New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ession. He was building up a good prac-tice when the Rliinelander estate was placed in his handsfor management, followed by others of such magnitude thathe was reluctantly compelled to become a real estate agentinstead of a lawyer. The transition was easy and naturalenough, however, as most of his law practice hinged uponreal estate litigation. Mr. Stewart has always been a staunch and activeRepublican. As a mark of appreciation of his services hewas in 1888 placed on the ticket as a Presidential electorand was subsequently
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . ession. He was building up a good prac-tice when the Rliinelander estate was placed in his handsfor management, followed by others of such magnitude thathe was reluctantly compelled to become a real estate agentinstead of a lawyer. The transition was easy and naturalenough, however, as most of his law practice hinged uponreal estate litigation. Mr. Stewart has always been a staunch and activeRepublican. As a mark of appreciation of his services hewas in 1888 placed on the ticket as a Presidential electorand was subsequently elected Secretary of the ElectoralCollege, which was a very high honor for so young a tangible honors were to come, and in 1889 theRepublicans of the Seventh District nominated him for theSenate. Among his opponents was that ])henomenal worker,now doorkeeper of Congress, then known to fame asTurner the Iceman. It was a memorable contest. Everypossible vote was brought out ; Lispenard Stewart himselfworked like a Trojan and was elected by a small LISPENARD STEWART. Tammany Hall was dumfounded. Mr. Stewart receivedcongratulations from all quarters, for he had achieved agreat victory. His career ni the Senate was able and cred-itable. He worked hard and made himself master of de-tails. He showed himself the right kind of a Republicanand won universal respect. His most noticeable achieve-ment as member of the State Senate was his introductionand passage of the bill creating the present Rapid TransitCommission. Before serving in the Senate Mr. Stewartdeclined the nomination for Congress, and no doubt one ofthese days we shall hear of him as one of New York States(iubernatorial probabilities. He is on the Re])ul)lican Elec-toral ticket (1892) for the present year. Apart from his professional and Senatorial duties has been kept j^retty busy as a citizen in a semi-pid)lic way. He is one of the Committee of One Hundred 72 NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. for cel
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