William Lewis Dewart

William Lewis Dewart (1859)

William Lewis Dewart (born June 21, 1821 in Sunbury , Northumberland County , Pennsylvania , †  April 19, 1888 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Dewart attended public schools in his home country and in Harrisburg . He then graduated from the Dickinson Preparatory School in Carlisle and in 1839 Princeton College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1843, he began to work in Sunbury in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1845 and 1846 he was Mayor of Sunbury. He also headed the school committee there. In 1852, 1856, 1860 and 1884 he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions . In 1854 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

In the congressional elections of 1856 Dewart was elected in the eleventh constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded James Hepburn Campbell on March 4, 1857 . Since he was defeated by his predecessor Campbell in 1858, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1859 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . While serving as a congressman, Dewart chaired the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Sunbury, where he died on April 19, 1888.

Web links

• William Lewis Dewart in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Lewis Dewart in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James Hepburn Campbell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859	James Hepburn Campbell