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James S. Stevenson (1780 – October 16, 1831) was a Jacksonian member of the
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from
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. James S. Stevenson was born in
York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...
in 1822 and 1823. He was president of the board of canal commissioners of the state, which position he held until the time of his death. Stevenson was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
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to the Twenty-first Congress. He was engaged in manufacturing in
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, until his death in 1831. Interment in First Presbyterian Cemetery.


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