E. L. Stewart

Edmond Lee "E. L." Stewart
Edmond Lee "E. L." Stewart
Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish
	In office; 1904–1908
Preceded by	W. W. Hicks
Succeeded by	Robert Roberts, Jr.
Personal details
Born	March 22, 1872; Minden, Louisiana, US
Died	January 11, 1956 (aged 83); Minden, Louisiana
Resting place	Minden Cemetery
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Jim Brown Stewart
Alma mater	Tulane University Law School
Occupation	Lawyer

Edmond Lee Stewart, known as E. L. Stewart (March 22, 1872 – January 11, 1956) was a lawyer from a prominent family in his native Minden in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, US. From 1904 to 1908 he was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives[1] during the administration of Governor Newton Blanchard.

Background

Stewart was the fifth of seven children of Douglad (correct spelling) Stewart, Jr. (1826-1884), a native of Sampson County in southern North Carolina who was reared in Georgia, and the former Sarah Frances Culbertson (1840-1885), a native of Coosa County in central Alabama.

Legal career

On May 17, 1897, E. L. Stewart graduated from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. One of his classmates was the later U.S. Senator John H. Overton and the future state Attorney General Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr.[2] After his single term in the state House, Stewart was succeeded in the position by Robert Roberts, Jr., a former short-term mayor of Minden and a later a state court judge and the maternal grandfather of later Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.

In 1917, E. L. and Dan Stewart, Sr. were sued by the Town of Minden for non-payment of the expense for the mandatory construction of sidewalks abutting their properties, based on a 1902 state law, which the plaintiffs challenged unsuccessfully on double appeal to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit in Shreveport and the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans. They did not request the sidewalks and sought to shield themselves from the associated costs.[3] The Minden City Council had undertaken a sidewalk program pushed by subsequent Mayor Connell Fort.[4]

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References

"Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812 - Current: Webster Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
May 17, 1897. The Register of Tulane University. p. 28. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
Town of Minden v. Stewart et al. Southern Reporter, Vol. 77. November 26, 1917. pp. 118–121. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
"Connell Fort Dies Saturday Night at His Residence Here: Was Great Civic Worker and Builder of This City," The Webster Signal-Tribune, March 5, 1937, pp. 1, 6

Preceded by W. W. Hicks	Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish Edmond Lee "E. L." Stewart 1904—1908	Succeeded by Robert Roberts, Jr.

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[1] "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812 - Current: Webster Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

[2] May 17, 1897. The Register of Tulane University. p. 28. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

[3] Town of Minden v. Stewart et al. Southern Reporter, Vol. 77. November 26, 1917. pp. 118–121. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

[4] "Connell Fort Dies Saturday Night at His Residence Here: Was Great Civic Worker and Builder of This City," The Webster Signal-Tribune, March 5, 1937, pp. 1, 6