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Utah lawmaker drafting bill to remove statue of TV inventor Philo Farnsworth from U.S. Capitol

Adam Gardiner, R-West Jordan, believes statue of Martha Hughes Cannon, first woman state senator, would be more fitting symbol for Beehive State.

(Thomas Burr | The Salt Lake Tribune) A statue of Brigham Young, who led the Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley, is one of two statues of Utahns in the U.S. Capitol. The other pays tribute to Philo T. Farnsworth.

(Thomas Burr | The Salt Lake Tribune) A statue of Brigham Young, who led the Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley, is one of two statues of Utahns in the U.S. Capitol. The other pays tribute to Philo T. Farnsworth.

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