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Thomas Edison Voting Machine

Updated Mar 25, 2024
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Thomas Edison Voting Machine
This is a photo of the first "automatic vote recorder" designed by Thomas Alva Edison. The machine was the first invention that Edison patented and was intended to speed up the counting of votes in Congress. However, his design was rejected because politicians often used a slow vote to delay or halt the progress of a new piece of legislation. He was issued the patent on June 1, 1869.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio United States of America to Nancy (Elliot) Edison and Samuel Ogden Edison Jr, and had siblings Marion Wallace Edison, William Pitt Edison, Harriet Ann (Edison), Carlile Snow Edison, Samuel Ogden Edison III, and Eliza Smith Edison. He married Mary Stilwell on December 25, 1871, and they were married until Mary's death on August 9, 1884. They had children Marion Estelle Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr, and William Leslie Edison. He also married Mina Miller Edison on February 24, 1886, and they were married until Thomas' death on October 18, 1931. They had children Madeleine Edison, Charles Edison, and Theodore Miller Edison. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Alva Edison.
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