legislators

Robert Carter Nicholas, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by C...

Print shows Robert Carter Nicholas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed... More

[James Cameron Allen, Democrat congressman from Illinois, full-length ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in the House of Representatives - Contest for the election of sp...

Congressman speaking while others stand and watch. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1, no. 5 (1856 Jan. 12), p.[65].

House of Representatives, XXXVI Congress, U.S., 1860 / M. B. Brady.

Composite photograph showing Representatives of the 36th Congress. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Gift of; Mrs. J. H. Flannery; (DLC/PP-1972:277).

Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More

In the nick of time / Keppler, Jr.

Print shows two medieval monks labeled "McKinley" and "Reed" constructing a wall using blocks labeled "War Tax on Dinner Pails, Heavy Duty on Laborers Tools, Prohibitory Duty on Necessaries, High Duty on Raw Ma... More

"In the interest of labor and morality" / Dalrymple.

Print shows, on the left, many businessmen and women in stocks and pillories for such offenses as serving guests wine on Sunday, "for shaving on Sunday", "for delivering ice on Sunday", "for selling a glass of ... More

Old jokes in new political clothes / C.J. Taylor ; F. Opper.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with various presidential candidates with their trappings, David B. Hill as "The Political Suburban Resident" overloaded with packages labeled "Low Political Jobs, Petty Schemes, ... More

Phelan, Dem. Cal., 10/4/19 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Zachariah Chandler of Mich.

Title from jacket. "C.S. 132, Z. Chandler" on negative; "Brady photograph" on jacket. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[William E. Brock, senator from Tennessee, half-length studio portrait...

Blind stamp: A.W. Judd Chattanooga. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Champ Clark, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Oscar Callaway, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightl...

J156067 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Harding - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Compan... More

House Agr. Com., 1920 - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fred H. Dominick, S.C. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calvin Coolidge - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jas. A. O'Gorman, Chas. Crane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sen. Saulsbury (Golf) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a golf field, park, outdoor activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Britten & Purnell - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Senate committee investigating the charges against Senator B.K. Wh...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group of people, managers, directors, discussion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newly elected western solon arrives in Washington to assume duties.

Photograph showing Octavio and Ambrosio Larrazolo and daughter Marie standing on the steps of the Capitol. No. 66348RU.

[Frederick H. Gillett, Senator from Massachusettsachusettes, three-qua...

Photo by Bain News Service, New York. Note on verso: Nov. 22, 1915 - Congressman Fred H. Gillett of Springfield, Mass. has announced his engagement to the widow of Congressman Rockwood Hoar of Mass. Mr. Gillet... More

Republican House Leader praises Speaker Bankhead as 76th Congress conv...

A group of men in suits walking down a hallway. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congressman Robert L. Doughton - North Carolina

Gift ; Gordon Cole ; 1965. Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[J. M. Elizalde, Resident Commissioner of the Philippines, half-length...

No. 430100. Photograph signed JM Elizade [Wash] 1943. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C., 1963. U.S. Senate in session, September

Photograph shows general view of the Senate session. Photo by George Mobley of The National Geographic.

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidenti...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25383, frame 31. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of... More

[Senator Tim Wirth, half-length portrait, seated on couch reading an i...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1991-439, or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1991-439, frame 21. Contact sheet or negative sle... More

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, First Sess...

Gift; Central Photo Co., Inc.; February 21, 1992; DLC/PP-1992:33. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, photograph by James Ivey. Photographer's address: 317 H Street N.E., Washington, D... More

[Representative Glen Browder patting a pig, "Madonna," being used to p...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1993-391 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1993-391, frame 18. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

Honorable John Bell, Secretary of War

Print shows John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamp... More

John O'Hale, U.S. senator from New Hampshire

Print shows John Parker Hale, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with right hand tucked into his vest and left hand resting on a desk. Signed on stone on lower left. Forms part of:... More

Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. It is a rare permanent frontier structure with a fe... More

Phillips / Mathée Collection: News clippings, 1923, 1964-1972, undated

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Inman House, 415 East Main Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD

Significance: The town of Vermillion owes its existence in part to Darwin M. Inman, a New Yorker who arrived in the Dakota Territory in 1874. He was a pioneer businessman, politician and educator. He opened a... More

The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. / lith. b...

