Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection

Part of the National Statuary Hall Collection in the National Statuary Hall, 2016

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 31 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 nine women; two members of Hispanic descent, Dennis Chávez (NM) and Saint Junípero Serra (CA); one Native Hawaiian, Kamehameha I (HI); 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 two Confederate statues, dedicated to Robert E. Lee and Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, 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]

Statues[]

Current[]

Table featuring sculptures in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Commissioned by	Statue[note 1]	Image	Medium	Sculptor	Year placed	Location	Ref.
Alabama	Statue of Helen Keller		Bronze		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		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	and	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 Edmund Kirby Smith		Bronze	C. Adrian Pillars	1922	Capitol Visitor Center	[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 John James Ingalls		Marble	Charles Niehaus	1905	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		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 Thomas Hart Benton		Marble	Alexander Doyle	1899	National Statuary Hall	[55]
	Statue of Francis Preston Blair Jr.		Marble	Alexander Doyle	1899	Hall of Columns	[56]
Montana	Statue of Jeannette Rankin		Bronze		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		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		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		1953	National Statuary Hall	[79]
	Statue of John McLoughlin		Bronze		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		1938	National Statuary Hall	[87]
	Statue of Joseph Ward		Marble		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		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		2000	Capitol Visitor Center	[105]

Former[]

Table featuring sculptures formerly in the National Statuary Hall Collection

State	Statue[note 1]	Image	Medium	Sculptor	Year placed	Year replaced	Replaced by	Location	Ref.
Alabama	Statue of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry		Marble	Dante Sodini	1908	2009	Statue of Helen Keller	Montgomery, Alabama	[106]
Arizona	Statue of John Campbell Greenway		Bronze	Gutzon Borglum	1930	2015	Statue of Barry Goldwater	Phoenix, Arizona	[107] [108]
California	Statue of Thomas Starr King		Bronze	Haig Patigian	1931	2009	Statue of Ronald Reagan	Sacramento, California	[109]
Iowa	Statue of James Harlan		Bronze	Nellie Walker	1910	2014	Statue of Norman Borlaug	Mount Pleasant, Iowa	[110] [111]
Kansas	Statue of George Washington Glick	–	Marble	Charles Henry Niehaus	1914	2003	Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower	Topeka, Kansas	[112]
Michigan	Statue of Zachariah Chandler		Marble	Charles Henry Niehaus	N/A	2011	Statue of Gerald Ford	Lansing, Michigan	[113]
Nebraska	Statue of William Jennings Bryan		Bronze	Rudulph Evans	1937	2019	Statue of Standing Bear	Seward, Nebraska	[6] [114]
Ohio	Statue of William Allen		Marble	Charles Henry Niehaus	1887	2016	Statue of Thomas Edison	Chillicothe, Ohio	[115]
Virginia	Statue of Robert E. Lee		Bronze	Edward Virginius Valentine	1909	2020	Statue of Barbara Rose Johns (future)	Richmond, Virginia	[116] [117]

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External links[]

• About the National Statuary Hall Collection – Architect of the Capitol
• National Statuary Hall Collection By Location – Architect of the Capitol