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 Elias Howe - Definition 

Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 - October 3, 1867) was an American sewing machine pioneer. He did not invent the sewing machine (that was Charles Fredrick Weisenthal) but was awarded the first United States patent for a sewing machine using lock stitch.

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