Samuel Morse's Accomplishments

Samuel Morse was a very gifted man. He enrolled at Yale College and grew to love the lectures that Benjamin Silliman gave on electricity. He graduated with honors in 1810. Although Samuel liked to paint, he was discouraged from doing so by his father. Samuel Morse was a very influential man. The way he got involved in inventing the telegraph is both interesting and very sad. The invention of the telegraph was a long and strenuous process, he encountered many challenges throughout his journey with the telegraph, and lastly, Samuel’s invention of the telegraph made a huge impact on the United States and the world. In 1825, while Morse was painting in Washington D.C., a messenger brought him a letter from the doctor informing him of his wife’s

Regardless of all, he had been taught at Yale, he felt that he didn’t have enough knowledge of the qualities of electricity. After his encounter with Jackson, Morse turned to a fellow colleague by the name of Leonard Gale for help. Gale was a professor who was well versed in electrical work. Gale’s familiarity and knowledge were critical to Morse’s telegraph, not only would Gale point out problems in the telegraph system, he would also show Morse how he could boost the signal. Around December of 1837, Morse had enough self-confidence in his telegraph system and he tried to apply for Federal Government funding. Morse started presentations of his new system in New York and Washington DC. Sadly, when the financial catastrophe called the panic of 1837 shook the nation, Morse was required to patiently wait it out until better times. Without funding, Morse wasn’t able to experiment with the telegraph very often. By the time of 1843, the United States began to financially gain traction and he could finally ask Congress for 30,000 dollars which would permit the construction of a telegraph line spanning from Washington to Baltimore. The bill, allowing Morse to receive 30,000 dollars, was promptly