Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, commonly known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the main governing body of the Federal Reserve System. It is charged with overseeing the Federal Reserve Banks and with helping implement the monetary policy of the United States. Governors are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate for staggered 14-year terms.[1][2]
Federal Reserve System headquarters | |
Headquarters | Eccles Building |
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Chair | Jerome Powell |
Statutory description
By law, the appointments must yield a "fair representation of the financial, agricultural, industrial, and commercial interests and geographical divisions of the country".[1][2] As stipulated in the Banking Act of 1935, the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board are two of seven members of the Board of Governors who are appointed by the President from among the sitting Governors.[1][2]
The terms of the seven members of the Board span multiple presidential and congressional terms. Once a member of the Board of Governors is appointed by the president, he or she functions mostly independently. Such independence is unanimously supported by major economists.[3] The Board is required to make an annual report of operations to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.[4] It also supervises and regulates the operations of the Federal Reserve Banks, and the U.S. banking system in general. The Board obtains its funding from charges that it assesses on the Federal Reserve Banks, and not from the federal budget.
Membership is by statute limited in term, and a member that has served for a full 14-year term is not eligible for reappointment.[5] There are numerous occasions where an individual was appointed to serve the remainder of another member's uncompleted term, and has been reappointed to serve a full 14-year term.[5] Since "upon the expiration of their terms of office, members of the Board shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified",[5] it is possible for a member to serve for significantly longer than a full term of 14 years. The law provides for the removal of a member of the Board by the President "for cause".[5]
The Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors are appointed by the President from among the sitting Governors. They both serve a four-year term and they can be renominated as many times as the President chooses, until their terms on the Board of Governors expire.[1]
All seven board members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and five Federal Reserve Bank presidents direct the open market operations that sets U.S. monetary policy through their membership in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).[6]
Records of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors are found in the Record Group n. 82 at the National Archives and Records Administration.[7]
Current members
The current members of the Board of Governors are as follows:[8]
Portrait | Governor | Party | Term start | Term expires |
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Jay Powell (Chair) |
Republican | February 5, 2018 (as Chair) | February 5, 2022 (as Chair) | |
May 25, 2012 (as Governor) June 16, 2014 (Reappointment) |
January 31, 2028 (as Governor) | |||
Richard Clarida (Vice Chair) |
Republican | September 17, 2018 (as Vice Chair) | September 17, 2022 (as Vice Chair) | |
September 17, 2018 (as Governor) | January 31, 2022 (as Governor) | |||
Randy Quarles (Vice Chair for Supervision) |
Republican | October 13, 2017 (as Vice Chair for Supervision) | October 13, 2021 (as Vice Chair for Supervision) | |
October 13, 2017 (as Governor) July 17, 2018 (Reappointment) |
January 31, 2032 (as Governor) | |||
Lael Brainard | Democratic | June 16, 2014 | January 31, 2026 | |
Miki Bowman | Republican | November 26, 2018 February 1, 2020 (Reappointment) |
January 31, 2034 | |
Chris Waller | Republican | December 18, 2020 | January 31, 2030 | |
Vacant | January 31, 2024 |
Vacancies and pending nominations
Seat last held by | Vacancy reason | Vacancy date | Term expiration | Nominee | Nomination date | Regional Bank |
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Janet Yellen | Resignation | February 3, 2018 | January 31, 2024 | TBD |
Failed nominations
The below were formally nominated to fill a vacant seat but failed to be confirmed by the Senate.
- Carol Parry nominated by Bill Clinton in 1999 to Susan Phillips's seat representing Chicago[9]
- Larry Klane nominated by George W. Bush in 2007 to Mark Olson's seat representing Richmond[10]
- Peter Diamond nominated by Barack Obama in 2010 to Rick Mishkin's seat representing Chicago[11][12][13]
- Allan Landon nominated by Barack Obama in 2015 to Sarah Bloom Raskin's seat representing San Francisco[14][15]
- Kathryn Dominguez nominated by Barack Obama in 2015 to Jeremy Stein's seat representing Chicago[16]
- Marvin Goodfriend nominated by Donald Trump in 2017 to Sarah Bloom Raskin's seat representing Philadelphia[17][18]
- Nellie Liang nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 to Janet Yellen's seat representing Chicago[19]
- Judy Shelton nominated by Donald Trump in 2020 and renominated in 2021 to Janet Yellen's seat representing San Francisco[20][21]
In addition, Steve Moore and Herman Cain were announced, but never formally nominated, to fill Bloom Raskin and Yellen's seats (without specifying which seat or district) by Donald Trump in 2019 before being withdrawn from consideration.[22][23]
Committees
There are eight committees.[24]
- Committee on Board Affairs
- Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs
- Committee on Economic and Financial Monitoring and Research
- Committee on Financial Stability
- Committee on Federal Reserve Bank Affairs
- Committee on Bank Supervision
- Subcommittee on Smaller Regional and Community Banking
- Committee on Payments, Clearing, and Settlement
List of governors
Name | Regional Bank | Term start | Term end | Years served | Initial appointment |
Notes |
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Frederic Delano | Chicago | August 10, 1914 | July 21, 1918 | 3 years, 345 days | Wilson | Vice Chair (1914–1916) |
Paul Warburg | New York | August 10, 1914 | August 9, 1918 | 3 years, 364 days | Wilson | Vice Chair (1916–1918) |
William Harding | Atlanta | August 10, 1914 | August 9, 1922 | 7 years, 364 days | Wilson | Chair (1916–1922) |
Adolph Miller | San Francisco | August 10, 1914 | February 3, 1936 | 21 years, 177 days | Wilson | |
Charles Hamlin | Boston | August 10, 1914 | February 3, 1936 | 21 years, 177 days | Wilson | Chair (1914–1916) |
Albert Strauss | New York | October 26, 1918 | March 15, 1920 | 1 year, 141 days | Wilson | Vice Chair (1918–1920) |
Henry Moehlenpah | Chicago | November 10, 1919 | August 9, 1920 | 0 years, 273 days | Wilson | |
Edmund Platt | New York | June 20, 1920 | September 14, 1930 | 10 years, 86 days | Wilson | Vice Chair (1920–1930) |
David Wills | Cleveland | September 20, 1920 | March 4, 1921 | 0 years, 165 days | Wilson | |
John Mitchell | Minneapolis | May 12, 1921 | May 12, 1923 | 2 years, 0 days | Harding | |
Milo Campbell | Chicago | March 14, 1923 | March 22, 1923 | 0 years, 8 days | Harding | Died in office |
Daniel Crissinger | Cleveland | May 1, 1923 | September 15, 1927 | 4 years, 137 days | Harding | Chair (1923–1927) |
Edward Cunningham | Chicago | May 14, 1923 | November 28, 1930 | 7 years, 198 days | Harding | Died in office |
George James | St. Louis | May 14, 1923 | February 3, 1936 | 12 years, 265 days | Harding | |
Roy Young | Minneapolis | October 4, 1927 | August 31, 1930 | 2 years, 331 days | Coolidge | Chair (1927–1930) |
Eugene Meyer | New York | September 16, 1930 | May 10, 1933 | 2 years, 236 days | Hoover | Chair (1930–1933) |
Wayland Magee | Kansas City | May 18, 1931 | January 24, 1933 | 1 year, 251 days | Hoover | |
Eugene Black | Atlanta | May 19, 1933 | August 15, 1934 | 1 year, 88 days | F. Roosevelt | Chair (1933–1934) |
John Thomas | Kansas City | June 14, 1933 | February 10, 1936 | 2 years, 241 days | F. Roosevelt | Vice Chair (1934–1936) |
Menc Szymczak | Chicago | June 14, 1933 | May 31, 1961 | 27 years, 351 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Marriner Eccles | San Francisco | November 15, 1934 | July 14, 1951 | 16 years, 241 days | F. Roosevelt | Chair (1934–1948) |
Joseph Broderick | New York | February 3, 1936 | September 30, 1937 | 1 year, 239 days | F. Roosevelt | |
John McKee | Cleveland | February 3, 1936 | April 4, 1946 | 10 years, 60 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Ronald Ransom | Atlanta | February 3, 1936 | December 2, 1947 | 11 years, 302 days | F. Roosevelt | Vice Chair (1936–1947); Died in office |
Ralph Morrison | Dallas | February 10, 1936 | July 9, 1936 | 0 years, 150 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Chester Davis | Richmond | June 25, 1936 | April 15, 1941 | 4 years, 294 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Ernest Draper | New York | March 30, 1938 | September 1, 1950 | 12 years, 155 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Rudolph Evans | Richmond | March 14, 1942 | August 13, 1954 | 12 years, 152 days | F. Roosevelt | |
Jake Vardaman | St. Louis | April 4, 1946 | November 30, 1958 | 12 years, 240 days | Truman | |
Larry Clayton | Boston | February 14, 1947 | December 4, 1949 | 2 years, 293 days | Truman | Died in office |
Thomas McCabe | Philadelphia | April 15, 1948 | March 31, 1951 | 2 years, 350 days | Truman | Chair (1948–1951) |
Edward Norton | Atlanta | September 1, 1950 | January 31, 1952 | 1 year, 152 days | Truman | |
Oliver Powell | Minneapolis | September 1, 1950 | June 30, 1952 | 1 year, 303 days | Truman | |
Bill Martin | New York | April 2, 1951 | January 31, 1970 | 18 years, 304 days | Truman | Chair (1951–1970) |
Abbot Mills | San Francisco | February 18, 1952 | February 28, 1965 | 13 years, 10 days | Truman | |
James Robertson | Kansas City | February 18, 1952 | April 30, 1973 | 21 years, 71 days | Truman | Vice Chair (1966–1973) |
Canby Balderston | Philadelphia | August 12, 1954 | February 28, 1966 | 11 years, 200 days | Eisenhower | Vice Chair (1955–1966) |
Paul Miller | Minneapolis | August 13, 1954 | October 21, 1954 | 0 years, 69 days | Eisenhower | Died in office |
Charles Shepardson | Dallas | March 17, 1955 | April 30, 1967 | 12 years, 44 days | Eisenhower | |
George King | Atlanta | March 25, 1959 | September 18, 1963 | 4 years, 177 days | Eisenhower | |
George Mitchell | Chicago | August 31, 1961 | February 13, 1976 | 14 years, 166 days | Kennedy | Vice Chair (1973–1976) |
Dewey Daane | Richmond | November 29, 1963 | March 8, 1974 | 10 years, 99 days | Kennedy | |
Sherman Maisel | San Francisco | April 30, 1965 | May 31, 1972 | 7 years, 31 days | Johnson | |
Andrew Brimmer | Philadelphia | March 9, 1966 | August 31, 1974 | 8 years, 175 days | Johnson | |
William Sherrill | Dallas | May 1, 1967 | November 15, 1971 | 4 years, 198 days | Johnson | |
Arthur Burns | New York | January 31, 1970 | March 31, 1978 | 8 years, 59 days | Nixon | Chair (1970–1978) |
John Sheehan | St. Louis | January 4, 1972 | June 1, 1975 | 3 years, 148 days | Nixon | |
Jeffrey Bucher | San Francisco | June 5, 1972 | January 2, 1976 | 3 years, 211 days | Nixon | |
Robert Holland | Kansas City | June 11, 1973 | May 15, 1976 | 2 years, 339 days | Nixon | |
Henry Wallich | Boston | March 8, 1974 | December 15, 1986 | 12 years, 282 days | Nixon | |
Philip Coldwell | Dallas | October 29, 1974 | February 29, 1980 | 5 years, 123 days | Ford | |
Philip Jackson | Atlanta | July 14, 1975 | November 17, 1978 | 3 years, 126 days | Ford | |
Charles Partee | Richmond | January 5, 1976 | February 7, 1986 | 10 years, 33 days | Ford | |
Stephen Gardner | Philadelphia | February 13, 1976 | November 19, 1978 | 2 years, 279 days | Ford | Vice Chair (1976–1978); Died in office |
David Lilly | Minneapolis | June 1, 1976 | February 24, 1978 | 1 year, 268 days | Ford | |
William Miller | San Francisco | March 8, 1978 | August 6, 1979 | 1 year, 151 days | Carter | Chair (1978–1979) |
Nancy Teeters | Chicago | September 18, 1978 | June 27, 1984 | 5 years, 283 days | Carter | |
Emmett Rice | New York | June 20, 1979 | December 31, 1986 | 7 years, 194 days | Carter | |
Frederick Schultz | Atlanta | July 27, 1979 | February 11, 1982 | 2 years, 199 days | Carter | Vice Chair (1979–1982) |
Paul Volcker | Philadelphia | August 6, 1979 | August 11, 1987 | 8 years, 5 days | Carter | Chair (1979–1987) |
Lyle Gramley | Kansas City | May 28, 1980 | September 1, 1985 | 5 years, 96 days | Carter | |
Preston Martin | San Francisco | March 31, 1982 | April 30, 1986 | 4 years, 30 days | Reagan | Vice Chair (1982–1986) |
Martha Seger | Chicago | July 2, 1984 | March 11, 1991 | 6 years, 252 days | Reagan | |
Manley Johnson | Richmond | February 7, 1986 | August 3, 1990 | 4 years, 177 days | Reagan | Vice Chair (1986–1990) |
Wayne Angell | Kansas City | February 7, 1986 | February 9, 1994 | 8 years, 2 days | Reagan | |
Robert Heller | San Francisco | August 19, 1986 | July 31, 1989 | 2 years, 346 days | Reagan | |
Mike Kelley | Dallas | May 26, 1987 | December 31, 2001 | 14 years, 219 days | Reagan | |
Alan Greenspan | New York | August 11, 1987 | January 31, 2006 | 18 years, 173 days | Reagan | Chair (1987–2006) |
John LaWare | Boston | August 15, 1988 | April 30, 1995 | 6 years, 258 days | Reagan | |
David Mullins | St. Louis | May 21, 1990 | February 14, 1994 | 3 years, 269 days | G. H. W. Bush | Vice Chair (1991–1994) |
Larry Lindsey | Richmond | November 26, 1991 | February 5, 1997 | 5 years, 71 days | G. H. W. Bush | |
Susan Phillips | Chicago | December 2, 1991 | June 30, 1998 | 6 years, 210 days | G. H. W. Bush | |
Alan Blinder | Philadelphia | June 27, 1994 | January 31, 1996 | 1 year, 218 days | Clinton | Vice Chair (1994–1996) |
Janet Yellen | San Francisco | August 12, 1994 | February 17, 1997 | 2 years, 189 days | Clinton | |
Laurence Meyer | St. Louis | June 24, 1996 | January 31, 2002 | 5 years, 221 days | Clinton | |
Alice Rivlin | Philadelphia | June 25, 1996 | July 16, 1999 | 3 years, 21 days | Clinton | Vice Chair (1996–1999) |
Edward Gramlich | Richmond | November 5, 1997 | August 31, 2005 | 7 years, 299 days | Clinton | |
Roger Ferguson | Boston | November 5, 1997 | April 28, 2006 | 8 years, 174 days | Clinton | Vice Chair (1999–2006) |
Mark W. Olson | Minneapolis | December 7, 2001 | June 30, 2006 | 4 years, 205 days | G. W. Bush | |
Susan Bies | Chicago | December 7, 2001 | March 30, 2007 | 5 years, 113 days | G. W. Bush | |
Ben Bernanke | Atlanta | August 5, 2002 | June 21, 2005 | 2 years, 320 days | G. W. Bush | |
Don Kohn | Kansas City | August 5, 2002 | September 1, 2010 | 8 years, 27 days | G. W. Bush | Vice Chair (2006–2010) |
Ben Bernanke | Atlanta | February 1, 2006 | January 31, 2014 | 7 years, 364 days | G. W. Bush | Chair (2006–2014) |
Kevin Warsh | New York | February 24, 2006 | April 2, 2011 | 5 years, 37 days | G. W. Bush | |
Randall Kroszner | Richmond | March 1, 2006 | January 21, 2009 | 2 years, 326 days | G. W. Bush | |
Rick Mishkin | Boston | September 5, 2006 | August 31, 2008 | 1 year, 361 days | G. W. Bush | |
Betsy Duke | Philadelphia | August 5, 2008 | August 31, 2013 | 5 years, 26 days | G. W. Bush | |
