Mayoral History

Richard Carl Stewart, son of Carl Goodrich and Margaret Ellon King Stewart, was born March 23, 1948 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. During the 1950s and 1960s he learned that hard work, education, and discipline were the best avenues for prosperity. He attended Austin Peay State University where he earned a degree in Physical Education in 1970. While a student at Austin Peay, he met his future wife, Sandra Lester, of Franklin County and they were married in 1969. They are the parents of four children. Richard’s first teaching job came in 1970 under Principal H. Louis Scott at North Junior High School. Over the next thirteen years Richard continued his teaching and coaching career at North Junior High and later at Franklin County High School in Winchester. In 1984 he entered the insurance arena where he remains today. He has operated his present agency, Richard Stewart Insurance Agency, since 1998. He also continues to operate Stewart Aluminum Products, a family business which has existed for over forty years. He served on the Winchester City Council from 1982-1989 before being elected to his first term as mayor in 1999. He has also served on the Franklin County Board of Education. In 1990 he was narrowly defeated in the Democratic Primary for State Representative for the 39th District. After serving two consecutive terms as Mayor for the City of Winchester, Richard Stewart was elected as County Mayor in 2006.


	Mayor Richard Stewart 1999-2006	Richard Carl Stewart, son of Carl Goodrich and Margaret Ellon King Stewart, was born March 23, 1948 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. During the 1950s and 1960s he learned that hard work, education, and discipline were the best avenues for prosperity. He attended Austin Peay State University where he earned a degree in Physical Education in 1970. While a student at Austin Peay, he met his future wife, Sandra Lester, of Franklin County and they were married in 1969. They are the parents of four children. Richard’s first teaching job came in 1970 under Principal H. Louis Scott at North Junior High School. Over the next thirteen years Richard continued his teaching and coaching career at North Junior High and later at Franklin County High School in Winchester. In 1984 he entered the insurance arena where he remains today. He has operated his present agency, Richard Stewart Insurance Agency, since 1998. He also continues to operate Stewart Aluminum Products, a family business which has existed for over forty years. He served on the Winchester City Council from 1982-1989 before being elected to his first term as mayor in 1999. He has also served on the Franklin County Board of Education. In 1990 he was narrowly defeated in the Democratic Primary for State Representative for the 39th District. After serving two consecutive terms as Mayor for the City of Winchester, Richard Stewart was elected as County Mayor in 2006.