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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Seizing the Power to Act

Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891

Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891

 

Speaker Thomas B. Reed, by John Singer Sargent, 1891

Unhappy with his work, Sargent confessed, "I could have made a better picture with a much less remarkable man."

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History of Congress and the Capitol