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Whispers Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James J. Davis (left), Republican of Pennsylvania, gets another earful from Bernard Baruch following the noted Financier's blaming of the new deal policies for present unemployment before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today. Baruch particularly criticized the present undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, 2/28/38

Whispers Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James J. Davis (left), Rep...

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Urges Senate approval. Washington, D.C., March 21. Senator Robert F. Wagner today urged approval of a measure to require recipients of government contracts, loans or grants to conform with the collective bargaining provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. He was testifying before the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee on a bill he introduced to broaden the scope of the Labor Act of the NLRB, 3/21/38

Urges Senate approval. Washington, D.C., March 21. Senator Robert F. W...

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U.S. Capitol interiors. Senate floor in U.S. Capitol, close-up, before renovation II

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W.P.A. Administrator appears before Senate Appropriations Committee. Washington, D.C., May 17. Harry Hopkins, Chief of W.P.A. testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee today that approximately 2,800,000 persons are on relief. Shown with members of the committee, hopkins, left; seated Sen. Carl Hayden, D. of Ariz. right; seated, and in the rear; Aubrey Williams, Asst. W.P.A. Administrator, and Sen. Alva Adams, D. of Colo. Chairman of the committee, 5/17/38

W.P.A. Administrator appears before Senate Appropriations Committee. W...

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Last minute advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Republic Steel Board Chairman, took the last minute advice of Charles M. White (left) Vice President of Republic, with a smile today just before he was questioned by the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, 8/11/38

Last minute advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Republi...

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Cough drop erases throat of Senate filibuster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. Senator Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana, has suddenly become fond of cough drops since he spoke for 28 hours in six days during the present filibuster by [...]of Southern Senators against the Anti-Lynching Bill, 1/26/38

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British statesman tours Capitol. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Anthony Eden, Col. Ed Halsy, Secretary to the Senate and Joseph J. Sinnott, doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. Sinnott is explaining the seating arrangements of the House to Eden during the former Breign Secretary's tour of the Capitol which kept photographers on the run to keep up with his rapid strides, 12/14/38

British statesman tours Capitol. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Anthony Ed...

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California Senator-elect gets 'feel' of desk in Senate chamber. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Senator-elect Sheridan Downey of California gets the 'feel' of the desk in the Senate chamber assigned to him today and which he will occupy when congress convenes on January 3. Downey succeeds William Gibbs McAdoo, whom he defeated in the November election, 12/12/38

California Senator-elect gets 'feel' of desk in Senate chamber. Washin...

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Michigan senator congratulated on 55th birthday. Washington, D.C., March 22. Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg, who is being prominently mentioned as the Republican Presidential Nominee in 1940, is pictured receiving the congratulations on his 55th birthday today from fellow Republicans in the Senate. The Senator said he planned no special celebration for the occasion. Left to right: Senators John G. Townsend, Jr., of Delaware, Vandenberg Wallace H. White Jr., or Main and Robert A. Taft

Michigan senator congratulated on 55th birthday. Washington, D.C., Mar...

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Early arrivals on Senate floor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Among the early arrivals on the Senate floor today for the convening of the 76th session were, left to right: Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, and Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg of Michigan, 1/3/39

Early arrivals on Senate floor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Among the ea...

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Luis Q. Sariento, General Counsel, the Philippine League, Inc., before Senate Comm. on Territories & Insular Affairs

Luis Q. Sariento, General Counsel, the Philippine League, Inc., before...

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Glass bill to discontinue RFC before 1941 Inauguration defeated. Washington, D.C., Feb. 14. The Senate Banking and Currency Committee today defeated a bill by Senator Carter Glass, Virginia, to discontinue the RFC after Jan. 15, 1941 and instead extended the date to June 30, 1941, in order that the bureau would not cease to exist six days before the 1941 Inaugural. Senator Robert Wagner, Chairman of the Committee, RFC Chairman Jesse Jones, and Senator Glass

Glass bill to discontinue RFC before 1941 Inauguration defeated. Washi...

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Endorse measure to prohibit block booking of movie films. Washington, D.C., April 4. Miss Katherine Van Etten Lexford, Executive Secretary of the Massachusettsachusetts Civic League, and Henry R. Atkinson of the National Motion Picture Research Council, appearing before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today, endorsed the Neely Bill to prohibit 'block booking' and 'blind selling' of motion picture productions. Both are from Boston, Massachusetts. 4-4-39

Endorse measure to prohibit block booking of movie films. Washington, ...

