The Capitol in Washington is the seat of the United States Congress. Since 1931, the Petrero friar Junípero Serra (known as Miquel Josep Fuentes) is the only non-American figure to have a statue. He is part of a collection dedicated to the hundred Founding Fathers of the Nation. Along with politician Ronald Reagan, the Majorcan represents the state of California. He arrived in 1769, at the age of 56, after two decades evangelizing in Mexico in the service of King Charles III. He found himself in an almost unexplored territory, where he would eventually found nine missions. Some missions were the embryonic development of cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento.