Elisha Lewis
{{short description|American politician (died 1867)}}
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| state_delegate = Maryland
| district = Harford County
| term_start = 1862
| term_end = 1862
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| alongside = Marmaduke Dove and Richard B. McCoy
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| birth_date = {{circa|1792}}
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| death_date = {{death date and given age|1867|1|7|75}}
| death_place = Harford County, Maryland
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| occupation = Politician
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Elisha Lewis ({{circa|1792}} – January 7, 1867) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Harford County in 1862.
Career
Lewis served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Harford County in 1862.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/hahouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Harford County |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=1999-04-30 |access-date=2023-03-17}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120758949/harford-county-returns-official-16/ |title=Harford County Returns---Official |date=1861-11-16 |newspaper=The Southern Aegis |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-17}}{{Open access}}
Lewis owned warehouses in Baltimore. Three of the warehouses burned down in April 1857.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121095942/destructive-fire-in-baltimore-18-apr/ |title=Destructive Fire in Baltimore |date=1857-04-18 |newspaper=Cecil Whig |page=2|via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-17}}{{Open access}}
Personal life
Lewis married. He lived at Bloomsbury estate, south of Havre de Grace.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121099791/havre-de-grace-affairs-19-may-1876/ |title=Havre de Grace Affairs |date=1876-05-19 |newspaper=The Aegis and Intelligencer |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-18}}{{Open access}}
Lewis died at his home in Harford County on January 7, 1867, at the age of 75.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121099549/affairs-at-havre-de-grace-10-jan-1868/ |title=Affairs at Havre de Grace |date=1868-01-10 |newspaper=The Aegis and Intelligencer |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-03-18}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-died-lewis/149936790/ |title=Died: Lewis |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=5 |date=1868-01-13 |access-date=2024-06-23 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Open access}}
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Politicians from Harford County, Maryland
Category:Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly