Moses D. Stivers | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's15th district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Henry Bacon |
| Clerk ofOrange County, New York | |
| In office 1864–1867 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Moses Dunning Stivers (1828-12-30)December 30, 1828 Beemerville, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 1895(1895-02-02) (aged 66) Middletown, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, New York, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Children | John |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
Moses Dunning Stivers (December 30, 1828 – February 2, 1895) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromNew York from 1889 to 1891.
Born in theBeemerville sectionWantage Township, New Jersey, Stivers attended common and private schools and Mount Retirement Seminary in Wantage. He moved with his father toRidgebury, New York, in 1845 and completed his education. He taught school.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Ridgebury and later inMiddletown from 1855 to 1864.He served as clerk of Orange County 1864-1867 and resided inGoshen, New York.
He returned to Middletown and became proprietor of the Orange County Press in 1868 and was also one of the proprietors and editors of the Middletown Daily Press.He was appointed by PresidentUlysses S. Grant as United States collector of internal revenue for the eleventh district of New York in 1869 and served until 1883. He served as delegate to theRepublican National Convention in1880. He engaged in banking.
He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1884 to theForty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis Beach and for election in 1886 to theFiftieth Congress.
Stivers was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.
He then engaged in banking.
He died inMiddletown, New York, on February 2, 1895, and was interred inHillside Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 15th congressional district 1889–1891 | Succeeded by |
