Moses D. Stivers

Moses D. Stivers

Moses Dunning Stivers (born December 30, 1828 in Beemerville , New Jersey , † February 2, 1895 in Middletown , New York ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). Between 1889 and 1891 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Moses Stivers attended a community school and a private school and the Mount Retirement Seminary in Wantage in Sussex County ( New Jersey ). He and his father moved to Ridgebury in 1845 , where he completed his education. Then he taught at a school. Between 1855 and 1864 he pursued commercial operations in Ridgebury and later in Middletown. He worked as a clerk in Orange County between 1864 and 1867 . During this time he lived in Goshen . He then returned to Middletown, where he became the owner of Orange County Press in 1868 , and one of the owners and editors of the Middletown Daily Press . President Ulysses S. Grant made him the United States Collector for Tax Revenue in the Eleventh District of New York in 1869 - a position he held until 1883. During this time he took part in 1880 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago . In addition, he also went about banking.

His candidacy for the 49th Congress in the by-election in 1886 was unsuccessful, as was the candidacy for the 50th Congress . Henry Bacon emerged victorious in both elections. In the congressional elections of 1888 for the 51st Congress , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Henry Bacon on March 4, 1889. Since he on a run again in 1890 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1891 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he went to banking. He died on February 2, 1895 in Middletown and was then buried in Hillside Cemetery .

Web links

• Moses D. Stivers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• D. Moses Stivers in the database of Find a Grave (English)