Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891

Joseph Gurney Cannon, by Freeman Thorp, 1904

Next!, by Udo Keppler, Puck, September 7, 1904

The Summerhouse

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Vinnie Ream, 1870

Washington Morning Times, November 7, 1898

Library of Congress, Harper’s Weekly, February 27, 1897

After 1908, each member of Congress was entitled to at least one room as a personal office.

Soldiers of the 4th U.S. Colored Infantry

South Carolina seceded from the Union in December 1860, followed by 10 other Southern states.