Charles E. Stuart

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This article is about the U.S. Representative and Senator from Michigan. For the claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland, see Charles Edward Stuart.

For other people with the same name, see Charles Stuart.

Charles Edward Stuart
United States Senator from Michigan
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Alpheus Felch
Succeeded by	Kinsley S. Bingham
Born	November 25, 1810 Waterloo, New York, USA
Died	May 19, 1887 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Charles Edward Stuart (November 25, 1810 – May 19, 1887) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.

Stuart was born in New York, either near Waterloo, New York, or in Columbia County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Waterloo. He moved to Michigan in 1835 and settled in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Stuart was a member of the state house of representatives in 1842 and was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 30th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Bradley. He served in the U.S.House from December 6, 1847, to March 3, 1849 and was defeated for reelection in 1848 by William Sprague. Two years later, he defeated Sprauge by being elected to the 32nd Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State in the 32nd Congress.

Stuart was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852 and served in the 34th, 35th, and 36th Congresses from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1859. He was the President pro tempore of the Senate during the 34th Congress, and chairman of the Committee on Public Lands in the 34th and 35th Congresses. He did not seek reelection to the Senate but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Michigan in 1858. He resumed the practice of law in Kalamazoo and was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention from Michigan.

During the Civil War, Stuart raised and equipped the Thirteenth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel, but he had to resign due to ill health.

Charles E. Stuart died in Kalamazoo and was interred in Mountain Home Cemetery. His home in Kalamazoo at 427 Stuart Ave. is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The surrounding Stuart Area Historic District is also listed.

[edit] References

• Charles E. Stuart at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-15
• Charles E. Stuart at The Political Graveyard

[edit] External links

• Charles E. Stuart at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-15

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