The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, portraying notable persons in the histories of the respective states. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state.

On July 2, 1864, Congress established the National Statuary Hall: "States [may] provide and furnish statues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military services such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration." The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. In 2000, Congress amended a law to allow states to replace their statues. 17 statues have since then been removed and replaced.

The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 61 statues of bronze and 39 of marble. Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection. The US states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them. Kansas was the first state to replace a statue in 2003, and the first state to replace both in 2022.

Statues Current

+ Commissioned by Statue Image Medium Sculptor Year placed Location Alabama Statue of Helen Keller Bronze 2009 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Joseph Wheeler Bronze 1925 National Statuary Hall Alaska Statue of Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett Bronze 1971 House corridor, 2nd floor Statue of Ernest Gruening Bronze 1977 Capitol Visitor Center Arizona Statue of Barry Goldwater Bronze 2015 National Statuary Hall Statue of Eusebio Kino Bronze 1965 Capitol Visitor Center Arkansas Statue of Johnny Cash Bronze 2024 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Daisy Bates Bronze 2024 National Statuary Hall California Statue of Ronald Reagan Bronze 2009 Rotunda Statue of Junípero Serra Bronze 1931 National Statuary Hall Colorado Statue of Florence R. Sabin Bronze 1959 Hall of Columns Statue of Jack Swigert Bronze and 1997 Capitol Visitor Center Connecticut Statue of Roger Sherman Marble 1872 Crypt Statue of Jonathan Trumbull Marble 1872 House corridor, 2nd floor Delaware Statue of John M. Clayton Marble 1934 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Caesar Rodney Marble 1934 Crypt Florida Statue of John Gorrie Marble 1914 National Statuary Hall Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Marble 2022 National Statuary Hall Georgia Statue of Crawford Long Marble 1926 Crypt Statue of Alexander H. Stephens Marble 1927 National Statuary Hall Hawaii Statue of Father Damien Bronze 1969 Hall of Columns Statue of Kamehameha I Bronze 1969 Capitol Visitor Center Idaho Statue of William Borah Bronze 1947 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of George L. Shoup Marble 1910 National Statuary Hall Illinois Statue of James Shields Bronze 1893 Hall of Columns Statue of Frances Willard Marble 1905 National Statuary Hall Indiana Statue of Oliver P. Morton Marble 1900 Senate Wing, 1st floor Statue of Lew Wallace Marble 1910 National Statuary Hall Iowa Statue of Norman Borlaug Bronze 2014 National Statuary Hall Statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood Bronze 1913 National Statuary Hall Kansas Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower Bronze 2003 Rotunda Statue of Amelia Earhart Bronze and 2022 National Statuary Hall Kentucky Statue of Henry Clay Bronze 1929 National Statuary Hall Statue of Ephraim McDowell Bronze 1929 Capitol Visitor Center Louisiana Statue of Huey Long Bronze 1941 National Statuary Hall Statue of Edward Douglass White Bronze 1955 Capitol Visitor Center Maine Statue of Hannibal Hamlin Bronze 1935 National Statuary Hall Statue of William King Marble 1878 House corridor, 2nd floor Maryland Statue of Charles Carroll of Carrollton Bronze 1903 Crypt Statue of John Hanson Bronze 1903 Senate corridor, 2nd floor Massachusetts Statue of Samuel Adams Marble 1876 Crypt Statue of John Winthrop Marble 1876 Hall of Columns Michigan Statue of Lewis Cass Marble 1889 National Statuary Hall Statue of Gerald Ford Bronze 2011 Rotunda Minnesota Statue of Henry Mower Rice Marble 1916 National Statuary Hall Statue of Maria Sanford Bronze 1958 Capitol Visitor Center Mississippi Statue of Jefferson Davis Bronze 1931 National Statuary Hall Statue of James Z. George Bronze 1931 Capitol Visitor Center Missouri Statue of Harry S. Truman Bronze Tom Corbin 2022 Rotunda Statue of Francis Preston Blair Jr. Marble 1899 Hall of Columns Montana Statue of Jeannette Rankin Bronze 1985 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Charles Marion Russell Bronze 1959 National Statuary Hall Nebraska Statue of Standing Bear Bronze 2019 National Statuary Hall Statue of Willa Cather Bronze 2023 Capitol Visitor Center Nevada Statue of Pat McCarran Bronze 1960 Senate Wing, 2nd floor Statue of Sarah Winnemucca Bronze 2005 Capitol Visitor Center New Hampshire Statue of John Stark Marble 1894 Crypt Statue of Daniel Webster Marble (after Thomas Ball) 1894 National Statuary Hall New Jersey Statue of Philip Kearny Bronze 1888 Hall of Columns Statue of Richard Stockton Marble (completed by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown) 1888 Crypt New Mexico Statue of Dennis Chávez Bronze 1966 Senate Wing, 2nd floor Statue of Po'pay Marble 2005 Capitol Visitor Center New York Statue of George Clinton Bronze 1873 Senate Wing, 2nd floor Statue of Robert R. Livingston Bronze 1875 Crypt North Carolina Statue of Billy Graham Bronze 2024 Crypt Statue of Zebulon Baird Vance Bronze 1916 National Statuary Hall North Dakota Statue of John Burke Bronze 1963 National Statuary Hall Statue of Sakakawea Bronze Arizona Bronze Atelier(after Leonard Crunelle, 1909) 2003 Capitol Visitor Center Ohio Statue of Thomas Edison Bronze 2016 National Statuary Hall Statue of James A. Garfield Marble 1886 Rotunda Oklahoma Statue of Will Rogers Bronze 1939 House corridor, 2nd floor Statue of Sequoyah Bronze (completed by G. Julian Zolnay) 1917 National Statuary Hall Oregon Statue of Jason Lee Bronze 1953 National Statuary Hall Statue of John McLoughlin Bronze 1953 Capitol Visitor Center Pennsylvania Statue of Robert Fulton Marble 1889 National Statuary Hall Statue of Peter Muhlenberg Marble 1889 Crypt Rhode Island Statue of Nathanael Greene Marble 1870 Crypt Statue of Roger Williams Marble 1872 Senate corridor, 2nd floor South Carolina Statue of John C. Calhoun Marble 1910 Crypt Statue of Wade Hampton III Marble 1929 Capitol Visitor Center South Dakota Statue of William Henry Harrison Beadle Bronze 1938 National Statuary Hall Statue of Joseph Ward Marble 1963 Capitol Visitor Center Tennessee Statue of Andrew Jackson Bronze and Leopold Scholz 1928 Rotunda Statue of John Sevier Bronze and Leopold Scholz 1931 National Statuary Hall Texas Statue of Stephen F. Austin Marble 1905 Hall of Columns Statue of Sam Houston Marble 1905 National Statuary Hall Utah Statue of Martha Hughes Cannon Bronze 2024 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Brigham Young Marble 1950 National Statuary Hall Vermont Statue of Ethan Allen Marble 1876 National Statuary Hall Statue of Jacob Collamer Marble 1881 Senate Wing, 1st floor Virginia Statue of George Washington Bronze 1934 Rotunda Statue of Barbara Rose Johns Bronze 2025 Crypt Washington Statue of Mother Joseph Pariseau Bronze 1980 Capitol Visitor Center Statue of Marcus Whitman Bronze 1953 National Statuary Hall West Virginia Statue of John E. Kenna Marble 1901 Hall of Columns Statue of Francis Harrison Pierpont Marble 1910 National Statuary Hall Wisconsin Statue of Robert M. La Follette Marble 1929 National Statuary Hall Statue of Jacques Marquette Marble 1896 House corridor, 2nd floor Wyoming Statue of Esther Hobart Morris Bronze 1960 Hall of Columns Statue of Washakie Bronze 2000 Capitol Visitor Center

