Arthur Thomas Stewart (1892 - 1972)

Born 11 Jan 1892 in Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States

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Died 10 Oct 1972 at age 80 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Preceded by George L. Berry

Tom Stewart US Senator (Class 2) from Tennessee 1938—1949

Succeeded by Estes Kefauver

Biography

Tom Stewart is Notable.

Tom was born in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, on January 11, 1892 the son of T L Stewart, a County Trustee, and Mary Fricks, a Music Teacher.^[1][2]

He graduated from Emory College (now Emory University) then obtained his law degree from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar in 1913.

He was district attorney general of the eighteenth circuit of Tennessee 1923-1939, He was the chief prosecutor in the July 1925 John Thomas Scopes trial.

In April 1937, Senator Nathan L. Bachman died while in office. Tom Stewart entered the race to fill the vacancy. He defeated George L. Berry, who had been appointed by the governor, in the Democratic primary. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 8, 1938, for the term ending January 3, 1943. He didn't assume his senatorial duties until January 16, 1939 when his current term as District Attorney expired. He was reelected to the Senate in 1942 however he was not renominated in 1948. He was the chairman of the Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Seventy-ninth Congress).

After serving in the Senate, he resumed the practice of law and died in Nashville, Tennessee on October 10, 1972.^[3] He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Winchester, Tennessee.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-GNM : accessed 23 September 2018), Thomas A Stewart in household of T L Stewart, Civil Districts 3-4, 7, Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 2B, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,595.
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6J-DTC : 13 March 2018), Arthur Thomas Stewart, 1917-1918; citing Marion County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,493.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1FP-KMR : 20 May 2014), Tom Stewart, Oct 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 September 2018), memorial page for Arthur Thomas Stewart (11 Jan 1892–10 Oct 1972), Find A Grave: Memorial #7565364, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7565364
• Tom Stewart on Wikipedia
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress