United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs


The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, which has jurisdiction over bills and investigations related to the foreign affairs of the United States.
Eliot Engel of New York is the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and has served since January 2019.
From 1975 to 1978 and from 1995 to 2007, it was renamed the Committee on International Relations. In January 2007, it changed back to its original name. Its jurisdiction is and was the same under both names.

Members, 116th Congress

MajorityMinority

  • Michael McCaul, Texas, Ranking Member
  • Chris Smith, New Jersey
  • Steve Chabot, Ohio
  • Joe Wilson, South Carolina
  • Scott Perry, Pennsylvania
  • Ted Yoho, Florida
  • Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
  • Lee Zeldin, New York
  • Jim Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
  • Ann Wagner, Missouri, Vice Ranking Member
  • Brian Mast, Florida
  • Francis Rooney, Florida
  • Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania
  • John Curtis, Utah
  • Ken Buck, Colorado
  • Ron Wright, Texas
  • Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania
  • Tim Burchett, Tennessee
  • Greg Pence, Indiana
  • Steve Watkins, Kansas
  • Michael Guest, Mississippi
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    Historical membership rosters

    115th Congress

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    Subcommittees

    List of chairmen

    Data from the Committee's official website:
    ChairmanPartyDates of ServiceHome State
    Jonathan RussellDemocratic-Republican1821–1823Massachusetts
    John ForsythDemocratic-Republican1823–1827Georgia
    Edward EverettNational Republican1827–1829Massachusetts
    William S. ArcherDemocratic1829–1834Virginia
    James Moore WayneDemocratic1834–1835Georgia
    John Young MasonDemocratic1835Virginia
    Benjamin Chew HowardDemocratic1835–1839Maryland
    Francis Wilkinson PickensDemocratic1839–1841South Carolina
    Caleb CushingDemocratic1841–1842Massachusetts
    John Quincy AdamsWhig1842–1843Massachusetts
    Charles Jared IngersollDemocratic1843–1847Pennsylvania
    Truman SmithWhig1847–1849Connecticut
    John Alexander McClernandDemocratic1849–1851Illinois
    Thomas Henry BaylyDemocratic1851–1855Virginia
    Alexander C. M. PenningtonOpposition1855–1857New Jersey
    Thomas Lanier ClingmanDemocratic1857–1858North Carolina
    George Washington HopkinsDemocratic1858–1859Virginia
    Thomas CorwinRepublican1859–1861Ohio
    John J. CrittendenUnionist1861–1863Kentucky
    Henry Winter DavisUnionist1863–1865Maryland
    Nathaniel P. BanksRepublican1865–1872Massachusetts
    Leonard MyersRepublican1872–1873Pennsylvania
    Godlove Stein OrthRepublican1873–1875Indiana
    Thomas SwannDemocratic1875–1879Maryland
    Samuel S. CoxDemocratic1879–1881New York
    Charles G. WilliamsRepublican1881–1883Wisconsin
    Andrew Gregg CurtinDemocratic1883–1885Pennsylvania
    Perry BelmontDemocratic1885–1888New York
    James B. McCrearyDemocratic1888–1889Kentucky
    Robert R. HittRepublican1889–1891Illinois
    James Henderson BlountDemocratic1891–1893Georgia
    James B. McCrearyDemocratic1893–1895Kentucky
    Robert R. HittRepublican1895–1906Illinois
    Robert G. CousinsRepublican1907–1909Iowa
    James Breck PerkinsRepublican1909–1910New York
    David J. FosterRepublican1910–1911Vermont
    William SulzerDemocratic1911–1912New York
    Charles Bennett SmithDemocratic1912–1913New York
    Henry D. FloodDemocratic1913–1919Virginia
    Stephen G. PorterRepublican1919–1930Pennsylvania
    Henry Wilson TempleRepublican1930–1931Pennsylvania
    John Charles LinthicumDemocratic1931–1932Maryland
    Sam D. McReynoldsDemocratic1932–1939Tennessee
    Sol BloomDemocratic1939–1947New York
    Charles A. EatonRepublican1947–1949New Jersey
    Sol BloomDemocratic1949New York
    John KeeDemocratic1949–1951West Virginia
    James P. RichardsDemocratic1951–1953South Carolina
    Robert B. ChiperfieldRepublican1953–1955Illinois
    James P. RichardsDemocratic1955–1957South Carolina
    Thomas S. GordonDemocratic1957–1959Illinois
    Thomas E. MorganDemocratic1959–1977Pennsylvania
    Clement J. ZablockiDemocratic1977–1983Wisconsin
    Dante FascellDemocratic1983–1993Florida
    Lee H. HamiltonDemocratic1993–1995Indiana
    Benjamin A. GilmanRepublican1995–2001New York
    Henry HydeRepublican2001–2007Illinois
    Tom LantosDemocratic2007–2008California
    Howard BermanDemocratic2008–2011California
    Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublican2011–2013Florida
    Ed RoyceRepublican2013–2019California
    Eliot EngelDemocratic2019–presentNew York