Former

+ State Statue Image Medium Sculptor Year placed Year replaced Replaced by Current Location Alabama Statue of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Marble 1908 2009 Statue of Helen Keller Montgomery, Alabama Arizona Statue of John Campbell Greenway Bronze 1930 2015 Statue of Barry Goldwater Phoenix, Arizona Arkansas Statue of James Paul Clarke Marble 1921 2024 Statue of Johnny Cash unknown Statue of Uriah M. Rose Marble 1917 2024 Statue of Daisy Bates Little Rock, Arkansas California Statue of Thomas Starr King Bronze 1931 2009 Statue of Ronald Reagan Sacramento, California Florida Statue of Edmund Kirby Smith Bronze 1922 2021 Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune Tallahassee, Florida Iowa Statue of James Harlan Bronze 1910 2014 Statue of Norman Borlaug Mount Pleasant, Iowa Kansas Statue of George Washington Glick Marble 1914 2003 Statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower Atchison, KansasKansasStatue of John James IngallsMarbleCharles Henry Neihaus19052022Statue of Amelia EarhartTopeka, Kansas Michigan Statue of Zachariah Chandler Marble 1913 2011 Statue of Gerald Ford Lansing, MichiganMissouriStatue of Thomas Hart BentonMarbleAlexander Doyle18992022Statue of Harry S. TrumanColumbia, Missouri Nebraska Statue of William Jennings Bryan Bronze 1937 2019 Statue of Standing Bear Seward, Nebraska Nebraska Statue of Julius Sterling Morton Bronze 1937 2023 Statue of Willa Cather Nebraska City, Nebraska North Carolina Statue of Charles Brantley Aycock Bronze 1932 2024 Statue of Billy Graham unknown Ohio Statue of William Allen Marble 1887 2016 Statue of Thomas Edison Chillicothe, Ohio Virginia Statue of Robert E. Lee Bronze 1909 2020 Statue of Barbara Rose Johns Richmond, VirginiaUtah Statue of Philo Farnsworth BronzeJames Avati 19902024Statue of Martha Hughes Cannon Orem, Utah

See also

United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection Statue of Rosa Parks (U.S. Capitol)

Notes and references Notes

References

External links About the National Statuary Hall Collection – Architect of the Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection By Location – Architect of the Capitol