Which U.S. president awarded Thomas Edison the Congressional Gold Medal in 1928?

President Calvin Coolidge awarded Thomas Edison the Congressional Gold Medal in 1928. Congress authorized the medal to recognize Edison’s contributions to the development and application of inventions.

The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highest civilian honors granted by the United States Congress. It has been awarded to people and groups whose achievements have had a major national or historical significance.

Edison had already received many honors by 1928, including international awards and recognition from scientific organizations. His work had affected electric power, lighting, sound recording, telecommunications, motion pictures, and industrial research.

The president’s name can be confused because Edison lived through the administrations of many U.S. presidents, including Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover. Coolidge was president when Congress’s Edison medal was formally presented in 1928.