Charles Abbot Stevens (August 9, 1816 – April 7, 1892) was a
U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts
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, brother of
Moses Tyler Stevens and cousin of
Isaac Ingalls Stevens.
Biography
Born in
North Andover (then a part of
Andover),
Essex County,
Massachusetts
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, 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
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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
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on April 7, 1892. He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery,
Ware, Massachusetts.
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1816 births
1892 deaths
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from North Andover, Massachusetts
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
People from Ware, Massachusetts
19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives