James Garfield Stewart | |
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38th Mayor of Cincinnati | |
In office 1938–1947 | |
Preceded by | Russell Wilson |
Succeeded by | Carl W. Rich |
Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
In office March 5, 1947 – April 3, 1959 | |
Appointed by | Thomas J. Herbert |
Preceded by | Charles S. Bell |
Succeeded by | John Weld Peck II |
Personal details | |
Born | Springfield, Ohio, U.S. | November 17, 1880
Died | April 3, 1959 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 78)
Resting place | Springfield, Ohio |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Harriet L. Potter (divorced) |
Children | Potter, Zeph Irene Potter Stewart Taylor |
Alma mater | Kenyon College Cincinnati Law School |
James Garfield Stewart (November 17, 1880 – April 3, 1959)[1] was an American Republican politician from Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1938 to 1947 and then as justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1947 to 1959. Stewart's son Potter (1915 - 1985) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Another son, Zeph Stewart, was the master of Lowell House and head of the Classics department at Harvard. His daughter was Irene Potter Stewart Taylor, of Cincinnati, Ohio.