Lewis Findlay Watson

Lewis Findlay Watson ( born April 14, 1819 Crawford County, Pennsylvania, † August 25 1890 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1890 he represented three times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lewis Watson attended the public schools of his home. Since 1832, he worked in Titusville trade. In 1835 he moved to Warren, where he was also engaged in trade until 1837. After that he was hired in 1838 at the local city government as Clerk. He then studied in the years 1839 and 1840 at the Warren Academy Jura; however, it is not known whether he has worked as a lawyer. By 1860, he was again involved in trade and from 1860 to 1975 he worked in the timber industry as well as in the petroleum business. He was also active in the railway industry. In 1861 he founded the Conewango Valley Railroad Co., whose first president was. In 1870, he was also president of the Warren Savings Bank. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1876 Watson was elected in the 27th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrats Albert Gallatin Egbert on March 4, 1877. Until March 3, 1879, he was initially able to complete a term in Congress. In the elections of 1880 Watson was re-elected in the 27th district of his state in Congress, where he replaced James H. Osmer on March 4, 1881 which was two years before become his successor. Until March 3, 1883, he was able to spend only one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the 1888 elections Watson was last elected to Congress, where he became the successor of William Lawrence Scott on March 4, 1889. This mandate he was able to exercise until his death on 25 August 1890. He was buried in Warren.