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Senatorial trio. Washington, D.C., May 15. Like mailmen taking a walk on their day off, these powerful Senate figures were snapped while "listening in" on the Senate Judiciary hearing. Left to right: Senator M.M. Logan of Kentucky; Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California; and Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, 5/15/1937

Senatorial trio. Washington, D.C., May 15. Like mailmen taking a walk ...

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Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After hearing Chairman Wheeler of the Senate Inquiry charge the Pennsylvania Railroad with violating ICC decisions and concealing facts from stockholders in purchasing railroad stocks from 1925 to 1928, [...]County Financial Vice President of the Road, testified the purchases were made to protect the interests of the stockholders. He added this was in line with a program then being considered to divide the Railroads of the East into four great systems. 12/21/37

Pennsy VP before Senate Rail Inquiry. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. After...

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Gilbert H[...] and Sen. Gibbs McAdoo, Nat. Fed. of P.O. Clerks

Gilbert H[...] and Sen. Gibbs McAdoo, Nat. Fed. of P.O. Clerks

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Union Representative displays bullet wound received from Harlan County sheriffs. Washington, D.C., April 27. A.T. Pace, Representative of the United Mine Workers, inspects the bullet wound in the back of Thomas Ferguson, Coal Miner Representative, who testified before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee the he was shot by Harlan County, Ky., deputy sheriffs last January. Ferguson displayed a bloody shirt to the Committee to prove his contention, 4/27/1937

Union Representative displays bullet wound received from Harlan County...

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Senatorial headache. Washington, D.C., March 19. A veteran of many Senate investigations and hearings, Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, has discovered the present hearing on the President's Judiciary program just another headache. [...]askans was snapped as he attended today's session [...] Senate Judiciary Committee, 3/19/1937

Senatorial headache. Washington, D.C., March 19. A veteran of many Sen...

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Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. The downpour of rain during the last inaugural ceremonies has resulted in congressional action creating the Capitol Auditorium Commission in efforts to have constructed an auditorium in which to hold indoor inaugurations or great national conventions. Secretary of National Capitol Parks, Secretary. The Commission was formed today at a meeting in the Office of Chairman Tom Connally, of the Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. In the photograph, left to right: Senator Tom Connally, of Texas; Senator Warren R. Austin, of Vermont; Rep. Fritz G. Lanham, of Texas; and Secretary Ickes, 4/30/37

Study plans for new Capitol auditorium. Washington, D.C., April 30. Th...

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Sen. and Mrs. Sherman Minton of Ind.

Sen. and Mrs. Sherman Minton of Ind.

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Kentuckian may be new majority leader. Washington D.C. July 20. Senator Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky, one of the outstanding candidates for the post of Senate Majority Leader to succeed the late Senator Robinson, held a field day for the cameramen at the Capitol today. This picture was made at his office. 7/20/37

Kentuckian may be new majority leader. Washington D.C. July 20. Senato...

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Medical room, Senate Office Bldg.

Medical room, Senate Office Bldg.

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Senator Robinson & V.P. Garner & Lord Tweedsmuir

Senator Robinson & V.P. Garner & Lord Tweedsmuir

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Sen. Jos. T. Robinson of Ark. - Public domain photograph

Sen. Jos. T. Robinson of Ark. - Public domain photograph

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Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner Pension Bill. Washington, D.C., May 15. Appearing as the first witness in favor of the Crosser-Wagner Railroad Pension Bill, George M. Harrison, President of the Railway Clerks Association and Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association, today told the house Interstate Commerce Committee that 1,500,000 railroad employees favor this new bill which if passed, will replace the present Railroad Retirement Act. Harrison added there was "no doubt of its constitutionality" and that it had been worked out with railroad managements on the understanding that it would not be attacked in courts by them. In the photograph, left to right: George M. Harrison; Rep. Robert Crosser of Ohio, co-author of the bill; and Rep. Clarence Lea of California, 5/13/1937

Senate Committee told million railroad employees back Crosser-Wagner P...

