Moses Tyler STEVENS, Congress, MA (1825-1907)

STEVENS, Moses Tyler, (brother of Charles Abbot Stevens and cousin of Isaac Ingalls Stevens), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Mass., October 10, 1825; attended Franklin Academy at North Andover; was graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1842; attended Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1842 and 1843; engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in North Andover; served as president of the Andover National Bank; member of the Massachusetts State house of representatives in 1861; served in the Massachusetts State senate in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed his interests in the manufacturing business; died in North Andover, Mass., March 25, 1907; interment in Ridgewood Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present