Ransdell was chairman of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-sixth Congress).
Ransdell held positions in both the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses) and the Committee on Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-sixth Congress).