Samuel Vernon Stewart was an attorney

Lawyer

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, former Montana Supreme Court

Montana Supreme Court

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 Justice and the sixth Governor of Montana

Montana

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.

Stewart attended Kansas State Normal School

Emporia State University

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, and earned a law degree from the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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 in 1898. He practiced law in Virginia City, Montana

Virginia City, Montana

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, where he served as city attorney and county attorney for Madison County, Montana

Madison County, Montana

-National protected areas:*Beaverhead National Forest *Deerlodge National Forest *Gallatin National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,851 people, 2,956 households, and 1,921 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile...

. He was chosen as chairman of the Montana Democratic Party

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 in 1910, and was elected governor in 1912, serving two terms from 1913 to 1921. It was under his governing that Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Pickering Rankin was the first woman in the US Congress. A Republican, she was elected statewide in Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. A lifelong pacifist, she voted against the entry of the United States into both World War I in 1917 and World War II in 1941, the only member of Congress...

 became the first female Congress member.

After leaving office as governor, Stewart was elected to one term in the Montana House of Representatives

Montana House of Representatives

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 (1930–32). He was appointed to the Montana Supreme Court in 1932, serving there until his death in 1939.

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