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Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): John J. Williams William V. Roth Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Delaware Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr., Willard Saulsbury, Jr. Party Conference Secretaries: Willard Saulsbury, Jr. Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: District of Columbia: C. Douglass Buck Finance: William V. Roth, Jr. Foreign Relations: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Governmental Affairs: William V. Roth, Jr. Judiciary: Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Delaware Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Caesar Rodney by Bryant Baker, located in the east front lobby; John Middleton Clayton by Bryant Baker, located in the Senate connecting corridor. Paintings: Fort Delaware by Seth Eastman, located in the Center section, first floor, west corridor. Portraits: Gunning Bedford, Jr. by Charles Willson Peale, located in the House wing, third floor, east corridor. James Latimer by Clawson Shakespeare Hammitt, located in the Senate wing, third floor, south corridor.


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