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    Abram Stevens Hewitt (July 31, 1822 – January 18, 1903) was an American politician, educator, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer who was mayor of New...
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  • served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07421. It is named for Abram Hewitt. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation...
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    The Abram S. Hewitt was a coal-powered fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1903 to 1958. She was the department's last coal-powered...
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    Abram S. Hewitt State Forest is a state forest by Hewitt in northwestern New Jersey that is 2,001 acres (8.10 km2). It is on the Bearfort Ridge of unusual...
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    in the 1876 presidential election. His son Edward and his son-in-law Abram Hewitt, both served as Mayor of New York City. Peter Cooper was born in New...
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    (1911). "Hewitt, Abram Stevens" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 417. Haw 2005, pp. 30–32. Hewitt 1883, p...
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    use. Hewitt was born in New York City, the son of New York City Mayor Abram Hewitt and the grandson of industrialist Peter Cooper. He was educated at the...
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    Theodore Roosevelt, author Henry George, and five-term U.S. Representative Abram Hewitt. Roosevelt, at age 28, would have been the youngest mayor in New York...
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    McKinley for some Gold Democrats, such as William Collins Whitney and Abram Hewitt, the treasurer of the National Democratic Party, and they received quiet...
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    City Hall, with the ceremony officiated by the Mayor of New York City, Abram Hewitt. A religious ceremony followed the same day, in the chancel of Tabernacle...
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    these disparate groups, Croker nominated Abram Hewitt as the Democratic candidate for mayor. Not only was Hewitt the leader of the Swallowtails, but he...
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    Interior Carl Schurz. In the background are James G. Blaine, John Logan, Abram Hewitt and others. Published in Puck Magazine: Centerfold; Vol. 1 No. 1, March...
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    steel should be used instead of the cheaper Bessemer steel. In 1877, Abram Hewitt wrote a letter urging against the use of Bessemer steel in the construction...
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    J. Grant 88th Mayor of New York City In office 1889–1892 Preceded by Abram Hewitt Succeeded by Thomas Francis Gilroy Personal details Born (1858-09-10)September...
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    architecture. A later owner of the property was New York City mayor Abram Hewitt. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...
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    hosted distinguished and popular guests throughout her widowhood, such as Abram Hewitt, Edward Cooper, John C. Calhoun II, John Catron, George Bancroft, among...
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    election. In response to Chandler's directive, Democratic Party chair Abram S. Hewitt organized committees of prominent Democrats to travel South and oversee...
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    Cooper, Sarah (1859–1930) and Eleanor (1864–1924) were the daughters of Abram Hewitt, mayor of New York City from 1878 to 1888. The sisters were well educated...
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    for president, leaving that task to their supporters; Tilden appointed Abram Hewitt to lead his campaign. The Republican campaign established a major cash...
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  • anthropologist Abram Harrison (1898–1979), Canadian politician Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822–1903), teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer, and chairman Abram Hoffer...
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  • Republican Candidate Theodore Roosevelt and behind the Democratic Candidate Abram Hewitt. The Party also had an unsuccessful attempt to run in the 1887 Philadelphia...
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  • Edwin R. Meade (D) Smith Ely Jr. (D) Elijah Ward (D) Fernando Wood (D) Abram Hewitt (D) Benjamin A. Willis (D) Nathaniel H. Odell (D) George M. Beebe (D)...
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    1845–1857, Superintendent John Alexander Kennedy, 1860–1863, Superintendent Abram Duryée, 1873–1874, Commissioner George Washington Walling, 1874–1885, Superintendent...
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  • Pantaleoni, and his mother was the granddaughter of New York City mayor Abram Hewitt and the great-granddaughter of New York industrialist Peter Cooper. Trained...
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    York City In office 1885–1886 Preceded by Franklin Edson Succeeded by Abram Hewitt In office 1881–1882 Preceded by Edward Cooper Succeeded by Franklin Edson...
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    candidate Henry George and Democratic candidate Abram Hewitt. Roosevelt campaigned hard for the position, but Hewitt won with 41% (90,552 votes), taking the votes...
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  • 1884 1 Democratic 86 William R. Grace (2nd term) 1885 1886 2 None 87 Abram Hewitt 1887 1888 1 Democratic 88 Hugh J. Grant 1889 1892 2 Democratic 89 Thomas...
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    August Belmont 1860–1872 New York Augustus Schell 1872–1876 New York Abram Hewitt 1876–1877 New York William Barnum 1877–1889 Connecticut Calvin Brice...
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    (TX) Senator David B. Hill (NY) Governor William E. Russell (MA) Hon. Abram Hewitt (NY) Associate Justice Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (MS) Judge Alton B. Parker...
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    joined the Manhattan Club, a group of wealthy Democrats including Tilden, Abram Hewitt, and William C. Whitney. Through the World, he supported the campaign...
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