Boies Penrose & A Statue Outside the Capitol

ABC:LHS #037-1   Boies Penrose...

...was the second smartest man in his class at Harvard and became a representative from Philadelphia to Harrisburg and Speaker of the House before he moved to Washington as US Senator.  That's where he spent the rest of his life.  His graft was jaw-dropping, his appetites were enormous, and he was always the smartest - and the biggest - man in the room.