All Commissioners
Democrat
December 1981 to December 2006
(Reappointed July 1987, July 1994 and July 2000)
Republican
April 1975 to September 1998
(Reappointed May 1976, December 1981, August 1983 and October 1989)
Republican
April 1975 to June 1979
(Reappointed May 1976) January 1981 - December 1981)
Ex officio Commissioners
From 1975 through 1993, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House were designated as nonvoting, ex officio Commissioners. In 1993, an appeals court ruled that the presence of nonvoting Congressionally appointed ex officio members on the Commission violated the Constitution’s separation of powers. The Supreme Court dismissed the Commission’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction (FEC v. NRA Political Victory Fund). Subsequent to the appeals court decision, the Commission reconstituted itself as a six-member body.
Clerk of the House
Donnald K. Anderson
January 1987 to October 1993
Benjamin U. Guthrie
January 1983 to January 1987
Edmund L. Henshaw, Jr.
December 1975 to January 1983
W. Pat Jennings
April 1975 to November 1975
Secretary of the Senate
Walter J. Stewart
January 1987 to October 1993
Jo-Anne L. Coe
January 1985 to January 1987
William F. Hildenbrand
January 1981 to January 1985
Joseph Stanley Kimmitt
April 1977 to January 1981
Francis R. Valeo
April 1975 to March 1977