This committee of the United States Senate was created November 4, 1807. On January 2, 1947, its functions were transferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Chairmen of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, 1811-1947 Michael Leib (R-PA) 1811-1815 Abner Lacock (R-PA) 1815-1819 Jonathan Roberts (R-PA) 1819-1821 James Lanman (R-CT) 1821-1822 Nathaniel Macon (R-NC) 1822-1823 Horatio Seymour (R-VT) 1823-1826 Elias Kane (D-IL) 1826-1830 James Iredell (D-NC) 1830-1831 Nehemiah Knight (NR/W-RI) 1831-1835 Samuel McKean (D-PA) 1835-1839 Nehemiah Knight (W-RI) 1839-1841 Albert S. White (W-IN) 1841-1842 Benjamin Tappan (D-OH) 1842-1845 Jesse Speight (D-MS) 1845-1846 Alpheus Felch (D-MI) 1847-1848 Isaac P. Walker (D-WI) 1848-1849 Augustus Dodge (D-IA) 1849-1853 Josiah Evans (D-SC) 1853-1858 William Wright (D-NJ) 1858-1859 Andrew Johnson (D-TN) 1859-1861 James Dixon (R-CT) 1861-1865 B. Gratz Brown (R-MO) 1865-1866 George H. Williams (R-OR) 1866-1867 Aaron Cragin (R-NH) 1867-1870 Orris S. Ferry (R-CT) 1870-1871 Reuben Fenton (R-NY) 1871-1872 Matthew Carpenter (R-WI) 1872-1875 John P. Jones (R-NV) 1875-1879 Benjamin Hill (D-GA) 1879-1881 John P. Jones (R-NV) 1881-1893 Edward Douglass White (D-LA) 1893-1894 Johnson N. Camden (D-WV) 1894-1895 John P. Jones (R-NV) 1895-1903 John Kean (R-NJ) 1903-1911 Frank O. Briggs (R-NJ) 1911-1913 John Sharp Williams (D-MS) 1913-1916 Luke Lea (D-TN) 1916-1917 William H. Thompson (D-KS) 1917-1919 William M. Calder (R-NY) 1919-1923 Henry W. Keyes (R-NH) 1923-1927 Charles S. Deneen (R-IL) 1927-1931 John G. Townsend, Jr. (R-DE) 1931-1933 James F. Byrnes (D-SC) 1933-1941 Scott W. Lucas (D-IL) 1941-1947 Sources Chairmen of Senate Standing Committees U.S. Senate Historical Office, January 2005. Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate 1807 establishments in the United States 1947 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.