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U.S. Senators from Massachusetts:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
Tristram Dalton (PRO-ADMIN)
George Cabot (PRO-ADMIN,F)
Benjamin Goodhue (F)
Jonathan Mason (F)
John Quincy Adams (F)
James Lloyd (F)
Christopher Gore (F)
Eli P. Ashmun (F)
Prentiss Mellen (F)
Elijah H. Mills (F,ADAMS-CLAY F, ADAMS)
Daniel Webster (ADAMS,AJ,W)
Rufus Choate (W)
Daniel Webster (W)
Robert C. Winthrop (W)
Robert Rantoul, Jr. (D)
Charles Sumner (FS,OP,R,LR)
William B. Washburn (R)
Henry L. Dawes (R)
Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
William M. Butler (R)
David I. Walsh (D)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
John F. Kennedy (D)
Benjamin A. Smith II (D)
Edward M. Kennedy (D)
1789-1791
1791-1796
1796-1800
1800-1803
1803-1808
1808-1813
1813-1816
1816-1818
1818-1820
1820-1827
1827-1841
1841-1845
1845-1850
1850-1851
1851-1851
1851-1874
1874-1875
1875-1893
1893-1924
1924-1926
1926-1947
1947-1953
1953-1960
1960-1962
1962---

Name Dates of Service
Class 2
Caleb Strong (PRO-ADMIN,F)
Theodore Sedgwick (F)
Samuel Dexter (F)
Dwight Foster (F)
Timothy Pickering (F)
Joseph B. Varnum (R)
Harrison Gray Otis (F)
James Lloyd (F,ADAMS-CLAY F,ADAMS)
Nathaniel Silsbee (ADAMS,AJ)
John Davis (AJ,W)
Isaac C. Bates (W)
John Davis (W)
Edward Everett (W)
Julius Rockwell (W)
Henry Wilson (AM,OP,R)
George S. Boutwell (R)
George F. Hoar (R)
Winthrop Murray Crane (R)
John W. Weeks (R)
David I. Walsh (D)
Frederick H. Gillett (R)
Marcus A. Coolidge (D)
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R)
Sinclair Weeks (R)
Leverett Saltonstall (R)
Edward W. Brooke III (R)
Paul E. Tsongas (D)
John F. Kerry (D)
1789-1796
1796-1799
1799-1800
1800-1803
1803-1811
1811-1817
1817-1822
1822-1826
1826-1835
1835-1841
1841-1845
1845-1853
1853-1854
1854-1855
1855-1873
1873-1877
1877-1904
1904-1913
1913-1919
1919-1925
1925-1931
1931-1937
1937-1944
1944-1944
1945-1967
1967-1979
1979-1985
1985---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
Edward M. Kennedy
Henry C. Lodge, Sr.
George F. Hoar
David I. Walsh
 
Massachusetts Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
Senate President (U.S. Vice President): John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Henry Wilson, Calvin Coolidge.

Republican Conference Chair: Henry Cabot Lodge, Leverett Saltonstall

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: John Kerry

Party Whips: Leverett Saltonstall, Edward M. Kennedy

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Armed Services: Leverett Saltonstall

Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: Edward M. Kennedy

Judiciary: Edward M. Kennedy

Labor and Human Resources: Edward M. Kennedy

Small Business: John F. Kerry
Massachusetts Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
John Quincy Adams (4 issues)
John F. Kennedy (3 issues)
Daniel Webster (14 issues)
 
Massachusetts Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Samuel Adams by Anne Whitney (East central hall); John Winthrop by Richard S. Greenough (Hall of Columns); John Hancock by Horatio Stone (Senate wing, second floor, west corridor); Daniel Webster by Thomas Ball (Senate wing, second floor). (Webster is also honored by one of New Hampshire's two statues in Statuary Hall.)

Busts:

Vice Presidents Collection: John Adams by Daniel C. French (Senate chamber gallery), Elbridge Gerry by Herbert Adams (Senate chamber gallery); Henry Wilson by Daniel C. French (Vice President's Room); Calvin Coolidge by Moses A. Wainer Dykaar (Senate wing, second floor, west corridor).

Presidents Collection: John Quincy Adams by J.C. King (H-235, Congresswoman's Suite).

Senators Collection : Charles Sumner by Martin Milmore (Senate wing, third floor, east).

Rotunda Frieze: Landing of the Pilgrims by Constantino Brumidi; Battle of Lexington by Filippo Costaggini.

Frescos: Calling of Putnam from the Plow to the Revolution by Constantino Brumidi (House wing, west wall, H-144); Boston Massacre, 1770 by Constantino Brumidi (Senate wing, S-128); Battle of Lexington by Constantino Brumidi (Senate wing, S-128).

Reliefs: Landing of the Pilgrims by Enrico Causici (Rotunda).

Medallions: All by Constantino Brumidi: John Hancock (Senate wing, first floor, West corridor); Daniel Webster (Senate wing, first floor, main corridor); Israel Putnam (Senate wing, first floor, North corridor); Joseph Warren (Senate wing, first floor, North corridor); Charles Sumner (Senate wing, S-118, west wall).

Plaques: John F. Kennedy (S-210); Henry Wilson (Vice President's Room, S-214).

Capitol Building Materials, Furniture and Objects: Lee, MA, marble (East Thomas Balland West extensions, exterior facing).

 
  

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