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John Todd Stuart (November 10, 1807 – November 28, 1885) was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky , Stuart graduated from Centre College , Danville, Kentucky , in 1826.
In 1834 John T. Stuart, a Springfield attorney, encouraged him to study law and lent him the necessary books. Less than three years later Lincoln was admitted to the bar and joined Stuart as a junior partner.
John T. Stuart was Abraham Lincoln’s first law partner and the first cousin of Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd. Stuart graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, at the age of nineteen. He studied law in Richmond, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar in 1827.
John Todd Stuart told an early biographical researcher that Mr. Lincoln’s growth was “steady, gradual and constant,” adding that Mr. Lincoln did “not believe in reforming so much as perfecting.” 9 With Stuart gone to Washington, Mr. Lincoln had plenty of room for growth and even more responsibilities – both in law and in planning the Whigs’ 1840...
Oct 31, 2023 · John T. Stuart: John T. Stuart was Lincoln’s first law partner and a significant influence on his early legal career. They formed a partnership in 1837 and practiced law together for nearly four years. Stuart was an experienced lawyer and a respected member of the Springfield legal community.
John Todd Stuart was known as “Jerry Sly.” A favorite cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and as a member of Congress after his election in 1862 over Republican Leonard Swett, he was a frequent visitor at the White House even though he was an anti-emancipation Democrat.
Oct 6, 2013 · John Todd Stuart (1807-85) was Abraham Lincoln’s first law partner, a cousin of Mary Lincoln, a three-term U.S. representative and an influential resident of Springfield for 57 years. Stuart was born in Kentucky and moved to Springfield, already a lawyer, in 1828.
