The Gavel Blog Archives Select Date… August, 2020 July, 2020 June, 2020 May, 2020 April, 2020 March, 2020 February, 2020 January, 2020 December, 2019 November, 2019 October, 2019 September, 2019

It's not clear where Dennis Hastert's portrait is now. | Getty Hastert portrait vanishes from House

Something is missing from the U.S. Capitol: former Speaker Dennis Hastert's portrait.

All former speakers have a portrait hanging outside the House floor. But on Monday morning, as the House gaveled into session, Hastert's portrait was replaced with Frederick Gillett's. Gillett was speaker between 1919 and 1925.

It's not clear where Hastert's portrait is now.