Art & History

National Statuary Hall Collection

Illinois

Image of Illinois statue

James Shields, 1806–1879

Soldier, Statesman

Shields was the only U.S. Senator to represent three states: Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri. A brigadier general during the Civil War, he also fought in the Black Hawk War and the Mexican War.

Leonard Volk, Bronze, 1893 Back to List >>
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