Biography

09/10/1810 - 10/17/1876

William Stewart (Whig20) Beaver and Mercer Counties 1842-1843 (Whig 25) Beaver and Mercer Counties 1844

Early Life:

William Stewart, born September 10, 1810, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; son of Robert Stewart; public school education; Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; studied law; admitted Mercer County bar; attorney, commenced practice, Mercer, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State Senate; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1857-1861; resumed law  practice; died, October 17, 1876 (age 66 years, 37 days), Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mercer Citizens Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Beaver and Mercer Counties, 1842-1843; Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 25th district, Beaver and Mercer Counties, 1844.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 23rd district, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, 1857-1861; chairman, Committee on Expenditures, Department of War (Thirty-sixth Congress).

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

William Stewart (1810-1876) - Find a Grave Memorial