United States Senate Committee on Claims
The United States Senate Committee on Claims was among the first standing committees established in the Senate. It dealt generally with issues related to private bills and petitions. After reforms in the 1880s that created judicial and administrative remedies for petitioners, it declined in importance, and was abolished in 1947.
The United States House of Representatives also had a Committee on Claims until 1946, when its duties were absorbed by the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.Chairmen of the Committee on Claims, 1816–1947
- Jonathan Roberts 1816–1818
- Robert Henry Goldsborough 1818–1819
- Jonathan Roberts 1819–1820
- James J. Wilson 1820–1821
- Benjamin Ruggles 1821–1833
- Samuel Bell 1833–1835
- Arnold Naudain 1835–1836
- Henry Hubbard 1836–1841
- William A. Graham 1841–1843
- Ephraim Foster 1843–1845
- Isaac S. Pennybacker 1845–1847
- James Mason 1847–1849
- Moses Norris, Jr. 1849–1851
- Richard Brodhead 1851–1857
- Alfred Iverson, Sr. 1857–1861
- Daniel Clark 1861–1866
- Timothy Howe 1866–1873
- George Wright 1873–1877
- Samuel J. R. McMillan 1877–1879
- Francis Cockrell 1879–1881
- Angus Cameron 1881–1885
- Austin F. Pike 1885–1886
- John C. Spooner 1886–1891
- John H. Mitchell 1891–1893
- Samuel Pasco 1893–1895
- Henry M. Teller 1895–1899
- Francis E. Warren 1899–1905
- Charles W. Fulton 1905–1909
- Henry E. Burnham 1909–1911
- Coe I. Crawford 1911–1913
- Nathan P. Bryan 1913–1917
- Joseph T. Robinson 1917–1919
- Selden P. Spencer 1919–1922
- Arthur Capper 1922–1925
- Rice W. Means 1925–1927
- Robert B. Howell 1927–1933
- Josiah W. Bailey 1933–1940
- none 1940–1942
- Prentiss M. Brown 1942–1943
- Josiah W. Bailey 1943–1944
- Allen J. Ellender 1944–1947
