National Statuary Hall Collection at the US Capitol

Historical Heroes

Each state contributed statues of two prominent citizens for display in the US Capitol. Rosa Parks was added by a special act of Congress without representing any state. Collection rankings tie the states to the statues they provided. Missing: Edward Lewis 'Bob' Bartlett (AK); Ernest Gruening (AK); John Campbell Greenway (AZ); Eusebio Kino (AZ); Uriah Rose (AR); James Paul Clarke (AR); Florence Sabin (CO); Roger Sherman (CT); John M. Clayton (DE); John Gorrie (FL); Edmund Kirby Smith (FL); Crawford Long (GA); William Borah (ID); George Laird Shoup (ID); Frances Willard (IL); James Shields (IL); Oliver Morton (IN); Samuel Kirkwood (IA); Ephraim McDowell (KY); Gov. William King (ME); John Winthrop (MA); Henry Mower Rice (MN); Maria Sanford (MN); James Z. George (MS); Sen. Thomas Hart Benton (MO); Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (MO);Charles Marion Russell (MT); J. Sterling Morton (NE); Patrick Anthony McCarran (NV); John Stark (NH); Richard Stockton (NJ); Dennis Chavez (NM); Robert R. Livingston (NY); Zebulon Baird Vance (NC); Charles Brantley Aycock (NC); John Burke (ND); Jason Lee (OR); John McLoughlin (OR); John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (PA); Nathaniel Greene (RI); Wade Hampton (SC); Joseph Ward (SD); William Henry Harrison Beadle (SD); John Sevier (TN); Stephen F. Austin (TX); Jacob Collamer (VT); Marcus Whitman (WA); Mother Joseph Pariseau (WA); John E. Kenna (WV); Francis Harrison Pierpont (WV); Esther Hobart Morris (WY)

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

55

0

Rosa Parks

Advocate

30.08% (40 of 133 votes)

1

1

Alabama (State)

State

100% (2 of 2 votes)

42

1

Joseph Wheeler

Military Personnel

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

49

1

Helen Keller

Advocate

31.71% (26 of 82 votes)

13

2

Alaska

State

88.24% (15 of 17 votes)

79

2

Ernest Gruening

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 2 votes)

20

3

Barry Goldwater

U.S. Senator

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

32

3

Eusebio Kino

Religious Figure

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

48

3

Arizona

State

32.00% (16 of 50 votes)

34

5

Ronald Reagan

U.S. President

48.60% (243 of 500 votes)

44

5

California

State

32.71% (35 of 107 votes)

100

5

Junipero Serra

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

6

Florence Sabin

Scientist

100% (1 of 1 votes)

101

6

Colorado

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

102

6

Jack Swigert

Astronaut

0% (0 of 1 votes)

2

7

Connecticut

State

100% (2 of 2 votes)

76

7

Roger Sherman

Politician

0% (0 of 0 votes)

98

7

John Trumbull

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

29

8

Delaware

State

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

30

8

Caesar Rodney

Politician

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

82

9

John Gorrie

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

3

10

Georgia

State

100% (1 of 1 votes)

15

10

Alexander H. Stephens

Politician

80.0% (4 of 5 votes)

81

10

Crawford Long

Doctor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

66

11

Hawaii

State

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

75

11

Father Damien

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 0 votes)

97

11

Kamehameha I

Monarch

0% (0 of 1 votes)

12

12

Illinois

State

100% (1 of 1 votes)

80

12

William Borah

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

13

Frances E. Willard

Advocate

100% (1 of 1 votes)

21

14

Lew Wallace

Author

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

46

14

Indiana

State

32.00% (40 of 125 votes)

24

15

Iowa

State

57.83% (48 of 83 votes)

106

15

Norman Borlaug

Scientist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

43

16

Dwight David Eisenhower

U.S. President

33.33% (60 of 180 votes)

51

16

Amelia Earhart

Aviator

31.30% (36 of 115 votes)

107

16

Kansas

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

17

Henry Clay

Politician

60.0% (6 of 10 votes)

50

17

Kentucky

State

31.58% (48 of 152 votes)

16

18

Edward Douglass White

U.S. Chief Justice

75.00% (3 of 4 votes)

