Joseph Champlin Stone

Joseph Champlin Stone (July 30, 1829 – December 3, 1902) was a medical doctor and one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district.

During the Civil War Dr. Stone enlisted as a private in the Union Army and was made adjutant of the 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry.

He was promoted to captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers in 1862, and served until the end of the war.

He was a candidate for the Republican nomination in 1878,[1] but finished behind Moses A. McCoid, who succeeded Stone after winning the general election.

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