Percy Hamilton Stewart (January 10, 1867,

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politician who represented

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's 5th congressional district in the

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for one term from 1931 to 1933.

Early life and education

Stewart was born in

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in 1890, where he was a member of

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, and from

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in 1893. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York City.

Political career

He served as

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from 1912 to 1913. He was chairman of the Union County Democratic committee in 1914 and of the Washington Rock Park Commission of New Jersey from 1915-1921. Stewart served as a member of the

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from 1919–1921 and of the

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from 1923-1929. He was a delegate to the

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s in

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and

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Congress

Stewart was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and served from December 1, 1931, to March 3, 1933. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1932, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the

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Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1941. He died in Plainfield on June 30, 1951 and was interred in Hillside Cemetery in

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Percy Hamilton 1867 births 1951 deaths Columbia Law School alumni Mayors of Plainfield, New Jersey Politicians from Newark, New Jersey Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Yale College alumni Burials at Hillside Cemetery (Scotch Plains, New Jersey) 20th-century American politicians