John MarshallStone (April 30, 1830–March 26, 1900) was an American politician from Mississippi who served longer as Governor of that state than anyone else, from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896.
Born in Tennessee, Stone was the son of Asher and Judith Stone, natives of Virginia.
Stone died in Holly Springs in 1900, at the age of 69.
Stone was the son of Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1941-46.
Marshall’s family expected him to become a lawyer like his father, but he became enamored of mathematics while a Harvard undergraduate.
During World War II Stone did classified research as part of the Office of Naval Operations and the Office of the Chief of Staff of the War Department.
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