Subjects – Capitol Police
The 1930 fire near the dome of the Capitol
January 03, 1930
At 7 pm on this date, two Capitol Police officers discovered a fire in the art restoration and modeling room in the Capitol.
The infamous House bootlegger known as the “Man in the Green Hat”
October 23, 1930
On this date, the Washington Post published the first installment of an expose on the “Man in the Green Hat”: George Cassiday, a bootlegger who sold alcohol to Representatives during the 1920s.
A visitor asks the Speaker for a moment to lecture the House
January 13, 1955
Grace Jackson Clark, an unemployed stenographer from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, walked uninvited onto the House Floor to ask Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas for time to address the chamber.
The first African-American Capitol Police woman
October 15, 1973
On this date Arva “Marie” Johnson became the first African-American woman to serve on the Capitol Police force.
The 1998 shooting of two Capitol Police officers
July 24, 1998
On this date, two Capitol Police officers, Officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Jr., and Detective John M. Gibson, died in the line of duty.