Member Biography

John Stewart 

Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1797-1798       5 Democratic-Republican
1798-1799       5 Democratic-Republican
1799-1800       5 Democratic-Republican

COUNTIES: York  


Biography

1820


Captain John Stewart (Democratic-Republican5) York County 1797-1800

Early Life:

Captain John Stewart, birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; captain, 2nd Company, Third Battalion, South Middleton, Cumberland County (); 1780; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, York County, 1790-1797; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Sixth Congress, vacancy, death, Thomas Hartley, reelected, Republican, Seventh, Eighth Congresses, 1801-1805; died, 1820, Elmwood, near York, Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania; interment on his estate near Elmwood.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, York County, 1790-1797.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, York County, 1797-1800.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Sixth Congress, vacancy, death, Thomas Hartley, reelected, Republican, Seventh, Eighth Congresses, 1801-1805, unsuccessful reelection campaign, 1804.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)
 

Congressional Biography

After 3 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, John Stewart  went on to serve in congress