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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyWilliam Johnson STONE
(1841-1923)
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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