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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 York City for two years from 1887 to 1888. He also twice served as a U.S. Congressman from New York's 10th and chaired the Democratic National Committee from 1876 to 1877.
Abram Stevens Hewitt (born July 31, 1822, Haverstraw, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 18, 1903, Ringwood, N.J.) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and politician who in 1886 defeated Henry George and Theodore Roosevelt to become mayor of New York City.
Abram Hewitt was a lifelong Democrat, and by the early 1870s his interests began to shift from manufacturing to politics. Together with his brother-in-law, Edward Cooper, he helped topple the corrupt Tweed Ring and reform Tammany Hall, the New York Democratic organization.
May 29, 2018 · 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.
The Cooper and Hewitt families first came together when Abram S. Hewitt met Edward Cooper (Peter Cooper's son) at Columbia College. The two became good friends and Hewitt became a fixture around Peter Cooper's home.
Born in 1902, Abram was a great-grandson of Peter Cooper and the namesake of his grandfather who was a pioneer in the iron and steel business, U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York who introduced a plan that would become the New York subway system.
Abram Hewitt was born in New York in 1822, the fifth son of a cabinetmaker. Hewitt went on to become a steel magnate to rival Carnegie, a five term US congressman, a craftsman and inventor, Mayor of New York City, and co-founder of Cooper Union College!
