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About Andrew Stevenson
Andrew Stevenson was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United States House of Representatives; its members subsequently elected him their Speaker. Stevenson also served in the Jackson administration for four years as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom before retiring to his slave plantation in Albemarle County. He also served on the board of visitors of the University of Virginia and briefly as its rector before his death.
Everything about Andrew Stevenson →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat
- Position held
- Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, ambassador, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 21, 1784
- Died
- January 25, 1857, January 18, 1857