Congressman Todd Akin Missouri's 2nd District
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For this website's banner design, Congressman Akin selected historic paintings by George Caleb Bingham.

image002“Watching the Cargo,”

George Caleb Bingham, 1849

Not for reproduction. Used with permission of The State Historical Society of Missouri.

 

 

 

 

 

The Trappers Return“The Trappers Return,”

George Caleb Bingham, 1851

Public Domain. Detroit Institute of Arts.

 

 

 

 

 

Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground“Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground,”

George Caleb Bingham, 1847

 

Public Domain. The White House Historical Association (White House Collection).

 

 
 

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"The foundation of our new constitution [should] be justice, Truth and Righteousness. Like the wise Man’s house may it be founded upon those Rocks and then neither storms or tempests will overthrow it." (letter to John Adams, Boston, July 14, 1776.) --- Abigail Adams was the wife of the second and mother of the sixth Presidents of the United States. She was politically outspoken and a frequent counselor to her husband on affairs of state.

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