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 Brendan Carr since January 20, 2025
Term length	No fixed length
First holder	Eugene Sykes

List

Commissioner	Party	Home state	Start	End	Notes
Eugene Sykes[2]	Democratic	Mississippi	July 11, 1934	March 8, 1935
Anning S. Prall	Democratic	New York	March 9, 1935	July 23, 1937
Frank McNinch	Democratic	North Carolina	October 1, 1937	August 31, 1939
Larry Fly	Democratic	Texas	September 1, 1939	November 13, 1944
Ewell 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 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	Canada	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 J. Martin	Republican	North Carolina	March 18, 2005	January 19, 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	December 7, 2021	January 20, 2025
Brendan Carr	Republican	Washington, D.C.	January 20, 2025