Edison gets his first patent – voting machine

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1 June, 1869

Thomas Alva Edison, the great American inventor, got his first patent on 1st June 1869. The device was the “Electrographic Vote-Recorder” – a voting machine. It was to be used by legislative bodies such as Congress.