Political Career
A Republican, Stephenson's wealth made him an important figure in local and state politics. He would hold several offices including a town supervisor, county board chairman of the and justice of the peace. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1866, 1868). In 1882, he was elected to the the Forty-eighth, 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 the United States Senator.
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