United States Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage presidential inaugurations. Such committee has been formed every four years since the 1901 inauguration of William McKinley.[1]

The members are sitting U.S. Senators and Representatives. Typically, the House members include the speaker of the House as well as the House majority and minority leaders. The Senate members are drawn from the leadership of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (previously known by other names). A senator acts as chair, and is therefore drawn from the majority party of the Senate. Membership in the committee gives its members the opportunity to control tickets to the inauguration ceremonies as well as other electoral-related ceremonies.

1901 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mark Hanna, Ohio, Chair John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin	James Kimbrough Jones, Arkansas
House members	Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois John Dalzell, Pennsylvania	Thomas Chipman McRae, Arkansas

1905 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin, Chair Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia
House members	John Dalzell, Pennsylvania Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana	John Sharp Williams, Mississippi

1909 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia
House members	James F. Burke, Pennsylvania Olin Young, Michigan	John W. Gaines, Tennessee

1913 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Winthrop M. Crane, Massachusetts, Chair	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee	William B. McKinley, Illinois

1917 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina, Chair M. Hoke Smith, Georgia	Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
House members	William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee	William B. McKinley, Illinois

1921 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Knute Nelson, Minnesota	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois Frank Reavis, Nebraska	William W. Rucker, Missouri (Resigned) Charles Manly Stedman, North Carolina

1925 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Charles Curtis, Kansas, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	William Walton Griest, Pennsylvania Lindley H. Hadley, Washington	Arthur B. Rouse, Kentucky

1929 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	George H. Moses, New Hampshire, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	Bertrand Snell, Kentucky Leonidas C. Dyer, Missouri	Edward W. Pou, North Carolina

1933 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas, Chair	George H. Moses, New Hampshire Frederick Hale, Maine
House members	Edward W. Pou, North Carolina Henry Rainey, Illinois	Bertrand Snell, Kentucky

1937 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas	Frederick Hale, Maine
House members	John O'Connor, New York Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Bertrand Snell, Kentucky

1941 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky	Charles L. McNary, Oregon
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts

1945 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Harry F. Byrd, Virginia, Chair Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee	Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts

1949 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Chair (Resigned) Carl Hayden, Arizona, Chair J. Howard McGrath, Rhode Island (Replaced Brooks)	Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Charles W. Brooks, Illinois (Resigned)
House members	Harry R. Sheppard, California (Replaced Arends) John W. McCormack, Massachusetts	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana Leslie C. Arends, Illinois (Resigned)

1953 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair Margaret Chase Smith, Maine (Replaced McFarland, Resigned) Herman Welker, Idaho	Carl Hayden, Arizona Ernest McFarland, Arizona (Resigned)
House members	Leslie C. Arends, Illinois (Replaced McCormack) Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts (Resigned)

1957 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair	John Sparkman, Alabama Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island
House members	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts

1961 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Sparkman, Alabama, Chair Thomas C. Hennings Jr., Missouri (Deceased September 13, 1960) Carl Hayden, Arizona	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana

1965 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair John Sparkman, Alabama	Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
House members	John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana

1969 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Everett Dirksen, Illinois, Chair	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina Mike Mansfield, Montana
House members	Gerald Ford, Michigan	John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma

1973 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair (defeated in 1972 Senate primary) Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Mike Mansfield, Montana	Marlow Cook, Kentucky
House members	Carl Albert, Oklahoma Hale Boggs, Louisiana (Deceased October 16, 1972) Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts	Gerald Ford, Michigan

1977 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia	Mark Hatfield, Oregon
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona

1981 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mark Hatfield, Oregon, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee	Robert Byrd, West Virginia Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1985 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Charles Mathias, Maryland, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee (until January 3, 1985) Bob Dole, Kansas (from January 3, 1985)	Wendell Ford, Kentucky
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1989 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia	Ted Stevens, Alaska
House members	Jim Wright, Texas Tom Foley, Washington	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1993 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair George J. Mitchell, Maine	Ted Stevens, Alaska
House members	Tom Foley, Washington Dick Gephardt, Missouri	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1997 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Warner, Virginia, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi	Wendell Ford, Kentucky
House members	Newt Gingrich, Georgia Dick Armey, Texas	Dick Gephardt, Missouri

2001 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi	Chris Dodd, Connecticut
House members	Dennis Hastert, Illinois Dick Armey, Texas	Dick Gephardt, Missouri

2005 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Trent Lott, Mississippi, Chair Bill Frist, Tennessee	Chris Dodd, Connecticut
House members	Dennis Hastert, Illinois Tom DeLay, Texas	Nancy Pelosi, California

2009 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada	Bob Bennett, Utah
House members	Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland	John Boehner, Ohio

2013 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada	Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
House members	John Boehner, Ohio Eric Cantor, Virginia	Nancy Pelosi, California

2017 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky	Chuck Schumer, New York
House members	Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Kevin McCarthy, California	Nancy Pelosi, California

2021 committee

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky	Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Ranking Member
House members	Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland	Kevin McCarthy, California

See also

• Senate Rules Committee

References

1. "Inaugural Committees". United States Senate. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

External links

• Official website