<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci" id="mwAZE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antonio Meucci">Antonio Meucci</a> is acknowledged as the first inventor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone" id="mwAZI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Telephone">telephone</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwAZM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a>.