The current House Committee on Education and the Workforce was established on January 9, 2023. The Committee’s basic jurisdiction is over education and labor matters, generally. This includes oversight over matters related to higher and early education, workforce development and protections, and health, employment, labor, and pensions.
The first Committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on Education and Labor, was established on March 21, 1867, in the aftermath of the Civil War and during the growth of American industry. On December 19, 1883, the Committee was divided into two standing committees: the Committee on Education andtheCommittee on Labor. On January 2, 1947, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, again, combined the Committees and renamed it the Committee on Education and Labor. On January 4, 1995, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. On January 7, 1997, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Education and the Workforce. On January 4, 2007, the Committee adopted its original name: the Committee on Education and Labor. On January 5, 2011, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Education and the Workforce. On January 3, 2019, the Committee was renamed as the Committee on Education and Labor. On January 9, 2023, the Committee was renamed the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committee Membership
Congress
Year
Democrats
Republicans
Membership
118th
2023-
20
25
45
117th
2021-22
29
24
53
116th
2019-20
28
22
50
115th
2017-18
17
23
40
114th
2015-16
16
22
38
113th
2013-14
18
23
41
112th
2011-12
17
23
40
111th
2009-10
30
19
49
110th
2007-08
27
22
49
109th
2005-06
21
26
47
108th
2003-04
22
27
49
107th
2001-02
22
27
49
106th
1999-2000
22
27
49
105th
1997-98
20
25
45
104th
1995-96
19
24
43
103th
1993-94
28
15
43
102th
1991-92
25
15
40
101th
1989-90
23
13
36
100th
1987-88
21
13
34
99th
1985-86
20
14
34
98th
1983-84
25
13
38
97th
1981-82
21
14
35
96th
1979-80
24
13
37
95th
1977-78
25
12
37
Source: Committee Calendars
Past Chairmen and Ranking Minority Members
The Committee on Education and Labor was created on March 21, 1867.
Committee on Education and Labor (1867-1883)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
John Baker (IL)
Union Republican
40th
1867-1869
Samuel M. Arnell (TN)
Republican Independent
41st
1869-1871
Legand W. Perce (MS)
Republican
42nd
1871-1873
James Monroe (OH)
Republican
43rd
1873-1875
Gilbert C. Walker (VA)
Conservative
44th
1875-1877
John Goode, Jr. (VA)
Democrat
45th-46th
1877-1881
J.T. Updegraff (OH)
Republican
47th
1881-1882
John C. Sherwin (IL)
Republican
47th
1882-1883
The separate committees on Education and Labor were established in December 1883.
Committee on Education (1883-1947)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
D. Wyatt Alken (SC)
Democrat
48th-49th
1883-1887
Allen D. Candler (GA)
Democrat
50th
1887-1889
James O'Donnell (MI)
Republican
51st
1889-1891
Walter I. Hayes (IA)
Democrat
52nd
1891-1892
David B. Brunner (PA)
Democrat
52nd
1892
Benjamin A. Ealoc (TN)
Democrat
52nd-53rd
1892-1895
Galusha A. Grow (PA)
Republican
54th-57th
1897-1903
David A. De Armond (MO)
Democrat
56th-57th
1899-1903
George N. Southwick (NY)
Republican
58th-60th
1903-1909
Willard D. Vandiver (MO)
Democrat
58th
1903-1905
Edwin Y. Webb (NC)
Democrat
59th
1905-1907
James F. Burke (PA)
Republican
61st
1909-1911
Asbury F. Lever (SC)
Democrat
60th-61st
1907-1911
Asbury F. Lever (SC)
Democrat
62nd
1911-1913
James F. Burke (PA)
Republican
62nd-63rd
1911-1915
Dudley M. Hughes (GA)
Democrat
63rd-64th
1913-1917
Caleb Powers (KY)
Republican
64th-65th
1915-1919
William J. Sears (FL)
Democrat
65th
1917-1919
Simeon D. Fees (OH)
Republican
66th-67th
1919-1923
William J. Sears (FL)
Democrat
66th
1919-1921
William B. Bankhead (AL)
Democrat
67th
1921-1923
Frederick W. Dallinger (MA)
Republican
68th
1923-1925
Bill Green Lowrey (MS)
Democrat
68th-70th
1923-1929
Daniel A. Reed (NY)
Republican
69th-71st
1925-1931
Loring M. Black Jr. (NY)
Democrat
71st
1929-1931
John J. Douglas (MA)
Democrat
72nd-73rd
1931-1935
Daniel A. Reed (NY)
Republican
72nd
1931-1933
James L. Whitley (NY)
Republican
73rd
1933-1935
Vincent L. Palmisano (MD)
Democrat
74th-75th
1935-1937
Albert E. Carter (CA)
Republican
74th
1935-1937
William H. Larrabee (IN)
Democrat
75th-77th
1937-1943
George A. Dondero (MI)
Republican
75th-79th
1937-1947
Graham A. Barden (NC)
Democrat
78th-79th
1943-1947
Committee on Labor (1883-1947)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
James H. Hopkins (PA)
Democrat
48th
1883-1885
John J. O'Neill (MO)
Democrat
49th-50th
1885-1889
William H. Wade (MO)
Republican
51st
1889-1891
John C. Tarsney (MO)
Democrat
52nd
1891-1893
Lawrence M. McGann (IL)
Democrat
53rd
1893-1895
Thomas W. Phillips (PA)
Republican
54th
1895-1897
Willaim Jasper Talbert (SC)
Democrat
56th-57th
1899-1903
Ben F. Caldwell (IL)
Democrat
58th
1903-1905
William Randolph Hearst (NY)
Democrat
59th
1905-1907
Henry R. Ralney (IL)
Democrat
60th-61st
1907-1911
William B. Wilson (PA)
Democrat
62nd
1911-1913
John J. Gardner (NJ)
Republican
62nd
1911-1913
David J. Lewis (MD)
Democrat
63rd-64th
1913-1917
John M.C. Smith (MI)
Republican
63rd-65th
1913-1919
James P. Maher (NY)
Democrat
65th
1917-1919
J.M.C. Smith (MI)
Republican
66th
1919-1921
James P. Maher (NY)
Democrat
66th
1919-1921
John I. Nolan (CA)
Republican
67th
1921-1922
Eugene Black (TX)
Democrat
67th
1921-1923
Frederick N. Zihlman (MD)
Republican
67th-68th
1922-1925
William D. Upshaw (GA)
Democrat
68th-69th
1923-1927
William F. Kopp (IA)
Republican
69th-71st
1925-1930
William P. Connery Jr. (MA)
Democrat
70th-71st
1927-1931
William P. Connery, Jr. (MA)
Democrat
72nd-75th
1931-1937
Richard Welch (CA)
Republican
72nd-79th
1931-1947
Mary T. Norton (NJ)
Democrat
75th-79th
1937-1947
The two separate committees were terminated on January 7, 1947, and the Committee on Education and Labor was re-created as of that date.
Committee on Education and Labor (1947-1995)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (NJ)
Republican
80th
1947-1949
John Lesinski (MI)
Democrat
80th
1947-1949
John Lesinski (MI)
Democrat
81st
1949-1950
Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (PA)
Republican
81st-82nd
1949-1953
Graham A. Barden (NC)
Democrat
81st-82nd
1950-1953
Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (PA)
Republican
83rd
1953-1955
Graham A. Barden (NC)
Democrat
83rd
1953-1955
Graham A. Barden (NC)
Democrat
84th-86th
1955-1961
Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. (PA)
Republican
84th-85th
1955-1957
Ralph W. Gwins (NY)
Republican
85th
1957-1959
Carroll D. Kearns (PA)
Republican
86th-87th
1959-1963
Adam C. Powell (NY)
Democrat
87th-89th
1961-1966
Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Republican
88th
1963-1965
William H. Ayres (OH)
Republican
89th-91st
1965-1971
Carl D. Perkins (KY)
Democrat
90th-98th
1967-1984
Albert H. Quie (MN)
Republican
92nd-95th
1971-1978
John M. Ashbrook (OH)
Republican
96th-97th
1979-1982
John N. Erlenborn (IL)
Republican
97th-98th
1982-1984
Augustus F. Hawkins (CA)
Democrat
98th-101st
1984-1991
James M. Jeffords (VT)
Republican
99th-100th
1985-1988
William F. Goodling (PA)
Republican
101st-103rd
1989-1995
William D. Ford (MI)
Democrat
102nd-103rd
1991-1995
On January 4, 1995, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (1995-1997)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
William F. Goodling (PA)
Republican
104th
1995-1997
William L. Clay (MO)
Democrat
104th
1995-1997
On January 7, 1997, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committee on Education and the Workforce (1997-2006 )
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
William F. Goodling (PA)
Republican
105th-106th
1997-2000
William L. Clay (MO)
Democrat
105th-106th
1997-2000
John A. Boehner (OH)
Republican
107th-109th
2001-2006
George Miller (CA)
Democrat
107th-109th
2001-2006
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA)
Republican
109th-110th
2006-2007
On January 4, 2007, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Committee on Education and Labor (2007-2011)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
George Miller (CA)
Democrat
110th-111th
2007-2011
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA)
Republican
110th-111th
2007-2009
John Kline (MI)
Republican
111th-111th
2009-2011
In January 2011, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committee on Education and the Workforce (2011-2019)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
John Kline (MI)
Republican
112th
2011-2013
George Miller (CA)
Democrat
112th
2011-2013
John Kline (MI)
Republican
113th
2013-2015
George Miller (CA)
Democrat
113th
2013-2015
John Kline (MI)
Republican
114th
2015-2017
Robert C. Scott (VA)
Democrat
114th
2015-2017
Virginia Foxx (NC)
Republican
115th
2017-2019
Robert C. Scott (VA)
Democrat
115th
2017-2019
In January 2019, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Committee on Education and Labor (2019-2022)
CHAIR
RANKING MINORITY MEMBER
PARTY
CONGRESS
YEARS
Robert C. Scott (VA)
Democrat
116th
2019-2020
Virginia Foxx (NC)
Republican
116th
2019-2020
Robert C. Scott (VA)
Democrat
117th
2021-2022
Virginia Foxx (NC)
Republican
117th
2021-2022
Committee on Education and the Workforce (2023-)
Chair
Ranking Minority Member
Party
Congress
Years
Virginia Foxx (NC)
Republican
118th
2023-
Robert C. Scott (VA)
Democrat
118th
2023-
In January 2023, the Committee's name was changed to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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