List of chairs of the Federal Trade Commission

Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission
	Incumbent; Lina Khan; since June 15, 2021
Term length	No Fixed Length
First holder	Joseph E. Davies

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

Chairs selected by the chairs[edit]

Chair	Party	Start	End
Joseph E. Davies^[1]	Democratic	March 16, 1915	June 30, 1916
Edward N. Hurley^[1]	Democratic	July 1, 1916	January 31, 1917
William J. Harris^[1]	Democratic	February 1, 1917	May 6, 1918
William Byron Colver	Democratic	May 7, 1918	June 30, 1919
John Franklin Fort	Republican	July 1, 1919	November 30, 1919
Victor Murdock	Progressive	December 1, 1919	November 30, 1920
Samuel Huston Thompson	Democratic	December 1, 1920	November 30, 1921
Nelson B. Gaskill	Republican	December 1, 1921	November 30, 1922
Victor Murdock	Progressive	December 1, 1922	November 30, 1923
Samuel Huston Thompson	Democratic	December 1, 1923	November 30, 1924
Vernon W. Van Fleet	Republican	December 1, 1924	November 30, 1925
John F. Nugent	Democratic	December 1, 1925	November 30, 1926
Charles W. Hunt	Republican	December 1, 1926	November 30, 1927
William E. Humphrey	Republican	December 1, 1927	November 30, 1928
Abram F. Myers	Republican	December 1, 1928	January 15, 1929
Edgar A. McCulloch	Democratic	January 16, 1929	November 30, 1929
Garland S. Ferguson	Democratic	January 1, 1930	December 30, 1930
Charles W. Hunt	Republican	January 1, 1931	December 31, 1931
William E. Humphrey	Republican	February 1, 1932	December 31, 1932
Charles H. March	Republican	January 1, 1933	December 31, 1933
Garland S. Ferguson	Democratic	January 1, 1934	December 31, 1934
Ewin L. Davis	Democratic	January 1, 1935	December 31, 1935
Charles H. March	Republican	January 1, 1936	December 31, 1936
William Augustus Ayres	Democratic	January 1, 1937	December 31, 1937
Garland S. Ferguson	Democratic	January 1, 1938	December 31, 1938
Robert E. Freer	Republican	January 1, 1939	December 31, 1939
Ewin L. Davis	Democratic	January 1, 1940	December 31, 1940
Charles H. March	Republican	January 1, 1941	December 31, 1941
William Augustus Ayres	Democratic	January 1, 1942	December 31, 1942
Garland S. Ferguson	Democratic	January 1, 1943	December 31, 1943
Robert E. Freer	Republican	January 1, 1944	December 31, 1944
Ewin L. Davis	Democratic	January 1, 1945	December 31, 1945
William Augustus Ayres	Democratic	January 1, 1946	December 31, 1946
Garland S. Ferguson	Democratic	January 1, 1947	December 31, 1947
Robert E. Freer	Republican	January 1, 1948	December 31, 1948
Lowell B. Mason	Republican	January 1, 1949	May 23, 1950

Chairs designated by the president[edit]

Chair	Party	Start	End	Notes
James M. Mead	Democratic	May 24, 1950	March 31, 1953
Edward F. Howrey	Republican	April 1, 1953	September 12, 1955
John W. Gwynne	Republican	September 12, 1955	May 31, 1959
Earl W. Kintner	Republican	June 11, 1959	March 20, 1961
Paul Rand Dixon	Democratic	March 21, 1961	December 31, 1969
Caspar Weinberger	Republican	January 1, 1970	August 6, 1970
Everette MacIntyre	Democratic	August 8, 1970	September 14, 1970	Acting
Miles W. Kirkpatrick	Republican	September 15, 1970	February 20, 1973
Lewis A. Engman	Republican	February 21, 1973	December 31, 1975
Paul Rand Dixon	Democratic	January 1, 1976	March 25, 1976	Acting
Calvin J. Collier	Republican	March 25, 1976	April 20, 1977
Michael Pertschuk	Democratic	April 21, 1977	March 3, 1981
David A. Clanton	Republican	March 4, 1981	September 25, 1981	Acting
James C. Miller III	Republican	September 26, 1981	October 4, 1985
Terry Calvani	Republican	October 7, 1985	April 20, 1986	Acting
Daniel Oliver	Republican	April 21, 1986	August 10, 1989
Janet Dempsey Steiger	Republican	August 11, 1989	April 11, 1995
Robert Pitofsky	Democratic	April 11, 1995	May 31, 2001
Timothy Muris	Republican	June 4, 2001	August 15, 2004
Deborah Platt Majoras	Republican	August 16, 2004	March 30, 2008
William Kovacic	Republican	March 31, 2008	March 1, 2009	Acting
Jon Leibowitz	Democratic	March 2, 2009	March 4, 2013
Edith Ramirez	Democratic	March 4, 2013	January 25, 2017
Maureen Ohlhausen	Republican	January 25, 2017	May 1, 2018	Acting
Joseph Simons	Republican	May 1, 2018	January 21, 2021
Rebecca Slaughter^[2]	Democratic	January 21, 2021	June 15, 2021	Acting
Lina Khan	Democratic	June 15, 2021	present

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d List of Chairs, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
^ "U.S. FTC names Rebecca Slaughter acting chair of the agency". Reuters. January 21, 2021.

[FTC-1] List of Chairs, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).

[Slaughter-2] "U.S. FTC names Rebecca Slaughter acting chair of the agency". Reuters. January 21, 2021.

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v t e Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission
Member-selected (1915–1950)	Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
Presidential appointments (1950–present) Acting chairs italicized	James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)