U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the
House Judiciary Committee, is a
standing committee of the
United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of
justice within the Federal Courts, administrative agencies and Federal
law enforcement entities. The Senate version of the committee's most public role involves the approval process of the
President's nominees to the Federal benches, including the
United States Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee is also the committee responsible for impeachments of federal officials, and approved articles of impeachment against
Andrew Johnson in
1868,
Richard Nixon in
1974, and
Bill Clinton in
1998. The current chairmen of the committee is
Republican Jim Sensenbrenner of
Wisconsin, and the ranking minority member is
Democrat John Conyers of
Michigan.
The committee was created on June 3, 1813 for the purpose of considering legislation related to the judicial system. Because of the legal nature of its oversight, committee members usually have a legal background, but it is not required.
Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittees
- U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
- U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
- U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
- Chairman: Howard Coble (R-NC)
- Ranking Member: Robert C. Scott (D-VA)
- U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims
- U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution
- Chairman: Steve Chabot (R-OH)
- Ranking Member: Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Chairmen of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 1813-present
- Charles J. Ingersoll (R-PA) 1813-1815
- Hugh Nelson (R-VA) 1815-1819
- John Sergeant (R-PA) 1819-1822
- Hugh Nelson (R-VA) 1822-1823
- Daniel Webster (F-MA) 1823-1827
- Philip P. Barbour (D-VA) 1827-1829
- James Buchanan (D-PA) 1829-1831
- Warren R. Davis (D-SC) 1831-1833
- Thomas F. Foster (W-GA) 1833-1835
- Samuel Beardsley (D-NY) 1835-1836
- Francis Thomas (D-MD) 1836-1839
- John Sergeant (W-PA) 1839-1841
- Daniel D. Barnard (W-NY) 1841-1843
- William Wilkins (D-PA) 1843-1844
- Romulus M. Saunders (D-NC) 1844-1845
- George O. Rathbun (D-NY) 1845-1847
- Joseph R. Ingersoll (W-PA) 1847-1849
- James Thompson (D-PA) 1849-1851
- James X. McLanahan (D-PA) 1851-1853
- Frederick P. Stanton (D-TN) 1853-1855
- George A. Simmons (W/R-NY) 1855-1857
- George S. Houston (D-AL) 1857-1859
- John Hickman (R-PA) 1859-1863
- James F. Wilson (R-IA) 1863-1869
- John A. Bingham (R-OH) 1869-1873
- Benjamin F. Butler (R-MA) 1873-1875
- James P. Knott (D-KY) 1875-1881
- Thomas B. Reed (R-ME) 1881-1883
- John R. Tucker (D-VA) 1883-1887
- David B. Culberson (D-TX) 1887-1889
- Ezra B. Taylor (R-OH) 1889-1891
- David B. Culberson (D-TX) 1891-1895
- David B. Henderson (R-IA) 1895-1899
- George W. Ray (R-NY) 1899-1903
- John J. Jenkins (R-WI) 1903-1909
- Richard W. Parker (R-NJ) 1909-1911
- Henry De Lamar Clayton (D-AL) 1911-1914
- Edwin Y. Webb (D-NC) 1914-1919
- Andrew J. Volstead (R-MN) 1919-1923
- George S. Graham (R-PA) 1923-1931
- Hatton W. Sumners (D-TX) 1931-1947
- Earl C. Michener (R-MI) 1947-1949
- Emmanuel Celler (D-NY) 1949-1953
- Chauncey W. Reed (R-IL) 1953-1955
- Emmanuel Celler (D-NY) 1955-1973
- Peter W. Rodino, Jr (D-NJ) 1973-1989
- James B. Brooks (D-TX) 1989-1995
- Henry J. Hyde (R-IL) 1995-2001
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr (R-WI) 2001-
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