Charles S. Lewis

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Charles S. Lewis

Charles Swearinger Lewis (born February 26, 1821 in Clarksburg , Virginia , †  January 22, 1878 ibid) was an American politician . In 1854 and 1855 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in what is now West Virginia , Charles Lewis attended public schools in his homeland and then studied at Ohio University in Athens and then until 1844 at Augusta College in Kentucky . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1846, he began to work in this profession in Clarksburg. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1849 to 1852 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives .

After the death of MP John F. Snodgrass , Lewis was elected by election for the eleventh seat of Virginia as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 4, 1854. Since he was not confirmed in the regular congressional elections of 1854 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This time was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Lewis practiced again as a lawyer in Clarksburg. In 1861 he was a delegate to the meeting at which the state of Virginia decided to leave the Union. Lewis' homeland did not join the split and broke away from Virginia. As a result, the state of West Virginia was created in 1863. There Lewis became Minister of Education ( State superintendent of free schools ); from 1871 to 1873 he was adjutant general in command of the state militia. In 1871 he also served in the West Virginia House of Representatives . From 1873 until his death on January 22, 1878, Lewis was a judge in the second judicial district of that state.

Web links

  • Charles S. Lewis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)