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Stewart, Gideon Tabor 1824-
Lawyer; born in Johnstown, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1824; was educated in Oberlin, O.; began the practice of law in Norwalk in 1846, and for a time was editor of the Reflector.
He removed to Dubuque, Ia., in 1861, and owned and published the Daily times during the Civil War. In 1876 he returned to Norwalk and resumed law practice.
For many years Mr. Stewart was actively identified with the temperance movement, and in 1853 undertook to organize a National Prohibition parMr. Stewart was actively identified with the temperance movement, and in 1853 undertook to organize a National Prohibition party.
The movement, owing to the Civil War and other causes, failed, but in 1869 such a party was formed in Chicago by a national convention, to which he was a delegate.
He was for many years chairman of the national executive committee of his party, and was a candidate for a number of high offices in his State.
In 1876 he was the candidate of his party for the Vice-Presidency on the ticket headed by Green Clay Smith, which received a popular vote of 9,522.
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