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Old Supreme Court Chamber

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204: 429: 745: 559:"H.R.7573 - To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United States Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the United States Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol, and for other purposes" 132: 347: 420: 150:. On August 24, 1814, the British successfully took the city and set fire to many of the recently completed buildings of the fledgling capital, including the North and South wings of the Capitol building. Despite the disaster, which left much of the North Wing gutted, the chamber with its vaulted ceiling survived. With safety in mind, however, Latrobe ordered the ceiling to be broken down and rebuilt for the final time in 1815. Latrobe resigned two years later, under his successor, 611:"S. 4382: A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol with a bust of Thurgood Marshall to be obtained by the Joint Committee on the Library and to remove certain statues from areas of the Capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the Capitol, and for other purposes" 123:
rooms above it and lasted until 1810. The process was not without tragedy, as an assistant to Latrobe, John Lenthall, Clerk of the Works, was killed upon removing a center wooden ceiling support prematurely, against Latrobe's advice. The unfinished masonry ceiling collapsed, crushing Lenthall in the process. Lenthall's death was a setback not just to construction but to Latrobe's reputation as an architect, which he struggled to rebuild for the rest of his career.
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On February 9, 2023, the bust of Roger Taney was officially removed from the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., thanks to an effort led by Maryland Democratic Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, as well as Maryland Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer, to be replaced by a new
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The size and structure of Latrobe's vaulted, semicircular ceiling were virtually unprecedented in the United States. The room is 50 feet (15 m) deep and 74 feet 8 inches (22.76 m) wide. Construction began in November 1806 with the gutting of the former two-story Senate Chamber and
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On June 29, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution 285 to 120 with sixty-seven Republican Representatives to replace the bust with one of Thurgood Marshall and expel Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol.
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is a clock that is said apocryphally to be ordered by Roger Taney and set five minutes forward under his direction to promote promptness in the court proceedings. Above the clock is a plaster
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The Supreme Court resided in the chamber for the next forty-one years, until 1860. During that time, the court heard arguments on such landmark cases as
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as a star overhead shines light upon the document. Although never specified by the artist, Justice looks to the document with her unblinded eyes. An
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The Supreme Court barely had the opportunity to hear cases in the chamber before the justices were forced to leave Washington by the threat of
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pattern. Still existing furnishings in the possession of the United States Capitol were sent to the chamber, as well as donated items such as
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from 1955 to 1960. From 1960 to 1972, the chamber was a rather mundane storage room until Congress voted to restore it to its historic
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An 1854 diagram of the chamber was used to establish the layout and positioning of furniture in the chamber, and a portrait of
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until 1941. After the Supreme Court vacated the Capitol building itself for its present-day quarters in the
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There are several notable pieces of artwork in the Old Supreme Court Chamber. There are four marble
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The North Wing, as the only completed section of the Capitol, originally hosted both houses of the
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beneath Justice, two symbolic birds, are featured in the sculpture. The relief was the work of
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By 1806 the North Wing was already deteriorating from heavy use and required repairs. The
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Bust of Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber, source of the controversy.
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Construction on the North Wing began in 1793 with the laying of the
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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
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in the chamber, sending the message "What hath God wrought".
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is the room on the ground floor of the North Wing of the
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depicts the Supreme Court chamber during Marshall's term
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of the first four Chief Justices of the Supreme Court:
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appearance, which everyday citizens can visit and see.
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chamber, and from 1810 to 1860, the courtroom for the
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upstairs in 1860, the chamber was put to use as the
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United States Capitol
United States Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
cornerstone
George Washington
Philadelphia
Congress Hall
Samuel Chase impeachment trial
Washington, D.C.
United States Congress
Library of Congress
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson

Architect of the Capitol
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Old Senate Chamber

John Marshall
British
War of 1812
Charles Bulfinch
Samuel Morse
Baltimore–Washington telegraph line
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dred Scott v. Sandford
United States v. The Amistad
John Marshall

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