When Raymond Albert Stephenson was born on 24 October 1883, in Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, his father, John Albert Stephenson, was 32 and his mother, Clara Elisa Posten, was 29. He married Laura May Wood on 4 July 1920, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bear Creek Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Tacoma Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 31 May 1948, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Washington, United States.
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The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen . Compare Stevenson 1.
English (Durham): variant of Stevenson .
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