United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

• Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations ;
• Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay ;
• CHAMPUS and Tri-Care ;
• Survivor Benefit Program ;
• Veterans Preference in Federal civil service hiring practice ;
• Congressional charters for veterans service organizations ;
• Immigration issues relating to veterans ; and
• Issues dealing with Prisoners of War and service members missing in action

Members, 119th Congress

Leadership

Committee on Claims (1794–1880)

• Uriah Tracy, CT 1794–1796
• Dwight Foster, MA 1796–1800
• Nathaniel Macon, NC 1800–1801
• John Smith, CT 1801–1806
• David Holmes, VA 1806–1809
• Richard Johnson, KY 1809–1810
• Erastus Root, NY 1810–1811
• Burwell Bassett, VA 1811–1812
• Thomas Gholson, VA 1812–1813
• Stevenson Archer, MD 1813–1814
• Bartlett Yancey, NC 1814–1816
• Lewis Williams, NC 1816–1828
• William McCoy, VA 1828–1829
• Elisha Whittlesey, OH 1829–1838
• John Chambers, KY 1838–1839
• David Russell, NY 1839–1840
• Joshua Giddings, OH 1840–1843
• Joseph Vance, OH 1843–1846
• John R. J. Daniel, NC 1846–1847
• John A. Rockwell, CT 1847–1849
• John R. J. Daniel, NC 1849–1853
• Alfred Edgerton, OH 1853–1855
• Joshua Giddings, OH 1855–1857
• Samuel S. Marshall, IL 1857–1859
• Mason Tappan, NH 1859–1861
• Reuben Fenton, NY 1861-1863
• James Hale, PA 1863–1864
• Columbus Delano, OH 1864–1867
• John Bingham, OH 1867–1869
• William B. Washburn, MA 1869–1871
• Austin Blair, MI 1871–1873
• John B. Hawley, IL 1873–1875
• John M. Bright, TN 1875–1880

Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims (1813–1826)

• Samuel D. Ingham, PA 1813–1814
• John Chappell, SC 1814–1816
• John Rhea, TN 1816–1823
• Peter Little, MD 1823–1826

Committee on Revolutionary Claims (1825–1974)

• Robert Allen, TN 1825–1827
• George Wolf, PA 1827–1829
• Henry Muhlenberg, PA 1829–1838
• Robert Craig, VA 1838–1840
• Joseph Randolph, NJ 1840–1841
• Hiland Hall, VT 1841–1843
• Richard D. Davis, NY 1843–1845
• Joseph Johnson, VA 1845–1847
• Daniel P. King, MA 1847–1849
• Cullen Sawtelle, ME 1849–1851
• Moses Macdonald, ME 1851–1853
• Rufus Peckham, NY 1853–1855
• David Ritchie, PA 1855–1857
• Samuel S. Cox, OH 1857–1859
• George Briggs, NY 1859–1861
• R. Holland Duell, NY 1861–1863
• Hiram Price, IA 1863–1865
• Kellian Whaley, WV 1865–1867
• Hamilton Ward, NY 1867–1869
• Sempronius H. Boyd, MO 1868–1871
• Alexander S. Wallace, SC 1871–1873

[United States [House Committee on Invalid Pensions|Committee on Invalid Pensions]] (1831–1946)

• Tristam Burges, RI 1831–1835
• Jesse Miller, PA 1835–1836
• James M. H. Beale, VA 1836–1837
• William Taylor, NY 1837–1839
• Sherrod Williams, KY 1839–1841
• Calvary Morris, OH 1841–1843
• Jacob Brinkerhoff, OH 1843–1846
• Preston King, NY 1846–1847
• Henry Nes, PA 1848–1849
• Andrew S. Fulton, VA 1849–1850
• Shepherd Leffler, IA 1850–1852
• Isham G. Harris, TN 1852–1853
• Thomas A. Hendricks, IN 1853–1855
• Andrew Oliver, NY 1855–1857
• Joshua Jewett, KY 1857–1859
• Reuben Fenton, NY 1859–1861
• Alfred Ely, NY 1861–1863
• Kellian Whaley, WV 1863–1864
• Sidney Perham, ME 1864–1869
• John F. Benjamin, MO 1869–1871
• Jesse H. Moore, IL 1871–1873
• Jeremiah M. Rusk, WI 1873–1875
• George A. Jenks, PA 1875–1877
• Americus V. Rice, OH 1877–1879
• Alexander H. Coffroth, PA 1879–1880
• Thomas M. Browne, IN 1880–1882
• Courtland C. Matson, IN 1883–1889
• Edmund N. Morrill, KS 1889–1891
• Augustus N. Martin IN 1891–1895
• John Pickler, SD 1895–1896
• George W. Ray, NY 1896–1899
• Cyrus A. Sulloway, NH 1899–1911
• Isaac R. Sherwood, OH 1911–1919
• Charles Fuller, IL 1919–1925
• Richard N. Elliott, IN 1925–1926
• William I. Swoope, PA 1926–1927
• William T. Fitzgerald, OH 1927–1929
• John M. Nelson, WI 1929–1931
• Mell G. Underwood, OH 1931–1936
• John Lesinski, MI 1937–1945
• Augustine B. Kelley, PA 1946

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• Henry Hubbard, NH 1831–1833
• Daniel Wardwell, NY 1833–1837
• William S. Morgan, VA 1837–1839
• John Taliaferro, VA 1839–1843
• George O. Rathbun, NY 1843–1844
• David L. Seymour, NY 1844–1845
• Richard Brodhead, PA 1845–1847
• William Cocke, TN 1847–1849
• Loren P. Waldo, CT 1849–1851
• John Millson, VA 1851–1853
• William M. Churchwell, TN 1853–1855
• Jacob Broom, PA 1855–1856
• John Hickman, PA 1856–1860
• John F. Potter, WI 1860–1861
• Charles Van Wyck, NY 1861–1863
• DeWitt Littlejohn, NY 1863–1865
• Walter D. McIndoe, WI 1865–1867
• Benjamin F. Loan, MO 1867–1869
• John T. Deweese, NC 1969
• Charles W. Willard, VT 1869–1873
• Lazarus D. Shoemaker, PA 1873–1875
• Eppa Hunton, VA 1875–1877
• Levi A. Mackey, PA 1877–1879
• John Whiteaker, OR 1879–1880

Committee on War Claims (1873–1946)

• William Lawrence, OH 1873–1875
• John R. Eden, IL 1875–1879
• Edward S. Bragg, WI 1879–1881
• Leonidas C. Houk, TN 1881–1883
• George W. Geddes, OH 1883–1887
• William J. Stone, KY 1887–1889
• Ormsby B. Thomas, WI 1889–1891
• Frank E. Beltzhoover, PA 1891–1895
• Thaddeus M. Mahon, PA 1895–1907
• Kittredge Haskins, VT 1907–1909
• Charles B. Law, NY 1909–1911
• Thetus W. Sims, TN 1911–1913
• Alexander W. Gregg, TX 1913–1919
• Benjamin K. Focht, PA 1919–1921
• Bertrand Snell, NY 1921–1923
• James G. Strong, KS 1923–1930
• Miles C. Allgood, AL 1931–1934
• Wilburn Cartwright, OK 1935
• John H. Hoeppel, CA 1936
• Joseph A. Gavagan, NY 1937
• Alfred F. Beiter, NY 1938
• Reuben T. Wood, MO 1939–1941
• Joseph A. Gavagan, NY 1941–1944
• Edward J. Hart, NJ 1944
• Clair Engle, CA 1945–1946

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (1947–present)

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