Compiled by CRS from CQ Almanac, ProQuest Congressional, and Congress.gov/members
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-91st 
Philip J. Philbin Democrat Massachusetts 1970-1971 91st
F. Edward Hebert 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 119th-117th
Mike Rogers Republican Alabama 2023-2026 118th-119th