James Spangler

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Spangler
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Nov 20, 1848(1848-11-20)
Age	176
Date Of Death	1915-01-22
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

James Spangler Biography

James Spangler is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 20, 1848 in Pennsylvania, United States. Famous for creating the first commercially successful model of an electric vacuum cleaner with an attached bag, Spangler later founded the Electric Suction Sweeper Company in order to market and manufacture his groundbreaking product.

Englishman Englishman Hubert Booth was the inventor of the vacuum cleaner; Spangler significantly improved upon Booth’s design, and William Hoover, in turn, modified and advanced Spangler’s ideas (after purchasing Spangler’s vacuum cleaner patent). invented the vacuum cleaner. Spangler greatly improved Booth’s design and William Hoover modified and advanced Spangler’s ideas after he purchased Spangler’s patent for the vacuum cleaner.

As the sons of William and Elizabeth Spangler, he grew up with his nine siblings in Pennsylvania and Ohio. He married Lettie Holtz, and they had a daughter named Jennie as well as two sons named Francis & Clarence.

James Spangler Net Worth

James Spangler is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Spangler 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before inventing the new vacuum cleaner, Spangler patented a device to harvest grain and a pedal-operated wagon. He was a janitor in a Canton department store at the time of his most famed invention.

He was a long-term sufferer of asthma and this led to his creation of a vacuum cleaner that is better quality.

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Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Spangler celebrates birthday on November 20 of every year.

What did James Spangler invent?

James Spangler invented the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum cleaner , an invention that revolutionized household carpet cleaning.

Why did James Spangler invent the vacuum cleaner?

Invention of the portable electric vacuum cleaner. Spangler was an asthmatic. Almost 60 and cursed with strong disease, he grew frustrated at the tiring and dusty work of sweeping the carpet in the store where he worked. He suspected that the carpet sweeper he used on the job was the source of his cough.

When did James Spangler invent the vacuum?

Spangler first tested his invention in 1907 and patented it after a number of modifications in 1908. He founded the Electric Suction Sweeper Company to manufacture his design. Ultimately, Spangler’s invention became known as the Hoover vacuum cleaner.

Who invented the vacuum Hoover?

Inventors

Who invented the electric carpet sweeper?

Melville Reuben Bissell , (born Sept. 25, 1843, Hartwick, N.Y., U.S.—died March 15, 1889, Grand Rapids, Mich.), U.S. inventor of the carpet sweeper. After growing up in Berlin, Wis., Bissell joined his father in business at Kalamazoo, Mich., where they opened a grocery store.