James Stewart (North Carolina politician)
American politician
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James Stewart (November 11, 1775 – December 29, 1821) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.
Stewart was born in Scotland, where he received a liberal education. He immigrated to the United States and settled near Stewartsville, North Carolina. There he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits.
He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1798 and 1799, and served in the State senate 1802–1804 and 1813–1815.
He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander McMillan; he served from January 5, 1818, to March 3, 1819.
About 1800, he built the Stewart-Hawley-Malloy House; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
After congress, he resumed mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He died near Laurinburg, North Carolina, on December 29, 1821 and is intermened in the Old Stewartsville Cemetery, near Laurinburg.
