Joseph Champlin Stone

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Joseph Champlin Stone

Joseph Champlin Stone (born July 30, 1829 in Westport , Essex County , New York , †  December 3, 1902 in Burlington , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1879 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1844, Joseph Stone came to what was then the Iowa Territory . There he attended public schools. He then studied medicine at Saint Louis University in Missouri until 1854 . After his admission as a doctor, he began to work in his new profession. During the civil war , he rose to become a captain in the Union's army. After the war he worked as a doctor in Burlington, Iowa.

Politically, Stone was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1876 congressional election, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Iowa . There he took over from George Washington McCrary on March 4, 1877 . By March 3, 1879, he completed a term in Congress . After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Stone continued his medical practice. He died on December 3, 1902 in Burlington and was buried there.

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SURNAME Stone, Joseph Champlin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Westport , New York
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1902
Place of death Burlington , Iowa