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Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): Boies Penrose, Arlen Specter

Pennsylvania Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): George M. Dallas President Pro Tempore: William Bingham, James Ross, Andrew Gregg Party Conference Chairmen: William Wallace, Hugh D. Scott, Rick Santorum Majority and Minority Leaders: Hugh D. Scott Party Whips: Francis J. Myers, Hugh D. Scott Party Senatorial Committee Chairman: H. John Heinz, III Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Judiciary: Arlen Specter Public Works: Edward Martin Veterans' Affairs: Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
James Buchanan, Albert Gallatin.

Pennsylvania Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg by Blanche Nevin, located in Statuary Hall; Robert Fulton by Howard Roberts, located in Statuary Hall. Busts: Vice Presidents Collection: George M. Dallas by Henry J. Ellicott (Senate Chamber gallery). Frieze: Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, by Constantino Brumidi in the Rotunda. Paintings: Declaration of Independence, at the Independence Hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, by John Trumbull, located in the Rotunda. Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by Howard Chandler Christy, located in House wing, east stairway Reliefs: Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682, by Nicholas Gevelot, in the Rotunda, above the North door.


	The National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol has statues donated by individual states. Learn more about your state's statues. Architect's Statuary Hall Web page


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