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July 2003 |
1901 History |
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Archie MacNichol Stevenson was
born in Rothesay, Scotland, in 1857; son of P.C. and Elizabeth
Stevenson. When our subject was six months old the family removed
to Canada, and three years later located in Vernon county, Wisconsin.
Young Stevenson attended the common schools there and the High
School at Viroqua; and later Houghton’s Private Academy.
He then studied law and was admitted to the Bar when twenty-one
years old.
In the autumn of 1876, Mr. Stevenson removed to Nebraska where
he practiced law three years. Coming to Colorado in 1879 he has
been actively engaged here in the practice of his profession since
that time. He was a Republican member (from the Gunnison
District) of the State Senate in the Sixth and Seventh General
Assemblies; and in 1896 a Delegate in the Republican National
Convention at St. Louis, from which, in obedience to the instructions
of the Colorado State Convention, he withdrew upon the adoption
of the anti-silver plank of the National platform. In 1900
he returned to the Republican party, in which he is an able leader,
vigorously supported its candidates and policies (silver having
ceased to be an issue), and is now a member for Colorado of the
Republican National Committee.
