List of members of the Federal Trade Commission

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The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949. [1]

Contents

Current commissioners

The commission is headed by five commissioners, who each serve seven-year terms. Commissioners are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. No more than three commissioners can be of the same political party. In practice, this means that two commissions are of the opposition party. However, three members of the FTC throughout its history have been without party affiliation, with the most recent independent, Pamela Jones Harbour, serving from 2003 to 2009. [2]

PortraitNamePartyPrior experienceEducationTerm beganTerm expires
Andrew N. Ferguson, FTC Commissioner.jpg Andrew Ferguson

(Chair)

Republican Solicitor general of the Commonwealth of Virginia University of Virginia (BA)

University of Virginia (JD)

April 2, 2024September 26, 2030
Rebecca Slaughter (cropped).jpg Rebecca Slaughter Democratic Legal advisor to Senator Chuck Schumer Yale University (BA)

Yale Law School (JD)

May 2, 2018September 26, 2029
Alvaro Bedoya, FTC Commissioner (cropped).jpg Alvaro Bedoya Democratic Director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center Harvard College (BA)

Yale Law School (JD)

May 16, 2022September 26, 2026
Melissa Holyoak, FTC Commissioner.jpg Melissa Holyoak Republican Solicitor general of Utah University of Utah (BA)

University of Utah (JD)

March 25, 2024September 26, 2025
Commissioner Mark Meador.jpg Mark Meador Republican Legal advisor to Senator Mike Lee University of Chicago (BA)

University of Houston (JD)

April 16, 2025September 26, 2031

Former commissioners

The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949, including party affiliation. [1]

CommissionersPartyYears in officePrior experience
John J. Carson Republican [3] September 28, 1948 – March 31, 1953Journalist, The Baltimore Sun [4]
Stephen J. Spingarn Democratic October 25, 1950 – September 25, 1953Assistant General Counsel, Department of the Treasury [5]
Caspar Weinberger RepublicanDecember 31, 1969 – August 6, 1970 California State Assemblyman for the 21st district [6]
Philip Elman Independent April 21, 1961 – October 18, 1970Assistant to the Solicitor General [7]
Miles Kirkpatrick RepublicanSeptember 14, 1970 – February 20, 1973Head of the Antitrust Section, American Bar Association (ABA) [8]
Everette MacIntyre DemocraticSeptember 26, 1961 – August 30, 1973FTC trial lawyer [9]
Mary Gardiner Jones Republican [10] October 29, 1964 – November 2, 1973Staff attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division [11]
David S. Dennison Jr. RepublicanOctober 18, 1970 – December 31, 1973Congressman from Ohio's 11th district [12]
Mayo J. ThompsonDemocraticJuly 8, 1973 – September 26, 1975Antitrust attorney in private practice [13]
Lewis A. Engman DemocraticFebruary 20, 1973 – December 31, 1975Assistant Director, White House Domestic Council [14]
Calvin J. Collier RepublicanMarch 24, 1976 – December 31, 1977Director of Urban Program Coordination, Department of Housing and Urban Development [15]
Stephen A. NyeRepublicanMay 5, 1974 – May 5, 1978Partner at Sullivan, Jones and Archer LLP [16]
Elizabeth Hanford Dole Democratic (1973-1975)

Republican (1975-1979) [17]

