The United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses was created in 1885 to deal with the country's coastal defenses. It was abolished in 1921 during a reorganization of the U.S. Senate.
Chairmen of the Committee on Coast Defenses, 1885-1921 Joseph Dolph (R-OR) 1885-1891 Watson Squire (R-WA) 1891-1893 John Gordon (D-GA) 1893-1895 Watson Squire (R-WA) 1895-1897 Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) 1897 George W. McBride (R-OR) 1898-1901 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 1901-1905 Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1905-1908 George S. Nixon (R-NV) 1908-1911 Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1911-1913 James E. Martine (D-NJ) 1913-1914 Blair Lee I (D-MD) 1914-1917 Charles S. Thomas (D-CO) 1917-1919 Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 1919-1921
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