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Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D.C. June 10. R.E. Wood, President of Sears, Roebuck & CO, told the Join Senate House Committee that a general decentralization of industry was the best thing that could happen to this country today. Wood also urged that the board be directed mandatorily to appoint Advisory Wage Committees. 6/10/37

Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D...

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It won't be long now! Washington, D.C., June 14. With congress due to adjourn this week, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, just couldn't resist the urge to check his guns in preparation for a hunting trip in his native state during the reccess. The cameramen snapped the solon as he was about to take a few potshots at an imaginary deer on the Capitol grounds, 6/14/38

It won't be long now! Washington, D.C., June 14. With congress due to ...

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Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D.C., July 1. The Congressional Executive Committee to investigate monopolies held their first meeting today and charted a course designed to determine the efffect of concentrated wealth and power on business. Pictured, left to right: (sitting) Senator William E. Borah, Herman Oliphant, General Counsel for Treasury; Senator William H. King, Utah; Senator Hoseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming and Chairman of the Committee; Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, of Texas and Vice Chairman; Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General; and Rep. Edward C. Eicher of Iowa. Standing left to right: Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Garland S. Ferguson, Chairman of Federal Trade Commission; William O. Douglas, Chairman of S.E.C.; Isador Lubin Chief of Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and Rep. Edward H. Rees of Kansas, 7/1/38

Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D....

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Final witness before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. George P. McNear, Jr., President of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad system, who was the final witness before the finance subcommittee studying profit sharing. The president of the 300-mile road told Senators Herring and Vendenberg that the government could best help railroads by leaving them alone and by giving some relief on social security taxes. The committee is expected to close the hearings today, 12/14/38

Final witness before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. ...

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May get TVA post. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. President Roosevelt has indicated he will nominate Senator James P. Pope of Idaho, as a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority. A Democrat, Pope was unseated in Idaho's Democratic Primary last summer, 12/28/38

May get TVA post. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. President Roosevelt has i...

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Newsmen await result of election of senate majority leader. Washington D.C., July 21. Newspaper men and photographers [...] waiting the report of the vote on the senate majority leader's job, in a secret session the democrats elected Senator Albin Barkley of Kentucky Majority Leader of the Senate, by a vote of 38 to 37

Newsmen await result of election of senate majority leader. Washington...

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Admits Army finance office honored allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. Major General Walter L. Reed, (left) Inspector General of the Army, today told Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Public Lands Committee, the Army Chief Finance Offi[...] honor allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers in go[...] faith. Reed made this declaration as he was [...] by the committee on the alleged defalcations o[...] Stitley, former Chief Voucher Clerk for the CCC [...] totaling $87,000, 1/18/38

Admits Army finance office honored allegedly fraudulent CCC vouchers. ...

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Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (right) of Missouri, who today opposed the proposed rail wage cut before the President's fact finding board, gets a bit of last minute information from Max Lowenthal, counsel for the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. In contending the cut will not save the situation, Truman told the board that railroad labor is the most efficient in the country and expressed the belief that the men are not overpaid, 10/14/38

Whispered advice. Washington, D.C., Oct. 14. Senator Harry Truman (rig...

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Sen. Homer Bowe[?] - Public domain portrait photograph

Sen. Homer Bowe[?] - Public domain portrait photograph

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Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next five years for habilitation. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Appearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today, R.V. Fletcher, General Counsel for the Association of American Railroads, asserted that railroads should spend approximately $3,000,000,000 during the next five or six years for plant and equipment rehabilitation. He urged that business and industry be given the benefit of incentive taxation in a drive to meet obsolescence, 12/12/38

Senate Committee told railroads should spend 3 billion in the next fiv...

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Baruch quizzed by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator James F. Byrnes, (left) Chairman of the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee, questioning Bernard Baruch, voted Financier today. Baruch declared America must make a choice between the "proof of its system and the hope of gain" and the "the new European ideas of state regulation and fear of punishment"

Baruch quizzed by Senate Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. Senator...

