Moses T. Stevens Explained

Moses T. Stevens
Office1:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
Term Start1:March 4, 1891
Term End1:March 3, 1895
Predecessor1:Frederic T. Greenhalge
Successor1:William Shadrach Knox
Constituency1:8th district (1891–93)
5th district (1893–95)
State Senate2:Massachusetts
District2:Third Essex[1]
Term Start2:1868
Term End2:1870
Office3:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start3:1861
Term End3:1862
Birth Date:October 10, 1825
Birth Place:Andover (now North Andover), Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:North Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Charlotte Osgood Stevens
Signature:Signature of Moses Tyler Stevens (1825–1907).png

Moses Tyler Stevens (October 10, 1825 – March 25, 1907) was an American textile manufacturer and a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Moses Tyler Stevens was born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Massachusetts on October 10, 1825, the son of textile manufacturer Nathaniel Stevens.[2] He was also the brother of U.S. Representative Charles Abbot Stevens and a cousin of U.S. Representative Isaac Ingalls Stevens.

Stevens attended Franklin Academy, a public school in North Andover. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1842. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire for one year in 1842 and 1843. Stevens joined his father's woolen goods manufacturing business after leaving college and became a partner in the business in 1850 under the name Nathaniel Stevens & Son in North Andover.

Stevens married Charlotte Emeline Osgood in 1853. The Stevenses had three sons and three daughters.

Stevens served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1861. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1868. He also served as president of the Andover National Bank.

In 1876 Stevens dissolved Nathaniel Stevens & Son. Stevens and his brothers continued the business separately.His three sons, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Moses, became partners in the business in 1886 and the firm became M. T. Stevens & Sons.

Stevens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895).He served as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.

After retiring from Congress, Stevens resumed his interests in the manufacturing business.He died in North Andover on March 25, 1907, and was interred in Ridgewood Cemetery.[2] [4] His estate, Osgood Hill, was saved from destruction and is now owned by the town of North Andover. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it serves as a conference center.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Massachusetts General Court. Journal of the Senate. Wright & Potter State Printers. Boston. 1868. 0732-197X.
  2. Book: Biographical History of Massachusetts . IV . Samuel Atkins . Eliot . Samuel A. Eliot (minister) . Massachusetts Biographical Society . Boston, Massachusetts . . 1913 . 2022-06-06 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: Members of the Committee on Ways and Means 1st Through 106th Congress. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080227015851/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/legacy/fullcomm/107former.htm. dead. February 27, 2008. 2007-11-01.
  4. News: Ex-Congressman's Funeral . . North Andover, Massachusetts . 9 . 1907-03-28 . 2022-06-06 . Newspapers.com.