United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection

The 111th United States Senate inside the Senate chamber in 2009, showing busts on view in the visitors gallery.

A similar view of the Senate chamber, circa 1873, that shows the empty niches where the first busts were placed.

The United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection is a series of 46 busts in the United States Capitol, each one bearing the likenesses of a vice president of the United States. Each sculpture, from John Adams to Dick Cheney, honors the role of the vice president as both a member of the executive branch and as president of the Senate.

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, Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris are in the process of being created. The bust of JD Vance will be commissioned when he 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			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	–		2015	[48]
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Incomplete	Not yet commissioned	TBD
Michael R. Pence
Kamala D. Harris
James D. Vance

See also

• List of artwork at the United States Capitol complex

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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