Andrew Stewart (American politician, died 1903) explained

Andrew Stewart
Birth Date:6 April 1836
Birth Place:Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Stewarton, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Placeofburial:Union Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Profession:Physician
Allegiance: United States
Branch:Union Army
Branch Label:Service
Serviceyears:1861–1864
Rank:Captain (army)
Lieutenant Colonel (Brevet
Unit:85th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Battles:American Civil War
Battles Label:Wars
Alma Mater:Madison College
Jefferson Medical College
Spouse:Leila McCulloh
Children:2
Relations:Andrew Stewart (father)

Andrew Stewart (April 6, 1836 – October 18, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Andrew Stewart (son of Congressman Andrew Stewart) was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He attended Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and Madison College in Uniontown. He studied medicine and attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874. He presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, to February 26, 1892, when he was succeeded by Alexander K. Craig, who contested his election. He was again an unsuccessful candidate to the same congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander Craig. He was later engaged in the manufacture of paper pulp and lumber. He died in Stewarton, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania. Interment in Union Cemetery in Uniontown.

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