Biography

04/06/1895 - 04/21/1979

STEVENSON, Dewitt, a Representative from Butler County; born, Cherry Township, Butler County, Pa. on April 6, 1895; employed, Pittsburgh Limestone Company (1914-1917); employed, Standard Steel Car Company (1917-1918); employed, Butler Coal Mining and Cosco Mining Company of Butler (1918-1928); manager, chain grocery store (1929-1933); elected, sheriff, Butler County (1934-1938); sheriff deputy (1938-1942); employed, National Tube Company, Ellwood City (1942-1943); employed, American Rolling Mills of Butler (1944); employed, C.H. Rodgers Real Estate Company; farmer; elected, commissioner, Butler Township; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1952; reelected to the House in 1954; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1956); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1956).