Robert S. Stevens

Robert S. Stevens ( born March 27, 1824 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York, † February 23, 1893 ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Stevens ' education suffered from the financial straits of his parents. With the help of a job at an auction house, he was able to finance his further education. In 1844 he got a job as a teacher. After a while studying law and his 1846 was admitted as a lawyer, he started in his career this to work. He moved into the Kansas Territory, where he was active in a big way in the real estate sector. He was also involved with the development of coal fields and the railway construction. Among other things, he had the supervision of the construction of the Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad, which joined present-day Oklahoma and Texas to the rail network. In these activities, he brought it over time to substantial wealth.

Politically, Stevens became a member of the Democratic Party. In 1856 he supported James Buchanan in his successful presidential bid. This became apparent after his election victory recognizable by laying the foundation stone of Stevens ' rapid business expansion with a government job in the land administration. Between 1862 and 1863 Stevens sat in the Senate of Kansas. In 1880 he gave up his business activities in Kansas and returned to his New York home, where he was engaged in farming.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Stevens was in the 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Richard Crowley on March 4, 1883. Since he has not been confirmed in 1884, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1885. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he again worked in agriculture. He died on 23 February 1893 in his native town of Attica, where he was also buried.