Hewitt, Abram

STEVENS, manufacturer and politician, was born at Haver straw, N. Y., July 31, 1822; graduated at Columbia College (1842); studied law, but failing eyesight obliged him to give up the idea of practicing, and he established iron works at Trenton, N. J. In 1867 he was a commi ioner to the French Exhibition, and made an able report on Iron and Steel. He has been secretary of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art since its incorporation in 1859. Mr. H. was elected to Congre from New York city in 1874, serving for two terms and declining a re-nomination in 1878; was again elected in 1880 and served until 1886, when he became mayor of New York city, holding this office for one term. On all matters relating to the manufacture of iron he is an expert, and for his proficiency in this science Columbia College gave him, in 1887, the honorary degree of LL.D.