Clarke Lewis
{{Short description|American politician (1840–1896)}}
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| name = Clarke Lewis
| image = File:Clarke_Lewis.jpg
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| state = Mississippi
| district = 4th
| term_start = March 4, 1889
| term_end = March 3, 1893
| predecessor = Frederick G. Barry
| successor = Hernando D. Money
| office2 = Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
| term2 = 1878
| birth_date = {{birth date|1840|11|08}}
| birth_place = Huntsville, Alabama
| death_date = {{death date and age|1896|3|13|1840|11|08}}
| death_place = Macon, Mississippi
| resting_place = Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Mississippi
| spouse = Hattie E. Spann
| party = Democratic
| allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States of America}}
| branch = {{army|CSA}}
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| battles = American Civil War
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Clarke Lewis (November 8, 1840 – March 13, 1896) was an American educator, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from Mississippi from 1889 to 1893.
Biography
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.
= Civil War =
Lewis entered the Confederate Army in February 1861 and served until the close of the American Civil War.
= Early career=
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.
= Congress =
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).
= Later career and death =
After leaving Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died near Macon, Mississippi in 1896 and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Mississippi.
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References
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- [https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/308/item/6189 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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Category:Politicians from Huntsville, Alabama
Category:Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
Category:People from Macon, Mississippi
Category:Military personnel from Huntsville, Alabama
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature
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