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{{Short description|Uruguayan politician (1833–1923)}}
{{other people||Duncan Stewart (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell
| image         = DuncanStewart.jpg
| office        = [[President of Uruguay]]
| status        = Interim
| term_start    = March 1, 1894
| term_end      = March 21, 1894
| predecessor   = [[Julio Herrera y Obes]]
| successor     = [[Juan Idiarte Borda]]
| office1       = 37th [[List of presidents of the Senate of Uruguay|President of the Senate]]
| term_start1   = 1891
| term_end1     = 1891
| predecessor1  = Agustín de Castro
| successor1    = [[Tomás Gomensoro Albín]]
| birth_date    = 1833
| birth_place   = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentine Confederation]]
| death_date    = {{death year and age|1923|1833}}
| death_place   = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| spouse        = Delfina García Vargas
| children      = 8
| party         = [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado]]
}}
'''Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell''' (1833 – 1923), was a [[Uruguay]]an president of [[Scottish Argentine]] origin. He served as interim [[President of Uruguay]] for a brief time in 1894.
==Family background==
He was the son of a marriage between [[Scotland|Scotsman]] Duncan Stewart (of [[Acharn, Perth and Kinross|Acharn]]) and Uruguayan Dorotea Agell. Little is known about his life, but it is known he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1833. His niece [[Matilde Pacheco]] married [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]], who was later to become a long-serving [[Uruguay]]an President. His grand-nephews [[César Batlle Pacheco]] and [[Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco]] each served as a Deputy and Senator, and [[Rafael Batlle Pacheco]] was a notable journalist.
==Early political career==
Later he moved to Uruguay, where he worked as a civil servant and later as a politician. He served as the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Uruguay)|Minister of Finance]] in the administration of [[Lorenzo Batlle]] from 1869 to 1872. In 1890 he was elected Senator. He served as the [[List of Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay|President of the Senate of Uruguay]] in 1891 and 1894.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2013|title=Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005|date=October 29, 2013|author=PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES|website=www.parlamento.gub.uy}}</ref>
He was a member of the [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)]].
==President of Uruguay (interim)==
The presidential election of 1894 resulted in a political crisis. For twenty-one days (between March 1 and March 21) none of the candidates received the necessary 45 votes to become president. During this time, Stewart, president of the Senate, exercised power as [[President of Uruguay]].
Finally, Stewart ceded the office to [[Juan Idiarte Borda]] who won the presidency with 47 votes, but who was to be assassinated while President.
==Post-Presidency==
He served as the [[List of Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay|President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay]] in 1896.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2013|title=Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005|date=October 29, 2013|author=PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES|website=www.parlamento.gub.uy}}</ref> Later, Stewart opposed the grab of power by [[Juan Lindolfo Cuestas]] and was not active in politics from that time.
He married Delfina García Vargas and had eight children with her. Duncan Stewart died in 1923, having lived through practically all of [[Uruguay]]'s post-independence history.
==See also==
* [[Politics of Uruguay]]
* [[List of political families#Uruguay]]
* [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)#Earlier History]]
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