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." 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] 15 statues have since then been removed and replaced.
The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 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 US states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them. Kansas was the first state to replace a statue in 2003, and the first state to replace both in 2022.
Commissioned by | Statue | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Year placed | Location | ||
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Alabama | scope=row data-sort-value="Keller, Helen" | Statue of Helen Keller | 2009 | Capitol Visitor Center | [3] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Wheeler, Joseph" | Statue of Joseph Wheeler | 1925 | National Statuary Hall | [4] | ||||
Alaska | scope=row data-sort-value="Bartlett, Edward Lewis" | Statue of Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett | 1971 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [5] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Gruening, Ernest" | Statue of Ernest Gruening | 1977 | Capitol Visitor Center | [6] | ||||
Arizona | scope=row data-sort-value="Goldwater, Barry" | Statue of Barry Goldwater | 2015 | National Statuary Hall | [7] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kino, Eusebio" | Statue of Eusebio Kino | 1965 | Capitol Visitor Center | [8] | ||||
Arkansas | scope=row data-sort-value="Clarke, James Paul" | Statue of James Paul Clarke | 1921 | Capitol Visitor Center | [9] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bates, Daisy" | Statue of Daisy Bates | 2024 | National Statuary Hall | [10] | ||||
California | scope=row data-sort-value="Reagan, Ronald" | Statue of Ronald Reagan | 2009 | Rotunda | [11] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Serra, Junípero" | Statue of Junípero Serra | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | [12] | ||||
Colorado | scope=row data-sort-value="Sabin, Florence R." | Statue of Florence R. Sabin | 1959 | Hall of Columns | [13] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Swigert, Jack" | Statue of Jack Swigert | and | 1997 | Capitol Visitor Center | [14] | |||
Connecticut | scope=row data-sort-value="Sherman, Roger" | Statue of Roger Sherman | 1872 | Crypt | [15] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Trumbull, Jonathan" | Statue of Jonathan Trumbull | 1872 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [16] | ||||
Delaware | scope=row data-sort-value="Clayton, John M." | Statue of John M. Clayton | 1934 | Capitol Visitor Center | [17] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Rodney, Caesar" | Statue of Caesar Rodney | 1934 | Crypt | [18] | ||||
Florida | scope=row data-sort-value="Gorrie, John" | Statue of John Gorrie | 1914 | National Statuary Hall | [19] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Bethune, Mary McCleod" | Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune | 2022 | National Statuary Hall | [20] | ||||
Georgia | scope=row data-sort-value="Long, Crawford" | Statue of Crawford Long | 1926 | Crypt | [21] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Stephens, Alexander H." | Statue of Alexander H. Stephens | 1927 | National Statuary Hall | [22] | ||||
Hawaii | scope=row data-sort-value="Damien, Father" | Statue of Father Damien | 1969 | Hall of Columns | [23] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kamehameha I" | Statue of Kamehameha I | 1969 | Capitol Visitor Center | [24] | ||||
Idaho | scope=row data-sort-value="Borah, William" | Statue of William Borah | 1947 | Capitol Visitor Center | [25] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Shoup, George L. Shoup" | Statue of George L. Shoup | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [26] | ||||
Illinois | scope=row data-sort-value="Shields, James" | Statue of James Shields | 1893 | Hall of Columns | [27] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Willard, Frances" | Statue of Frances Willard | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | [28] | ||||
Indiana | scope=row data-sort-value="Morton, Oliver P." | Statue of Oliver P. Morton | 1900 | Senate Wing, 1st floor | [29] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Wallace, Lew" | Statue of Lew Wallace | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [30] | ||||
