John D. Stivers

John Dunning Stivers was an American newspaper publisher and politician from New York.

Life

John D. Stivers was born in Middletown, Orange County, New York on August 30, 1861, the son of Congressman Moses D. Stivers and Mary Elizabeth Stivers. He graduated from Peekskill Military Academy in 1878.
On April 29, 1891, he began publishing with his brother Lewis S. Stivers a new Republican newspaper in Middletown: the Daily Times. In 1897, he was appointed as a Trustee of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. On September 17, 1908, he married Louise M. Greene, and they had three children.
Stivers was a member of the New York State Assembly in [133rd New York (state)|New York State Legislature|1910], 1911 and 1912; and was Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing in 1912.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1913 to 1918, sitting in the 136th, 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures.
He was found dead at his desk in his newspaper office early on the morning of February 23, 1935, in Middletown, Orange County, New York, and was buried at the Hillside Cemetery there.