A Democrat from the Twelfth District, the thirty-one year old fisherman lived in Cascades.
Born in Missouri, he came to Washington where he served in the territorial legislature in 1887-88. He was auditor of Skamania county for four years.
Stevenson served on the following committees: Legislative Department; Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment; Harbors, Rivers, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams.