William Stewart (Pennsylvania politician)
William Stewart (September 10, 1810 – October 17, 1876) was an American lawyer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Formative years
[edit]Born in Mercer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1810, William Stewart attended the public schools of his community before graduating from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Career
[edit]Stewart went on to study law, was admitted to the bar and began his legal practice in Mercer.
A member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, he was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, and was appointed as chair of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Thirty-sixth Congress.
Following his retirement from Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
Death and interment
[edit]Stewart died in Mercer in 1876 at the age of sixty-six, and was interred in the Mercer Cemetery.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "William Stewart (id: S000921)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
External links
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- 1810 births
- 1876 deaths
- People from Mercer, Pennsylvania
- Politicians from Mercer County, Pennsylvania
- Washington & Jefferson College alumni
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American lawyers