List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients
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This is a list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States legislature.
| Recipient(s) | Date of Approval | Public Law |
|---|---|---|
| George Washington | March 25, 1776 | Continental Congress |
| Major General Horatio Gates | November 4, 1777 | Continental Congress |
| Major General Anthony Wayne | July 26, 1779 | Continental Congress |
| Major Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee | September 24, 1779 | Continental Congress |
| Brigadier General Daniel Morgan | March 9, 1781 | Continental Congress |
| Major General Nathanael Greene | October 29, 1781 | Continental Congress |
| John Paul Jones | October 16, 1787 | Continental Congress |
| Captain Thomas Truxtun | March 29, 1800 | 2 Stat. 87 |
| Commodore Edward Preble | March 3, 1805 | 2 Stat. 346–347 |
| Captain Isaac Hull, Captain Stephen Decatur, and Captain Jacob Jones | January 29, 1813 | 2 Stat. 830 |
| Captain William Bainbridge | March 3, 1813 | 2 Stat. 831 |
| Captain Oliver Hazard Perry and Captain Jesse D. Elliott | January 6, 1814 | 3 Stat. 141 |
| Lieutenant William Ward Burrows II and Lieutenant Edward McCall | January 6, 1814 | 3 Stat. 141–142 |
| Captain James Lawrence | January 11, 1814 | 3 Stat. 142 |
| Captain Thomas Macdonough, Captain Robert Henley, and Lieutenant Stephen Cassin | October 20, 1814 | 3 Stat. 245–246 |
| Captain Lewis Warrington | October 21, 1814 | 3 Stat. 246 |
| Captain Johnson Blakely | November 3, 1814 | 3 Stat. 246–247 |
| Major General Jacob Brown | November 3, 1814 | 3 Stat. 247 |
| Major General Winfield Scott | November 3, 1814 March 9, 1848 |
3 Stat. 247 9 Stat. 333 |
| Brigadier General Eleazar Ripley, Brigadier General James Miller, and Major General Peter Buell Porter | November 3, 1814 | 3 Stat. 247 |
| Major General Edmund P. Gaines | November 3, 1814 | 3 Stat. 247 |
| Major General Alexander Macomb, Jr. | November 3, 1814 | 3 Stat. 247 |
| Major General Andrew Jackson | February 27, 1815 | 3 Stat. 249 |
| Captain Charles Stewart | February 22, 1816 | 3 Stat. 341 |
| Captain James Biddle | February 22, 1816 | 3 Stat. 341 |
| Major General William Henry Harrison and Governor Isaac Shelby |
April 4, 1818 | 3 Stat. 476 |
| Colonel George Croghan | February 13, 1835 | 4 Stat. 792 |
| Major General Zachary Taylor | July 16, 1846 March 2, 1847 |
9 Stat. 111 9 Stat. 206 |
| Rescuers of the Officers and Crew of the U.S. Brig Somers | March 3, 1847 | 9 Stat. 208 |
| Commander Duncan Ingraham | August 4, 1854 | 10 Stat. 594–595 |
| Frederick Rose | May 11, 1858 | 11 Stat. 369 |
| Major General Ulysses S. Grant | December 17, 1863 | 13 Stat. 399 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | January 28, 1864 | 13 Stat. 401 |
| Captain Creighton, Captain Low, and Captain Stouffer | July 26, 1866 | 14 Stat. 365–366 |
| Cyrus West Field | March 2, 1867 | 14 Stat. 574 |
| George Peabody | March 16, 1867 | 15 Stat. 20 |
| George F. Robinson | March 1, 1871 | 16 Stat. 704 |
| Captain Jared Crandall and Others | February 24, 1873 | 17 Stat. 638 |
| John Horn, Jr. | June 20, 1874 April 28, 1904 |
18 Stat. 573 33 Stat. 1684–1685 |
| John F. Slater | February 5, 1883 | 22 Stat. 636 |
| Joseph Francis | August 27, 1888 | 25 Stat. 1249 |
| Chief Engineer George Wallace Melville and Others | September 30, 1890 | 26 Stat. 552–553 |
| First Lieutenant Frank Newcomb | May 3, 1900 | 31 Stat. 717 |
| First Lieutenant David Jarvis, Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf and Dr. Samuel Call | June 28, 1902 | 32 Stat. 492 |
| Wright brothers | March 4, 1909 | 35 Stat. 1627 |
| Captain Arthur Henry Rostron | July 6, 1912 | 37 Stat. 639 |
| Captain Paul H. Kreibohm and others | March 19, 1914 | 38 Stat. 769 |
| Domicio da Gama, Romulo Naon, and Eduardo Suarez | March 4, 1915 | 38 Stat. 1228 |
| Charles Lindbergh | May 4, 1928 | 45 Stat. 490 |
| Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen, and Umberto Nobile | May 29, 1928 | 45 Stat. 2026–2027 |
| Thomas Edison | May 29, 1928 | 45 Stat. 1012 |
| First Successful Trans-Atlantic Flight | February 9, 1929 | 45 Stat. 1158 |
| Major Walter Reed and Associates for Yellow Fever Experimentations in Cuba | February 28, 1929 | 45 Stat. 1409–1410 |
| Officers and Men of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition | May 23, 1930 | 46 Stat. 379 |
| Lincoln Ellsworth | June 16, 1936 | 49 Stat. 2324 |
| George Cohan | June 29, 1936 | 49 Stat. 2371 |
| Mrs. Richard Aldrich and Anna Bouligny | June 20, 1938 | 52 Stat. 1365 |
| Howard Hughes | August 7, 1939 | 53 Stat. 1525 |
| Reverend Francis Quinn | August 10, 1939 | 53 Stat. 1533 |
| William Sinnott | June 15, 1940 | 54 Stat. 1283 |
| Roland Boucher | January 20, 1942 | 56 Stat. 1099–1100 |
| George Catlett Marshall, General of the Army, and Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King | March 22, 1946 | 60 Stat. 1134–1135 |
| John J. Pershing, General of the Armies of the United States | August 7, 1946 | 60 Stat. 1297–1298 |
| Brigadier General William Mitchell | August 8, 1946 | 60 Stat. 1319 |
| Vice President Alben Barkley | August 12, 1949 | P.L. 81-221, 63 Stat. 599 |
| Irving Berlin | July 16, 1954 | P.L. 83-536, 68 Stat. A120 |
| Doctor Jonas Salk | August 9, 1955 | P.L. 84-297, 69 Stat. 589 |
| Surviving Veterans of the War Between the States | July 18, 1956 | P.L. 84-730, 70 Stat. 577 |
| Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover | August 28, 1958 | P.L. 85-826, 72 Stat. 985 |
| Doctor Robert Goddard | September 16, 1959 | P.L. 86-277, 73 Stat. 562-563 |
| Robert Frost | September 13, 1960 | P.L. 86-747, 74 Stat. 883 |
| Doctor Thomas Anthony Dooley III | May 27, 1961 | P.L. 87-42, 75 Stat. 87 |
| Bob Hope | June 8, 1962 | P.L. 87-478, 76 Stat. 93 |
| Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives | September 26, 1962 | P.L. 87-478, 76 Stat. 605 |
| Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army | October 9, 1962 | P.L. 87-760, 76 Stat. 760 |
| Walt Disney | May 24, 1968 | P.L. 90-316, 82 Stat. 130–131 |
| Sir Winston Churchill | May 7, 1969 | P.L. 91-12, 83 Stat. 8–9 |
| Roberto Walker Clemente (sic — should be Roberto Clemente Walker; see Spanish naming customs) | May 14, 1973 | P.L. 93-33, 87 Stat. 71 |
| Marian Anderson | March 8, 1977 | P.L. 95-9, 91 Stat. 19 |
| Lieutenant General Ira Eaker | October 10, 1978 | P.L. 95-438, 92 Stat. 1060 |
| Robert Kennedy | November 1, 1978 | P.L. 95-560, 92 Stat. 2142 |
| John Wayne | May 26, 1979 | P.L. 96-15, 93 Stat. 32 |
| Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman | June 13, 1979 | P.L. 96-20, 93 Stat. 45 |
| Hubert Humphrey | June 13, 1979 | P.L. 96-91, 93 Stat. 46 |
| American Red Cross | December 12, 1979 | P.L. 96-138, 93 Stat. 1063 |
| Ambassador Kenneth D. Taylor OC | March 6, 1980 | P.L. 96-201, 94 Stat. 79 |
| Simon Wiesenthal | March 17, 1980 | P.L. 96-211, 94 Stat. 101 |
| 1980 US Olympic Team | July 8, 1980 | P.L. 96-306 94 Stat. 937 |
| Queen Beatrix I of the Netherlands | March 22, 1982 | P.L. 97-158, 96 Stat. 18–19 |
| Admiral Hyman Rickover (second time) | June 23, 1982 | P.L. 97-201, 96 Stat. 126–127 |
| Fred Waring | August 26, 1982 | P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316 |
| Joe Louis | August 26, 1982 | P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316 |
| Louis L'Amour | August 26, 1982 | P.L. 97-246, 96 Stat. 315–316 |
| Leo Ryan, only member of Congress to die in the line of duty | November 18, 1983 | P.L. 98-159, 97 Stat. 992 |
| Danny Thomas | November 29, 1983 | P.L. 98-172, 97 Stat. 1119–1120 |
| Harry Truman | May 8, 1984 | P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175 |
| Lady Bird Johnson | May 8, 1984 | P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175 |
| Elie Wiesel | May 8, 1984 | P.L. 98-278, 98 Stat. 173–175 |
| Roy Wilkins | May 17, 1984 | P.L. 98-285, 98 Stat. 186 |
