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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.