United States Senate Committee on the Census
The United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census was created in 1878. It continued to operate until 1887, when it became the United States Senate Committee on the Census. It was abolished in 1921. Issues related to the U.S. Census and the U.S. Census Bureau are now under the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.[1]
The Committee conducted hearings to examine the census and a permanent census service.[2]
Chairmen of the Select Committee on the Tenth Census, 1878–1887[3]
- Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1878–1879
- George H. Pendleton (D-OH) 1879–1881
- Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1881–1887
Chairmen of the Committee on the Census, 1887–1921[3]
- Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1887–1893
- David Turpie (D-IN) 1893–1895
- William Chandler (R-NH) 1895–1897
- Thomas H. Carter (R-MT) 1897–1901
- Joseph V. Quarles (R-WI) 1901–1905
- Chester Long (R-KS) 1905–1909
- Robert M. La Follette (R-WI) 1909–1913
- William E. Chilton (D-WV) 1913–1916
- Morris Sheppard (D-TX) 1916–1919
- Howard Sutherland (R-WV) 1919–1921
References
- ^ "Guide to Senate Records: Chapter 15". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ States., United (1897). Hearing on Twelfth Census and a Permanent Census Service :: hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the Census, and Senate Committee on Appropriations, and House Committee on Appropriations, Fifty-Fourth Congress, second session, on Jan. 9, 1897. U.S. G.P.O. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ a b "Senate Committees on the Census (1878-1921)". Census.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-11.