Aaron Fletcher Stevens
Aaron Fletcher Stevens ( born August 9, 1819 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, † May 10, 1887 in Nashua, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Aaron Stevens attended the Pinkerton Academy in Derry and the Crosby's Nashua Literary Institute in Nashua. After that, he was a machinist. In this profession, he worked for several years as a journeyman. After studying law and its made in 1845 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Nashua.
At the time, Stevens was a member of the Whig party. In 1845 he was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. In the following years, he held several local offices. In 1852 he was a delegate to the national convention of the Whigs. From 1853 to 1854 he sat in the council of Nashua. After Stevens was 1856-1861 Attorney in Hillsborough County. Between 1859 and 1877 he was several times the legal representative of the community Nashua. The mid-1850s he was among the founders of the Republican Party in New Hampshire. During the Civil War, Stevens was an officer in the army of the Union. He participated in several battles and was wounded there. In the army he brought to brevet brigadier general.
1866 Stevens was elected in the second district of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Edward Henry Rollins on March 4, 1867. After a re-election in 1868 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. In this time the fight of his party coincided with U.S. President Andrew Johnson, who culminated in a nearly failed impeachment proceedings against the president. In addition, the 14th and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution were adopted, in which the civil rights and voting rights were extended to former black slaves.
In the elections of 1870, Stevens was defeated by Democrat Samuel Newell Bell. Between 1876 and 1884 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Otherwise, he worked as a lawyer. Stevens died on 10 May 1887 in Nashua and was also buried there.