Lispenard Stewart  Lispenard Stewart II (June 19, 1855  – October 15, 1927) was an American lawyer who served as New York State Senator. Stewart was born on June 19, 1855 in Hudson, New York. He was the son of Lispenard Stewart (1809–1867) and Mary Rogers Rhinelander (1821–1893). He was the brother of Sarah Lispenard Stewart (1837–1920), William Rhinelander Stewart (1852–1929), and Mary Rhinelander Stewart (1859–1949), who married Frank S. Witherbee. Through his brother William, he was the uncle of Anita Rhinelander Stewart (1886–1977) who married Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu, grandson of King Miguel I of Portugal. His paternal grandparents were Alexander Stewart and Sarah (née Lispenard) Stewart. He was the maternal grandson of William Christopher Rhinelander (d. 1878). He graduated from Yale in 1876, the same year he entered Columbia Law School, graduating in 1878. During his second year in the law school studied also in law office of Platt & Gerard. While still in law school, he was admitted to the office of the estate of his great-grandfather, William Rhinelander. He was admitted to the bar May 27, 1879, and then became created a firm with his brother, known as "William R. Stewart & Lispenard Stewart, Attorneys" which they ran until 1900. He devoted most of his time to the administration of estates, charitable, philanthropic, and educational work. In January, 1877, he was granted power of attorney for his mother and two aunts. After his grandfather's death in June 1878, he was named one of three executors and trustees, by his grandfather, in November 1878. The estate of William Rhinelander, who was a prominent merchant, was valued conservatively at $60,000,000 upon his death. By the time of his mother's death in 1893, the estate was said to be worth $75,000,000 with annual income in excess of $3,000,000. He was elected a director of the Rhinelander Real Estate Company in 1903, becoming its first treasurer. He served until November 1921 when poor health forced him to resign. He was then elected vice-president of the company, serving in that role until his death in 1927. Stewart was the New York County representative to the Republican State Committee, serving as its treasurer.