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Informal photo of Sen. Hiram Johnson, veteran republican member of the senate from Calif., March 1940

Informal photo of Sen. Hiram Johnson, veteran republican member of the...

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Daughters of House members now have own club. Washington, D.C., March 13. Not to be outdone by the Senate daughters who formed their club some years ago, the daughters of members of the House have now organized a social and luncheon club and meet regularly at the Capitol. Seen at today's luncheon are, left to right: Miss Martha Pace, daughter of Rep. Stephen Pace of Georgia; Miss Marjorie Griswold, daughter of Rep. Harry W. Griswold of Wisconsin; and Mrs. Katherine Craig, neice of former Rep. Craig of Okl., 3-13-40

Daughters of House members now have own club. Washington, D.C., March ...

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Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Chefs Denissen and Vernet of the U.S. Senate restaurant kitchen "dish out" a meal a dehydrated foods for members of the Senate

Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Chefs Denissen and Vernet of the U...

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[Lt. General James M. Gavin, seated at a table, during hearings of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services]

[Lt. General James M. Gavin, seated at a table, during hearings of the...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin at hearings of Senate Preparedness Subcommittee. Closeups; with Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson, 1/6/68, MST." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Col... More

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Looking up at the dome of the Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

Looking up at the dome of the Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in A...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

Democratic platform illustrated, Political Cartoon

Democratic platform illustrated, Political Cartoon

Another attack on the 1856 Democratic platform as pro-South and proslavery. The Buchanan-Breckenridge ticket is reviled on the basis of recent developments occurring during the outgoing Pierce administration. I... More

Memorial to the united States Senate with respect to the Spanish treaty. 30th January, 1899.

Memorial to the united States Senate with respect to the Spanish treat...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 239, Folder 23.

Henry Asbury to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 28, 1858 (Senate)

Henry Asbury to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 28, 1858 (Senate)

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Martin S. Morris to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 18, 1858 (Senate)

Martin S. Morris to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 18, 1858 (Senate)

[Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza]

[Senate page boys stage their first snow battle on the Capitol plaza]

Seven boys in snowball battle in front of U.S. Capitol. National Photo Company Collection.

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East Capitol Streets & Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

U.S. Capitol, Old Senate Chamber, Intersection of North, South, & East...

Significance: It is located in the original north wing of the U.S. Capitol. Benjamin H. Latrobe designed the semi-domed, semi-circular space, which was originally constructed in 1809-1810, and reconstructed in ... More

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama Street & Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...

Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama Street & Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...

Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama Street & Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Washington Street Downtown Corridor, Washington Street between Alabama...

Significance: Washington Street is the National Road, or U.S. 40, as it passes through Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. This major commercial artery is home to many important nineteenth and twentieth cent... More

A brief outline of the rise, progress, and failure of the revolutionary scheme of the nineteen Van Buren electors of the Senate of Maryland, in the months of September, October, and November, 1836 ...

A brief outline of the rise, progress, and failure of the revolutionar...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Screen across corridor under Senate Gallery

Screen across corridor under Senate Gallery

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

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Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.

Garfield's bond of friendship for the unfriendly senators / SC.

James Garfield wrapping ribbon "patronage" around James Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. Illus. in: Puck, v. 8, 1881 March 2, p. 431.

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Key Pittman, (right) both Democrats from Nevada, exchanging opinions on President Roosevelt's proposal that the membership of the Supreme Court be increased to possibly 15 members. They are pictured as they attended a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee today

Nevada's Senators. Washington D.C. Senator Pat McCarran and Senator Ke...

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Senate majority and minority leaders. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, (left) Democratic Majority Leader, and Senator Charles L. McNary, Republican Minority Leader, went into a huddle today to discuss plans for speedy action on the many bills to be introduced in the Senate during the 75th session

Senate majority and minority leaders. Washington, D.C. Jan 14. Senator...

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Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe Robinson, the Senator from Arkansas who is the majority leader of the Senate held the first press conference this year. Sen. Robinson said that the principle problems confronting the coming session of Congress are neutrality, budget balancing, and regulation of hours and wages, the latter by constitutional amendment if necessary

Majority Senate leaders press conference. Washington, D.C. Jan. 2. Joe...

