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Lewis, Joshua

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1744 in Virginia. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Orleans; and in 1806 was appointed judge of the United States court for that district. died June 5, 1833, in New Orleans, La.

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Lewis, Laurence

lawyer, author, was born June 20, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer of Philadelphia; and the author of Pennsylvania Courts in the Seventeenth Century; History of the Bank of North America; Memoir of Edward Shippen; and Original Land Titles in Philadelphia. He died in 1890.

Lewis, Meriwether

explorer, governor, was born Aug. 18, 1774, near Charlottesville, Pa. He was made governor of Louisiana territory in 1807; and restored the country from strife and dissensions to order. He died by his own hand Oct. 8, 1809, near Nashville, Tenn.

Lewis, Richard James

lawyer, state legislator, was born Nov. 22, 1851, in New York city. In 1885 he was elected to the New York assembly from New York city.

Lewis, Mrs. Sadie

poet, was born Feb. 14, 1859, in Pleasant Gap, Pa. She is the author of a number of poems.

Lewis, Seth

lawyer, jurist. He was an early emigrant to the territory of Mississippi; and in 1800 was appointed chief justice of the United States court for that district.

Lewis, Taylor

educator, author, was born in 1802 in New York. He was an educator of note who was professor of Greek in Union college from 1849 until his death. He was the author of The Platonic Theology; The Bible and Science; Six Days of Creation; Defense of Capital Punishment (with G. B. Cheever); The Divine-Human in the Scriptures; States' Rights; Heroic Periods in the Nation's History; and The Light by which we See Light. He died in 1877.

Lewis, Thomas

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1803 to 1804, when his seat was successfully contested by A. Moore.

Lewis, Thomas D

lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 15, 1865, in Salt Lake City. In 1896 he was elected a member of the first Utah state legislature.

Lewis, Weston

railroad president, was born Dec. 26, 1850. Since 1890 he has been president of the Kennebec Central railroad at Gardiner, Maine.

Lewis, William

soldier, was born in 1765 in Virginia. He was a lieutenantcolonel of Kentucky volunteers in the war of 1812. He died Jan. 17, 1825, in Little Rock, Ark.

Lewis, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in the state of Pennsylvania. In 1791 he was appointed a judge of the United States court for the district of Pennsylvania.