John W. Lewis

John William Lewis ( * October 14, 1841 in Greensburg, Kentucky; † 20 December 1913 in Fort Worth, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1897 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

John Lewis attended the public schools of his native land and from then until 1862, Centre College in Danville. After a subsequent law degree in 1863 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Greensburg to work in his new profession. In January 1869, he moved to Springfield. Politically, Lewis was a member of the Republican Party. In April 1880, he was temporarily Chairman of the regional Republican party convention in Kentucky. In the years 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1904, he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. From 1878 to 1891 Lewis was sitting in the State Board of his party. In the meantime, he also worked as a judge in various districts of his state.

In the congressional elections of 1894 he was in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Alexander B. Montgomery on March 4, 1895. Since he lost to Democrat David Highbaugh Smith in the elections of 1896, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1897. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Lewis again practiced as a lawyer in Springfield; in the years 1904 and 1908, he held some regional party functions. He died on 20 December 1913 in Fort Worth and was buried in Lebanon.