in 1888, and he was given that of doctor of let- ter- in 1888 by Laval university, Quebec, for his services to literature in Canada. Dr. Stewart has contributed Canadian articles to the " Ency- <-lo|.u>dia Britannica," and to English, American, and (Canadian periodicals, and is well known as a lecturer nn literary and hi-torieal -ubjects. He has published "The Story (if the Great Fire in St. John. N. V,." (Toronto, 1877); "Evenings in the Library " (1878) : " Canada under the Admin- istration of the Earl of Dufferin" (1878): " Em- erson the Thinker" (1879): "Alcott the Concord Mystic" <1SSO): and "Essays from Reviews" (2 series, < |uebec, 1892-'3).
STEWART. Gideon Tabor, lawyer, b. in
Johnstown, X. Y.. 7 Aug., 1*"24. He removed wit li
in- Barents to Oberlin, Ohio, where he was edu-
cated. Subsequently he studied law in Norwalk
and then with Noah H. Swayne in Columbus. In
18 I 1 '., after his admission to the bar, he began prac-
tice in Norwalk. where in 1846 he became editor
of the - Reflector." He was elected county auditor
as a Whig and held that office during three terms.
In 1861 he removed lo Iowa, where he purchased
the Dubu<iue "Daily Times," and published it
during the civil war. At the time of its purchase
it was the only daily Union paper in the north-
ern half of the state. Previously he was one of
the proprietors of the Toledo Blade," and after-
ward of the Toledo "Coninieivi.il." but in 1800
lie returned to Xorwalk, where he has since con-
tinued his law-praetier. Mi. Mewart was three
times elected grand worthy chief templar by the
Gum! Templars of Ohio. In 1853 he took part in
iln Maine law campaign of that year, and then
nd'-avored to organize a permanent Prohibition
party. He was chairman of a state convention in
is.j? in Columbus for the purpose of forming such
a party, but the movement failed on account of
the troubles in Kansas and the civil war. In 1809
he was one of the delegates from Ohio to the Chi-
cago convention that formed the National prohibi-
tion party. Since that time he has been nominated
three times for governor, seven times for supreme
judge, once for circuit judge, once for congress,
and once for vice-president in 1876, when, with
Green Clay Smith as candidate for president, he re-
ceived a popular vote of 9,522. For fifteen years
he was a member, during four of which he was
chairman of the national executive committee of
his party. In 1*70. 1**". and 1SS4 the Prohibi-
tion state convention unanimously instructed the
Ohio delegates to present him in the National con-
vention as their choice for presidential candidate,
but each time he refused to have his name brought
forward. Mr. Stewart has written much in advo-
cacy of the temperance reform, and many of his
public addresses have been extensively circulated.
STEWART. Jacob Henry, physician, b. in
Clermont, N. Y., 15 Jan.. 1829; d. in St. Paul,
Minn.. 25 Aug.. 1**4. He studied at Yale for
three years, and "a- graduated at the medical de-
partment of the University of New York in 1851.
Four years later he began practice in Peekskill,
X. Y.. but in 1855 he removed to St. Paul, where he
<il it. -11 !. tion as one of the most skilful prac-
titioners of that city. In 1850 he was appointed
physician of Ramsay county. Minn., and in 1857-'G3
he was surgeon-general of Minnesota, also serving
a- a member of the governor's staff and as a mem-
ber of the state senate in l*5*-"9. On 17 April,
1861, he joined the 1st Minnesota volunteers, which
was I In 1 lirM regiment thai va- received by Presi-
dent Lincoln, thus making I>r. Stewart the ranking
surgeon in the volunteer service. He remained on
the battle-field of Bull Run. was paroled, and al-
lowed to carp for his wounded at Sudley-church
hospital until they were able to be removed to
Richmond, when he was permitted to return home
without exchange "for voluntarily remaining on
the battle-field in the discharge of his duty." The
sword taken from him when he was made prisoner
was given back to him by Gen. Beauregard in rec-
ognition of his faithfulness to duty. On his return
to Minnesota he was appointed surgeon of the
board of enrolment, and held that office until the
clo-e of the war. In 1804 he was elected mayor of
St. Paul, and he was re-elected for four terms
i lso c .i-'73). Dr. Stewart was the only Republican
that has ever held that office in St. Paul, as the
rote of the city is Democratic. From 1805 till
|s;u he was postmaster of St. Paul, and he was
then elected to congress as a Republican, serving
from 15 Oct., 1877, till 4 March, 1879. He was ap-
pointed surveyor-general of the state in 18SO. and
held that office for four years. Dr. Stewart was
president of Minnesota state medical society in
1875-'6. and piv-nlem of the board of physicians
and surgeons to St. Joseph's hospital in St. Paul.
STEWART, James, physician, b. in New York
city, 7 April, 1790: d. in Rye, N. Y., 12 Sept.,
1804. He was educated at Queens (now Rutgers)
college, and then, after studying medicine with
Dr. Valentine Mott. was graduated at the College
of physicians and surgeons, New York city, in
l v .':;. Dr. Stewart began practice in New York
city, and made a specialty of pulmonary com-
plaints and diseases of children. He was one of the
founders of the northern dispensary and its second
consulting physician. For more than twenty years
he was medical examiner of the Mutual benefit
life insurance company, and during the four years
previous to his death held a similar place with the
Home life insurance company. In 1857 his essay
on -Cholera Infantum " received the prize that
was offered by the New York academy of medi-
cine. He published anonymously "A Few Re-
marks about Sick Children in New York and the
Necessity of a Hospital for them" (1852), and
collected funds for a church hospital for chil-
dren, to be conducted on the same plan as St.
Luke's hospital and to be called Christ's hospital
for children. He also published a translation of
Charles M. Billard's " Treatise on the Diseases of
Children." with an appendix (Philadelphia, 1839);
' A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children "
(New York, 1841) ; and " The Lungs " (1S48).
STEWART. John, Canadian statesman, b. in
Musselburgh, Scotland. 24 Nov., 1773 ; d. in Que-
bec, Canada, 5 June, 1858. He engaged in busi-
ness, wa- president of the Board of trade and of
the Bank of Montreal, and master of Trinity
house. Under the administration of Sir George
Prevost he was appointed deputy paymaster-gen-
eral to the incorporated militia, which office he
held till the forces were disbanded. On the acces-
sion of Lord Dalhousie in 1819. Mr. Stewart be-
came a member of the legislative and executive
councils, and was appointed sole commissioner of
the Jesuit estates, of which he had been for many
years previously a member of the board of manage-
ment. He was' for a long time president of the . -
ecutive council of Canada.
STEWART. Robert Meroellns, governor of Missouri, b. in Truxton. N. Y.. I 1 . 1 Maivh. 1*15: d. in St. Joseph, Mo., 21 Sept., 1*71. He went to Kentucky as a boy; and in 1838 settled in Buchanan county, Mo. In 1S45 he was a delegate to the State
constitutional convention, and for ten years he was a member of the state senate. He was elected gov-