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[Sen. H.H. Schwartz, Wyoming] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Sen. H.H. Schwartz, Wyoming] - Public domain portrait photograph

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Counsel for Frankfurter talks with Chairman of Senate Judiciary Subcommittee. Washington, D.C., Jan. 10. Waiting to appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today as counsel for Prof. Felix Frankfurter, Dean Acheson, left, former Undersecretary of the Treasury and a personal friend of the Harvard professor, chatted informally with Chairman M.M. Neely of West Virginia, 1/10/39

Counsel for Frankfurter talks with Chairman of Senate Judiciary Subcom...

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Hopkins and Chief Questioner at Senate Commerce hearing. Washington, D.C., Jan. 11. The smile on the face of Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, shown talking here with Republican Senator Arthur M. Vandenberg of Michigan, soon turned to a sneer under sharp questioning by members of the Senate Commerce Committee today. With Senator Vandenberg as chief questioner at the opening session, Hopkins vigorously defended the WPA against charges that it had been used as a political organization. Asserting that he had done everything in his power to 'keep politics out of it,' 11139

Hopkins and Chief Questioner at Senate Commerce hearing. Washington, D...

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Senators LaFollette & Bennett Clark for Newsweek

Senators LaFollette & Bennett Clark for Newsweek

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Massachusetts officials call on Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. Senator David. I. Walsh and States Attorney General Paul Dever of Massachusetts today called upon President Roosevelt and are shown here as they left. It is believed that they discussed a program of solving the Back Bay State's flood problems, 11439

Massachusetts officials call on Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Jan. 14. ...

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Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A characteristic pose of Senator Allen J. Ellender, democrat of Louisiana, chairman of the Special Senate Committee investigating charges of favoritism in promotion of feminine workers on the government service. Principal charges are that the beauties are being promoted, regardless of their ability, over the heads of their homelier co-workers. 3-31-39

Investigating favoritism in government. Washington, D.C., March 31. A ...

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Senate committee quizzes members on government cooperation given French mission. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau and Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring were today questioned by the Senate Military Affairs Committee concerning the aid they gave a French Mission buying late model American-made fighting planes. Following the hearing Chairman Sheppard announced a transcript of the testimony, excluding what was considered military secrets, would be made public shortly. In the picture, left to right: Secretary Morgenthau, Chairman Andrew J. May of the House Military Affairs Committee; John W. Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Secretary Woodring; and Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson, 2-16-39

Senate committee quizzes members on government cooperation given Frenc...

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Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., July 19. Senators Francis T. Maloney, Left, Connecticut, and George L. Radcliffe, Maryland, lend an attentive ear to the testimony of Marriner Eccles, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee today. Eccles told the committee the president's lending program is the only immediately practicable means of stimulating business and employment up to prosperity, 7/19/39

Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., July 19. Senators Francis T. M...

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Waiting for the decision. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. This study of former Rep. [Thomas] R. Amlie certainly does not indicate he is [confident] that the Senate will confirm his nomination as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission to which post he was appointed by President Roosevelt. This picture was made as Amlie concluded his testimony before a Senate Committee last week

Waiting for the decision. Washington, D.C., Feb. 13. This study of for...

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St. Patrick's Day spirit at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 17. Sons of the auld sod in Congress, assisted by Benny Goodman, swing band leader, celebrated St. Patrick's Day with music today on the Capitol steps. Seen in the photo are, left to right - Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, Wyoming - Eunice Healy, dancer in Goodman's show - Benny Goodman, and Senator Claude Pepper of Florida

St. Patrick's Day spirit at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 17. Sons ...

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At Republican women's dinner. Washington, D.C., March 27. The League of Republican Women of the District of Columbia held a "Five dollar a plate" dinner tonight attended by prominent republicans of both sex. Here are John Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mrs. Edward Everett -Dolly- Gann, President of the League, Mrs. Robert Taft, wife of the Ohio Senator and Rep. Karl Mundt of South Dakota, one of the principal speakers. 3-27-39

At Republican women's dinner. Washington, D.C., March 27. The League o...