| George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | August 9, 1985 | P.L. 99-86, 99 Stat. 288–289 |
| Natan Sharansky and Avital Shcharansky | May 13, 1986 | P.L. 99-298, 100 Stat. 432–433 |
| Harry Chapin | May 20, 1986 | P.L. 99-311, 100 Stat. 464 |
| Aaron Copland | September 23, 1986 | P.L. 99-418, Stat. 952–953 |
| Mary Lasker | December 24, 1987 | P.L. 100-210, 101 Stat. 1441 |
| Jesse Owens | September 20, 1988 | P.L. 100-437, 102 Stat. 1717 |
| Andrew Wyeth | November 9, 1988 | P.L. 100-639, 102 Stat. 3331–3332 |
| Laurance Rockefeller | May 17, 1990 | P.L. 101-296, 104 Stat. 197–199 |
| General Matthew Ridgway | November 5, 1990 | P.L. 101-510, 104 Stat. 1720–1721 |
| General H. Norman Schwarzkopf | April 23, 1991 | P.L. 102-32; 105 Stat. 175–176 |
| General Colin Powell | April 23, 1991 | P.L. 102-33; 105 Stat. 177–178 |
| Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson | November 2, 1994 | P.L. 103-457, 108 Stat. 4799–4800 |
| Ruth Graham and Billy Graham | February 13, 1996 | P.L. 104-111, 110 Stat. 772–773 |
| Frank Sinatra | May 14, 1997 | P.L. 105-14, 111 Stat. 32–33 |
| Mother Teresa of India | June 2, 1997 | P.L. 105-16, 111 Stat. 35–36 |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I | October 6, 1997 | P.L. 105-51, 111 Stat. 117-1171 |
| Nelson Mandela | July 29, 1998 | P.L. 105-215, 112 Stat. 895–896 |
| Little Rock Nine | October 21, 1998 | P.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-597 |
| Gerald Ford and Betty Ford | October 21, 1998 | Pub.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-598 |
| Rosa Parks | May 4, 1999 | Pub.L. 106-26, 113 Stat. 50–51 |
| Theodore Hesburgh | December 9, 1999 | Pub.L. 106-153, 113 Stat. 1733–1734 |
| John Cardinal O'Connor | March 3, 2000 | Pub.L. 106-175, 114 Stat. 20–21 |
| Charles Schulz | June 20, 2000 | Pub.L. 106-225, 114 Stat. 457–458 |
| Pope John Paul II | July 27, 2000 | Pub.L. 106-250, 114 Stat. 622–623 |
| Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan | July 27, 2000 | Pub.L. 106-251, 114 Stat. 624–625 |
| Navajo Code Talkers | December 21, 2000 | Pub.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763 |
| General Henry Shelton | January 16, 2002 | Pub.L. 107-127, 115 Stat. 2405–2406 |
| British Prime Minister Tony Blair | July 18, 2003 | Pub.L. 108-60, 117, Stat. 862–863 |
| Jackie Robinson | October 29, 2003 | Pub.L. 108-101, 117 Stat. 1195–1197 |
| Dr. Dorothy Height | December 6, 2003 | Pub.L. 108-162, 117 Stat. 2017 |
| Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry & Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson | December 15, 2003 | Pub.L. 108-180, 117 Stat. 2645–2647 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King | October 25, 2004 | Pub.L. 108-368, 118 Stat. 1746-1748 |
| Tuskegee Airmen[1] | April 11, 2006 | Pub.L. 109-213, 20 Stat. 322-325 |
| Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama[2] | September 27, 2006 | Pub.L. 109-287, 120 Stat. 1231 |
| Byron Nelson | October 16, 2006 | Pub.L. 109-357, 120 Stat. 2044 |
| Dr. Norman Borlaug | December 6, 2006 | Pub.L. 109-395 120 Stat. 2708 |
| Dr. Michael E. DeBakey[3] | October 2, 2007 | Pub.L. 110-95 121 Stat. 1008 |
| Aung San Suu Kyi[4] | April 25, 2008 | HR 4286 EH, S 2631 IS, HR 4286 RFS, and HR 4286 IH |
[edit] References
- ^ Tuskegee Airmen Gold Medal Bill Signed Into Law. Office of Congressman Charles B. Rangel. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
- ^ Dalai Lama Receives Congressional Gold Medal
- ^ Sen. Hutchison’s Bill to Award Dr. DeBakey the Congressional Gold Medal Passes Congress
- ^ Burmese detainee receives US honour
[edit] External links
- Congressional Gold Medal Recipients. Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved on 2007-04-30.. This reference is updated shortly after awards are granted. Awards authorized but not yet granted may not be in this list.
- THOMAS (Library of Congress). Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. Search for bills and laws.
