James Stevens (Connecticut)

James Stevens ( born July 4, 1768 in New Canaan, Connecticut, † April 4, 1835 in Stamford, Connecticut ) was an American politician. Between 1819 and 1821 he represented the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer in Stamford James Stevens began to practice in this profession. He was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1804 and 1818 he was several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Connecticut. In 1819 he was a judge in probate court in Stamford.

In the state- wide discharged congressional elections of 1818 Stevens became the sixth parliamentary seat of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1819, to succeed Nathaniel Terry of the Federalist Party. But until March 3, 1821 he completed only one term in Congress. After his time in the House of Representatives Stevens was in Stamford until 1826 Justice of the Peace. This post he held since 1819. From 1822 to 1829 Stevens was also postmaster in Stamford. In 1823 he served as District Judge in Fairfield County. Otherwise, he again worked as a lawyer. James Stevens died on April 4, 1835 in his home in Stamford and was also buried there.