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Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2004-election.html">2004</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#793.83.42">Michael J. Badnarik</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/camiel-campau.html#371.46.57">Richard V. Campagna</a>). Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="054.49.21">Lewis, Ken</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="999.72.73">Lewis, Kendrick R.</a> — of Kentucky. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 5th District, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="222.51.44">Lewis, Kenneth L. II</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#103.14.01">Evan McMullin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#728.35.14">Nathan Johnson</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="513.75.04">Lewis, Kenneth P.</a> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html#2">Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 1962-71 (acting, 1962-63). Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="123.68.49">Lewis, Knut</a> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="193.06.79">Lewis, Knute</a> — Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1894; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="432.50.92">Lewis, Kristen Elisabeth</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#985.23.49">Ron Paul</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.31.59">Lewis, Lacy S., Sr.</a> — of Asheboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, N.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Hardware dealer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NC.html">1952</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/RA-parties.html">chair of Randolph County Republican Party</a>, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="672.64.54">Lewis, Ladd J.</a> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html">mayor of Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="801.31.23">Lewis, Ladd J., Jr.</a> (b. 1871) — of Sauquoit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-lived.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y. Born in Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-05.html">July 5, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/manufacturing.html">Manufacturer</a>; founder, Lewis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Knitting</a> Co.; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oneida County 2nd District, 1907-09. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arcanum.html">Royal Arcanum</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.54.78">Lewis, Larry K.</a> — of Detroit west side, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="813.78.79">Lewis, Lawrence</a> (1879-1943) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-lived.html">Denver</a>, Colo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/06-22.html">June 22, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper work</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1933-43; defeated, 1930; died in office 1943. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/12-09.html">December 9, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HA-buried.html#cms00470">Spring Grove Cemetery</a>, Cincinnati, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000291">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406788">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/24505107764/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/116/93.20.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Lawrence H. Lewis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="116.93.20">Lewis, Lawrence H.</a> (b. 1840) — of Cuba, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CF-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Mo. Born in Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-born.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y., October, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Crawford County, 1905-06, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-12.html">March 12, 1874</a>, to Miss L. C. Evans.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Missouri Official Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="412.12.72">Lewis, Lena</a> — of Pine Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-lived.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MN.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.56.36">Lewis, Lena Morrow</a> — of California. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Lecturer</a>; delegate to Socialist National Convention from California, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="752.22.13">Lewis, Leon P.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwich, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="837.71.18">Lewis, Leonard</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Bradford County, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis, Leonard See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#844.81.20">J. Leonard Lewis</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="918.24.06">Lewis, Lewis E.</a> (b. 1893) — also known as Louie E. Lewis — of Christopher, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-20.html">July 20, 1893</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a> 50th District, 1932-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives</a>, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IL.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1939-41; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1940. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/FR-buried.html#cms06051">Masonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Benton, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Adam Franklin Lewis and Louisiana Elizabeth (Galloway) Lewis; married to Flora Agnes Overturf.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="543.06.79">Lewis, Lillian</a> — also known as Mrs. John Lewis — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="967.91.86">Lewis, Linda</a> — of Martinez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-lived.html">Contra Costa County</a>, Calif. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/martinez.html">mayor of Martinez, Calif.</a>, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis, Lloyd See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis8.html#016.89.88">T. Lloyd Lewis</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514154861/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/596/37.69.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="Loran L. Lewis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="596.37.69">Lewis, Loran Ludowick</a> (1825-1916) — also known as Loran L. Lewis — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Born in Mentz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-born.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/05-09.html">May 9, 1825</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 31st District, 1870-73; candidate for Buffalo superior court judge, 1877; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1883-95; president, Third National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Buffalo; appointed in 1901 as defense counsel for Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckiernan-mckinne.html#894.85.64">William McKinley</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-08.html">March 8, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John C. Lewis and Delecta (Barbour) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/06-01.html">June 1, 1852</a>, to Charlotte E. Pierson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loran L. Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/113939759">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, October 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="203.32.89">Lewis, Loren F.</a> — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Butler County, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="550.31.23">Lewis, Lorna</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/detroit.html">mayor of Detroit, Mich.</a>, 1993. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1993. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=220975">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="772.24.28">Lewis, Lorraine</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis, Louie E. See <a href="#918.24.06">Lewis E. Lewis</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="365.42.86">Lewis, Louis</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1913, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="348.90.92">Lewis, Luff</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="293.03.44">Lewis, Lunsford Lomax</a> (1846-1920) — also known as Lunsford L. Lewis — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RC-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-17.html">March 17, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CP-officials.html">Culpeper County Commonwealth Attorney</a>, 1870-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia</a>, 1874-82, 1902-05, 1905-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Virginia state supreme court</a>, 1882-94; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 3rd District, 1896; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1905. