William F. Stevenson

William F. Stevenson

William Francis Stevenson (born November 23, 1861 in Statesville , Iredell County , North Carolina , †  February 12, 1942 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1933 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Stevenson attended public schools in his home country. But he also received private lessons from his father. Between 1879 and 1880 he worked as a teacher himself. He then studied at Davidson College until 1885 . For the next two years, he returned to teaching in Cheraw City . After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1887, he began to practice in Chesterfield in his new profession. In 1892 he moved his residence and law firm to Cheraw.

Politically, Stevenson became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1888 and 1914 he was a member of the regional party executive in Chesterfield County ; from 1896 to 1902 he was party chairman there. From 1901 to 1941 he was a member of the state executive committee of his party. Stevenson served as mayor in 1895 and 1896. He also sat from 1897 to 1902 as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives , from 1900 he was its president. From 1902 Stevenson devoted himself increasingly to his business interests in Chesterfield County. There he had meanwhile become a consultant for a railway company. From 1907 to 1911, Stevenson was also an advisor to the State Dispensary Commission . He was then again a member of the State House of Representatives from 1911 to 1914.

In 1916 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of South Carolina . There he succeeded Paul G. McCorkle on March 4, 1917 , who had held this mandate for only one month for the late MP David E. Finley . After seven re-elections, Stevenson was able to complete eight consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time the First World War and the beginning of the Great Depression fell . In addition, the 18th , 19th and 20th amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed in Congress in 1919, 1920 and 1933 .

In 1932, Stevenson was no longer nominated by his party for another term in Congress. Between 1933 and 1939 he was a board member of the Federal Home Loan Bank . In 1933 he was its chairman. William Stevenson died on February 12, 1942 in the federal capital Washington.

Web links

• William F. Stevenson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William F. Stevenson in the database of Find a Grave (English)