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Ayres</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg/220px-WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg/330px-WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg/440px-WilliamAugustusAyres.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1654" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Kansas05 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1933 – August 22, 1934</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_G._Strong" title="James G. Strong">James G. Strong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Mills_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mills Houston">John Mills Houston</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Kansas08 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 8th congressional district">8th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Richard Ely Bird</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>District abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Victor Murdock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Richard Ely Bird</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1867-04-19</span>)</span>April 19, 1867<br /><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Illinois" title="Elizabethtown, Illinois">Elizabethtown, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 17, 1952<span style="display:none">(1952-02-17)</span> (aged 84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Augustus Ayres</b> (April 19, 1867 – February 17, 1952) was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commissioner</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Augustus_Ayres&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William A. Ayres was born in <a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Illinois" title="Elizabethtown, Illinois">Elizabethtown, Illinois</a>. He moved with his parents to <a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Kansas" title="Sedgwick County, Kansas">Sedgwick County, Kansas</a>, in 1881. He attended the common schools and <a href="/wiki/Friends_University#Garfield_University" title="Friends University">Garfield University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in <a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>. He was clerk of the Court of Appeals of Kansas from 1897 to 1901, and prosecuting attorney of <a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Kansas" title="Sedgwick County, Kansas">Sedgwick County, Kansas</a>, from 1906 to 1910. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Augustus_Ayres&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ayres was elected as a Democrat to the <a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">Sixty-fourth</a>, <a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">Sixty-fifth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">Sixty-sixth</a> Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_election,_1920" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House election, 1920">1920</a> to the <a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">Sixty-seventh</a> Congress. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/68th_United_States_Congress" title="68th United States Congress">Sixty-eighth</a> and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation effective August 22, 1934, having been appointed a member of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> on June 30, 1934, in which capacity he served until his death in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, in 1952. 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href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=William+Augustus+Ayres+%28id%3A+A000354%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DA000354&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Augustus+Ayres" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aylesworth-azro.html">The Political Graveyard</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Victor Murdock</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kansas08 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 8th congressional district">Kansas's 8th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1915 - 1921 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Richard Ely Bird</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Richard Ely Bird</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kansas" title="List of United States representatives from Kansas">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kansas08 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 8th congressional district">Kansas's 8th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1923 - 1933 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>District eliminated </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_George_Strong" class="mw-redirect" title="James George Strong">James George Strong</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a 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data-sort-value="Kansas01 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Phillips" title="William A. 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Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_B._Little" title="Chauncey B. Little">C. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Samuel_Guyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Samuel Guyer">Guyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Errett_P._Scrivner" title="Errett P. Scrivner">Scrivner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newell_A._George" title="Newell A. George">N. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellsworth" title="Robert Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Avery_(politician)" title="William H. Avery (politician)">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_L._Mize" title="Chester L. Mize">Mize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Roy" title="William R. 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Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H._Clover" title="Benjamin H. Clover">Clover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Hudson" title="Thomas Jefferson Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snyder_S._Kirkpatrick" title="Snyder S. Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_R._Ridgely" title="Edwin R. Ridgely">Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Metcalf_Jackson" title="Alfred Metcalf Jackson">A. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_P._Campbell" title="Philip P. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Sproul" title="William H. Sproul">Sproul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_C._McGugin" title="Harold C. 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Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Yoder" title="Kevin Yoder">Yoder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharice_Davids" title="Sharice Davids">Davids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas04 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ryan_(Kansas_politician)" title="Thomas Ryan (Kansas politician)">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Kelley" title="Harrison Kelley">Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Otis" title="John G. Otis">Otis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe_Miller" title="James Monroe Miller">J. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_S._Jackson" title="Fred S. Jackson">F. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Doolittle" title="Dudley Doolittle">Doolittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homer_Hoch" title="Homer Hoch">Hoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Carpenter" title="Randolph Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herbert_Rees" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Herbert Rees">E. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner_E._Shriver" title="Garner E. Shriver">Shriver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Glickman" title="Dan Glickman">Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Tiahrt" title="Todd Tiahrt">Tiahrt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Pompeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Estes" title="Ron Estes">Estes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas05 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Anderson" title="John Alexander Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Kansas_politician)" title="John Davis (Kansas politician)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Vincent" title="William D. Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Calderhead" title="William A. Calderhead">Calderhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollin_R._Rees" title="Rollin R. Rees">R. Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_T._Helvering" title="Guy T. Helvering">Helvering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Strong" title="James G. Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mills_Houston" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mills Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Floyd_Breeding" class="mw-redirect" title="James Floyd Breeding">Breeding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Skubitz" title="Joe Skubitz">Skubitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Whittaker" title="Bob Whittaker">Whittaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Nichols" title="Dick Nichols">Nichols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas06 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hanback" title="Lewis Hanback">Hanback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_J._Turner" title="Erastus J. Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(Kansas_politician)" title="William Baker (Kansas politician)">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_B._McCormick" title="Nelson B. McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Reeder" title="William Augustus Reeder">Reeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_D._Young" title="Isaac D. Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Connelly" title="John R. Connelly">Connelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hays_B._White" title="Hays B. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I._Sparks" title="Charles I. 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Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Simpson" title="Jerry Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_I._Long" title="Chester I. Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Murdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmond_H._Madison" title="Edmond H. Madison">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Neeley" title="George A. Neeley">Neeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jouett_Shouse" title="Jouett Shouse">Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_N._Tincher" title="Jasper N. Tincher">Tincher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_R._Hope" title="Clifford R. Hope">Hope</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas08 !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Kansas's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Murdock</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ayres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ely_Bird" title="Richard Ely Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ayres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="KansasAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_F._Conway" title="Martin F. Conway">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abel_Carter_Wilder" class="mw-redirect" title="Abel Carter Wilder">Wilder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Clarke" title="Sidney Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Perley_Lowe" class="mw-redirect" title="David Perley Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li>(1873–1875: <a href="/wiki/David_Perley_Lowe" class="mw-redirect" title="David Perley Lowe">Lowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Cobb" title="Stephen A. Cobb">Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Phillips" title="William A. Phillips">Phillips</a>)</li> <li>(1883–1885: <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hanback" title="Lewis Hanback">Hanback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Needham_Morrill" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Needham Morrill">Morrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_W._Perkins" title="Bishop W. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_R._Peters" title="Samuel R. Peters">S. Peters</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Harris_(Kansas_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Alexander Harris (Kansas politician)">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_W._Blue" title="Richard W. Blue">Blue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_D._Botkin" title="Jeremiah D. Botkin">Botkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_J._Bailey" title="Willis J. Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Frederick_Scott" title="Charles Frederick Scott">Scott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Kansas TerritoryAL !"