Stevens, James Alexander – Stevenson, John D
Stevens, James Alexander
lawyer, was born Jan. 29, 1790, in New York city. In connection with Thomas Gibbons, he established the Union steamboat line between New York and Philadelphia, which led to the suit of Ogden vs. Gibbons, memorable for the decision that placed all the navigable waters of the United States under the jurisdiction of the general government. He died Oct. 7, 1873, in Hoboken, N. J.
Stevens, John
civil engineer, was born in 1749 in New York city. In 1776- 79 he was treasurer of New Jersey. In 1804 he built a vessel propelled by twin screws that navigated the Hudson; and the engine and boiler of this steamboat are preserved in the Stevens institute of Hoboken, N. J.
Stevens, John Austin
author, was born Jan. 21, 1827, in New York city.
He is an author of New York city, and later of Newport, R. I., who founded the Magazine of American History; The Valley of the Rio Grande; The Expedition of Lafayette against Arnold; and Life of Albert Gallatin.
Stevens, John Cox
was born Sept. 24, 1785. He was from his youth a devoted yachtsman. He organized the New York Yacht club, was its first commodore, and commanded the America in the memorable race in England in 1851. He died June 13, 1857, in Hoboken, N. J.
Stevens, John Leavitt
clergyman, journalist, state senator, author, was born Aug. 1, 1820, in Mt. Vernon, Maine.
He became associated with James G.
Blaine in the ownership and management of the Kennebec Journal newspaper of Augusta, Maine, in which he continued for thirteen years as editor-in-chief. He served five years in the state legislature, three years in the lower house, and two years in the senate. He was United States minister to Uruguay and Paraguay from 1870 to 1873. In 1877 he was appointed United States minister to Sweden and Norway, which post he resigned in 1883.
He was the author of History of Gustavus Adolphus. He died in 1895.
Stevens, Lillian M. N
educator, reformer, was born in 1844 in Maine.
In 1898 she became president of the Woman's Christian Temperance union.
Stevens, Moses T
manufacturer, banker, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1825, in North Andover, Mass. Since 1843 he has been engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in North Andover. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1861; and of the senate in 1868. He is president of Andover National bank; and was elected to the fifty-second and re-elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.
Stevens, Robert Livingston
builder, was born Oct. 18, 1787, in Hoboken, N. J. In 1842 he built the first ironclad steamboat. He died April 20, 1856, in Hoboken, N. J.
Stevens, Robert S
lawyer, congressman, was born March 27, 1824, in Attica, N. Y. He removed to Missouri in 1870, and engaged in the construction and management of railroads. In 1879 he returned to his native place and settled there; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat. He served on numerous important committees while member of congress. a
Stevens, Samuel
governor. He was governor of Maryland from 1822 to
Stevens, Thaddeus
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1792, in Danville, Vt. In 1833 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, and was again elected in 1834, 1835, 1837, and 1841.
In 1836 he was elected a member of the convention to revise the state constitution; and in 1838 was appointed a canal commissioner.
In 1842 he moved to Lancaster, Pa.; was representative from Pennelected a sylvania to the thirty-first, thirty-second, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth, and fortieth congresses. He was also one of the managers in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. He died Aug. 11, 1868, in Washington, D. C.
Stevens, Thaddeus Morrell
journalist, physician, educator, author, was born Aug. 29, 1830, in Indianapolis, Ind. He was professor of medical jurisprudence and toxicology in the Indiana Medical college and in the college of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis.
His publications include brochures on Expert Testimony; State Boards of Health; and Automatic Filtration. He died Nov. 8, 1885, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Stevens, Thomas
cyclist, author, was born Dec. 24, 1855, in England. He is a noted cyclist who has published Scouting for Stanley in East Africa; Around the World on a Bicycle: From San Francisco to Teheran, From Teheran to Yokohama; and Through Russia on a Mustang.
Stevens, Thomas Holdup
naval officer, was born May 27, 1819, in Middletown, Conn. In 1836 he was appointed a midshipman; and served with distinction through the civil war.
