United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

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U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It is charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing (but not administering) and funding foreign aid programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies. The committee has considered, debated, and reported important treaties and legislation, ranging from the purchase of Alaska in 1867 to the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It also holds jurisdiction over all diplomatic nominations. (Committee on Foreign Relations 2003) Along with the Finance and Judiciary committees, the Foreign Relations Committee is one of the oldest in the Senate, going back to the initial creation of committees in 1816. Its "sister" committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is the Committee on International Relations.

Contents 1 Members, 109th Congress 1.1 Republicans 1.2 Democrats 2 Subcommittees 3 Chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-present 4 External links 5 See also 6 References

Members, 109th Congress

The Committee is currently chaired by Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana. The ranking Democrat is Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware.

Republicans

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	Name	State Template:American politics/party colours/Republican/row	Richard Lugar, Chairman	Indiana
Chuck Hagel	Nebraska
Lincoln Chafee	Rhode Island
George Allen	Virginia
Norm Coleman	Minnesota
George Voinovich	Ohio
Lamar Alexander	Tennessee
John E. Sununu	New Hampshire
Lisa Murkowski	Alaska
Mel Martinez	Florida

Democrats

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	Name	State Template:American politics/party colours/Democratic/row	Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ranking Minority Member	Delaware
Paul Sarbanes	Maryland
Christopher Dodd	Connecticut
John Kerry	Massachusetts
Russ Feingold	Wisconsin
Barbara Boxer	California
Bill Nelson	Florida
Barack Obama	Illinois

Subcommittees

• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy Export and Trade Promotion
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs

Chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 1816-present

• James Barbour (R-Va.) 1816-1818
• Nathaniel Macon (R-N.C.) 1818-1819
• James Brown (R-La.) 1819-1820
• James Barbour (R-Va.) 1820-1821
• Rufus King (F-N.Y.) 1821-1822
• James Barbour (R-Va.) 1822-1825
• Nathaniel Macon (D-N.C.) 1825-1826
• Nathan Sanford (NR-N.Y.) 1826-1827
• Nathaniel Macon (D-N.C.) 1827-1828
• Littleton W. Tazewell (D-Va.) 1828-1832
• John Forsyth (D-Ga.) 1832-1833
• William Wilkins (D-Pa.) 1833-1834
• Henry Clay (W-Ky.) 1834-1836
• James Buchanan (D-Pa.) 1836-1841
• William C. Rives (W-Va.) 1841-1842
• William S. Archer (W-Va.) 1842-1845
• William Allen (D-Ohio) 1845-1846
• Ambrose H. Sevier (D-Ark.) 1846-1848
• Edward A. Hannegan (D-Ind.) 1848-1849
• Thomas Hart Benton (D-Mo.) 1849
• William R. King (D-Ala.) 1849-1850
• Henry S. Foote (D-Miss.) 1850-1851
• James M. Mason (D-Va.) 1851-1861
• Charles Sumner (R-Mass.) 1861-1871
• Simon Cameron (R-Pa.) 1871-1877
• Hannibal Hamlin (R-Maine) 1877-1879
• William W. Eaton (D-Conn.) 1879-1881
• Ambrose E. Burnside (R-R.I.) 1881
• George F. Edmunds (R-Vt.) 1881
• William Windom (R-Minn.) 1881-1883
• John F. Miller (R-Calif.) 1883-1886
• John Sherman (R-Ohio) 1886-1893
• John T. Morgan (D-Ala.) 1893-1895
• John Sherman (R-Ohio) 1895-1897
• William P. Frye (R-Maine) 1897
• Cushman K. Davis (R-Minn.) 1897-1901
• Shelby M. Cullom (R-Ill.) 1901-1911
• Augustus O. Bacon (D-Ga.) 1913-1914
• William J. Stone (D-Mo.) 1914-1918
• Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D-Neb.) 1918-1919
• Henry Cabot Lodge (R-Mass.) 1919-1924
• William E. Borah (R-Idaho) 1924-1933
• Key Pittman (D-Nev.) 1933-1940
• Walter F. George (D-Ga.) 1940-1941
• Tom Connally (D-Texas) 1941-1947
• Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-Mich.) 1947-1949
• Tom Connally (D-Texas) 1949-1953
• Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.) 1953-1955
• Walter F. George (D-Ga.) 1955-1957
• Theodore F. Green (D-R.I.) 1957-1959
• J. William Fulbright (D-Ark.) 1959-1975
• John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.) 1975-1979
• Frank F. Church (D-Idaho) 1979-1981
• Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.) 1981-1985
• Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) 1985-1987
• Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) 1987-1995
• Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) 1995-2001
• Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) 2001
• Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) 2001
• Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) 2001-2003
• Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) 2003-present

External links

• U.S. Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Official Website
• U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Page for the Committee of Foreign Relations

See also

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References

Committee on Foreign Relations (2003). The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C. Available at http://foreign.senate.gov/history.pdf