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Lewis, Charlton Thomas – Lewis, George John
Lewis, Charlton Thomas
mathematician, lawyer, author, was born in 1834 in Pennsylvania. He is a lawyer and mathematician of Morristown, N. J.; and the author of History of the German People; Latin Dictionary for Schools; and Elementary Latin Dictionary.
Lewis, Daniel
physician, was born Jan. 17, 1846, in Alfred, N. Y. Since 1895 he has been president of the New York state board of health; and has made many valuable contributions to the medical periodicals.
Lewis, Daniel F
railroad president, was born March 28, 1849, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1886 he was elected president of the Brooklyn City railway; and is also president of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company.
Lewis, David P
governor. He was governor of Alabama from 1872 to 1874.
While governor of Alabama he was instrumental in the passing of a number of laws important to the industrial development of that state. He also held most of the public offices in the gift of his state.
Lewis, Dio
physician, author, was born March 3, 1826, in Auburn, N. Y. He was a well-known Boston physician and health reformer. He was the author of New Gymnastics; Our Girls; Our Digestion; Chastity; and Weak Lungs and How to Make Them Strong, are among his most important works. He died May 21, 1886, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Lewis, Dixon Hall
congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 10, 1802, in Hancock county, Ga. He represented Alabama in congress from 1829 to 1843; and from 1844 until his death was a senator in congress. He died Oct. 25, 1848, in New York.
Lewis, Edmonia
sculptor, was born July 4, 1845, near Albany, N. Y. Her works, which show considerable ideality and talent, have found their chief patronage abroad. Among them are The Freedwoman; Death of Cleopatra, a vividly realistic work, sent to the Centennial exhibition of 1876; The Old Arrow-Maker and His Daughter; Hagar; and Rebecca at the Well.
Lewis, Edward Taylor
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 26, 1836, in Opelousas, La. He served in the confederate army throughout the civil war, rising to the rank of captain. In 1865 he was elected a representative in the state legislature; and was elected a representative from Louisiana to the forty-eighth congress, to fill a vacancy.
Lewis, Elijah Banks
merchant, banker, state senator, congressman, was born March 27, 1854, in Dooly county, Ga.
He was elected to the Georgia state senate for the years 1894-95; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Lewis, Elisha Joseph
physician, author, was born in 1820 in Baltimore, Md. He is a Philadelphia physician; and the author of Hints to Sportsmen; and The American Sportsman.
Lewis, Ellis
lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 16, 1798, in Lewisberry, Pa.
In 1843 he was made president judge of the second district; in 1851 he was elected a justice of the state supreme court; and in 1854-67 was chief justice of Pennsylvania. He published Abridgment of the Criminal Law of the United States.
He was one of the commissioners to revise the criminal code of Pennsylvania. He died March 19, 1871, in Philadelphia.
Lewis, George John
journalist, banker, legislator, was born March 28, 1861, in Watertown, Minn. For ten years he has been a successful banker of Boise, Idaho. He served with distinction as a member of the second Idaho legislature; and during 1897-98 was secretary of state of Idaho. In 1897 he was the democratic candidate for the United States senate from Idaho.