John D. Stewart

John David Stewart (born August 2, 1833 in Fayetteville , Georgia , †  January 28, 1894 in Griffin , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Stewart attended public schools in his home country and then Marshall College in Griffin. In this city he then taught as a teacher for two years. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1856, he began to work in Griffin in his new profession. Between 1858 and 1860 he was a probate judge in Spalding County . During the Civil War he was first lieutenant and later captain of a regiment made up of Georgia soldiers within the Confederate Army .

After the war he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Stewart was an MP in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867 . He was also ordained a clergyman of the Baptist Church in 1871 after studying theology . Stewart served as Mayor of Griffin City in 1875 and 1876. He was then a Superior Court judge from 1879 to 1886 .

In the congressional election of 1886 , Stewart was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Nathaniel Job Hammond on March 4, 1887 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1890 he was not nominated by his party for another term. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Stewart returned to work as a lawyer. He died on January 28, 1894 in Griffin, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John D. Stewart in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John D. Stewart in the database of Find a Grave (English)