 118th |
Source: Compiled by CRS from CQ Almanac, ProQuest Congressional, Congress.gov/members & other sources |