Senator Collection

The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States. Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R

Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the Great Debate on the Constitution
BAL124507 Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the Great Debate on the Constitution and the Union in 1850, 1860 (engraving) (b&w photo) by American School

Yeats / Graphic 1923
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Irish poet and senator, shown here attending the first meeting of the new Dail Eireann in Dublin

RAFF CICCONE SENATE
Labor Senator for Victoria Raff Ciccone holds his baby while in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

RAFF CICCONE SENATE
Labor Senator for Victoria Raff Ciccone holds his baby while in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

RAFF CICCONE SENATE
Labor Senator for Victoria Raff Ciccone holds his baby while in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

RAFF CICCONE SENATE
Labor Senator for Victoria Raff Ciccone holds his baby while in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

RAFF CICCONE SENATE
Labor Senator for Victoria Raff Ciccone holds his baby while in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

CARL SCHURZ: CARPETBAGGER. Schurz, an American army officer, politician, and reformer, vilified as a carpetbagger in an 1872 cartoon by Thomas Nast

CARTOON: ALASKA PURCHASE, 1867. An American cartoon on the Alaska purchase showing Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Andrew Johnson welcoming the representatives of the new territory

Appius Claudius the Censor (340-273 BC). Engraving. Colored
Appius Claudius the Censor (340-273 BC). Roman Censor. Engraving by Sabattini after a fresco by Cesare Maccari. The Iberian Illustration, 1898. Colored

Punic Wars, attack on Carthage, Sicily
PUNIC WARS : war with Carthage begins when the Roman senator Appius Claudius Caudex backs an unjustified attack on the Carthaginian colony in Sicily

U. S. FOREST SERVICE, 1924. Republican senators holding fire prevention posters
U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1924. Republican senators holding fire prevention posters issued by the United States Forest Service

Daniel Webster and quote on God granting Liberty
A postcard illustrating a quote by Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War

GEORGE McGOVERN (1922- ). American politician. Senator McGovern beneath a poster in New York City, during his presidential campaign, June 1972

JULIUS CAESAR (100-44 B. C. ). Roman general and statesman. Caesar refusing the crown offered by Marc Antony, 44 B. C
JULIUS CAESAR (100-44 B.C.). Roman general and statesman. Caesar refusing the crown offered by Marc Antony, 44 B.C. Line engraving, late 19th century

Mr. Lincoln. Residence and horse. In Springfield, Illinois, as they appeared on his return at the close of the campaign with Senator Douglas. Date c1865 July 15

ZACHARIAH CHANDLER (1813-1879). American politician. Steel engraving, c1870

CAREY ESTES KEFAUVER (1903-1963). American Democratic politician, who introduced a bill to prohibit interstate trafficking of switchblade knives, posing with a display of confiscated switchblades

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John C. Calhoun, US Vice President. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Papirius and the Gauls
Roman senator Papirio is taunted by an invading Gaul, and strikes him with his ceremonial staff, for which he is killed

Gaul Taunts Senator
Roman senator Papirio is taunted by an invading Gaul, and strikes him with his ceremonial staff, for which he is killed

Republic of Venice: Decision of the Council of 40 Senators of Venice (Council of Forty also known as Quarantia or)
BEN5481293 Republic of Venice: Decision of the Council of 40 Senators of Venice (Council of Forty also known as Quarantia or Quarantia). Extract from the registers of May 3, 1761

Edward Everett, American politician and diplomat (engraving)
8676940 Edward Everett, American politician and diplomat (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Everett (1794-1865), American politician and diplomat

Portrait of Joseph Vinoy (1800-1880), French General and Senator, Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion
JEB4833219 Portrait of Joseph Vinoy (1800-1880), French General and Senator, Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour. Photography Disderi, 19th century

John C. Breckinridge, US Vice President, about 1850
NWI4952432 John C. Breckinridge, US Vice President, about 1850.; (add.info.: John C. Breckinridge, US Vice President, about 1850.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton
NWI4950775 Charles Carroll of Carrollton.; (add.info.: Charles Carroll of Carrollton.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
NWI4951723 John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.; (add.info.: John Randolph of Roanoke at age 32)

Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1904_1_6: Combes Emile (1835-1921) Illustration by J Wely
ICA4939556 Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B, 1904_1_6: Combes Emile (1835-1921) Illustration by J Wely; (add.info.: Cover of " L'Indiscret", Satirique en N & B)

Engraving for Chanson by Pierre Jean Beranger (1780-1857), 1866
JAB4120680 Engraving for Chanson by Pierre Jean Beranger (1780-1857), 1866; (add.info.: Engraving for Chanson by Pierre Jean Beranger (1780-1857), 1866); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, 1890s
NWI4757845 Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, 1890s.; (add.info.: Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, 1890s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

President McKinley as a dairy farmer, 1897
1576824 President McKinley as a dairy farmer, 1897; (add.info.: A puzzle' President McKinley as a dairy farmer milking a cow labelled "Patronage", and many hands holding out containers)

Paris: portrait of Senator Jean Masse (1817-1909), former Senator of the Nievre of the 3rd republic, 1885
LUX4712699 Paris: portrait of Senator Jean Masse (1817-1909), former Senator of the Nievre of the 3rd republic, 1885; (add.info.: Paris: portrait of Senator Jean Masse (1817-1909)

Umberto CAGNIin 1908 (photo)
FGL5502994 Umberto CAGNIin 1908 (photo); (add.info.: Italian admiral and explorer, senator of the Kingdom and commissioner of the Autonomous Consortium of the port of Genoa.); Fototeca Gilardi.

Death of Cato the Younger, 18th century (print)
7315185 Death of Cato the Younger, 18th century (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Cato the Younger. Marcus Porcius Cato, 95 BC - 46 BC)

Roman man wearing the paenula, and a seated Roman senator. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von
FLO4704588 Roman man wearing the paenula, and a seated Roman senator. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People

A Senator and a Lady of the Patrician, Strasbourg, 17th century, France. 19th century, (chromolithography)
ELD4847879 A Senator and a Lady of the Patrician, Strasbourg, 17th century, France. 19th century, (chromolithography).; Private Collection; (add.info.: A senator and a lady of the aristocracy)

Daniel Webster portrait, with autograph
NWI4951159 Daniel Webster portrait, with autograph.; (add.info.: Daniel Webster portrait, with autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Alfredo Luis Eusebio Telesforo Jose Escobar y Ramirez, 2nd marques de Valdeiglesias
3253068 Alfredo Luis Eusebio Telesforo Jose Escobar y Ramirez, 2nd marques de Valdeiglesias; (add.info.: Alfredo Luis Eusebio Telesforo Jose Escobar y Ramirez, 2nd marques de Valdeiglesias)

Le Pilori (Mailly), number 16, circa 1870 - Illustration by Mailly (1829)
ICA4860478 Le Pilori (Mailly), number 16, circa 1870 - Illustration by Mailly (1829-?) : Harlequin political journalist senator chess - Press/Media, Second Empire, War 1870-1871 - Girardin Emile de

Daniel Webster, 1800
3507814 Daniel Webster, 1800; (add.info.: Daniel Webster, 1782-1852; Federalist Congressman from New Hampshire, 1813-1817; Whig Congressman from Massachusetts)

The Hampton Roads Conference, held between the United States and the Confederate States on February 3, 1865
UIG5419691 The Hampton Roads Conference, held between the United States and the Confederate States on February 3, 1865, aboard the steamboat River Queen in Hampton Roads, Virginia

Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 American lawyer United States Senator Secretary of State
3052901 Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 American lawyer United States Senator Secretary of State and orator Engraving from a 19th century print; Private Collection.

Taylor and Cass engage in fisticuffs, 1848
1576708 Taylor and Cass engage in fisticuffs, 1848; (add.info.: Grand set to between rough and ready and Genal. Gas' 'Zachary Taylor)

Rufus Choate, American lawyer and politician (engraving)
8676936 Rufus Choate, American lawyer and politician (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rufus Choate (1799-1859), American lawyer and politician

Death of Cato the Younger (engraving)
8664203 Death of Cato the Younger (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death of Cato the Younger, 46 BC)

Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 429,, illustration by Fernand Fau (1858-1919)
ICA4843375 Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 429,, illustration by Fernand Fau (1858-1919): Hubert Lucien (1868-1938) by Fau

US Attorney-General Felix Grundy
NWI4951128 US Attorney-General Felix Grundy.; (add.info.: US Attorney-General Felix Grundy.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

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"Trailblazers and Debaters: A Glimpse into the World of Senators" From the first colored senator and representatives in the 41st, to Daniel Webster's powerful address in the Great Debate on the Constitution, senators have played a pivotal role in shaping history. In this captivating Yeats/Graphic from 1923, we catch a glimpse of their influence. One such influential figure was Carl Schurz, an American army officer, politician, and reformer known as a "carpetbagger. " His dedication to change resonated with many during his time. Even cartoons held significance when it came to senators. An American cartoon depicting the Alaska purchase of 1867 sheds light on how these lawmakers shaped territorial expansion. The Compromise of 1850 debate showcased both the power and complexity within the US Senate. As tensions rose over slavery issues, senators engaged in passionate discussions that would ultimately shape America's future. Looking back even further into history, we find Appius Claudius the Censor engraving - a reminder that colorful characters have always existed within political realms. Wars too were influenced by senators' decisions. The Punic Wars saw attacks on Carthage and Sicily driven by strategic choices made by these esteemed individuals. Daniel Webster's quote on God granting Liberty reminds us that faith has often intertwined with politics throughout history. His words continue to resonate today as we reflect upon our own freedoms. Moving closer to modern times, Senator George McGovern campaigned for presidency amidst turbulent times in June 1972. Beneath posters adorning New York City streets stood a man dedicated to making change happen. Lastly, Julius Caesar's refusal of Marc Antony's crown serves as a timeless symbol of integrity among statesmen throughout centuries past. Even then, senators understood their duty went beyond personal gain or power grabs; it was about serving their people honorably.