Alexander Stewart (American politician)

Alexander Stewart ( born September 12, 1829 in Fredericton, Canada, † May 24 1912 in Washington DC ) was an American politician of Canadian origin. Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alexander Stewart attended the public schools in New Brunswick. In 1849 he moved to the Marathon County, Wisconsin, where he settled near the present town of Wausau. In his new home, Stewart was active in the timber industry. He also began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated for the James G. Blaine as their presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1894 Stewart was selected in the ninth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrats Thomas Lynch on March 4, 1895. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1901 three legislative periods. In this time of the Spanish-American War was from 1898.

In 1900, Alexander Stewart gave up another run for Congress. He remained living in the capital city Washington. There he is on May 24, 1912 and passed away. He was then buried in Wausau.

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