Lawrence Lewis

Lawrence Lewis

Lawrence Lewis (born June 22, 1879 in St. Louis , Missouri , † December 9, 1943 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1943 he represented the first constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lawrence Lewis attended the public schools in Evanston ( Illinois ) and in Cambridge ( Massachusetts ) and Pueblo (Colorado). He also studied at both the University of Colorado and Harvard University . There he graduated in 1901. Between 1901 and 1906 Lewis worked in the newspaper business in Denver and Pueblo before returning to Harvard to study law.

After his admission to the bar in 1909, Lewis began working in his new profession in Denver. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1917 and 1918 he was a member of the Colorado Civil Service Commission . In the final phase of the First World War he was a soldier in the US Army . Between October and December 1918 he completed an officer training course in the army.

In 1930 Lewis ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives. Two years later he was elected a member of Congress in the first district of Colorado , where he succeeded William R. Eaton on March 4, 1933 . After he was confirmed in office in the following elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 9, 1943. In 1933, he was among the congressmen who initiated and led the impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Harold Louderback . After his death, his seat fell after a by-election to Dean M. Gillespie .

Web links

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

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