Edwin Sydney Stuart (December 28 1853 – March 21 1937) was a Republican American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1895 and as the 24th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.Stuart was born in Philadelphia in 1853. At age 13 he ended his formal schooling and took a job as a bookkeeper for the book wholesaler W.A. Leary. He rose to attain a controlling interest in the company. By 1882 Stuart had become president of the state Republican Party.
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