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Charles Stewart
Full Name: Charles "Charley" Stewart
Other surnames:
Stuart
Date of birth: May 30, 1836
Date of death: September 21, 1895
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
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Counties in District |
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18
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883
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16th
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(5)
(6)
17th
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(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Houston / Harris
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Harris, Montgomery
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(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
Harris county election returns show "for the legislature, the democratic ticket is generally conceded to be elected, except, perhaps, McComb, the floater," p. 1, 11/4/1880.
Galveston Daily News.
(3)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(5)
16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3.
Senate Journal.
(6)
Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, pp. 516-521. Stewart an ardent supporter of the Whig party.
Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
STEWART, Charles (1836-1895). Representative, TX.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
Biographical sketch, Volume II, "Bench and Bar of East Texas," pp. 582-583.
East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
STEWART, CHARLES (1836-1895). Elected as Democrat to Congress.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biography, Hon. Charles Stewart, pp. 449-450.
History of Texas Together With a Biographical History. . . of The Cities of . . . Houston and Galveston, Containing a Concise History of the State, With Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens. . ., 1895.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Charles Stewart, pp. 129-130.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Charles Stewart, Representative, First Congressional District, p. 163. Born 5/30/1836 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Charles Stewart, p. 245.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, 10th Regiment of Texas Infantry and George Wythe Baylor's Cavalry.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Charles Stewart.
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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Other Resources |
Chas. Stewart, son of Chas. & Maria A. Stewart, birth date 5/30/1836, death date 9/21/1895, grave marker inscriptions, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston.
Find a Grave.
Reports from the San Antonio Herald and the progressive Paris Progress on the status of the democratic party, p. 3, 2/12/1880.
Galveston Daily News.
Biographical information.
Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
C. Stewart, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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