Mike Stewart (politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Michael G. Stewart
| image = Mike Stewart (14010610955) (1).jpg
| state_house = Tennessee
| state = Tennessee
| district = 52nd
| term_start = January 13, 2009
| term_end = January 10, 2023
| preceded = Rob Briley
| succeeded = Justin Jones
| party = Democratic
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|1|30}}
| birth_place = Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania
University of Tennessee College of Law
| occupation = Attorney
| spouse = Ruth
| residence = Nashville, Tennessee
| website = [https://mikestewartfortn.com]
}}
Mike Stewart is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. He was a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the 52nd district. Stewart was the chair of the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus.
Personal history
Before his election to the House, Stewart served in the Army, first in Korea, where he was awarded the Eighth Army Distinguished Leader Award, and later in Operation Desert Storm.{{cite web|title=Michael G. Stewart|url=http://www.branstetterlaw.com/attorneys/michael-g-stewart|publisher=BSJ|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007074250/http://www.branstetterlaw.com/attorneys/michael-g-stewart|url-status=dead}} Following Desert Storm, Stewart attended the University of Tennessee Law School, where he graduated cum laude in 1994. Stewart and his wife Ruth then moved to the East Nashville neighborhood of Lockeland Springs in order for Stewart to begin his legal career; he later practiced law at the Nashville law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP before pursuing a career in politics.{{cite web|title=Replacing Rob|date=26 June 2008
|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/13016233/replacing-rob
|publisher=Nashville Scene|access-date=10 July 2018}} Stewart was elected President of the Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association in 1998.{{Cite web |url=https://mikestewartfortn.com/mike-stewart|title=Elect Mike Stewart: About Mike}}{{Self-published source|date=February 2017}}
Career in the House
First elected to the State House in 2008 to represent District 52, Stewart has served on the Criminal Justice, Ethics, Government Operations, and Rules Committees, and he made headlines when he brought an AR-15 style rifle, which he had legally purchased without a background check, into a committee meeting to make a statement about gun control.[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/23/seeking-tighter-background-checks-lawmaker-brings-assault-weapon-legislature/82157746 Tennessee lawmaker buys gun easily, brings it to the legislature], by Joel Ebert, in The Tennessean; published March 23, 2016; retrieved April 3, 2023
He was the only legislator in the Tennessee House to vote against a bill that loosened restrictions on high-interest payday lenders in Tennessee.{{Cite web |last=Friedman |first=Adam |date=2025-05-05 |title=This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/flex-loans-tennessee-advance-financial |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Stewart Biography] at Ballotpedia
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Category:People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Category:Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:University of Tennessee College of Law alumni
Category:United States Army personnel of the Gulf War
Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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