Summary
Bradford Newcomb Stevens (January 3, 1813 – November 10, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Bradford N. Stevens | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Ebon C. Ingersoll |
| Succeeded by | Horatio C. Burchard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 3, 1813 Boscawen, New Hampshire |
| Died | November 10, 1885 (aged 72) Tiskilwa, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, Stevens attended schools in New Hampshire and at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1835. He taught school six years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and New York City. He moved to Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846, where he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, and also worked as county surveyor. He served as mayor of Tiskilwa, Illinois.
Stevens was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). He resumed mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He died in Tiskilwa, Illinois, on November 10, 1885. He was interred in Mount Bloom Cemetery.
References edit
- United States Congress. "Bradford N. Stevens (id: S000876)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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