Theodore G. Lewis
{{Short description|American judge, Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honorable
|name = Theodore G. Lewis
|image name =
|caption =
|title = Justice of the {{nobreak|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}
| term_start = November 15, 1934
| term_end = December 5, 1934
| appointer = Albert G. Schmedeman
| predecessor = Walter C. Owen
| successor = Joseph Martin
|office1 = District Attorney of Dane County
| term_start1 = January 1, 1921
| term_end1 = January 1, 1925
| predecessor1 = Roman Heilman
| successor1 = Philip La Follette
|birth_name = Theodore Gorman Lewis
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|11|19}}
| birth_place = McFarland, Wisconsin
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|12|5|1890|11|19}}
| death_place = Madison, Wisconsin
| death_cause = Pneumonia
|restingplace = Forest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
|party = Democratic
|spouse = {{unbulleted list
| Mabel Davidson Inbusch
}}
|children = {{unbulleted list
| Nancy Lewis
| Theodore G. Lewis, Jr.
}}
|father =
|mother =
|relatives =
|education = {{unbulleted list
| University of Wisconsin Law School
}}
|allegiance = {{flag|United States|1918}}
|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
|serviceyears = 1917–1919
|rank = 8px 1st Lieutenant
|unit = 32nd Division
|commands =
|battles = World War I
|mawards = File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg Purple Heart
|footnotes =
}}
Theodore Gorman Lewis (November 19, 1890{{spaced ndash}}December 5, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician from Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last 20 days of his life.
Biography
Born in McFarland, Wisconsin,{{cite news |title=Justice Theodore G. Lewis, 43, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55128221/theodore-g-lewis-1890-1934/ |newspaper=The Capital Times |date=December 5, 1934 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 11, 2020}} {{Open access}} Lewis graduated from the University of Wisconsin and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1915. He served in the United States Army during World War I, was wounded at Château-Thierry, and was awarded the Purple Heart. Lewis was district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin from 1921 to 1925.{{cite news |title=Theodore G. Lewis, Recently Appointed to Judgeship, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55063901/theodore-g-lewis-1890-1934/ |newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald |date=December 5, 1934 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 10, 2020}} {{Open access}} He also served as city attorney of Madison, Wisconsin from 1930 to 1933. Lewis was also executive secretary to the governor of Wisconsin. On November 15, 1934, Lewis was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court only to die of pneumonia twenty days later on December 5, 1934, before he could hear a case.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1519&search_term=lewis Theodore Lewis, Wisconsin Historical Society][http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/lewis.htm Justice Theodore Lewis, Wisconsin Supreme Court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721073939/http://www.wicourts.gov/about/judges/supreme/retired/lewis.htm |date=2011-07-21 }}
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|86627607}}
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{{s-bef|before = Roman Heilman}}
{{s-ttl|title = District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin|years=1921{{spaced ndash}}1925}}
{{s-aft|after = Philip La Follette}}
{{s-bef|before = Walter C. Owen}}
{{s-ttl|title = Justice of the {{nobreak|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}|years=1934}}
{{s-aft|after = Joseph Martin}}
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Category:People from McFarland, Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Category:District attorneys in Dane County, Wisconsin
Category:Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court