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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 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 18 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883 16th (4) (5) (6)   17th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris, Montgomery (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 - 1/14/1879, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected senators, approached the president's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution." Senate Journal. (6) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.   Biographical Notes and Resources top 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. Charles Stewart, birth date 5/30/1836, death date 9/21/1895, portrait drawing, brief biographical sketch, interment in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston. Find a Grave. 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. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biography, Charles Stewart, p. 245. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. 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. Other Resources 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. Photographs Photograph. Charles Stewart, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural and Mechanical College and State Normal Schools, Visit   Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Memorial Resolutions   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Lands   Senatorial and Representative Districts   State Affairs   State Indebtedness (Chair)  Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments   16th R.S. - 1879 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Galveston News   Governor's Message, Election of County Officers in Harrison and Smith Counties   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  New Judiciary Article to the Constitution   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debt   Public Lands   Revision of Code   Stock and Stock Raising

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