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Hewitt, Abram Stevens

manufacturer, congressman, was born July 30, July 30, 1822, in Rockland county, N. Y. In 1859 he organized the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, which has been eminently successful. In 1874 . In 1874 he was elected a representative to the forto the forty-fourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-seventh , forty- In eighth, and forty-ninth congresses . 1886 he was elected mayor of New York city; and resigned his seat in congress to accept that position.