Iowa | scope=row data-sort-value="Borlaug, Norman" | Statue of Norman Borlaug | 2014 | National Statuary Hall | [31] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Kirkwood, Samuel J." | Statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood | 1913 | National Statuary Hall | [32] | ||||
Kansas | scope=row data-sort-value="Eisenhower, Dwight D." | Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower | 2003 | Rotunda | [33] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Earhart, Amelia" | Statue of Amelia Earhart | Bronze | and | 2022 | National Statuary Hall | [34] | ||
Kentucky | scope=row data-sort-value="Clay, Henry" | Statue of Henry Clay | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | [35] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="McDowell, Ephraim" | Statue of Ephraim McDowell | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | [36] | ||||
Louisiana | scope=row data-sort-value="Long, Huey" | Statue of Huey Long | 1941 | National Statuary Hall | [37] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="White, Edward Douglass" | Statue of Edward Douglass White | 1955 | Capitol Visitor Center | [38] | ||||
Maine | scope=row data-sort-value="Hamlin, Hannibal" | Statue of Hannibal Hamlin | 1935 | National Statuary Hall | [39] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="King, William" | Statue of William King | 1878 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [40] | ||||
Maryland | scope=row data-sort-value="Carroll, Charles" | Statue of Charles Carroll of Carrollton | 1903 | Crypt | [41] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Hanson, John" | Statue of John Hanson | 1903 | Senate corridor, 2nd floor | [42] | ||||
Massachusetts | scope=row data-sort-value="Adams, Samuel" | Statue of Samuel Adams | 1876 | Crypt | [43] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Winthrop, John" | Statue of John Winthrop | 1876 | Hall of Columns | [44] | ||||
Michigan | scope=row data-sort-value="Cass, Lewis" | Statue of Lewis Cass | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | [45] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Ford, Gerald" | Statue of Gerald Ford | 2011 | Rotunda | [46] | ||||
Minnesota | scope=row data-sort-value="Rice, Henry Mower" | Statue of Henry Mower Rice | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | [47] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Sanford, Maria: | Statue of Maria Sanford | 1958 | Capitol Visitor Center | [48] | ||||
Mississippi | scope=row data-sort-value="Davis, Jefferson" | Statue of Jefferson Davis | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | [49] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="George, James Z." | Statue of James Z. George | 1931 | Capitol Visitor Center | [50] | ||||
Missouri | scope=row data-sort-value="Benton, Thomas Hart" | Statue of Harry S. Truman | Bronze | Tom Corbin | 2022 | Rotunda | [51] | |
scope=row data-sort-value="Blair, Francis Preston" | Statue of Francis Preston Blair Jr. | 1899 | Hall of Columns | [52] | ||||
Montana | scope=row data-sort-value="Rankin, Jeannette" | Statue of Jeannette Rankin | 1985 | Capitol Visitor Center | [53] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Russell, Charles Marion" | Statue of Charles Marion Russell | 1959 | National Statuary Hall | [54] | ||||
Nebraska | scope=row data-sort-value="Standing Bear" | Statue of Standing Bear | 2019 | National Statuary Hall | [55] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Cather, Willa" | Statue of Willa Cather | 2023 | Capitol Visitor Center | [56] | ||||
Nevada | scope=row data-sort-value="McCarran, Pat" | Statue of Pat McCarran | 1960 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [57] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Winnemucca, Sarah" | Statue of Sarah Winnemucca | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | [58] | ||||
New Hampshire | scope=row data-sort-value="Stark, John" | Statue of John Stark | 1894 | Crypt | [59] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Webster, Daniel" | Statue of Daniel Webster | (after Thomas Ball) | 1894 | National Statuary Hall | [60] | |||
