Who was the U.S. senator that sponsored the construction of Mount Rushmore ?
Sculpted by Danish - American Gutzon Borglum and his son , Lincoln Borglum , Mount Rushmore features sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents : George Washington ( 1732–1799 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1743–1826 ) , Theodore Roosevelt ( 1858–1919 ) , and Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–1865 ) .