History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/John L. Stevens

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History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/Volume 4
by Benjamin F. Gue

John L. Stevens

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228386History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/Volume 4 — John L. StevensBenjamin F. Gue

[J. L. Stevens]

JOHN L. STEVENS was born in Northfield, Vermont, on the 29th of May, 1850. He attended the common schools several years and in 1863 came to Iowa, making his home at Cedar Rapids. He entered the Iowa State College where he graduated as a civil engineer in 1872. Soon after he entered upon the study of law and began to practice in 1874, locating in Boone. In politics he was a Republican, and in 1879 was elected District Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District, serving until 1886, when he was elected judge, holding that position until 1893. He was for several years one of the commissioners appointed by the President to adjust the long pending claims of the settlers on the Des Moines River lands.