Job E. Stevenson
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birthname=Job Evans Stevenson
| name = Job Stevenson
|image=Possibly Hon. Stevenson, Ohio - NARA - 526811.jpg
|caption=This is possibly Stevenson
|state=Ohio
|district=2nd
|term_start=March 4, 1869
|term_end=March 3, 1873
|preceded=Samuel Fenton Cary
|succeeded=Henry B. Banning
|state_senate2=Ohio
|district2=6th
|term_start2=January 4, 1864
|term_end2=December 31, 1865
|preceded2=George W. Ruby
|succeeded2=Silas Irion
|party=Republican
|birth_date={{birth date|1832|2|10}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1922|7|24|1832|2|10}}
|birth_place=Yellow Bud, Ohio, US
|death_place=Corinth, Kentucky, US
|restingplace=Yellow Bud Cemetery
|alma_mater=
}}
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, as a member of the Republican Party. He also served in the Ohio State Senate from 1864 to 1865.
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.
= Early political career =
He served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1863 to 1865.
He served as solicitor of Chillicothe from 1859 to 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 from March 4, 1869 to 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
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Category:Politicians from Chillicothe, Ohio
Category:Politicians from Cincinnati
Category:Republican Party Ohio state senators
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:People from Cincinnati
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives