Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician)

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Donald Stewart
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Dakota's Walsh County, North Dakota district
Personal details
Born 1832
Scotland
Died Saskatchewan
Political party Democrat[1]
Residence Bismarck, North Dakota[2][3]

Donald Stewart, born around 1832 in Scotland[4][5] was a politician who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Career

He was at one point an assisting county surveyor[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and later became a twice elected as a territorial legislator in Bismarck. I an election in 1889 he received 1615 votes.[23] After serving four years he found himself tired of the all the local political disputes and he retired from politics and moved with his family to Saskatoon, Canada.[24][25]

Personal life

Stewart originally emigrated from Scotland to Ontario, Canada and then to North Dakota. Later on he moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he stayed and owned a farm.[26]

He was married to an english woman named Elizabeth Curtis, they had three children,[27] one of them named Elizabeth (born 1878),[28] who went on to marry Edward Hart, thus making Stewart the maternal grandfather of Stewart Hart.[29] Edward and Elizabeth would work for Stewart on his farm in Saskatoon for a few years before moving to Alberta.[30]

See also

Hart wrestling family

References

  1. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). January 11, 1889.
  2. ↑ "Page 3". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). December 14, 1888.
  3. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 4, 1889.
  4. ↑ "Page 6". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). January 16, 1885.
  5. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). March 18, 1887.
  6. ↑ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  7. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 33. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  8. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  9. ↑ Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. Fenn. p. 33. ISBN 1-55168-256-7.
  10. ↑ "Page 3". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). February 4, 1887.
  11. ↑ "Page 1". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). January 21, 1887.
  12. ↑ "Page 4". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 26, 1888.
  13. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). November 5, 1888.
  14. ↑ "Page 4". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 19, 1888.
  15. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). November 2, 1888.
  16. ↑ "Page 8". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 5, 1888.
  17. ↑ "Page 3". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 17, 1888.
  18. ↑ "Page 8". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). May 11, 1888.
  19. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). October 12, 1888.
  20. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). May 10, 1889.
  21. ↑ "Page 6". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). February 4, 1887.
  22. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). November 23, 1888.
  23. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com (Bismarck Weekly Tribune). January 11, 1889.
  24. ↑ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling. ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55022-787-1.
  25. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  26. ↑ Donald Stewart, Minto-Walsh County, North Dakota, USA. Glenbow Museum
  27. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  28. ↑ "Donald Stewart". Geni.com.
  29. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 106. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  30. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the ring. ECW Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.

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