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D.</a> — of Oregon. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="098.35.93">Stevens, J. Ed</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1936-election.html">1936</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#914.83.63">D. Leigh Colvin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/watson2.html#134.13.55">Claude A. Watson</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.10.96">Stevens, J. H.</a> — of Kalispell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/FL-lived.html">Flathead County</a>, Mont. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MT.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="207.78.59">Stevens, J. H.</a> — of Okmulgee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OM-lived.html">Okmulgee County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/OK.html">1936</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="325.60.55">Stevens, J. H.</a> — of Traverse City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GT-lived.html">Grand Traverse County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/traversecity.html">Mayor of Traverse City, Mich.</a>, 1958. Still living as of 1958. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stevens, J. Harold See <a href="#790.65.07">John Harold Stevens</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Stevens, J. P. See <a href="#251.65.64">John Peters Stevens</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="706.90.35">Stevens, J. Randell</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/cocaj.html">Judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals</a>, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="594.02.61">Stevens, J. W.</a> — also known as Bill Stevens — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a> 30th District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="177.43.70">Stevens, Jacob</a> — Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/pr2024-election.html">2024</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oliver-ollius.html#618.83.21">Chase R. Oliver</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#230.25.63">Michael ter Maat</a>). Still living as of 2024. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="099.05.77">Stevens, James</a> (1768-1835) — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Stamford (part now in New Canaan), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/07-04.html">July 4, 1768</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1804-05, 1808-10, 1814-15, 1817-18; probate judge in Connecticut, 1819; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1819-21; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stamford.html#4">Stamford, Conn.</a>, 1822-29. Died in Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/04-04.html">April 4, 1835</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01608">St. John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery</a>, Stamford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000882">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410344">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Stevens (Connecticut)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7376572">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="049.26.74">Stevens, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 3rd District, 1868-69. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="434.50.95">Stevens, James</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hudson County, 1872, 1877-78. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="011.77.48">Stevens, James</a> — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/NY.html">1876</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rome.html">mayor of Rome, N.Y.</a>, 1887-91. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="499.85.81">Stevens, James</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 22nd District, 1880-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="451.58.27">Stevens, James</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/IL.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="162.59.79">Stevens, James A.</a> — of Van Buren Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/vanburen-twp.html">Supervisor of Van Buren Township, Michigan</a>, 1880-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="448.34.10">Stevens, James B.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Orange County 2nd District, 1852. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="529.70.92">Stevens, James E.</a> — of Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/rockland.html">mayor of Rockland, Maine</a>, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="532.99.66">Stevens, James H.</a> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html">Mayor of Houston, Tex.</a>, 1855-56. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="055.24.66">Stevens, James McTucker</a> (1873-1937) — also known as James M. Stevens — of Blackfoot, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/BI-lived.html">Bingham County</a>, Idaho. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ON-born.html">Oneida County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-30.html">January 30, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Idaho</a>, 1903-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/ID.html">1904</a>. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/08-22.html">August 22, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/">1895</a> to Grace Margaret Morgan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James M. Stevens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/152391444">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.20.12">Stevens, James Price</a> (b. 1920) — also known as James P. Stevens — of Loris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-lived.html">Horry County</a>, S.C. Born in Loris, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/HO-born.html">Horry County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-04.html">April 4, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1956-76 (Horry County 1956-66, 10th District 1966-68, 15th District 1968-72, 11th District 1972-76). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of M. D. Stevens and Lalla (McQueen) Stevens; married to Madeleine Zabelicky.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="541.01.21">Stevens, James V.</a> (b. 1850) — of Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-lived.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt. Born in Waterville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/LA-born.html">Lamoille County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/index.html">1850</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Waterville, 1882, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="879.57.53">Stevens, James W.</a> — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/midland.html">Mayor of Midland, Mich.</a>, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="678.41.75">Stevens, Jay R.</a> — of Sandy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-lived.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/UT.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="595.65.07">Stevens, Jean B.</a> — of Kaneohe, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/HI.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="510.86.62">Stevens, Jesse F.</a> (b. 1869) — of Wollaston, Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Randolph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-born.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-27.html">September 27, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Massachusetts</a>, 1917-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="387.79.20">Stevens, Joe</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 8th District, 1968. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="388.80.43">Stevens, John</a> (1716-1792) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. Born in Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1716/10-21.html">October 21, 1716</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey</a>, 1783; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Hunterdon County, 1787. Died in Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/05-10.html">May 10, 1792</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-buried.html#cms01607">Frame Meeting House Cemetery</a>, Lambertville, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Stevens (1682-1737) and Ann (Campbell) Stevens; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1748/">1748</a> to Elizabeth Alexander; father of <a href="#622.01.04">John Stevens III</a> and Mary Stevens (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston</a>); third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#650.85.21">Archibald Stevens Alexander</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fentress-fergus.html#178.58.10">Millicent Hammond Fenwick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000883">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410345">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7790844">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="622.01.04">Stevens, John III</a> (1749-1838) — Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/06-26.html">June 26, 1749</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/trea.html">New Jersey state treasurer</a>, 1776-79; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; successfully advocated for the first U.S. patent law (1790); innovated steam-powered ships and locomotives; built <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> in New Jersey. