Frederick Stone

Frederick Stone ( * February 7, 1820 in Charles County, Maryland, † October 17, 1899 in La Plata, Maryland) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frederick Stone was a grandson of Congressman Michael J. Stone ( 1747-1812 ). He attended until 1839, the St. John 's College in Annapolis. After a subsequent law degree in 1841 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Port Tobacco Village to work in this profession. In 1852 he was one of the state officers to reform the negotiation order of the courts of Maryland. Politically, Stone member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1864 and 1865 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Stone was in the fifth electoral district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Benjamin Gwinn Harris on March 4, 1867. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. His first term was still dominated by the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Republican Party. During his time in Congress, the 14th and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. In 1870, Stone was not re-elected.