[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing three-quarters to the left]

Democratic Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851.Scratched on back of plate: 171; Thos. H. Benton.Hallmark: 40.Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p. 299.Original served by appointment only.Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153).Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)