Job Evans STEVENSON, Congress, OH (1832-1922)

STEVENSON, Job Evans, a Representative from Ohio; born in Yellow Bud, Ross County, Ohio, February 10, 1832; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in Chillicothe, Ohio; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State senate 1863-1865; solicitor of Chillicothe 1859-1862; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865; was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio; resided in Lexington and Corinth, Ky.; died in Corinth, Ky., July 24, 1922; interment in Yellow Bud Cemetery, Yellow Bud, Ohio.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present