The United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census was created in 1878. It continued to operate until 1887, when it became the United States Senate Committee on the Census. It was abolished in 1921. Issues related to the U.S. Census and the U.S. Census Bureau are now under the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
The Committee conducted hearings to examine the census and a permanent census service.
Chairmen of the Select Committee on the Tenth Census, 1878–1887 Source: Justin S. Morrill (R-VT) 1878–1879 George H. Pendleton (D-OH) 1879–1881 Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1881–1887
Chairmen of the Committee on the Census, 1887–1921 Source: Eugene Hale (R-ME) 1887–1893 David Turpie (D-IN) 1893–1895 William Chandler (R-NH) 1895–1897 Thomas H. Carter (R-MT) 1897–1901 Joseph V. Quarles (R-WI) 1901–1905 Chester Long (R-KS) 1905–1909 Robert M. La Follette (R-WI) 1909–1913 William E. Chilton (D-WV) 1913–1916 Morris Sheppard (D-TX) 1916–1919 Howard Sutherland (R-WV) 1919–1921
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