Edwin C. Stewart (March 8, 1864 in Newfield, Tompkins County, New York – June 15, 1921) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of David B. Stewart (1832–1915), the first Mayor of Ithaca. He attended the public schools in Ithaca, and then became a partner in his father's wholesale grocery business. Stewart was a member of the

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(Tompkins Co.) in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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(40th D.) from 1896 to 1898, and from 1901 to 1904; sitting in the 119th, 120th, 121st, 124th, 125th, 126th and

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s. He was Mayor of Ithaca from 1920 until his death on June 15, 1921. His widow died about half a year later, and the estate became a party in a case argued before the

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concerning the payment of estate taxes. Stewart Park in Ithaca was named in his honor.

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 170, 404 and 511f)
Sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1895; pg. 63)
''Obituary Notes; DAVID B. STEWART died...''
in NYT on October 29, 1915

transcribed from ''Landmarks of Tompkins County'' by

John H. Selkreg John Hopkins Selkreg (September 10, 1817 in Staatsburgh, Dutchess County, New York – October 6, 1906 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York) was an American newspaper editor and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Capt. John Selkr ...

(1894)

External links

''Ithaca Trust Co. v. United States'' - 279 U.S. 151 (1929)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Edwin C 1864 births 1921 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators Mayors of Ithaca, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly