John L. Stevens

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John L. Stevens, an American diplomat, conspired to overthrow the Kingdom of Hawai'i.

John Leavitt Stevens (August 1, 1820 – February 8, 1895) was the United States Department of State Minister to the Kingdom of Hawai'i when he was accused of conspiring to overthrow Queen Lili'uokalani in association with the Committee of Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole. The initial Blount Report commissioned by President Grover Cleveland was submitted on July 17, 1893 and found Stevens guilty of inappropriate conduct in support of the conspiracy to overthrow Hawaii's Queen. The later Morgan investigation conducted by the U.S. Congress, which led to the Morgan Report on February 26, 1894 found Stevens and other U.S. agents not guilty. The Morgan Report led to Cleveland's abandonment of the matter.

Stevens was born in the town of Mount Vernon in Kennebec County, Maine. He lived in Augusta in the same county. He began as a newspaper editor before becoming Maine's delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. He joined the United States Department of State and was appointed foreign Minister to Paraguay, Uruguay, Sweden, and Hawaii. President Cleveland forced Stevens into retirement in 1893 following the Hawaiian Revolution. He died two years later.

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