John Wesley Stone (July 18, 1838 – March 24, 1922) was a politician and judge from the

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. Stone was born in

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and attended the public schools and Spencer Academy in Spencer, Ohio. He moved to

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in 1856 and was elected county clerk in 1860. He studied law and was admitted to the

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in January 1862 and was reelected county clerk the same year. He served as prosecuting attorney from 1864 to 1870 and village president of Allegan in 1872. He also served as circuit judge of the twentieth judicial circuit of Michigan from April 1873 until his resignation on November 1, 1874. He then moved to Grand Rapids where he practiced law. Stone was elected as a

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from

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to the 45th and 46th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1881. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1880. Stone was appointed by

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of the District Court for the Western District of Michigan in 1882, serving until 1886. He moved to Houghton, Michigan in 1887 and resumed the practice of law. He was elected circuit judge of the twenty-fifth Michigan circuit in April 1890 and served until December 31, 1909. He was elected justice of the

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in April 1909 for the term ending December 31, 1917. He was reelected in 1916 and served until his death in Lansing, Michigan on in March 1922. Stone is interred in Park Cemetery,

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The Political Graveyard

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