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Arkansas Senator. Washington, D.C., March 2. A new informal picture of Senator John E. Miller, democrat of Arkansas, 3-2- 39

Arkansas Senator. Washington, D.C., March 2. A new informal picture of...

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Sen. David I. Walsh, Demo. of Massachusetts. March 11, 1939; right: Rear Admiral A.B. Cook

Sen. David I. Walsh, Demo. of Massachusetts. March 11, 1939; right: Re...

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[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediation service. [Washington], D.C., May 15. William M Leiseron, [member of?] the NLRB, told the Senate Education and [...] that much of the existing criticism of [...] could have been avoided by a more [...] federal mediation service. He caused the [committee?] which is holding hearings on the Wagner(?) Amendments(?) proposed recently, a good laugh [...] out that authority of the board ends [...] agree to bargain collectively. 'The [...] of the board ends there. The act then [...] ending of a happy life thereafter. [Anyone who is?] married knows that is not the whole story

[...] says NLRD criticism precipitated [...] by lack of federal mediat...

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A tip to a youngster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Senator Robert Taft from Ohio today asked the advice of old timer Senator Arthur Vandenberg from Michigan upon certain matters. Senator Taft is a newcomer to Congress this year and is following advice given by those who 'know the ropes,' 1/17/39

A tip to a youngster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Senator Robert Taft f...

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Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. Washington, D.C., April 5. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today as the first witness on half dozen proposals to revise or repeal the Neutrality Act, former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson warned that the present act is an instrument which may "Make the United States the next victim of attack." 4-5-39

Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. ...

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Arkansas Senator Hattie W. Caraway

Arkansas Senator Hattie W. Caraway

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U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and House chamber III

U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...

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Sen. Robert Taft - Public domain portrait photograph

Sen. Robert Taft - Public domain portrait photograph

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Named to fill unexpired term of his father as Republican Senator from Vermont. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., today took the oath as Republican Senator from Vermont. He was named to fill the unexpired term of his father, Senator Ernest W. Gibson, who died a few weeks ago, 7-1-40

Named to fill unexpired term of his father as Republican Senator from ...

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Testify before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. Roy Franklin, left, business agent for Local #183, United Packing House Workers, and Ernest B. Jacobs, Pres. Of the same union, Austin, Minn. testified before the Senate Relief Committee today, both employees of the Hormel Packing Plant, said Franklin, that the workers felt that the management had made no effort to increase the amount of work to be done in a 40-hour budget because the workers in a previous period had completed and budgeted work in les than the allotted time, 3/7/38

Testify before Senate Relief Committee. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. Roy ...

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U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and House chamber IV

U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...

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New Republican Senator from Vermont takes oath. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., was today sworn in as a Republican member of the upper house of Congress to fill the unexpired term of his father the late Senator Ernest W. Gibson. Left to right: Senator Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., Vice President Garner, and Senator Warren R. Austin, senior senator from Vermont, 7-1-40

New Republican Senator from Vermont takes oath. Washington, D.C., July...

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Three women (including Senator Margaret Chase Smith) and two Boy Scouts with a truck of tin-ware collected for war use. Placed in front of the Capitol building, Washington, D.C.

Three women (including Senator Margaret Chase Smith) and two Boy Scout...

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A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing next to each other. Office of War Information ...

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Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Senators Johnson of Colorado, O'Mahoney of Wyoming, and Chavez of Arizona sampled dehydrated foods at a luncheon in the U.S. restaurant

Dehydrated food luncheon at Senate. Senators Johnson of Colorado, O'Ma...

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Citation winner. Joseph H. Kautsky (center), citation winner, an employee of the Link-Belt Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, at the luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Kautsky is being congratulated by Senator Claude D. Pepper. At left is Vice Chairman of the War Production Board

Citation winner. Joseph H. Kautsky (center), citation winner, an emplo...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the left, former state senator Swanson and on the right Mr. H.E. Brandt, listening to Mr. Peterson's speech

Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the left, former state senator Swanson and ...

