Men of Progress (seated left to right):
William Thomas Green Morton, (9 Aug 1819 - 15 Jul 1868); James Bogardus, (14 Mar 1800 - 13 Apr 1874); Samuel Colt, (19 Jul 1814 - 10 Jan 1862); Cyrus Hall McCormick, (15 Feb 1809 - 13 May 1884); Joseph Saxton, (22 Mar 1799 - 26 Oct 1873); Charles Goodyear, (29 Dec 1800 - 1 Jul 1860); Peter Cooper, (12 Feb 1791 - 4 Apr 1883); Jordan Lawrence Mott, (12 Oct 1799 - 1866); Joseph Henry, (17 Dec 1797 - 13 May 1878); Eliphalet Nott, (25 Jun 1773 - 29 Jan 1866); John Ericsson, (31 Jul 1803 - 8 Mar 1889); Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, (20 Sep 1819 - 8 Mar 1895); Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (27 Apr 1791 - 2 Apr 1872); Henry Burden, (22 Apr 1791 - 19 Jan 1871); Richard March Hoe, (19 Jul 1815 - 13 Sep 1884); Erastus Brigham Bigelow, (2 Apr 1814 - 6 Dec 1879); Isaiah Jennings, (1792 - 1862); Thomas Blanchard, (24 Jun 1788 - 16 Apr 1864); Elias Howe, (9 Jul 1819 - 3 Oct 1867).