Ohio Timeline By james1111 1868 Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant elected to his first of two terms as the 18th President of the United States. 1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, founded 1870 Originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, The Ohio State University chartered by the Ohio General Assembly. 1876 Ohioan Rutherford B. Hayes elected the 19th President of the United States. 1879 Ohioan Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. 1880 Ohioan James A. Garfield elected the 20th President of the United States. 1881 Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield, who died three months later, in Washington, D.C. 1884 Cincinnati Courthouse Riot brought destruction and death to Cincinnati. 1888 Ohioan Benjamin Harrison elected the 23rd President of the United States. 1894 The first gasoline-powered automobile in the U.S. invented.
