The United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals was established on December 15, 1899 and terminated on January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The Committee on Interoceanic Canals succeeded the Select Committee on the Construction of the Nicaragua Canal, 1895-99. The initial focus of this committee was on legislation to authorize the construction of an isthmian canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Chairmen of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals Source: John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1899-1903 vacant 1903-1904 John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 1905 Joseph H. Millard (R-NE) 1905-190 Alfred B. Kittredge (R-SD) 1907-1909 Frank Flint (R-CA) 1909-1911 Frank B. Brandegee (R-CT) 1911-1913 James A. O'Gorman (D-NY) 1913-1917 John K. Shields (D-TN) 1917-1919 William E. Borah (R-ID) 1919-1922 Walter Edge (R-NJ) 1922-1930 Thomas D. Schall (R-MN) 1930-1933 Thomas P. Gore (D-OK) 1933-1937 Bennett Champ Clark (D-MO) 1937-1945 Tom Stewart (D-TN) 1945-1947
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