The United States Capitol is among the most symbolically important and architecturally impressive buildings in the nation. It has housed the meeting chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate for two centuries. The Capitol, which was started in 1793, has been through many construction phases. It stands today as a monument to the American people and their government.
The Arizona Congressional Delegation
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Senate and House Gallery Passes must be requested through a Coingressional Office
Passes are Free
National Statuary Hall Collection
The date is the year the Statue was installed in the Collection
Barry Goldwater (Arizona),
Note: Arizona replaced its earlier contribution of a statue of Alabama-born, Spanish-American and World War I hero General John Campbell Greenway, who was the husband of, Isabella Greenway (Kentucky* & Arizona), the first woman elected to Congress from Arizona, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum (Idaho), who also sculpted the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (South Dakota) & Robert E. Lee on Stone Mountain (Georgia).
Statue by Deborah Copenhaver Fellows (Arizona, Idaho* & Washington State) – 2015
Eusebio Kino (Austria, California, Germany*, Italy, Mexico & New Mexico.),
. . . an Arizona donation o the National Statuary Hall Collection, sculpted by Baroness Suzanne Silvercruys (Arizona Belgium*, Connecticut, Texas & Washington, DC) – 1965
Note: Read the story of Belgian-born Baroness, 1932 Olympian & Political Activists, Suzanne Silvercruys, who sculpted the statue of Father Kino and other important commissions in Alabama, Canada, Belgium, & the United Kingdom.
Presidents of the Senate Collection
Vice Presidential Busts are in the Senate Chamber or Senate Corridors
The date refers to the time the Portrait Bust was installed
The following Vice President was born, worked, and/or retired in Arizona
J. Danforth Quayle (Arizona & Indiana*) as President of the US Senate,
Portrait Bust by Frederick E. Hart (Georgia*, Maryland, South Carolina & Virginia) – 2002
For more more Arizona-related Art in the Capitol, click here
Amazing Opportunities for Arizona Students
For the high school juniors, and rising and departing high school juniors, there are a limited number of paid student positions. Get details through the Office of your Senator
Congressional Art Competition –
Each Member of the House of Representatives can select one piece of student art to be displayed in the US Capitol. Apply through Office of your Representative
Botanic Garden Special Exhibit Featuring an Arizona Garden
2019
Arizona Addition . . .
Gabe Zimmerman (Arizona) in the US Capitol
Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Room (HVC – 215) honors an aide to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (Arizona) became the first Congressional staffer ever killed in the line of duty.
Sojourner Truth (Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio & New York*)
. . . abolitionist, woman’s rights advocate, minister, speaker, famous for her Ain’t I a Woman, speech, & successful author of The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave. The Sojourner Truth portrait bust, sculpted by Miri Margolin (Poland* & Israel), is the first sculpted image of an African American to be installed in the US Capitol. The Sojourner Truth legacy also includes:
- The Calendar of Saints of the Episcopal Church
- The Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church
- Sojourner Truth -Twelve-foot tall Statue – Monument Park (Michigan),
Sculpted by Tina Allen (Alabama, Granada-West Indies & New York)
- Sojourner Truth Statue (Massachusetts)
Sculpted by Thomas J. Warren (Oregon)
- Sojourner Truth Statue (University of California – San Diego)
Sculpted by Manuelita Brown (Arizona, California, France & Oregon)
- Anticipated image on a new design of the $10 Bill
- USNS Sojourner Truth – Currently under construction
*Birth state/country