John W. Stevenson
(May 4, 1812 — August 10, 1886) Stevenson was an American politician and lawyer. John White Stevenson was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Kentucky in 1841. He graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and was admitted to the bar. After moving to Kentucky in 1841, Stevenson served in the State House of Representatives (1845-1849) and as a delegate to the State constitutional convention (1849). He worked as a commissioner appointed to revise the law codes of the State from 1850 to 1851. Stevenson was first elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served as a Representative from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861. He was elected to be lieutenant governor of Kentucky and became Governor of Kentucky from 1868 to 1871, when he resigned after being elected to the United States Senate. He served a second time in Congress, this time in the Senate, from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000894]
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Kentucky Delegation - The Road to Civil War
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Kentucky Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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