Rutherford B. Hayes

1879 Edison invents incandescent light bulb

Drawing from Thomas Edison’s notebook, September 1879

1881 Clara Barton founds American Association of the Red Cross, is elected president, establishes first local chapter of the America Red Cross at Dansville, New York, and aids victims of Michigan forest fires; James A. Garfield becomes President, is shot July 2, and is succeeded by Chester Arthur

James A. Garfield

Chester Arthur