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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William J. Stone |
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Kuttawa, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 26, 1841
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| Died | March 12, 1923
(81 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | STONE, William Johnson, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Kuttawa, Caldwell (now Lyon) County, Ky., June 26, 1841; attended the common schools and Q.M. Tyler’s Collegiate Institute in Cadiz, Trigg County; studied law; during the Civil War served as captain in the Confederate Army; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1867, 1875, and 1883, serving as speaker in 1875; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on War Claims (Fiftieth Congress); engaged in mercantile pursuits in Kuttawa, Lyon County; Confederate pension commissioner of Kentucky in 1912 and served until his death in Frankfort, Ky., March 12, 1923; interment in New Bethel Cemetery, Lyon County, Ky.
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