Edward A. Stevenson

Edward Augustus Stevenson (born June 15, 1831 in Lowville , Lewis County , New York , † July 6, 1895 in Monterey County , California ) was an American politician and governor of the Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1889 .

Career

Stevenson was born in New York State and moved to California during the gold rush . He became a member of the Democratic Party and was between 1854 and 1856 and from 1860 to 1861 a member of the House of Representatives of that state. He later moved to the Idaho Territory, where he served on the Governing Council from 1866 to 1868 and from 1876 to 1878. In 1885 he was named Territory Governor by the newly elected Democratic President Grover Cleveland . He was the first and only territorial governor in Idaho to belong to the Democrats. Stevenson held the office between 1885 and 1889, almost at the same time as President Cleveland's first term. After his election, Stevenson was replaced by the new President Benjamin Harrison by George Laird Shoup .

After Idaho joined the United States as a state in 1890, Stevenson ran unsuccessfully in the gubernatorial election of 1894 against Republican incumbent William J. McConnell . Stevenson then retired to California, where he died a year later. His older brother Charles was governor of Nevada from 1887 to 1890 .

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SURNAME	Stevenson, Edward A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stevenson, Edward Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lowville , New York
DATE OF DEATH	July 6, 1895
Place of death	Monterey County , California