David Stone (1770-1818) was a Democratic Republican U.S. Representative (1799-1801), Senator (1801-1807, 1813-1814), governor (1808-1810), state legislator, lawyer, and judge from North Carolina.

Stone was a member of the House of Representatives during the election of 1800 and voted for Thomas Jefferson when that election was forced into the House. Stone supported Jefferson in repealing the Sedition Act and Samuel Chase's impeachment.

There are only a handful of letters known to have been exchanged between Stone and Jefferson.^[1]

Footnotes

1. ↑ See Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress (search for "david stone").

Further Sources

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Historic Hope Plantation
• Jefferson correspondence with Stone is available at Massachusetts Historical Society and Library of Congress