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Subjects – Telegraph
Inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph from the Supreme Court Chamber
May 24, 1844
On this date, surrounded by an audience of Congressmen, inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph from the Supreme Court Chamber (then located in the Capitol) to his partner, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore.
The first news of House business submitted by telegraph
May 25, 1844
On this date during the 28th Congress (1843–1845), the first news of House business was submitted by telegraph.
The first House Telegraph Office
June 27, 1853
On this date, President Franklin Pierce approved plans for the new House extension which included the first House Telegraph Office.
President Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 Annual Message
May 20, 1919
On this date, a White House emissary read President Woodrow Wilson’s Annual Message (later known as the State of the Union) to the House.