Preceded by Oscar Turner Battles/wars American Civil War Succeeded by John Kerr Hendrick Name William Stone | Political party Democratic Role U.S. representative Resigned March 3, 1895 Occupation Farmer, Merchant Party Democratic Party | |
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Born June 26, 1841
Kuttawa, Kentucky ( 1841-06-26 ) Allegiance Confederate States of America Died March 12, 1923, Frankfort, Kentucky, United States | ||
Resting place New Bethel Cemetery Battles and wars American Civil War Service/branch Confederate States Army | ||
William Johnson Stone (June 26, 1841 – March 12, 1923) was an US Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
He was born in Kuttawa, Caldwell (now Lyon) County, Kentucky on June 26, 1841. He attended the common schools and Q.M. Tyler's Collegiate Institute in Cadiz, Trigg County. Stone studied law. During the American Civil War he served as captain in the Confederate Army. After the war he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1867, 1875, and 1883, serving as speaker in 1875.
He was 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) He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Kuttawa, Lyon County; Confederate pension commissioner of Kentucky in 1912 and served until his death in Frankfort, Kentucky, March 12, 1923; interment in New Bethel Cemetery, Lyon County, Kentucky.