William Stewart (September 10, 1810 – October 17, 1876) was an American lawyer and Republican member of the

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from Pennsylvania.

Formative years

Born in

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on September 10, 1810, William Stewart attended the public schools of his community before graduating from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Career

Stewart went on to study law, was admitted to the bar and began his legal practice in Mercer. A member of the

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, he was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, and was appointed as chair of the

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during the Thirty-sixth Congress. Following his retirement from Congress, he resumed the practice of law.

Death and interment

Stewart died in Mercer in 1876 at the age of sixty-six, and was interred in the Mercer Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, William 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