Bradford N. Stevens
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Ebon C. Ingersoll
Succeeded by	Horatio C. Burchard
Personal details
Born	(1813-01-03)January 3, 1813 Boscawen, New Hampshire
Died	November 10, 1885(1885-11-10) (aged 72) Tiskilwa, Illinois
Political party	Democratic

Bradford Newcomb Stevens (January 3, 1813 – November 10, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, Stevens attended schools in New Hampshire and at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1835. He taught school six years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and New York City. He moved to Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846, where he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, and also worked as county surveyor. He served as mayor of Tiskilwa, Illinois.

Stevens was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). He resumed mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He died in Tiskilwa, Illinois, on November 10, 1885. He was interred in Mount Bloom Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Bradford N. Stevens (id: S000876)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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