STEPHENSON Grand Army of the Republic Memorial near the National Archives in Washington, D.C. by John Massey Rhind
Benjamin Stephenson was born in Pennsylvania on July 8, 1769. He moved to Virginia in 1788, and then to the Illinois Territory. He became sheriff of Randolph County, Illinois in 1809.
Stephenson became a colonel in the Illinois militia, and commanded a regiment in the War of 1812. He served as the representative of the Illinois Territory in the United States Congress from 1814 to 1816. He was a representative to the convention that wrote the first constitution for the State of Illinois in 1818.
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Bronze by John Massey Rhind
Address: Pennsylvania Ave & 7th Ave NW Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76009984 (dcMem ID #550)
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Grand Army of the Republic Organized at Decatur Illinois, April 6, 1866 By Benjamin Franklin Stephenson M.D.
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