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STEVENSON, John White
1812–1886
Concise Biography
STEVENSON, John White, (son of Andrew Stevenson), A Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Va., May 4, 1812; attended Hampden-Sidney Academy, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1832; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Vicksburg, Miss; moved to Covington, Kenton County, Ky., in 1841; county attorney; member, State house of representatives 1845-1849; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1849; one of three commissioners appointed to revise the civic and criminal code of the State 1850-1851; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1852 and in 1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860; lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1867; became Governor in 1867, upon the death of the Governor and was subsequently elected Governor in 1868 and served until 1871, when he resigned, having been elected a Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Democratic Conference, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Forty-fourth Congress); professor in the Cincinnati Law School; president of the American Bar Association 1884-1885; died in Covington, Ky., August 10, 1886; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Filson Club Historical Society
Louisville, KY
Papers:
1861-1876. 9 items. Also miscellaneous letters and references in various collections including James Craik papers, 1850-1967.
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Frankfort, KY
Papers:
1867-1871. Gubernatorial records include fugitives from justice papers, petitions for pardons, appointments, military correspondence, governor's correspondence, enrolled bills, and executive journals.
Kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Papers:
1858, 1883. 2 letters. Concerning political affairs, and portrait.
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
In Andrew and John White Stevenson family papers, 1756-1882 (bulk 1833-1840, 1869-1876). 11 linear feet. Papers of John White are approximately one-fifth of the collection (ca. 2,500 items) and include correspondence while governor of Kentucky and U.S. senator. Finding aid.
University of Kentucky Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
Lexington, KY
Papers:
1877-1885. 16 volumes. Diaries and letterbooks.
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Papers:
Miscellaneous items. Finding aid.
Western Kentucky University Library
Special Collections
Bowling Green, KY
Papers:
1857-1870. 26 items. 9 letters (1857-1870); and 17 land grants (1870).
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