The Capitol Dome

Winter 2015-16

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The Capitol Dome is a quarterly publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 200 Maryland, Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002 P: (202) 543-8919 F: (202) 544-8244 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Chief Historian: William diGiacomantonio Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Diana E. Wailes Printer: HBP Whitmore All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. e U.S. Capitol Historical Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational organization. To help support its public programming, visit www.uschs.org. USCHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mitch Bainwol Hon. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Hon. Roy Blunt Jean P. Bordewich Nicholas E. Calio Sean Callinicos Donald G. Carlson Hon. E. omas Coleman L. Neale Cosby Jeanne deCervens Joseph Dooley Andrew Durant Hon. Virginia Foxx Mary Moore Hamrick Hon. John B. Larson Jennifer LaTourette Brett Loper Lorraine Miller Craig Purser David W. Regan Cokie Roberts Hon. Ron Sarasin Anna Schneider Jan Schoonmaker Matthew Shay Mark Shields Dontai Smalls William G. Sutton, CAE Hon. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher Connie Tipton Hon. John C. Tuck Mark Valente III Tim White Mike Zarrelli J. Dennis Molloy (counsel) Contents Modern Muralists of the Capitol: Allyn Cox and Jeffrey Greene by Debra Hanson..............................................................2 Bootleggers "Infest" the Capitol: When Dry Spies and Whiskey Peddlers Roamed the Corridors of Congress by Jane Armstrong Hudiburg….................................11 From Roman Republicanism to Greek Democracy: Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Capitol by Pamela Scott‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥21 Society News...............................................................................36 Marketplace.................................................................................40 Cover: A view of Great Experiment Hall, the second of three House corridors with murals designed by Allyn Cox. Cox and his assistant Cliff Young com- pleted work on this corridor just before Cox's death in 1982. For more on Cox and Jeffrey Greene, who oversaw the completion of the third corridor, see Debra Hanson's article on page 2. UNITED STATES CAPITOL ----------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE CAPITOL DOME

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