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| May 24, 1844 | Samuel F. B. Morse taps the message "What hath God wrought?" into his telegraph, sending it from Washington to Baltimore over wires. | |
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| May 27, 1844 | The Democratic National Convention is held in Baltimore. On the ninth ballot the delegates nominate James Polk to run for President and George Dallas for Vice-President | Maryland |
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| November 5, 1844 | James Polk [Democrat] defeats Henry Clay [Whig] to become President of the United States | |
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| December 3, 1844 | The U. S. House overturns the gag rule (variously House Rule 21, House Rule 23 and House Rule 25) on abolitionist petitions. | |
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