James E. Stewart (December 9, 1814 – July 18, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.
Early and family life Stewart was born in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1814. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College further along the National Road in Washington, Pennsylvania, then studied law in Baltimore, Maryland.Pulliam 1901, p. 112
Career
After admission to the bar, Stewart practiced law in various counties in what later became known as the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Berkeley County voters elected Stewart as one of their (part-time) representatives In the Virginia House of Delegates in 1847. He served alongside veteran Thomas Brown, but in 1848 voters instead elected veteran lawyer-delegate Charles J. Faulkner and William L. Boak (who were both in turn replaced in 1849).Cynthia Miller Leonard (ed), The General Assembly of Virginia 1619-1978: A Bicentennial Register of Members (Richmond, 1978) pp. 425, 441Swem 1918, p. 432
In 1850, voters in Frederick, Hampshire and Morgan counties elected Stewart as one of their four delegates to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He served alongside veteran Thomas Sloan, Richard E. Byrd and Charles Blue.Leonard 1978, p. 441
Following a two-year stint as editor of the Martinsburg Virginia (WV) Gazette, Stewart held a job in the Federal Government in Washington, DC until the outbreak of the American Civil War.Pulliam 1901, p. 112
During the American Civil War in 1863, Stewart relocated to Page County, Virginia. There he published the weekly Page Courier in 1870,1870 U.S. Federal Census for Luray, Page County, Virginia family 85 He was elected a county judge in 1873, and he held the position for many years.Pulliam 1901, p. 112
Death James E. Stewart died in Virginia on July 18, 1890.Pulliam 1901, p. 112
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