ABSTRACT
Andrew Stewart (1791–1872) advocated protectionist policies for nearly two decades in the House of Representatives, gaining national renown as chairman of the House Committees on the Tariff and Internal Improvements in the 1820s. Having grown up in modest conditions on his father’s farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he went on to become one of the originators and directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and was also a supporter of the Cumberland Road, a local railroad, and many other internal improvements.
