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Henry C. Stuart
1855 - 1933
Henry C. Stuart was born on January 18, 1855 at
Wytheville in Wythe County. He graduated from Emory and Henry
College and studied law for a year at the University of Virginia.
After leaving the university, he began to raise livestock. In
time, he became well-known as the largest livestock breeder east
of the Mississippi River.
Stuart became involved in politics
in 1901, when he served as a member of the State Constitutional
Convention. The following year, he was appointed to the State
Corporation Commission, serving until 1908. In 1913, he ran on
the Democratic ticket and was elected Governor from 1914-1918.
Serving during World War I, Stuart gave priority to preparing
the state's war machinery. He was a member of the price-fixing
committee of the War Industries Board. In 1917, President Wilson
appointed him Chairman of the National Agriculture Advisory Committee.
