Education
Born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Massachusetts, Stevens attended Franklin Academy.
Born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex County, Massachusetts, Stevens attended Franklin Academy.
In 1841 he went into business as a manufacturer of flannels and broadcloths in Ware, Massachusetts. Stevens became a Republican when the party was founded, and was a Delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1860 and 1868. He was an unsuccessful for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.
He was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alvah Crocker and served from January 27 to March 3, 1875.
He did not run for a full term, and continued his business interests. Stevens died in New York City on April 7, 1892.
He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, Massachusetts.
An anti-slavery activist, he was a member of the Free Soil Party in the 1840s. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1853. He served as a member of the Governor"s council from 1867 to 1870.
