Will Congress remove these statues? It is a little complicated because there is a statute that says states choose which statues to donate.
Joseph Wheeler of Alabama in Statuary Hall, donated in 1925
Graduated from West Point then resigned his commission. Served as a general in the cavalry. Represented AL for eight terms in the US. Led troops as a general in the Spanish American War and the Philippine American War.
(Alabama’s other statue, of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry was removed in 2009 and replaced by a statue of Helen Keller.)
Uriah Milton Rose of Arkansas in Statuary Hall, donated in 1925
Chancellor of Pulaski County, founder of the Rose Law Firm, and loyal to the confederacy.
(In 2019, AR passed a law to replace this statue and one of the late Governor James P. Clarke with statues of Singer Johnny Cash and Civil Rights Activist Daisy Lee Gatson Bates
Edmond Kirby Smith of Florida in the Visitors’ Center, donated in 1922
Served as a general in Texas where he surrendered the last army in the field for the Confederacy.
(In 2018, FL passed a law to replace this statue with one of Civil Rights Activist Mary McLeod Bethune, the first statue of an African American woman donated by a state to the US Capitol statutory hall. Replaced was scheduled for some time this year.
Alexander Hamilton Stephens of Georgia, in Statuary Hall, donated in 1927
Served as Vice President of the Confederacy. Was a US Rep before and after the War and served as Georgia’s Governor. Charged with treason.
Edward Douglas White of Louisiana, in Statuary Hall, donated in 1955
Captured by Union forces while he was in the Confederate Army, he served in the state Senate, the US Senate, and was appointed to the US Supreme Court by Grover Cleveland
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, in Statuary Hall, donated in 1935
Served in the US House and Senate and as US Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce before becoming President of the Confederacy. Charged with treason.
James Zacharia George of Mississippi, in the Visitors’ Center, donated in 1931
Served in the MS Secessionist Convention. A Colonel, captured twice by Union forces, and served on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Fought against black suffrage.
Zebulon Baird Vance of North Carolina, in Statuary Hall, donated in 1919
Served in the US House until secession, as Governor of North Carolina during the war and after the war.
Wade Hampton III of South Carolina, in the Visitors’ Center, donated in 1929
Served as a general during the War, was Governor of South Carolina and a US Senator after the War. Headed a paramilitary group that attacked blacks and Republicans after the war.
Robert E, Lee of Virginia, in the Crypt, donated in 1909
Served as General in command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
John Kenna of West Virginia, in the Hall of Columns, donated in 1901
Injured in battle fighting for the Confederacy, he was a US Rep and US Senator where he served as Minority Leader