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Position:Home>History> Who invented the telegraph ?Question: Who invented the telegraph !? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, the creator of a single wire telegraph system, and co-inventor, with Alfred Vail, of the Morse Code!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Either Sir Charles Wheatstone and Sir William Fothergill Cooke in 1837 or Samuel Morse in 1847 (I think that is the patent date)!.!.!. The two systems were distinct and Morse's system became the international standard because it was simpler!.!.!. using the telegraph as its base, Bell invented the telephone!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Samuel F!. B!. Morse (1791–1872) is generally credited with making the first practical telegraph in 1837!. Gimme ten points!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Alexander Graham BellWww@QuestionHome@Com |