US Senate Bean Soup

Bean soup is on the menu in the Senate's restaurant every day. There are several stories about the origin of US Senate Bean Soup, but none has been corroborated. According to one story, the Senate’s bean soup tradition began early in the 20th-century at the request of Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho. Another story attributes the request to Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, who expressed his fondness for the soup in 1903.