Frank Q. Stewart was born in
Melrose, Iowa. He studied law in
Chariton, Iowa. He served with his brother,
Tom Stuart, the Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. He returned to Iowa and was active with the
Democratic Party and
Populist Party. He received a single vote in the
1896 United States Senate election in Iowa finishing third behind
William B. Allison, the Republican incumbent, and
Washington Irving Babb, a past state legislator and the Democratic candidate. He died January 2, 1923, in
San Francisco, California. ==References==