Members of the NLRB since 1935
Key
Bold = Chairman
(AC) = Acting Chairman
Black = Independent (nq) = no quorum
(r) = recess appointment (2M) = Pursuant to delegation, 2 Members constitute quorum
Each row represents a change in Board composition. Changes include the arrival or departure of a Member or the designation of a Member as Chairman.
The Smith Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 6 and 1. | The Madden Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 5 and 0. | The Carmody Seat Term expires on August 27 of years ending in 8 and 3. | The Murdock Seat Term expires on December 16 of years ending in 7 and 2. | The Gray Seat
| Party in Control of the Board | From | To |
Edwin S. Smith | J. Warren Madden | John M. Carmody |
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| Dem | 8/27/35 | 8/31/36 |
E. Smith | Madden |
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| Dem | 9/1/36 | 9/22/36 |
E. Smith | Madden | Donald Wakefield |
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| Dem | 9/23/36 | 5/31/39 |
E. Smith | Madden | William M. Leiserson |
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| Dem | 6/1/39 | 8/26/40 |
E. Smith |
| Leiserson |
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| Dem | 8/27/40 | 11/25/40 |
E. Smith | Harry A. Millis | Leiserson |
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| Dem | 11/26/40 | 8/27/41 |
| Millis | Leiserson |
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| Dem | 8/28/41 | 10/10/41 |
Gerald D. Reilly | Millis | Leiserson |
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| Dem | 10/11/41 | 2/23/43 |
Reilly | Millis |
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| Split | 2/24/43 | 3/14/43 |
Reilly | Millis | John M. Houston |
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| Dem | 3/15/43 | 7/4/45 |
Reilly | Paul M. Herzog | Houston |
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| Dem | 7/5/45 | 8/26/46 |
| Herzog | Houston |
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| Dem | 8/27/46 | 8/27/46 |
James J. Reynolds, Jr. | Herzog | Houston |
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| Dem | 8/28/46 | 7/31/47 |
Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Abe Murdock | J. Copeland Gray | Dem | 8/1/47 | 12/16/49 |
Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Murdock |
| Dem | 12/17/49 | 2/26/50 |
Reynolds | Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Paul L. Styles | Dem | 2/27/50 | 12/31/51 |
| Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 1/1/52 | 3/20/52 |
Ivar H. Peterson | Herzog | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 3/21/52 | 6/30/53 |
Peterson |
| Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 7/1/53 | 7/12/53 |
Peterson | Guy Farmer | Houston | Murdock | Styles | Dem | 7/13/53 | 8/27/53 |
Peterson | Farmer | Philip Ray Rodgers | Murdock | Styles | Rep | 8/28/53 | 8/31/53 |
Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock |
| Rep | 9/1/53 | 3/1/54 |
Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Albert C. Beeson | Rep | 3/2/54 | 12/16/54 |
Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock |
| Rep | 12/17/54 | 4/3/55 |
Peterson | Farmer | Rodgers | Murdock | Boyd S. Leedom | Rep | 4/4/55 | 8/27/55 |
Peterson |
| Rodgers (AC) | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 8/28/55 | 11/1/55 |
Peterson |
| Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 11/2/55 | 11/30/55 |
Peterson | Stephen S. Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 12/1/55 | 8/27/56 |
| Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 8/28/56 | 3/27/57 |
Joseph Alton Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers | Murdock | Leedom | Rep | 3/28/57 | 12/16/57 |
J. Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers |
| Leedom | Rep | 12/17/57 | 12/19/57 |
J. Jenkins | Bean | Rodgers | John H. Fanning | Leedom | Rep | 12/20/57 | 8/27/60 |
J. Jenkins |
| Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Split | 8/28/60 | 9/12/60 |
J. Jenkins | Arthur A. Kimball | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Rep | 9/13/60 | 3/6/61 |
J. Jenkins | Frank W. McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 3/7/61 | 3/27/61 |
| McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Split | 3/28/61 | 4/13/61 |
Gerald A. Brown | McCulloch | Rodgers | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 4/14/61 | 8/27/63 |
Brown | McCulloch | Howard | Fanning | Leedom | Dem | 8/28/63 | 12/16/64 |
Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning |
| Dem | 12/17/64 | 4/19/65 |
Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Sam Zagoria | Dem | 4/20/65 | 12/16/69 |
Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning |
| Dem | 12/17/69 | 6/2/70 |
Brown | McCulloch | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Edward B. Miller | Dem | 6/3/70 | 8/27/70 |
Brown |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Split | 8/28/70 | 12/13/70 |
Brown | Ralph E. Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 12/14/70 | 8/27/71 |
| Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 8/28/71 | 2/21/72 |
John A. Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | E. Miller | Rep | 2/22/72 | 12/16/74 |
Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning (AC) |
| Split | 12/17/74 | 2/17/75 |
Penello | Kennedy | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Betty S. Murphy | Rep | 2/18/75 | 7/31/75 |
Penello |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Split | 8/1/75 | 11/25/75 |
Penello | Peter D. Walther | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Rep | 11/26/75 | 4/13/77 |
Penello | Walther | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Rep | 4/14/77 | 8/31/77 |
Penello |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Split | 9/1/77 | 10/24/77 |
Penello | John C. Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Murphy | Dem | 10/25/77 | 12/14/79 |
Penello | Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning |
| Dem | 12/15/79 | 8/27/80 |
Penello |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning |
| Dem | 8/28/80 | 9/16/80 |
Penello |
| H. Jenkins | Fanning | Don A. Zimmerman | Split2/1/1 | 9/17/80 | 10/22/80 |
Penello | Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Dem | 10/23/80 | 1/14/81 |
| Truesdale | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split2/1/1 | 1/15/81 | 1/26/81 |
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| H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split1/1/1 | 1/27/81 | 8/13/81 |
| Robert P. Hunter | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split2/1/1 | 8/14/81 | 8/14/81 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Split2/1/1 | 8/15/81 | 8/17/81 |
John R. Van de Water (r) | Hunter | H. Jenkins | Fanning | Zimmerman | Rep | 8/18/81 | 12/16/82 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins |
| Zimmerman | Rep | 12/17/82 | 12/22/82 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | John C. Miller | Zimmerman | Rep | 12/23/82 | 3/6/83 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Donald L. Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 3/7/83 | 3/7/83 |
| Hunter | H. Jenkins | Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 3/8/83 | 5/4/83 |
Patricia Diaz Dennis | Hunter | H. Jenkins | Dotson | Zimmerman | Rep | 5/5/83 | 8/27/83 |
Dennis | Hunter |
| Dotson | Zimmerman | Split2/1/1 | 8/28/83 | 12/16/84 |
Dennis | Hunter |
| Dotson |
| Rep | 12/17/84 | 5/27/85 |
Dennis | Hunter | Wilford W. Johansen | Dotson |
| Rep | 5/28/85 | 6/31/85 |
Dennis | Hunter | Johansen | Dotson | Marshall B. Babson | Rep | 7/1/85 | 8/27/85 |
Dennis |
| Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Split | 8/28/85 | 10/15/85 |
Dennis | James M. Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 10/16/85 | 6/24/86 |
| Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 6/25/86 | 11/6/86 |
Mary M. Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen | Dotson | Babson | Rep | 11/7/86 | 12/16/87 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen |
| Babson | Split | 12/17/87 | 7/31/88 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen |
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| Rep | 8/1/88 | 8/28/88 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen (r) | John E. Higgins, Jr. (r) |
| Rep | 8/29/88 | 11/21/88 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Johansen (r) | Higgins (r) | Dennis M. Devaney (r) | Rep | 11/22/88 | 6/15/89 |
Cracraft | Stephens |
| Higgins (r) | Devaney (r) | Split | 6/16/89 | 11/22/89 |
Cracraft | Stephens |
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| Devaney | Dem | 11/23/89 | 12/13/89 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Clifford R. Oviatt (r) |
| Devaney | Split | 12/14/89 | 12/16/89 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt (r) |
| Devaney (r) | Split | 12/17/89 | 8/2/90 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt |
| Devaney | Split | 8/3/90 | 8/26/90 |
Cracraft | Stephens | Oviatt | John N. Raudabaugh | Devaney | Rep | 8/27/90 | 8/27/91 |
| Stephens | Oviatt | Raudabaugh | Devaney | Rep | 8/28/91 | 12/16/92 |
| Stephens | Oviatt |
| Devaney | Rep | 12/17/92 | 12/18/92 |
| Stephens | Oviatt | Raudabaugh (r) | Devaney | Rep | 12/19/92 | 5/28/93 |
| Stephens |
| Raudabaugh (r) | Devaney | . | 5/28/93 | 11/26/93 |
| Stephens |