Dan Tarullo | Boston | January 28, 2009 | April 5, 2017 | 8 years, 67 days | Obama | |
Janet Yellen | San Francisco | October 4, 2010 | February 3, 2018 | 7 years, 122 days | Obama | Vice Chair (2010–2014); Chair (2014–2018) |
Sarah Bloom Raskin | Richmond | October 4, 2010 | March 13, 2014 | 3 years, 160 days | Obama | |
Jay Powell | Philadelphia | May 25, 2012 | January 31, 2028 | 8 years, 256 days | Obama | Chair (2018–present) |
Jeremy Stein | Chicago | May 30, 2012 | May 28, 2014 | 1 year, 363 days | Obama | |
Stan Fischer | New York | May 28, 2014 | October 13, 2017 | 3 years, 138 days | Obama | Vice Chair (2014–2017) |
Lael Brainard | Richmond | June 16, 2014 | January 31, 2026 | 6 years, 234 days | Obama | |
Randy Quarles | Kansas City | October 13, 2017 | January 31, 2032 | 3 years, 115 days | Trump | Vice Chair for Supervision (2017–present) |
Richard Clarida | Boston | September 17, 2018 | January 31, 2022 | 2 years, 141 days | Trump | Vice Chair (2018–present) |
Miki Bowman | St. Louis | November 26, 2018 | January 31, 2034 | 2 years, 71 days | Trump | |
Chris Waller | Minneapolis | December 18, 2020 | January 31, 2030 | 49 days | Trump |
Succession of seats
The Federal Reserve Board has seven seats subject to Senate confirmation, separate from a member's term as chair or vice chair.[25][26][27][28]
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References
- See 12 U.S.C. § 241
- Federal Reserve (January 16, 2009). "Board of Governors FAQ". Federal Reserve. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/fed-appointments
- 12 U.S.C. § 247.
- See 12 U.S.C. § 242.
- "The Three Key System Entities" (PDF). Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
- Richardson, Gary (February 2006). "Records of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Record Group 82 at the National Archives of the United States". Financial History Review. 13: 123–134. doi:10.1017/S0968565006000084. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- "FRB: Board Members". Federalreserve.gov. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- PN480 — Carol J. Parry — Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 106th Congress (1999–2000)
- PN569 — Larry Allan Klane — Federal Reserve System, 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- PN52 — Peter A. Diamond — Federal Reserve System 112th Congress (2011–2012)
- PN2121 — Peter A. Diamond — Federal Reserve System 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- PN1726 — Peter A. Diamond — Federal Reserve System 111th Congress (2009–2010)
- PN3 — Allan R. Landon — Federal Reserve System 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- PN2 — Allan R. Landon — Federal Reserve System 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- PN674 — Kathryn M. Dominguez — Federal Reserve System 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- PN1279 — Marvin Goodfriend — Federal Reserve System 115th Congress (2017–2018)
- PN1348 — Marvin Goodfriend — Federal Reserve System 115th Congress (2017–2018)
- PN2543 — Jean Nellie Liang — Federal Reserve System 115th Congress (2017–2018)
- PN1422 — Judy Shelton — Federal Reserve System 116th Congress (2019–2020)
- PN3 — Judy Shelton — Federal Reserve System 117th Congress (2021–2022)
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- Borak, Donna; Vazquez, Maegan (April 4, 2019). "Trump Says He's Recommending Herman Cain to Fed". CNN.
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- "Board of Governors Members, 1914-Present". Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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