Clarke Lewis (November 8, 1840 – March 13, 1896) was an American educator,
Civil War
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veteran, and politician who served two terms as a
United States representative
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from
Mississippi
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from 1889 to 1893.
Biography
He was born in
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...
. He moved with his mother to
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Noxubee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,545. Its county seat is Macon. The name is derived from the Choctaw word ''nakshobi'' meaning "to stink".
Geography
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in 1844 where he attended the district schools and Somerville Institute and also engaged in teaching for several years.
Lewis entered the
Confederate Army
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in February 1861 and served until the close of the
American Civil War
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. 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
Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi along the Noxubee River. The population was 2,768 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Noxubee County.
History
In 1817, Jackson's Military Road was built at the urging of Andrew Jackson to ...
in 1896 and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Mississippi.
Notes
References
Speech of Hon. Clarke Lewis of Mississippi, Debate in the House of Representativesin ''The Money Question of the 52nd Congress'' (March 22, 1892), accessed November 7, 2017..
1840 births
1896 deaths
Politicians from Huntsville, Alabama
Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
19th-century American politicians
People from Macon, Mississippi
Military personnel from Huntsville, Alabama
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