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For this website's banner design, Congressman Akin selected historic paintings by George Caleb Bingham.
George Caleb Bingham, 1849 Not for reproduction. Used with permission of The State Historical Society of Missouri.
George Caleb Bingham, 1851 Public Domain. Detroit Institute of Arts.
George Caleb Bingham, 1847
Public Domain. The White House Historical Association (White House Collection).
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“Watching the Cargo,” 
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Timeless Principles
Abigail Adams "Human nature is much the same in all countries, but it is the government, the laws, and religion, which form the character of a nation." (letter to Lucy Cranch, London, April 2, 1786.) --- 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. READ MORE |
