Andrew Stewart (American politician, died 1872)

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| name = Andrew Stewart

| image = Andrew Stewart (1791-1872, Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg

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| state = Pennsylvania

| district = 18th

| term_start = 1843

| term_end = 1849

| predecessor = James McPherson Russell

| successor = Andrew Jackson Ogle

| state2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = 20th

| term_start2 = 1833

| term_end2 = 1835

| predecessor2 = district created

| successor2 = Andrew Buchanan

| state3 = Pennsylvania

| district3 = 14th

| term_start3 = 1831

| term_end3 = 1833

| predecessor3 = Thomas Irwin

| successor3 = Joseph Henderson

| term_start4 = 1823

| term_end4 = 1829

| predecessor4 = Walter Forward

| successor4 = Thomas Irwin

| state5 = Pennsylvania

| district5 = 13th

| term_start5 = 1821

| term_end5 = 1823

| predecessor5 = Christian Tarr

| successor5 = John Tod

| state_house6 = Pennsylvania

| district6 =

| term_start6 = 1815

| term_end6 = 1818

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1791|6|11}}

| birth_place = near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1872|7|16|1791|6|11}}

| death_place = Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| resting_place = Union Cemetery

| party = Democratic-Republican
Jackson Republican
Jacksonian
Anti-Masonic
Whig
Republican

| spouse =

| children = Andrew Stewart

| education =

| alma_mater = Washington College

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}

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Andrew Stewart (June 11, 1791 – July 16, 1872) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

Andrew Stewart was born on June 11, 1791, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000899 |title=Stewart, Andrew |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2023-12-30}} He was one of the founders of the Union Literary Society at Washington College.{{Cite book| last = McClelland| first = W.C.|chapter= A History of Literary Societies at Washington & Jefferson College|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1QyAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111 | publisher = George H. Buchanan and Company|title=The Centennial Celebration of the Chartering of Jefferson College in 1802| year= 1903 | location = Philadelphia| pages = 111–132| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t1QyAAAAYAAJ}} He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815.

Career

Stewart commenced practice in Uniontown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1815 to 1818. He was appointed by President James Monroe as the first U.S. District Attorney for the newly created United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania based in Pittsburgh, serving until 1821.

Stewart was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress. He was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834.

Stewart was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Thirtieth Congress. In 1848 he declined to be a candidate for renomination. He was given the nickname "Tariff Andy" for his association with tariffs.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00wile_0/page/n77/mode/2up |title=Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania |last=Wiley |first=Samuel T. |publisher=John M. Gresham & Co. |year=1891 |page=75 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-30}}{{Open access}}

He was affiliated with the Republican Party, and was a delegate at the 1860 Republican National Convention.{{citation needed |date=December 2023}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1870. He was largely interested in building and real estate. He was instrumental in the construction of Madison College.{{cite news |title=A Worthy Example |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85054616/1870-02-23/ed-1/seq-3.pdf |access-date=July 22, 2023 |work=Raftsman's Journal (Clearfield, PA) |date=February 23, 1870}}