Congressional Gold Medal, is the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress.
List of some of the Recipients w/ Date of Approval, Public Law, Notes, Medal
George Washington March 25, 1776 Continental Congress served as the first President of the
United States
of America (1789–1797), and led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary
War (1775–1783)
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 November 3, 1814 3 Stat. 247 Hero of the Battle of Plattsburg
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
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