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Biography of Abram Stevens Hewitt
Name: Abram Stevens Hewitt
Birth Date: July 31, 1822
Death Date: January 18, 1903
Place of Birth: Haverstraw, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician, proprietor, mayor
Abram Stevens Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) was a major figure in the American iron and steel industry. His public career included service as mayor of New York City.Abram S. Hewitt was born at Haverstraw, N.Y., on July 31, 1822, the son of a British-born mechanic. Educated in New York City public schools, Hewitt was a brilliant student, won a scholarship to Columbia College, and distinguished himself before graduating in 1842. For several years he read law, although he was never formally admitted to the bar.In 1843 Hewitt and a college associate, Edward Cooper, traveled in Europe. On the voyage home their ship foundered in a storm; they were cast adrift, rescued, and became friends and business associates for the rest of their lives. They became the operators and proprietors of an ironworks which had been founded by Edward's father, Peter Cooper, in Trenton, N.J. The Cooper and Hewitt enterprise quickly became one of …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…a major role in the Tilden-Hayes campaign.In 1886 Hewitt defeated Henry George and Theodore Roosevelt in an exciting three-way race for the mayoralty of New York City. His reform administration made improvements in a number of city departments, initiated construction of the rapid transit railroad, and fought the city's corrupt political machine. Upon his retirement from politics, Hewitt focused on public service. He was a trustee of Columbia University, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Barnard College, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution. He died at 81, survived by his wife and six children. Further Reading The definitive biography of Hewitt is Allan Nevins, Abram S. Hewitt: With Some Account of Peter Cooper (1935). Nevins also edited Selected Writings of Abram S. Hewitt (1937).Post, Louis Freeland, Henry George's 1886 campaign: an account of the George-Hewitt campaign in the New York municipal election of 1886, Westport, Conn.: Hyperion Press, 1976.
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