Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....STEVENSON , WILLIAM HENRY  
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MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Juneau,
La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Richland, Sauk and
Vernon Counties.


WILLIAM HENRY STEVENSON (Rep.) was born on September
23, 1893 at Kenosha.  His father, Major John
Stevenson, was an Indian scout and close associate of
General Charles King.  He was also and associate and
fried of Buffalo Bill Cody.  In 1894 Major Stevenson
move to La Crosse where his son attended grade and
high school.  He carried newspapers and cut cord wood
with a buck saw to earn his expensed through the
secondary and high school at La Crosse.  He was
graduated from the La Crosse Teachers College in 1912
and the University of Wisconsin in 1919.  Mr.
Stevenson was the first principal of the Holmen High
School in, and also taught in the high school at
Neillsville and in Central High School in Madison.
In 1920 he received the degree of LL.B. from the law
school of the University of Wisconsin.;  He is a
member of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.  Since
1920 he has practiced law in Richland Center and La
Crosse.  Mr. Stevenson has held a number of public
offices:  circuit court commissioner and divorce
counsel of Richland count, district attorney of the
same county, and district attorney of La Crosse
County from 1934 until the time of his election to
the 77th congress in 1940.  He was re-elected in 1942
and again in 1944.  Home address:  235 West Avenue
South, La Crosse.

Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book 1946.  Compiled by The
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library.  Published
Biennially by the State of Wisconsin pgs. 13 - 70

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