William Lewis (politician)

William Lewis (born September 22, 1868 in Cutshin , Leslie County , Kentucky , †  August 8, 1959 in London , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1948 and 1949 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Lewis grew up on a farm. He attended public schools in his home country as well as Laurel County Seminary . He then studied at the University of Kentucky at Lexington and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor law. In 1891 and 1892 he was a sheriff in Leslie County . In the same district he served as a school council from 1894 to 1898. Politically, Lewis was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1900 and 1901 . From 1904 to 1909 he worked as a public prosecutor. He was then a judge in the 27th judicial district of his state between 1909 and 1922 and again from 1928 to 1934.

In the following years Lewis practiced as a private lawyer. After the death of MP John M. Robsion , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due for the ninth seat of Kentucky . There he took up his new mandate on April 24, 1948 at the age of 79. By January 3, 1949, he ended the current legislative period of his predecessor. In the regular congressional elections of 1948, Lewis decided not to run again. He died on August 8, 1959 at the age of 90.

Web links

• William Lewis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Lewis in the database of Find a Grave (English)