New Jersey | scope=row data-sort-value="Kearny, Philip" | Statue of Philip Kearny | 1888 | Hall of Columns | [61] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Stockton, Richard" | Statue of Richard Stockton | (completed by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown) | 1888 | Crypt | [62] | |||
New Mexico | scope=row data-sort-value="Chávez, Dennis" | Statue of Dennis Chávez | 1966 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [63] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Po'Pay" | Statue of Po'pay | 2005 | Capitol Visitor Center | [64] | ||||
New York | scope=row data-sort-value="Clinton, George" | Statue of George Clinton | 1873 | Senate Wing, 2nd floor | [65] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Livingston, Robert R. Livingston" | Statue of Robert R. Livingston | 1875 | Crypt | [66] | ||||
North Carolina | scope=row data-sort-value="Graham, Billy" | Statue of Billy Graham | 2024 | Crypt | [67] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Vance, Zebulon Baird" | Statue of Zebulon Baird Vance | 1916 | National Statuary Hall | [68] | ||||
North Dakota | scope=row data-sort-value="Burke, John" | Statue of John Burke | Bronze | 1963 | National Statuary Hall | [69] | ||
scope=row data-sort-value="Sakakawea" | Statue of Sakakawea | Arizona Bronze Atelier (after Leonard Crunelle, 1909) | 2003 | Capitol Visitor Center | [70] | |||
Ohio | scope=row data-sort-value="Edison, Thomas" | Statue of Thomas Edison | 2016 | National Statuary Hall | [71] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Garfield, James A." | Statue of James A. Garfield | 1886 | Rotunda | [72] | ||||
Oklahoma | scope=row data-sort-value="Rogers, Will" | Statue of Will Rogers | 1939 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [73] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Sequoyah" | Statue of Sequoyah | (completed by G. Julian Zolnay) | 1917 | National Statuary Hall | [74] | |||
Oregon | scope=row data-sort-value="Lee, Jason" | Statue of Jason Lee | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | [75] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="McLoughlin, John" | Statue of John McLoughlin | 1953 | Capitol Visitor Center | [76] | ||||
Pennsylvania | scope=row data-sort-value="Fulton, Robert" | Statue of Robert Fulton | 1889 | National Statuary Hall | [77] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Muhlenberg, Peter" | Statue of Peter Muhlenberg | 1889 | Crypt | [78] | ||||
Rhode Island | scope=row data-sort-value="Greene, Nathanael" | Statue of Nathanael Greene | 1870 | Crypt | [79] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Williams, Roger" | Statue of Roger Williams | 1872 | Senate corridor, 2nd floor | [80] | ||||
South Carolina | scope=row data-sort-value="Calhoun, John C." | Statue of John C. Calhoun | 1910 | Crypt | [81] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Hampton, Wade" | Statue of Wade Hampton III | 1929 | Capitol Visitor Center | [82] | ||||
South Dakota | scope=row data-sort-value="Beadle, William Henry Harrison" | Statue of William Henry Harrison Beadle | 1938 | National Statuary Hall | [83] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Ward, Joseph" | Statue of Joseph Ward | 1963 | Capitol Visitor Center | [84] | ||||
Tennessee | scope=row data-sort-value="Jackson, Andrew" | Statue of Andrew Jackson | 1928 | Rotunda | [85] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Sevier, John" | Statue of John Sevier | and Leopold Scholz | 1931 | National Statuary Hall | [86] | |||
Texas | scope=row data-sort-value="Austin, Stephen F." | Statue of Stephen F. Austin | 1905 | Hall of Columns | [87] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Houston, Sam" | Statue of Sam Houston | 1905 | National Statuary Hall | [88] | ||||
Utah | scope=row data-sort-value="Farnsworth, Philo" | Statue of Philo Farnsworth | 1990 | Capitol Visitor Center | [89] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Young, Brigham" | Statue of Brigham Young | 1950 | National Statuary Hall | [90] | ||||
Vermont | scope=row data-sort-value="Allen, Ethan" | Statue of Ethan Allen | 1876 | National Statuary Hall | [91] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Collamer, Jacob" | Statue of Jacob Collamer | 1881 | Senate Wing, 1st floor | [92] | ||||
Virginia | scope=row data-sort-value="Washington, George" | Statue of George Washington | 1934 | Rotunda | [93] | |||
