Andrew Stevenson

Andrew Stevenson
Portrait of Stevenson (c. 1911)
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office
July 13, 1836 – October 21, 1841
PresidentAndrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Preceded byAaron Vail (as chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded byEdward Everett
11th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 3, 1827 – June 2, 1834
Preceded byJohn W. Taylor
Succeeded byJohn Bell
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia
In office
March 4, 1821 – June 2, 1834
Preceded byJohn Tyler
Succeeded byJohn Robertson
Constituency23rd district (1821–23)
9th district (1823–33)
11th district (1833–34)
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond City
In office
December 4, 1809 – November 11, 1816
Preceded byWilliam Wirt
Succeeded byJohn Robertson
In office
January 1819 – December 3, 1821
Preceded byJohn Robertson
Succeeded byJacqueline B. Harvie
Personal details
Born(1784-01-21)January 21, 1784
Culpeper County, Virginia
DiedJanuary 25, 1857(1857-01-25) (aged 73)
Albemarle County, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Mary Page White
(m. 1809; died 1812)
Sarah Coles
(m. 1816; died 1848)
Mary Schaff
(m. 1849)
ChildrenJohn White Stevenson
Alma materThe College of William & Mary
ProfessionLaw

Andrew Stevenson (January 21, 1784 – January 25, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. He represented Richmond, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates and eventually became its speaker before being elected to the United States House of Representatives; its members subsequently elected him their Speaker. Stevenson also served in the Jackson administration for four years as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom before retiring to his slave plantation in Albemarle County. He also served on the board of visitors of the University of Virginia and briefly as its rector before his death.