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Stevens (THADDEUS an American statesman)

THADDEUS, an American statesman; born in Danville, Vt., April 4, 1792; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1814; studied law and was admitted to the Maryland bar. He kept aloof from politics till the election of Jackson in 1828, when he became an active member of the Whig party. In 1833 and for several succeeding years, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature and became distinguished by his opposition to slavery. He was appointed a canal commissioner in 1838, and rendered important services to the state in the promotion of its system of internal improvements. Subsequently he removed to Lancaster, and for six years practiced law. But in 1848 and again in 1850 he was elected to Congress, where he maintained strong opposition to the Fugitive-Slave Law, the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and all measures favoring the independence of the South. In 1858 he was again elected to Congress and retained his seat till his death, in Washington, D. C., Aug. 11, 1868. STEVENSON STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECH- NOLOGY, an educational non-sectarian institution in Hoboken, N. J.; founded in 1870; reported at the close of 1919:

Professors and instructors, 46; students, 522; president, A. C. Humphreys, LL.D.