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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"Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution.  Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." (letter to Wilson Nicholas, 1803.) --- Thomas Jefferson co-wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was the third President of the United States.  

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