United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection

Series of busts in the United States Capitol

The United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection is a series of 46 busts in the United States Capitol, each one bearing the likenesses of a vice president of the United States. Each sculpture, from John Adams to Dick Cheney, honors the role of the vice president as both a member of the executive branch and as president of the Senate.

The Joint Committee on the Library, acting under a resolution of May 13, 1886, was the first to commission busts of the vice presidents to occupy the niches in the new Senate chamber. After the first 20 busts filled the niches surrounding the chamber, later additions were placed throughout the Senate wing of the Capitol. The collection is incomplete, since the busts of former vice presidents Joe Biden and Mike Pence are in the process of being created. The bust of Kamala Harris will be commissioned when she leaves office.

List of busts

Vice President	Image	Sculptor	Year completed
John Adams		Daniel Chester French	1890
Thomas Jefferson		Moses Jacob Ezekiel	1888
Aaron Burr		Jacques Jouvenal	1893
George Clinton		Vittorio A. Ciani	1894
Elbridge Gerry		Herbert Samuel Adams	1892
Daniel D. Tompkins		Charles Henry Niehaus	1891
John C. Calhoun		Theodore Augustus Mills	1896
Martin Van Buren		Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar	1894
Richard M. Johnson		James Paxton Voorhees	1895
John Tyler		William C. McCauslen	1898
George M. Dallas		Henry Jackson Ellicott	1893
Millard Fillmore		Robert Cushing	1895
William R. King		William C. McCauslen	1896
John C. Breckinridge		James Paxton Voorhees	1896
Hannibal Hamlin		Franklin Bachelder Simmons	1889
Andrew Johnson		William C. McCauslen	1900
Schuyler Colfax		Frances Murphy Goodwin	1897
Henry Wilson		Daniel Chester French	1885
William A. Wheeler		Edward Clark Potter	1892
Chester A. Arthur		Augustus Saint-Gaudens	1891
Thomas A. Hendricks		Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar	1890
Levi P. Morton		Frank Edwin Elwell	1891
Adlai E. Stevenson		Franklin Bachelder Simmons	1894
Garret A. Hobart		Frank Edwin Elwell	1901
Theodore Roosevelt		James Earle Fraser	1910
Charles W. Fairbanks		Franklin Bachelder Simmons	1905
James S. Sherman		Bessie Onahotema Potter Vonnoh	1911
Thomas R. Marshall		Moses A. Wainer Dykaar	1918
Calvin Coolidge		Moses A. Wainer Dykaar	1927
Charles G. Dawes		Jo Davidson	1930
Charles Curtis		Moses A. Wainer Dykaar	1934
John N. Garner		James Earle Fraser	1943
Henry A. Wallace		Jo Davidson	1947
Harry S. Truman		Charles Keck	1947
Alben W. Barkley		Kalervo Kallio	1958
Richard M. Nixon		Gualberto Rocchi	1966
Lyndon B. Johnson	–	Jimilu Mason	1966
Hubert H. Humphrey		Walker Kirtland Hancock	1982
Spiro T. Agnew	–	William Frederick Behrends	1995
Gerald R. Ford		Walker Kirtland Hancock	1985
Nelson A. Rockefeller		John Calabro	1987
Walter F. Mondale		Judson R. Nelson	1987
George H. W. Bush	–	Walker Kirtland Hancock	1990
J. Danforth Quayle	–	Frederick E. Hart	2002
Albert A. Gore Jr.	–	William Frederick Behrends	2017
Richard B. Cheney	–	William Frederick Behrends	2015
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Incomplete	Not yet commissioned	TBD
Michael R. Pence	Incomplete	Not yet commissioned	TBD
Kamala Harris	Incomplete	Not yet commissioned	TBD

Notes

Due to the sculptor's copyright, only images of busts carved before 1925 are included in this article, as well as busts whose sculptor died at least 70 years ago and busts that never had a copyright to begin with.

References

Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection, United States Senate.
The Vice Presidential Bust Collection, United States Senate.
John Adams. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Thomas Jefferson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Aaron Burr. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
George Clinton. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Elbridge Gerry. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Daniel D. Tompkins. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
John C. Calhoun. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Martin Van Buren. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Richard M. Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
John Tyler. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
George M. Dallas. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Millard Fillmore. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
William R. King. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
John C. Breckenridge. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Hannibal Hamlin. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Andrew Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Schuyler Colfax. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Henry Wilson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
William A. Wheeler. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Chester A. Arthur. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Thomas A. Hendricks. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Levi P. Morton. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Adlai E. Stevenson. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Garret A. Hobart. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Theodore Roosevelt. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
Charles W. Fairbanks. United States Senate. Accessed January 3, 2016.
James S. Sherman. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Thomas R. Marshall. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Calvin Coolidge. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Charles G. Dawes. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Charles Curtis. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
John N. Garner. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Henry A. Wallace. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Harry S. Truman. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Alben W. Barkley. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Richard M. Nixon. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Lyndon B. Johnson. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Hubert H. Humphrey. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Spiro T. Agnew. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Gerald R. Ford. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Nelson A. Rockefeller. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
Walter F. Mondale. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
George H. W. Bush. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
J. Danforth Quayle. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.
"Albert A. Gore, Jr". Office of Senate Curator, United States Senate. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
Richard B. Cheney. United States Senate. Accessed August 4, 2023.

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