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Everett E. Stewart

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"Everett E. Stewart," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/742.
Position
Houseman
Years in President's House
1927 – circa 1933
Legal Status
Free Person
Gender
Male
Race/Ethnicity
Black or African American
Presidencies
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Biography
Everett E. Stewart was born in Virginia on October 14, 1889.1 He first joined the White House staff in 1927 as a houseman on the Ground Floor, meaning that he would have cleaned the space, moved furniture and other heavy items, and generally kept the area orderly.2 Stewart was documented in this role through at least 1933, though he may have stayed beyond these years.3 By 1940, census data lists his occupation as a chauffeur for the government printing office.4 Everett died on July 12, 1966.5
  1. Everett Stewart in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com.
  2. Ellen A. Riley to Lou Henry Hoover, January 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, Servants and Aides General 1929-1933, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; Dictionary of Occupational Titles Vol. 1 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1965), 367.
  3. "Servants on the White House Staff," 1933, Folder: White House Functions: Records and Correspondence, Office of Social Entertainments, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York; Everett E Stewart in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Jefferson, Arlington, Virginia; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2342170, Ancestry.com; White House Employees, 1932, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1932, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; Xmas List 1931, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1931, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
  4. Everett Stewart in the 1940 US Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Arlington, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04246; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 7-38, Ancestry.com; Everett Stewart in the 1950 US Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: All Places, Arlington, Virginia; Roll: 736; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 7-138, Ancestry.com.
  5. Burial site is unclear. Everett Elmer Stewart in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014, Ancestry.com.
Birthplace
Virginia, USA
Unclear from Context