Samuel H. Shapiro, Dem. Kankakee County Years served: 1961-1968 Artist: Arthur Pyykko

Paul Simon, Dem. Madison County Years served: 1969-1973 Artist: John Milford

Richey V. Graham, Dem. Cook County Years served: 1933-1937 Artist: Carl Tolpo

Arnold P. Benson, Rep. Kane County Years served: 1941-1945 Artist: Carl Tolpo

Edward E. Laughlin, Rep. Stephenson County Years served: 1945-1949 Artist: Carl Tolpo

Walker Butler, Rep. Cook County Years served: 1952-1955 Artist: Carl Tolpo

Arthur J. Bidwill, Rep. Cook County Years served: 1955-1965

There are no portraits of Senate Presidents Pro Tem Richard J. Barr (1923-1929, 1931-1933), George M. Maypole (1937-1941), Wallace Thompson (1949-1953), or Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon (1949-1953).  A portrait of Senator Barr was painted by Carl Tolpo in 1948 and was to be unveiled at a banquet at the Joliet, Illinois American Legion hall, later to be brought to Springfield for display in the Capitol. Sen. Barr was dean of the Senate at the time.  We have found no one who remembers the painting or knows where it is now located.

Under the 1970 Illinois Constitution the Lieutenant Governor was replaced by the Senate President as presiding officer of the body, eliminating the position of President Pro Tempore.  Portraits of President Pro Tem Russell Arrington and Senate Presidents William C. Harris, Cecil A. Partee, Thomas C. Hynes, Philip J. Rock, James "Pate" Philip, and current President of the Senate, Emil Jones, Jr. are displayed in the Senate Chamber.