Andrew Stewart (died 1872)

Andrew Stewart (* June 11, 1791 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, † July 16, 1872 ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1849 he represented three times in the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After he had enjoyed a good education, Andrew Stewart worked as a teacher before he he graduated at Washington College in Washington ( Pennsylvania). He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Uniontown. He held from 1815 to 1818 as a Member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania His first political mandate; then he was appointed by President James Monroe to the Federal Attorney for the Western District of the State of which he remained until his retirement in 1820.

On 4 March 1821 he moved for the first time as a delegate to Congress a, which he initially heard after three re-election to March 3, 1829. Even at this time Stewart joined the party affiliation several times: His first Parliament, he graduated as a representative of the Democratic Republicans, the second as Jackson Republican, the third as a Jacksonian and the fourth as a candidate of the National Republican Party. After a two year break, he sat from March 4, 1831 again in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he spent two terms as a member of the Anti- Masonic Party. In 1834, he missed the re-election.

Stewart finally returned on March 4, 1843 for the last time in the Congress back in the time he had been chosen for the Whigs. After two confirmation he opted not to run again and was eliminated on 3 March 1849 the Parliament of. Later he joined the Republicans and competed in 1870 again for a mandate in Washington, DC This attempt failed, however, after Stewart turned his back on politics. He was active until his death in July 1872 in the construction industry and as a realtor.

His son Andrew (1836-1903) also became a congressman.