John W. Stevenson
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John White Stevenson (2 May 1812 - 10 August 1886) was Governor of Kentucky and a United States Senator. He was born in 1812 in Richmond, Virginia, he was the son of Andrew Stevenson and Mary White. His father was a member of Congress, Speaker of the House and Minister to Great Britain 1836-1841.
John W. Stevenson lived at 314 Garrard Street from 1847-65, from his home and office base, Stevenson represented Kenton County in the Kentucky Legislature and in the 1849 Constitutional Convention.[1]
Stevenson then became a Governor of Kentucky, succeeding John Helm, who died while in office in 1867. Stevenson served from 1867 until 1871, when he resigned so that he could accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. Stevenson would serve in the senate from 1871 until 1878. He was the first senator generally recognized as chairman or unofficial leader of the Democratic Party caucus in the Senate. He served in that role from an unspecified date until 1877.[2]
He died in 1886 in Covington, Kentucky, and is buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.
John W. Stevenson was the only serving governor from Northern Kentucky. His home in Covington at Fourth and Garrard Streets was torn down to build a state office building.
| Preceded by Richard Taylor Jacob |
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1867 |
Succeeded by John G. Carlisle |
| Preceded by John L. Helm |
Governor of Kentucky 1867 - 1871 |
Succeeded by Preston H. Leslie |
| Preceded by Thomas C. McCreery |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky 1871 - 1878 |
Succeeded by James B. Beck |
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| Governors of Kentucky |  |
|---|---|
| Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher
Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes. |
| Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky | |
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| Bullitt • Caldwell • Slaughter • Hickman • Slaughter • Barry • McAfee • Breathitt • J. Morehead • Wickliffe • M. Thomson • Dixon • Helm • J. Thompson • Hardy • Boyd • Jacob • Stevenson • Carlisle • Underwood • Cantrill • Hindman • Bryan • Alford • Worthington • Marshall • Beckham • Thorne • Cox • McDermott • Black • Ballard • Breathitt, Jr. • Chandler • Johnson • Myers • Tuggle • Wetherby • Beauchamp • Waterfield • Wyatt • Waterfield • Ford • Carroll • Stovall • Collins • Beshear • Jones • Patton • Henry • Pence |
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