United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection

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the full senate seated at their desks with additional staff in the gallery
The 111th United States Senate inside the Senate chamber in 2009, showing busts on view in the visitors gallery.
a black and white image of the senate floor featuring the gallery above
A similar view of the Senate chamber, circa 1873, that shows the empty niches where the first busts were placed.

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The

Joint Committee on the Library, acting under a resolution of May 13, 1886, was the first to commission busts of the vice presidents to occupy the niches in the new Senate Chamber. After the first 20 busts filled the niches surrounding the Chamber, later additions were placed throughout the Senate wing of the Capitol. The collection is incomplete, since the busts of former vice presidents Joe Biden and Mike Pence are in the process of being created. The bust of Kamala Harris will not be commissioned until she leaves office.[1][2]

List of busts

Vice President Image[note 1] Sculptor Year completed Notes
John Adams Daniel Chester French 1890 [3]
Thomas Jefferson Moses Jacob Ezekiel 1888 [4]
Aaron Burr Jacques Jouvenal 1893 [5]
George Clinton Vittorio A. Ciani 1894 [6]
Elbridge Gerry Herbert Samuel Adams 1892 [7]
Daniel D. Tompkins Charles Henry Niehaus 1891 [8]
John C. Calhoun Theodore Augustus Mills 1896 [9]
Martin Van Buren
Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar
1894 [10]
Richard M. Johnson James Paxton Voorhees 1895 [11]
John Tyler William C. McCauslen 1898 [12]
George M. Dallas Henry Jackson Ellicott 1893 [13]
Millard Fillmore
Robert Cushing
1895 [14]
William R. King William C. McCauslen 1896 [15]
John C. Breckinridge James Paxton Voorhees 1896 [16]
Hannibal Hamlin
Franklin Bachelder Simmons
1889 [17]
Andrew Johnson William C. McCauslen 1900 [18]
Schuyler Colfax Frances Murphy Goodwin 1897 [19]
Henry Wilson Daniel Chester French 1885 [20]
William A. Wheeler Edward Clark Potter 1892 [21]
Chester A. Arthur Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1891 [22]
Thomas A. Hendricks
Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar
1890 [23]
Levi P. Morton
Frank Edwin Elwell
1891 [24]
Adlai E. Stevenson
Franklin Bachelder Simmons
1894 [25]
Garret A. Hobart
Frank Edwin Elwell
1901 [26]
Theodore Roosevelt James Earle Fraser 1910 [27]
Charles W. Fairbanks
Franklin Bachelder Simmons
1905 [28]
James S. Sherman
Bessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh
1911 [29]
Thomas R. Marshall Moses A. Wainer Dykaar 1918 [30]
Calvin Coolidge Moses A. Wainer Dykaar 1927 [31]
Charles G. Dawes Jo Davidson 1930 [32]
Charles Curtis Moses A. Wainer Dykaar 1934 [33]
John N. Garner James Earle Fraser 1943 [34]
Henry A. Wallace Jo Davidson 1947 [35]
Harry S. Truman Charles Keck 1947 [36]
Alben W. Barkley Kalervo Kallio 1958 [37]
Richard M. Nixon
Gualberto Rocchi 1966 [38]
Lyndon B. Johnson Jimilu Mason 1966 [39]
Hubert H. Humphrey
Walker Kirtland Hancock
1982 [40]
Spiro T. Agnew
William Frederick Behrends 1995 [41]
Gerald R. Ford
Walker Kirtland Hancock
1985 [42]
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John Calabro 1987 [43]
Walter F. Mondale
Judson R. Nelson 1987 [44]
George H. W. Bush
Walker Kirtland Hancock
1990 [45]
J. Danforth Quayle
Frederick E. Hart
2002 [46]
Albert A. Gore Jr. William Frederick Behrends 2017 [47]
Richard B. Cheney William Frederick Behrends 2015 [48]
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Incomplete Not yet commissioned TBD
Michael R. Pence Incomplete Not yet commissioned TBD
Kamala Harris Incomplete Not yet commissioned TBD

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the sculptor's copyright, only images of busts carved before 1925 are included in this article, as well as busts whose sculptor died at least 70 years ago and busts that never had a copyright to begin with.

References

  1. ^ Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection, United States Senate.
  2. ^ The Vice Presidential Bust Collection, United States Senate.
  3. ^ John Adams. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Thomas Jefferson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Aaron Burr. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  6. ^ George Clinton. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Elbridge Gerry. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Daniel D. Tompkins. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  9. ^ John C. Calhoun. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  10. ^ Martin Van Buren. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  11. ^ Richard M. Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  12. ^ John Tyler. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  13. ^ George M. Dallas. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  14. ^ Millard Fillmore. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  15. ^ William R. King. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  16. ^ John C. Breckenridge. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  17. ^ Hannibal Hamlin. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  18. ^ Andrew Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  19. ^ Schuyler Colfax. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  20. ^ Henry Wilson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  21. ^ William A. Wheeler. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  22. ^ Chester A. Arthur. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  23. ^ Thomas A. Hendricks. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  24. ^ Levi P. Morton. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  25. ^ Adlai E. Stevenson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  26. ^ Garret A. Hobart. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  27. ^ Theodore Roosevelt. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  28. ^ Charles W. Fairbanks. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
  29. ^ James S. Sherman. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  30. ^ Thomas R. Marshall. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  31. ^ Calvin Coolidge. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  32. ^ Charles G. Dawes. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  33. ^ Charles Curtis. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  34. ^ John N. Garner. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  35. ^ Henry A. Wallace. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  36. ^ Harry S. Truman. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  37. ^ Alben W. Barkley. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  38. ^ Richard M. Nixon. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  39. ^ Lyndon B. Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  40. ^ Hubert H. Humphrey. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  41. ^ Spiro T. Agnew. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  42. ^ Gerald R. Ford. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  43. ^ Nelson A. Rockefeller. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  44. ^ Walter F. Mondale. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  45. ^ George H. W. Bush. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  46. ^ J. Danforth Quayle. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
  47. ^ "Albert A. Gore, Jr". Office of Senate Curator, United States Senate. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  48. ^ Richard B. Cheney. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.

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