Herbert Hoover
Thomas Edison was never US President. He was an inventor and served as the president of his own company.
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Of a business, but not of the US. No
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No, Thomas Edison was not the 12th president of the United States. He was an inventor and businessman, known for his contributions to the development of the phonograph and the practical electric light bulb. The 12th president of the United States was Zachary Taylor, who served from 1849 to 1850.
Herbert Hoover asked the nation to turn off their lights in honor of Edison.
No former US president died in 1970. Closest was Dwight Eisenhower who died Mar 28, 1969.
Thomas Edison was never elected president.
US President James K. Polk died after getting cholera.
The Vice President
Thomas Edison died of complications of diabetes