List of chairs of the Federal Communications Commission

The following is a list of the chairs of the Federal Communications Commission.^[1]

Chair of the Federal Communications Commission
Incumbent Jessica Rosenworcel since October 26, 2021
Term length	No fixed length
First holder	Eugene Sykes

List

Image	Commissioner	Party	Home state	Start	End	Notes
	Eugene O. Sykes[2]	Democratic	Mississippi	July 11, 1934	March 8, 1935
	Anning S. Prall	Democratic	New York	March 9, 1935	July 23, 1937
	Frank R. McNinch	Democratic	North Carolina	October 1, 1937	August 31, 1939
	Larry Fly	Democratic	Texas	September 1, 1939	November 13, 1944
	E. K. Jett	Independent	Maryland	November 16, 1944	December 20, 1944	Acting
	Paul A. Porter	Democratic	Kentucky	December 21, 1944	February 25, 1946
	Charles R. Denny	Democratic	District of Columbia	February 26, 1946	October 31, 1947	Acting until December 3, 1946
	Paul A. Walker	Democratic	Oklahoma	November 3, 1947	December 28, 1947	Acting
	Wayne Coy	Democratic	Indiana	December 29, 1947	February 21, 1952
	Paul A. Walker	Democratic	Oklahoma	February 28, 1952	April 17, 1953
	Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	April 18, 1953	October 3, 1954
	George McConnaughey	Republican	Ohio	October 4, 1954	June 30, 1957
	John C. Doerfer	Republican	Wisconsin	July 1, 1957	March 10, 1960
	Frederick W. Ford	Republican	West Virginia	March 15, 1960	March 1, 1961
	Newton N. Minow	Democratic	Illinois	March 2, 1961	June 1, 1963
	E. William Henry	Democratic	Tennessee	June 2, 1963	May 1, 1966
	Rosel H. Hyde	Republican	Idaho	May 1, 1966	October 31, 1969	Acting until June 27, 1966
	Dean Burch	Republican	Arizona	October 31, 1969	March 8, 1974
	Richard E. Wiley	Republican	Illinois	March 8, 1974	October 13, 1977
	Charles D. Ferris	Democratic	Massachusetts	October 17, 1977	February 4, 1981
	Robert Lee	Republican	Illinois	February 5, 1981	May 18, 1981	Acting until April 13, 1981
	Mark S. Fowler	Republican	Florida	May 18, 1981	April 17, 1987
	Dennis R. Patrick	Republican	California	April 18, 1987	August 7, 1989
	Alfred C. Sikes	Republican	Missouri	August 8, 1989	January 19, 1993
	James H. Quello	Democratic	Michigan	February 5, 1993	November 28, 1993	Acting
	Reed Hundt	Democratic	Maryland	November 29, 1993	November 3, 1997
	William Kennard	Democratic	California	November 3, 1997	January 19, 2001
	Michael Powell	Republican	Virginia	January 22, 2001	March 17, 2005
	Kevin Martin	Republican	North Carolina	March 18, 2005	January 20, 2009
	Michael Copps	Democratic	Wisconsin	January 22, 2009	June 28, 2009	Acting
	Julius Genachowski	Democratic	Washington, D.C.	June 29, 2009	May 17, 2013
	Mignon Clyburn	Democratic	South Carolina	May 20, 2013	November 4, 2013	Acting
	Tom Wheeler	Democratic	California	November 4, 2013	January 20, 2017
	Ajit Pai	Republican	Kansas	January 23, 2017	January 20, 2021
	Jessica Rosenworcel	Democratic	Connecticut	January 20, 2021	present	Acting until October 26, 2021

References

1. List of FCC commissioners from 1934 to present at the FCC website
2. "Eugene O. Sykes, 68, Mississippi Jurist. Former Chairman of Federal Communications Body Dies. Justice of State Court". New York Times. Associated Press. June 22, 1945. Retrieved 2015-01-16. Eugene Octave Sykes, former justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi and an original member of the Federal Radio Commission and of the later Federal Communications Commission, died of a heart attack today after an illness of several months. ...