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in Bergen Township, Bergen County (part now in Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-died.html">Hudson County</a>), N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/03-06.html">March 6, 1838</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 253 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#388.80.43">John Stevens</a> and Elizabeth (Alexander) Stevens; brother of Mary Stevens (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/10-17.html">October 17, 1782</a>, to Rachel Cox; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#224.99.12">James Alexander</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#032.54.77">Abraham de Peyster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#849.76.43">Johannes de Peyster</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#630.79.23">Johannes DePeyster</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#635.63.07">William Duer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#112.09.04">Denning Duer</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#438.67.46">Nicholas Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#367.32.64">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#319.31.40">John Kean</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#724.71.29">Hamilton Fish Kean</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#559.40.43">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#446.68.36">Robert Winthrop Kean</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#177.95.46">Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#994.36.12">Thomas Howard Kean</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#910.15.98">Hamilton Fish</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#557.36.23">Alexa Fish Ward</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufmann-keast.html#903.35.73">Thomas Howard Kean Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#016.40.36">Henry Rutgers</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#832.00.97">Philip DePeyster</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1308.html">Livingston-Duer family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Stevens (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1962) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20886904">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="261.40.42">Stevens, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rensselaer County, 1801-02, 1812-13. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="630.76.98">Stevens, John</a> — of Cromwell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cromwell.html#2">Cromwell, Conn.</a>, 1885. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="151.45.34">Stevens, John</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/IL.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="519.70.30">Stevens, John</a> — of Prescott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/YA-lived.html">Yavapai County</a>, Ariz. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AZ.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="804.38.72">Stevens, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1818-19. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="709.38.59">Stevens, John B., Jr.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Berks County 2nd District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.47.39">Stevens, John B., Jr.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 10th District, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="029.28.33">Stevens, John C.</a> — of Sprague, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Sprague, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="137.04.61">Stevens, John D.</a> — of Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/NJ.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.45.36">Stevens, John F.</a> — of Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/annapolis.html#2">Annapolis, Md.</a>, 1951-61 (acting, 1951-52). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="946.84.57">Stevens, John G.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Mercer County, 1862. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="815.98.69">Stevens, John H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SE-lived.html">Seneca County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Seneca County, 1890. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="790.65.07">Stevens, John Harold</a> (1895-1976) — also known as J. Harold Stevens — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-born.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-21.html">March 21, 1895</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Wayne County 12th District, 1961-62; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 17th District, 1965-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-tau-omega.html">Alpha Tau Omega</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-nu-phi.html">Sigma Nu Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-died.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/04-29.html">April 29, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 39 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Frank Stevens and Jeanette (Millett) Stevens; married to Martha Beal.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="897.93.13">Stevens, John Harrington</a> (1820-1900) — also known as John H. Stevens — of Glencoe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/MD-lived.html">McLeod County</a>, Minn.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Brompton Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/QB-born.html">Quebec</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/06-13.html">June 13, 1820</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1857-58, 1862, 1876 (District 18 1857-58, District 6 1862, District 26 1876); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 18th District, 1859-60. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/05-28.html">May 28, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of Mary Stevens.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="538.07.81">Stevens, John J.</a> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sanantonio.html#2">San Antonio, Tex.</a>, 1906-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="912.26.50">Stevens, Mrs. John K.</a> — of Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-lived.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/WI.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="037.54.66">Stevens, John L.</a> — Socialist. Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/pr1904-election.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="413.44.66">Stevens, John L.</a> — of New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Canaan; elected 1930. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.29.40">Stevens, John Leavitt</a> (1820-1895) — also known as John L. Stevens — of Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-born.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/08-01.html">August 1, 1820</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/ME.html">1860</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-diplomats.html ">Uruguay</a>, 1870-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-diplomats.html ">Paraguay</a>, 1870-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-diplomats.html ">Sweden</a>, 1877-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/diplo.html ">Hawaiian Islands</a>, 1889-93. Died in Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-died.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-08.html">February 8, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 191 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-buried.html#cms05325">somewhere</a> in Augusta, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/stevens-john-leavitt ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2889445001/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/853/75.35.