Elwood Haynes
Elwood P. Haynes
Born
October 14, 1857
Portland, Indiana
Died
April 13, 1925
Kokomo, Indiana
Nationality
American
Education
Chemistry
Biology
Metallurgy
Alma mater
Worcester Technical Institute
John Hopkins University
Occupation
Natural Gas
Automotive
Foundry \ Metal casting
Industrialist
Home town
Kokomo, Indiana
Net worth
$2.85 million (1925 est.)
$36 million in 2009 chained
dollars
Known for
Automotive innovations
Inventor of Stellite
Inventor of Stainless steel
Political party Prohibition Party (1900–1919)
Republican Party (1920–1925)
Board
member of
Indiana Board of Education
(1920–1925)
American Steel board of
directors (1913–1925)
President of the YMCA
(1919–1921)
Religious
beliefs
Presbyterian
Spouse(s)
Bertha Beatrice Lanterman
(1887–1925)
Children
Bernice
March
Parents
Jacob & Hilinda Haynes
Signature
Elwood P. Haynes (October 14, 1857 – April
12, 1925) was an American inventor, metal-
lurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur
and industrialist. He invented the metal al-
loys stellite and martensitic stainless steel
and designed one of the earliest automobiles
in the United States. His design is recognized
as the first that was acceptable for mass pro-
duction and, with the Apperson brothers, he
formed the first company in the United
States to profitably produce automobiles. Be-
cause of his many advances in the automotive
industry, he is sometimes called the Father of
the Automobile.
Early in his career, while serving as a su-
perintendent at gas and oil companies during
Indiana’s gas boom, Haynes invented several
devices important to the advance of the nat-
ural gas industry. When working for the Indi-
ana Natural Gas and Oil Company, he over-
saw the construction of the first long-dis-
tance natural gas pipeline in the United
States, connecting Chicago with the Trenton
Gas Field 150 miles (240 km) away. His fre-
quent travels drew his interest to the idea of
a mechanical device that could transport
without need of a horse, and he began to for-
mulate plans for a motorized vehicle in the