Where would Utah’s statue of TV inventor Philo Farnsworth go if lawmakers vote to replace him at the U.S. Capitol?

(Thomas Burr | The Salt Lake Tribune) A statue of Philo T. Farnsworth, called the father of television, is one of two statues honoring Utahns in the U.S. Capitol complex; the other is Brigham Young. The Farnsworth statue sits in the Capitol Visitors Center near a replica of the Statue of Freedom that tops the U.S. Capitol.

Where would Utah’s statue of TV inventor Philo Farnsworth go if lawmakers vote to replace him at the U.S. Capitol?

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