Doc C. Lewis

{{Short description|Texas state legislator}}

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Doc C. Lewis (1843 – ?) was a farmer and state legislator in Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/exhibits/forever/biographies/page6.html#Lewis|title=Forever Free: The Biographies – Page 6 | TSLAC|website=www.tsl.texas.gov}} A Republican, he served from 1881 to 1883 during the Seventeenth Texas Legislature in the Texas House of Representatives.{{Cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=4255|title=Texas Legislators: Past & Present – Mobile|website=lrl.texas.gov}}{{Cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=4255|title=Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Member profile|website=lrl.texas.gov}} He was one of four African American members of the Texas House at the time.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ls7kDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Doc+Lewis%22+texas&pg=PT75|title=Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868–1898|first=Merline|last=Pitre|date=July 25, 2016|author1-link=Merline Pitre|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=9781623494834|via=Google Books}}

He lived in Wharton County and was 37 when elected to the Texas House.