List of chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission

Eugene Octave Sykes (1876-1945) 1934 to 1935

The following is a list of the chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission.^[1]

Commissioner	Party	Home state	Start	End	Notes
Eugene O. Sykes	Democrat	Mississippi	July 11, 1934	March 8, 1935	First chairman.[2]
Anning S. Prall	Democrat	New York	March 9, 1935	July 23, 1937
Frank McNinch	Democrat	North Carolina	October 1, 1937	August 31, 1939
James Lawrence Fly	Democrat	Texas	September 1, 1939	November 13, 1944
Ewell K. Jett	Independent	Maryland	November 16, 1944	December 20, 1944
Paul A. Porter	Democrat	Kentucky	December 21, 1944	February 25, 1946
Charles R. Denny	Democrat	District of Columbia	February 26, 1946	October 31, 1947	Acting Chairman until December 3, 1946.
Paul A. Walker	Democrat	Oklahoma	November 3, 1947	December 28, 1947	Acting Chairman only this term.
Wayne Coy	Democrat	Indiana	December 29, 1947	February 21, 1952
Paul A. Walker	Democrat	Oklahoma	February 28, 1952	April 17, 1953
Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	April 18, 1953	October 3, 1954	Acting Chairman after April 18, 1954.
George McConnaughey	Republican	Ohio	October 4, 1954	June 30, 1957
John C. Doerfer	Republican	Wisconsin	July 1, 1957	March 10, 1960
Frederick W. Ford	Republican	West Virginia	March 15, 1960	March 1, 1961
Newton N. Minow	Democrat	Illinois	March 2, 1961	June 1, 1963
E. William Henry	Democrat	Tennessee	June 2, 1963	May 1, 1966
Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	May 1, 1966	October 31, 1969	Acting Chairman until June 27, 1966.
Dean Burch	Republican	Arizona	October 31, 1969	March 8, 1974
Richard E. Wiley	Republican	Illinois	March 8, 1974	October 13, 1977
Charles D. Ferris	Democrat	Massachusetts	October 17, 1977	February 4, 1981
Robert E. Lee	Republican	Illinois	February 5, 1981	May 18, 1981	Interim Chairman until April 13, 1981.
Mark S. Fowler	Republican	Canada	May 18, 1981	April 17, 1987
Dennis R. Patrick	Republican	California	April 18, 1987	August 7, 1989
Alfred C. Sikes	Republican	Missouri	August 8, 1989	January 19, 1993
James H. Quello	Democrat	Michigan	February 5, 1993	November 28, 1993
Reed E. Hundt	Democrat	Maryland	November 29, 1993	November 3, 1997
William E. Kennard	Democrat	California	November 3, 1997	January 19, 2001
Michael K. Powell	Republican	Virginia	January 22, 2001	March 17, 2005
Kevin J. Martin	Republican	North Carolina	March 18, 2005	January 19, 2009
Michael J. Copps	Democrat	Wisconsin	January 22, 2009	June 28, 2009	Acting Chairman only.
Julius Genachowski	Democrat	District of Columbia	June 29, 2009	May 17, 2013
Mignon Clyburn	Democrat	South Carolina	May 20, 2013	November 4, 2013	Acting Chairwoman only.
Tom Wheeler	Democrat	California	November 4, 2013	present

References

1. List of FCC commissioners from 1934 to present at the FCC website
2. Associated Press (June 22, 1945). "Eugene O. Sykes, 68, Mississippi Jurist. Former Chairman of Federal Communications Body Dies. Justice of State Court". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-16. Eugene Octave Sykes, former justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and an original member of the Federal Radio Commission and of the later Federal Communications Commission, died of a heart attack today after an illness of several months. ...