Stevens, Walter Husted
soldier, civil engineer, was born Aug. 24, 1827, in Penn Yan, N. Y. In 1862 he attained the rank of brigadier-general on the staff of Gen. Bragg. He was subsequently chief engineer of the railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico. He died in December, 1867, in Iberville, La.
Stevens, Walter Le Conte
physicist, educator, inventor, author, was born June 17, 1847, in Gordon county, Ga. He was called in 1882 to the chair of mathematics and physics in Packer Collegiate institute in Brooklyn. In connection with his class-work he has invented various improved forms of physical apparatus, of which his organ-pipe sonometer and reversible stereoscope are the best known, descriptions of which have been published in the American Journal of Science.
Stevens, William Bacon
bishop, was born July 13, 1815, in Bath, Maine.
He was the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania, consecrated in 1862; and the author of History of Georgia; The Bow in the Cloud; Sermons; Sabbaths of Our Lord; Parables of the New Testament Unfolded; History of Silk Culture in Georgia; and The Sunday at Home. He died June 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Stevenson, Adlai E
vice-president of the United States, was born Oct. 23, 1835, in Christian county, Ky. He moved in 1869 to Bloomington, Ill., where he has since resided. He was a member of the forty-fourth and forty-sixth congresses. He was first assistant postmaster-general from 1885 to 1889. He was nominated for vice-president by the democratic national convention in 1892; and was duly elected, and took the oath of office on March 4, 1893.
Stevenson, Andrew
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1784 in Culpeper county, Va. He was a member of the Virginia state legislature where for several sessions he was elected speaker of the house. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1821 to 1834; and during the twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second congresses from 1828 to 1834 was speaker of the house. In 1836 he was appointed minister to Great Britain, and remained there until 1841. He died Jan. 25, 1857, in Blenheim, Va.
Stevenson, Charles Coburn
educator, lawyer, public official, was born Nov. 29, 1862, in Red Bluff, Cal. He received a thorough education in the public schools of California and Idaho; attended St. Matthew's Hall Military academy of San Mateo; Sockett's school of Oakland; and the university of Michigan. He has been county superintendent of schools and county attorney for Ada county, Idaho; territorial superintendent of public instruction of Idaho; and city attorney of Boise, Idaho, where he is engaged in the practice of law. He has been chief clerk in the United States surveyor-general's office for Idaho; is prominent in several fraternal orders; and historian of the Idaho Historical society of Pioneers.
Stevenson, Edward A
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born June 14, 1831, in Lowville, N. Y. In 1853 he was elected a representative in the California legislature; and was the only one of eight representatives from the same county who was re-elected in 1854. In 1859 he was again elected a representative in the legislature, and at the session of 1860 was elected speaker pro tem. of the house.
In 1863 he removed to Boise county, Idaho. In 1864 he was elected a justice of the peace; and in 1866 was elected a member of the territorial council of Idaho.
In 1874 he was elected a member of the territorial assembly, and was unanimously elected speaker of the assembly. In 1876 he was again elected to the territorial council for two years; and in 1885 was appointed governor of the territory of Idaho.
STEVENSON, E[DWARD] IRENÆUS, littérateur, author, was born in 1858 in New Jersey. He is a writer of New York city, since 1881 the editor of The New York Independent, and for many years an editor of Harper's Weekly. He has been the musical editor of several journals for a number of years. He is the author of White Cockades, an Incident of the Fortyfive; Janus, reissued as A Matter of Temperament, a musical novel; Left to Themselves, reissued as Philip and Gerald; Mrs. Dee's Encore; and A Square of Sevens.
Stevenson, Job E
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1831, in Ross county, Ohio. He was solicitor of Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1859 to 1862; and was a state senator from 1863 to 1865, when he removed to Cincinnati.
He was elected to the forty-first and fortysecond congresses as a republican.
Stevenson, John D
soldier, state legislator, was born June 8, 1821, in Staunton, Va. He was a member for several terms in the Missouri state legislature from St. Louis. In 1861 he raised the seventh Missouri regiment; and the following year was made brigadier-general of volunteers.