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List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee

January 01, 1970

This list of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee details the names of those members of the United States House of Representatives who served on the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) from its formation as the "Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities" in 1938 until the dissolution of the "House Internal Security Committee" in 1975.

Alabama Democrat Joe Starnes with Chairman Martin Dies and Chief Investigator J. B. Matthews, Aug. 1938.

New members of the committee marked with bold type.

Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities (1938–1944) edit

Commonly known as the "Dies Committee." The permanent secretary of the committee was Robert E. Stripling throughout.[1]

75th Congress (1938) edit

 
Conservative Texas Democrat Martin Dies Jr. was chair of the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities for its entire seven-year duration.

76th Congress (1939–1940) edit

77th Congress (1941–1942) edit

78th Congress (1943–1944) edit

Committee on Un-American Activities (1945–1968) edit

Effective with the 79th Congress of 1945, the former special committee of the House of Representatives was made permanent, expanded to nine members, and renamed. Permanent secretaries of the committee would be Robert E. Stripling (1945–1948), John W. Carrington (1949–1952), Thomas W. Beale Sr. (1953–1956), Richard Arens (1957–1960), Frank S. Tavenner Jr. (1961–1962), Francis J. McNamara (1963–1968).[2]

79th Congress (1945–1946) edit

80th Congress (1947–1948) edit

 
Future U.S. President Richard M. Nixon was a HUAC member from 1947 until election to the U.S. Senate in November 1950

81st Congress (1949–1950) edit

82nd Congress (1951–1952) edit

83rd Congress (1953–1954) edit

84th Congress (1955–1956) edit

 
Pennsylvania Democrat Francis E. Walter, a member of HUAC from 1951, would serve as chairman of the committee from January 1955 until his death in 1963.

85th Congress (1957–1958) edit

86th Congress (1959–1960) edit

87th Congress (1961–1962) edit

88th Congress (1963–1964) edit

89th Congress (1965–1966) edit

90th Congress (1967–1968) edit

Committee on Internal Security edit

 
Chair of the renamed House Committee on Internal Security for its entire 7-year duration was Democrat Richard H. Ichord Jr. of Missouri.

In February 1969 the name of the committee was changed for a second time. The nine-member Committee on Internal Security would remain in existence until 1975. Chief professional staff members of the Committee on Internal Security included Donald G. Sanders (1969–1973),[3] Robert M. Horner (???–1973), and William H. Stapleton (1974–1975).

The House Committee on Internal Security was formally terminated on January 14, 1975, the day of the opening of the 94th Congress.[4] The Committee's files and staff were transferred on that day to the House Judiciary Committee from whence the Internal Security Committee had sprung.[4]

91st Congress (1969–1970) edit

92nd Congress (1971–1972) edit

93rd Congress (1973–1974) edit

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Eric Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938–1968. New York: The Viking Press 1971; pp. 955-956.
  2. ^ Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason, pp. 956-957.
  3. ^ Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason, pg. 957.
  4. ^ a b Charles E. Schamel, Records of the US House of Representatives, Record Group 233: Records of the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1945–1969 (Renamed the) House Internal Security Committee, 1969–1976. Washington, DC: Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records, July 1995; pg. 4.

Further reading edit

  • William F. Buckley, The Committee and Its Critics; a Calm Review of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. New York: Putnam Books, 1962.
  • Robert K. Carr, The House Committee on Un-American Activities. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1952.
  • Frank J. Donner, The Un-Americans. New York: Ballantine Books, 1961.
  • Walter Goodman, The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1968.
  • Joseph Litvak, The Un-Americans : Jews, the Blacklist, and Stoolpigeon Culture. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009.
  • Kenneth O'Reilly, Hoover and the Unamericans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983.

January 01, 1970
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This list of members of the House Un American Activities Committee details the names of those members of the United States House of Representatives who served on the House Un American Activities Committee HUAC from its formation as the Special Committee to Investigate Un American Activities in 1938 until the dissolution of the House Internal Security Committee in 1975 Alabama Democrat Joe Starnes with Chairman Martin Dies and Chief Investigator J B Matthews Aug 1938 New members of the committee marked with bold type Contents 1 Special Committee to Investigate Un American Activities 1938 1944 1 1 75th Congress 1938 1 2 76th Congress 1939 1940 1 3 77th Congress 1941 1942 1 4 78th Congress 1943 1944 2 Committee on Un American Activities 1945 1968 2 1 79th Congress 1945 1946 2 2 80th Congress 1947 1948 2 3 81st Congress 1949 1950 2 4 82nd Congress 1951 1952 2 5 83rd Congress 1953 1954 2 6 84th Congress 1955 1956 2 7 85th Congress 1957 1958 2 8 86th Congress 1959 1960 2 9 87th Congress 1961 1962 2 10 88th Congress 1963 1964 2 11 89th Congress 1965 1966 2 12 90th Congress 1967 1968 3 Committee on Internal Security 3 1 91st Congress 1969 1970 3 2 92nd Congress 1971 1972 3 3 93rd Congress 1973 1974 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 Further readingSpecial Committee to Investigate Un American Activities 1938 1944 editCommonly known as the Dies Committee The permanent secretary of the committee was Robert E Stripling throughout 1 75th Congress 1938 edit nbsp Conservative Texas Democrat Martin Dies Jr was chair of the Special Committee to Investigate Un American Activities for its entire seven year duration Martin Dies Jr D Texas Chairman John J Dempsey D New Mexico Arthur D Healey D Massachusetts Harold G Mosier D Ohio Joe Starnes D Alabama Noah M Mason R Illinois J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey 76th Congress 1939 1940 edit Martin Dies Jr D Texas Chairman John J Dempsey D New Mexico Arthur D Healey D Massachusetts Joseph E Casey D Massachusetts replacement for Healey Joe Starnes D Alabama Jerry Voorhis D California Noah M Mason R Illinois J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey 77th Congress 1941 1942 edit Martin Dies Jr D Texas Chairman Harry P Beam D Illinois Joseph E Casey D Massachusetts Joe Starnes D Alabama Jerry Voorhis D California Noah M Mason R Illinois J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey 78th Congress 1943 1944 edit Martin Dies Jr D Texas Chairman Wirt Courtney D Tennessee John M Costello D California Herman P Eberharter D Pennsylvania Joe Starnes D Alabama Noah M Mason R Illinois Fred E Busbey R Illinois Replacement for Mason in 1944 Karl Mundt R South Dakota J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey Committee on Un American Activities 1945 1968 editEffective with the 79th Congress of 1945 the former special committee of the House of Representatives was made permanent expanded to nine members and renamed Permanent secretaries of the committee would be Robert E Stripling 1945 1948 John W Carrington 1949 1952 Thomas W Beale Sr 1953 1956 Richard Arens 1957 1960 Frank S Tavenner Jr 1961 1962 Francis J McNamara 1963 1968 2 79th Congress 1945 1946 edit Edward J Hart D New Jersey Chairman John S Wood D Georgia Replacement for Hart as Chairman Herbert C Bonner D North Carolina John R Murdock D Arizona J Hardin Peterson D Florida John E Rankin D Mississippi J W Robinson D Utah Gerald W Landis R Indiana Karl E Mundt R South Dakota J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey 80th Congress 1947 1948 edit nbsp Future U S President Richard M Nixon was a HUAC member from 1947 until election to the U S Senate in November 1950 J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey Chairman John McDowell R Pennsylvania Karl E Mundt R South Dakota Richard M Nixon R California Richard B Vail R Illinois Herbert C Bonner D North Carolina F Edward Hebert D Louisiana Replacement for Bonner in 1948 J Hardin Peterson D Florida John E Rankin D Mississippi John S Wood D Georgia Harold F Youngblood R Michigan 81st Congress 1949 1950 edit John S Wood D Georgia Chairman Burr P Harrison D Virginia John McSweeney D Ohio Morgan M Moulder D Missouri Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Francis Case R South Dakota Richard M Nixon R California J Parnell Thomas R New Jersey Ranking Republican in 1949 vacated position by end of that year leaving Nixon as ranking Republican Harold H Velde R Illinois 82nd Congress 1951 1952 edit John S Wood D Georgia Chairman Clyde Doyle D California James B Frazier Jr D Tennessee Morgan M Moulder D Missouri Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Donald L Jackson R California Bernard W Pat Kearney R New York Charles E Potter R Michigan Harold H Velde R Illinois 83rd Congress 1953 1954 edit Harold H Velde R Illinois Chairman Kit Clardy R Michigan Donald L Jackson R California Bernard W Pat Kearney R New York Gordon H Scherer R Ohio Clyde Doyle D California James B Frazier Jr D Tennessee Morgan M Moulder D Missouri Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania 84th Congress 1955 1956 edit nbsp Pennsylvania Democrat Francis E Walter a member of HUAC from 1951 would serve as chairman of the committee from January 1955 until his death in 1963 Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Chairman