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Chairmen
Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1820–1947
- David Holmes (R-MS) 1820–1821
- Henry Johnson (R-LA) 1821–1823
- Thomas Hart Benton (R/D-MO) 1823–1828
- Hugh Lawson White (D-TN) 1828–1832
- George M. Troup (D-GA) 1832–1833
- Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) 1833–1840
- Ambrose Sevier (D-AR) 1840–1841
- James T. Morehead (W-KY) 1841–1842
- Albert White (W-IN) 1842–1845
- Ambrose Sevier (D-AR) 1845–1846
- Arthur Bagby (D-AL) 1846–1847
- David R. Atchison (D-MO) 1847–1853
- William K. Sebastian (D-AR) 1853–1861
- James Rood Doolittle (R-WI) 1861–1867
- John B. Henderson (R-MO) 1867–1869
- James Harlan (R-IA) 1869–1873
- William Alfred Buckingham (R-CT) 1873–1875
- William B. Allison (R-IA) 1875–1879
- Richard Coke (D-TX) 1879–1881
- Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1881–1893
- James K. Jones (D-AR) 1893–1895
- Richard Pettigrew (R-SD) 1895–1899
- John M. Thurston (R-NE) 1899–1901
- William Stewart (R-NV) 1901–1905
- Moses E. Clapp (R-MN) 1905–1911
- Robert J. Gamble (R-SD) 1911–1913
- William J. Stone (D-MO) 1913–1914
- Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) 1914–1919
- Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1919–1921
- Selden P. Spencer (R-MO) 1921–1923
- John W. Harreld (R-OK) 1923–1927
- Lynn J. Frazier (R-ND) 1927–1933
- Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) 1933–1936
- Elmer Thomas (D-OK) 1936–1945
- Joseph O'Mahoney (D-WY) 1945–1947
from 1947 to 1977, Indian Affairs were the responsibility of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, which was superseded by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in 1977.
Chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, 1977–1993
- James Abourezk (D-SD) 1977–1979
- John Melcher (D-MT) 1979–1981
- William S. Cohen (R-ME) 1981–1983
- Mark Andrews (R-ND) 1983–1987
- Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 1987–1993
Chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993–present
- Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 1993–1995
- John McCain (R-AZ) 1995–1997
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 1997–2001
- Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 2001
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 2001
- Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 2001–2003
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 2003–2005
- John McCain (R-AZ) 2005–2007
- Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 2007–2011
- Daniel Akaka (D-HI) 2011–2013
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 2013–2014
- Jon Tester (D-MT) 2014–2015
- John Barrasso (R-WY) 2015–2017
- John Hoeven (R-ND) 2017–2021
- Brian Schatz (D-HI) 2021–
