Edward T. Lewis (politician)
American politician (1834-1927)
Edward Taylor Lewis (October 26, 1834 – April 26, 1927) was an American lawyer and Confederate veteran of the Civil War who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana for one term from 1883 to 1885.
Life and career
Lewis was born on October 26, 1834, in Opelousas, Louisiana.
He attended Wesleyan University of Ohio, earning a law degree, and returning to his home state to work as an attorney.
During the American Civil War, he was a Captain in Company G, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry. After the war and Louisiana's Reconstruction, he served one term in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867.
Congress
In 1883, he was elected to Congress, serving one term as a Democrat before an unsuccessful renomination bid. From 1886 to 1892, he again was a member of the state House of Representatives, and he worked at various judgeships between 1886 and 1908.
Later career and death
He then resumed the practice of law, and died at the age of 92 on April 26, 1927, in Opelousas.
References
United States Congress. "Edward T. Lewis (id: L000280)".
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