F. Stone

Even F. Stone (1862)

Francis Stone (born August 3, 1822 in Newburyport , Massachusetts , †  January 22, 1895 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1887 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Eben Stone attended the North Andover Academy and then studied at Harvard University until 1843 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his 1846 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Newburyport in this profession. There he became chairman of the city council in 1851. He became a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1857, 1858, and 1861 . During the Civil War he served as regimental commander of a unit from Massachusetts in the Union Army .

In 1867 Stone was elected Mayor of Newburyport. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1867, 1877, 1878, and 1880 . In the congressional elections of 1880 was elected in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded George B. Loring on March 4, 1881 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1887 . Since 1883 he represented the seventh district of his state there.

In 1886 Stone declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 22, 1895 in his hometown of Newburyport.

Web links

• Just F. Stone in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Plane F. Stone in the database of Find a Grave (English)