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

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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

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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 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

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 lawyers 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives