1993, the Select Committee on Indian Affairs was redesignated as the Committee on Indian Affairs. Members, 118th Congress Historical committee membership 117th Congress 116th Congress 115th Congress Source Chairmen Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1820–1947 David Holmes (R-MS) 1820–1821 Henry Johnson (R-LA) 1821–1823 Thomas Hart Benton (R/D-MO) 1823–1828 Hugh Lawson White (D-TN) 1828–1832 George M. Troup (D-GA) 1832–1833 Hugh Lawson White (W-TN) 1833–1840 Ambrose Sevier (D-AR) 1840–1841 James T. Morehead (W-KY) 1841–1842 Albert White (W-IN) 1842–1845 Ambrose Sevier (D-AR) 1845–1846 Arthur Bagby (D-AL) 1846–1847 David R. Atchison (D-MO) 1847–1853 William K. Sebastian (D-AR) 1853–1861 James Rood Doolittle (R-WI) 1861–1867 John B. Henderson (R-MO) 1867–1869 James Harlan (R-IA) 1869–1873 William Alfred Buckingham (R-CT) 1873–1875 William B. Allison (R-IA) 1875–1879 Richard Coke (D-TX) 1879–1881 Henry Dawes (R-MA) 1881–1893 James K. Jones (D-AR) 1893–1895 Richard Pettigrew (R-SD) 1895–1899 John M. Thurston (R-NE) 1899–1901 William Stewart (R-NV) 1901–1905 Moses E. Clapp (R-MN) 1905–1911 Robert J. Gamble (R-SD) 1911–1913 William J. Stone (D-MO) 1913–1914 Henry F. Ashurst (D-AZ) 1914–1919 Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1919–1921 Selden P. Spencer (R-MO) 1921–1923 John W. Harreld (R-OK) 1923–1927 Lynn J. Frazier (R-ND) 1927–1933 Burton K. Wheeler (D-MT) 1933–1936 Elmer Thomas (D-OK) 1936–1945 Joseph O'Mahoney (D-WY) 1945–1947 from 1947 to 1977, Indian Affairs were the responsibility of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, which was superseded by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in 1977. Chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, 1977–1993 James Abourezk (D-SD) 1977–1979 John Melcher (D-MT) 1979–1981 William S. Cohen (R-ME) 1981–1983 Mark Andrews (R-ND) 1983–1987 Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 1987–1993 Chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993–present Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 1993–1995 John McCain (R-AZ) 1995–1997 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 1997–2001 Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 2001 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 2001 Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) 2001–2003 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) 2003–2005 John McCain (R-AZ) 2005–2007 Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 2007–2011 Daniel Akaka (D-HI) 2011–2013 Maria Cantwell (D-WA) 2013–2014 Jon Tester (D-MT) 2014–2015 John Barrasso (R-WY) 2015–2017 John Hoeven (R-ND) 2017–2021 Brian Schatz (D-HI) 2021–present References External links Indian Affairs Native American topics 1820 establishments in Washington, D.C.