Lewis E. Sawyer
Lewis Ernest Sawyer (born June 24, 1867 in Shelby County , Alabama , † May 5, 1923 in Hot Springs , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between March and May 1923 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .
Career
While still a child, Lewis Sawyer and his parents moved to Lee County , Mississippi . There he attended public schools. He then studied at the University of Mississippi at Oxford . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began in Friars Point , also in the state of Mississippi, to work in this profession in 1895 . In 1896 he also became mayor of that municipality.
He served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War . After his return he practiced as a lawyer in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1900 Sawyer moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he also worked as a lawyer. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1913 and 1915 , and was its speaker from 1915 to 1917 as the successor to Joe Hardage .
In the 1922 congressional elections, Sawyer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth district of Arkansas , where he replaced Chester W. Taylor on March 4, 1923 . However, he was unable to exercise his new mandate for long because he died in Hot Springs on May 5th of the same year. After a by-election, his seat fell to James B. Reed .
Web links
- Lewis E. Sawyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Lewis E. Sawyer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Sawyer, Lewis E. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sawyer, Lewis Ernest (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1867 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelby County , Alabama |
DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1923 |
Place of death | Hot Springs , Arkansas |