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Job Evans Stevenson (February 10, 1832 – July 24, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1869 to 1873,

Early life and career

Born in Yellow Bud, Ohio, Stevenson completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in Chillicothe, Ohio. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the Ohio Senate 1863–1865. He served as solicitor of Chillicothe 1859–1862. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1865.

Congress

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

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio. Resided in Lexington and Corinth, Kentucky. He died in Corinth, Kentucky, July 24, 1922. He was interred in Yellow Bud Cemetery, Yellow Bud, Ohio.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Job E. Stevenson (id: S000893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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