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On the dais at luncheon in honor of second anniversary of lend-lease, held March 11, 1943, at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D. C. Left to right: minister of the Union of South Africa, Ralph William Close; ambassador of Greece, Cimon Diamantopoulos; ambassador of Panama, Senor Don Ernesto Jean Guardia; ambassador of Mexico, Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera; Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones; Norwegian foreign minister, Trygze Lie; ambassador of Russia, Maxim Litvinov; Vice-President Henry A. Wallace; Lend-lease administrator Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Chinese foreign minister T.V. Soong; British ambassador Lord Halifax; ambassador of Belgium, Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz; Secretary of Agriculture Claude A. Wickard; ambassador of Poland, Jan Ciechanowski; ambassador of Norway, Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstiderne; Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas; minister of Guatemala, Senor Dr. Adrian Recinos; minister of Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Hurban; Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; minister of Honduras, Senor Dr. Don Julian R. Caceres; minister of Costa Rica, Senor Dr. Don Luis Fernandez; minister of Luxembourg, Hugues Le Gallais; the Philippine Resident Commissioner Joaquin M. Elizalde

On the dais at luncheon in honor of second anniversary of lend-lease, ...

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Senator Daltonstal of Massachusetts (on right) with a friend at the fourth inauguration ceremony for Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Senator Daltonstal of Massachusetts (on right) with a friend at the fo...

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

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.

Senator Edward Brooke standing behind a chair which is decorated with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusettsachusetts, probably in Washington, D.C. after his election MST

Senator Edward Brooke standing behind a chair which is decorated with ...

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Senate Watergate hearing-senator points a finger

Senate Watergate hearing-senator points a finger

Drawing shows Senator Sam J. Ervin, during the Watergate hearings, Washington, D.C. Forms part of the : Courtroom illustration drawing collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Jane Papin; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:128... More

The Charles Sumner School, Washington, D.C.

The Charles Sumner School, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Constructed in 1872 and designed by Washington architec... More

Opening of the Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress

Opening of the Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library ...

Photograph shows Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, speaking outside the Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building, Library of Congress during the opening ceremony, 1983. Also shown are (left to rig... More

[Senator Tim Wirth, half-length portrait, seated on couch reading an issue of Roll Call newspaper]

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

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Joseph C. O'Mahoney Federal Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Joseph C. O'Mahoney Federal Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Built in 1964, it is the largest GSA-owned property in the state. It is named after U.S. Senator Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962). Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administ... More

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert Adams showing mermaids supporting an American shield. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert...

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Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River twelve miles from Monroeville, Alabama, between the towns of Claiborne and Gosport

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...

The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River twelve miles from Monroeville, Alabama, between the towns of Claiborne and Gosport

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...

The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River twelve miles from Monroeville, Alabama, between the towns of Claiborne and Gosport

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...

The farm has 3,999 acres of land. Meadowbank farm includes four 1854 hune log cabins, a main plantation house built in 1910, and numerous out buildings. There is also a lake and a swamp, thousands of oak and pi... More

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River twelve miles from Monroeville, Alabama, between the towns of Claiborne and Gosport

Meadowbank Farm located on Highway 84 in a bend of the Alabama River t...

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Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama

Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama

The Pettus Bridge was the site of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where state and local lawmen attacked civil rights demonstrators who were attempting to march from Selma to the state capital Montgomery. Named ... More

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate brigadier general, and eventual U.S. Senator. It is famous as the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), where armed offi... More

The Takoma Theatre, corner of 4th and Butternut St. in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

The Takoma Theatre, corner of 4th and Butternut St. in the Takoma neig...

The Takoma Theatre opened on July 2, 1923 with Thomas Meighan in "The Ne'er Do Well', with 724 seats. It was designed by John Jacob Zink, who also designed the Uptown in Washington, the Commodore in Portsmouth,... More

Busts of Coufucius and Sun Yat-sen outside building in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California

Busts of Coufucius and Sun Yat-sen outside building in Locke, an uninc...

