John Wolcott Stewart

John Wolcott Stewart (* November 24, 1825 in Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont, † October 29, 1915 ) was an American politician and 1870-1872 Governor of the State of Vermont. Stewart was also a member of both chambers of the U.S. Congress.

Early years and political rise

John Stewart attended until 1846, the Middlebury Academy. After a subsequent law studies and his 1850 was admitted to the Bar in Middlebury, he began to work as a lawyer. From 1852 to 1854 he was district attorney in Addison County.

John Stewart was a member of the Republican Party. This party dominated since the end of the 1850s the policy in Vermont. 1856 Stewart was first elected to the House of Representatives from Vermont. Until 1867, he was several times intermittently member of this body; 1865 to 1867 he was president of this chamber. Between 1861-1862 he was member of the State Senate. In 1860, Stewart was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, was nominated on the Abraham Lincoln 's presidential candidate. Here, Stewart played an important role in the exchange of the delegation from Vermont to Lincoln's side. Originally William H. Seward had supported.

Vermont governor and congressman

In 1870, John Stewart was elected as the new governor of his state. He took up his new post on October 6, 1870. Stewart was the first governor of Vermont, who was elected by a constitutional amendment in a two-year term. Prior to the tenure of the governors had been limited to one year, but with the subsequent re-election option. Stewart's tenure as governor was uneventful. In 1872, he was not nominated by his party for re-election. In 1876 he returned again to return to the House of Representatives of his State, where he was president of the Chamber again. Between the 4th March 1883, March 3, 1891 he was a deputy in the U.S. House of Representatives for four legislative sessions. In 1890, he rejected a renewed candidacy.

Stewart in the U.S. Senate and other CV

After his return from Washington was Stewart Director and President of Middlebury Bank and was also involved in other business ventures. After the death of Senator Redfield Proctor in March 1908, John Stewart by then- Governor Fletcher D. Proctor, the son of the late senator, was sent as an interim successor in the U.S. Senate. There he represented between 24 March and 21 October 1908, the interests of his state. Then he was replaced by Carroll Smalley Page. After the end of his time in the Senate Stewart withdrew from politics. He devoted himself to his private and business interests and passed away in 1915 shortly before his 90th birthday. With his wife Emma Battell John Stewart had five children.