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-died.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/03-13.html">March 13, 1920</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 362 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-buried.html#cms00943">Hollywood Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Gen. Samuel Hance Lewis and Anna Maria (Lomax) Lewis; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#659.46.12">John Francis Lewis</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/09-04.html">September 4, 1867</a>, to Rosalie Somers Botts (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#093.73.35">John Minor Botts</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/">1883</a> to Janie Crofford Looney.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15440.html">Lewis family</a> of Richmond, Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunsford L. Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57945089">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=100003">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="808.77.77">Lewis, Luther</a> — of Hotchkiss, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/DL-lived.html">Delta County</a>, Colo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/CO.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="671.41.37">Lewis, Lynn J.</a> (1876-1938) — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich.; South Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Born in Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-born.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-03.html">June 3, 1876</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Van Buren County, 1915-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/southhaven.html">mayor of South Haven, Mich.</a>; elected 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Abel J. Lewis and Imogene (Sackett) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/10-12.html">October 12, 1895</a>, to Nellie Gray.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="126.89.47">Lewis, Lynn R.</a> — of Cortland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cortland.html">Mayor of Cortland, N.Y.</a>, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="948.85.86">Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr.</a> — of Accomac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-lived.html">Accomack County</a>, Va. Democrat. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> 100th District 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.40.32">Lewis, M. C., Jr.</a> — of Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/GA-lived.html">Garland County</a>, Ark. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/AR.html">1960</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 6th District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.70.76">Lewis, M. M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/no-lived.html">Norfolk</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/VA.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="454.02.15">Lewis, Madison Horton</a> (b. 1896) — also known as Madison H. Lewis — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-15.html">July 15, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">ice cream manufacturer</a>; Republican Presidential Elector for New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/pr1956-meeting.html">1956</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#075.91.63">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/mil-ord-foreign-wars.html">Military Order of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-xi.html">Theta Xi</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward B. Lewis and Hope (Horton) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/09-20.html">September 20, 1924</a>, to Elizabeth Sanford.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="018.19.75">Lewis, Manuel W.</a> — of Centerville (now part of Fremont), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/fremont.html#4">Centerville, Calif.</a>, 1934-56 (acting, 1934-35); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/fremont.html#2">Fremont, Calif.</a>, 1956-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="240.22.83">Lewis, Marcellus W.</a> — of Bladensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-lived.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/bladensburg.html#2">Bladensburg, Md.</a>, 1893-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="283.42.01">Lewis, Margaret</a> — Green. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 20th District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="154.46.85">Lewis, Marion Serious</a> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">Police officer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 2007. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="371.59.44">Lewis, Marq</a> — Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#754.43.91">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#258.17.10">Tim Kaine</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="472.08.36">Lewis, Marshall N.</a> — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Saddle and harness maker</a>; justice of the peace; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/uniontown.html#2">burgess of Uniontown, Pennsylvania</a>, 1867-73. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="444.61.31">Lewis, Marx</a> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 5th District, 1920; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1924 (4th District), 1930 (12th District); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 5th District, 1935. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="811.03.58">Lewis, Marx L.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, N.Y. Liberal. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="630.11.15">Lewis, Mary</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Communist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trea.html">Missouri state treasurer</a>, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="329.86.40">Lewis, Mary Ann</a> — of Hope, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/HE-lived.html">Hempstead County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AR.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="251.91.86">Lewis, Mary Parker</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. American Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#306.67.48">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#168.93.37">Mike Pence</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="784.19.73">Lewis, Matt N.</a> — of Virginia. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1922. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="541.89.15">Lewis, Matthew Stachelbeck</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patty-payn.html#985.23.49">Ron Paul</a>). Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="857.79.09">Lewis, Maurice Edward, Jr.</a> — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/reno.html#2">Reno, Nev.</a>, 1967-71 (acting, 1967). Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="531.58.83">Lewis, McMillan</a> (1903-1978) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-15.html">July 15, 1903</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 3rd District, 1933-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 32nd District, 1935-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Southern Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1978/index.html">1978</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-buried.html#cms00391">Bellefontaine Cemetery</a>, St. Louis, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121733744">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="719.72.56">Lewis, Melissa</a> — Libertarian. Libertarian candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/pr2012-election.html">2012</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#796.53.07">Gary E. Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#763.68.97">James P. Gray</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="095.45.80">Lewis, Melvin</a> — of Accomac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AC-lived.html">Accomack County</a>, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/VA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="712.69.20">Lewis, Melvin Jay</a> — of Pullman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 22nd District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="668.97.58">Lewis, Meriwether</a> (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/08-18.html">August 18, 1774</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trgv1.html">Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory</a>, 1807-09; died in office 1809. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Commanded expedition with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#714.09.48">William Clark</a> to Oregon, 1803-04. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wounds</a> under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">mysterious circumstances</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">murder</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>?) at Grinder's Stand, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">inn</a> on the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/10-11.html">October 11, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 54 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-buried.html#cms04371">Meriwether Lewis Park</a>, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#615.98.49">Robert Thomas Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#812.59.38">Claude Pollard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1689.html">Meriwether family</a> of Georgia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#999.85.68">George F. Shannon</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Lewis counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LW.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LW.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/LE.html">Wash.</a> are named for him; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC.html">Lewis and Clark County, Mont.</a> is named partly for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#172.42.57">Meriwether Lewis Walker</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/678/000036570">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C. Danisi, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616145056&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Uncovering the Truth About Meriwether Lewis</a> — Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517501872/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0517501872&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/52833060058/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/023/20.92.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Merton E. Lewis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="023.20.92">Lewis, Merton Elmer</a> (1861-1937) — also known as Merton E. Lewis — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Born in Webster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-born.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/12-10.html">December 10, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a> 28th District, 1894; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County 1st District, 1897, 1899-1901; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/rochester.html">mayor of Rochester, N.Y.</a>, 1897; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 43rd District, 1902-06; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1917-18; appointed 1917; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1918. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-died.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/05-02.html">May 2, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-buried.html#cms01918">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Rochester, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Chadwick Lewis and Rhoda Ann (Willard) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/01-02.html">January 2, 1886</a>, to Adaline Louise Moody; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-08.html">November 8, 1899</a>, to Eva J. Gates.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/197788943">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="030.18.48">Lewis, Michael P.</a> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. American Delta candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dehart-deland.html#105.74.88">Rocky de la Fuente</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stein-steinmetz.html#448.33.06">Michael Steinberg</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="736.24.62">Lewis, Michele</a> — of Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Democrat. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.74.76">Lewis, Mildred C.</a> — Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="178.11.04">Lewis, Miles K.</a> — of Lompoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/lompoc.html">Mayor of Lompoc, Calif.</a>, 1940-42. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lewis, Millicent See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis2.html#848.87.76">C. Millicent Lewis</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/035/70.56.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Morgan Lewis"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="035.70.56">Lewis, Morgan</a> (1754-1844) — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y.; Rhinebeck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/10-16.html">October 16, 1754</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90, Dutchess County 1791-92); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/attygn.html">New York state attorney general</a>, 1791-92; appointed 1791; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a>, 1792-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1804-07; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/04-07.html">April 7, 1844</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms02560">St. James Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Hyde Park, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#767.59.67">Francis Lewis</a> and Elizabeth (Annesley) Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/05-11.html">May 11, 1779</a>, to Gertrude Livingston (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>; sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#012.22.53">John Armstrong Jr.</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston</a>); father of Margaret Lewis (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#477.65.60">Maturin Livingston</a>); great-grandfather of Louisa Matilda Livingston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#408.44.64">Elbridge Thomas Gerry</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#018.20.63">Ogden Livingston Mills</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1423.html">Gerry family</a> of Marblehead, Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LE.html">Lewis County, N.Y.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">village</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-names.html">Lewiston, New York</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin6.html#541.84.94">Morgan L. Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gage.html#162.12.61">Morgan L. Gage</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/morgan-lewis/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan Lewis (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/973/000051820">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: New York Red Book 1896</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="525.55.72">Lewis, Morris</a> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="114.45.73">Lewis, Morris J.</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pr1900-election.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.57.74">Lewis, Moses E.</a> (1854-1951) — of Florence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/FR-lived.html">Fremont County</a>, Colo. Born in Coal Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RI-born.html">Rock Island County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/07-26.html">July 26, 1854</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/stsen.html">Colorado state senate</a>, 1905-09; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Colorado</a>, 1915-17; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CO.html">1928</a>. Died in Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-13.html">March 13, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">96 years, 230 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="720.55.33">Lewis, Nathan D.</a> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 8th District, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="775.29.72">Lewis, Nathan F.</a> (b. 1879) — of Wells, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-lived.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt. Born in Wells, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/RU-born.html">Rutland County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/10-25.html">October 25, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a> from Wells, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Universalist</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="278.50.09">Lewis, Nathan L.</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 29th District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="215.05.16">Lewis, Nelson M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ME-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Mercer County, 1882-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="276.69.56">Lewis, Nora Marie</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Wyoming</a>, 1990. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1990. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="622.63.57">Lewis, Norman</a> — of Thomson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CR-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/IL.html">1884</a>. 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