United States Capitol


 * This article is about the United States Capitol in the Fœderal Capital Territory. For the Capitol in the District of Columbia, see United States Capitol (District of Columbia).

The United States Capitol, atop Capitol Hill (location ) at the eastern end of the Capitol Mall in the Fœderal Capital Territory, is the Seat of the United States Congress, the federal Legislature of the United States.

Though not at the geographic center of the Fœderal Capital Territory, the Capitol forms the basis for the FCT’s Land Survey system. It is the origin Point at which the FCT’s Baseline and principal Meridian intersect.

Like the principal Buildings of the executive and judicial Departments, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Though both its east and west Elevations are formally referred to as Fronts, only the East Front was intended for the reception of Visitors and Dignitaries.

Background
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Name
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Design competition
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Construction
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Senate and House wings
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Capitol Dome
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Later expansion
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Architecture
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Interior
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Art
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Basements
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Features
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Height
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Hall of the Senate
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Hall of the House
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Rotunda
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President’s Room
The President’s Room is where the President of the United States Senate maintains his office and papers.

Speaker’s Room
The Speaker’s Room is where the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives maintains his office and papers.

Governor-General’s Room
The Governor-General’s Room is the honorary office-space for the Governor-General of the United States; and while his official office (and residence) is located a short distance to the west of the Capitol at the White House, he does make use regular of the space in the Capitol that the Congress have set aside for his use. Currently, the Governor-General’s Room is used for extraordinarily formal meetings of the United States Federal Council. However, the space is more commonly used for meetings of the Federal Executive Council (the federal Cabinet). The Room itself and the ancillary office spaces are maintained by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, whose personnel, among other duties, are responsible for arranging the space for the Room’s use-of-the-day.

Exterior
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Capitol Common
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Grounds
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Flags
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Senate Office Building
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House of Representatives Office Building
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Events at the Capitol
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Confederation Day
Confederation Day is January 1.

Inaugurations
Inaugurations take place March 4 in the Year next following that in which a Federal election took place.

Independence Day
Independence Day is July 4.

Hallowmas
Hallowmas takes place from October 31 to November 2.

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.

Christmas
Christmas takes place from December 24 to December 26, with December 25 being the actual Christmas Day and December 24 being Christmas Eve.

Affairs of State and visiting dignitaries
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Security
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Incidents
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