The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, portraying notable persons in the histories of the respective states. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state, except for Virginia which currently has one, making a total of 99.
On July 2, 1864, Congress established the National Statuary Hall: "States [may] provide and furnish statues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration."[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building.[1] In 2000, Congress amended a law to allow states to replace their statues.[2] Nine statues have since been removed.
The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 58 statues of bronze and 42 of marble. Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection. The collection includes statues of eleven women, one of them, Mary McLeod Bethune (Florida), the sole African American; two persons of Hispanic descent, Dennis Chávez (New Mexico) and Saint Junípero Serra (California); one Native Hawaiian, Kamehameha I (Hawaii); and six American Indians. Also represented are five members of the Catholic clergy and five physicians or medical scientists. In recent years, many, including Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, have labeled statues dedicated to Confederate leaders problematic, and called for their removal.[3][4] Six Confederate figures are currently included in the collection, and three Confederate statues, dedicated to General Robert E. Lee (Virginia), Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (Alabama), and General Edmund Kirby Smith (Florida), have been removed.[5] Only the states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them.[6]
Commissioned by | Statue[note 1] | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Year placed | Location | Ref. |
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Alabama | Statue of Helen Keller | ![]() |
Bronze | Edward Hlavka | 2009 | Capitol Visitor Center | [7] |
Statue of Joseph Wheeler | ![]() |
Bronze | Berthold Nebel | 1925 | National Statuary Hall | [8] | |
Alaska | Statue of Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett | ![]() |
Bronze | Felix de Weldon | 1971 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [9] |
Statue of Ernest Gruening | ![]() |
Bronze | George Anthonisen | 1977 | Capitol Visitor Center | [10] | |
Arizona | Statue of Barry Goldwater | ![]() |
Bronze | Deborah Copenhaver Fellows | 2015 | National Statuary Hall | [11] |
Statue of Eusebio Kino | ![]() |
Bronze | Suzanne Silvercruys | 1965 | Capitol Visitor Center | [12] | |
Arkansas | Statue of James Paul Clarke | ![]() |
Marble | Pompeo Coppini | 1921 | Capitol Visitor Center | [13] |
Statue of Uriah M. Rose | ![]() |
Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1917 | National Statuary Hall | [14] | |
California | Statue of Ronald Reagan | ![]() |
Bronze | Chas Fagan | 2009 | Rotunda | [15] |
Statue of Junípero Serra | ![]() |
Bronze | Ettore Cadorin | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | [16] | |
Colorado | Statue of Florence R. Sabin | ![]() |
Bronze | Joy Buba | 1959 | Hall of Columns | [17] |
Statue of Jack Swigert | ![]() |
Bronze | Mark Lundeen and George Lundeen | 1997 | Capitol Visitor Center | [18] | |
Connecticut | Statue of Roger Sherman | ![]() |
Marble | Chauncey Ives | 1872 | Crypt | [19] |
Statue of Jonathan Trumbull | ![]() |
Marble | Chauncey Ives | 1872 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [20] | |
Delaware | Statue of John M. Clayton | ![]() |
Marble | Bryant Baker | 1934 | Capitol Visitor Center | [21] |
Statue of Caesar Rodney | ![]() |
Marble | Bryant Baker | 1934 | Crypt | [22] | |
Florida | Statue of John Gorrie | ![]() |
Marble | C. Adrian Pillars | 1914 | National Statuary Hall | [23] |
Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune | ![]() |
Marble | Nilda M. Comas | 2022 | National Statuary Hall | [24] | |
Georgia | Statue of Crawford Long | ![]() |
Marble | J. Massey Rhind | 1926 | Crypt | [25] |
Statue of Alexander H. Stephens | ![]() |
Marble | Gutzon Borglum | 1927 | National Statuary Hall | [26] | |
Hawaii | Statue of Father Damien | ![]() |
Bronze | Marisol Escobar | 1969 | Hall of Columns | [27] |
Statue of Kamehameha I | ![]() |
Bronze | Thomas Ridgeway Gould | 1969 | Capitol Visitor Center | [28] | |
Idaho | Statue of William Borah | ![]() |
Bronze | Bryant Baker | 1947 | Capitol Visitor Center | [29] |
Statue of George L. Shoup | ![]() |
