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Perez Mason Stewart (August 2, 1858 – June 15, 1924) was an American businessman, inventor and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on August 2, 1858 in Boston, Massachusetts. The family moved to New York in 1860, and later to Hoboken, New Jersey. He went to live in New York City in 1875. He graduated from Columbia College in 1880. Afterwards he engaged in the contruction of houses and apartment buildings.〔(''The New York Red Book'' ) by Edgar L. Murlin (James B. Lyon, Albany, 1900; pg. 176f)〕 He also entered politics as an Independent Democrat. In 1896, he supported the Gold Democrats. In November 1897, he ran in the 19th District of New York County on the Citizens Union ticket for the New York State Assembly. His opponents were the incumbent Republican Robert Mazet and Tammany Hall nominee Solomon C. Weill. Stewart received the largest number of votes,〔(''THE CITIZENS' UNION WINS'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on November 10, 1898〕 but the election inspectors made a false vote count and certified the election of Weill who was seated at the beginning of the session of the 121st New York State Legislature in January 1898. Stewart contested the election in the courts〔(The Stewart–Weill Contest'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 11, 1898〕〔(''CITIZENS' ELECTION APPEALS'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on March 1, 1898〕〔(''NINETEENTH DISTRICT VOTE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on May 13, 1898〕 Weill died on April 28, before the case was decied.〔(''DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Solomon C. Weill'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on May 1, 1898〕 The case eventually reached the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled in favor of Stewart who was seated in the State Assembly at the beginning of the special session on July 11. He did not run for re-election in November 1898, and Mazet was again elected to the seat. At the next election, in November 1899, Stewart ran again on the Citizens Union ticket and accepted the endorsement of Tammany Hall.〔(''THE FIGHT AGAINST MAZET'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on November 1, 1899〕 He defeated Mazet,〔(''THE DEFEAT OF MR. MAZET'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on November 8, 1899〕 and was again a member of the State Assembly in 1900. In that year, he supported William Jennings Bryan for President. Stewart was Manhattan Superintendent of Buildings from January 1, 1902,〔(''SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS CHOSEN'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on November 30, 1901〕 to April 29, 1903, when he was dismissed by Borough President Jacob A. Cantor.〔(''PEREZ M. STEWART IS SUMMARILY REMOVED'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on April 30, 1903〕 He died on June 15, 1924, in Pasadena, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perez M. Stewart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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