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| Devaney | Split(nq) | 11/27/93 | 1/23/94 |
| Stephens |
| Truesdale (r) | Devaney | Dem | 1/24/94 | 3/3/94 |
| Stephens |
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| Devaney | Split | 3/4/94 | 3/6/94 |
| Stephens | William B. Gould IV |
| Devaney | Dem | 3/7/94 | 3/8/94 |
| Stephens | Gould | Margaret A. Browning | Devaney | Dem | 3/9/94 | 3/17/94 |
Charles I. Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning | Devaney | Dem | 3/18/94 | 12/16/94 |
Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning |
| Split | 12/17/94 | 12/22/94 |
Cohen | Stephens | Gould | Browning | Truesdale (r) | Dem | 12/23/94 | 8/27/95 |
Cohen |
| Gould | Browning | Truesdale (r) | Dem | 8/28/95 | 1/3/96 |
Cohen |
| Gould | Browning |
| Dem | 1/4/96 | 2/5/96 |
Cohen | Sarah M. Fox (r) | Gould | Browning |
| Dem | 2/6/96 | 8/27/96 |
| Fox (r) | Gould | Browning |
| Dem | 8/28/96 | 9/2/96 |
Higgins (r) | Fox (r) | Gould | Browning |
| Dem | 9/3/96 | 2/28/97 |
Higgins (r) | Fox (r) | Gould |
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| Dem | 3/1/97 | 11/7/97 |
Higgins (r) |
| Gould |
| Fox | Dem | 11/8/97 | 11/13/97 |
Peter J. Hurtgen |
| Gould | Wilma B. Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/14/97 | 11/16/97 |
Hurtgen | J. Robert Brame III | Gould | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/17/97 | 8/27/98 |
Hurtgen | Brame |
| Liebman | Fox | Split | 8/28/98 | 12/3/98 |
Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale (r) | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 12/4/98 | 11/18/99 |
Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale | Liebman | Fox | Dem | 11/19/99 | 12/16/99 |
Hurtgen | Brame | Truesdale | Liebman | Fox (r) | Dem | 12/17/99 | 8/27/00 |
Hurtgen |
| Truesdale | Liebman | Fox (r) | Dem | 8/28/00 | 12/15/00 |
Hurtgen |
| Truesdale | Liebman |
| Dem | 12/16/00 | 12/29/00 |
Hurtgen | Dennis P. Walsh (r) | Truesdale | Liebman |
| Dem | 12/30/00 | 5/14/01 |
Hurtgen | Walsh (r) | Truesdale | Liebman |
| Dem | 5/15/01 | 8/27/01 |
| Walsh (r) | Truesdale | Liebman |
| Dem | 8/28/01 | 8/30/01 |
Hurtgen (r) | Walsh (r) | Truesdale | Liebman |
| Dem | 8/31/01 | 10/1/01 |
Hurtgen (r) | Walsh (r) |
| Liebman |
| Dem | 10/2/01 | 12/20/01 |
Hurtgen (r) |
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| Liebman |
| Split(nq) | 12/21/01 | 1/21/02 |
Hurtgen (r) | Michael J. Bartlett (r) | William B. Cowen (r) | Liebman |
| Rep | 1/22/02 | 8/1/02 |
| Bartlett (r) | Cowen (r) | Liebman |
| Rep | 8/2/02 | 11/22/02 |
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| Liebman |
| Dem (nq) | 11/23/02 | 12/16/02 |
Liebman | Peter C. Schaumber | R. Alexander Acosta | Robert J. Battista | Walsh | Rep | 12/17/02 | 8/21/03 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
| Battista | Walsh | Split | 8/22/03 | 1/11/04 |
Liebman | Schaumber | Ronald E. Meisburg (r) | Battista | Walsh | Rep | 1/12/04 | 12/8/04 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
| Battista | Walsh | Split | 12/9/04 | 12/16/04 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
| Battista |
| Rep | 12/17/04 | 8/27/05 |
Liebman |
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| Battista |
| Split(nq) | 8/28/05 | 8/30/05 |
Liebman | Schaumber (r) |
| Battista |
| Rep | 8/31/05 | 1/3/06 |
Liebman | Schaumber (r) | Peter N. Kirsanow (r) | Battista |
| Rep | 1/4/06 | 1/16/06 |
Liebman | Schaumber (r) | Kirsanow (r) | Battista | Walsh (r) | Rep | 1/17/06 | 8/2/06 |
Liebman | Schaumber | Kirsanow (r) | Battista | Walsh (r) | Rep | 8/3/06 | 12/16/07 |
Liebman | Schaumber | Kirsanow (r) |
| Walsh (r) | Rep | 12/17/07 | 12/31/07 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
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| Split (2M) | 1/1/08 | 3/17/08 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
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| Split (2M) | 3/18/08 | 1/20/09 |
Liebman | Schaumber |
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| Split (2M) | 1/20/09 | 3/26/10 |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Mark G. Pearce (r) | Craig Becker (r) | Dem | 3/27/10 | 6/21/10 | |
| Liebman | Schaumber | Pearce | Brian Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 6/22/10 | 8/27/10 |
| Liebman | Pearce | Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 8/28/10 | 8/27/11 | |
| Pearce | Hayes | Becker (r) | Dem | 8/28/11 | 1/3/12 | ||
| Pearce | Hayes | Split (2M) | 1/3/12 | 1/9/12 | |||
Richard Griffin (r) | Terrence F. Flynn (r) | Pearce | Hayes | Sharon Block (r) | Dem | 1/9/12 | 7/24/12 |
| Griffin (r) | Pearce | Hayes | Block (r) | Dem | 7/25/12 | 12/16/12 | |
| Griffin (r) | Pearce | Block (r) | Dem | 12/17/12 | Present |