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Bankers' Association opposes federal insured loans as hazard to established businesses. Washington, D.C., June 15. Robert M. Hanes, 1st Vice President of the American Bankers' Association, and brother of Treasury Undersecretary John W. Hanes, today told the Senate Banking and Currency Committee that the Association opposed the proposed bill to authorize the RFC to insure up to 90 percent on loans to small businesses. He said that it would be a hazard to already established enterprises. He denied that bankers are 'sitting idly by waiting for the borrowers to seek credit'

Bankers' Association opposes federal insured loans as hazard to establ...

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Vice President Garner brings down gavel to convene Senate in new session. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Vice President John N. Garner as he called the Senate to order today for the third session of the 76th Congress

Vice President Garner brings down gavel to convene Senate in new sessi...

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Vice Pres. Senate Corridor, U.S. Capitol

Vice Pres. Senate Corridor, U.S. Capitol

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Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles E. Merriam, a member of the President's Government Reorganization Committee, today urged the special Senate Reorganization Committee to take favorable action on the Robinson bill to revamp federal administration agencies, arguing in favor of the bill, Merriam contended it would destroy the patronage system and promote more effective congressional supervision through committees on accounts and planning...

Government reorganization hearing Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Dr. Charles...

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Congressional leaders confer with President on Neutrality Bill. Washington, D.C., July 5. President Roosevelt today called in majority leaders of the House and Senate to urge them to throw out the arms embargo clause of the Neutrality Bill which passed the House last week. The president's new proposal for a 3 billion lending program was also discussed. Leaving the White House and talking to reporters are Rep. Sam Rayburn, majority leader of the House, and Senator Alben Barkley, majority leader of the Senate

Congressional leaders confer with President on Neutrality Bill. Washin...

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[...] Marshall A. Musick before Senate Civil Liberties

[...] Marshall A. Musick before Senate Civil Liberties

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CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Joseph A. Padway, AF of L General Counsel, told the Senate Labor Committee that the CIO is the 'pet baby' of the NLRB. He pointed out that the Board had once said that foremen could not vote in collective bargaining elections, then in a similar case, reversed itself on this point. The AF of L lost an important election, said Padway, to the 'pet baby.' He denied that the AF of L sought an advantage over the CIO through amendments to the Wagner Act

CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Josep...

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Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Reorganization

Virginia Senator. Washington, D.C. Jan 13. Democratic Senator Harry Fl...

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Judge Gary testifying before Senate Committee investigating steel strike, Oct. 1/19

Judge Gary testifying before Senate Committee investigating steel stri...

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Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other on Supreme Court decision. Washington, D.C. April 12. Today was a happy one for Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Senator David I. Walsh, (right) of Massachusetts, who sponsored the bill in the United States Senate. They were together as they heard the Supreme Court uphold the validity of the act today--unanimously in the cases of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., and the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Co. The decision was hailed by the government as one of its greatest victories in court.

Author and sponsor of Wagner Labor Relations congratulate each other o...

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A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.

A needed change in the Senatorial lobby / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Candidate for Senate" holding wads of cash, standing in front of a sign that states "Sale of seats to the United States Senate has been prohibited", nearby the "Senatorial Box ... More

Arrival at Capitol - President Roosevelt and party ascending Senate wing steps. Inauguration of Roosevelt, Washington

Arrival at Capitol - President Roosevelt and party ascending Senate wi...

H61001 U.S. Copyright Office No. 9911. Copyright 1905 by H.C. White Co.

A herculean task / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

A herculean task / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Hercules wearing a lion skin and holding a sword, facing a nine-headed hydra, each head identified as that of a senator, its tail labeled "U.S. Senate". Illus. in: Puck... More

79 varieties. Depew: If I get out of these by the time I am 72 I will be able to do my real work in the Senate

79 varieties. Depew: If I get out of these by the time I am 72 I will ...

Outside the U.S. Senate, New York Senator Chauncey Depew (1834-1928) holds open his topcoat, exposing several layers of coats labeled with various real estate, banking, insurance, railroad, and trust companies.... More

The ugly duckling / Keppler. - Public domain photogrpaph

The ugly duckling / Keppler. - Public domain photogrpaph

Illustration shows a duck with clawed-feet, wearing a medal labeled "The Senate", carrying peacock feathers labeled "Probity, Incorruptibility, Statesmanship, Patriotism, [and] Highmindedness". Caption: The Se... More

Taft on inaugural platform, after inauguration in Senate chamber, March 4, 1909

Taft on inaugural platform, after inauguration in Senate chamber, Marc...

