Abram Stevens Hewitt 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.
Hewitt in 1888
Hewitt between 1855 and 1865
Artists' conception, by Currier and Ives, of the bridge while construction was underway, 1872
Ringwood Manor
New York's 10th congressional district
New York's 10th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Democrat Dan Goldman. The district contains all of Lower Manhattan and the western Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, and Sunset Park. The district also contains portions of Borough Park and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and all of Prospect Park.
In Upper New York Harbor, the district includes Governors Island, Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty, and parts of Ellis Island.
Image: Silas Talbot
Image: William Cooper by Gilbert Stuart
Image: William Cooper by Gilbert Stuart
Image: George Tibbits Copy (cropped)
