Legislators

This portrait of Henry Clay, painted by John James Audubon, in is the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Senator Scott W. Lucas in Chicago at the National Democratic Conference and Jefferson Jubilee. This photograph ran in "Democratic Digest," and is slightly airbrushed and touched up. Donor: Dorothy Girton.

President Harry S. Truman addressing a Joint Session of Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe.

Senator Bennett Champ Clark (left) and Senator Harry S. Truman (right), both of Missouri, shaking hands. Donor: Dorothy Girton

This portrait of John C. Calhoun, painted by Rembrandt Peale, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

This portrait of DeWitt Clinton, painted by John Wesley Jarvis, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

This portrait of Daniel Webster, painted by George P. A. Healy, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

This portrait of Henry Clay, painted by George P. A. Healy, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

This portrait of Henry Laurens, painted by John Singleton Copley, is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.