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| ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
STEVENS, Moses Tyler, (brother of Charles Abbot Stevens and cousin of Isaac Ingalls Stevens),
a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Mass., October 10, 1825;
attended Franklin Academy at North Andover;
was graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1842;
attended Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1842 and 1843;
engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in North Andover;
served as president of the Andover National Bank;
member of the Massachusetts State house of representatives in 1861;
served in the Massachusetts State senate in 1868;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress;
resumed his interests in the manufacturing business;
died in North Andover, Mass., March 25, 1907;
interment in Ridgewood Cemetery.
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