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