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Senate ofc. bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate ofc. bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

Women Suffrage Dead in both New York Assembly and Senate

After discussing pros and cons of Toombs' suffrage resolution, New York Assembly vote not to discharge Judiciary Committee from consideration; many members avoid voting; suffrage contingent in attendance, inclu... More

Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington, D.C., May 2. A bit of color was injected today into an otherwise drab session of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations which is conducting hearings on neutrality, when a group of people, known as the Paul Revere Sentinels, appeared to state its views. A spokesman for the committee accused the press of withholding truths about the present international situation and the forces back of it, and warned the committee against allowing itself to become the mouthpiece of the Capitol. The group is opposed to allowing its children to become cannon fodder in another World War. From New York, this group of women are, left to right: Mrs. Lily Reed, Miss Josephine Keane, Mrs. Helen McAllister, Mrs. Marie Hubert, and Miss S.E. McGrath. Mrs. Reed and Mrs. McAllister are both mothers of sons.

Paul Revere Sentinels appear at Senate Neutrality Hearing. Washington,...

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Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless war is seen. Washington, D.C., May 1. Philip Marshall Brown of the American Peace Society today told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that 'measures short of war' are not justified except as they frankly look forward to eventual war. He added that 'to anticipate by legislation the turn of events and unpredictable complications of future wars would seek only to create confusion, and may involve us...with belligerent nations'

Peace Society spokesman says 'short of war' plans unjustified unless w...

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Reverend Asbury Smith, representing the Maryland Keep Out of War Congress, before the Senate Naval Affairs Comm. in opposition to the proposed fortification of Guam

Reverend Asbury Smith, representing the Maryland Keep Out of War Congr...

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POMMERENE, ATLEE. SENATOR FROM OHIO, 1911-1923. SENATE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY, 63RD CONGRESS

POMMERENE, ATLEE. SENATOR FROM OHIO, 1911-1923. SENATE COMMITTEE ON BA...

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Senate gift for Miss Wilson - Public domain photograph

Senate gift for Miss Wilson - Public domain photograph

Photo shows gift from Senate for Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, who married Francis Bowes Sayre in a White House ceremony on November 25, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

SENATE, U.S. SENATE GIFTS TO ELEANOR WILSON

SENATE, U.S. SENATE GIFTS TO ELEANOR WILSON

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SANDERSON, GEORGE A. SECRETARY OF THE SENATE. AT SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

SANDERSON, GEORGE A. SECRETARY OF THE SENATE. AT SENATE OFFICE BUILDIN...

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Senate pages & Marshall, 1920 - Public domain monumental decor photograph

Senate pages & Marshall, 1920 - Public domain monumental decor photogr...

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Senate Inaugural group, [12/10/20]

Senate Inaugural group, [12/10/20]

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George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U.S. Senate corridors I

George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U....

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George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U.S. Senate corridors II

George F. Thompson, painter of U.S. Capitol. Restoring paintings in U....

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Marshall & Senate pages, 12/14/20

Marshall & Senate pages, 12/14/20

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Sen. Hiram Johnson of Calif. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol addressing Veterans of Foreign Wars who presented a bonus petition at the Capitol - prominent in the group are Congressman Fordney, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sen. McCumber, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

Sen. Hiram Johnson of Calif. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol addressi...

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Senate Ofc. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate Ofc. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Senate ofc. bldg. from Capitol - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate ofc. bldg. from Capitol - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Senate carpenter's shop, 1/29/23

Senate carpenter's shop, 1/29/23

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Senate Com. on Pub. Lands, 1/30/24

Senate Com. on Pub. Lands, 1/30/24

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The first meeting of the commission to arrange for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington to be held in 1932, took place today, Feb. 16th at the White House with President Coolidge as chairman. The committee includes four members appointed by the Senate, four from the House and four appointed by the President. Left to right, front row: Senator Selden P. Spencer, Missouri; Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, President General, D.A.R.; President Coolidge; Mrs. John D. Sherman, Federation of Women's Clubs and Senator Simeon Fess, Ohio. Second row: Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Representative John Q. Tilson, Connecticut; Representative Willis C. Hawley, Oregon. Top row: Frank Munsey, publisher; Representative Joseph W. Byrns, Tennessee; Senator Thomas F. Bayard, Delaware; Senator Carter Class, Virginia, and Hanford Monider, former Commander of the American Legion

The first meeting of the commission to arrange for the celebration of ...

