James E. Stewart

James E. Stewart (December 9, 1844 – July 18, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.

James E. Stewart
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Berkeley County
Delegate, judge
In office
December 6, 1847-December 3, 1848
Preceded byWilliam Boak
Succeeded byCharles J. Faulkner
Personal details
Born1814 (1814)
Berkeley County, Virginia (WV), U.S.
Died1890 (aged 75–76)
Virginia, U.S.
Alma materWashington and Jefferson College
OccupationLawyer

Early and family life

Stewart was born in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1804. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College further along the National Road in Washington, Pennsylvania, then studied law in Baltimore, Maryland.[1]

Career
The Virginia Capitol at Richmond VA
where 19th century Conventions met

After admission to the bar, Stewart practiced law in various counties in what later became known as the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Berkeley County voters elected Stewart as one of their (part-time) representatives In the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847. He served alongside veteran Thomas Brown, but in 1848 voters instead elected veteran lawyer-delegate Charles J. Faulkner and William L. Boak (who were both in turn replaced in 1849).[2][3]

In 1850, voters in Frederick, Hampshire and Morgan counties elected Stewart as one of their four delegates to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He served alongside veteran Thomas Sloan, Richard E. Byrd and Charles Blue.[4]

Following a two year stint as editor of the Martinsburg Virginia (WV) Gazette, Stewart held a job in the Federal Government in Washington, DC until the outbreak of the American Civil War.[5]

During the American Civil War in 1863, Stewart relocated to Page County, Virginia. There he published the weekly Page Courier in 1870,[6][7] He was elected a county judge in 1873, and he held the position for many years.[8]

Death

James E. Stewart died in Virginia on July 18, 1890.[9]

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References
  1. Pulliam 1901, p. 112
  2. Cynthia Miller Leonard (ed), The General Assembly of Virginia 1619-1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members (Richmond, 1978) pp. 425, 441
  3. Swem 1918, p. 432
  4. Leonard 1978, p. 441
  5. Pulliam 1901, p. 112
  6. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vnp/results.asp?rl=Page&rt=County
  7. 1870 U.S. Federal Census for Luray, Page County, Virginia family 85
  8. Pulliam 1901, p. 112
  9. Pulliam 1901, p. 112

Bibliography
  • Pulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time. John T. West, Richmond. ISBN 978-1-2879-2059-5.
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