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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames Fleming STEWART
(1851-1904)
STEWART, James Fleming, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, N.J., June 15,
1851; attended the public and private schools of Paterson; was
graduated from the law department of the University of New York at
New York City in 1870; was admitted to the bar the same year and
commenced the practice of law in New York City; returned to
Paterson, N.J., and continued the practice of law in 1875; recorder
(criminal magistrate) of the city of Paterson 1890-1895; elected as
a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Fifty-fifth through
Fifty-seventh Congresses); was an unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Paterson, N.J., where he died on January 21,
1904; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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