Stone, William J
farmer, lawyer, legislator, congressman, governor, was born May 7, 1848, in Madison county, Ky.
He was educated at the university of Missouri; was prosecuting attorney of Vernon county from 1873 to 1874; and was elector on the Tilden and Hendricks ticket in 1876. He was elected to the fortyninth and fiftieth congresses, and was reelected to the fifty-first congress as a democrat. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west, at Jefferson City, Mo., and has practiced his profession for over a quarter of a century. He served with distinction as governor of the state of Missouri during 1892-1896.