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Abram Stevens Hewitt

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abram Stevens Hewitt , 1822-1903, American industrialist and political leader, b. Haverstraw, N.Y. He became a lawyer, and friendship with a son and marriage to a daughter of Peter Cooper shaped his career. Together he and Edward Cooper became (1847) iron manufacturers with Peter Cooper's backing. Hewitt promoted advanced methods of iron making and steel making and was interested in railroad development and mining. He built up one of the great fortunes of his day. Elected as a Democratic Representative to Congress in 1874, he served continuously, except for one term, until 1886. As chairman... Read more
Abram Stevens Hewitt
Encyclopedia of World Biography Abram Stevens Hewitt Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) was a major figure...as mayor of New York City. Abram S. Hewitt was born at Haverstraw, N.Y...of Hewitt is Allan Nevins, Abram S. Hewitt: With Some Account of Peter... Read more
The 1900s: Business and the Economy: Deaths
American Decades ...the sugar refining in the United States by the end of the 1890s, 4 December 1907. Abram Stevens Hewitt, 80, steel manufacturer and politician whose Cooper, Hewitt and Company introduced the Open Hearth furnace and made the first American steel... Read more

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