The United States Senate Committee on Rules is a defunct Congressional committee, replaced by the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. History The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On January 2, 1947, it was absorbed into the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration along with four other committees. Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rules, 1874-1947 Thomas Ferry (R-MI) 1874-1877 James G. Blaine (R-ME) 1877-1879 John T. Morgan (D-AL) 1879-1881 William P. Frye (R-ME) 1881-1887 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1887-1893 Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D-KY) 1893-1895 Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI) 1895-1899 John C. Spooner (R-WI) 1899-1907 Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1907-1909 W. Murray Crane (R-MA) 1909-1913 Lee S. Overman (D-NC) 1913-1919 Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1919-1921 Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1921-1929 George H. Moses (R-NH) 1929-1933 Royal S. Copeland (D-NY) 1933-1936 Matthew M. Neely (D-WV) 1936-1941 Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) 1941-1947 Rules 1867 establishments in the United States 1947 disestablishments in the United States