Born near
Fayetteville, Georgia, Stewart attended the common schools and Marshall College,
Griffin, Georgia. Stewart taught school for two years in
Griffin, Georgia. He studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice in
Griffin, Georgia. He served as Probate Judge of
Spalding County from 1858 to 1860.
Civil War He was a lieutenant and the captain in the Thirteenth Georgia Regiment of the
Confederate States Army during the
Civil War.
Early career After the
Civil War, Stewart served as member of the State House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. He then studied theology, and was ordained as a minister of the Baptist Church in 1871. He served as mayor of Griffin in 1875 and 1876, and as Judge of the Superior Court from 7 November 1879 to 1 January 1886, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress.
Congress Stewart was elected as a
Democrat to the
Fiftieth and
Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891), although was unsuccessful in renomination in 1890.
Later career and death He returned to practice law until his death in
Griffin, Georgia, 28 January 1894. He was interred in
Oak Hill Cemetery. ==References==