List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee

This list of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee details the names of those members of the United States House of Representatives who served on the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) from its formation as the "Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities" in 1938 until the dissolution of the "House Internal Security Committee" in 1975.

New members of the committee marked with bold type.

Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities (1938–1944)

Commonly known as the "Dies Committee." The permanent secretary of the committee was Robert E. Stripling throughout.Eric Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938–1968. New York: The Viking Press 1971; pp. 955-956.

75th Congress (1938)

Martin Dies Jr. (D-Texas), Chairman John J. Dempsey (D-New Mexico) Arthur D. Healey (D-Massachusetts) Harold G. Mosier (D-Ohio) Joe Starnes (D-Alabama) Noah M. Mason (R-Illinois) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey)

76th Congress (1939–1940)

Martin Dies Jr. (D-Texas), Chairman John J. Dempsey (D-New Mexico) Arthur D. Healey (D-Massachusetts) Joseph E. Casey (D-Massachusetts) —replacement for Healey Joe Starnes (D-Alabama) Jerry Voorhis (D- California) Noah M. Mason (R-Illinois) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey)

77th Congress (1941–1942)

Martin Dies Jr. (D-Texas), Chairman Harry P. Beam (D-Illinois) Joseph E. Casey (D-Massachusetts) Joe Starnes (D-Alabama) Jerry Voorhis (D- California) Noah M. Mason (R-Illinois) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey)

78th Congress (1943–1944)

Martin Dies Jr. (D-Texas), Chairman Wirt Courtney (D-Tennessee) John M. Costello (D-California) Herman P. Eberharter (D-Pennsylvania) Joe Starnes (D-Alabama) Noah M. Mason (R-Illinois) Fred E. Busbey (R-Illinois) —Replacement for Mason in 1944. Karl Mundt (R-South Dakota) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey)

Committee on Un-American Activities (1945–1968)

Effective with the 79th Congress of 1945, the former special committee of the House of Representatives was made permanent, expanded to nine members, and renamed. Permanent secretaries of the committee would be Robert E. Stripling (1945–1948), John W. Carrington (1949–1952), Thomas W. Beale Sr. (1953–1956), Richard Arens (1957–1960), Frank S. Tavenner Jr. (1961–1962), Francis J. McNamara (1963–1968).Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason, pp. 956-957.

79th Congress (1945–1946)

Edward J. Hart (D-New Jersey), Chairman John S. Wood (D-Georgia) —Replacement for Hart as Chairman. Herbert C. Bonner (D-North Carolina) John R. Murdock (D-Arizona) J. Hardin Peterson (D-Florida) John E. Rankin (D-Mississippi) J. W. Robinson (D-Utah) Gerald W. Landis (R-Indiana) Karl E. Mundt (R-South Dakota) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey)

80th Congress (1947–1948)

J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey), Chairman John McDowell (R-Pennsylvania) Karl E. Mundt (R-South Dakota) Richard M. Nixon (R-California) Richard B. Vail (R-Illinois) Herbert C. Bonner (D-North Carolina) F. Edward Hébert (D-Louisiana) —Replacement for Bonner in 1948. J. Hardin Peterson (D-Florida) John E. Rankin (D-Mississippi) John S. Wood (D-Georgia) Harold F. Youngblood (R-Michigan)

81st Congress (1949–1950)

John S. Wood (D-Georgia), Chairman Burr P. Harrison (D-Virginia) John McSweeney (D-Ohio) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania) Francis Case (R-South Dakota) Richard M. Nixon (R-California) J. Parnell Thomas (R-New Jersey) —Ranking Republican in 1949, vacated position by end of that year, leaving Nixon as ranking Republican. Harold H. Velde (R-Illinois)

82nd Congress (1951–1952)

John S. Wood (D-Georgia), Chairman Clyde Doyle (D-California) James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tennessee) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania) Donald L. Jackson (R-California) Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney (R-New York) Charles E. Potter (R-Michigan) Harold H. Velde (R-Illinois)

83rd Congress (1953–1954)

Harold H. Velde (R-Illinois), Chairman Kit Clardy (R-Michigan) Donald L. Jackson (R-California) Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney (R-New York) Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio) Clyde Doyle (D-California) James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tennessee) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania)

84th Congress (1955–1956)

Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman Clyde Doyle (D-California) James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tennessee) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana) Donald L. Jackson (R-California) Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney (R-New York) Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio) Harold H. Velde (R-Illinois)

