List of members of the Federal Trade Commission

The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949.

Current commissioners The commission is headed by five commissioners, who each serve seven-year terms. Commissioners are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. No more than three commissioners can be of the same political party. In practice, this means that two commissioners are of the opposition party. However, three members of the FTC throughout its history have been without party affiliation, with the most recent independent, Pamela Jones Harbour, serving from 2003 to 2009. PortraitNamePartyPrior experienceEducationTerm began Andrew Ferguson (Chair)RepublicanSolicitor general of the Commonwealth of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia (BA) University of Virginia (JD) Mark MeadorRepublicanLegal advisor to Senator Mike LeeUniversity of Chicago (BA) University of Houston (JD)VacantVacantVacant

Former commissioners The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949, including party affiliation. CommissionersPartyYears in officePrior experienceJohn J. CarsonRepublicanSeptember 28, 1948 – March 31, 1953Journalist, The Baltimore SunStephen J. SpingarnDemocraticOctober 25, 1950 – September 25, 1953Assistant General Counsel, Department of the TreasuryCaspar WeinbergerRepublicanDecember 31, 1969 – August 6, 1970California State Assemblyman for the 21st districtPhilip ElmanIndependentApril 21, 1961 – October 18, 1970Assistant to the Solicitor GeneralMiles KirkpatrickRepublicanSeptember 14, 1970 – February 20, 1973Head of the Antitrust Section, American Bar Association (ABA)Everette MacIntyreDemocraticSeptember 26, 1961 – August 30, 1973FTC trial lawyerMary Gardiner JonesRepublicanOctober 29, 1964 – November 2, 1973Staff attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division"Choice for FTC", The New York Daily News (September 29, 1964), p. 8.David S. Dennison Jr.RepublicanOctober 18, 1970 – December 31, 1973Congressman from Ohio's 11th districtMayo J. ThompsonDemocraticJuly 8, 1973 – September 26, 1975Antitrust attorney in private practiceLewis A. EngmanDemocraticFebruary 20, 1973 – December 31, 1975Assistant Director, White House Domestic CouncilCalvin J. CollierRepublicanMarch 24, 1976 – December 31, 1977Director of Urban Program Coordination, Department of Housing and Urban Development"HUD Official to Speak to Builders", The Wichita Eagle-Beacon (May 6, 1973), p. 22.Stephen A. NyeRepublicanMay 5, 1974 – May 5, 1978Partner at Sullivan, Jones and Archer LLPElizabeth Hanford DoleDemocratic (1973-1975) Republican (1975-1979)December 4, 1973 – March 9, 1979Director, White House Office of Consumer AffairsPaul Rand DixonDemocraticMarch 21, 1961 – September 25, 1981FTC trial attorneyDavid A. ClantonRepublicanAugust 26, 1975 – October 14, 1983Minority Staff Counsel, Senate Committee on Commerce"Announcement of Intention To Nominate David A. Clanton To Be a Commissioner and Intention to Withdraw the Nomination of Thomas Sowell To Be a Commissioner" (July 20, 1976), in Presidential Documents: Gerald R. Ford, 1976, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Volume 12, Issues 27-39, p. 1188.Michael PertschukDemocraticApril 21, 1977 – October 15, 1984Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on CommerceGeorge W. DouglasDemocraticDecember 27, 1982 – September 18, 1985President, Southwest Econometrics Inc. (private economic research firm)James C. Miller IIIRepublicanSeptember 30, 1981 – October 5, 1985Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)Patricia P. BaileyRepublicanOctober 29, 1979 – May 15, 1988Assistant to the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection BoardDaniel OliverRepublicanApril 21, 1986 – August 10, 1989Executive Editor, National ReviewTerry CalvaniRepublicanNovember 18, 1983 – September 25, 1990Law professor, Vanderbilt University School of LawAndrew StrenioDemocraticMarch 17, 1986 – July 15, 1991Member, Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)Deborah K. OwenRepublicanOctober 25, 1989 – August 26, 1994Associate White House CounselDennis A. YaoDemocraticJuly 16, 1991 – August 31, 1994Professor, Wharton School of BusinessChristine A. VarneyDemocraticOctober 17, 1994 – August 5, 1997White House Cabinet SecretaryJanet D. SteigerRepublicanAugust 11, 1989 – September 28, 1997Chair of the Postal Rate CommissionRoscoe B. Starek IIIRepublicanNovember 19, 1990 – December 18, 1997Deputy Director of Presidential PersonnelMary AzcuenagaIndependentNovember 27, 1984 – June 3, 1998FTC Assistant General CounselRobert PitofskyDemocraticJune 29, 1978 – April 30, 1981 April 11, 1995 – May 31, 2001Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer ProtectionSheila F. AnthonyDemocraticSeptember 30, 1997 – August 1, 2003Assistant Attorney General for Legislative AffairsTimothy MurisRepublicanJune 4, 2001 – August 15, 2004Law professor, GMU School of LawMozelle W. ThompsonDemocraticDecember 17, 1997 – August 31, 2004Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial PolicyOrson SwindleRepublicanDecember 18, 1997 – June 30, 2005Assistant Secretary of Commerce for DevelopmentThomas B. LearyRepublicanNovember 17, 1999 – December 31, 2005Assistant General Counsel, General MotorsDeborah Platt MajorasRepublicanAugust 16, 2004 – March 29, 2008Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust DivisionPamela Jones HarbourIndependentAugust 4, 2003 – April 6, 2010Deputy Attorney General of New YorkWilliam KovacicRepublicanJanuary 4, 2006 – October 3, 2011Law professor, The George Washington University Law SchoolJ. Thomas RoschRepublicanJanuary 5, 2006 - Sept 2012Director, FTC Bureau of CompetitionJon LeibowitzDemocraticMarch 2, 2009 – March 7, 2013Lobbyist, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)Joshua D. WrightRepublicanJanuary 11, 2013 – August 24, 2015Law professor, GMU Antonin Scalia Law SchoolJulie BrillDemocraticApril 6, 2010 – March 31, 2016Assistant Attorney General of Vermont for Consumer Protection and AntitrustEdith RamirezDemocraticApril 5, 2010 – February 10, 2017Vice President, LA Department of Water and Power Board of CommissionersTerrell McSweenyDemocraticApril 28, 2014 – April 27, 2018Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, DOJ Antitrust DivisionJoseph SimonsRepublicanMay 1, 2018 – January 29, 2021Director, FTC Bureau of CompetitionRohit ChopraDemocraticMay 2, 2018 – October 12, 2021CFPB Assistant DirectorNoah J. PhillipsRepublicanMay 2, 2018 – October 14, 2022Counsel to Senator John CornynRebecca SlaughterDemocraticMay 2, 2018 – September 8, 2025Legal advisor to Senator Chuck SchumerChristine S. WilsonRepublicanSeptember 26, 2018 – March 31, 2023Senior Vice President, Delta Air LinesLina KhanDemocraticJune 15, 2021 – January 31, 2025Legal scholarAlvaro BedoyaDemocraticMay 16, 2022 – March 18, 2025Director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center Melissa HolyoakRepublicanMarch 25, 2024 – November 17, 2025Solicitor general of Utah

List of Federal Trade Commission members (1918–2023)

Chairs The following is a list of the chairs of the Federal Trade Commission.

Chairs selected by the members ImageChairPartyStartEnd1Joseph E. DaviesDemocraticMarch 16, 1915June 30, 1916List of Chairs, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).2Edward N. HurleyDemocraticJuly 1, 1916January 31, 19173William J. HarrisDemocraticFebruary 1, 1917May 6, 19184William Byron ColverDemocraticMay 7, 1918June 30, 19195John Franklin FortRepublicanJuly 1, 1919November 30, 19196Victor MurdockProgressiveDecember 1, 1919November 30, 19207Samuel Huston ThompsonDemocraticDecember 1, 1920November 30, 19218Nelson B. GaskillRepublicanDecember 1, 1921November 30, 19229Victor MurdockProgressiveDecember 1, 1922November 30, 192310Samuel Huston ThompsonDemocraticDecember 1, 1923November 30, 192411Vernon W. Van FleetRepublicanDecember 1, 1924November 30, 192512John F. NugentDemocraticDecember 1, 1925November 30, 192613Charles W. HuntRepublicanDecember 1, 1926November 30, 192714William E. HumphreyRepublicanDecember 1, 1927November 30, 192815Abram F. MyersRepublicanDecember 1, 1928January 15, 192916Edgar A. McCullochDemocraticJanuary 16, 1929November 30, 192917Garland Ferguson Jr.DemocraticJanuary 1, 1930December 30, 193018Charles W. HuntRepublicanJanuary 1, 1931December 31, 193119William E. HumphreyRepublicanFebruary 1, 1932December 31, 193220Charles H. MarchRepublicanJanuary 1, 1933December 31, 193321Garland Ferguson Jr.DemocraticJanuary 1, 1934December 31, 193422Ewin L. DavisDemocraticJanuary 1, 1935December 31, 193523Charles H. MarchRepublicanJanuary 1, 1936December 31, 193624William Augustus AyresDemocraticJanuary 1, 1937December 31, 193725Garland Ferguson Jr.DemocraticJanuary 1, 1938December 31, 193826Robert E. FreerRepublicanJanuary 1, 1939December 31, 193927Ewin L. DavisDemocraticJanuary 1, 1940December 31, 194028Charles H. MarchRepublicanJanuary 1, 1941December 31, 194129William Augustus AyresDemocraticJanuary 1, 1942December 31, 194230Garland Ferguson Jr.DemocraticJanuary 1, 1943December 31, 194331Robert E. FreerRepublicanJanuary 1, 1944December 31, 194432Ewin L. DavisDemocraticJanuary 1, 1945December 31, 194533William Augustus AyresDemocraticJanuary 1, 1946December 31, 194634Garland Ferguson Jr.DemocraticJanuary 1, 1947December 31, 194735Robert E. FreerRepublicanJanuary 1, 1948December 31, 194836Lowell B. MasonRepublicanJanuary 1, 1949May 23, 1950

Chairs designated by the president ImageChairPartyStartEnd37James M. MeadDemocraticMay 24, 1950March 31, 195338Edward F. HowreyRepublicanApril 1, 1953September 12, 195539John W. GwynneRepublicanSeptember 12, 1955May 31, 195940Earl W. KintnerRepublicanJune 11, 1959March 20, 196141Paul Rand DixonDemocraticMarch 21, 1961December 31, 196942Caspar WeinbergerRepublicanJanuary 1, 1970August 6, 1970ActingEverette MacIntyreDemocraticAugust 8, 1970September 14, 197043Miles W. KirkpatrickRepublicanSeptember 15, 1970February 20, 197344Lewis A. EngmanRepublicanFebruary 21, 1973December 31, 1975ActingPaul Rand DixonDemocraticJanuary 1, 1976March 25, 197645Calvin J. CollierRepublicanMarch 25, 1976April 20, 197746Michael PertschukDemocraticApril 21, 1977March 3, 1981ActingDavid A. ClantonRepublicanMarch 4, 1981September 25, 198147James C. Miller IIIRepublicanSeptember 26, 1981October 4, 1985ActingTerry CalvaniRepublicanOctober 7, 1985April 20, 198648Daniel OliverRepublicanApril 21, 1986August 10, 198949Janet Dempsey SteigerRepublicanAugust 11, 1989April 11, 199550Robert PitofskyDemocraticApril 11, 1995May 31, 200151Timothy MurisRepublicanJune 4, 2001August 15, 200452Deborah Platt MajorasRepublicanAugust 16, 2004March 30, 2008ActingWilliam KovacicRepublicanMarch 31, 2008March 1, 200953Jon LeibowitzDemocraticMarch 2, 2009March 4, 201354Edith RamirezDemocraticMarch 4, 2013January 25, 2017ActingMaureen OhlhausenRepublicanJanuary 25, 2017May 1, 201855Joseph SimonsRepublicanMay 1, 2018January 21, 2021ActingRebecca SlaughterDemocraticJanuary 21, 2021June 15, 202156Lina KhanDemocraticJune 15, 2021January 20, 202557Andrew N. FergusonRepublicanJanuary 20, 2025present

Backgrounds of commissioners

Demographics As of 2021, there have been:

Three African-Americans to serve on the FTC: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. (served from 1962 to 1964), Mozelle W. Thompson (served from 1997 to 2004), Pamela Jones Harbour (served from 2003 to 2009). Three Asian-Americans to serve on the FTC: Dennis Yao (served from 1991 to 1994), Rohit Chopra (served since 2018), and Lina Khan (served since 2021); Khan is the first Asian-American to serve as FTC Chair. Three independents to serve on the FTC: Philip Elman (served from 1961 to 1970), Mary Azcuenaga (served from 1984 to 1998), and Pamela Jones Harbour (served from 2003 to 2009)

Career backgrounds