| LC control no. | n 79021581 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stone, William Joel, 1848-1918 |
| Variant(s) | Stone, W. J. (William Joel), 1848-1918 |
| See also | Missouri. Governor (1893-1897 : Stone) |
| Biography/History note | William Joel Stone (b. near Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, May 7, 1848-d. Washington, D.C., April 14, 1918) was a Representative and a Senator from Missouri. He attended the public schools of Richmond, Kentucky and graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1867. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869, and commenced practice in Bedford, Indiana. He moved to Columbia, Missouri, where he was city attorney for a few months in 1870, and later in the same year moved to Nevada, Missouri where he continued to practice law. Stone was prosecuting attorney of Vernon County, Missouri from 1873-1874. He was elected to the House of Representatives and served from 1885-1890. Stone was Governor of Missouri 1893-1897, and a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1896-1904, serving as vice chairman from 1900-1904. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1902 and served from March 4, 1903, until his death. Stone died in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1918 and is interred in Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri. |
| Associated place | Deepwood Cemetery (Nevada, Mo.) |
| Located | Columbia (Mo.) Nevada (Mo.) Bedford (Ind.) Vernon County (Mo.) Missouri District of Columbia |
| Birth date | 1848-05-07 |
| Death date | 1918-04-14 |
| Place of birth | Richmond (Ky.) |
| Place of death | District of Columbia |
| Field of activity | Law Political science |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate University of Missouri--Columbia Democratic National Committee (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Politicians Legislators |
| Found in | His Speech ... 1892. Federal courts ... 1887: t.p. (Hon. W.J. Stone, of Missouri) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress online search, July 8, 2016 (Stone, William Joel; b. Madison County, Kentucky, May 7, 1848; lawyer, practicing first in Indiana and later Missouri; elected as a Democrat to the 49th-51st Congresses, 1885-1891; Governor of Missouri, 1893-1897; elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1903 until his death in Washington, on April 14, 1918) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000968> Harry S. Truman U.S. Senator and Vice President papers ... Dedication of Stone Memorial, Nevada, Missouri, October 11, 1935: (contains a speech by Governor Guy Park at Dedication of William Joel Stone Memorial) <https://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/trumanpapers/svp/index.php?documentVersion=original&documentid=hst-svp_naid4514582-01> OCLC, July 21, 2016 (hdgs.: Stone, William Joel; Stone, William Joel, 1848-1918; usage: Mr. Stone; William Joel Stone; William J. Stone; Wm. J. Stone; W.C. [i.e. J.] Stone; W.J. Stone) |
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