This inventor of the telegraph talked Congress into spending $30,000 to string electricity-conducting wire 41 miles from Washington to Baltimore.
A) Thomas Edison
B) Samuel Morse
C) Emile Berliner
D) William Dickson

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Samuel Morse is credited with inventing the telegraph and is famously associated with the development of Morse code. His successful lobbying for Congress's financial support led to the first telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore.

This Inventor of the Telegraph Talked Congress into Spending $30,000