Washington | scope=row data-sort-value="Pariseau, Joseph" | Statue of Mother Joseph Pariseau | 1980 | Capitol Visitor Center | [94] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Whitman, Marcus" | Statue of Marcus Whitman | 1953 | National Statuary Hall | [95] | ||||
West Virginia | scope=row data-sort-value="Kenna" | Statue of John E. Kenna | 1901 | Hall of Columns | [96] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Pierpont, Francis Harrison" | Statue of Francis Harrison Pierpont | 1910 | National Statuary Hall | [97] | ||||
Wisconsin | scope=row data-sort-value="La Follette, Robert M. | Statue of Robert M. La Follette | 1929 | National Statuary Hall | [98] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Marquette, Jacques" | Statue of Jacques Marquette | 1896 | House corridor, 2nd floor | [99] | ||||
Wyoming | scope=row data-sort-value="Morris, Esther Hobart" | Statue of Esther Hobart Morris | 1960 | Hall of Columns | [100] | |||
scope=row data-sort-value="Washakie" | Statue of Washakie | 2000 | Capitol Visitor Center | [101] | ||||
State | Statue | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Year placed | Year replaced | Replaced by | Location | ||||
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Alabama | scope=row data-sort-value="Curry, Jabez Lamar Monroe" | Statue of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry | 1908 | 2009 | data-sort-value="Keller, Helen" | Statue of Helen Keller | Montgomery, Alabama | [102] | ||||
Arizona | scope=row data-sort-value="Greenway, John Campbell" | Statue of John Campbell Greenway | 1930 | 2015 | data-sort-value="Goldwater, Barry" | Statue of Barry Goldwater | Phoenix, Arizona | [103] [104] | ||||
Arkansas | scope=row data-sort-value="Rose, Uriah M." | Statue of Uriah M. Rose | 1917 | 2024 | Statue of Daisy Bates | unknown | [105] | |||||
California | scope=row data-sort-value="King, Thomas Starr" | Statue of Thomas Starr King | 1931 | 2009 | data-sort-value="Reagan, Ronald" | Statue of Ronald Reagan | Sacramento, California | [106] | ||||
Florida | scope=row data-sort-value="Smith, Edmund Kirby" | Statue of Edmund Kirby Smith | 1922 | 2021 | data-sort-value="Bethune, Mary McCleod" | Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune | Tallahassee, Florida | [107] [108] | ||||
Iowa | scope=row data-sort-value="Harlan, James" | Statue of James Harlan | 1910 | 2014 | data-sort-value="Borlaug, Norman" | Statue of Norman Borlaug | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | [109] [110] | ||||
Kansas | scope=row data-sort-value="Glick, George Washington" | Statue of George Washington Glick | – | 1914 | 2003 | data-sort-value="Eisenhower, Dwight D." | Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower | [111] | ||||
Kansas | scope=row data-sort-value="Ingalls, John James" | Statue of John James Ingalls | Marble | Charles Henry Neihaus | 1905 | 2022 | Statue of Amelia Earhart | [112] | ||||
Michigan | scope=row data-sort-value="Chandler, Zachariah" | Statue of Zachariah Chandler | N/A | 2011 | data-sort-value="Ford, Gerald" | Statue of Gerald Ford | Lansing, Michigan | [113] | ||||
Missouri | scope=row data-sort-value="Bention, Thomas Hart" | Statue of Thomas Hart Benton | Marble | Alexander Doyle | 1899 | 2022 | Statue of Harry S. Truman | Columbia, Missouri | [114] [115] | |||
Nebraska | scope=row data-sort-value="Bryan, William Jennings" | Statue of William Jennings Bryan | 1937 | 2019 | data-sort-value="Standing Bear" | Statue of Standing Bear | Seward, Nebraska | [116] [117] | ||||
Nebraska | scope=row data-sort-value="Morton, Julius Sterling" | Statue of Julius Sterling Morton | 1937 | 2023 | data-sort-value="Willa Cather" | Statue of Willa Cather | Nebraska City, Nebraska | [118] | ||||
North Carolina | scope=row data-sort-value="Aycock, Charles Brantley" | Statue of Charles Brantley Aycock | 1932 | 2024 | data-sort-value="Graham, Billy" | Statue of Billy Graham | unknown | [119] | ||||
Ohio | scope=row data-sort-value="Allen, William" | Statue of William Allen | 1887 | 2016 | data-sort-value="Edison, Thomas" | Statue of Thomas Edison | Chillicothe, Ohio | [120] | ||||
Virginia | scope=row data-sort-value="Lee, Robert E." | Statue of Robert E. Lee | 1909 | 2020 | data-sort-value="Johns, Barbara Rose" | Statue of Barbara Rose Johns (future) | Richmond, Virginia | [121] [122] |