STEWART, John, Congress, PA (1820)

1820

STEWART, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; member of the State house of representatives, 1789-1796; elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Hartley; reelected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses (January 15, 1801-March 3, 1805); died in Elmwood, near York, Spring Garden Township, Pa., in 1820; interment on his estate near Elmwood.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present