Marble | Frederick Triebel | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [30] | |
Illinois | Statue of James Shields | ![]() |
Bronze | Leonard W. Volk | 1893 | Hall of Columns | [31] |
Statue of Frances Willard | ![]() |
Marble | Helen Farnsworth Mears | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | [32] | |
Indiana | Statue of Oliver P. Morton | ![]() |
Marble | Charles Niehaus | 1900 | Senate Wing, 1st floor | [33] |
Statue of Lew Wallace | ![]() |
Marble | Andrew O'Connor | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [34] | |
Iowa | Statue of Norman Borlaug | ![]() |
Bronze | Benjamin Victor | 2014 | National Statuary Hall | [35] |
Statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood | ![]() |
Bronze | Vinnie Ream | 1913 | National Statuary Hall | [36] | |
Kansas | Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower | ![]() |
Bronze | Jim Brothers | 2003 | Rotunda | [37] |
Statue of Amelia Earhart | ![]() |
Bronze | Mark Lundeen and George Lundeen | 2022 | National Statuary Hall | [38] | |
Kentucky | Statue of Henry Clay | ![]() |
Bronze | Charles Niehaus | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | [39] |
Statue of Ephraim McDowell | ![]() |
Bronze | Charles Niehaus | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | [40] | |
Louisiana | Statue of Huey Long | ![]() |
Bronze | Charles Keck | 1941 | National Statuary Hall | [41] |
Statue of Edward Douglass White | ![]() |
Bronze | Arthur C. Morgan | 1955 | Capitol Visitor Center | [42] | |
Maine | Statue of Hannibal Hamlin | ![]() |
Bronze | Charles Tefft | 1935 | National Statuary Hall | [43] |
Statue of William King | ![]() |
Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1878 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [44] | |
Maryland | Statue of Charles Carroll of Carrollton | ![]() |
Bronze | Richard E. Brooks | 1903 | Crypt | [45] |
Statue of John Hanson | ![]() |
Bronze | Richard E. Brooks | 1903 | Senate corridor, 2nd floor | [46] | |
Massachusetts | Statue of Samuel Adams | ![]() |
Marble | Anne Whitney | 1876 | Crypt | [47] |
Statue of John Winthrop | ![]() |
Marble | Richard S. Greenough | 1876 | Hall of Columns | [48] | |
Michigan | Statue of Lewis Cass | ![]() |
Marble | Daniel Chester French | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | [49] |
Statue of Gerald Ford | ![]() |
Bronze | J. Brett Grill | 2011 | Rotunda | [50] | |
Minnesota | Statue of Henry Mower Rice | ![]() |
Marble | Frederick Triebel | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | [51] |
Statue of Maria Sanford | ![]() |
Bronze | Evelyn Raymond | 1958 | Capitol Visitor Center | [52] | |
Mississippi | Statue of Jefferson Davis | ![]() |
Bronze | Augustus Lukeman | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | [53] |
Statue of James Z. George | ![]() |
Bronze | Augustus Lukeman | 1931 | Capitol Visitor Center | [54] | |
Missouri | Statue of Harry S. Truman | Bronze | Tom Corbin | 2022 | Rotunda | [55] | |
Statue of Francis Preston Blair Jr. | ![]() |
Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1899 | Hall of Columns | [56] | |
Montana | Statue of Jeannette Rankin | ![]() |
Bronze | Terry Mimnaugh | 1985 | Capitol Visitor Center | [57] |
Statue of Charles Marion Russell | ![]() |
Bronze | John Weaver | 1959 | National Statuary Hall | [58] | |
Nebraska | Statue of Standing Bear | ![]() |
Bronze | Benjamin Victor | 2019 | National Statuary Hall | [59] |
Statue of Julius Sterling Morton | ![]() |
Bronze | Rudulph Evans | 1937 | Capitol Visitor Center | [60] | |
Nevada | Statue of Pat McCarran | ![]() |
Bronze | Yolande Jacobson | 1960 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [61] |
Statue of Sarah Winnemucca | ![]() |
Bronze | Benjamin Victor | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | [62] | |
New Hampshire | Statue of John Stark | ![]() |
Marble | Carl Conrads | 1894 | Crypt | [63] |
Statue of Daniel Webster | ![]() |
Marble | Carl Conrads (after Thomas Ball) | 1894 | National Statuary Hall | [64] | |
New Jersey | Statue of Philip Kearny | ![]() |
Bronze | Henry Kirke Brown | 1888 | Hall of Columns | [65] |
Statue of Richard Stockton | ![]() |
Marble | Henry Kirke Brown (completed by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown) |
1888 | Crypt | [66] | |
New Mexico | Statue of Dennis Chávez | ![]() |
Bronze | Felix de Weldon | 1966 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [67] |
Statue of Po'pay | ![]() |
Marble | Cliff Fragua | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | [68] | |