Clyde Doyle D California James B Frazier Jr D Tennessee Morgan M Moulder D Missouri Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Donald L Jackson R California Bernard W Pat Kearney R New York Gordon H Scherer R Ohio Harold H Velde R Illinois 85th Congress 1957 1958 edit Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Chairman Clyde Doyle D California James B Frazier Jr D Tennessee Morgan M Moulder D Missouri Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Donald L Jackson R California Bernard W Pat Kearney R New York Robert J McIntosh R Michigan Gordon H Scherer R Ohio 86th Congress 1959 1960 edit Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Chairman Clyde Doyle D California Morgan M Moulder D Missouri William M Tuck D Virginia Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Donald L Jackson R California August E Johansen R Michigan William E Miller R New York Gordon H Scherer R Ohio 87th Congress 1961 1962 edit Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Chairman Clyde Doyle D California Morgan M Moulder D Missouri William M Tuck D Virginia Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Donald C Bruce R Indiana August E Johansen R Michigan Gordon H Scherer R Ohio Henry C Schadeberg R Wisconsin 88th Congress 1963 1964 edit Francis E Walter D Pennsylvania Chairman Died May 31 1963 Richard H Ichord D Missouri Member of the committee in 1964 Clyde Doyle D California 1963 George F Senner Jr D Arizona Member of the committee in 1964 Joe R Pool D Texas William M Tuck D Virginia Edwin E Willis D Louisiana John M Ashbrook R Ohio Donald C Bruce R Indiana August E Johansen R Michigan Henry C Schadeberg R Wisconsin 89th Congress 1965 1966 edit Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Chairman Richard H Ichord D Missouri Joe R Pool D Texas George F Senner Jr D Arizona William M Tuck D Virginia Charles L Weltner D Georgia John M Ashbrook R Ohio John H Buchanan Jr R Alabama Del Clawson R California 90th Congress 1967 1968 edit Edwin E Willis D Louisiana Chairman John C Culver D Iowa Richard H Ichord D Missouri Joe R Pool D Texas William M Tuck D Virginia John M Ashbrook R Ohio Del Clawson R California Richard L Roudebush R Indiana Albert W Watson R South Carolina Committee on Internal Security edit nbsp Chair of the renamed House Committee on Internal Security for its entire 7 year duration was Democrat Richard H Ichord Jr of Missouri In February 1969 the name of the committee was changed for a second time The nine member Committee on Internal Security would remain in existence until 1975 Chief professional staff members of the Committee on Internal Security included Donald G Sanders 1969 1973 3 Robert M Horner 1973 and William H Stapleton 1974 1975 The House Committee on Internal Security was formally terminated on January 14 1975 the day of the opening of the 94th Congress 4 The Committee s files and staff were transferred on that day to the House Judiciary Committee from whence the Internal Security Committee had sprung 4 91st Congress 1969 1970 edit Richard H Ichord D Missouri Chairman Edwin W Edwards D Louisiana Claude Pepper D Florida Richardson Preyer D North Carolina Louis Stokes D Ohio John M Ashbrook R Ohio Richard L Roudebush R Indiana William J Scherle R Iowa Albert W Watson R South Carolina 92nd Congress 1971 1972 edit Richard H Ichord D Missouri Chairman Mendel J Davis D South Carolina Robert F Drinan D Massachusetts Claude Pepper D Florida Richardson Preyer D North Carolina John M Ashbrook R Ohio John G Schmitz R California Fletcher Thompson R Georgia Roger H Zion R Indiana 93rd Congress 1973 1974 edit Mendel J Davis D South Carolina Robert F Drinan D Massachusetts Claude Pepper D Florida Richardson Preyer D North Carolina John M Ashbrook R Ohio J Herbert Burke R Florida Tennyson Guyer R Ohio Roger H Zion R Indiana See also editList of organizations described as Communist fronts by the US governmentFootnotes edit Eric Bentley Thirty Years of Treason Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un American Activities 1938 1968 New York The Viking Press 1971 pp 955 956 Bentley Thirty Years of Treason pp 956 957 Bentley Thirty Years of Treason pg 957 a b Charles E Schamel Records of the US House of Representatives Record Group 233 Records of the House Un American Activities Committee 1945 1969 Renamed the House Internal Security Committee 1969 1976 Washington DC Center for Legislative Archives National Archives and Records July 1995 pg 4 Further reading editWilliam F Buckley The Committee and Its Critics a Calm Review of the House Committee on Un American Activities New York Putnam Books 1962 Robert K Carr The House Committee on Un American Activities Ithaca NY Cornell University Press 1952 Frank J Donner The Un Americans New York Ballantine Books 1961 Walter Goodman The Committee The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un American Activities New York Farrar Straus amp Giroux 1968 Joseph Litvak The Un Americans Jews the Blacklist and Stoolpigeon Culture Durham NC Duke University Press 2009 Kenneth O Reilly Hoover and the Unamericans The FBI HUAC and the Red Menace Philadelphia Temple University Press 1983 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of members of the House Un American Activities Committee amp oldid 1191512246, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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