The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from the U.S. Capitol overnight at the request of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.

The Lee statue was among more than a dozen Confederate figures that are on display in the Capitol, many of them dedicated more than a century ago. Northam, a Democrat, promised in June to work to remove the statue from the building. Virginia gave the statue to the Capitol in 1909.

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