The United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses was created in 1885 to deal with the country's coastal defenses. It was abolished in 1921 during a reorganization of the U.S. Senate. ^[1]

Chairmen of the Committee on Coast Defenses, 1885-1921

• Joseph Dolph (R-OR) 1885-1891
• Watson Squire (R-WA) 1891-1893
• John Gordon (D-GA) 1893-1895
• Watson Squire (R-WA) 1895-1897
• Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT) 1897
• George W. McBride (R-OR) 1898-1901
• John H. Mitchell (R-OR) 1901-1905
• Philander C. Knox (R-PA) 1905-1908
• George S. Nixon (R-NV) 1908-1911
• Charles Curtis (R-KS) 1911-1913
• James E. Martine (D-NJ) 1913-1914
• Blair Lee I (D-MD) 1914-1917
• Charles S. Thomas (D-CO) 1917-1919
• Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) 1919-1921

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