Hiram Sanford Stevens

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Hiram Sanford Stevens (March 20, 1832 – March 22, 1893) was a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona.

Born in Weston, Vermont, Stevens received a limited education and became a farmer. In 1851 enlisted in Company I, First United States Dragoons for service in New Mexico. He participated in engagements against the Apaches in 1852 and 1854. He was honorably discharged at Fort Thorn, New Mexico, in 1856, moving to Tucson, Arizona, where he engaged in general merchandising and the supplying of forage for the Army.

Stevens was elected to the Arizona Territorial house of representatives in 1868. He served in the Territorial council 1871-1873, and was assessor and supervisor of Pima County. He also served as treasurer of Tucson in 1871.

Stevens was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. Afterwards he engaged in mercantile pursuits and cattle growing. He died in Tucson, Arizona, and was interred in Old Tucson Cemetery. He was later reinterred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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• Hiram Sanford Stevens at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress