Fred Thompson and other senators during the Senate Watergate hearings (1973) by Joseph Papin

Press room, perhaps in the Senate, during the Watergate hearings (1973) by Joseph Papin

News and television cameras, perhaps related to the Senate Watergate hearings (1973) by Joseph Papin

Senator Joseph M. Montoya, a member of the Senate Watergate Committee (1973) by Joseph Papin

Watergate hearings, dirty tricks inquiry, Senate Caucus Room, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1973 (1973) by Joseph Papin

Chair of the Senate Watergate Committee, Senator Sam J. Ervin, holding bat labeled “Constitution of we?” while pointing at a man (John Ehrlichman) sitting at a school desk (1973) by Joseph Papin

Roman senator by Jean Leon Gerome

Senator Vest of Missouri by Thomas Nast