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"The Senate Through the Ages"
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Painting of the signing of the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention, with known figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.


"A trust of the greatest magnitude is committed to this Legislature–and the eyes of the world are upon you."

-Vice President John Adams, 1789.