It’s well known that Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
But what few Americans know is that President Harry Truman also took out Hamilton.
Hamilton wasn’t laid low in a duel. But congressional officials recently moved Hamilton’s statue out of the Capitol rotunda in exchange for a statue of the 33rd president.
Hamilton’s statue is now exiled to the Capitol’s “Hall of Columns,” a lengthy, ornate corridor on the first floor of the House wing.
Compared to the rotunda, the Hall of Columns is not exactly “the room where it happens.”
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The congressional statue of former President Harry S. Truman is unveiled in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.
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In the Hall of Columns, Hamilton’s company isn’t quite elite as the roster of presidents which line the rotunda. Hamilton’s now in congressional steerage with a statue of Sen. Jacob Collamer of Vermont. Collamer was a prominent member of the Whig party and served as U.S. postmaster general. Nearby is a statue of Sen. John Kenna, D-W.V., who served in the Confederate Army. Finally, there’s a depiction of John Gorrie of Florida. Gorrie’s claim to fame is that he received a patent for a machine to make ice.
That’s one way to give Hamilton the cold shoulder.
Alexander Hamilton enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit. But, as they sing in the musical, “Oceans rise. Empires fall.” And even Hamilton’s recent surge in popularity was no match when up against Truman and a coveted spot in the Capitol rotunda.
It’s location, location, location — just like in real estate.
Most spaces in the Capitol rotunda are reserved for presidents. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. James Garfield. Dwight Eisenhower. Gerald Ford. Ronald Reagan.
There are two exceptions….
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