Interior view of the House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol showing Congress in session and spectators in the gallery. Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1866 by Casimir Bohn Balto. in the Cler... More

108 Central (Commercial Building), 108 Central Avenue, Great Falls, Ca...

Significance: Paris Gibson founded the city of Great Falls, played a notable role in the development of the state of Montana, and was a United States Senator for the state of Montana. It was he that caused thi... More

108 Central (Commercial Building), 108 Central Avenue, Great Falls, Ca...

Significance: Paris Gibson founded the city of Great Falls, played a notable role in the development of the state of Montana, and was a United States Senator for the state of Montana. It was he that caused thi... More

108 Central (Commercial Building), 108 Central Avenue, Great Falls, Ca...

Significance: Paris Gibson founded the city of Great Falls, played a notable role in the development of the state of Montana, and was a United States Senator for the state of Montana. It was he that caused thi... More

The wish that we launch upon the New Year : it will be the proudest th...

Title on verso. Pen sketch of James Blaine waving on verso; not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 28:866 ... More

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virgi...

Possible cabinet card trimmed to oval shape. Gift; William F. Wagner; 1959 Oct. 14.

Bourne Mansion, Bourne Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME

Suggested address, Bourne Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-15 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction

McCobb-Hill-Minott House, Parker Head Road, East of State Route 209, P...

Significance: This structure was built in 1773-74 by James McCobb, a wealthy landowner and trader. Mark L. Hill, first U.S. Congressman from this area lived in the house from 1782-1842. It was purchased in 1854... More

Maine State House, State & Capitol Streets, Augusta, Kennebec County, ...

Significance: The Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1829. Survey number: HABS ME-130 Building/structure dates: 1829-1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work ... More

Maine State House, State & Capitol Streets, Augusta, Kennebec County, ...

Significance: The Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1829. Survey number: HABS ME-130 Building/structure dates: 1829-1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work ... More

Maine State House, State & Capitol Streets, Augusta, Kennebec County, ...

Significance: The Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1829. Survey number: HABS ME-130 Building/structure dates: 1829-1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work ... More

Maine State House, State & Capitol Streets, Augusta, Kennebec County, ...

Significance: The Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1829. Survey number: HABS ME-130 Building/structure dates: 1829-1832 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1891 Subsequent Work ... More

Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More

Timothy Caldwell House, 2017 "Eye" Street Northwest, Washington, Distr...

Significance: The Timothy Caldwell house was begun in 1802 and has been continuously well maintained ever since. It was the Executive Mansion during the first months of James Monroe's Presidency, and is now co... More

Radical members of the first legislature after the war, South Carolina

Photomontage of members of the first South Carolina legislature following the Civil War, mounted on card with each member identified. 7378G U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Mercer Brown. On verso of mount: S... More

The first prayer in Congress / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved on ...

Print showing members of Congress with heads bowed, some kneeling on the floor, in prayer during session in September 1774. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by John Neale, in the Clerks Of... More

Shawnee Methodist Mission, West Building, Kansas City, Wyandotte Count...

Survey number: HABS KS-1 Building/structure dates: 1839- 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000345

Means House, 2 Waldo Street, Stroudwater, Cumberland County, ME

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS ME-5 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction

Means House, 2 Waldo Street, Stroudwater, Cumberland County, ME

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS ME-5 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction

Horatio Seymour House, Main & Seymour Streets, Middlebury, Addison Cou...

Survey number: HABS VT-85 Building/structure dates: 1816-1817 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Subsequent Work

Judge Silas Lee House, West side of High Street, Southwest corner of c...

Significance: This house is one of the finest examples of late 18th century architecture in Maine, and was the home of several prominent people. Survey number: HABS ME-101 Building/structure dates: 1792 Init... More

First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Rile...

Significance: This simple two story stone building served as the first capitol of the Kansas territory. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS KS-15 Building/stru... More

First Territorial Capitol of Kansas, Fort Riley Military Reserve, Rile...

Significance: This simple two story stone building served as the first capitol of the Kansas territory. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS KS-15 Building/stru... More

Father Knickerbocker's next job / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, tossing an old man with a long beard out of a building labeled "N.Y. City", papers labeled "Anti Local Option, Blue Laws, Hayseed Legislati... More

[James G. Blaine, 1884 Republican presidential candidate, half-length ...

P14070 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Hardy, Boston. No. 177. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Ballroom or Assembly Room(s), 150 Duke of Gloucester Street, Anna...

Photos are 35mm enlargements. Significance: The present Municipal Building incorporates most of the original City Ballroom/Assembly Room and the attached Revenue Office) all c. 1767) in its building envelope, a... More

Benjamin Riggs House, Riggs Cove, Robinhood, Sagadahoc County, ME

Suggested address, Riggs Cove, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS ME-46 Building/structure dates: ca. 1792- ca. 1794 Initi... More

Benjamin Riggs House, Riggs Cove, Robinhood, Sagadahoc County, ME

Suggested address, Riggs Cove, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS ME-46 Building/structure dates: ca. 1792- ca. 1794 Initi... More

Warren G. Harding-Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence: Presidential ...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...

Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More

Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...

Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More

Colton Hall & Jail, Pacific Street, between Madison & Jefferson Street...

Structure is associated with the constitution of the State of California. Significance: The building was the first public building constructed in Monterey after the conquest of California, and it housed the Con... More

Robert Tait Plantation, County Road 33, Camden, Wilcox County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-139 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 95000147

[Wet block in Congress meets to plan for wet legislation. Rep. John Ph...

Twenty-four men posed standing on steps of the U.S. Capitol. National Photo Company Collection.

William Pepperrell House, State Route 103, Kittery Point, York County,...

Significance: Structure and interior finish in good state of preservation or accurately restored. Long association with notable owners and visitors. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: F... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

U.S. Capitol, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & C...

Significance: Symbolic of the nation's political system, it is the country's most important civic structure. Set the precedent for the Classical Revival style in the public buildings of the new capital. Wester... More

Holmes-Sayward House, West side of U.S. Route 202 (State Route 4), Alf...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS ME-32 Building/structure dates: 1802 Initial Construction

Warren G. Harding-Carrie Fulton Phillips Correspondence: Correspondenc...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

H. Hubbard, senator from New Hampshire from life on stone by Chas. Fen...

Print shows Henry Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Forms part of: Popul... More

Honorable John Bell, Secretary of War from life on stone by - Chs. Fen...

Print shows John Bell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone on lower right. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamp... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Puck magazine cover - Congressional contempt / F. Opper.

Illustration shows a "Republican" Congressman ice skating with a "Monopolist" on the "Capitol Skating Pond", together they hold a stick labeled "Money Interests"; skating nearby is a man labeled "Democracy". Be... More

An artist's rambles in Washington - No. 3: the Senate lobby and the fl...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 57, 1884 Jan. 5, p. 309.

[Mr. Morse of Massachusetts] - Public domain portrait drawing

Three-quarter length caricature of Congressman Elijah A. Morse. Inscribed on verso: An aerogonous, cryptogamous plant on Plymouth Rock. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Th: Nast. T... More

[A federal bayonette and saber Lodge porcupine]

A caricature of Lodge as a hedgehog with swords and bayonets labeled "U.S." replacing some of his bristles. He stands on a document inscribed, "A 'Force' Bill, to Keep a Party In."

Even worse than he thought / Dalrymple.

Print shows the spirit of General Winfield S. Hancock holding a paper that states "Governors Island 1880. The Tariff is a Local Issue. Gen. W.S. Hancock", among congressmen in a congressional chamber where sena... More

A few pleasant recollections of the fifty-fourth Congress / J.S. Pughe...

Print shows a large group of members of the Fifty-Fourth Congress, many dressed as Natives, some wearing grass skirts, most are armed with spears or clubs, some have shields, four are reading the "Reminiscences... More

David B. Henderson, Speaker of House of Rep. Iowa

No. 42262. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The flag must "stay put" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell, anti-expansionists, placing their "Anti-Expansion Speech" at the feet of a huge American sold... More

Link Milburn and family in front of their home, two miles south of Ove...

summary: Photographer's note: "Link Milburn represented his county one term in State Legislature, 1905." original size: 6x8

[Ladislas Lazaro, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

J190641 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Joseph Cannon, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front]

J200562 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by library staff. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TR in New Mexico, 1916 / - Public domain portrait print

On Oct. 23, 1916, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes and assails the Wilson administration in Albuquerque, N.M. A young woman rides on horseback carrying a bou... More

[Victor Heintz, Republican representative from Ohio, head-and-shoulder...

Written on back: Victor Heintz, Republican Congressman, Ohio and Capt. and Adjt.,m first Regiment, Cincinnati.

"Death to Quezon!" is heard in Manila ... the battle cry of the Radica...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sen. Hiram Johnson - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senator Hiram Johnson - Public domain portrait photograph

A man sitting on a bench with two dogs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[King Swope, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

J237147 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright Harris & Ewing. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House Indian affairs committee - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description