Everything about Samuel M Stephenson totally explained
Samuel Merritt Stephenson (
December 23,
1831 -
July 31,
1907) was a politician from the
U.S. state of
Michigan.
Stephenson was born in
Hartland, New Brunswick,
Canada and moved with his parents to
Maine, and later, in 1846, to
Delta County, Michigan. He engaged in lumbering and moved to
Menominee, Michigan in 1858. He was interested in real estate, lumbering, general merchandising, and agricultural pursuits. He served as chairman of the board of supervisors of
Menominee County for several years.
Stephenson served as a member of the
Michigan House of Representatives in 1877 and 1878. He also served in the
Michigan Senate in 1879, 1880, 1885, and 1886. He was a delegate to the
Republican National Conventions in 1884 and 1888.
In 1888, Stephenson was elected as a
Republican from
Michigan's 11th congressional district to the
51st United States Congress and was re-elected in 1890 to the
52nd Congress. After redistricting due to the
1890 census, Stephenson was elected from the newly created
12th district in 1892 and 1894. In all, he served from
March 4,
1889 to
March 3,
1897 in the
U.S. House.
After leaving Congress, Stephenson resumed the lumber business. He died in Menominee and is interred there at Riverside Cemetery.
His older brother
Isaac Stephenson was a
U.S. Representative (
9th district) 1883-89 and
U.S. Senator Class 3 1907-15 from the state of
Wisconsin.
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