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The Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

The Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas

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

Aerial view of Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, a suspension bridge operated by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority that spans the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island

Aerial view of Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Br...

The bridge, opened in 1969 and renamed for U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island in 1992, connects the city of Newport on Aquidneck Island and the town of Jamestown on Conanicut Island. Title, date and ke... More

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

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

Morra players at Mama Sue's Restaurant, Taylor and Loomis Streets, Chicago, Illinois

Morra players at Mama Sue's Restaurant, Taylor and Loomis Streets, Chi...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-15, morra players outside of MaMa Sue's Restaurant, Taylor and Loomis Streets, Chicago, Mr. Roland Libonati, former U.S. Representative, State Senator, and State Representative, i... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Fort Hill, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, Pickens County, SC

Significance: Fort Hill was the home of the nineteenth-century statesman John C. Calhoun and his son-in-law Thomas Green Clemson, the founder of Clemson University. The house began in 1803 as a small, two-story... More

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Floweree, 2309 Pearl Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: Floweree, as it is called today, is on the National Register. It is named for Charles C. Floweree who was born on October 26, 1842 in Fauquier County Virginia. After serving with distinction in ... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Rufus King House, 150th Street & Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens County, NY

Rufus King House, 150th Street & Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens Count...

Significance: Home of Rufus King, signer of the United States Constitution. He served on the Continental Congress, was a US Senator for nearly 18 years, and twice served as Ambassador to Great Britian. Though n... More

Senate House, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Senate House, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-4360 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836

Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836

A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): "O... More

Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharp...

Significance: On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 men and boys were killed or wounded during the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland. In early 1864, Maryland State Senator Lewis P. Frey introduced legi... More

Latham Building, 221-225 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Latham Building, 221-225 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The Latham Building was built as a three-story office and residence by Milton Slocum Latham, lawyer, District Attorney, Congressional Representative, Governor of California, and U.S. Senator. The... More

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles]

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, weari...

Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Rev. Philip Koker, Chaplain of the Senate. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Transfer; Manuscript Division. For... More

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles]

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, weari...

Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Rev. Philip Koker, Chaplain of the Senate. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Transfer; Manuscript Division. For... 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

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Significance: The Inn was originally owned by Ronald Netherland, a prominent Tennessee politician, State senator and Whig candidate for governor in 1859. The Inn hosted many historical figures such as Presiden... More

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Significance: The Inn was originally owned by Ronald Netherland, a prominent Tennessee politician, State senator and Whig candidate for governor in 1859. The Inn hosted many historical figures such as Presiden... More

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Netherland Inn, 2144 Knoxville Highway, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Significance: The Inn was originally owned by Ronald Netherland, a prominent Tennessee politician, State senator and Whig candidate for governor in 1859. The Inn hosted many historical figures such as Presiden... More

108 Central (Commercial Building), 108 Central Avenue, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

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, Cascade County, MT

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, Cascade County, MT

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

United States Senate chamber / designed by J. Whitehorne ; engraved by T. Doney.

United States Senate chamber / designed by J. Whitehorne ; engraved by...

Engraved from daguerreotype likenesses in the National Miniature Gallery of Anthony, Clarke & Co. (late Anthony, Edwards & Co.).

Frank Billings Kellogg House, 633 Fairmont Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Frank Billings Kellogg House, 633 Fairmont Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built for Frank B. Kellogg, while he was an attorney with Davis, Kellogg & Severance; later he served as U.S. senator, Secretary of State under Calvin Coolidge, co-sponsor of the Kellogg-Briand Pa... More

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway House, Solon Road (State Route 41), Cortland, Cortland County, NY

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway House, Solon Road (State Route 41), Cortland, ...

Significance: The home of Major General Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (or Hatheway), a New York state senator in New York and a United States Congressman. Survey number: HABS NY-5592

Letters from a senator's wife, by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Letters from a senator's wife, by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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