December 4, 1973 – March 9, 1979Director, White House Office of Consumer Affairs [18]
Paul Rand Dixon DemocraticMarch 21, 1961 – September 25, 1981FTC trial attorney [19]
David A. Clanton RepublicanAugust 26, 1975 – October 14, 1983Minority Staff Counsel, Senate Committee on Commerce [20]
Michael Pertschuk DemocraticApril 21, 1977 – October 15, 1984Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Commerce [21]
George W. Douglas DemocraticDecember 27, 1982 – September 18, 1985President, Southwest Econometrics Inc. (private economic research firm) [22]
James C. Miller III RepublicanSeptember 30, 1981 – October 5, 1985Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) [23]
Patricia P. BaileyRepublicanOctober 29, 1979 – May 15, 1988Assistant to the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board [24]
Daniel Oliver RepublicanApril 21, 1986 – August 10, 1989Executive Editor, National Review [25]
Terry Calvani RepublicanNovember 18, 1983 – September 25, 1990Law professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law [26]
Andrew Strenio DemocraticMarch 17, 1986 – July 15, 1991Member, Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) [27]
Deborah K. Owen RepublicanOctober 25, 1989 – August 26, 1994 Associate White House Counsel [28]
Dennis A. Yao DemocraticJuly 16, 1991 – August 31, 1994Professor, Wharton School of Business [29]
Christine A. Varney DemocraticOctober 17, 1994 – August 5, 1997 White House Cabinet Secretary [30]
Janet D. Steiger RepublicanAugust 11, 1989 – September 28, 1997Chair of the Postal Rate Commission [31]
Roscoe B. Starek III RepublicanNovember 19, 1990 – December 18, 1997 Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel [32]
Mary Azcuenaga IndependentNovember 27, 1984 – June 3, 1998FTC Assistant General Counsel [33]
Robert Pitofsky DemocraticJune 29, 1978 – April 30, 1981

April 11, 1995 – May 31, 2001

Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection [34]
Sheila F. Anthony DemocraticSeptember 30, 1997 – August 1, 2003 Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs [35]
Timothy Muris RepublicanJune 4, 2001 – August 15, 2004Law professor, GMU School of Law [36]
Mozelle W. Thompson DemocraticDecember 17, 1997 – August 31, 2004Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Policy [37]
Orson Swindle RepublicanDecember 18, 1997 – June 30, 2005Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Development [38]
Thomas B. Leary RepublicanNovember 17, 1999 – December 31, 2005Assistant General Counsel, General Motors [39]
Deborah Platt Majoras RepublicanAugust 16, 2004 – March 29, 2008Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division [40]
Pamela Jones Harbour IndependentAugust 4, 2003 – April 6, 2010Deputy Attorney General of New York [41]
William Kovacic RepublicanJanuary 4, 2006 – October 3, 2011Law professor, The George Washington University Law School [42]
J. Thomas Rosch RepublicanJanuary 5, 2006 - Sept 2012Director, FTC Bureau of Competition [43]
Jon Leibowitz DemocraticMarch 2, 2009 – March 7, 2013Lobbyist, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) [44]
Joshua D. Wright RepublicanJanuary 11, 2013 – August 24, 2015Law professor, GMU Antonin Scalia Law School [45]
Julie Brill DemocraticApril 6, 2010 – March 31, 2016Assistant Attorney General of Vermont for Consumer Protection and Antitrust [46]
Edith Ramirez DemocraticApril 5, 2010 – February 10, 2017Vice President, LA Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners [47]
Terrell McSweeny DemocraticApril 28, 2014 – April 27, 2018Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, DOJ Antitrust Division [48]
Joseph Simons RepublicanMay 1, 2018 – January 29, 2021Director, FTC Bureau of Competition [43]
Rohit Chopra DemocraticMay 2, 2018 – October 12, 2021 CFPB Assistant Director
Noah J. Phillips RepublicanMay 2, 2018 – October 14, 2022Counsel to Senator John Cornyn [49]
Christine S. Wilson RepublicanSeptember 26, 2018 – March 31, 2023Senior Vice President, Delta Air Lines
Lina Khan DemocraticJune 15, 2021 – January 31, 2025Legal scholar

List of Federal Trade Commission members (1918–2023) [50]

Chairs

The following is a list of the chairs of the Federal Trade Commission. [51] [52]

