Andrew Stewart (1791-1872)

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Andrew Stewart (June 11, 1791–July 16, 1872) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew Stewart (father of Andrew Stewart) was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Uniontown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1815 to 1818. He was appointed by President James Monroe as United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania and served from 1818 to 1820, when he resigned.

Stewart was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress. He was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834.

Stewart was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Thirtieth Congress. In 1848 he declined to be a candidate for renomination. He was affiliated with the Republican Party, and was a delegate at the 1860 Republican National Convention. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1870. He was largely interested in building and real estate until his death in Uniontown. He was interred in Union Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Christian Tarr	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1821-1823	Succeeded by John Tod
Preceded by Walter Forward	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1823-1829	Succeeded by Thomas Irwin
Preceded by Thomas Irwin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1831-1833	Succeeded by Joseph Henderson
Preceded by District Created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1833-1835	Succeeded by Andrew Buchanan
Preceded by James McPherson Russell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1843-1849	Succeeded by Andrew J. Ogle