William H. Stevenson

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William Henry Stevenson (born September 23, 1891 in Kenosha , Wisconsin , †  March 19, 1978 in La Crosse , Wisconsin) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1949 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Stevenson came to La Crosse with his parents in 1894. There he attended public schools. He then studied until 1912 at the local Teachers College . Between 1912 and 1916 he taught in various cities in Wisconsin as a teacher. He then studied until 1919 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission as a lawyer in 1920, he began to work at Richland Center in his new profession. Between 1922 and 1924 he was a court commissioner and divorce counsel in Richland County . From 1924 to 1926 he served as a district attorney in the same county. In 1930 he returned to La Crosse where he worked as a private lawyer. He also served as a district attorney in La Crosse County between 1935 and 1941 .

Politically, Stevenson was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1940 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded the late Harry W. Griswold on January 4, 1941 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . These were determined by the events of the Second World War until 1945 and then by its consequences. That was also when the Cold War began .

In 1948 Stevenson was no longer nominated by his party for another legislative term. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He had since been admitted to the United States Supreme Court. Stevenson spent the last years of his life in Onalaska . He died on March 19, 1978 in La Crosse and was buried in Onalaska.

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SURNAME Stevenson, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevenson, William Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenosha , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1978
Place of death La Crosse , Wisconsin