Andrew Stevenson (21 January 1784-25 January 1857) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 23) from 4 March 1821 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding John Tyler), from VA-9 from 4 March 1823 to 3 March 1833 (succeeding William L. Ball and preceding William P. Taylor), and from VA-11 from 4 March 1833 to 2 June 1834 (succeeding John M. Patton and preceding Virginia). He also served as Speaker of the House from 3 December 1827 to 2 June 1834 (succeeding John W. Taylor and preceding John Bell) and Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 13 July 1836 to 21 October 1841 (succeeding Aaron Vail and preceding Edward Everett).
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Andrew Stevenson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1784, and he practiced law in Richmond before serving in the House of Delegates from 1809 to 1816 and from 1819 to 1821. He went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1821 to 1834, including as Speaker from 1827 to 1834, and he served as Minister to the United Kingdom from 1836 to 1841. During his time in London, he was denounced by Daniel O'Connell as a "slave breeder", but O'Connell declined Stevenson's challenge to a duel. Stevenson retired to his Blenheim estate in Albemarle County, where he died in 1857. His son John W. Stevenson later became a US Senator and Governor of Kentucky.