William Alvah Stewart

William Alvah Stewart (August 16, 1903 – April 9, 1953) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

William Alvah Stewart
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
April 25, 1951 – April 9, 1953
Appointed byHarry S. Truman
Preceded byNelson McVicar
Succeeded byJohn Lester Miller
Personal details
Born
William Alvah Stewart

(1903-08-16)August 16, 1903
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 9, 1953(1953-04-09) (aged 49)
EducationAmherst College (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stewart received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Amherst College in 1925 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1928. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1928 to 1951, and was an instructor at Duquesne Law School from 1930 to 1942. He was an assistant city solicitor for Pittsburgh from 1934 to 1936, then an assistant county solicitor for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1938 before becoming city solicitor for Pittsburgh from 1938 to 1942. He was in the United States Army JAG Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946. He was a member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 1946 to 1951, and a member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1951.[1]

Federal judicial service

On February 27, 1951, Stewart was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Nelson McVicar. Stewart was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1951, and received his commission on April 25, 1951, serving in that capacity until his death on April 9, 1953.[1]

References
  1. William Alvah Stewart at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources
Legal offices
Preceded by
Nelson McVicar		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
1951–1953		 Succeeded by
John Lester Miller
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