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  Hewitt, Abram Stevens
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NameAbram Stevens Hewitt
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New York, New York , United States
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Born July 31, 1822
DiedJanuary 18, 1903 (80 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Feb 05, 2013 12:39am
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InfoHEWITT, Abram Stevens, a Representative from New York; born in Haverstraw, N.Y., July 31, 1822; attended the public schools of New York City and was graduated from Columbia College in 1842; studied law; was admitted to practice in October 1845; his eyesight failing, he engaged in the iron business with Peter Cooper and established works in New Jersey and Pennsylvania; appointed one of the ten United States scientific commissioners to visit the French Exposition Universelle of 1867 and made a report on iron and steel, which was published by Congress; organized and managed the Cooper Union for the advancement of science and art; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; elected to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until December 30, 1886, when he resigned; mayor of New York City in 1887 and 1888; appointed member of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in 1900; elected a trustee of Columbia University in 1901; died in New York City January 18, 1903; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

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Wife Sarah Amelia Cooper Hewitt Apr 06, 1855-
Father In-Law Peter Cooper 1791-1883
Mother In-Law Sarah Raynor Bedell Cooper 1793-1869

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  11/07/1882 NY District 10 Won 96.58% (+93.17%)
  11/02/1880 NY District 10 Won 64.73% (+30.04%)
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  00/00/1876 DNC Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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