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James F. Sellers of Senate off. bldg., 3/1/26

James F. Sellers of Senate off. bldg., 3/1/26

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Senate ladies luncheon at home of Mrs. New, 5/18/26

Senate ladies luncheon at home of Mrs. New, 5/18/26

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Treasury Secretary urges removal of $30,000,000,000 limitation on outstanding federal bonds. Washington, D.C., May 26. Secretary of Treasury Henry G. Morgenthau today told the Senate Finance Committee that removal of the $30,000,000,000 limitation on outstanding federal bonds would facilitate treasury management of the national debt. He is pictured with Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Chairman of the Committee

Treasury Secretary urges removal of $30,000,000,000 limitation on outs...

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Senate Pages, 1/9/26 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Senate Pages, 1/9/26 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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U.S. Capitol interiors. Detail of iron railing on stairway in U.S. Capitol, Senate side

U.S. Capitol interiors. Detail of iron railing on stairway in U.S. Cap...

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room I

U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate appropriation room I

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Just an old congressional custom. One of the old customs in connection with the opening of Congress is to send a joint committee to the president to inform him that Congress has convened. The photograph shows the delegation at the White House following the convening of the present session. Front row, left to right; Rep. Willis C. Hawley; Rep. John N. Garner, House minority leader; Sen. Joseph T. Robinson and Sen. James E. Watson. Back row; William Tyler Page, chief clerk of the House, and David S. Barry, Sergeant-of-Arms of the Senate. 12/3/30

Just an old congressional custom. One of the old customs in connection...

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Profit sharing systems gives business 'pick' of labor senate told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Profit sharing systems enabled corporations to obtain the 'pick' of labor, F.J. Moss, president of a Kansas City Sash and Door Co. today told a Senate Finance Subcommittee. He gave as his opinion that industrial peace will not be obtainable until a method is found by which labor can share in the profits

Profit sharing systems gives business 'pick' of labor senate told. Was...

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U.S. Capitol frescoes. Fresco in Senate corridor in U.S. Capitol, Horatio Gates

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Garner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress closes its doors, one of the last rites concerns Col. Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, who receives official Senate gavel from vice President Garner. It remains stowed away until Congress convenes again

Garner gives gavel, official final act on Hill. Whenever Congress clos...

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Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the Joint Congressional Tax Com. on the stand Tuesday before the Senate Finance Com. where he said there weren't enough million dollar incomes in the U.S. to make a negligible increase in the revenue as proposed by the Roosevelt tax proposal. 7/30/35

Wash. D.C. Not enough millionaires. L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of the...

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Peek of Peek vs Hull. George N. Peek, head of the Export and Import Bank, tells Senate Agriculture Committee that Secretary Cordell Hull's State Department blocked a 750,000 bale cotton deal with Germany. The Committee decided to ask Sec. Hull all about it. 2/1/35

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Foreign trade. Secretary of State Hull, extreme right, appears before the Senate Agriculture committee and advocates lower tariffs. He said, "we should not furnish protection to every antiquated business firm in the country by unreasonably high tariffs"

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First gas map in America, Washington, D.C. Sept. 24. Chairman LaFollette and Senator Elbert Thomas, Utah, of the Senate Committee investigating strike activity view what is believed to be the first gas map of America, a chart showing use and sales of tear and nauseating gas in industrial disputes. The map has been put up on the wall of the Senate's hearing room where the inquiry is to be conducted. Each pin on the map represents $500 worth of fumes or equipment sold

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Subs for Vice President Garner. Washington, D.C. June 14. While Vice President Garner is at his home in Texas fishing, Senator Key Pittman, President Pro Tem, will preside over the sessions of the United States Senate. Senator Pittman is from Nevada. 6/14/37

Subs for Vice President Garner. Washington, D.C. June 14. While Vice P...

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Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . Washington, D.C., Dec. 8. Appearing before the Senate Education- Labor and Commerce Committees today, Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the U.S. Maritime Commission, urged stabilization of employer-employee relationship in the Merchant Marine through application of principles of the Railway Labor Act. Left to right: Senator Joseph F. Guffy of Pennsylvania; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Admiral Emory S. Land, also a member of the Maritime Commission. 12/8/37

Maritime head urges stabilization of employer-employee relationship . ...

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President and Mrs. Roosevelt arrive for Robinson Services. July 16. President and Mrs. Roosevelt headed the list of notables to pay their respects to the memory of Senator Joseph T. Robinson when they attended funeral services in the Senate Chamber today

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Capitol's busiest policeman. Washington, D.C., April 27. Besides being an arm of the law a Capitol policeman has to also act as an infromation bureau. Frank Foley, officer on duty at the entrance of the Senate office building from 8-4, kept a record today of the number of questions asked him. At the end of his day's hitch the total showed 1,568 questions asked, and answered correctly and with a smile, if we must believe Mr. Foley. Miss Mildred Aikten, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the pretty sightseer in this picture, receiving directions from officer Foley, 4/27/1937

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V.P. back on job. Washington D.C. July 20. Appearing well rested from a vacation at his Texas home, Vice President Garner resumed his duties as presiding officer of the Senate today. With other members of the Senate, the Vice President arrived in Washington last night from Little Rock, Ark., where he attended the funeral of Senator Joseph T. Robinson. 7/20/37

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Supreme Court up with docket clerk reports to Senate Judiciary Committee. Washington, D.C., March 30. The United States Supreme Court is well up with its docket, Charles Elmore Cropley, Clerk of the Court, informed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The statement given the committee by Cropley contained the information that the new rules on "modernizing and liberalizing" of procedure had speeded up the work of the court, 3/30/1937

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Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "turned back" $75 of his $200 per month salary, Henry M. Lewis former Deputy Sheriff in Harlan County, Ky., told the Senate Civil Liberties Committee as it resumed its investigation of alleged terrorism in connection with Harlan County Coal Operators' efforts to resist union organization drives. The money was returned to Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton each month in 1935 and 1936. Lewis added that many of the men listed as drawing salaries from the Sheriff's office were not regarded as regular employees, and several of them worked for coal companies, 4/22/1937

Admits "kicking back" part of salary. Washington, D.C., April 22. He "...

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New heads of the Van Sweringen RR Empire. Washington, D.C., May 6. Senator Wheeler's Senate Committee began today started investigation of the latest transfer of control of the Van Sweringen Railroad Empire. Two weeks ago George Ball sold the control to three brokers of the New York namely Young, Kobe and Co. who are closely identified with General Motors and Du Pont interests. Left to right in a huddle before the session are: Walter S. Orr, attorney for the brokers; and the new owners Allen P. Kirby; Robert R. Young; and Frank F. Kolbe, 5/6/1937

New heads of the Van Sweringen RR Empire. Washington, D.C., May 6. Sen...

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A.F. of L. head sees President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 23. A.F. of L. President William Green arriving at the White House today to keep an appointment with President Roosevelt. Questioned by Newsmen later, Green said he told the President the Federation was "very much dissapointed" over Senate action on the Judiciary Reorganization Bill. Green said he also expressed to the President the hope that Congress would pass a minimum wage and maximum hour bill and a housing measure at this session, 7/23/37

A.F. of L. head sees President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 23. A....

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Congressional Leaders sign resolution to set aside April 6 as National Army Day. Washington, D.C., March 19. Vice President Garner and Speaker of the House William Bankhead signing a resolution today to make April 6 every year Army Day and thereby make it a national holiday. Seated can be seen Speaker Bankhead and Vice President Garner while standing, left to right, are: Edward Bettleheim, Adjutant General of the Military Order of the World War; Rep. Lister Hilu, Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee; and Senator Morris Sheppard, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, 3/19/1937

Congressional Leaders sign resolution to set aside April 6 as National...

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New majority leader of the Senate. Washington D.C., July 21. Senator Alben Barkley, of Kentucky [...] was elected Majority Leader of the Senate by a vote of 38 to 37 over Seantor Pat Harrison of Miss. The winner left and the loser right, are congratulated by Senator Key Pittman; Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and President Pro Tem of the Senate

New majority leader of the Senate. Washington D.C., July 21. Senator A...

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[Door to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Room, Washington, D.C.]

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