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Lon Vest Stephens : ウィキペディア英語版 | Lon Vest Stephens
Lawrence "Lon" Vest Stephens (December 21, 1858 – January 10, 1923) was a U.S. politician from Missouri. He served as State Treasurer of Missouri from 1890 to 1897, and as the 29th Governor of Missouri from 1897 to 1901. ==Early life and education== Stephens was born in Boonville, Missouri to Joseph L. and Martha (Gibson) Stephens. His father was descended from Scotch ancestry, which founded families in Virginia and North Carolina in Colonial days, and his paternal grandparents came to Missouri from the "Old Dominion" at an early period, locating in Cooper County. Joseph Stephens, who was born there, became distinguished as a lawyer, financier and railroad builder Stephens studied first in the public schools of Boonville, and then for three years at the Cooper Institute, and three years at the Kemper Family school of the same town.〔''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'', Vol. XII, (1904), p. 309.〕 During the intervals of his student life acquired a knowledge of printing and telegraphy, besides working as a bank messenger, bookkeeper and teller. He studied for one year at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and there became interested in finance and economics. After completing his education traveled extensively in Europe.
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