Steven Beckwith Ayres

Steven Beckwith Ayres
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Joseph A. Goulden
Succeeded by	Thomas G. Patten
Personal details
Born	October 27, 1861 Fort Dodge, Iowa
Died	June 1, 1929 (aged 67) Clearwater, Florida
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Helen Ayres
Alma mater	Syracuse University
Profession	publisher/editor advertising agent politician orange grower real estate agent

Steven Beckwith Ayres (October 27, 1861 – June 1, 1929) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Ayres was the son of Stephen and Artemisia (Dunlap) Ayres. He moved with his parents to Elmira, New York, in 1866, where he attended grammar school. He moved to Penn Yan, New York in 1873, and attended the Penn Yan Academy. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1882.

Career

Ayres worked in the publishing business at Penn Yan and became editor of the Yates County Chronicle. He served as delegate to the Republican State convention in 1884. In 1893, he moved to New York City, where he worked in advertising. He declined the Democratic nomination as candidate for the New York State Assembly in 1910.

Elected as an Independent (non-Tammany) Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910, Ayres served one term from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1913.^[1] In 1912 he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-third Congress.

Ayres wrote several books and many history articles, and lectured at the New York University Summer School in 1914. He engaged in the cultivation of oranges at Clearwater, Florida in winter and in the real estate business at Woodstock, New York during the summer.^[2]

Death

Ayres died, in Manhattan's Park West Hospital on June 1, 1929. He is interred at Clearwater Cemetery, Clearwater, Florida.^[3]

References

1. "Steven Beckwith Ayres". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
2. "Steven Beckwith Ayres". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
3. "Steven Beckwith Ayres". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

External links

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Steven Beckwith Ayres at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Steven Beckwith Ayres at Find a Grave