Dorsey, Stephen Wallace, 1842-1916
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found: In the Senate of the United States. December 12, 1876, 1876:p. 1 (Mr. Dorsey)
found: LC database, Sept. 3, 2008(hdg.: Dorsey, Stephen Wallace, 1842-1916; usage not shown; variant: Stephen W. Dorsey)
found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Sept. 3, 2008(Dorsey, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Ark.; b. Feb. 28, 1842; d. Mar. 20, 1916)
found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed November 17, 2022(Dorsey, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; moved to Ohio and settled in Oberlin; attended the public schools; during the Civil War served in the Union Army; returned to Ohio and settled in Sandusky; was employed by the Sandusky Tool Co. and subsequently became its president; elected president of the Arkansas Railway Co.; moved to Arkansas and settled in Helena; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1879; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-fifth Congress); member of the Republican National Committee in 1880; engaged in cattle raising and mining in New Mexico and Colorado; subsequently moved to Los Angeles, Calif., and resided there until his death on March 20, 1916; interment in Fairmont Cemetery, Denver, Colo.)
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2008-09-03: new
2022-11-18: revised
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