Moses D. Stivers

Moses Dunning Stivers (* December 30, 1828 at Beemerville, New Jersey; † February 2nd 1895 in Middletown, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Moses Dunning Stivers attended a community school and a private school and the Mount Retirement Seminary in Wantage in Sussex County (New Jersey). He and his father moved in 1845 Ridgebury, where he completed his education. After that, he taught at a school. Between 1855 and 1864 he pursued commercial transactions in Ridgebury and later in Middletown. He worked 1864-1867 as a clerk in Orange County. During this time he lived in Goshen. He then returned to Middletown back in 1868 he was the owner of the Orange County Press and one of the owner and editor of the Middletown Daily Press. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him in 1869 to the United States collector of the tax revenue in the eleventh district of New York - a position which he held until 1883. During this time he took 1880 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part. In addition, he also went to banking transactions.

His candidacy in the special election in 1886 for the 49th Congress was unsuccessful, as were the candidacy for the 50th Congress. Henry Bacon was the winner in both elections. In the congressional elections of 1888 for the 51st Congress it was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry Bacon on March 4, 1889. Since he gave up for reelection in 1890, he retired after March 3, 1891 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went to banking transactions. On February 2, 1895, he died in Middletown and was then buried in the Hillside Cemetery.