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="John L. Stevens"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="853.75.35">Stevens, John Loomis</a> (1850-1933) — also known as John L. Stevens — of Ames, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-lived.html">Story County</a>, Iowa; Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Iowa. Born in Northfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-29.html">May 29, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; district attorney 11th District, 1879-86; promoter of early <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">telephone</a> companies; organizer, Boone <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Brick and Tile</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/excavation.html">Paving</a> Company; district judge in Iowa 11th District, 1887-92; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/IA.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IA.html">1912</a>; delegate to Progressive National Convention from Iowa, 1912; Progressive candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Iowa</a>, 1912. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-23.html">October 23, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ST-buried.html#cms05462">Ames Municipal Cemetery</a>, Ames, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Loomis Stevens and Harriet E. (Tucker) Stevens; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/08-10.html">August 10, 1876</a>, to Rowena Estelle Edson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/24866212">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="224.76.92">Stevens, John Paul</a> (1920-2019) — Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/04-20.html">April 20, 1920</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit</a>, 1970-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-supreme-ct.html">Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court</a>, 1975-2010; took senior status 2010. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>. Died in Fort Lauderdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-died.html">Broward County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2019/07-16.html">July 16, 2019</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">99 years, 87 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ernest James Stevens and Elizabeth Maude (Street) Stevens; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Elizabeth Jane Sheeren; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/">1979</a> to Maryan Mulholland Simon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2290&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Paul Stevens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/John Paul Stevens">Ballotpedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/850/000022784">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/stevens-john-paul">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.65.64">Stevens, John Peters</a> (1868-1929) — also known as J. P. Stevens — of Fanwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J.; Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in North Andover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/02-02.html">February 2, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/fanwood.html#2">Fanwood, N.J.</a>, 1901-03; founder of J.P. Stevens textile firm; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NJ.html">1920</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/pr1928-election.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-27.html">October 27, 1929</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 267 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-buried.html#cms00354">Hillside Cemetery</a>, Scotch Plains, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Susan Elizabeth (Peters) Stevens and Horace Nathaniel Stevens; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/02-12.html">February 12, 1895</a>, to Edna Ten Broek; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens2.html#805.82.89">Charles Abbot Stevens</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens6.html#928.66.70">Moses Tyler Stevens</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poore-popawski.html#989.43.15">Henry Varnum Poor</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11055.html">Stevens-Woodhull family</a> of New York City, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">J.P. Stevens <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-names.html">Edison, New Jersey</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Peters Stevens">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116032152">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="132.04.15">Stevens, John R.</a> — of Rock Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/SW-lived.html">Sweetwater County</a>, Wyo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/rocksprings.html">mayor of Rock Springs, Wyo.</a>, 1949. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="505.12.26">Stevens, John R.</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="721.09.25">Stevens, John S.</a> — of Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-lived.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/peoria.html#2">Peoria, Ill.</a>, 1876-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="281.12.41">Stevens, John S.</a> — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/LA.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="685.53.33">Stevens, John S.</a> (d. 1976) — of Wichita, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SE-lived.html">Sedgwick County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/wichita.html">Mayor of Wichita, Kan.</a>, 1966-67. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/08-14.html">August 14, 1976</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="790.62.15">Stevens, John S.</a> — of North Carolina. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 11th District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="375.13.11">Stevens, John T.</a> — of Kershaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LN-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, S.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/SC.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="229.08.28">Stevens, John W.</a> — of Gray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/gray.html">Gray, Maine</a>, 1899-1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="947.85.75">Stevens, Jose</a> — Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1970 (18th District), 1972 (19th District). Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="127.23.92">Stevens, Joseph</a> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/plymouth.html">mayor of Plymouth, Minn.</a>, 2006. Still living as of 2006. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="727.17.50">Stevens, Joseph D. J.</a> — of Whitmore Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/northfield-twp.html#2">Whitmore Lake, Mich.</a>, 1873-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="249.74.32">Stevens, Joseph Edward, Jr.</a> (1928-1998) — also known as Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/06-23.html">June 23, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri</a>, 1981-95; took senior status 1995; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1981-95; took senior status 1995. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/12-18.html">December 18, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 178 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2291&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Edward Stevens, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/stevens-joseph-edward-jr.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="513.86.37">Stevens, Joseph L.</a> — of Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/manchester.html#2">Manchester, N.H.</a>, 1870-86. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="928.06.69">Stevens, Joseph William</a> — also known as Joseph W. Stevens — of Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/tobacco.html">tobacco merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/albany.html">mayor of Albany, N.Y.</a>, 1914-17. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-buried.html#cms00001">Albany Rural Cemetery</a>, Menands, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="927.48.69">Stevens, Josiah, Jr.</a> — of Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of New Hampshire</a>, 1838-43. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="906.53.63">Stevens, Judson T.</a> — of Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/utica.html#3">Utica, N.Y.</a>, 1882-87. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="854.29.96">Stevens, Julian B.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a> District 6-C, 1970. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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