Charles Stewart (Texas politician)

Charles Stewart (* May 30, 1836 in Memphis, Tennessee; † 21 September 1895 in San Antonio, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1893 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1845 Charles Stewart moved with his parents to Galveston, Texas, where he attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1854 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Marlin in this profession. Between 1856 and 1860 he served as a prosecutor in the 13th Judicial District of the State of. Politically, Stewart joined the Democratic Party. In 1861 he was a delegate to the meeting at which the state of Texas decided his withdrawal from the Union. During the Civil War he served in the army of the Confederacy. In 1866 he moved to Houston, where he practiced as a lawyer again, In the years 1874-1876 he was legal adviser to the city.

Between 1878 and 1882, Stewart was a member of the Senate of Texas. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was the first electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Henninger Reagan on March 4, 1883. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1893 five legislative sessions. In 1892 he gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Stewart again worked as a lawyer in Houston. He died on 21 September 1895 in San Antonio and was buried in Houston.

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