On this day in 1844, Samuel Morse first successfully transmitted word of a House vote to a newspaper via telegraph.

The device used to receive the first telegraph sent by Samuel Morse in 1844 will be fired up today, Thursday, June 4, at Cornell University. The event will take place at 6 p.m. at Hirshland ...

FROM THE FIRST CLICK OF THE TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT TO THE WIRELESS MESSAGE OF TO-DAY; It Was in May, 1844, that Morse Sent the First Dispatch Between New York and Washington -- Now the Whole World ...

This strip of paper records the first ever message sent by telegraph, a feat that occurred on this day in 1844. Standing in the chamber of the Supreme Court, Samuel B. Morse sent a 19-letter ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first telegraph: "What hath God wrought?" The phrase, taken from the bible, was selected by the daughter of one of Morse’s friends.