Tuesday's List: The U.S. Capitol Building's Statues by State

On our visit to Washington, D.C. last Wednesday we took a tour of the Capitol building.  Our tour guide was very informative and gave us a lot of background information about the sights...including the many statues there, some ringing the National Statuary Hall (next to the Rotunda, which is the room directly under the dome and which itself is ringed by famous historical paintings) and others in different locations, including the very large visitors entrance section.  Each of the fifty states is allotted two statues to send and display in the Capitol building and the District of Columbia gets one.  From time to time a state may opt to change one of their statues, sometimes because a historical figure becomes unpopular and sometimes because a better figure is chosen to replace the former.  A special at-large statue has also been added to the National Statuary Hall: that of civil rights activist Rosa Parks (see above photo). I accessed a great list on Wikipedia...here's a link to that site: [Capitol Statues].  It was interesting how diverse the selections were...they weren't all politicians, but also included people from all walks of life who had distinguished themselves, including several Native Americans.  Here's a shortened form of that list, by state...

Alabama
HELEN KELLER
JOSEPH WHEELER

Alaska
EDWARD LEWIS "BART" BARTLETT
ERNEST GRUENING

Arizona
BARRY GOLDWATER
EUSEBIO KINO

Arkansas
URIAH MILTON ROSE
JAMES PAUL CLARK

California
RONALD REAGAN
JUNIPERO SERRA

Colorado
FLORENCE SABIN
JACK SWIGERT

Connecticut
ROGER SHERMAN
JONATHAN TRUMBULL

District of Columbia
FREDERICK DOUGLAS

Delaware
JOHN MIDDLETON CLAYTON
CAESAR RODNEY

Florida
JOHN GORRIE
EDMUND KIRBY...to be replaced by
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

Georgia
CRAWFORD LONG
ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS

Hawaii
FATHER DAMIEN
KAMEHAMEHA I

Idaho
GEORGE LAIRD SHOUP
WILLIAM BORAH

Illinois
JAMES SHIELDS
FRANCES E. WILLARD

Indiana
OLIVER P. MORTON
LEW WALLACE

Iowa
SAMUE JORDAN KIRKWOOD
NORMAN BORLAUG

Kansas
JOHN JAMES INGALLS
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Kentucky
HENRY CLAY
EPHRAIM MCDOWELL

Louisiana
HUEY PIERCE LONG
EDWAR DOUGLAS WHITE

Maine
WILLIAM KING
HANNIBAL HAMLIN

Maryland
CHARLES CARROLL
JOHN HANSON

Massachusetts
SAMUEL ADAMS
JOHN WINTHROP

Michigan
LEWIS CASS
GERALD FORD

Minnesota
HENRY MOWER RICE
MARIA SANFORD

Mississippi
JAMES ZACHARIAH GEORGE
JEFFERSON DAVIS

Missouri
THOMAS HART BENTON
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR, JR.

Montana
CHARLES MARION RUSSELL
JEANNETTE RANKIN

Nebraska
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
J. STERLING MORTON

Nevada
PATRICK ANTHONY MCCARRAN
SARAH WINNEMUCCA

New Hampshire
JOHN STARK
DANIEL WEBSTER

New Jersey
PHILIP KEARNY
RICHARD STOCKTON

New Mexico
PO'PAY
DENNIS CHAVEZ

New York
GEORGE CLINTON
ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON

North Carolina
ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE
CHARLES BRANTLEY AYCOCK

North Dakota
JOHN BURKE
SAKAKAWEA

Ohio
JAMES A. GARFIELD
THOMAS EDISON

Oklahoma
SEQUOYAH
WILL ROGERS

Oregon
JASON LEE
JOHN MCLOUGHLIN

Pennsylvania
ROBERT FULTON
JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG

Rhode Island
NATHANAEL GREENE
ROGER WILLIAMS

South Carolina
JOHN C. CALHOUN
WAKE HAMPTON

South Dakota
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON BEADLE
JOSEPH WARD

Tennessee
ANDREW JACKSON
JOHN SEVIER

Texas
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
SAM HOUSTON

Utah
BRIGHAM YOUNG
PHILO T. FARNSWORTH

Vermont
ETHAN ALLEN
JACOB COLLAMER

Virginia
ROBERT EDWARD LEE
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Washington
MARCUS WHITMAN
MOTHER JOSEPH

West Virginia
JOHN EDWARD KENNA
FRANCIS HARRISON PIERPONT

Wisconsin
JACQUES MARQUETTE
ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE, SR.

Wyoming
ESTHER HOBART MORRIS
WASHAKIE

At Large
ROSA PARKS