Chairs selected by the members

No.ImageChairPartyStartEndRefs.
1 928.Joseph E. Davies 1939.jpg Joseph E. Davies Democratic March 16, 1915June 30, 1916 [53]
2 Edward N. Hurley in the 1910s - LOC hec.14128 (cropped).tif Edward N. Hurley Democratic July 1, 1916January 31, 1917 [53]
3 HARRIS, W.J. SENATOR LCCN2016857147 (3x4b).jpg William J. Harris Democratic February 1, 1917May 6, 1918 [53]
4 William Byron Colver in 1917 (cropped).jpg William Byron Colver Democratic May 7, 1918June 30, 1919
5 John Franklin Fort.jpg John Franklin Fort Republican July 1, 1919November 30, 1919
6 VictorMurdock.jpg Victor Murdock Progressive December 1, 1919November 30, 1920
7 Portrait of Samuel Huston Thompson.jpg Samuel Huston Thompson Democratic December 1, 1920November 30, 1921
8 Nelson B. Gaskill 1920.png Nelson B. Gaskill Republican December 1, 1921November 30, 1922
9 VictorMurdock.jpg Victor Murdock Progressive December 1, 1922November 30, 1923
10 Portrait of Samuel Huston Thompson.jpg Samuel Huston Thompson Democratic December 1, 1923November 30, 1924
11 Vernon W. Van Fleet Republican December 1, 1924November 30, 1925
12 Johnnugent.jpg John F. Nugent Democratic December 1, 1925November 30, 1926
13 HUNT, CHARLES W. LCCN2016860227.jpg Charles W. Hunt Republican December 1, 1926November 30, 1927
14 WilliamEHumphrey.jpg William E. Humphrey Republican December 1, 1927November 30, 1928
15 Abram F. Myers Republican December 1, 1928January 15, 1929
16 Edgar A. McCulloch Democratic January 16, 1929November 30, 1929
17 1938 Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Commissioner Garland S. Ferguson today assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission for 1938. He was elected LCCN2016872796.jpg Garland Ferguson Jr. Democratic January 1, 1930December 30, 1930
18 HUNT, CHARLES W. LCCN2016860227.jpg Charles W. Hunt Republican January 1, 1931December 31, 1931
19 WilliamEHumphrey.jpg William E. Humphrey Republican February 1, 1932December 31, 1932
20 Chas. H. March LCCN2014717843.jpg Charles H. March Republican January 1, 1933December 31, 1933
21 1938 Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Commissioner Garland S. Ferguson today assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission for 1938. He was elected LCCN2016872796.jpg Garland Ferguson Jr. Democratic January 1, 1934December 31, 1934
22 DAVIS, E.L. HONORABLE LCCN2016860426 (3x4a).jpg Ewin L. Davis Democratic January 1, 1935December 31, 1935
23 Chas. H. March LCCN2014717843.jpg Charles H. March Republican January 1, 1936December 31, 1936
24 WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg William Augustus Ayres Democratic January 1, 1937December 31, 1937
25 1938 Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Commissioner Garland S. Ferguson today assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission for 1938. He was elected LCCN2016872796.jpg Garland Ferguson Jr. Democratic January 1, 1938December 31, 1938
26 Robert E. Freer Republican January 1, 1939December 31, 1939
27 DAVIS, E.L. HONORABLE LCCN2016860426 (3x4a).jpg Ewin L. Davis Democratic January 1, 1940December 31, 1940
28 Chas. H. March LCCN2014717843.jpg Charles H. March Republican January 1, 1941December 31, 1941
29 DAVIS, E.L. HONORABLE LCCN2016860426 (3x4a).jpg William Augustus Ayres Democratic January 1, 1942December 31, 1942
30 1938 Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Commissioner Garland S. Ferguson today assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission for 1938. He was elected LCCN2016872796.jpg Garland Ferguson Jr. Democratic January 1, 1943December 31, 1943
31 Robert E. Freer Republican January 1, 1944December 31, 1944
32 DAVIS, E.L. HONORABLE LCCN2016860426 (3x4a).jpg Ewin L. Davis Democratic January 1, 1945December 31, 1945
33 WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg William Augustus Ayres Democratic January 1, 1946December 31, 1946
34 1938 Chairman of Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Commissioner Garland S. Ferguson today assumed the chairmanship of the Federal Trade Commission for 1938. He was elected LCCN2016872796.jpg Garland Ferguson Jr. Democratic January 1, 1947December 31, 1947
35 Robert E. Freer Republican January 1, 1948December 31, 1948
36 Lowell B. Mason Republican January 1, 1949May 23, 1950

