United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses

The United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses was created in 1885 to deal with the country's coastal defenses. It was abolished in 1921 during a reorganization of the U.S. Senate.^[1]

Chairmen of the Committee on Coast Defenses, 1885-1921

Joseph Dolph (R-OR) 1885-1891
Watson Squire (R-WA) 1891-1893
John Gordon (D-GA) 1893-1895
Watson Squire (R-WA) 1895-1897
Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) 1897
George W. McBride (R-OR) 1898-1901
John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 1901-1905
Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1905-1908
George S. Nixon (R-NV) 1908-1911
Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1911-1913
James E. Martine (D-NJ) 1913-1914
Blair Lee I (D-MD) 1914-1917
Charles S. Thomas (D-CO) 1917-1919
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 1919-1921

References

^ "Guide to Senate Records: Chapter 4 - Records of the Committee on Armed Services and Its Predecessors". U.S. National Archives. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

[Archives_Chap_4-1] "Guide to Senate Records: Chapter 4 - Records of the Committee on Armed Services and Its Predecessors". U.S. National Archives. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

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