OH SB21

Ohio requests that the Congressional Joint Committee on the Library of Congress approve replacing Governor William Allen's statue with a statue of Thomas Edison in the National Statuary Hall Collection.

Thomas Edison, a native of Milan, Ohio, invented the phonograph, kinetoscope, and practical incandescent light bulb, and served as a consultant to the U.S. Government during World War I, earning a Distinguished Service Medal from the Department of the Navy and receiving over 1,000 patents.

Edison established the Edison Steel Company in Cleveland and one of the first electric power stations in Tiffin, Ohio, with his General Electric Company establishing the first industrial park in Ohio.

The Ohio Statuary Hall Commission, established in 2009, shall be responsible for selecting a sculptor and paying all costs associated with creating, transporting, and installing the Thomas Edison statue, as well as removing and transporting the replaced statue.

The Governor shall submit a copy of this act and a letter to the Architect of the Capitol requesting approval from the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress for the statue replacement.