In 1907, James Murray Spangler, from Ohio, built ammachine for cleaning carpets. He was a cleaner in a department store in his town and he realised it would be easier to clean with a machine. His machine worked! Because he was not a businessman, he was not sure how to develop and sell his machine, so he went to a childhood friend. That friend was William Hill. Hoover. Hoover quickly realized that the machine was a great idea and he formed a company to manufacture it in 1908. Spangler worked for the company until his death seven years later, but it isn't his name that we are all familiar with today