{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people|Charles Stevens}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Charles A. Stevens | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Charles Abbot Stevens.jpg | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|10|10th}} | term_start1 = January 27, 1875 | term_end1 = March 3, 1875 | predecessor1 = [[Alvah Crocker]] | successor1 = [[Julius Hawley Seelye]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1816|8|9}} | birth_place = [[North Andover, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1892|4|7|1816|8|9}} | death_place = [[New York City]] | spouse = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | relations = [[Moses T. Stevens]] (brother)<br>[[Isaac Stevens]] (brother) | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Manufacturing executive | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Charles Abbot Stevens''' (August 9, 1816 – April 7, 1892) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]], brother of [[Moses Tyler Stevens]] and cousin of [[Isaac Stevens|Isaac Ingalls Stevens]].
==Biography== Born in [[North Andover, Massachusetts|North Andover]] (then a part of [[Andover, Massachusetts|Andover]]), [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex County]], [[Massachusetts]], Stevens attended Franklin Academy.
In 1841 he went into business as a manufacturer of flannels and broadcloths in [[Ware, Massachusetts]].
An anti-slavery activist, he was a member of the [[Free Soil Party]] in the 1840s. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1853.
Stevens became a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] when the party was founded, and was a Delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1860 and 1868.
He served as a member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's council]] from 1867 to 1870.
He was unsuccessful for election in 1874 to the [[44th United States Congress|Forty-fourth]] Congress.
He was subsequently elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[43rd United States Congress|Forty-third]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Alvah Crocker]] and served from January 27 to March 3, 1875.
He did not run for a full term, and continued his business interests. Stevens died in [[New York City]] on April 7, 1892. He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery, [[Ware, Massachusetts]].
==References== {{CongBio|S000877}} * {{cite web | title=STEVENS, Charles Abbot | website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000877 | ref={{harvid|Bioguide, ''Stevens, Charles A.''}} | access-date=2023-04-26}}
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