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Speakers of the House of Representatives
 
 

Design: Paul W. Bartlett; Text: Charles E. Fairman
Bronze, 12" x 17"
Placed 1924
Speaker's Lobby

Text of the Plaque

SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES

CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE HONORED
BY THE PREFERMENT OF THEIR
ASSOCIATES
THESE MAKERS OF HISTORY ARE
MEMORIALIZED AS A TRIBUTE OF
THEIR WORTH TO THE NATION