Education
Born in Attica, Wyoming County, New York, Stevens attended Attica Collegiate Institute and Cornell University but left without degree due to ill health.
politician member of the New York State Senate
Born in Attica, Wyoming County, New York, Stevens attended Attica Collegiate Institute and Cornell University but left without degree due to ill health.
He traveled west and worked for the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad of which his father was a large stockholder. When he returned to Attica, he established the Maplewood Stock Farm and raised prize-winning stock and also engaged in banking. As Superintendent of Public Works Stevens served from 1907 to 1911.
Stevens died on March 14, 1916, in a barn on his farm in Attica, "from apoplexy", and is interred at the Forest Hill Cemetery there.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (46th Doctorate) from 1903 to 1906, sitting in the 126th, 127th, 128th and 129th New York State Legislatures. He was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Bridges and was a member of Finance, Villages, Banks, and Agriculture.