| Clarke Lewis | |||
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | ||
| Preceded by | Frederick G. Barry | ||
| Succeeded by | Hernando D. Money | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | November 8, 1840 Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Died | March 13, 1896 (aged 55) Macon, Mississippi | ||
| Resting place | Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Mississippi | ||
| Political party | Democratic | ||
| Spouse(s) | Hattie E. Spann | ||
| Military service | |||
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |  Confederate States Army
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| Rank | Lieutenant[1] | ||
| Battles/wars | American Civil War | ||
Clarke Lewis (November 8, 1840 – March 13, 1896) was a United States Representative from Mississippi.
Life[]
He was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He moved with his mother to Noxubee County, Mississippi in 1844 where he attended the district schools and Somerville Institute and also engaged in teaching for several years.
Lewis entered the Confederate Army in February 1861 and served until the close of the American Civil War. After the war, he resumed teaching in 1865. He was also employed as a clerk in a store in 1866 and 1867 and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits 1867-1879.
Lewis was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1878. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died near Macon, Mississippi in 1896 and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Mississippi.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Obituary for Hon. Clarke Lewis". The Macon Beacon. 11 April 1896. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=144866. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
References[]
- Clarke Lewis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Speech of Hon. Clarke Lewis of Mississippi, Debate in the House of Representatives in The Money Question of the 52nd Congress (March 22, 1892), accessed November 7, 2017..
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