Job Evans Stevenson (February 10, 1832 – July 24, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1869 to 1873, as a member of the Republican Party. He also served in the

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from 1864 to 1865.

Early life and career

Born in Yellow Bud, Ohio, Stevenson completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was

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and commenced the practice of his profession in

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. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Early political career

He served as member of the

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from 1863 to 1865. He served as solicitor of Chillicothe from 1859 to 1862. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. He moved to

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, in 1865.

Congress

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873).

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in

. Resided in Lexington and Corinth, Kentucky. He died in

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, July 24, 1922. He was interred in Yellow Bud Cemetery, Yellow Bud, Ohio.

Sources

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