A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage the presidential inaugurations. Such committee has been formed every four years since the 1901 inauguration of William McKinley.
The members are sitting U.S. senators and representatives. Typically, the House members include the speaker of the House as well as the House majority and minority leaders. The Senate members are drawn from the leadership of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (previously known by other names). A senator acts as chair, and is therefore drawn from the majority party of the Senate. Membership in the committee gives its members the opportunity to control tickets to the inauguration ceremonies as well as other electoral-related ceremonies.
1901 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersMark Hanna, Ohio, Chair John Coit Spooner, WisconsinJames Kimbrough Jones, ArkansasHouse membersJoseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois John Dalzell, PennsylvaniaThomas Chipman McRae, Arkansas
1905 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersJohn Coit Spooner, Wisconsin, Chair Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode IslandAugustus Octavius Bacon, GeorgiaHouse membersJohn Dalzell, Pennsylvania Edgar D. Crumpacker, IndianaJohn Sharp Williams, Mississippi
1909 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersPhilander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Henry Cabot Lodge, MassachusettsAugustus Octavius Bacon, GeorgiaHouse membersJames F. Burke, Pennsylvania Olin Young, MichiganJohn W. Gaines, Tennessee
1913 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersWinthrop M. Crane, Massachusetts, ChairAugustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia Lee Slater Overman, North CarolinaHouse membersWilliam W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, TennesseeWilliam B. McKinley, Illinois
1917 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersLee Slater Overman, North Carolina, Chair M. Hoke Smith, GeorgiaFrancis E. Warren, WyomingHouse membersWilliam W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, TennesseeWilliam B. McKinley, Illinois
1921 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersPhilander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Knute Nelson, MinnesotaLee Slater Overman, North CarolinaHouse membersJoseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois Frank Reavis, NebraskaWilliam W. Rucker, Missouri Charles Manly Stedman, North Carolina
1925 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersCharles Curtis, Kansas, Chair Frederick Hale, MaineLee Slater Overman, North CarolinaHouse membersWilliam Walton Griest, Pennsylvania Lindley H. Hadley, WashingtonArthur B. Rouse, Kentucky
1929 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersGeorge H. Moses, New Hampshire, Chair Frederick Hale, MaineLee Slater Overman, North CarolinaHouse membersBertrand Snell, New York Leonidas C. Dyer, MissouriEdward W. Pou, North Carolina
1933 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersJoseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas, ChairGeorge H. Moses, New Hampshire Frederick Hale, MaineHouse membersEdward W. Pou, North Carolina Henry Rainey, IllinoisBertrand Snell, New York
1937 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersMatthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Joseph Taylor Robinson, ArkansasFrederick Hale, MaineHouse membersJohn O'Connor, New York Robert L. Doughton, North CarolinaBertrand Snell, New York
1941 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersMatthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Alben W. Barkley, KentuckyCharles L. McNary, OregonHouse membersSam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North CarolinaJoseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts
1945 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersHarry F. Byrd, Virginia, Chair Kenneth McKellar, TennesseeArthur Vandenberg, MichiganHouse membersSam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North CarolinaJoseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts
1949 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersAlben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Chair Carl Hayden, Arizona, Chair J. Howard McGrath, Rhode Island Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Charles W. Brooks, Illinois House membersHarry R. Sheppard, California John W. McCormack, MassachusettsCharles A. Halleck, Indiana Leslie C. Arends, Illinois
1953 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersStyles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Herman Welker, IdahoCarl Hayden, Arizona Ernest McFarland, Arizona House membersLeslie C. Arends, Illinois Joseph W. Martin Jr., MassachusettsSam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
1957 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersStyles Bridges, New Hampshire, ChairJohn Sparkman, Alabama Theodore F. Green, Rhode IslandHouse membersJoseph W. Martin Jr., MassachusettsSam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts
1961 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersJohn Sparkman, Alabama, Chair Thomas C. Hennings Jr., Missouri Carl Hayden, ArizonaStyles Bridges, New HampshireHouse membersSam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, MassachusettsCharles A. Halleck, Indiana
1965 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersB. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair John Sparkman, AlabamaLeverett Saltonstall, MassachusettsHouse membersJohn W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, OklahomaCharles A. Halleck, Indiana
1969 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersEverett Dirksen, Illinois, ChairB. Everett Jordan, North Carolina Mike Mansfield, MontanaHouse membersGerald Ford, MichiganJohn W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma
1973 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersB. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Mike Mansfield, MontanaMarlow Cook, KentuckyHouse membersCarl Albert, Oklahoma Hale Boggs, Louisiana Tip O'Neill, MassachusettsGerald Ford, Michigan
1977 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersHoward Cannon, Nevada, Chair Robert Byrd, West VirginiaMark Hatfield, OregonHouse membersTip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, TexasJohn Jacob Rhodes, Arizona
1981 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersMark Hatfield, Oregon, Chair Howard Baker, TennesseeRobert Byrd, West Virginia Claiborne Pell, Rhode IslandHouse membersTip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, TexasJohn Jacob Rhodes, Arizona Robert H. Michel, Illinois
1985 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersCharles Mathias, Maryland, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee Bob Dole, Kansas Wendell Ford, KentuckyHouse membersTip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, TexasRobert H. Michel, Illinois
1989 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersWendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair Robert Byrd, West VirginiaTed Stevens, AlaskaHouse membersJim Wright, Texas Tom Foley, WashingtonRobert H. Michel, Illinois
1993 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersWendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair George J. Mitchell, MaineTed Stevens, AlaskaHouse membersTom Foley, Washington Dick Gephardt, MissouriRobert H. Michel, Illinois
1997 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersJohn Warner, Virginia, Chair Trent Lott, MississippiWendell Ford, KentuckyHouse membersNewt Gingrich, Georgia Dick Armey, TexasDick Gephardt, Missouri
2001 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersMitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair Trent Lott, MississippiChris Dodd, ConnecticutHouse membersDennis Hastert, Illinois Dick Armey, TexasDick Gephardt, Missouri
2005 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersTrent Lott, Mississippi, Chair Bill Frist, TennesseeChris Dodd, ConnecticutHouse membersDennis Hastert, Illinois Tom DeLay, TexasNancy Pelosi, California
2009 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersDianne Feinstein, California, Chair Harry Reid, NevadaBob Bennett, UtahHouse membersNancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, MarylandJohn Boehner, Ohio
2013 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersChuck Schumer, New York, Chair Harry Reid, NevadaLamar Alexander, TennesseeHouse membersJohn Boehner, Ohio Eric Cantor, VirginiaNancy Pelosi, California
2017 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersRoy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, KentuckyChuck Schumer, New YorkHouse membersPaul Ryan, Wisconsin Kevin McCarthy, CaliforniaNancy Pelosi, California
2021 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersRoy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, KentuckyAmy Klobuchar, MinnesotaHouse membersNancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, MarylandKevin McCarthy, California
2025 committee
MajorityMinoritySenate membersAmy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Chuck Schumer, New YorkDeb Fischer, NebraskaHouse membersMike Johnson, Louisiana Steve Scalise, LouisianaHakeem Jeffries, New York
See also Senate Rules Committee
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