United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads

The United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads was a congressional committee which existed until 1946. A Select Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads was established in 1806 and made a standing committee in 1808 during the 10th Congress. The early membership of the committee consisted of one Member from each state.[1]

The jurisdiction of the committee extended to all proposed legislation relating to the carrying of the mails, both foreign and domestic. It included the determination of the location, construction, and maintenance of post offices and post roads; the acquisition, lease, or transfer of realty or facilities for postal purposes; and certain aspects of the employment and management of postal employees, such as the pay and leave of letter carriers, and the settlement of claims brought by employees or contractors. It included the regulation of the Postal Service, including postal rates, the franking privilege, and the printing of stamped envelopes. At various times the Railway Mail Service, ocean mail service, pneumatic tube service, postal savings banks, postal telegraphy, the Air Mail Service, and Rural Free Delivery were included in its jurisdiction.[1]

As part of its responsibility the committee investigated the management of postal facilities, contracts for carrying the mail, and other subjects such as the forgery of postal money orders.[1]

In 1885 the jurisdiction of the committee was expanded to include appropriation authority. The committee prepared Post Office appropriations bills from that time until 1920 when the authority was revoked under a rule change. The committee functioned until 1946 (the 79th Congress) when its jurisdiction was included in that of the new House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.[1]

Chairmen
ChairPartyStateStart of ServiceEnd of Service
John RheaDemocratic-RepublicanTennessee18071815
Samuel D. InghamDemocratic-RepublicanPennsylvania18151818
Arthur LivermoreDemocratic-RepublicanNew Hampshire18181821
Francis JohnsonDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky18211823
John Telemachus JohnsonDemocratic-RepublicanKentucky18231825
Samuel D. InghamJacksonianPennsylvania18251828
Samuel McKeanJacksonianPennsylvania18281829
Richard Mentor JohnsonJacksonianKentucky18291832
Henry William ConnorJacksonianNorth Carolina18321839
James Iver McKayDemocraticNorth Carolina18391841
George N. BriggsWhigMassachusetts18411843
George Washington HopkinsDemocraticVirginia18431847
William L. GogginWhigVirginia18471849
Emery D. PotterDemocraticOhio18491851
Edson B. OldsDemocraticOhio18511855
Daniel MaceOppositionIndiana18551857
William Hayden EnglishDemocraticIndiana18571859
Schuyler ColfaxRepublicanIndiana18591863
John B. AlleyRepublicanMassachusetts18631867
John F. FarnsworthRepublicanIllinois18671873
John Black PackerRepublicanPennsylvania18731875
John Bullock Clark Jr.DemocraticMissouri18751877
Alfred Moore WaddellDemocraticNorth Carolina18771879
Hernando MoneyDemocraticMississippi18791881
Henry H. BinghamRepublicanPennsylvania18811883
Hernando MoneyDemocraticMississippi18831885
James Henderson BlountDemocraticGeorgia18851889
Henry H. BinghamRepublicanPennsylvania18891891
John S. HendersonDemocraticNorth Carolina18911895
Eugene F. LoudRepublicanCalifornia18951903
Jesse OverstreetRepublicanIndiana19031909
John W. WeeksRepublicanMassachusetts19091911
John A. MoonDemocraticTennessee19111919
Halvor SteenersonRepublicanMinnesota19191923
William Walton GriestRepublicanPennsylvania19231929
Archie D. SandersRepublicanNew York19291931
James M. MeadDemocraticNew York19311938
Milton A. RomjueDemocraticMissouri19391943
Thomas G. BurchDemocraticVirginia19431946
George D. O'BrienDemocraticMichigan19461947

References
  1. "Chapter 16. Records of the Post Office and Civil Service Committee and Its Predecessors". Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

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