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Seth Whitaker Stewart
Full Name: Seth Whitaker Stewart
Date of birth: December 15, 1849
Date of death: March 20, 1925
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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14
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Apr 6, 1882 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
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Democrat
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Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
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Hopkins
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20
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jul 23, 1879
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16th
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Democrat
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Cooper / Delta
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Delta, Fannin, Lamar
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20
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
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Democrat
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Cooper / Delta
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Delta, Fannin, Lamar
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(1)
Newly elected members were sworn on April 6, 1882, including: "Owen Brown, Hal Geiger, Seth Stewart and T. P. Rodrigues [sic]." "Special session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 1, 4/7/1882.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
Stewart attended the Democratic State Convention in August 1880, p. 1, 8/12/1880.
Galveston Daily News.
(3)
Assumed democrat based on party affiliation in other sessions, service in Confederate Army, attendance at party conventions, or information included in biographical sketches.
Legislative Reference Library.
(4)
Seth W. Stewart, in special election 9/17/1881, succeeded Wilburn H. King, resigned 7/22/1881.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(6)
Seth W. Stewart resigned 7/23/1879.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(8)
Democrat.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, pp. 80-81.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 258.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Seth W. Stewart, mentioned in biographical sketch of brother James M. Stewart, pp. 793-794. Parents James M. Stewart and Mary Whittaker.
Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Seth W. Stewart, birth date 12/15/1849 in Kentucky, death date 3/20/1925 in Downey, Los Angeles County, California, retired attorney, father James Stewart, mother Mary Whitaker, wife Nellie B. Stewart.
FamilySearch. California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
Seth W. Stewart (1849-1925), Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California.
Find a Grave.
Death notice, Seth W. Stewart, "Former Lawyer Here Dies in Los Angeles," 3/22/1925, p. 13. "Stewart moved from Fort Worth about 15 years ago . . . He came to Fort Worth in 1883 from Sulphur Springs."
Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Death notice, Seth W. Stewart, "Former Solon Dies," The Fresno Morning Republican (Fresno, California), 3/23/1925, p. 1. Former member of the Texas state legislature.
Newspapers.com.
Family group sheet, Seth Whitaker Stewart.
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
S.W. Stewart, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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