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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stewart , William Morris 1827 - (search)
Stewart, William Morris 1827-
Legislator; born in Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1827; educated at Yale College; went to California in 1850 and discovered the famous Eureka gold deposits in Nevada county; studied law in 1852; became attorney-general of California in 1854; settled in Virginia City, Nev., in 1860; was engaged in the development of the famous Comstock lode; was elected United States Senator in 1864, 1869, 1887, 1893, and 1899.
In 1900 he was chairman of the Senate committee on mines and mining.