US/Senate/Committee/Health Education Labor and Pensions/Chair

US/Senate/Committee/Health Education Labor and Pensions/Chair
Leader of	US/Senate/Committee/Health Education Labor and Pensions
Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

While currently known as the HELP Committee, the committee was originally founded on January 28, 1869, as the Committee on Education, and has changed names several times since.

Labor and Public Welfare, 1947–1977

• Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 1947–1949
• Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) 1949–1951
• James E. Murray (D-MT) 1951–1953
• H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ) 1953–1955
• Lister Hill (D-AL) 1955–1969
• Ralph Yarborough (D-TX) 1969–1971
• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1971–1977

Human Resources, 1977–1979

• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1977–1979

Labor and Human Resources, 1979–1999

• Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D-NJ) 1979–1981
• Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) 1981–1987
• Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 1987–1995
• Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) 1995–1997
• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1997–1999

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, 1999–present

• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 1999–2001
• Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001
• James M. Jeffords (R-VT) 2001
• Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2001–2003
• Judd Gregg (R-NH) 2003–2005
• Michael Enzi (R-WY) 2005–2007
• Ted Kennedy (D-MA) 2007–2009
• Tom Harkin (D-IA) 2009–2015
• Lamar Alexander (R-TN) 2015–2021
• Patty Murray (D-WA) 2021–2023
• Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 2023–

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