Lewis Steward

Lewis Steward ( * November 21, 1824 at Hollisterville, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, † August 27, 1896 in Plano, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lewis Steward attended the public schools of his home. In 1838 he came with his parents in the Kendall County in Illinois. He later became a successful farmer and landowner, who also was active in other industries. These included the banking industry and the manufacture of agricultural equipment. The early 1850s he founded the city of Plano, which was on a railway track. This enabled him to be transported its agricultural equipment better. These devices included, among other things, combine harvesters, mowers and grain binder. In 1860, Steward also studied law, but without ever working as a lawyer. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1876 he ran for governor of Illinois, but lost the Republican Shelby Moore Cullom just with 49:51 percent of the vote.

In the congressional elections of 1890 Steward was in the eighth election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles A. Hill on March 4, 1891. Since he has not been confirmed in 1892, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1893. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Lewis Steward took his previous activities on again. He died on August 27, 1896 in Plano.