David W. Stewart

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David W. Stewart

David Wallace Stewart (born January 22, 1887 in New Concord , Muskingum County , Ohio , †  February 10, 1974 in Sioux City , Iowa ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Iowa in the US Senate .

David Stewart attended the public schools and made 1911 its conclusion at Geneva College in Beaver Falls ( Pennsylvania ). In the same year he came to Iowa, where he worked as a track and field trainer and as a high school teacher. In 1917 he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School . After the United States entered World War I , Stewart fought with the US Marine Corps in Europe , where he held the rank of First Sergeant . After the war ended, he returned to Iowa and worked in Sioux City as a lawyer. In 1925 he became president of the local chamber of commerce in this city.

At the beginning of 1926 Stewart supported the re-election campaign of US Senator Albert B. Cummins, who had been incumbent since 1908 . However, this got it in the Republican primary in the person of ex-Senator Smith W. Brookhart to do with an unexpected competitor, who was then finally nominated. When Cummins died unexpectedly on July 30, 1926, only Republicans took part in the upcoming by-election. The Democrats dropped one candidate in order to focus on defeating Smith Brookhart in the election for the next six-year term, but they did not succeed. At the nomination party convention for the by-election on August 7, 1926, Stewart finished fifth in the first ballot, before those delegates who were opposed to Brookhart gathered behind him and helped him win the third ballot.

Stewart was then appointed by Governor John Hammill first as acting successor to Albert Cummins; after winning the by-election without competition, he officially took the seat on November 2, 1926. His term ended on March 3, 1927, when he passed the mandate to Smith Brookhart. David Stewart then retired from politics, worked again as a lawyer in Sioux City and was President of the Board of Trustees of Morningside College from 1938 to 1962.

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  • David W. Stewart in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stewart, David W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stewart, David Wallace (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH New Concord , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1974
Place of death Sioux City , Iowa