Chairmen, 1849-1853 and 1880-present
The Committee on Rules was first a standing committee of the House, during the 31st and 32nd Congresses (1849–1853). From 1853 until 1880, the panel reverted to being a select committee (as it had been before 1849).
Between 1880 and the revolt against Speaker Cannon, in March 1910, the Speaker of the House also served as Chairman of the Rules Committee.
| Chairman | Party | State | Years | Note | |
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| David S. Kaufman | Democratic | Texas | 1849–1851 | Died in office January 31, 1851 | |
| George W. Jones | Democratic | Tennessee | 1851–1853 | ||
| Samuel J. Randall | Democratic | Pennsylvania | 1880–1881 | ||
| J. Warren Keifer | Republican | Ohio | 1881–1883 | ||
| John G. Carlisle | Democratic | Kentucky | 1883–1889 | ||
| Thomas B. Reed | Republican | Maine | 1889–1891 | 1st term | |
| Charles F. Crisp | Democratic | Georgia | 1891–1895 | ||
| Thomas B. Reed | Republican | Maine | 1895–1899 | 2nd term | |
| David B. Henderson | Republican | Iowa | 1899–1903 | ||
| Joseph G. Cannon | Republican | Illinois | 1903–1910 | ||
| John Dalzell | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1910–1911 | ||
| Robert L. Henry | Democratic | Texas | 1911–1917 | ||
| Edward W. Pou | Democratic | North Carolina | 1917–1919 | 1st term | |
| Philip P. Campbell | Republican | Kansas | 1919–1923 | ||
| Bertrand H. Snell | Republican | New York | 1923–1931 | ||
| Edward W. Pou | Democratic | North Carolina | 1931–1934 | 2nd term. Died in office April 1, 1934. |
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| William B. Bankhead | Democratic | Alabama | 1934–1935 | ||
| John J. O'Connor | Democratic | New York | 1935–1939 | ||
| Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | 1935–1947 | 1st term | |
| Leo E. Allen | Republican | Illinois | 1947–1949 | 1st term | |
| Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | 1949–1952 | 2nd term. Died in office November 6, 1952. |
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| Leo E. Allen | Republican | Illinois | 1953–1955 | 2nd term | |
| Howard W. Smith | Democratic | Virginia | 1955–1967 | ||
| William M. Colmer | Democratic | Mississippi | 1967–1973 | ||
| Ray J. Madden | Democratic | Indiana | 1973–1977 | ||
| James J. Delaney | Democratic | New York | 1977–1979 | ||
| Richard W. Bolling | Democratic | Missouri | 1979–1983 | ||
| Claude D. Pepper | Democratic | Florida | 1983–1989 | Died in office May 30, 1989 |
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| Joe Moakley | Democratic | Massachusetts | 1989–1995 | ||
| Gerald B. H. Solomon | Republican | New York | 1995–1999 | ||
| David T. Dreier | Republican | California | 1999–2007 | 1st term | |
| Louise M. Slaughter | Democratic | New York | 2007–2011 | ||
| David T. Dreier | Republican | California | 2011–present | 2nd term | |
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