New York | Statue of George Clinton | ![]() |
Bronze | Henry Kirke Brown | 1873 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [69] |
Statue of Robert R. Livingston | ![]() |
Bronze | Erastus Dow Palmer | 1875 | Crypt | [70] | |
North Carolina | Statue of Charles Brantley Aycock | ![]() |
Bronze | Charles Keck | 1932 | Crypt | [71] |
Statue of Zebulon Baird Vance | ![]() |
Bronze | Gutzon Borglum | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | [72] | |
North Dakota | Statue of John Burke | ![]() |
Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1963 | National Statuary Hall | [73] |
Statue of Sakakawea | ![]() |
Bronze | Arizona Bronze Atelier (after Leonard Crunelle, 1909) |
2003 | Capitol Visitor Center | [74] | |
Ohio | Statue of Thomas Edison | ![]() |
Bronze | Alan Cottrill | 2016 | National Statuary Hall | [75] |
Statue of James A. Garfield | ![]() |
Marble | Charles Niehaus | 1886 | Rotunda | [76] | |
Oklahoma | Statue of Will Rogers | ![]() |
Bronze | Jo Davidson | 1939 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [77] |
Statue of Sequoyah | ![]() |
Bronze | Vinnie Ream (completed by G. Julian Zolnay) |
1917 | National Statuary Hall | [78] | |
Oregon | Statue of Jason Lee | ![]() |
Bronze | Gifford MacGregor Proctor | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | [79] |
Statue of John McLoughlin | ![]() |
Bronze | Gifford MacGregor Proctor | 1953 | Capitol Visitor Center | [80] | |
Pennsylvania | Statue of Robert Fulton | ![]() |
Marble | Howard Roberts | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | [81] |
Statue of Peter Muhlenberg | ![]() |
Marble | Blanche Nevin | 1889 | Crypt | [82] | |
Rhode Island | Statue of Nathanael Greene | ![]() |
Marble | Henry Kirke Brown | 1870 | Crypt | [83] |
Statue of Roger Williams | ![]() |
Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1872 | Senate corridor, 2nd floor | [84] | |
South Carolina | Statue of John C. Calhoun | ![]() |
Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1910 | Crypt | [85] |
Statue of Wade Hampton III | ![]() |
Marble | Frederick Ruckstull | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | [86] | |
South Dakota | Statue of William Henry Harrison Beadle | ![]() |
Bronze | H. Daniel Webster | 1938 | National Statuary Hall | [87] |
Statue of Joseph Ward | ![]() |
Marble | Bruno Beghé | 1963 | Capitol Visitor Center | [88] | |
Tennessee | Statue of Andrew Jackson | ![]() |
Bronze | Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold Scholz |
1928 | Rotunda | [89] |
Statue of John Sevier | ![]() |
Bronze | Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold Scholz |
1931 | National Statuary Hall | [90] | |
Texas | Statue of Stephen F. Austin | ![]() |
Marble | Elisabet Ney | 1905 | Hall of Columns | [91] |
Statue of Sam Houston | ![]() |
Marble | Elisabet Ney | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | [92] | |
Utah | Statue of Philo Farnsworth | ![]() |
Bronze | James R. Avati | 1990 | Capitol Visitor Center | [93] |
Statue of Brigham Young | ![]() |
Marble | Mahonri Young | 1950 | National Statuary Hall | [94] | |
Vermont | Statue of Ethan Allen | ![]() |
Marble | Larkin G. Mead | 1876 | National Statuary Hall | [95] |
Statue of Jacob Collamer | ![]() |
Marble | Preston Powers | 1881 | Senate Wing, 1st floor | [96] | |
Virginia | Statue of George Washington | ![]() |
Bronze | Jean-Antoine Houdon | 1934 | Rotunda | [97] |
Washington | Statue of Mother Joseph Pariseau | ![]() |
Bronze | Felix de Weldon | 1980 | Capitol Visitor Center | [98] |
Statue of Marcus Whitman | ![]() |
Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | [99] | |
West Virginia | Statue of John E. Kenna | ![]() |
Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1901 | Hall of Columns | [100] |
Statue of Francis Harrison Pierpont | ![]() |
Marble | Franklin Simmons | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [101] | |
Wisconsin | Statue of Robert M. La Follette | ![]() |
Marble | Jo Davidson | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | [102] |
Statue of Jacques Marquette | ![]() |
Marble | Gaetano Trentanove | 1896 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [103] | |
Wyoming | Statue of Esther Hobart Morris | ![]() |
Bronze | Avard Fairbanks | 1960 | Hall of Columns | [104] |
Statue of Washakie | ![]() |
Bronze | Dave McGary | 2000 | Capitol Visitor Center | [105] | |
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