Frederick Charles Stevens (June 5, 1856 - March 14, 1916) was an American politician from

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who served in the state senate and state legislature as well as Superintendent of Public Works.

Early life

Born in

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, Stevens attended Attica Collegiate Institute and

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but left without degree due to ill health. He traveled west and worked for the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of which his father was a large stockholder.

Career

When he returned to Attica, he established the Maplewood Stock Farm and raised prize-winning stock and also engaged in banking. He was a member of the

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(46th D.) from 1903 to 1906, sitting in the 126th, 127th, 128th and

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s. He was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges and was a member of Finance, Villages, Banks, and Agriculture. As Superintendent of Public Works Stevens served from 1907 to 1911.

Death

Stevens died on March 14, 1916, in a barn on his farm in

, "from apoplexy", and is

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at the Forest Hill Cemetery there.

Family life

Stevens was the son of Congressman Robert S. Stevens (1824–1893) and Mary P. (Smith) Stevens, he married Miss Isabelle C. Sproule in Hannibal, Mo. Jan 15, 1879. They had four children, Frederick Charles Stevens, Jr., Robert Sproule Stevens, Marian Stevens, and Helen Lee Stevens Gregory.

References

External links

''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''
by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 365f)
''The New York Red Book''
by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 97f)
''HUGHES NAMES STEVENS TO RUN PUBLIC WORKS''
in NYT on January 15, 1907
''FREDERICK C. STEVENS DIES''
in NYT on March 16, 1916 *
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Frederick C 1856 births 1916 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Attica, New York 19th-century American railroad executives Cornell University alumni 19th-century American politicians