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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.