William Stewart (Pennsylvania)

William Stewart

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1951 - 1953

Education

Bachelor's

Amherst College, 1925

Law

Harvard Law School, 1928

Personal

Birthplace

Pittsburgh, PA

This page is about the U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. If you are looking for the California judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, please see William D. Stewart.

William Alvah Stewart (1903-1953) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Stewart was nominated by President Harry Truman on February 27, 1951, to a seat vacated by Nelson McVicar;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on April 24, 1951, and received his commission on April 25th. He served until his death on April 9, 1953. Stewart was succeeded in this position by John Lester Miller.

Early life and education

• Amherst College, A.B., 1925
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1928

Professional career

• Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928-1951
• Instructor, Duquesne Law School, 1930-1942
• Assistant city solicitor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1934-1936
• Assistant county solicitor, County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1936-1938
• City solicitor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1938-1942
• U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1942-1946
• Member, Pittsburgh City Council, 1946-1951
• Member, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1947-1951

Judicial career

Western District of Pennsylvania

Stewart was nominated by President Harry Truman on February 27, 1951, to a seat vacated by Nelson McVicar; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 24, 1951, and received his commission on April 25th.^[1] He served until his death on April 9, 1953. Stewart was succeeded in this position by John Lester Miller.

External links

• Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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Former Article III judges	William Knox  •  Jonathan Hoge Walker  •  William Wilkins  •  Thomas Irwin  •  Wilson McCandless  •  Winthrop Welles Ketcham  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Brooks Smith  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Joseph Buffington  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  James Hay Reed  •  Nathaniel Ewing  •  James Scott Young  •  Charles Prentiss Orr  •  W. H. Seward Thomson  •  Robert Murray Gibson  •  Alan Bloch  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  William Standish  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Terrence McVerry  •  Sean McLaughlin  •  Frederic Palen Schoonmaker  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Owen Burns  •  Robert Cindrich  •  Edward Dumbauld  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Barron McCune  •  John McIlvaine  •  Glenn Mencer  •  John Lester Miller  •  Louis Rosenberg  •  Ralph Scalera  •  Daniel Snyder  •  Herbert Sorg  •  William Stewart (Pennsylvania)  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Joseph Willson  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Donald Lee  •  Paul Simmons  •  Peter Phipps  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Murray Gibson  •  Donetta Ambrose  •  Maurice Cohill  •  Gustave Diamond  •  Gary Lancaster  •  Nelson McVicar  •  Wallace Gourley  •  Rabe Marsh  •  Herbert Sorg  •  Hubert Teitelbaum  •  Gerald Weber  •  Donald Ziegler  •  Mark Raymond Hornak  •

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1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •