| 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 |
2007-2011 |
110th-111th |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon |
Republican |
California |
2011-2015 |
112th-113th |
| Mac Thornberry |
Republican |
Texas |
2015-2019 |
114th-115th |
| Adam Smith |
Democrat |
Washington |
2019-2023 |
116th-117th |
| Mike Rogers |
Republican |
Alabama |
2023-Present |
118th-119th |
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| Source: Compiled by CRS from CQ Almanac, ProQuest Congressional, Congress.gov/members & other sources |
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