David M. Lewis (March 15, 1909 – September 24, 1985) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from June 21, 1967, to January 6, 1969. Born in Indianapolis,"David Lewis, former justice, dies at 76", ''The South Bend Tribune'' (September 25, 1985), p. 13. Lewis received an undergraduate degree from

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degree from the

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, gaining admission to the bar in Indiana in 1932."David Lewis was state chief justice", ''The Indianapolis News'' (September 25, 1985), p. 28.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
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From 1938 to 1940, he served as

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. He was also active in

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politics, serving two terms as the chairman for the party in Marion County. In 1967, Governor Roger D. Branigin appointed Lewis to a seat on the Indiana Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice

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, but Lewis declined to run for reelection at the expiration of the term in 1969, returning to private practice until his retirement in 1972. After his retirement, Lewis moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where he died in a hospital at the age of 76.

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