Lewis, Lawrence, 1879-1943

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Lawrence Lewis graduated from Harvard University in 1901. He engaged in newspaper and magazine work in Pueblo and Denver, Colorado from 1901 to 1906. Graduated, law department of Harvard University and admitted to the bar in 1909. He served as member of Colorado Civil Service Commission 1917-1918; Private, Seventeenth Observation Battery, Field Artillery. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and five succeeding Congresses. Appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Died in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 1943.