Hestor L. Stevens

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Hestor Lockhart Stevens (born October 1, 1803 in Lima , Livingston County , New York , †  May 7, 1864 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hestor Stevens attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Rochester in his new profession. Stevens rose to the rank of major general in the militia in western New York state.

After moving to Pontiac , Michigan, he began a brief political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the then newly created fourth constituency of his state, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1853. Since he refused to run again in 1854, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hestor Stevens worked as a lawyer in the federal capital, Washington. Politically, he did not appear again until his death on May 7, 1864.

Web links

  • Hestor L. Stevens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stevens, Hestor L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Hestor Lockhart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Lima , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1864
Place of death Washington, DC