Thomas Edison is a step closer to Washington. A panel of state lawmakers voted Thursday to recommend that the inventor born in northern Ohio be the subject of a new Ohio statue in the U.S. Capitol.
A story from the AP says, the committee's recommendation now goes to the Legislature for a final vote later this year.
Ohioans earlier this year gave the nod to Edison in a vote at historic sites around the state. He won a close vote over aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright.
The committee voted 6-0 to go with Edison.
Each state gets two statues of notable historic figures who are deceased. Most are in bronze or marble and stand in National Statuary Hall, south of the rotunda.
Ohio lawmakers decided to replace former governor William Allen, a 19th century congressman who portrayed blacks as savages and supported the rights of Southern slave owners.
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