It has made headlines as the scene of a botched assassination bid, an impromptu off-Broadway stage and a hiding place for a president who disappeared from the Oval Office without telling anyone. The track stretches 3, feet -- a shade under a kilometer -- with the second hop between stations just enough for serious political debate, idle gossip, an impromptu press conference or a moment of quiet reverie. It has also provided useful photo opportunities for presidential hopefuls looking to show the common touch, such as Ronald Reagan, although a boyish JFK -- then just plain old Senator Jack Kennedy -- was once refused entry and scolded to "stand aside for the senators, son.
Today, the bustling main station is abuzz whenever the Senate is in session, with journalists waiting patiently to swarm legislators as they disembark to vote in the upper chamber. But the cut-and-thrust of political discourse isn't always as convivial below ground as it is on the Senate floor. In , Maine senator Margaret Chase Smith was preparing to deliver a rebuke to fellow Republican Joe McCarthy when the intimidating anti-communist crusader and smear-artist saw her in a subway car.
Three years earlier the subway had seen its only recorded assassination attempt, when disgruntled ex-Capitol Police officer William Kaiser opened fire from a. The Ohio senator dived for cover into the waiting subway car, yelling at the driver to whisk him away, as a second bullet whistled over his head. In less querulous times, political leaders have seen the subway as something of a refuge from the frenetic pace of Washington politics.
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