The Art Collection

This statue of Jason Lee was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Oregon in 1953.

Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) French finance minister and controller general under Louis XIV. Codified commercial, maritime, and colonial ordinances; reformed the French legal system.

This statue of Jeannette Rankin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Montana in 1985. She was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

This statue of Jefferson Davis was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Mississippi in 1931. Davis served the nation in many positions before being appointed president of the Confederate States during the Civil War, including Secretary of War, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a member of the U.S. Senate.

This statue of John Burke was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by North Dakota in 1963. Burke served as governor of North Dakota from 1907 to 1913 before becoming treasurer of the United States.

This statue of John Caldwell Calhoun was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by South Carolina in 1910. Calhoun served as Vice President of the United States under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

This statue of John E. Kenna was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by West Virginia in 1901.

This statue of John Gorrie was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Florida in 1914. A physician, scientist, inventor and humanitarian, Gorrie is considered the father of refrigeration and air-conditioning.

This statue of John Hanson was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Maryland in 1903. Hanson was one of the strongest colonial advocates of independence.