United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection Explained

The United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection is a series of 46 busts in the United States Capitol, each one bearing the likenesses of a vice president of the United States. Each sculpture, from John Adams to Dick Cheney, honors the role of the vice president as both a member of the executive branch and as president of the Senate.

The Joint Committee on the Library, acting under a resolution of May 13, 1886, was the first to commission busts of the vice presidents to occupy the niches in the new Senate Chamber. After the first 20 busts filled the niches surrounding the Chamber, later additions were placed throughout the Senate wing of the Capitol. The collection is incomplete, since the busts of former vice presidents Joe Biden and Mike Pence are in the process of being created. The bust of Kamala Harris will be commissioned when she leaves office.[1] [2]

List of busts

Vice PresidentImage[3] SculptorYear completedNotes
John AdamsDaniel Chester French1890[4]
Thomas JeffersonMoses Jacob Ezekiel1888[5]
Aaron BurrJacques Jouvenal1893[6]
George ClintonVittorio A. Ciani1894[7]
Elbridge GerryHerbert Samuel Adams1892[8]
Daniel D. TompkinsCharles Henry Niehaus1891[9]
John C. CalhounTheodore Augustus Mills1896[10]
Martin Van BurenUlric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar1894[11]
Richard M. JohnsonJames Paxton Voorhees1895[12]
John TylerWilliam C. McCauslen1898[13]
George M. DallasHenry Jackson Ellicott1893[14]
Millard FillmoreRobert Cushing1895[15]
William R. KingWilliam C. McCauslen1896[16]
John C. BreckinridgeJames Paxton Voorhees1896[17]
Hannibal HamlinFranklin Bachelder Simmons1889[18]
Andrew JohnsonWilliam C. McCauslen1900[19]
Schuyler ColfaxFrances Murphy Goodwin1897[20]
Henry WilsonDaniel Chester French1885[21]
William A. WheelerEdward Clark Potter1892[22]
Chester A. ArthurAugustus Saint-Gaudens1891[23]
Thomas A. HendricksUlric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar1890[24]
Levi P. MortonFrank Edwin Elwell1891[25]
Adlai E. StevensonFranklin Bachelder Simmons1894[26]
Garret A. HobartFrank Edwin Elwell1901[27]
Theodore RooseveltJames Earle Fraser1910[28]
Charles W. FairbanksFranklin Bachelder Simmons1905[29]
James S. ShermanBessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh1911[30]
Thomas R. MarshallMoses A. Wainer Dykaar1918[31]
Calvin CoolidgeMoses A. Wainer Dykaar1927[32]
Charles G. DawesJo Davidson1930[33]
Charles CurtisMoses A. Wainer Dykaar1934[34]
John N. GarnerJames Earle Fraser1943[35]
Henry A. WallaceJo Davidson1947[36]
Harry S. TrumanCharles Keck1947[37]
Alben W. BarkleyKalervo Kallio1958[38]
Richard M. NixonGualberto Rocchi1966[39]
Lyndon B. JohnsonJimilu Mason1966[40]
Hubert H. HumphreyWalker Kirtland Hancock1982[41]
Spiro T. AgnewWilliam Frederick Behrends1995[42]
Gerald R. FordWalker Kirtland Hancock1985[43]
Nelson A. RockefellerJohn Calabro1987[44]
Walter F. MondaleJudson R. Nelson1987[45]
George H. W. BushWalker Kirtland Hancock1990[46]
J. Danforth QuayleFrederick E. Hart2002[47]
Albert A. Gore Jr.William Frederick Behrends2017[48]
Richard B. CheneyWilliam Frederick Behrends2015[49]
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.IncompleteNot yet commissionedTBD
Michael R. PenceIncompleteNot yet commissionedTBD
Kamala HarrisIncompleteNot yet commissionedTBD

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact_collection/vp_busts.htm Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection
  2. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/resources/pdf/VP_Busts_108_lo-res.pdf The Vice Presidential Bust Collection
  3. Due to the sculptor's copyright, only images of busts carved before 1925 are included in this article, as well as busts whose sculptor died at least 70 years ago and busts that never had a copyright to begin with.
  4. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00001.htm John Adams
  5. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00002.htm Thomas Jefferson
  6. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00003.htm Aaron Burr
  7. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00004.htm George Clinton
  8. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00005.htm Elbridge Gerry
  9. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00006.htm Daniel D. Tompkins
  10. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00007.htm John C. Calhoun
  11. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00008.htm Martin Van Buren
  12. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00009.htm Richard M. Johnson
  13. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00010.htm John Tyler
  14. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00011.htm George M. Dallas
  15. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00012.htm Millard Fillmore
  16. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00013.htm William R. King
  17. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00014.htm John C. Breckenridge
  18. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00015.htm Hannibal Hamlin
  19. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00016.htm Andrew Johnson
  20. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00017.htm Schuyler Colfax
  21. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00018.htm Henry Wilson
  22. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00019.htm William A. Wheeler
  23. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00020.htm Chester A. Arthur
  24. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00021.htm Thomas A. Hendricks
  25. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00022.htm Levi P. Morton
  26. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00023.htm Adlai E. Stevenson
  27. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00024.htm Garret A. Hobart
  28. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00025.htm Theodore Roosevelt
  29. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00026.htm Charles W. Fairbanks
  30. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00027_000.htm James S. Sherman
  31. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00028_000.htm Thomas R. Marshall
  32. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00029_000.htm Calvin Coolidge
  33. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00030_000.htm Charles G. Dawes
  34. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00031_000.htm Charles Curtis
  35. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00032_000.htm John N. Garner
  36. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00033_000.htm Henry A. Wallace
  37. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00034_000.htm Harry S. Truman
  38. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00035_000.htm Alben W. Barkley
  39. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00036_000.htm Richard M. Nixon
  40. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00037_000.htm Lyndon B. Johnson
  41. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00038_000.htm Hubert H. Humphrey
  42. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00043_000.htm Spiro T. Agnew
  43. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00039_000.htm Gerald R. Ford
  44. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00040_000.htm Nelson A. Rockefeller
  45. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00041_000.htm Walter F. Mondale
  46. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00042_000.htm George H. W. Bush
  47. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00044_000.htm J. Danforth Quayle
  48. News: Albert A. Gore, Jr.. Office of Senate Curator, United States Senate. 2022-08-18. en.
  49. https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00045_000.htm Richard B. Cheney

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