About James Garfield Stewart
Lived 1880 – 1959 (aged 78). James Garfield Stewart was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
James Garfield Stewart (November 17, 1880 – April 3, 1959) was an American Republican politician from Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1938 to 1947 and then as justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1947 to 1959.
Life and career Stewart was born in Springfield, Ohio, the son of Mary Emily (Durbin) and James Eli Stewart, and graduated from Kenyon College in 1902. He graduated from Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1905.
March 5, 1947, Governor Thomas J. Herbert appointed Stewart to the seat on the Ohio Supreme Court vacated by the resignation of Charles S. Bell. He was elected in 1948, and re-elected in 1952 and 1958. He died April 3, 1959, after giving a speech in Kentucky. His funeral was at Christ Church in Cincinnati, with burial in Springfield.
Stewart and Harriet L. Potter were married in 1911, and later divorced.
Family Stewart's son Potter (1915–1985) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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mayor, judge (1880–1959)
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James Garfield Stewart was born on 17 November 1880 in Springfield.
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James Garfield Stewart died on 3 April 1959 in Louisville.
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James Garfield Stewart was a lawyer, politician and judge.
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