NJ A4119

New Jersey requests to replace its two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol: Richard Stockton and Philip Kearny (donated in 1888) would be replaced with statues of Harriet Tubman and Alice Paul.

Harriet Tubman, who worked in Cape May, NJ in the early 1850s to fund her Underground Railroad missions, escaped slavery and helped emancipate approximately 140 enslaved persons, and was the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War.

Alice Paul, born in Moorestown, NJ, was instrumental in the passage and 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women's suffrage and authored the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923.

A temporary seven-member National Statuary Hall Selection Committee would be created to select sculptors, approve statue designs, and identify funding for creation, transportation, and unveiling ceremonies.

The committee must complete its work within one year of its organizational meeting and submit a written report to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senate President, and Speaker of the General Assembly.