Moses Tyler Stevens (October 10, 1825 – March 25, 1907) was an American textile manufacturer and a
U.S. Representative
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from
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Biography
Moses Tyler Stevens was born in
North Andover
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History
Native Americans inhabited what is now northeastern Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European c ...
(then a part of
Andover
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),
Essex County, Massachusetts
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on October 10, 1825, the son of textile manufacturer Nathaniel Stevens.
He was also the brother of
U.S. Representative
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Charles Abbot Stevens and a cousin of U.S. Representative
Isaac Ingalls Stevens
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.
Stevens attended Franklin Academy, a public school in North Andover. He graduated from
Phillips Academy, Andover
("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness
, address = 180 Main Street
, city = Andover
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, in 1842. He attended
Dartmouth College
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in
Hanover, New Hampshire
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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
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in 1861. He served in the
Massachusetts State Senate
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in 1868. He also served as president of the
Andover National Bank
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.
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
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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
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.
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.
His estate, Osgood Hill
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Textile manufacturer M ...
, was saved from destruction and is now owned by the town of North Andover. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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, it serves as a conference center.
See also
* 89th Massachusetts General Court (1868)
The 89th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1868 during the governorship of Republican Alexander Bullock. George O. Brastow served as president of the Senate ...
References
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1825 births
1907 deaths
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19th-century American politicians
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