85th Congress (1957–1958)

Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman Clyde Doyle (D-California) James B. Frazier Jr. (D-Tennessee) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana) Donald L. Jackson (R-California) Bernard W. "Pat" Kearney (R-New York) Robert J. McIntosh (R-Michigan) Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio)

86th Congress (1959–1960)

Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman Clyde Doyle (D-California) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) William M. Tuck (D-Virginia) Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana) Donald L. Jackson (R-California) August E. Johansen (R-Michigan) William E. Miller (R-New York) Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio)

87th Congress (1961–1962)

Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman Clyde Doyle (D-California) Morgan M. Moulder (D-Missouri) William M. Tuck (D-Virginia) Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana) Donald C. Bruce (R-Indiana) August E. Johansen (R-Michigan) Gordon H. Scherer (R-Ohio) Henry C. Schadeberg (R-Wisconsin)

88th Congress (1963–1964)

Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman —Died May 31, 1963. Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri) —Member of the committee in 1964. Clyde Doyle (D-California) (1963) George F. Senner Jr. (D-Arizona) —Member of the committee in 1964. Joe R. Pool (D-Texas) William M. Tuck (D-Virginia) Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) Donald C. Bruce (R-Indiana) August E. Johansen (R-Michigan) Henry C. Schadeberg (R-Wisconsin)

89th Congress (1965–1966)

Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana), Chairman Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri) Joe R. Pool (D-Texas) George F. Senner Jr. (D-Arizona) William M. Tuck (D-Virginia) Charles L. Weltner (D-Georgia) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) John H. Buchanan Jr. (R-Alabama) Del Clawson (R-California)

90th Congress (1967–1968)

Edwin E. Willis (D-Louisiana), Chairman John C. Culver (D-Iowa) Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri) Joe R. Pool (D-Texas) William M. Tuck (D-Virginia) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) Del Clawson (R-California) Richard L. Roudebush (R-Indiana) Albert W. Watson (R-South Carolina)

Committee on Internal Security

In February 1969 the name of the committee was changed for a second time. The nine-member Committee on Internal Security would remain in existence until 1975. Chief professional staff members of the Committee on Internal Security included Donald G. Sanders (1969–1973),Bentley, Thirty Years of Treason, pg. 957. Robert M. Horner (???–1973), and William H. Stapleton (1974–1975).

The House Committee on Internal Security was formally terminated on January 14, 1975, the day of the opening of the 94th Congress.Charles E. Schamel, Records of the US House of Representatives, Record Group 233: Records of the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1945–1969 (Renamed the) House Internal Security Committee, 1969–1976. Washington, DC: Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records, July 1995; pg. 4. The Committee's files and staff were transferred on that day to the House Judiciary Committee from whence the Internal Security Committee had sprung.

91st Congress (1969–1970)

Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri), Chairman Edwin W. Edwards (D-Louisiana) Claude Pepper (D-Florida) Richardson Preyer (D-North Carolina) Louis Stokes (D-Ohio) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) Richard L. Roudebush (R-Indiana) William J. Scherle (R-Iowa) Albert W. Watson (R-South Carolina)

92nd Congress (1971–1972)

Richard H. Ichord (D-Missouri), Chairman Mendel J. Davis (D-South Carolina) Robert F. Drinan (D-Massachusetts) Claude Pepper (D-Florida) Richardson Preyer (D-North Carolina) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) John G. Schmitz (R-California) Fletcher Thompson (R-Georgia) Roger H. Zion (R-Indiana)

93rd Congress (1973–1974)

Mendel J. Davis (D-South Carolina) Robert F. Drinan (D-Massachusetts) Claude Pepper (D-Florida) Richardson Preyer (D-North Carolina) John M. Ashbrook (R-Ohio) J. Herbert Burke (R-Florida) Tennyson Guyer (R-Ohio) Roger H. Zion (R-Indiana)

See also

List of organizations described as Communist fronts by the US government

Footnotes

Further reading

William F. Buckley, The Committee and Its Critics; a Calm Review of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. New York: Putnam Books, 1962. Robert K. Carr, The House Committee on Un-American Activities. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1952. Frank J. Donner, The Un-Americans. New York: Ballantine Books, 1961. Walter Goodman, The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1968. Joseph Litvak, The Un-Americans : Jews, the Blacklist, and Stoolpigeon Culture. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009. Kenneth O'Reilly, Hoover and the Unamericans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983.