Paul Stewart (politician)

Paul Stewart ( born February 27, 1892 in Clarksville, Arkansas, † November 13, 1950 in Antlers, Oklahoma ) was an American politician. Between 1943 and 1947 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1894, Paul Stewart moved with his parents in the Indian Territory, where the family settled in 1894 in what is now McCurtain County. Stewart did not go to school, but appropriated the necessary knowledge through self- education. At the age of 13, he was in Spencerville, which also was in the Indian territory, acting as dealers. In 1910 he moved to Haworth in Oklahoma, where he continued until 1919 occurred as a dealer. At the same time he studied law. After his 1915 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to exercise even this profession. Between 1914 and 1922, Paul Stewart postmaster in Haworth.

Politically, Stewart became a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1922 and 1926 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Oklahoma. After that he belonged 1926-1942 to the State Senate. There he directed from 1929 to 1930, the fraction of the Democrats. In the years 1933 and 1934 he was president of that body. In this capacity he was in 1933 briefly Acting Governor. In 1929 he moved to Antlers where he edited a weekly newspaper 1929-1950. He also became ranchers, farmers and hotelier.

1942 Paul Stewart was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he replaced 1943 Wilburn Cartwright on January 3. After a re-election in 1944 he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1947 two legislative sessions. In 1946, he did not stand for election. He devoted himself until his death in 1950 again his private transactions. Stewart died in Antlers and was also buried there.