Moses T. Stevens

Moses T. Stevens

Moses Tyler Stevens (born October 10, 1825 in North Andover , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  March 25, 1907 there ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Moses Stevens was the brother of Congressman Charles A. Stevens (1816-1892) and a cousin of Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), who was also a Congressman and Governor of the Washington Territory . He attended the Franklin Academy in North Andover and then until 1842 the Phillips Academy in Andover . This was followed by studies at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ) until 1843 . He later made woolen goods in North Andover. He got into the banking business and became President of Andover National Bank . At the same time, Stevens embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1861 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; in 1868 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional election of 1890 Stevens was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Frederic T. Greenhalge on March 4, 1891 . After a re-election in the fifth district of his state as the successor to Sherman Hoar , he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1895 . In 1894 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Stevens resumed his previous activities in the manufacture of wool products. He died on March 25, 1907 in his hometown of North Andover.

Web links

• Moses T. Stevens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Moses T. Stevens in the database of Find a Grave (English)