Please answer the following question: Facts: - term: 1856 -- 1857 - successor: timothy t. lockwood - party: democrat - death date: 23 march 1866 - predecessor: eli cook - office: mayor of buffalo - birth date: october 26 , 1810 - name: frederick p. stevens - death place: buffalo , new york - birth place: pierpont , new hampshire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of frederick p. stevens .
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frederick p. stevens -lrb- 1810 -- 1866 -rrb- was mayor of the city of buffalo , new york , serving 1856 -- 1857 .he was born on october 26 , 1810 in pierpont , new hampshire .he taught , studied law , and was admitted to the bar in 1835 or 1836 , soon after coming to buffalo .on january 20 , 1837 he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas by governor william l. marcy .he was the first presiding judge of erie county court , successor to the court of common pleas .he never married .in 1854 , stevens was elected an alderman for the eleventh ward .he was elected mayor of buffalo on november 6 , 1855 , as the democratic candidate .during his term , the city undertook an extensive program of street , sidewalk , and street light improvements .he is credited as the originator of buffalo 's street railway system , and was one of the first people to actively campaign for an international bridge between buffalo and canada .he was a republican union member of the new york state assembly -lrb- erie co. , 2nd d. -rrb- in 1864 .he died at buffalo on march 23 , 1866 .