#1504~See, there had to be something else good come out of Louisville, besides me.

1856 Telegraph ticker patent

Edward Hughes of Louisville, Kentucky, received a patent on May 20, 1856, for his telegraph ticker, the first ticker to print successfully. Hughes had already sold his patent rights to the Commercial Company for $100,000 in November 1855.

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