Andrew Stuart (Ohio politician) explained

Andrew Stuart
State:Ohio
District:21st
Term Start:March 4, 1853
Term End:March 3, 1855
Preceded:Norton Strange Townshend
Succeeded:John Bingham
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:3 August 1823
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Restingplace:Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio

Andrew Stuart (August 3, 1823  - April 30, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stuart moved to Pittsburgh with his mother in 1834. He received limited schooling. He worked in a newspaper office. He moved to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1850, where he was editor of the American Union 1850-1857.

Stuart was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He engaged in the shipping business on the Gulf of Mexico and in the transportation of mails and supplies from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. He resided in Washington, D.C., from 1869 until his death, April 30, 1872. He was interred in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.