Joseph Lewis Junior

Joseph Lewis Jr. (* 1772 in Colony of Virginia , †  March 30, 1834 in Clifton , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1817 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Neither the exact date of birth nor the place of birth of Joseph Lewis have been recorded. In the late 1790s he began a political career as a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Between 1799 and 1803 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded John Randolph on March 4, 1803 .

After six re-elections, Lewis was able to complete seven terms in Congress by March 3, 1817 . Since 1813 he represented the eighth district of his state there. From 1807 to 1809 and again between 1811 and 1813, he headed the District of Columbia Administration Committee . His time as Congressman included the Louisiana Purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 , the ratification of the 12th Amendment in 1804 and the British-American War of 1812 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Lewis was again a member of the Virginia State Parliament in 1817 and 1818. After that, he no longer appeared politically. He died in Clifton on March 30, 1834.

Web links

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