SENATE DECK | USSYP

Senator Henry Clay

U.S. Senator from Kentucky; key architect of major legislative compromises in the antebellum period (Missouri Compromise 1820, Compromise of 1850). Known for his role in keeping the Union together. electoral-vote.com+1

Senator John C. Calhoun

U.S. Senator from South Carolina; champion of states’ rights and slavery in the early-19th century; major voice in sectional tensions leading up to Civil War. electoral-vote.com+1

Senator Daniel Webster

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; powerful orator, defended the Union over nullification, part of the “Great Triumvirate” in the Senate. U.S. Senate

Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr.

U.S. Senator from Wisconsin; Progressive leader (1907-1925) who fought monopolies, championed civil liberties and labour reforms. electoral-vote.com

Senator Robert A. Taft

U.S. Senator from Ohio (1939-1953); conservative leader behind the Taft-Hartley Act and key figure in mid-20th-century Senate. electoral-vote.com

Senator Arthur Vandenberg

U.S. Senator from Michigan (1928-1951); shifted from isolationism to internationalism, helped cultivate bipartisan foreign policy post-WWII. electoral-vote.com+1

Senator Robert Wagner

U.S. Senator from New York (1927-1949); sponsored the Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) protecting workers’ rights and unions. electoral-vote.com

Senator Ted Kennedy

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1962-2009); “Lion of the Senate,” co-sponsored hundreds of bills, major figure in health care reform and civil rights. Wikipedia

Senator Robert Byrd

U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1959-2010); longest-serving U.S. Senator in history, known for deep institutional knowledge and defending Senate prerogatives. Wikipedia

Senator Margaret Chase Smith

U.S. Senator from Maine; first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, delivered the “Declaration of Conscience” speech in 1950 opposing McCarthyism. TIME

Senator Orrin Hatch

U.S. Senator from Utah (1977-2019); longest-serving Republican Senator in history at time of his retirement, key player in judicial confirmations and conservative legislation. Wikipedia

Senator Susan Collins

U.S. Senator from Maine (since 1997); longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, influential moderate voice in recent years. Wikipedia