Matteson painting commemorating Compromise of 1850

Union / Tompkins H. Matteson. Symbolic group portrait eulogizing the Compromise of 1850, and commemorating legislators who worked preserve the Union. Shown in front (left to right) are: Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Millard Fillmore. In the left background are (left to right): Speaker of the House Howell Cobb of Georgia, Virginia representative James McDowell, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, and former secretary of state John M. Clayton of Delaware. In the second row at right: Ohio senator Thomas Corwin, James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, attorney general John J. Crittenden, and senators Sam Houston of Texas and Henry Foote of Mississippi. Behind, are senators Willie P. Mangum of North Carolina and W. R. King of Alabama. At far right, are Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, Supreme Court justice John McLean of Ohio, and senators John Bell of Tennessee and John C. Fremont of California.