The Art and Politics of the U.S. Capitol Building Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email June 24, 2015: A statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( Susan Walsh / Associated Press ) Hosted by Indira Lakshmanan Produced by PRI and WNYC