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| U.S. Senators from Virginia: |
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Dates of Service |
| Class 1 |
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William Grayson (ANTI-ADMIN)
John Walker (PRO-ADMIN)
James Monroe (ANTI-ADMIN)
Stevens T. Mason (R)
John Taylor (R)
Abraham B. Venable (R)
William B. Giles (R)
Andrew Moore (R)
Richard Brent (R)
James Barbour (R,CRR)
John Randolph (J)
John Tyler (J,AJ)
William C. Rives (J,D)
William C. Rives (W)
Isaac S. Pennybacker (D)
James M. Mason (D)
Waitman T. Willey (U)
Lemuel J. Bowden (U)
John F. Lewis (R)
Robert E. Withers (D)
William Mahone (RA,R)
John W. Daniel (D)
Claude A. Swanson (D)
Harry Flood Byrd (D)
Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. (D,I)
Paul S. Trible, Jr. (R)
Charles S. Robb (D)
George F. Allen (R)
Jim Webb (D)
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1789-1790
1790-1790
1790-1794
1794-1803
1803-1803
1803-1804
1804-1804
1804-1809
1809-1814
1815-1825
1825-1827
1827-1836
1836-1839
1841-1845
1845-1847
1847-1861
1861-1863
1863-1864
1870-1875
1875-1881
1881-1887
1887-1910
1910-1933
1933-1965
1965-1983
1983-1989
1989-2001
2001-2007
2007---
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| Name |
Dates of Service |
| Class 2 |
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Richard Henry Lee (ANTI-ADMIN)
John Taylor (ANTI-ADMIN)
Henry Tazewell (ANTI-ADMIN,R)
Wilson C. Nicholas (R)
Andrew Moore (R)
William B. Giles (R)
Armistead T. Mason (R)
John W. Eppes (R)
James Pleasants (R)
John Taylor (R,CRR)
Littleton W. Tazewell (JR,J)
William C. Rives (J)
Benjamin W. Leigh (AJ)
Richard E. Parker (J,D)
William H. Roane (D)
William S. Archer (W)
Robert M. T. Hunter (D)
John S. Carlile (U)
John W. Johnston (D)
Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA,R)
John S. Barbour, Jr. (D)
Eppa Hunton (D)
Thomas S. Martin (D)
Carter Glass (D)
Thomas G. Burch (D)
A. Willis Robertson (D)
William B. Spong, Jr. (D)
William L. Scott (R)
John W. Warner (R)
Mark Warner (D)
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1789-1792
1792-1794
1794-1799
1799-1804
1804-1804
1804-1815
1816-1817
1817-1819
1819-1822
1822-1824
1824-1832
1832-1834
1834-1836
1836-1837
1837-1841
1841-1847
1847-1861
1861-1865
1870-1883
1883-1889
1889-1892
1892-1895
1895-1919
1920-1946
1946-1946
1946-1966
1966-1973
1973-1979
1979-2009
2009--
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| Senate Service |
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Longest Service (24 years or more):
Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.
Carter Glass
Thomas S. Martin
John Warner
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Virginia Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions |
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Senate President (U.S. Vice President): Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler
President Pro Tempore: Richard Henry Lee, Henry Tazewell, James Barbour, Littleton Tazewell, John Tyler, James M. Mason, Carter Glass
Democratic Caucus Chair: Thomas S. Martin
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: Charles S. Robb
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair: George F. Allen
Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:
- Armed Services: John W. Warner
- Banking: A. Willis Robertson
- Finance: Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.
- Rules and Administration: John W. Warner
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Virginia Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps: |
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James Monroe
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Virginia Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection |
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Statuary: Robert E. Lee by Edward V. Valentine (Statuary Hall); George Washington by Antoine Houdon (Rotunda); Thomas Jefferson by P.J. David d'Angers (Rotunda); Thomas Jefferson by Hiram Powers (House wing, second floor, east corridor); John Marshall by William W. Story (Capitol grounds, west front).
Busts:
Presidents Collection: George Washington by David d'Angers (Rotunda).
- Vice Presidents Collection: Thomas Jefferson by Sir Moses Ezekiel (Senate chamber gallery); John Tyler by William McCauslen (Senate chamber gallery).
- Chief Justices Collection: John Marshall by Hiram Powers (old Supreme Court chamber).
Paintings: Baptism of Pocahontas at Jamestown, Virginia by John
G. Chapman (Rotunda); Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia
by John Trumbull (Rotunda); General George Washington Resigning His
Commission to Congress as Commander in Chief of the Army by John Trumbull
(Rotunda); Mrs. Motte Directing Generals Marion and Lee to Burn Her Mansion
to Dislodge the British by John Blake White (Senate wing, third floor,
south corridor).
Portraits: Two portraits of Thomas Jefferson: by Constantino Brumidi (S-216), and by Thomas Sully (S-210). Five portraits of George Washington: by Charles Willson Peale (Senate wing, third floor, west corridor), by Rembrandt Peale (old Senate chamber), by Gilbert Stuart (S-207, Senators' Conference Room), by Gilbert Stuart (H-207, House Reception Room), by Gilbert Stuart (S-210), and by John Vanderlyn after Gilbert Stuart (House chamber). Portraits of four Virginians who served as Speaker of the House: Philip P. Barbour by Kate F. Edwards, Andrew Stevenson by Spencer B. Nichols, Robert M.T. Hunter by Richard N. Brooke, John W. Jones by James B. Sword (all in Speaker's Lobby, House wing, second floor). Also: Patrick Henry by George B. Matthews after Thomas Sully (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor); John Marshall by Richard N. Brooke (House wing, third floor, west corridor).
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Unusual Facts |
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One of Virginia's first two senators, William Grayson, was the first senator to die in office. The Revolutionary War veteran died at age fifty, shortly before the second session of the First Congress.
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