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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Clarke Lewis |
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Macon, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
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November 08, 1840
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| Died | March 13, 1896
(55 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | LEWIS, Clarke, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., November 8, 1840; moved with his mother to Noxubee County, Miss., in 1844; attended the district schools and Somerville Institute; engaged in teaching for several years; entered the Confederate Army in February 1861 and served until the close of the Civil War; resumed teaching in 1865; employed as a clerk in a store in 1866 and 1867; engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits 1867-1879; member of the State house of representatives in 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893); resumed agricultural pursuits; died near Macon, Miss., March 13, 1896; interment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Miss.
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