Chairs designated by the president

No.ImageChairPartyStartEndRefs.
37 JamesMMead.jpg James M. Mead Democratic May 24, 1950March 31, 1953
38 Edward F. Howrey Republican April 1, 1953September 12, 1955
39 John Gwynne.png John W. Gwynne Republican September 12, 1955May 31, 1959
40 Earl W. Kintner Republican June 11, 1959March 20, 1961
41 Paul Rand Dixon Democratic March 21, 1961December 31, 1969
42 Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg Caspar Weinberger Republican January 1, 1970August 6, 1970
Acting Everette MacIntyre Democratic August 8, 1970September 14, 1970
43 Miles W. Kirkpatrick Republican September 15, 1970February 20, 1973
44 Lewis A. Engman Republican February 21, 1973December 31, 1975
Acting Paul Rand Dixon Democratic January 1, 1976March 25, 1976
45 Calvin J. Collier Republican March 25, 1976April 20, 1977
46 Michael Pertschuk Democratic April 21, 1977March 3, 1981
Acting David A. Clanton Republican March 4, 1981September 25, 1981
47 James C. Miller III.jpg James C. Miller III Republican September 26, 1981October 4, 1985
Acting Terry Calvani.jpg Terry Calvani Republican October 7, 1985April 20, 1986
48 Daniel Oliver Republican April 21, 1986August 10, 1989
49 Janet Dempsey Steiger Republican August 11, 1989April 11, 1995 [54]
50 Robert Pitofsky.jpg Robert Pitofsky Democratic April 11, 1995May 31, 2001 [55]
51 Timothy J. Muris.jpg Timothy Muris Republican June 4, 2001August 15, 2004 [56]
52 Deborah Majoras.jpg Deborah Platt Majoras Republican August 16, 2004March 30, 2008 [57]
Acting William E. Kovacic (cropped).jpg William Kovacic Republican March 31, 2008March 1, 2009 [58]
53 Jon leibowitz.jpg Jon Leibowitz Democratic March 2, 2009March 4, 2013 [59]
54 Edith Ramirez official photo (cropped2).jpg Edith Ramirez Democratic March 4, 2013January 25, 2017 [60]
Acting Maureen K. Ohlhausen.jpg Maureen Ohlhausen Republican January 25, 2017May 1, 2018 [61]
55 Joseph Simons official photo.jpg Joseph Simons Republican May 1, 2018January 21, 2021 [62]
Acting Rebecca Slaughter.jpg Rebecca Slaughter [63] Democratic January 21, 2021June 15, 2021 [64]
56 Lina Khan, FTC Chair (cropped).jpg Lina Khan Democratic June 15, 2021January 20, 2025 [65]
57 Andrew N. Ferguson, FTC Commissioner.jpg Andrew N. Ferguson Republican January 20, 2025present [66]

Backgrounds of commissioners

Demographics

As of 2021, there have been:

Career backgrounds

The vast majority of FTC members have been individuals with legal backgrounds, with notable exceptions. President Ronald Reagan appointed the first two professional economists, James C. Miller III [67] and George W. Douglas, [68] to serve on the body. Dennis Yao, a Democrat who served from 1991 to 1994, held a Ph.D in economics, and Joshua D. Wright, a Republican who served from 2013 to 2015, held a both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics. [69]

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