Hezekiah Bradley Smith

Hezekiah Bradley Smith (July 24, 1816 – November 3, 1887), was an American inventor and a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881.

Read more about Hezekiah Bradley Smith:  Birth, Early Career, and Marriage, Separation, Wife Abandoned and Expunged, Inventions, Political Career and Bigamy, Death, Burial and Aftermath, Legacy, Patents

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