Charles A. Stevens | |
State1: | Massachusetts |
Term Start1: | January 27, 1875 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1875 |
Predecessor1: | Alvah Crocker |
Successor1: | Julius Hawley Seelye |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1816 |
Birth Place: | North Andover, Massachusetts |
Death Place: | New York City |
Party: | Republican |
Relations: | Moses T. Stevens (brother) Isaac Stevens (brother) |
Occupation: | Manufacturing executive |
Charles Abbot Stevens (August 9, 1816 – April 7, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of Moses Tyler Stevens and cousin of Isaac Ingalls Stevens.
Born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Massachusetts, Stevens attended Franklin Academy.
In 1841 he went into business as a manufacturer of flannels and broadcloths in Ware, Massachusetts.
An anti-slavery activist, he was a member of the Free Soil Party in the 1840s. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853.
Stevens became a Republican when the party was founded, and was a Delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1860 and 1868.
He served as a member of the Governor's council from 1867 to 1870.
He was unsuccessful for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.
He was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alvah Crocker and served from January 27 to March 3, 1875.
He did not run for a full term, and continued his business interests. Stevens died in New York City on April 7, 1892. He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, Massachusetts.