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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1648S.P. 656 In Senate, April 15, 2025
Resolve, to Honor Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain
in the National Statuary Hall
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by President DAUGHTRY of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative SATO of Gorham and
Senator: NANGLE of Cumberland, Representative: ANKELES of Brunswick. Page 1 - 132LR1703(01)1
2 That, by October 1,
3 2025, the Maine Arts Commission, the Maine State Museum Commission and the Maine
4 Historic Preservation Commission, as established by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5,
5 section 12004-G, subsections 7-B, 7-C and 7-D, respectively, in accordance with 2 United
6 States Code, Section 2132, shall request that the Joint Committee of Congress on the
7 Library approve the replacement of the statue of Hannibal Hamlin and the statue of William
8 King that are currently located in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of
9 Margaret Chase Smith and a statue of Joshua Chamberlain. Within one year of the approval
10 of the replacement of the statues, the commissions shall replace the statues of Hannibal
11 Hamlin and William King with statues of Margaret Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain
12 that meet all applicable federal requirements. The commissions shall relocate the statues
13 of Hannibal Hamlin and William King to the State and place them within public view
14 within the State House, if feasible, or on the grounds of the State House.
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16 Maine currently has on display in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. a
17 statue of Hannibal Hamlin and a statue of William King. This resolve requires the Maine
18 Arts Commission, the Maine State Museum Commission and the Maine Historic
19 Preservation Commission to request of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
20 that the statues of Hannibal Hamlin and William King be replaced with statues of Margaret
21 Chase Smith and Joshua Chamberlain. If approval is granted, the commissions are required
22 to replace the statues and move the Hamlin and King statues to the State House or the
23 grounds of the State House.
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