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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | David J. Lewis |
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Cumberland, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
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May 01, 1869
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| Died | August 12, 1952
(83 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
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| Info | worked in the coal mines 1878-1892; while so employed studied law and Latin; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Cumberland, Md.; member of the State senate 1902-1906; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the Sixty-first Congress in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); chairman, Committee on Labor (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1916, but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States Senate; member of the United States Tariff Commission from April 1917 to March 1925; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1922; resumed the practice of law in Cumberland, Md.; again elected to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939); was not a candidate for renomination in 1938, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator; member of the National Mediation Board 1939-1943.
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