Isaac Stephenson
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United States Senator from Wisconsin |
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In office May 17, 1907 – March 3, 1915 |
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| Preceded by | John C. Spooner |
| Succeeded by | Paul O. Husting |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
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| Preceded by | District Created |
| Succeeded by | Myron H. McCord |
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In office 1866 1868 |
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June 18, 1829 near Fredericton, New Brunswick, British Canada |
| Died | March 15, 1918 (aged 88) Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
Isaac Stephenson (June 18, 1829 – March 15, 1918) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States Representative and a United States Senator.
He was born in the community of Yorkton, near Fredericton in York County, New Brunswick (now Canada, but a British colony at the time). His parents were Isaac Stephenson (1791–1874), a lumberman and farmer born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and Elizabeth (Watson) Stephenson (?–1838), who was born in London.
He worked in lumbering activities in the eastern U.S. for several years, principally in Maine, and in 1845 moved to Wisconsin, where for a time he managed absentee timber properties, but soon entered the lumber business for himself. In 1858 he settled permanently in Marinette, where his lumbering operations expanded steadily, especially during the Civil War. Although Stephenson suffered heavy losses in the Peshtigo Fire of 1871, he recouped, and soon was one of the wealthiest lumbermen in the Great Lakes area, with real-estate holdings in Marinette, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago, and throughout the Great Lakes, as well as vast acreages of pine lands in northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
A Republican, Stephenson's wealth made him an important figure in local and state politics. He held several offices, including town supervisor, county board chairman, and justice of the peace. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1866, 1868). In 1882, he was elected to the Forty-Eighth Congress, and then reelected to the Forty-Ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889). He represented Wisconsin's newly created 9th congressional district. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1888, and in 1899 was unsuccessful in his bid for United States Senator.
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