Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Seth Whitaker Stewart

Full Name: Seth Whitaker Stewart
Birth date: December 15, 1849
Death date: March 20, 1925

Terms of Service

House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
4/6/1882 - 1/9/1883
Democrat
House, 16th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 7/23/1879
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat

(1) Stewart attended the Democratic State Convention in August 1880, p. 1, 8/12/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Newly elected members were sworn on April 6, 1882, including: "Owen Brown, Hal Geiger, Seth Stewart and T. P. Rodrigues [sic]." "Special session of the Seventeenth Legislature," p. 1, 4/7/1882. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Assumed democrat based on party affiliation in other sessions, service in Confederate Army, attendance at party conventions, or information included in biographical sketches. Legislative Reference Library .
(5) Seth W. Stewart, in special election 9/17/1881, succeeded Wilburn H. King, resigned 7/22/1881. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Seth W. Stewart resigned 7/23/1879. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) Democrat. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
(8) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. S.W. Stewart, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Seth W. Stewart, mentioned in biographical sketch of brother James M. Stewart, pp. 793-794. Parents James M. Stewart and Mary Whittaker. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Seth W. Stewart, birth date 12/15/1849 in Kentucky, death date 3/20/1925 in Downey, Los Angeles County, California, retired attorney, father James Stewart, mother Mary Whitaker, wife Nellie B. Stewart. FamilySearch . California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
Seth W. Stewart (1849-1925), Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. Find a Grave .
Death notice, Seth W. Stewart, "Former Lawyer Here Dies in Los Angeles," 3/22/1925, p. 13. "Stewart moved from Fort Worth about 15 years ago . . . He came to Fort Worth in 1883 from Sulphur Springs." Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Seth Whitaker Stewart, birth date 12/15/1849 in Spencer, Kentucky; marriage to Nellie Beatrice Stewart 8/8/1878 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas; death date 3/20/1925 in Los Angeles County, California. Family group sheet. Montgomery and Rowntree Families and Genealogy .
Death notice, Seth W. Stewart, "Former Solon Dies," The Fresno Morning Republican (Fresno, California), 3/23/1925, p. 1. Former member of the Texas state legislature. Newspapers.com .
Biographical sketch, pp. 80-81. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 258. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.