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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | William Lewis |
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London, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 22, 1868 |
| Died |
August 08, 1959
(91 years) |
| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Jan 05, 2015 02:59am |
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| Info | LEWIS, William, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Cutshin, Leslie County, Ky., September 22, 1868; was raised on a farm and attended the common schools of Leslie and Perry Counties and the Laurel County Seminary, London, Ky.; studied law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; sheriff of Leslie County in 1891 and 1892; superintendent of schools of Leslie County 1894-1898; member of State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; Commonwealth attorney 1904-1909; circuit judge of the twenty-seventh judicial district of Kentucky 1909-1922 and 1928-1934; entered the private practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Marshall Robsion and served from April 24, 1948, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; died in London, Laurel County, Ky., August 8, 1959; interment in A.R. Dyche Memorial Park.
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