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Kansas Territory's at-large congressional district">Territory</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkins_Whitfield" title="John Wilkins Whitfield">Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Parrott" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Junius Parrott">Parrott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chairs_of_the_Federal_Trade_Commission" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:FTC_Chairs" title="Template:FTC Chairs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:FTC_Chairs" title="Template talk:FTC Chairs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:FTC_Chairs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:FTC Chairs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chairs_of_the_Federal_Trade_Commission" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_chairs_of_the_Federal_Trade_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chairs of the Federal Trade Commission">Chairs of the Federal Trade Commission</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Member-selected<br />(1915–1950)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_E._Davies" title="Joseph E. Davies">Joseph E. Davies</a> (1915–1916) • <a href="/wiki/Edward_N._Hurley" title="Edward N. Hurley">Edward N. Hurley</a> (1916–1917) • <a href="/wiki/William_J._Harris" title="William J. Harris">William J. Harris</a> (1917–1918) • <a href="/wiki/William_Byron_Colver" title="William Byron Colver">William Byron Colver</a> (1918–1919) • <a href="/wiki/John_Franklin_Fort" title="John Franklin Fort">John Franklin Fort</a> (1919) • <a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Victor Murdock</a> (1919–1920) • <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Huston_Thompson" title="Samuel Huston Thompson">Samuel Huston Thompson</a> (1920–1921) • <a href="/wiki/Nelson_B._Gaskill" title="Nelson B. Gaskill">Nelson B. Gaskill</a> (1921–1922) • <a href="/wiki/Victor_Murdock" title="Victor Murdock">Victor Murdock</a> (1922–1923) • <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Huston_Thompson" title="Samuel Huston Thompson">Samuel Huston Thompson</a> (1923–1924) • <a href="/wiki/Vernon_W._Van_Fleet" title="Vernon W. Van Fleet">Vernon W. Van Fleet</a> (1924–1925) • <a href="/wiki/John_F._Nugent" title="John F. Nugent">John F. Nugent</a> (1925–1926) • <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Hunt_(politician)" title="Charles W. Hunt (politician)">Charles W. Hunt</a> (1926–1927) • <a href="/wiki/William_E._Humphrey" title="William E. Humphrey">William E. Humphrey</a> (1927–1928) • <a href="/wiki/Abram_F._Myers" title="Abram F. Myers">Abram F. Myers</a> (1928–1929) • <a href="/wiki/Edgar_A._McCulloch" title="Edgar A. McCulloch">Edgar A. McCulloch</a> (1929) • <a href="/wiki/Garland_Ferguson_Jr." title="Garland Ferguson Jr.">Garland Ferguson Jr.</a> (1930) • <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Hunt_(politician)" title="Charles W. Hunt (politician)">Charles W. Hunt</a> (1931) • <a href="/wiki/William_E._Humphrey" title="William E. Humphrey">William E. Humphrey</a> (1932) • <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._March" title="Charles H. March">Charles H. March</a> (1933) • <a href="/wiki/Garland_Ferguson_Jr." title="Garland Ferguson Jr.">Garland Ferguson Jr.</a> (1934) • <a href="/wiki/Ewin_L._Davis" title="Ewin L. Davis">Ewin L. Davis</a> (1935) • <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._March" title="Charles H. March">Charles H. March</a> (1936) • <a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Augustus Ayres</a> (1937) • <a href="/wiki/Garland_Ferguson_Jr." title="Garland Ferguson Jr.">Garland Ferguson Jr.</a> (1938) • <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Freer" title="Robert E. Freer">Robert E. Freer</a> (1939) • <a href="/wiki/Ewin_L._Davis" title="Ewin L. Davis">Ewin L. Davis</a> (1940) • <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._March" title="Charles H. March">Charles H. March</a> (1941) • <a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Augustus Ayres</a> (1942) • <a href="/wiki/Garland_Ferguson_Jr." title="Garland Ferguson Jr.">Garland Ferguson Jr.</a> (1943) • <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Freer" title="Robert E. Freer">Robert E. Freer</a> (1944) • <a href="/wiki/Ewin_L._Davis" title="Ewin L. Davis">Ewin L. Davis</a> (1945) • <a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Augustus Ayres</a> (1946) • <a href="/wiki/Garland_Ferguson_Jr." title="Garland Ferguson Jr.">Garland Ferguson Jr.</a> (1947) • <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Freer" title="Robert E. Freer">Robert E. Freer</a> (1948) • <a href="/wiki/Lowell_B._Mason" title="Lowell B. Mason">Lowell B. Mason</a> (1949–1950)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/75px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/113px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential appointments<br />(1950–present)<br />Acting chairs <i>italicized</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Mead" title="James M. Mead">James M. Mead</a> (1950–1953) • <a href="/wiki/Edward_F._Howrey" title="Edward F. Howrey">Edward F. Howrey</a> (1953–1955) • <a href="/wiki/John_W._Gwynne" title="John W. Gwynne">John W. Gwynne</a> (1955–1959) • <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Kintner" title="Earl W. Kintner">Earl W. Kintner</a> (1959–1961) • <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rand_Dixon" title="Paul Rand Dixon">Paul Rand Dixon</a> (1961–1969) • <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a> (1970–1970) • <a href="/wiki/Everette_MacIntyre" title="Everette MacIntyre">Everette MacIntyre</a> (1970–1973) • <a href="/wiki/Lewis_A._Engman" title="Lewis A. Engman">Lewis A. Engman</a> (1973–1975) • <i><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rand_Dixon" title="Paul Rand Dixon">Paul Rand Dixon</a></i> (1976) • <a href="/wiki/Calvin_J._Collier" title="Calvin J. Collier">Calvin J. Collier</a> (1976–1977) • <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pertschuk" title="Michael Pertschuk">Michael Pertschuk</a> (1977–1981) • <i><a href="/wiki/David_A._Clanton" title="David A. Clanton">David A. Clanton</a></i> (1981) • <a href="/wiki/James_C._Miller_III" title="James C. Miller III">James C. Miller III</a> (1981–1985) • <i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Calvani" title="Terry Calvani">Terry Calvani</a></i> (1985–1986) • <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Oliver_(policymaker)" title="Daniel Oliver (policymaker)">Daniel Oliver</a> (1986–1989) • <a href="/wiki/Janet_Dempsey_Steiger" title="Janet Dempsey Steiger">Janet Dempsey Steiger</a> (1989–1995) • <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pitofsky" title="Robert Pitofsky">Robert Pitofsky</a> (1995–2001) • <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Muris" title="Timothy Muris">Timothy Muris</a> (2001–2004) • <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Platt_Majoras" title="Deborah Platt Majoras">Deborah Platt Majoras</a> (2004–2008) • <a href="/wiki/William_Kovacic" title="William Kovacic">William Kovacic</a> (2008–2009) • <a href="/wiki/Jon_Leibowitz" title="Jon Leibowitz">Jon Leibowitz</a> (2009–2013) • <a href="/wiki/Edith_Ramirez" title="Edith Ramirez">Edith Ramirez</a> (2013–2017) • <i><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Ohlhausen" title="Maureen Ohlhausen">Maureen Ohlhausen</a></i> (2017–2018) • <a 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