Samuel Stevens Jr.

For the British politician, see Samuel Stephens (junior). For those of a similar name, see Samuel Stephens (disambiguation).

Samuel Stevens Jr. (Maryland Governor)

Samuel Stevens Jr. (July 13, 1778 – February 7, 1860) served as the 18th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States from 1822 to 1826. He intermittently represented Talbot County, Maryland in the House of Delegates from 1807 to 1820.

Biography

Samuel Stevens Jr. is thought to have been born in Talbot County, Maryland on July 13, 1778. He was the son of John Stevens and Elizabeth Connoly, and a descendant of the Quakers who had initially settled both Dorchester and Talbot Counties. His father died when he was 16 years old. He had no formal education and was in business in Philadelphia for a short time. In 1804, he married Eliza May of Chester, Pennsylvania, and they had one son.^[1] He inherited the estate Compton from his father in 1794.^[2]

He was chosen to the Maryland House of Delegates from Talbot County in 1807 and served a number of non-consecutive terms until 1820. Stevens was elected Governor on December 9, 1822, defeating James B. Robins. His tenure is remembered for the enfranchisement of the Jews, the abolition of a religious test for Maryland office holders, the extension of the civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights to State law, and the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The governor also welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette to Maryland during his triumphal tour of the nation. He was re-elected in 1823 and 1824.^[1]

He was succeeded as governor by Joseph Kent on January 9, 1826, and retired to his home on "Dividing Creek." He died at "Compton" on February 7, 1860, at 81 years old and buried in the family cemetery.^[1]

Legacy

Compton was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Frank F. White Jr. (1970), "Biography of Samuel Stevens Jr.", The Governors of Maryland 1777-1970, Annapolis: The Hall of Records Commission, pp. 83–84, OCLC 144620, retrieved 2011-04-28
↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". National Register of Historic Places: Compton. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-10-05.
↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

External links

Samuel Stevens Jr. at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Samuel Sprigg	Governor of Maryland 1822 – 1826	Succeeded by Joseph Kent

Governors of Maryland

Provincial (1632–1776)	L. Calvert Greene Stone Fendall P. Calvert C. Calvert, 3rd Baron Wharton Notley C. Calvert, 3rd Baron B. Calvert Joseph Coode Neh. Blakiston Copley Lawrence Andros Greenberry Andros Lawrence Nicholson Nat. Blakiston Tench Seymour Lloyd Hart Brooke C. Calvert, 5th Baron B.L. Calvert Ogle C. Calvert, 5th Baron Ogle Bladen Ogle Tasker Sharpe Eden

State (since 1776)	Johnson T. Lee Paca Smallwood J. Howard Plater Brice T. Lee Stone Henry Ogle Mercer R. Bowie Wright E. Lloyd R. Bowie Winder Ridgely C. Goldsborough Sprigg Stevens Kent Martin T. Carroll Martin G. Howard J. Thomas Veazey Grason F. Thomas Pratt P. Thomas Lowe Ligon Hicks Bradford Swann O. Bowie Whyte Groome J. Carroll Hamilton McLane H. Lloyd Jackson Brown Lowndes Smith Warfield Crothers P. Goldsborough Harrington Ritchie Nice O'Conor Lane McKeldin Tawes Agnew Mandel B. Lee Hughes Schaefer Glendening Ehrlich O'Malley Hogan

Italics indicate acting officeholders

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 7265235 LCCN: nr93030642

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