Elijah B. Lewis

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Elijah Banks Lewis (born March 27, 1854 in Coney , Dooly County , Georgia , †  December 10, 1920 in Montezuma , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1909 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elijah Lewis attended his homeland public schools, Spalding Seminary, and a business school in Macon . In 1871 he moved to the city of Montezuma, Macon County . There he worked in trade and banking. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Lewis served in the Georgia Senate in 1894 and 1895 . In the congressional elections of 1896 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of his state , where he succeeded Charles R. Crisp on March 4, 1897 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1909 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . At that time, the Philippines and the Kingdom of Hawaii came under American administration.

In the run-up to the 1908 elections, Lewis was no longer nominated by his party for another term in Congress. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he resumed his previous activities in Montezuma. He died there on December 20, 1920.

Web links

  • Elijah B. Lewis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Lewis, Elijah B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewis, Elijah Banks (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Coney , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1920
Place of death Montezuma , Georgia