"That's a bigger list," said Don Ritchie, the Senate historian.

"No question that security now is far greater than ever before," said Richard A. Baker, the Senate historian.

The Senate historian said it was the first time that Capitol Police officers had been shot to death in the line of duty.

Mr. Ritchie, the Senate historian, agreed that "younger members, given a little bit of time, develop their own style and color."

Baker accepted the position of Senate historian.

The Senate historian leaned back in his chair.

You're the chap who discovered the first clue to the treaty from the Senate historian.

"I can't see them keeping the members in line," Richard A. Baker, the Senate historian, said.

But, according to the Senate historian, Richard A. Baker, the lawmakers have posed outside on the steps only twice before, in 1874 and 1918.

"I would be very hard pressed to think of a good historical analogy," Richard Baker, the Senate historian, said.