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Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Elijah B. Lewis | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Crisp |
| Succeeded by | Dudley Mays Hughes |
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| Born | March 27, 1854 Coney, Georgia |
| Died | December 10, 1920 (aged 66) Montezuma, Georgia |
| Political party | Democratic |
Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, and a business school in Macon, Georgia. He moved to Montezuma, Georgia, in 1871 and engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits. He served as a member of the State senate in 1894 and 1895.
Lewis was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress. He engaged in his former business activities until his death in Montezuma, Georgia, on December 10, 1920. He was interred in Felton Cemetery.
References
edit- ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 16. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- United States Congress. "Elijah B. Lewis (id: L000281)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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