Hezikiah is the son of Nathan and Ada Melinda (Nicholson) Bundy. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and practiced until 1860, when he became engaged in the iron business. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and 1850. He served in the State senate in 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.
Bundy was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1866.
Bundy was a trustee of Ohio University beginning in 1864. Bundy was elected to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Forty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He moved to Wellston, Jackson County, in 1887 and resumed the practice of law.
He married 3 times. His first wife was Lucinda Wells, daughter of Zimri and Sarah (Sargent) Wells. They married about 1837. Their children are:
Lucinda died in 1842 and he married 2) Caroline Paine, daughter of David and Abigail (James) Paine, on 26 Mar 1844 at Jackson, Ohio.[1] Among their children are:
Caroline died on 4 Jan 1868 and he then married Mary Miller in 1880. There are no children of this union.
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