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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 1879-1881. He wasn't re-elected to the 47th United States Congress; however, it's likely that his defeat was a result of the changing winds of American politics and not a reflection on the electorate's opinion of his bigamy, as that year James A. Garfield's Republican Party dominated the election. Smith also later served as a member of the New Jersey Senate, from 1883 to 1885.

Death, burial and aftermath

Smith died in Smithville, Burlington County, New Jersey on November 3, 1887. He was buried next to his second wife, in the Saint Andrews section of the Pine Street Cemetery in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Upon the death of his mother, in 1897, Elton Smith, Hezekiah's oldest son, went to Mount Holly in an attempt to remove his father's remains. He wanted them transported to Woodstock to be buried next to his mother. Hezekiah had anticipated any attempts to move his body, and had been interred in an iron coffin encased in an iron cage that had been set in concrete. Elton then had the statue of his father's second wife toppled, broken into pieces, ground to dust and scattered along Rancocas Creek, using workers from the family business.

Legacy

Smith's papers are archived at Rutgers University, in the Alexander Library Department of Special Collections and Archives at New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Patents

April 17, 1849; H.B. Smith; Mortiser for window-blind stiles
January 10, 1854; H.B. Smith; Mortising-machine
October 09, 1855; H.B. Smith; Mortising machine
June 30, 1857; H.B. Smith; Mortising machine mortising machines
July 6, 1858; H.B. Smith; Balanced head for molding machine
August 23, 1859; H.B. Smith; Mortising machine
September 26, 1865; H.B. Smith; Improvement in planing-machines
October 24, 1865; H.B. Smith; Improvement in planing-machines
January 23, 1866; H.B. Smith; Improvement in tenoning-machines
April 22, 1873; H.B. Smith; Improvement in scroll-saws
February 26, 1889; H.B. Smith; Steam-powered Tricycle

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