The Capitol Dome

The Capitol Dome 55.2

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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) 525-2790 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Editor and Chief Historian: William diGiacomantonio Managing Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Diana E. Wailes Printer: HBP Inc. All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational organization. To help support its public programming, visit www.uschs.org. 2019 USCHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mitch Bainwol Hon. Roy Blunt Jean P. Bordewich Kenneth Bowling, Ph.D. Marc Cadin Hon. Jane Campbell Donald G. Carlson (chair) Hon. Bob Casey Hon. Tom J. Cole Hon. Gerry Connolly Jeanne de Cervens Joseph W. Dooley Andrew Durant Hon. Virginia Foxx Mary Moore Hamrick Betsy Wright Hawkings Mark Hopkins Hon. John B. Larson Shannon McGahn Lorraine Miller Hon. Edward A. Pease Craig Purser Michael C. Quinn David Regan Cokie Roberts Robert A. Rusbuldt Anna Schneider Jan Schoonmaker Robert H. Schwengel, MD Dontai Smalls James A. Thurber Connie Tipton (vice-chair) Brig. Gen. Tim White Mark Tyndall Mike Zarrelli Maura Molloy Grant (counsel) Contents rough a Dome Darkly: e Capitol as Symbol, Touchstone, and Admonition in American Film by Mike Canning......................................................................................2 "So Indispensable is Small Management in this Great Assembly": Congressman John Quincy Adams and the Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1831-1848 by Daniel Peart........................................................................................16 e Irish Imprint in American Sculpture in the Capitol in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Paula Murphy.....................................................................................30 Steam Diplomacy: Sending a Subtle Message in Leutze's Westward Ho! by John Laurence Busch........................................................................45 Society News.....................................................................................................60 Marketplace......................................................................................................68 Cover: Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868) painted Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way, located at the west staircase of the House wing of the Capitol, during 1861 and 1862. John Laurence Busch's article in this issue (page 45) explores the context in which the painting was created. (Courtesy Architect of the Capitol) UNITED STATES CAPITOL ----------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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