104

18

Louisiana

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

105

18

Huey Long

U.S. Governor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

65

19

Maine

State

11.11% (2 of 18 votes)

103

19

Hannibal Hamlin

U.S. Vice President

0% (0 of 1 votes)

4

20

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

17

20

John Hanson

Politician

71.43% (5 of 7 votes)

60

20

Maryland

State

25.00% (2 of 8 votes)

8

21

John Winthrop

Politician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

57

21

Massachusetts

State

29.09% (16 of 55 votes)

88

21

Samuel Adams

Patriot

0% (0 of 0 votes)

25

22

Gerald Ford

U.S. President

56.80% (71 of 125 votes)

56

22

Michigan

State

29.86% (129 of 432 votes)

89

22

Lewis Cass

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 0 votes)

26

24

Mississippi

State

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

40

24

Jefferson Davis

World Leader

33.78% (25 of 74 votes)

33

25

Francis Preston Blair Jr.

Military Personnel

50.0% (2 of 4 votes)

61

25

Thomas Hart Benton (Senator)

U.S. Senator

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

85

25

Missouri

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

58

26

Jeanette Rankin

Politician

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

78

26

Charles Marion Russell

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

90

26

Montana

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

67

27

Nebraska

State

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

77

27

Chief Standing Bear

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)

27

28

Sarah Winnemucca

Native American Icon

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

52

28

Nevada

State

31.00% (62 of 200 votes)

5

29

Daniel Webster

Patriot

100% (1 of 1 votes)

22

29

New Hampshire

State

60.12% (101 of 168 votes)

41

30

Philip Kearny

Military Personnel

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

64

30

New Jersey

State

16.22% (6 of 37 votes)

86

31

New Mexico

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

87

31

Po'pay

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)

99

31

Dennis Chavez

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 1 votes)

14

32

New York (State)

State

82.76% (24 of 29 votes)

93

32

George Clinton (Vice President)

U.S. Vice President

0% (0 of 6 votes)

6

34

North Dakota

State

100% (2 of 2 votes)

39

34

Sacagawea

Native American Icon

34.09% (15 of 44 votes)

83

34

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

Explorer

0% (0 of 1 votes)

37

35

James Garfield

U.S. President

40.0% (4 of 10 votes)

45

35

Ohio

State

32.08% (17 of 53 votes)

62

35

Thomas Alva Edison

Inventor

20.0% (2 of 10 votes)

59

36

Will Rogers

Comedian

25.00% (4 of 16 votes)

91

36

Oklahoma

State

0% (0 of 2 votes)

92

36

Sequoyah

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)

54

38

Pennsylvania

State

30.12% (25 of 83 votes)

94

38

Robert Fulton

Inventor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

84

39

Nathanael Greene

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 0 votes)

95

39

Rhode Island

State

0% (0 of 2 votes)

96

39

Roger Williams (Theologian)

Religious Figure

0% (0 of 0 votes)

28

40

John C. Calhoun

U.S. Vice President

50.0% (5 of 10 votes)

53

40

South Carolina

State

30.50% (219 of 718 votes)

19

42

Tennessee

State

71.43% (10 of 14 votes)

47

42

Andrew Jackson

U.S. President

32.00% (8 of 25 votes)

10

43

Stephen F. Austin

Patriot

100% (1 of 1 votes)

35

43

Texas

State

42.01% (71 of 169 votes)

36

43

Samuel Houston

U.S. Governor

40.0% (2 of 5 votes)

7

44

Brigham Young

Religious Figure

100% (6 of 6 votes)

31

44

Philo T. Farnsworth

Inventor

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

68

44

Utah

State

4.55% (1 of 22 votes)

69

45

Vermont

State

0% (0 of 0 votes)

70

45

Ethan Allen

Military Personnel

0% (0 of 1 votes)

38

46

George Washington

U.S. President

39.35% (61 of 155 votes)

63

46

Virginia

State

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

71

49

Wisconsin

State

0% (0 of 1 votes)

72

49

Jacques Marquette

Explorer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

73

49

Robert LaFollette

U.S. Senator

0% (0 of 1 votes)

18

50

Wyoming

State

71.43% (5 of 7 votes)

74

50

Chief Washakie

Native American Icon

0% (0 of 0 votes)