Biography

07/04/1805 - 04/10/1886

STEVENSON, Samuel, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 4, 1805 in New Jersey; merchant; engaged, shipping business; director, Northern Liberties Savings Institution (1835); elected, school director, Northern Liberties (1835); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1836-1837 and 1837-1838 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1838-1840); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1842); elected, common council, Philadelphia County (1855, 1857); died, April 10, 1886 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.