Ambrose E. B. Stephens

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens

|image=Ambrose E. B. Stephens npcc.20878.jpg

|state=Ohio

|district=2nd

|term_start=March 4, 1919

|term_end=February 12, 1927

|preceded=Victor Heintz

|succeeded=Charles Tatgenhorst, Jr.

|party=Republican

|birth_date={{birth date|1862|6|3}}

|birth_place=Crosby Township, Ohio

|death_date={{death date and age|1927|2|12|1862|6|3}}

|death_place=North Bend, Ohio

|restingplace=Maple Grove Cemetery, Cleves, Ohio

|alma_mater=Chickering's Institute

}}

Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens (June 3, 1862 – February 12, 1927) was an American politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1927.

Early life and career

Born in Crosby Township, Ohio, Stephens attended the public schools and Chickering's Institute of Cincinnati. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Cincinnati. He served as captain in the Ohio National Guard 1901–3 and colonel in 1910 and 1911. He served as clerk of the Hamilton County Courts 1911–17.

Congress

Stephens was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his death. He had been re-elected to the Seventieth Congress.