Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya yi aiki a matsayin Magajin garin Plainfield, New Jersey daga 1912 zuwa 1913. Ya kasance shugaban kwamitin dimokuradiyya na Union County a shekara ta 1914 da kuma Hukumar Washington Rock Park ta New Jersey daga 1915-1921. Stewart ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Hukumar Ilimi ta Jihar New Jersey daga 1919 zuwa 1921 da kuma Hukumar Kula da Hanyar Jihar New Jersey daga 1923 zuwa 1929. Ya kasance wakili ne a taron kasa na Democratic a shekarar 1920
da kuma 1928.